Lacy Calloway has spent four years building a life she never thought she'd have. After escaping years of abuse and losing both of her parents at eighteen, she refuses to let her past define her. At twenty-two, she co-owns Chapter & Coffee with her lifelong best friends, Jade and Raven-a cozy bookstore café where every smile and every cup of coffee is proof that life can begin again. Then Raven falls for Nico De-Luca. Kind, protective, and fiercely devoted, Nico seems perfect... until his older brothers enter the picture. Matteo De-Luca is quiet, guarded, and impossible to read. Lacy is everything he isn't-warm, endlessly optimistic, and determined to break through the walls he's built around himself. His younger brother Elio is just as infuriating as he is charming, and Jade can't decide if she wants to kiss him or knock him out. But the De-Luca brothers are hiding a secret. They're heirs to one of the most powerful mafia families in the country. When a rival family discovers Matteo's growing attachment to Lacy, they destroy the only place she's ever truly called home. With enemies closing in, the De-Luca family leaves the girls with no choice but to move into their heavily guarded estate. Thrown into a world of violence, secrets, and impossible choices, Lacy begins to lose the sunshine everyone has always depended on. As nightmares replace smiles, Matteo-the man who once believed love was a weakness-finds himself willing to burn down the world if it means bringing her light back. Some hearts are worth protecting. Some people are worth killing for. And some loves are destined to become... Mine to Keep.

Amora and Adrian were never a coincidence- at least, not for him. She believed in their love. In the years they spent together. In the way he looked at her like she was everything. Until the day she learns the truth. Adrian didn't just fall for her. He chose her. He approached her family with an alliance- one that would bind her to him, permanently. Their love wasn't fate. It was a decision. His decision. Now married to a man she no longer trusts, Amora keeps her distance-her heart guarded, already searching for a way out. But Adrian isn't a man who lets go. Not of power. Not of control. And never... of her. Obsessed, ruthless, and dangerously in love, he will destroy anything that tries to take her away- Even if the only thing standing against him... is her. And the most dangerous part? A part of her... doesn't want to be saved.

Ophelia-Daisy Moretti has spent her life locked in a golden cage-unloved, unseen, and forgotten by the family who should have protected her. Born into a world of crime but too soft for it, she survives through daydreams of a love that doesn't exist in her world. Until her father sells her to his enemy. Vincenzo Giovanni is the cold-hearted king of the Italian underworld. Feared, respected, untouchable. He doesn't do love, doesn't do mercy. But when a fragile, wide-eyed girl is delivered to his doorstep as part of a blood-soaked bargain, something begins to shift. She's not what he wanted. But he might be everything she needs. In a world where loyalty is deadly and love is weakness, their story will be written in stolen glances, shattered trust, and the kind of longing that could burn empires to the ground. This is not a love story. It's the war they never saw coming. She was sold to him like property. He never expected her to become his weakness.

"Keep fighting me, Principessa, and I will throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself." Gianna Vitale thought the fall of her father meant freedom. She was wrong. Now living under the iron-fisted protection of her brother-in-law, Don Alessio Gravelli, she is the mafia's most protected-and isolated-princess. But the walls of the estate can't keep every monster out. When a brutal kidnapping attempt leaves her childhood bodyguard dead, Alessio assigns her a new shadow: Adriano Santano. He is thirty-one, built for war, and lethal in a way that terrifies her. To him, Gianna isn't a person; she's an assignment. A high-maintenance liability he has to watch 24/7. But Adriano isn't just a bodyguard. He is a man with a secret agenda, laser-focused on a goal that has nothing to do with saving her life. He is playing a dangerous game, and Gianna is the pawn he didn't expect to want. Every forced touch, every late night, every moment he stands between her and death blurs the line between his duty and his desire. He is the only thing standing between her and a bullet. But who is going to protect her from him? ~~~~~~~ **TROPE LIST:** 🛡️ Bodyguard x Princess 🤐 Grumpy x Sunshine 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity (24/7 Protection) 🔥 Slow Burn & High Angst 💔 **"He's lying to her"** **Rating:** M for Mature (Explicit content, violence, dark themes 🔞) !!!!!!!! BOOK 2 of the What We Hide Series. Timeline: 2 Years after the events of Book 1-- What the Blood Conceals. (Can be read as a standalone, but interconnected characters/spoilers for Book 1 are present).

"Eyes on us, Mouth shut, Legs open." Dominic and Dimitri, two deadly twins running the most powerful mafia in New York, known as Slaughters. They had everything they ever wanted except one person. Sofia, an epitome of innocence and clumsiness never thought she would grab the attention of someone she should stay away from. Secrets revealed, love turned into betrayals yet there's one thing that never changed, The Obsession. The Addiction.

