His student is off-limits...but the temptation to have her is much greater. ❧ 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 is a stubborn, hardworking, and studious twenty-one-year-old senior at Darwin State. She's worked two jobs and relied on her academic scholarship to pay her way through her years at the prestigious university. Her life isn't all that, but she knows better days are ahead. ❧ 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 is a dominant, alluring, and passionate thirty-three-year-old Business Professor at Darwin State, now entering his third year of teaching. His parents are the largest donors to the university, so rules don't necessarily apply to him. But coming from a wealthy family doesn't always mean happiness. What happens when Rose walks into Roman's lecture on the first day of her last semester? They both know it's wrong, yet they still test the waters. It could cost them everything, but are they willing to risk it for true love? It's forbidden. It's tempting. It's addictive. ✎ 📈 HIGHEST RANKINGS: ☻ #1 in #university | 12/02/2024 ☻ #1 in #goodgirl | 03/13/2025 ☻ #1 in #forbiddenromance | 01/23/2026 ☻ #1 in #student | 01/24/2026 ☻ #1 in #teacher | 01/30/2026 ☻ #1 in #rich | 02/08/2026 ☻ #1 in #steamy | 02/28/2026 ✎ 🚨 PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMERS/CHARACTERS PAGE TO SEE THE WARNINGS, TROPES, ETC. READING THE PROLOGUE WILL ALSO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE BOOK BETTER. 💌 THANK YOU FOR READING! DON'T FORGET TO ADD, VOTE, COMMENT, AND SHARE! 📋 PLAGIARIZING ANY PART OF THIS BOOK OR BOOK COVER IN ANY FORM IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 📕 BOOK COVER BY: @havennoelle Copyright © 2024-2026 by Haven Noelle

"You want to act reckless? Fine. But don't think for a second you're not being watched. This city is full of men who'd love to carve a message into you just to make a point." "And what message would you carve?" I whispered. He reached out. Brushed the back of his knuckles down my jaw, rough and slow. "Mine." It wasn't sweet. It wasn't romantic. It was a brand. And then he dropped his hand. "You have ten minutes to get out of here before I make a fucking scene." ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Massimo Bianchi is ruthless, the kind of man who leaves blood in his wake and never looks back. At 29, he's the trusted enforcer for one of the most feared mafia bosses in America - my father, Lorenzo DeLuca, the ghost I never knew but can never escape. I, Francesca DeLuca, have spent my life in the shadows of wealth, too blind to see the truth behind my family's fortune. But when I confront the mysterious man who's been following me, I'm thrown into a world of blood and betrayal, where loyalty is bought and sold like a commodity. Massimo is everything I should fear - cold, dangerous, and bound by an oath to my father. But there's something in the way he looks at me, a dark hunger he refuses to acknowledge. I should hate him, push him away, but the deeper I fall into my family's twisted legacy, the harder it is to resist the pull. But loving a man like Massimo is a risk, and in our world, mistakes are paid for in blood. So the question is - will I be his downfall, or will he be mine?

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐚 || After a flagrant display of cosmic irreverence, Elizabeth Evans is left adrift. With no place to call home. No plan for the future. Only a useless college degree, lingering substance abuse issues, and a penchant for burnout. When a childhood friend offers her a chance to start fresh in the sleepless city, Ellie does what any hopeless soul with nothing left to lose would do; she takes it and doesn't look back. Life in New York City is more complicated than this small town girl could have ever imagined. And it would seem the gods have a few more tricks left up their sleeves. Ellie finds herself torn between two worlds. Between her growing feelings for two enigmatic men. Between her wanton desires and lifelong ambitions to finally make something of her sad, little life. The scales must be weighed. Between lust or power. Between desire or reason. Between getting what she wants or doing what's expected of her. She must also ask if those are really the only options. What if she wants more? What if she wants it all? And what is she willing to do to get it? To find out, Ellie must confront not only her past, but the deepest parts of herself. Neither the universe, the city, nor these two annoyingly handsome men are going to make it easy. And only two things are certain; the gods certainly have a sense of humor and the heart wants what it wants. | R A N K I N G S | #1 in literaryfiction (02/26) #1 in representation (02/26) #1 in modernromance (03/26)

𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕗𝕚𝕒 𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 -------------ꨄ------------ 𝑰𝑺𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑹𝑨 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑺 - The girl of the ocean, who grew up learning how to ride the waves of the sea before her seventh birthday. With her bubbly charm and reckless bravery, she was loved in California and seemed to have her entire life figured out. But when a dark shadow is revealed from the past, what will happen to her and the fairytale life she once dreamed of having? 𝑳𝑼𝑪𝑨 𝑮𝑰𝑶𝑽𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑰 - The devil himself. The killer. Newly crowned leader of the Italian Mafia, Giovanni makes it his personal mission to get revenge on the man responsive for his younger brother's death all those years ago. Driven by this vengeance, he travels halfway across the world to ensure that Isadora's father is the one that pays for his crimes. And what better way to make him suffer than forcing Isadora's hand in marriage? -------------ꨄ------------

Nikolas Bellucci Aleksandr Mikhailov is dangerous. I didn't just see it-I felt it. Every nerve in my body screamed to run the moment his sharp green eyes locked onto mine. His stare wasn't casual; it was predatory, deliberate. Like he wanted to consume every part of me and leave nothing behind. What had I done to deserve his attention? I'm a nobody. I prefer shadows over spotlights. I don't want to be anyone's Donna, their treasure, or their little prince or princess. But Aleksandr? He doesn't care what I want. Even when his hands skim over my skin, making it impossible to fight back, impossible to breathe. Even when my traitorous heart races whenever he calls me his printsessa. I'm a man. The last mafia prince of the Bellucci family. Arranged marriages, political games-it's all supposed to be beneath me. At least, that's what I keep telling myself. But Aleksandr Mikhailov doesn't ask. He takes. And some part of me, despite everything, might just want to be taken. Aleksandr Mikhailov Nikolas Bellucci is a work of art-beautiful, dangerous, and far too proud for his own good. I knew I wanted him the moment I saw him. My uncle Ivan always said, What a Mikhailov wants, he takes. Rules? Irrelevant. Boundaries? Meant to be shattered. Nikolas fights me, yes-but he'll break eventually. They always do. And when he does, I'll be there to catch him, to hold him, to ruin him until he's mine entirely. My printsessa.