"My mother always told me not to play with fire. I guess I should've listened." ... Alana has spent her life adhering to strict rules, raised in a family where appearances meant everything. Trained to be the perfect daughter-calm, composed, and obedient-she's never dared to step out of line or show her true self. Sergei has been betrayed more times than he can count, leaving him hardened, ruthless, and haunted by paranoia. He's built walls no one can penetrate, trusting only in his own power to survive. ... When a professional encounter with an angry Sergei at Alana's job leads her to be kidnapped, she's thrown into his ruthless underworld, held captive in exchange for her life. What will happen when their lives collide in a marriage neither wants but can't resist? Will their undeniable passion spark the possibility of love or will it fade once reality hits? #1 in enemies #1 in dark #1 in darkromance #1 in mafiaromance #1 in manipulation #1 in adultthemes #1 in captive #1 in russian #1 in heartbreak

She was a girl ensnared by secrets and scars. He was a boy forged from power and frost. When an enigma collides with an Elite, they must either heal or descend into their own hell to survive. --- Seventeen-year-old Elaine Winters has one goal: to endure the torment of her bullies and ignore the new student who seems utterly out of place in their small town and public school. Alexander White is a boy she needs to stay away from-stunningly handsome, immensely rich, and dangerously cold. He is privileged beyond any normal measure. Catching his attention was a chance mistake. His relentless pursuit of her friendship, an anomaly. And when it turns into something deeper, it becomes the ultimate disaster in the making. But when buried secrets emerge from their caskets, Winter finds herself pulled into his world of city lights, power, mind games, and the elite atmosphere of boarding school. Soon, everything she thought she knew about the boy from her town is turned upside down. He becomes everything her heart dreads-and a danger her mind warns her of. She is his obsession, and he is her curse. Every belief is tested, but none of them is bound to win against the rule of Elites. A world where truth is what they make it. ◾ REVIEWS It is one of the best book I've ever read. Honestly it's worth publishing. -Missi_wei I've read this book a million times but I can never get over it. If you want to stop halfway through it...Then that is a big mistake. This book is the perfect blend of everything. Trust me, if you decide not to read this book then you are making a big mistake. -LushLyrics Wait...lemme process it all. This shit is way too deep. Like GOD AUTHOR YOU are amazing. Where do you even get these ideas? Oh God! -zara_yusuf

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘖𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰?"she said. The only thing she feared was his intense obsession "𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢'𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐳 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞." Xavier Knight doesn't feel. Not love. Not guilt. Not regret. Raised in a house that never wanted him, he learned early that silence is safer than emotion-and power is better than peace. Cecily Rosso was light, softness, everything he was never allowed to touch. Until one day, she disappeared. Torn from his world without warning, leaving behind only a fading memory and the sound of her cries as she was forced into a car. Years later, she returns-no longer the innocent girl, but a confident, untouchable woman with her own empire and her own rules. She doesn't remember the way his eyes followed her. But he never forgot her. And now that she's back in his city, Xavier won't watch from behind a window. This time, he'll own her light- or destroy it.

In a world built on lies, violence, and power, there's no room for softness-especially not in the hearts of those who rule. Nikolai, a ruthless mafia kingpin hardened by betrayal and tragedy, has never questioned his grip on control. That is until Elena, a woman born into a life of privilege yet haunted by her own darkness, crosses into his domain. Torn between their fierce attraction and the impossibility of love in their deadly world, they find themselves bound by secrets neither is prepared to reveal. But when betrayal strikes, and Elena seizes a fleeting chance at freedom, Nikolai's world threatens to unravel. Obsessed with her every move, he's forced to confront his deepest fear: has his love become a cage? And if so, can either of them truly escape? Danger, desire, and deception collide in this heart-pounding mafia romance, where loyalty means everything-and nothing is what it seems.

Layla was born into the mafia life. Her father is the Don of the Italian mafia, all her life has been filled with crime and the illegal things done behind closed doors. She knew what her purpose was, but when her parents spring an arranged marriage on her on the ripe age of 18, Layla doesn't know what to do. While she knows that there is no way out of it, Layla makes it known that she won't go down without a fight. Her betrothed is none other than Alexander O'Sullivan. Don of the Irish mafia and known to the world as the ruthless killer, who takes no mercy. He is the epitome of playboy and Layla knows this. Can she find it in her heart to love a monster or will it end up in tragedy? Is Alex willing to change his set ways? Will she be able to survive him and his lustful eyes or will she end up getting her heart broken? ***************** WARNING*** this book contains mature content and sexual scenes. 18 years old and older is recommended

Famous NFL quarterback Tate Adam's loves living his single life. Being able to do what he wants when he wants. But when a fire takes down the building that his sister and her best friends live in he decides to open up his home to one of them. None other than the girl who drives him nuts. The one who makes him want to scream and tear his hair out. Isabel Acosta. Izzy can't stand Tate and had she any other option she would choose it but for the time being she has no other choice but to stay at Tate's lavish penthouse. She figures it's so big they'll never run into each other and with both of their schedules they'll barely ever see each other. Only they both didn't account for what living together in tight quarters might do.

