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Blood & Vows | 18+ #Book 1 of the Vows Series by V_Alexie
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In the underworld, peace doesn't come through mercy. It comes through blood. And contracts inked with the lives of the innocent. Alana Leclair never asked to be a pawn. But when her father, Victor Leclair - head of the French syndicate - signed away her future in exchange for a ceasefire, she became exactly that. The price? Her hand in marriage to Dante Alessandro Russo. The cold, calculated heir of the most feared mafia family in New York. The man she's hated since the day their eyes first locked like loaded guns. Dante didn't want a bride. He wanted revenge. But a vow is a vow, and to keep their families from tearing each other apart, he's forced to marry the enemy's daughter - the girl with fire in her eyes and venom on her tongue. They wear masks at the altar. Smiles sharp enough to cut, hearts locked behind vaults of fury and betrayal. But beneath all the hatred, something burns. Unspoken. Uncontrollable. Unforgivable. In a world where loyalty means everything and love is a fatal weakness... Can enemies bound by blood ever survive their vow? Let the war begin. This time, behind closed doors. ______🖤______ Alana Leclair POV: I am the daughter of a powerful but cold family caught in a brutal war with the city's most feared mafia clan now I have to marry the monster feared by everyone and my ENEMY- Dante Russo.... Dante Alessandro Russo POV: That's me. The cold, ruthless mafia boss with a reputation for breaking enemies like bones but a secret weakness I'd die for...Our families force us into an arranged marriage to stop the bloodshed, but here's the catch: We hate each other on sight. You think I'm a heartless monster. I think you're a spoiled, reckless princess who doesn't know the real streets. 🎀 #21- Ruthless # 1 - Italianmafia #9 - Arab 𝑩𝑬 𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑬⚠️: 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: MATURE CONTENT 18+ (SMUT) SWEARING VIOLENCE/GUN VIOLENCE EXPLICIT LANGUAGE REFERENCES TO RAPE SMOKING/ALCOHOL/DRU
Falling for you |  Lace Torn by lacetorn
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Isabella Mbele is a bright twenty-one-year-old university student who's been running from bullies her whole life. Until one night her world gets toppled on its axis, and she ends up in a biker bar ready to confront her bully. Will she end up in the arms of her attentive best friend? Her heartthrob bully? His drop-dead gorgeous father? The hunky enforcer? A masked, hot stranger? Or bent over her husky professor's desk? Isabella's story is a steamy confessionary of love triangles. A bold and raunchy diary of a young woman coming into her own sexuality, and learning to live with the scars of her past. Buried secrets will resurface. Old vendettas will be rekindled. Webs of lies will come untangled. Will the truth be too much to handle? She was never supposed to lose her head. Love was never the plan. So, will the good girl fall for the thrill of danger, or realise it was a part of her story all along?
No Second Chances by lost-blueberries
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In order to go on holiday with their friends, mortal enemies Kai and Joey make a pact to be civilized with each other for the entire duration of the stay. Joey already thinks this is going to be the hardest thing she's ever had to do in her life...and then she learns that they have to share a room. Standalone in the Just One Kiss series *** When her friends decide to plan a group holiday for the summer, Joey Winters doesn't expect the one person she hates the most to be a part of the plan, and she certainly won't let being around Kai Rutherford affect her rules: never forgive, never forget, and never fall in love. Not only does she have to breathe the same air as him, she's expected to share a room - and a bed - with him too. Determined to make this work, Joey and Kai enter into a pact: they have to be civilized with each other all summer. If they don't, their friends will force them to stay in the creepy cabin included in their rental. Alone. Between passive aggressive compliments, late night arguments, and moments of confusing sincerity, Joey starts to wonder if she's had Kai wrong all along. And, just maybe, her friends will finally find out why she really hates him.
Just One Kiss by lost-blueberries
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Enjoy this story free for a limited time. When Farrah Blake let's slip that she wants to lose her virginity this summer, she doesn't expect her childhood best friend, trust-fund baby Ethan Sinclair, to offer her a deal: if he doesn't find a nice guy for her by the end of their joint family vacation, he'll take her virginity himself. Standalone in the Just One Kiss series *** Farrah Blake is dead-set on losing her virginity as soon as she can, so when the guy she's had a crush on for as long as she remembers offers his help, she can do nothing but accept. Ethan Sinclair has been in her life forever - he's her best friend, just like his mother is her own mother's best friend, and their families go on a joint vacation to the lake house every year. Ethan Sinclair is out of time. His parents have arranged his marriage, just as they arranged his brothers. At the end of their summer vacation, he'll be expected to propose to a woman he barely knows. One last summer of freedom, one last chance to do whatever he wants - and he wants nothing more than to make sure his best friend loses her virginity in the most positive way possible, even if that means hiding his upcoming engagement from her. But as time goes on, and feelings grow, will Ethan follow his family, or his heart?
