Willow's always been known as the good girl with the wealthy parents who could do no wrong. Little do they know that this seemingly perfect girl has some less than perfect secrets; and the fact that she's been sneaking out past curfew every night since the beginning of summer isn't the worst one. Distancing herself from the people at school has become lonely, but everything changes when a group of bad boys that she meets after curfew one night transfer to her school and begin to take an interest in her; one even more than the rest. But will they be able to protect her when events from her past re-surface and begin to get her into more trouble than she ever wanted? ********************** We were a circuit, electricity flowing through us at every connection, every light touch igniting a heat that was exhilarating but dangerous. Like we could catch fire and burn to the ground at any second. "Did you take your own advice? Did you ever forgive yourself?" I whispered, my words evaporating in the heat around us. He moved towards me, trapping me against the car door as his lips traced over my jaw, down to my neck. "This," he whispered, his thumb tracing the waistband of my jeans, making my breathing falter. "Allowing myself to feel this happiness, to feel you...this is me forgiving myself." He kissed me, calming the raging storm in me and igniting a new one. I wasn't sure which would cause more destruction, but I knew only one had pretty blue eyes and a effortless smile that could convince me it was all worth it. It probably was.

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

𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. "You have three minutes," Kazimir murmurs, voice low enough to burn. My heart slams against my ribs. "I said-" "If you're not ready by then," he says, head dipping until his mouth brushes the shell of my ear, "I'll carry you out exactly like this. In this little nightgown. Barefoot. With nothing inside." My breath catches. He leans back just enough to meet my eyes. Cold steel. Absolute control. "And don't think I won't." ✦••┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈••✦ 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 in 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 [𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞] She thought she knew what Hell was. Then she met the man who ruled it. Aurora Ivanov was never meant to be his. But he never cared for rules. She was the daughter of an Interpol officer, a girl who belonged to the light. But light means nothing when the devil decides he wants you. It was Kazimir Petrov. The Bratva's most feared king. The monster men whisper about. And now, her captor. Dragged from her home, locked away in his empire of sin, Aurora is no longer the daughter of law. She is the property of a man who doesn't believe in mercy. He doesn't just want to own her body-he wants to shatter her mind, carve himself into her soul. She fights him. He enjoys it. She tries to run. He drags her back. She swears she will never belong to him. He smirks-because she already does. There is no love here. No mercy. Only the cold, merciless man who has decided she is his forever. She isn't his princess. She isn't his queen. She is his Hellion. And in Hell, there is no escape. Brutal. Sinister. Unforgiving. This is not a love story. This is a warning.

He was hired to protect her life. No one expected she'd become the thing he couldn't live without. Vivette: "You know, smiling won't kill you." Matteo: "Neither will silence." Vivette: "We should test both theories." This book belongs to me.

When her elder sister's affair with her own ex is exposed, the scandal shatters two families in a single night. Betrayal burns, reputations crumble-and in the wreckage, she becomes collateral damage. Her brother-in-law doesn't scream. He doesn't beg. He plans. Cold. Calculating. Patient. She was never meant to be anything more than a pawn in his revenge-a living reminder of the sister who humiliated him. But the moment his eyes meet hers, something dark shifts. Obsession replaces anger. Possession replaces pride. He divorces the woman who betrayed him without a backward glance. And the very day the court seals the papers, he marries her sister-delivering the cruelest blow imaginable. What began as vengeance turns into a dangerous game of desire. Because he may be a devil in love... But devils don't fall without dragging someone into the flames with them.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 ---------◈--------- Coming from one of the most dangerous Mafia families in Chicago, Adelina Lombardi desires to build her own future after her twin was murdered in cold blood. Freshly turning 23, marriage is far from her mind, it was something that would bind her down to someone. Her rough childhood forced her to grow up at a young age. Her ethereal looks made her look like a goddess, a possession of power sitting right in her hands. When she's betrothed to the oldest son of the head of the Cosa Nostra, an agreement to ensure the safety of both Mafia families, she knows there's no way out. Especially because she's marrying the soon to be Capo dei Capo of the Italian Mafia. Lorenzo Bianchi has always been cold, ruthless, his emotions hidden from the world like a veil of clothed darkness. From witnessing his brother commit, to becoming a Made Man at the age of 10, The Devil wasn't someone to be messed with. Lorenzo was one of the most desired men in the city of New York through Chicago, the countless number of girls throwing themselves at him, hoping to gain his hand in marriage just the beginning. But under the handsome exterior and his brooding grey eyes, blood and death revolved around his life, his aura radiating power and control Adelina doesn't have a choice but to accept the marriage, knowing that when you're engaged-married to someone in the mafia, you're bound to them forever. The only way out? Death. ---------◈--------- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS INSIDE Highest Rankings : #1- femmefatale #1- a-list #2- mob #2- wealth #2- action-romance #3- assassin #3- bound #5- dangerous #5- blood

