Ivy Black is the heir to the American Mafia. But being the stubborn woman she is, she declined. Following her dreams of dancing and singing, she ended up at the 5 King's Hotel as a burlesque dancer. Not exactly what she thought, but she doesn't complain. Alec Northman is the leader of the Italian Mafia. With a cold heart, he runs his Mafia with an iron fist. Along with being a ruthless Mafia leader, he's a business man. He decides to enter the hotel business and ends up buying the 5 King's Hotel. Fate leads Alec to set eyes on the gorgeous Ivy. She sings her heart out and swings her hips to the beat as the reckless leader watches. Alec soon realizes that he wants her. No one will stop him, not even her. But after all, she is the dangerous one. "All good boys go to heaven, but bad boys bring heaven to you." -------------------------- "This doesn't work" I mumble "What doesn't work?" Alec stares at me from across the room. His cold glare ran shivers down my spine. Not even my father could do that to me. Only Alec can scare me. "We don't work. Your the leader of the Italian Mafia. I'm a Black. I never wanted to be involved with the Mafia." "You don't have a choice. You were born into it. Why not embrace it?" He came closer to me as I step back. My back hits a wall as Alec places a hand next to my head on the wall. He leans in next to my ear, "I know you feel it. You feel the killer in you. Your afraid of becoming what your father wants. But I say fuck it. Embrace your true self. Your a dangerous women Ivy Black." -Mature Content (+16) -Violence -Strong language -Graphic scenes -Mafia related

What would be simple for most people: go to their dream college, get a good education, pursue the career of their dreams, and fall in love along the way- is complicated for Raegan Donovan. In high school when college is talked about and applied to, it feels like distant endeavors. You don't actually consider getting in or paying for it yet because it feels like a fantasy. So when Raegan gets into her dream school she's over the moon- until she gets her first tuition bill. A financial burden she can't possibly put on her family. But Stanford Medical School doesn't come cheap and she finds herself stepping through the threshold of Temptations Exotic Dancers Club...and leaving as Ginger, their newest dancer. Now Raegan has a secret and is struggling to find time for anything besides keeping it and school. If she focused on anything else, her secret might slip through the cracks and break her families hearts. What would her family and friends think if they find out they know nothing about the person they care about most? Enter Orion Miller, business mogul and Bay Areas Hottest Bachelor. Orion pushes his way into her life, whether she is ready or not, and Raegan is forced to let someone in and see a side of her nobody knows. But Orion isn't the only one vying for Raegan's attention. Oliver Wilson may not have the name to back him like Orion does, but he fights just as hard to get Raegan to notice him. His charming smile and patience draw Raegan in from the first time they meet and she can't help but wonder what life would be like with someone like Oliver. Falling in love with either man would be a dream come true for Raegan. But can she trust him to be there for her and still keep her secret? Or will it all spin out of control with the more people she allows into her life? Because the thing with secrets is, the more who know, the easier they come out. -HIGHEST RANKINGS- #1 in completed(11/14/19) #5 in romance(11/10/19) #4 in humor (11/11/19)

'We always say what's gone is gone but it's not, Evan. Past is always present. It's present in my memories, in my scars, in my nightmares.' Ramona's voice croaked. 'You're right, Ramona. Past is and will always be there but it's our choice to look back at it.' Evan's fingers were now drawing slow circles on her arm. 'Past doesn't come back to haunt us, Ramona. We go back to the past, it drags us back to it so that we can haunt ourselves.' Evan said. -- Evan had experienced the glory of love and the sadness too. He was left scarred by the loss of the love of his life. Her parting gift to him - their newborn child Julius, the only string that connected him to life - that kept him alive. He had experienced his heart transforming to a piece of stone at the grave of his wife when he had seen the last drop of his warm tear falling down and disappearing into the ground beneath which she laid. Wanting to concentrate solely on his baby child and to run away from his lost love's memories Evan moved into a small town of Vermont. Things were about to change for him when Ramona, the slightly crazy and extremely infuriating, alcoholic woman next door, might be the only one to make that stone melting. And he, didn't see it coming... But Ramona had her walls up too, to guard her own broken heart which was reminded constantly of the darkness inside it by Evan's uncontrollable anger issues. How would they ever draw a future together when Evan only saw Ramona as a threat to his child and Ramona compared Evan to her past? Next to them they still didn't know that the evil crept in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to pounce with a purpose so vile. And they, didn't see it coming... *** Book 2 of You're Still The One. (YSTO Book2, spin off.) It's a stand alone book.

