"I love my husband," she whispers. "I love him. I do." I slip my tongue into her mouth as she speaks. "That's fine, darling. He doesn't have to know... I won't tell him if you don't." * An emotionally closed off man with unhealed trauma and a woman in an unhappy marriage begin a passionate affair together. WARNING: Contains strong and graphic sexual situations.

They say blood is thicker than water. But in my family, blood is just another weapon. When my mother died, I was just a three year old- and with her last breath, I lost everything. My father hated me. My brothers despised me. To them, I was a curse, a disgrace... an heiress unworthy of their empire. So they sent me away, locked me behind a boarding school gate and erased me from their world. But secrets don't stay buried forever. Now, I'm back. And the girl they tried to destroy is gone. I'm her place stands something far darker. Something that will make them ever underestimating her.

After aging out of the care system, 18 year-old Fili goes on a hunt for her family, the place she belongs. But when she finds she has two parents and five older brothers, will they accept her as their missing little girl and can she find her place in the world with them? Or will the deadly secrets lurking over them tear their family apart for good? __________________________________________________________________________ This book has themes of violence, drug-use and child neglect, reader discretion advised. This book is a product of all my own ideas, it is only published here on wattpad, if you see it anywhere else please report it and share the link with me.

[Final Book of the Astor Duology] Can be read as a standalone __________________________ 5 letters. 1 word. F A M I L Y. Sonya grew up in the Japanese mafia. She was trained by the best of the best to become a secret assassin-the smiley-face killer, the one who carves smiley-faces onto the bodies of their victims. The Ferrari's were known to be psychotic, exactly like Sonya. Maybe it ran in the genes because when Sonya got arrested, she found out that the Ferrari's were her family. Yet, behind all this muderous glory that Sonya has, a part of her wants to escape it. ___________________________

[Grab your paperback now on Amazon!] Anastasia Lenkov wants to live a normal life as a nurse after escaping her old, brutal life. But her past keeps catching up with her. She is on the run from the Russian mafia, because her father, the boss, will not give up until he finds her. She seems to be the most beautiful and loving person in the world, but you shouldn't let this fact cloud your judgment... her smile is deceptive. Anastasia fought many fights in her past and she hasn't lost any of them. Antonio Ramirez or better known as 'The Reaper' is a man that people fear more than death. He is the Italian mafia boss who gets everything and everyone he wants. He is known as death himself. It is said that he has no feelings and kills without mercy. What if one day he sets his eyes on the beautiful woman who saves his life? ❁✰❀✰❁✰❀✰❁ A whisper escaped his throat and his husky voice reached my ear, "You are my greatest weakness." His rough, tattooed fingers trailed along my jaw as he tilted my head up to look him in the eye. "But you're also my biggest strength," he added, holding my body as close against him as he could. ❁✰❀✰❁✰❀✰❁ PLEASE FOLLOW authorjcboehme ON INSTAGRAM! [WORD COUNT: 150,000+] [BOOK & OFFICIAL TRAILER] [HIGHEST RANK: #1 IN KNIFE, #2 IN WOMANPOWER, #1 IN KILLER, #1 IN GUNS] © 2021 - 2022 JB. All Rights Reserved. The pictures in this story do not belong to me. The rights are reserved by the owner - Pinterest. WARNING: This story contains strong language, violence and other mature content.

Four years ago, Natalia Moretti disappeared. No goodbye. No explanation. Just silence. Once the youngest princess of the Italian mafia, Natalia was raised to obey-to smile, to submit, to accept a future chosen for her. Instead, she chose herself. Now she's back in New York. Her parents are gone. Her brothers rule the Moretti empire. And the boy she once loved-the one who thought she betrayed him-has become a man shaped by power, pride, and unfinished heartbreak. Natalia returns different. Stronger. Untouchable in ways no one expects. She's built a life of her own, far from the shadows she was born into-and she carries a secret that could change everything. As old feelings resurface and fate pulls her back into the orbit of the man she never forgot, Natalia must decide how much of her heart she's willing to risk again. Because love in their world is never simple. And some secrets aren't just dangerous- They're legacy-changing. Heir of Silence is a slow-burn mafia romance about first love, second chances, and the quiet strength it takes to protect what matters most-when the whole world is watching.

They took me when I was three. Since then, I've forgotten what safety feels like... what love is supposed to be. Every scar on my body tells a story-none of them with a happy ending. By day, I protect my little brothers. By night, I fight to silence the screams echoing in my head. There's no escape from this house. Not yet. But I haven't given up. Not completely. Sometimes, I wonder... What if there's more to my past than I know? What if I wasn't meant to live like this-trapped, broken, forgotten? And what if... just maybe... Someone out there still remembers me? Someone who could love me enough to bring me back to life? "This is an AU story, and the main focus of the story is on Maya." ⚠️Content Warning: This story contains themes and scenes that may be triggering to some readers, including: • Sexual assault • Physical violence • Blood • Substance use and overdose • Characters death • Mental health struggles • Insomnia • Alcohol consumption • Use of offensive/explicit language . Abuse . Flash backs . Torture . R@pe Please proceed with caution.

CAROLINE MATISSE - - - »I'm trained to kill, not to love« I have killed many men in my life. I have stabbed them to death, made them choke on their pathetic words, I was born into this game. The game of killing, or to be killed. But nobody trained me to love, not to say, marrying my enemy, the one I wanted dead more than anything else. And here I am, forced to sign the papers, forced into a life I know no meaning of. Sold to Giovanni De'Bardi, the bastard I call my prey. - - - #1 Action-romance #1 Mansions #1 Paid-story #1 Hate #2 Jewelry #2 Assassin #3 Enemies-to-lovers #3 Love and Hate #4 Mafia #4 Mansion #5 Heartbroken #8 Crying #15 Slow burn #25 New-adult #30 Romance #31 Dark romance #69 Spicy

Everyone in life is dealt a hand of cards. The player can't control if they are dealt a good or bad hand but the player can control the outcome if they play their cards right. A bad hand doesn't automatically mean you lose, it just makes the game harder to play. This story isn't about cards. Rayland was dealt a bad hand. She always had the support of her loving family until her mother and brother left when she was nine. Her life was never the same. One day, she gets into a car accident which leaves her father dead and her losing most of her memory. She gets placed with her aunt and abusive boyfriend. When her aunt gets married, she finds out she has 6 step-cousins. Will her bad hand be enough to win the game or was she doomed to fail? Trigger Warning: Includes Self-Harm, Drugs, Abuse, Language, etc (The self-harm portion of the story is not to the protagonist.) NOT A STEP BROTHER LOVE STORY Warning: Somewhat Cliche Started: 4/1/21 Ended: 9/17/21 Still writing bonus chapters. Highest Rankings: #1 in twins #1 in overprotective #1 in stepfamily #4 in olderbrothers #6 in abuse

When Serena enters a new workplace, she has one rule; stay focused- no matter what. It soon turns out to be easier said than done when she meets her new boss. Valentino is strict, the epitome of difficult and much to her dismay; unbelievably fucking hot. She's determined to ignore the attraction she feels to him for the sake of keeping her job. But what Serena doesn't know is that Valentino can't get her out of his his head. He thinks about her everywhere. He feels captivated by her. He wants her. And he hates every moment of it.