State of Affairs ⚖︎ "You missed a talking point on page four, Governor," I said, sliding the briefing file across his heavy mahogany desk. Tennyson didn't look at the file. His dark eyes stayed locked on my mouth, completely devoid of the golden-man charm he'd just fed to a crowd of thousands. "Lock the door, Milan," he murmured, his voice low and exhausted. "You have a press briefing in ten minutes, sir. And your wife is waiting in the lobby." He stepped around the desk, invading my space until the scent of cedar and expensive bourbon swallowed me whole. His hand brushed my waist, his thumb pressing possessively against my hip. "I don't care," he breathed, his facade finally shattering. "Lock the damn door." 🏛️ To the world, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 is untouchable. He is the state's golden man, a devoted husband, and a man with a spotless reputation. Everyone worships the ground he walks on. Everyone except his executive assistant, 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐚. Milan has a strict two-year plan: survive the Governor's temper, secure her recommendation letter, and catch a one-way flight to Washington, D.C. Her job description: hand him his black coffee, fix his crooked ties, and treat the most powerful man in the state like a normal human being. But her immunity is exactly what breaks him. Behind the heavy oak doors of his office, Tennyson sheds his perfect mask. He is cynical, ruthless, and spiraling into a dark, desperate obsession with the only woman who doesn't want anything from him. He becomes addicted to her warmth and slowly to her. As late nights at the office blur into a secret arrangement, Milan thinks she has the situation under control. But she doesn't know that Tennyson's public life is a PR lie. She doesn't know that the Governor has absolutely no intention of letting her go. 'Cause what the Governor needs, the Governor gets.

man, it's true, exes change - 𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫

They say Spain is the most beautiful country in Europe. Tourists see golden beaches, vibrant festivals, and cities bathed in sunlight. They never see the darkness hiding beneath it all. They never see the empire that controls the shadows behind the government, the law, and every powerful institution in the country. The Morozov. For decades, the Morozov family has ruled Spain from the shadows, feared by politicians, judges, and criminals alike. At the center of that empire stands Dahlia Katya Morozov......the only daughter of Dimitri Morozov, the most feared man in Spain. Dahlia is no princess waiting to be rescued. She is a weapon. Raised to command, trained to kill, and involved in every dirty corner of the Morozov empire, she is as ruthless as the men who fear her name. Cold. Untouchable. Unbreakable. Until one night. A celebration in the Morozov mansion brings together the most powerful figures of the underworld. Dahlia stands at the center of it all, queen of her empire, believing no one could ever challenge her. Then he walks in. Zayden Mateo Castillo. A man feared across continents. A legend. A nightmare in human form. He has power, wealth, and an empire built on blood. There is nothing left for him to conquer. Until he sees her. One look is all it takes. For the first time in his life, Zayden becomes obsessed. He wants her. Not for a night. Not for a season. Forever. And he will do anything in his power to make her his. But Dahlia refuses to bow. She meets his obsession with defiance, his power with resistance, and his darkness with ice-cold determination. As desire turns into obsession and obsession threatens to become war, two of the most powerful empires in the underworld collide. The question is no longer whether Zayden wants Dahlia. The question is how far he is willing to go to make her his. And whether Dahlia Morozov will bring the most dangerous man alive to his knees or destroy them both. "If you guys want detailed description, then swipe next"

Asyian "Ivy" Moore lives a life measured by the impeccable standards of her family and the congregation that reveres her father. By day, she is the dutiful daughter, her every move a testament to grace and high expectation in the polished world of her urban, upper-middle-class community. But when the city lights blaze, so does a secret fire within her. Under the guise of night, Asyian sheds her saintly facade and steps onto a different kind of stage: the pulsing, neon-lit floor of an exclusive downtown club. Here, she is known only as "Ivy", an exotic dancer whose magnetic performance is a daring, defiant whisper against the silence of her perfect life. When her two worlds violently collide-a chance encounter with a charismatic stranger who is both a successful entrepreneur and a man deeply connected to her church-Asyian must navigate a treacherous dance between loyalty and lust, salvation and self-discovery. Can she hold the two halves of her identity together before the truth shatters her family and her heart? Or will she be forced to choose between the life she was given and the love she never dared to ask for?