'You didn't answer my question,' he asked, holding her gaze in his hypnotic ones. 'Wh... what question?' She was surprised at her own voice, it sounded like of someone else's. She wanted to ask him--which question, there were so many he had asked her tonight. Each one threatening in their own different ways to her sanity. Brandan smiled mysteriously. Not answering her, he instead said something else, 'Don't keep staring at me like that.' His voice was soft. Suddenly, she found herself in some other world. 'W.. why?' She stammered ridiculously. His lips slightly brushed against her, she closed her eyes in anticipation, under the spell of their lips connecting. Sparking were the electricity all over her skin. ''Cause....' He took a step back from her, leaving her cold and she was too lost to do something about it--like leaping closer to him and getting engulfed in the euphoric warmth once again. ''Cause, you will fall in love with me... ' He paused as growling deeply a set of thunders boomed above the skies. Cold wind made her hair dance around. He finally finished his sentence, 'Again.' Rain poured down upon her heavily as if the entire sky was about to break down over her, She opened her eyes against the cold water to see he had lef alreadyt, leaving her to drown into his words, completely. *** They say love's blind. Maybe that's why Emma loved Brandan despite all odds, more than she loved herself but only to find that it wasn't enough. When time and fate decided to be cruel to the utmost, she found herself broken in all the ways possible. Realizing that love wasn't enough, she picked up her ruined self and found a new beginning at the end. But fate had, apparently, some unexpected plans in store. Against all odds, they were meant to face one another once again. But this time, Brandan was a changed man and so was Emma. While one was burnt from the pain, another was burnt from the guilt. And then...

Mari Hansen ran away from home at 15 not being able to stand her radically religious family anymore and was desperate to be nothing like them which lead her to living on the streets subjecting herself to drugs, alcohol and prostitution going down a road straight to an early death when her pregnancy saved her life. Clean and sober since then, she would do anything to provide for her even if it's selling her body to do that. She went from the bad streets where she was beat up to an agency for high priority clients. Now 24 with a 7 year old daughter she wants out of the life she's known nearly 10 years so she can do anything else, already knowing that one day her daughter would have to know the truth. So she studies while Lalexia is at school when she gets a new client that her boss thought only she could handle. Shawn Sorci left home as soon as he could and never went back. He was off to basic right after graduation. He dedicated his life to the Army and in 9 years he had served a good portion of that overseas. He volunteered for deployments and his leadership qualities shone through as he was promoted to Sergeant First Class shortly before his latest deployment, which he didn't know could possibly be his last. Part way in they were ambushed and he was lucky to make it out with a couple gunshot wounds while some of his men never made it out. Now on medical leave while he recovers he's irritable, frustrated, angry and not wanting to admit he was suffering from PTSD. He needed to let off some steam and that's where Mari come in. He didn't want some fake experience because he really didn't care so when he tells her to speak her mind she becomes the most infuriating and sarcastic woman he's ever met, putting him in his place on many occasions much to his amusement. For once in his life he feels a fierce protectiveness for someone other than for the men he served with but she wants nothing to do with that, to her he's a client and nothing else.

💞 A brand new completed story! Short chapters! Completed January 5, 2020. *Still in rough draft form* She was her best friend, her rock and favorite person on the planet. Their friendship was timeless and when Cora Ashley was offered a job in her hometown, it was hard to refuse. Lisa's hometown was close to Cora's and they would sit for hours and talk about home, but Lisa had no interest in ever returning. Not long after Cora returned home she received life changing news and also suffered a loss, a loss that sent her on an adventure to learn the history of her best friend. Blaine Lowell is the son of a famous and very prominent family in New York, he is also the brother of a missing person. His sister disappeared years earlier, until a spunky meteorologist came into his life to help solve a mystery. He is conservative, she has a secret but together they must solve the mystery of not only his missing sister, but the disappearance of his sister's child. https://my.w.tt/N9wmupvEQ1 Copyright © 2020 by Grace Madden All Rights Reserved.

Isabella Benton, a flight attendant, graduated from veternarian school, bought a farm and is close to making her dreams come true with the man she loves, until he was in a car accident. She's on her last flight on White Skies Airline, and she meets a blue-eyed stranger on her flight to London. Greg Masterson is a veteran and heir to a fortune, who was raised by a beast of a man. Daily beatings his whole life until he ran away to the U.S. Army and meets General Benton. Is it by chance or intervention that bring these two lost souls together? A quick sexual encounter in a club in London begins a story of heartbreak and love. Take a journey with Bella and Greg as he fights the fight of his life just be with his one true love. https://www.wattpad.com/626946949-white-skies-a-completed-steamy-romance-attention Edited by @hannahbananalc Copyright © 2020 by Grace Madden All Rights Reserved.