🦋𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓱𝓸𝓽𝓻𝓪'𝓼🦋 🅐 🅜🅤🅛🅣🅘🅒🅞🅤🅟🅛🅔 🅑🅞🅞🅚 𝑀𝑎𝑙ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑎'𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑝 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑙ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ ,𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑘𝑠𝑎𝑡ℎ,𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎...𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑'𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑛,𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔.... 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎,ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑖𝑚.ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠...... 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ,𝑚𝑎𝑓𝑖𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎.ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟.

Pain comes in many forms. Heartbreak, headaches, broken bones, and that quiet, soul-splitting kind that doesn't leave bruises. But the kind of pain I've witnessed goes beyond all that. Have you ever heard a man scream, really scream, as he's being beaten and his fingers broken one by one? I have. And as twisted as it might sound, in that moment, it felt... satisfying. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a psychopath. These people, they deserve it. In a world full of monsters, someone has to be worse. Someone has to be the shadow in the corner, the final judgment behind a red-drenched smile. That someone is me. Reanne Anderson. Twenty-four. Assassin for the Anderson family. Secret hacker behind their impenetrable systems but to most, I'm the Red Lady. I respect boundaries until someone crosses mine. Then I become a storm in heels, or combat boots, or whatever the hell I'm wearing that day. And then there's him. Lorenzo Russo. Twenty-eight. Newly crowned Don of the Russo family after his father was butchered by the Russian mafia. Lost his mother in the same bloodbath. He's cold, calculated and ruthless. He looks at people like he's already decided whether they're useful or dead. He's got the eyes of a man who's seen too much, felt too little, and trusts no one. Our paths were never supposed to cross. But war doesn't care about plans. He needed someone who could crack into encrypted systems. He needed a ghost. He got me. But sometimes, even in the darkest corners of the world, two dark souls might just bleed for each other.

✨Book Description✨ In the glittering world of wealth and legacy, Shaurya Surveer, a 30-year-old billionaire with power sprawling across continents, lives behind layers of silence and shadows. Ruthless in business and reclusive in nature, he carries a darkness that no fortune can heal-a haunting past buried beneath his cold gaze and carefully tailored suits. On the other side of the city's skyline is Sitaara Dhiwan, a 23-year-old self-made millionaire whose world smells of sugar, spice, and everything resilience. A renowned baker with a chain of opulent patisseries, she hides her scars behind frosted cupcakes and warm smiles. Estranged from her own family, she lives alone-not by choice, but by betrayal. When fate begins to meddle with well-laid plans, Shaurya's grandparents arrange his marriage to a girl of their choosing. But destiny, with its twisted sense of timing, intervenes-and Sitaara becomes the replaced bride. Two strangers. Two broken hearts. One unexpected union. What begins as a mere accident of fate soon turns into a tale of passion, secrets, redemption, and a love that neither of them saw coming.

Siara Malhotra was once the heartbeat of her family-a spirited, passionate girl who dreamed of love and acceptance. But one cruel twist of fate left her broken, disowned, and accused of a betrayal she never committed. Cast out from the only home she knew, Siara rebuilt herself far away, emerging as one of the world's top neurosurgeon. Yet beneath her success lay a shattered heart and a soul that no longer believed in love or warmth. Mahir Sehgal, CEO of Sehgal groups was the man she had loved with every fiber of her being, but he had never returned her affection. Bound by a dying wish, Mahir reluctantly married Siara, only to abandon her on their wedding night. For three years, he stayed away, unaware that siara no longer has any expectations from life or love, she no longer loved him. When fate brings them back together, both must confront the ghosts of their pasts. Can two broken souls find healing in each other, or will the scars of betrayal and indifference keep them apart forever? WHAT WAS THE REASON SHE BROKE BEYOND REPAIR? TO KNOW, DIVE INTO THE STORY Copyright Notice: DO NOT COPY MY WORK