Virelia Kallies was just walking home after a date. A normal day. One moment she's walking, the next she's on the ground in a strangers arms. Strong, warm, cozy arms... And a voice. Powerful yet gentle all in one. "Hey, hey! You have to stay with me beautiful" Then nothing. 𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ 𓇼 Tyvero Corvani didn't want or need his mafia issues to interfere with innocent lives. Not that he cared. He didn't. It was just extra work for him. But what happened to his calm, elegant, dominant persona when he saw HER on the ground. Shot, because of him. He didn't know her. But she was beautiful and unlike any girl he's ever seen before.

❛𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐈 𝐀𝐌, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓.❜ - F. SCOTT FITZGERLAD, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 ───── 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈 - the golden girl of a ruthless empire, born with the world at her feet and blood on her family's hands. Once soft-hearted, once in love, she learned the hard way that mercy is a weakness. Now, her smile is a weapon, her silence a war cry - and the man who ruined her is the one she's sworn to destroy. 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄? - the Bratva's ghost. No records. No past. No soul to save. Once her protector, now her curse. He vanished without a trace, leaving behind a girl who learned to bleed quietly. But monsters always come home - and this time, he's back with blood on his hands and secrets in his eyes. ───── In a city built on loyalty and lies, love is the most dangerous weapon of all. And when Amara finally faces the monster who made her one - only one of them will walk away unchanged. ───── 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌.

Book 3 Of The Corrupt Me Series ‼️18 VERY MATURE‼️ She wants him dead...But he wants her all. Corrupt Me Series 3rd Book. Kenji Chen The funny broken best friend, a private assassin for his boss aka her cousin, he's been wanting her since he can remember but she won't let him in and just wants him gone.... Vivian Larson The devil daughter in disguise, a personal and assistant assassin for her cousin, she hates love and wants nothing to do with it but eventually, he changes her mind, or does he? - Enemies To Lovers - Stuck Together - Soul Mates - Opposites Attract - DARK ROMANCE - Oblivious Love - Work Colleagues - Emotional Scars #1 Hot #1 Darklove

✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 ❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬❞ ✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧ In a world where everyone plays dirty, silence isn't safety- it's strategy. Olive thought she'd finally outrun the chaos. That quiet meant peace. But the past has a cruel way of catching up, and sometimes the real enemy is the one you never saw coming. Whispers grow louder. Trust fractures. A familiar face returns with a hidden agenda, and the people Olive once relied on begin to shift in the shadows. Loyalties bend, love is weaponized, and the line between truth and manipulation thins with every secret unearthed. Xavier is still the center of her storm- magnetic, dangerous, impossible to walk away from. But what they had is no longer what they know. And when the foundations crack, Olive is forced to ask herself one question: Who is he really protecting? As the web tightens and a new power rises from the quiet, Olive must choose between who she was and who she's becoming. Between love and survival. Between silence... and the war waiting to erupt beneath it. Because this time, it's not just about staying alive. It's about what you're willing to risk when everything you believed was a lie.