This is the story in which we read Sarafina Hampton a young Duchess navigate her way through the court and the process of finding a suitor. Just like her mother she wishes to marry for love, but just like her mother she shall be forced to marry for money, property and rank. But what if Sarafina can find a man who can provide her the one thing she desires most; Love?

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸 - 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀. When Isabella's sister disappears hours before her wedding, chaos erupts inside the grand Salvatore mansion. The media is waiting, the guests are whispering, and the powerful Mafia family stands on the edge of humiliation. To protect the family's name, a single decision is made. Isabella - the quiet, graceful dancer who spent her life away from the world of blood and power - is forced to take her sister's place. She never imagined wearing the gown meant for another. She never imagined saying vows to a man who looked at her like she was a mistake. Dante Salvatore was never meant to lose control. Cold. Ruthless. Unforgiving - he lived by one rule: Never let emotions become weakness. But the moment Isabella steps into his world, everything begins to fracture. He despises her innocence, her defiance, her softness that doesn't belong in his empire of darkness. Yet, he can't look away. And she, despite every warning, can't seem to stay untouched by him. Between stolen glances and broken promises, love and hatred blur until neither can tell where one ends and the other begins. Secrets from the past start to resurface, threatening to destroy everything they're forced to build together. Because destiny may have replaced the bride... but it also awakened something far more dangerous - a love that was never meant to exist. And in a world where loyalty is bought with blood and betrayal comes dressed as devotion, both will learn that sometimes, the wrong beginning can lead to the most unforgettable story. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐤𝐚.

"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐲." ~ Marriage was never for love-it was for legacy. A strategy. A performance. And for the Lombardis and the Morettis, it was the most calculated, showstopping alliance of the century. Roman Moretti, Don of the La Cosa Nostra, and Angeline Lombardi, only daughter of the French-Italian Mafia Capo, had been betrothed since her birth --matched to unite two empires under one crown. Hidden from the world, Angeline was raised to be the perfect wife. Groomed. Silenced. Controlled. She learned early that one misstep would strip her of everything-including her name. Everyone's first mistake? They underestimated her. Though no one had ever seen her, the world assumed the Lombardi Princess was a polished doll. Quiet. Disposable. Roman saw the marriage as a formality-another calculated step toward total dominance. He had no plans to love her. No plans to live with her. Just a wife on paper, tucked away from him elsewhere, summoned when needed for appearances. But everything changed the moment he saw her walking down the aisle. She was perfection. Untouchable. She would be his ruin, his weakness, his obsession, his motivation. His everything. But what if that had been her plan all along? Not everything buried stays dead. Not every identity is what it seems. In a world where saints become monsters and monsters are worshipped like gods, Angeline must decide what's worth saving: her bloodline, her love, or herself. ~ -HEA -18+ -Romance/mystery/thriller -No Cheating/OWD -DARK ROMANCE "OMYGOSH. This book was immaculate. I could NOT put it down at all. Every chapter was AMAZING, the writing is shakespears work and each chapter made me laugh, smile, cry so much and this whole thing was a rollercoaster of emotions." -@Sunfloweraate8

She thought Gotham was behind her. He thought Forks was safe. But some ghosts don't stay buried. Selina Kyle thought she had escaped her past - until she finds him again. After the tragic death of Bruce Wayne everything had changed, all hope that she could one day join the bat again was gone. In a world of immortal secrets, power, and desire, some connections can't be ignored - no matter how hard you try. Bruce Wayne/Edward Cullen x Selina Kyle

Penelope pouts her lips and squeezes her eyeballs shut, scrunching her nose. "What the hell are you doing?" "I'm thinking." "Looks like a lot of effort to think." ~~ Penelope is a local sunshine girl trying to get through life and make friends. She's always optimistic and tries to find the best in people, even if those people, are the ones that hurt her. Parker is a grumpy, mechanic. His mind is always racing and body always tense. He doesn't express himself way others do. He's cold, and arrogant, until a little sunshine comes into his life.

evie williams - an outcast. tyler lockwood - a jerk. what possibly could be worse..them utterly hating each other, or stupidly love one another? i guess you're about to find out.