She died betrayed. Killed by the people she trusted most-her husband Ryan, the son of a feared mafia family, and her own sister, who stole her life without remorse. But death wasn't the end. Kayla is reborn at twenty-four with one goal burning inside her: revenge. This time, she's not soft. She's not naive. She's cold, calculated, and ruthless enough to tear down anyone who stands in her way. Her sister will pay. Her husband will regret ever touching her life. And the empire that once swallowed her whole will learn her name in fear. But revenge has consequences. When Kayla crosses paths with Matteo Moretti-the powerful, dangerous, and devastatingly attractive mafia don who even his enemies don't speak of lightly-her carefully built plan begins to unravel. Matteo is not like the men she knew before. He doesn't follow rules. He is the rule. Cold, possessive, and terrifyingly protective, he sees Kayla as something he refuses to let the world take from him. What starts as protection turns into obsession. What starts as revenge turns into war. And what starts between Kayla and Matteo becomes something neither of them can control. Because in a world built on blood and power... love is the most dangerous weapon of all.

He lives by one rule. Never change for anyone. In his world, loyalty is rare, survival comes first, and love is just another risk he can't afford. But she slips past every boundary he's built, and walking away stops feeling like an option. She knows better than to fall for a man like him. Still, she's caught between the life she's trying to build and the chaos he drags her into every time they collide. It's toxic. It's addictive. And every moment together pulls her further from the exit she swore she'd take. Neither of them bends. Neither of them lets go. But when the streets start closing in and consequences turn real, love might not be what destroys them-survival might be. ⚠️ MATURE THEMES: This fictional urban romance contains graphic violence, strong language, and explicit sexual content. Intended for mature audiences only.

• BOOK 1 OF THE ESZTAR SERIES • Reaching upstairs, he hurled me inside his room and closed the door harshly. I stood there shaking with fear. He looked scary. Extremely scary. He tilted his head, forming an evil grin on his face. I couldn't move. I stayed riveted to my spot silently begging him for mercy. Everything went wrong tonight. He was going to take out all the aggression on me. He always did that. To make it worse, no one was there in the house to save me. I opened my mouth to speak but was roughly slammed against the wall in a heartbeat. It happened in less than a second. My chest was pressed against his and my hands were pinned above with his one hand clasping both of my wrists while the other hand snaked around my waist, holding me in place. "What are you doing?" I let out an incredulous whisper. "Showing you the right way to dominate." And with that, he smashed his lips over mine. ~~~ Life is perfect. Until it all goes downhill. For Vittoria, it was when four insanely hot mafias kidnapped her. Vittoria Andress, a normal girl finds herself thrown into the world of mafias. Now left all alone, without her brother, her only family, she has one big task- survive. And it was anything but easy, especially with the obsessive mafia boss having hots for her. Will the merciless turn of events crush her beneath it's weight or will she rise from there ashes? WARNING : Strong language, graphic violence, abuse. May act as a trigger. #1 IN MAFIABOSS #1 IN DARK ROMANCE #1 IN HATELOVE #1 IN CRIME #1 IN SASSY #1 IN CONSORTIUM #2 IN HOT #5 IN KIDNAP #7 IN OBSESSION

[Not edited] Alex Dalton a Mafia boss who owns the biggest mafia in the US. He is cold, ruthless and heartless. His job consists of killing, selling drugs and all the illegal things someone could imagine. And Lilac Rose a beautiful woman who is kind and innocent, full of love, a girl who just finished college and happend to be at the wrong place at a wrong time. Lilac witnesses a murder on her way through an alley and as her eyes lock with Alex, things take a big turn for both of them and their worlds flip upside-down. ____ The first few chapters idk are not good written, in my opinion, but the more you get into the book, the better it gets :) #1 in alcohol 02/25/22 #53 in boy 08/04/22 #2 in cold 01/26/22 #1 in difficult 06/20/22 #2 in smoking 03/30/23 #20 in maturity 05/29/22 #18 in mafiaboss 04/03/22 #1 in intense 12/06/22 #10 in hot 09/04/22

Ice and fire were never meant to survive the same war. Olivia has spent years perfecting survival. Beautiful. Untouchable. Trapped in a marriage built on power, appearances, and silence, she learned long ago that softness gets women destroyed. Then there's Enzo Russo. Dangerous. Reckless. Feared by men twice his size. The kind of man who solves problems with violence and wears sin like a second skin. He has always been there - lingering too close, watching too carefully, waiting for the moment Olivia finally lets him in. Because Enzo has wanted her for years. And Enzo Russo does not walk away from things he wants. But Olivia has never needed saving. She needs control. And when power begins shifting in the shadows of their world, one choice threatens to unravel everything - loyalties, bloodshed, desire. Including the only thing Olivia has left to protect: Herself. A dark mafia romance featuring slow burn tension, obsessive devotion, dangerous loyalty, and a man who would burn the world down for her.