The Roommate - [BoyxBoy] by d1rtydisco
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21-year-old Dean Clark, an architecture student, is struggling to balance his studies, two jobs, and a relationship that isn't as stable as he'd like. When he decides to find a roommate, the solution comes in the form of Isaac Nabokov, a 24-year-old Russian guy with unshakable confidence, influence, and a past that seems to hold more secrets than he's willing to share. From the very start, Dean's boyfriend and Isaac, seem ready to tear each other apart, and Dean finds himself caught in the middle of a tension that refuses to fade. But Isaac? He thrives on chaos. Especially when he's the one causing it. Dean and Isaac have nothing in common. Dean cannot stand him, and nothing could change that...Right? 🥇 #1 roommate 🥇 #1 manxman 🥇 #1 malexmale 🥇 #1 russianmen 🥇 #1 funny 🥇 #1 yearning 🥇 #1 australia 🥇 #1 gay 🥇 #1 spicy
𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝟏𝟖+ by SavannaWritess
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"Remember how wet you were when you decide to start avoiding me again. Remember how you came all over me. Remember how you felt in this exact moment because I know you'll deny it." - She knew falling in love with him was wrong. She still fell anyway. Now she will have to live with the debt of temptation - When Poppy witnesses a robbery gone wrong and gives evidence to the police to catch the perpetrators, she finds herself in witness protection after discovering the criminals are part of a dangerous gang. But when her witness protection comes to an end, she is soon captured by the gang leader and told she'll give eight years of her life for the man who was sentenced to prison for the same amount of time. Poppy is forced to work for the spiteful leader, Rexx, who uses her natural beauty to swindle valuable information from wealthy men for his own benefit. She's been counting down the seconds until her freedom. When she stumbles across Gabriel Dalton, the underboss to the mafia, he's charming, attractive and tempting. Poppy expects him to be like the rest, only ever after one thing. But that's when Gabriel proves her wrong. After Rexx discovers her acquaintance with Gabriel, he demands that she spies on him to get information about his family and business. Reluctantly she wants to say no, but she has no choice. If she fights it, she'll get hurt-or worse. As Poppy becomes closer to Gabriel, she doesn't expect to fall for him. And little does he know, she's been lying to him this whole time. There is only one thing Gabriel absolutely despises and that is heartless backstabbers. Tropes: - mafia romance - forced proximity - who did this to you? - angst/betrayal - dual POV - spice with some kinks 18+
𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 || 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒎 [𝟏𝟖+] by __vivixXx__
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They watched her from the shadows-three men drawn to Jasmine in ways they couldn't explain. But it wasn't just wanting. It was a blinding obsession. When Jasmine wakes in their world, everything she knows unravels. The lines between fear and desire blur as she begins to see the pieces of them they try to hide. And as love starts to grow in the darkness, she realizes that every secret they keep has a price. Because obsession always comes with consequences-and theirs are just beginning. (This is the first book in the duology 'The Dark Addiction' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I will be updating regularly As often as I can :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Started: 10/01/2025 Ended: TBD
The Forbidden Crown  by author_mayalara
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Being the crowned princess of Dahlia, Emmeline is all too aware that politics and love don't go together. She's never had trouble keeping her heart locked up, but now things are changing. Her best friends: the rugged guard, Ajax, and her charming advisor Damien have just announced the biggest bomb. They're together, and they want her too. With a complicated polyamorous relationship, a kingdom on the brink of collapse and assassination attempts, how will these three hearts manage to cling together with every force threatening to tear them apart?
Billionaire's Match by still_just_me
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When a real estate billionaire attempts to evict a millionaire matchmaker's business from his new building, they clash in a deal of head vs. heart, only to discover they're each other's perfect match. Standalone in The Elite Matchmaker Series *** Love is Iris' business. Boston's elite matchmaker has built a thriving company by finding perfect pairings. Her expansion dreams screech to a halt when she finds a hot, sexy stranger sitting in her office like he owns the place. Turns out, he does, and the new building owner, Xavier, wants her "scam" business out. The man wouldn't know love if it sat on his infuriatingly handsome face. Locked in a heated argument, Iris proposes an impossible deal: three months to find the perfect match for any client he chooses. When she succeeds, he'll publicly endorse her matchmaking, but if she fails, she'll pack up without a fight. The last thing she expects is the billionaire to call her bluff and nominate himself for the bet. Botched screenings, auto-rejections-Xavier sabotages every potential match thrown his way. But as their conflict sparks something far more dangerous than competitive rivalry, and succumbing to their steamy, forbidden attraction provokes every emotion Iris has sworn off, she faces an even bigger problem. With the deal clock ticking, breaking her cardinal rule-never fall for a client-is the one match she can't afford to make.
𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 by ghostwrittenroses
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𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧. Quiet. Shadowed. Dangerous. They don't speak unless they want something. And what they want... is me. They wear their masks like armor. Ghost, Shadow, and Blade-each one darker than the last. I didn't ask for their obsession. I didn't invite their attention. But the moment I disobeyed Rule #1, I became theirs. Now I live by their rules. Every glance. Every breath. Every touch. And if I break just one... There will be consequences. 𝐀 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝.