"The Underground Fighter and His Childhood Best Friend" ❦ Sasha "Kayo" Sokolov is a Russian fighter who was sent to America at a young age. One day, he met a young girl by the name of Everleigh Wilson, who taught him how to speak English, and helped him with his studies. They bonded so easily and became the best of friends. Years passed, and Sasha disappeared. Everleigh had to go on with life without her best friend. Until one lonely night when she saw the one man she loved more than anything beating another man to death. - "What happened to the boy I used to know?" she questioned, shutting her eyes at the feel of his hand traveling up her dress. He was so close to her throbbing core, and she hated how much she wanted him to touch her, enter her, ruin her. Sasha smirked sadistically. "He's gone, kitten. And he's never coming back." ❦ 𝐁𝐖𝐖𝐌, 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

"𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙖𝙥 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩." In 2007, a grieving ex basketball player, Aurelia Giordano reunited with the boy she spent her whole life hating. What she didn't know was that he couldn't be with her. Not because he hated her, but because of something deadlier than that. Can the young mafia Don change for her or will their love end up hurting her in the process? -P.S. I Still Want You

"𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚." Olivia groaned and crossed her arms, standing her ground. "Don't tell me what to do. You're not my dad." Amusement filled Santino's gaze as he stood up, abandoning the papers he desperately needed to read and sign. Yet, all that was forgotten as her bewitching lips protruded. "I might not be your dad but," a midnight lock of hair was pinned behind her ear, "I can be your papi." Shuddering, her body drew closer to him, betraying her mind. "You're sick." Taking the nape of her neck, Santino leaned down, his lips brushing against her ear. "Yet you still dream about my touch, don't you, principessa?" ❦ When Santino Adriano discovers that the Bratva has betrayed their neutrality by secretly working with his family's enemies, he's determined to send a brutal message that cannot be ignored. His target? The Bratva kingpin's sister, Olivia Morozov-a sheltered girl who knows little to nothing about the dark underworld her family controls, having been shielded from the darker truths of her family's empire her entire life. Fresh out of boarding school and blissfully oblivious to the power struggle boiling beneath her feet, Olivia is suddenly whisked away from everything she's ever known and thrust into a world where loyalty is weaponised and power is the ultimate prize. As secrets and long-buried lies unravel around her, she realises she's caught in a game where the unrelenting fight for power holds more value than human lives-including her own. Santino is cold, calculating, and relentless - everything Olivia should fear. Yet, she is intrigued by by his deadly nature. The line between fear and attraction is thin, and like a moth to a flame, she seeks him out, unafraid of the burn it may cause. She's never known anyone like him-an older, dangerous man who makes her question everything she thought she knew about desire. Olivia just didn't expect her captor to be so handsome.

Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, a fierce Greek mafia princess and a ruthless Sicilian underboss must navigate a storm of power, passion, and betrayal-only to discover that their greatest battle might be against their own hearts. *** They hated each other from the moment they met, but little did they know, they were destined to be together. Millicent Rhea Darmos: Princess of the Greek Mafia. At 25 years old, she's established herself as a self proclaimed boss bitch, running her own publishing company. But now it's time she fulfils her duty to her family's organisation. It's time she gets married. Costantino Salvatore Accardi: Underboss and Heir to the Sicilian Mafia. At 28 years old, he has no interest in settling down-he already has it all. He believes in family above all, so why bring in an outsider? Yet, after a strange string of events, the two of them find themselves thrust into married life. It's full of chaos, drama and all kinds of tension. The question is, how do they survive their marriage and the storm that follows? *** "I've never kissed anyone." My voice trembled with a tinge of vulnerability - something I hated. But Costa didn't seem to mind that I was nervous or anxious. "Good. You're mine." He spoke so seriously, without a flicker of doubt as he took my hand in his. "So you want it be special, principessa?" "Every girl's first kiss is special." I whispered, watching as he brought my hand up to his lips. "I only care about yours."

She was never his to take, but he claimed her anyway. In the ruthless Baldwin world, power is law, and obsession consumes all. A young girl, stripped of freedom, becomes their prey in a brutal game of possession. Ray, the cold heir, burns with twisted desire to own her. Azar, the rebel, fights to make her submit. To the Baldwins, she is more than a girl-she's their obsession, their fortune, their possession. In a house ruled by darkness, love is a weapon, escape is a lie, and only one will win. But will it be the right one-or the wrong?

Caesar has always had the world at his feet. Wealthy, respected, and impossibly handsome, he is a man of elite standards who has never heard the word "no." That is, until Astraea transfers to his prestigious high school. When Astraea, a kind-hearted student focused solely on her future, publicly rejects his advances to prioritize her studies, Caesar's bruised ego sparks a vengeful transformation. Driven by a mix of humiliation and obsession, Caesar begins a campaign to make Astraea feel unwelcome in their elite world, even enlisting the school's "mean girl" to help pull the strings. But as the line between hate and longing blurs, Caesar finds himself caught in a toxic web of his own making. When a rivalry with his best friend, Calix, enters the fray and Astraea begins to find her own fierce voice, Caesar must decide: will he continue to tear her down, or will he finally learn what it means to actually earn someone's heart?

Leave the World Behind He didn't ask for her name. He didn't offer his. He offered an escape. No past. No explanations. No world outside of him. What starts as a reckless decision turns into something far more dangerous-desire wrapped in control, luxury laced with obsession, and rules that blur the line between protection and possession. He gives her everything... except freedom. And she must decide how much of herself she's willing to lose to feel wanted. Leave the World Behind is a dark, seductive romance about power, temptation, and the cost of disappearing for love. Read if you like: Power imbalances Slow-burn tension Wealth, secrecy, and control Dangerous attraction "One rule at a time" energy

Cover by the amazing @LNRoberts1 It's 1983 and high school sophomore, Anne Kelly's home life is coming apart at the seams. What's more, her friends are hanging with the popular crowd, and Anne doesn't feel she fits in. She gradually becomes fixated with a shy junior on the swim team named Gavin Maloney, but her friends think he's a total loser. However, Anne only becomes more interested in Gavin, and she decides to take a prank her friends played on him a step further. She begins writing him letters, not the stupid anonymous notes her friends put in his locker to taunt him, but real letters. Gavin has lost his mom to cancer and his father has gone missing. He now lives with his grandfather who is in a deteriorating state of Alzheimer's disease. It's a secret that Gavin must keep. Nobody can know or they will separate Gavin from his grandfather and put them both in state run homes. Gavin's plan is to stay invisible. Once he turns 18, he'll be a legal adult and nobody will be able to separate him from his grandfather. He just has to hold out one more year. But it isn't easy. Everyone needs friends, and now this Anne girl has singled him out. Part of him aches for human contact, and he's not immune to her quirky sense of humor, but she might be totally insane. She's practically stalking him, and if he befriends her, she might find out about his grandfather and ruin his plan. But what if he just wrote her back?