Emmy's life is going just as she'd planned: She's living in her own apartment, dancing every day and is just leaps away from being named her company's next Prima ballerina. And she's only 17. But all of Emmy's plans come to a screeching halt when the FBI shows up at her door to let her know that she's being stalked by a serial killer. Suddenly, the safe, insulated world she created for herself is riddled with violence, fear...and a growing pile of dead bodies. At first Emmy wants nothing more than to forget her chilling new reality - but her admirer isn't finished with her yet, and before she knows it, Emmy's stuck in a nightmare she can't dance her way out of. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains detailed scenes of murder, rape, torture, sex and stalking, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Aurora Avilla hasn't slept in years, not since the night she pulled the trigger and accidentally killed her mother. As a mafia heir with a shattered past, she's sent away to America for protection and silence. Dante Armani is a mafia leader with a deadly reputation, an empire to protect, and a father who wants to destroy him. When a strategic marriage binds them, secrets and lies ignite a war neither of them can afford to lose. But some love stories don't start with a kiss. They start with a kill. This one ends in fire.

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...