The city of Portland is held in a chokehold by the three crime families who own it. The delicate balance of power between the syndicates is disrupted as a new, dangerous drug floods the streets of the city. The line begins to blur when Scarlett Murphy comes face to face with the cold-blooded and calloused Declan Byrne. She'll soon find herself in the middle of all of it, getting a first hand look at what this drug does. Will she believe him when he pulls back the curtain and exposes the truth? Declan Byrne was born from tragedy, brought up in the criminal underworld. Rising in the ranks, he became the left hand to the head of the Malone Crime Family, Desmond Kelly. He never questions orders, never questions his Church. But what happens when he learns the truth? This story contains sexual content, dark themes, drug and alcohol use, rape and strong language. All Rights Reserved

After the transplant, Jinyoung wakes with another man's heart-the heart of her dead fiancé. When he meets Jisoo, desire feels like memory...and the line between love, fate, and danger begins to blur.

*On temporary Hold* They rule the city from the shadows. Seven ruthless men, each more dangerous than the last, each embodying one of the deadly sins. No faces. No names. Just fear. My sister Vivienne thought she could find them. She thought she could expose them. Instead, she vanished without a trace. Now it's my turn. I'll go where she went. Dig where she dug. And if I have to destroy their empire brick by brick to bring her back, so be it. But these men don't just break rules, they are the rules. And once you step into their world, there's no turning back. Especially when one of them starts watching me a little too closely. But how can I save my sister from trouble if I can't even save myself from my own blood?

"𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?" ***𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒*** *𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 *𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 * 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 *𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 *𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐥. *𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬. *𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬. *𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫. *𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓* 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 ♥ 𝐄𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 ♥

"He was the almost I couldn't forget- You were the always I didn't see coming. And somehow, we ended up a never." Almost, Always, Never Us is a heart-stirring university love triangle that explores the difference between being wanted and being loved, between passion and peace, and the strength it takes to choose what's healthy-even when it's not what you first dreamed of. - gapseven