Alessia Ferrari is the Don of the Italian Mafia. Whip-smart and dangerous, she is a woman in a man's world, surviving against all odds. Born and raised to become a lethal killer, even the ground she walks on bows at her feet. She has it all, until that is, her father gives her hand away in marriage. Ace Hernandez is the boss of the American Mafia. He's a cold cruel hearted monster. He knows the game all too well and does whatever it takes to win and if that means breaking someone, he could do that with his eyes closed. Fate is vicious when the two are forced to marry. Will two monsters find solace in each other's arms or will they kill each other? ---------------------------- "I don't recall signing up for strip poker." She replied. Her full lips frowned softly but her eyes were filled with amusement. She knew she couldn't beat me, not at this game. "Are you quitting? Are you a quitter?" I mocked getting under her skin. Her lips twitched before she pursed them tightly. The blues of her eyes deepened and she threw me a dangerous smirk. She shuffled and pulled off one of her sandals. Fuck. So we're doing this the long way. She raised it in the air, dangling it off her finger before tossing it aside. She raised a brow at me, she challenged me. I knew I got under her skin. Just as I had anticipated. -------------------------- BE AWARE: Trigger warnings: MATURE CONTENT 18+ (SMUT) SWEARING VIOLENCE/GUN VIOLENCE SELF HARM/SUICIDE (REFERENCES) EXPLICIT LANGUAGE REFERENCES TO RAPE SMOKING/ALCOHOL/DRUGS BLOOD/DEATH/GORE ©️ All rights reserved ™️ The Walnut Tree BOOK ONE OF THE MAFIA SERIES

A sunshine girl. A serious man. Multiple chanced meetings that changed everything. Aurora Blaire wasn't looking for anything serious-especially not while on a girls' holiday. But fate had other plans, for both her and Lucian Thorne: a brutally composed CEO who didn't do random, had never been in a relationship, and was too focused on his businesses to find love. What started as chance run-ins turned into something they couldn't ignore. But how does a man built on control survive the kind of girl who blooms in chaos? ------------------------------------------------------------------ ""Her tipsy boldness kicked in hard, and walked for the armrest near him-planning to sit there casually. But the world tilted, and instead of gracefully settling next to him, she ended up tumbling right onto his lap. His hand shot to her waist, steadying her with surprising gentleness. "Careful, princess." he said, his voice low and smooth, just enough to make her blush harder. "Oops," she giggled, cheeks flaming. "I cant believe it's you Mr. Serious." "Still drunk, I see." And with that, Aurora's mind took off in full chatter mode."" ------------------------------------------------------------------ #1 TEENFICTION #1 SWEET #1 GRUMPY #1 CUTE #1 FUNNY #1 GRUMPYXSUNSHINE #1 RICHGUY

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

#book1 | Koda May is a freshman in college and an incubus. Feeding off of other people's energy can be challenging but Koda thinks he has it all figured out. To feed his hunger for sexual energy he works as a prostitute. It helps him making money and gets him what he needs to survive while he is in control. But what happens when after one of his gigs he literally crashes into a man he just can't resist? A whirl of emotion follows. A cute little tale of an incubus finding his unwilling other half. |featured in Cupid's bookclub|

'ISHQ never enters quietly, it brings its own kind of RUINATION." __________________________ A top-tier university. Dripping with secrets. Two political rivalries held together by a settlement that feels more like control than peace. A third force watches from above → silent, dangerous, untouchable. Two murders. A revenge left unfinished. A vow to destroy everything. A silent soul enters next → too pure to understand the devastation, too trapped to walk away from it. And somewhere else, a hatred preserved for years waits behind restraint, held only by morals that are beginning to fail. Three stories breathing under one roof. Three ruins moving toward each other. And in between them → ishq, arriving exactly the way it always does: with ruin already promised. ______________________________ "I realised my love the moment I lost him."

Seventeen-year-old Aria Castellano thought she knew who she was - a scholarship student, a good daughter, a girl with simple dreams and a mother who made the world feel safe. But when her mother dies in a car accident, the life Aria knew unravels overnight. A letter. A name. A father she's never met. Now she's flying across the country to New York - to a mansion with guards at every gate, brothers who don't know what to make of her, and a father still struggling to accept the daughter he didn't know existed. Her stepmother is kind, her new home beautiful... but nothing about it feels right. At St. Augustine's Academy, power hums beneath every smile and secret. The students there were born into legacies - families bound by alliances older than the school itself, until betrayal tore them apart. Those old rivalries still live on in the halls she walks now, and Aria's arrival is stirring them all back to life. One boy in particular seems to hate her most. He's untouchable, cruel in that effortless way only someone raised in power can be. But behind the sharp words and colder eyes is something else - something that pulls her closer even when she knows she shouldn't look twice. As Aria begins to uncover the truth her mother died protecting, she learns that some secrets were buried for a reason... and that even in a world built on bloodlines and betrayal, the most dangerous thing of all might be the way he looks at her. "Some secrets don't stay buried forever. And Aria Castellano's name might be the one that brings them all back to the light"

Five years ago, Aria Castellano learned the truth that destroys most people: innocence is the easiest weapon an enemy can use. So she cut hers out. Piece by piece. She left New York to sever every tie that made her vulnerable-family, friends, and the boy she loved enough to become a liability. She traded softness for strategy, hesitation for violence, and the girl she used to be for a woman who understands that survival requires dirty hands and an even dirtier conscience. Now she's back. Not for forgiveness. Not for closure. But to finish the war that began long before she knew she was part of it. Her return exposes traitors, rattles alliances, and forces her to face the one person she swore she'd never see again. And the worst part? It hurts. It shouldn't- but it does. Still, pain is a small price. Because Aria isn't in New York to feel. She's here to win. And she stopped fearing the monster inside her the moment she realized- monsters survive longer.

As the eldest son of the legendary Toruk Makto, Neteyam has never truly belonged to himself. His life is measured by expectations-strength without hesitation, obedience without question, honor without flaw. Raised to lead, to protect, and to become the perfect echo of his father's legacy, Neteyam carries the future of his family on his shoulders, even when the weight threatens to crush him. Ao'nung, the Metkayina prince and eldest son of Tonowari and Ronal, is everything Neteyam is not: selfish, arrogant, sharp-tongued, and unafraid to throw his status like a spear. And worse still-he is Metkayina. Then there is Ka'vani, daughter of Ikeyni, Olo'eykte of the Tayrangi clan. In the aftermath of the Great War, Jake and Neytiri forged a blood pact with Ikeyni: should each woman bear a child of the opposite sex, the two would be bound to one another. Neteyam and Ka'vani grew up knowing their futures were intertwined, though they would not meet until Ka'vani's tenth birthday-after which she came to live among the Omatikaya. Ka'vani is everything Neteyam has never been allowed to be-bold, sharp-tongued, reckless, and utterly unafraid to speak her mind. Where Neteyam follows the rules, Ka'vani challenges them, pulling him toward laughter, rebellion, and feelings he was never meant to entertain. As their bond deepens, the tides begin to shift, forcing the Sully family to make the impossible choice to leave everything they have ever known behind. But when Ka'vani encounters Ao'nung-the stubborn, hard-headed reef prince-the choice becomes even more complicated. Neteyam or Ao'nung. But on Pandora, why should the heart ever choose just one? Ao'nung/Neteyam x OC. (Ao'nung and Neteyam are not a ship in this story, sorry. They will share Ka'vani) SLOW BURN, mature themes, mature language, and violence included. I do not own any part of Avatar except for Ka'vani! All credit goes to James Cameron and his amazing work!!! ❤️

Excerpt: "Groaning, I pushed her blindly against the wall, bumping in a shelf, shit breaking around us. Didn't care, though. I hooked her other leg around me and held her up against the wall, taking long licks with my tongue, loving her against her mouth, tasting, experiencing her, all that she was. I let her slide down on me and pressed against her, as I fitted myself to the place my body mostly needed." -Noah Noah Wilson and Amara Miller. Magnets pushing apart, pulling together. He can't stand her, but he can't take his eyes off of her. She wants to hate, him but the more he's showing parts of himself, the harder it becomes. Can they survive the mishaps and grow into accepting one another? Note: We get the story told by both characters. It's shifting between Noah and Amara. Trigger Warnings: This book contains mature themes, such as sex scenes while both parties are of age. Also, there's a sex dream seen by Noah (21 years old) with Amara (17 year old). However, while still a minor, nothing physical happens between them, other than the dream. This book is a novella. It's a first draft, so mistakes are to be expected. All rights are reserved to me, the author. Stealing material is punishable by law. Thank you!

After an unexpected ceiling collapse sends her apartment into chaos, Madelaine Grayson ends up living with her brother - and dangerously close to his tattooed, way-too-charming roommate. He's off-limits... but resisting him might be impossible. *** When Madelaine Grayson's bathroom ceiling caves in, it's not just drywall that crumbles. It's her entire world. Forced to move in with her brother, she finds herself swept up in the chaos of his new protective attitude - especially when it comes to his tattooed roommate, Noah Laurier. Noah is the epitome of perfection: sweet, hot, and embedded into every thought Madelaine has. But he's forbidden, and the closer she gets, the harder he is to resist. Well... what her brother doesn't know can't hurt him, right? *** "Matt's sister, I presume?" He walks towards the couch and my eyes widen. He's tall. I thought I was tall but this man could tower me, and when he reaches a hand towards me, there's an intricate clock tattooed on the back of his hand and his fingers have bones tattooed over them. This man is not human. He's tall and angular and dripping with sex appeal. This man is hot. Capital H, capital O, capital T. I don't think I've ever seen a human being so attractive. All I can think about as I force myself to keep my eyes on the screen is the feel of his jaw beneath my hand, and it takes everything in me not to look