"I want a divorce. I don't want to live here. I know everything now", she said with pain and anger. His eyes turned red and he clenched his fists. He approached her and hugged her softly. Placing a kiss on her forehead, he said, "My sweet princess, try as much as you can, but I'll never let you leave me. You will have to leave over my dead body", as his eyes darkened. Start date: 9th April, 2023 Finish date: 7th August, 2024 TOP RANKINGS' #1 in dark-past #1 in darkpast #1 in terrifying #1 in planning #1 in escaping #1 in menacing #1 in fakedeath #2 in booklover #4 in escape #4 in running #5 in terror #5 in fear #9 in mafia #9 in romantic-suspense #9 in romanticsuspense #11 in secretidentity #15 in darkromance #25 in English #28 in obsessed #39 in series #60 in broken #81 in mystery #130 in obsession #143 in darkromance #243 in Wattpad #348 in horror #386 in shortstory

"Bastard." She whispered. "Your bastard." He whispered back. ~~~~~~~~★~~~~~~~~ A shy at first girl but wild once you get to know her. Her innocence is nothing but mock. Behind her curious, innocent eyes lie a woman who'll make their knees shake. In more ways than one. When she meets three of the most handsome, devilish, and sinful men to exist, she can't help but wish she could have them all. And that she does. When things hit its peak, she has all three of them wrapped around her finger. Despite them being her dominants. As the past catches up to them, secrets are revealed. Feelings are hurt. And blood is shed. An angel with her wings dipped in blood. • • • WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS VERY MATURE SCENES AND LANGUAGE. IT IS A SOMEWHAT SLOWBURN, BUT THINGS MOVE A BIT QUICKLY. IT WILL ALSO BE A LONG ONE.

"Adriana Your mine you hear me my future wife, my future mother of my kids and mine to fuck" He fucked me hard and deep his Prince Albert piercing reaching places I never thought existed in my body Adriana Petrov shes 20 years old she comes from a toxic family and decides to move to Chicago with her best friend for a better life but because of that trauma she doesn't believe in having a family in having someone that actually loves you she doesn't believe in that Roman volkov he's 26 years old the typical cold stone person who promised himself 5 years ago to never get married or have a family but once he meets Adriana all he wants is make sure she has his kid and trap her his new obsession he never thought he would have Highest rankings: #7 stalker #19 mafia #6 Italian #8 mature themes

(COMPLETED) BOOK TRAILER IN CHAP. 1!!! I had just turned 19 and was about to graduate high school, entering into an amazing university. Surrounded by plenty of friends, I had such a bright future ahead of me. Everything changed when I met the devil named Eric. Disguised as an angel, I was pulled into his dangerous world. Eric was one of the most deadly, viperous, and wicked mafia leaders. His name haunted his victims heads. He was every bit of dangerous as beautiful, someone so perfect only existed in my wildest dreams. He was everything a girl could ask for. Or so he perceived it to be. . . Blinded from the start in his ethereal world, soon I realize that it was all merely just a mask. And what lies beneath the mask, was far more sinister. *** WARNING: This story contains violence and mature scenes. Read at your own risk. *** I pulled away, with some difficulty from his tight hold. "I need to go, I can't stay." It didn't change anything for him, he continued to kiss my neck as if I had never spoken. That's when his hand slipped underneath my volleyball spandex. I gasped out, covering my mouth as I shut my eyes. "I know you want to stay, so stay. I'll make you feel better than any high school guy ever could." Eric sexily purred in my ear. His fingers found the weakness between my legs, and my hands clamped onto the back of his neck as his kisses nuzzled on my neck. I leaned my head back, taking in sharp breaths as his fingers felt inside me. He was so good at everything he did, I was learning from what seemed a professional. After taking another brief look at the clock, I decided to take the risk. After all, an adventure is much more fun when it's dangerous. Or so I'm hoping, I never really had the guts to do anything mischievous before. *** #1 in Romance 7/22/18 His Obsession. Copyright © 2018. All Rights Reserved.

Who can hurt me? I asked myself. who can broke me further? Who can ruin me more than this. Who can? Six whole years of hell. i should do it. Leave the most powerful man. The same man who can turn the world around if he want to. He broke me, ruined me. Even when I give myself him to. I have married him. My son's father. The same man i love or once i loved. *** A man who is to rule half of the world, who is feared by the underground. The one said to be ruthless. He born to rule the dirtiest businesses. He is the same man who idiotically fall in love with a woman. A man who deserved to be loved, punished and to be dead. SAMUEL JAMES CARTER. Carter's were the bravest and feared mafia family in Italy. Drugs, Women trafficking, Assassins, all the dirty business you want your children never to be a part of. The King. The one who rules. That what he is. Cruel, rude, and sinner. That he hate his own mother for giving birth to him. He fall in love? Impossible. * She isn't pure but she isn't sinner. A sunshine, a beauty who lives in her own skin. Loved by her family and respected by everyone. She didn't question when her family was in danger. When group men barged into her house, captivating her family. Holding them as hostages, for two whole week. For giving them the roof the leader of the gang offered to marry her. Insulted, afraid, and broken she rejected him. He never used to listen to NOs then she did. He was man of his ways, she later offered if he knelt Infront of her, she will be his wife, for the rest of her life, she was sure he'll never knelt infront of her. But he did. He did in victory. Then came promise, which she broke it twice. TAYLOR AMELIA FOX, the bravest, the sweetest, the kind soul had trapped in a man's life. Too afraid to fly, too in love to decide. Will she ever get what she wants? ^^ Thank you for all the support for this story.