After a devastating tragedy shatters the renowned Romano crime family their fate weighs heavily on Don Leonardo Romano's only heir twenty-two year old Valentina. Determined to uphold the family's power Val will go to any means necessary even if it means selling her heart to the highest bidder. As the Romano family's most notorious hitman Matteo Costa knows the most depraved corners of New York's underground. So when Val arrives home after college he is confident she won't last long. The New York mafia would chew her up and eat her alive and yet... Serving as Valentina's personal guard Matteo realizes Val has grown into a beautiful, smart and cunning woman. He knows it won't be easy keeping the principessa safe especially when the Romano's rivals set their sights on her. But as their relationship grows Matteo realizes that his own desire might be the greatest threat to the Romano dynasty. Season 1 of The Hitman's Mark WARNING: This story contains depictions of violence that may be upsetting for some readers.

My Family's pharmaceutical company is passed down every generation to the oldest child of the family at 22 and her parents plan to keep that tradition alive. I never knew the burden of having to follow in the footsteps and take over. That luxury went to my older brother Ethan.Unfortunately, before he could take over the company, he was killed in action while he was stationed away in Afghanistan and now that burden falls onto my shoulders. I feel like I'm drowning in my grief over the loss of my brother and resentment towards my parents for not allowing me to grieve properly before making me step in. I'm supposed to fall in line and follow their every order and they don't care that I had my own dreams in aspirations. Eventually it all becomes too much and I snap and my solution was to run away from my problems. The one thing I didn't count on was running into a blast from the past. He fled our little town when my older brother died and before I could tell him how I felt about him. Maybe this is our second chance at finding each other. If Only Today Was yesterday is 20,000 word novella.

"He's hotter than Chris Evans" i thought in my mind. "cool ! you think I'm hotter than Chris Evans?" i heard a voice from above my head. Did i say that too loud? ****** Grace Roberts who once believed to live her life at it's fullest had to give up her usual life as she willfully chose to lead a life of a nerd and satisfy the dreams of her dead father by becoming a good economist. Not once did this beautiful nerd who was recognized as a 'weirdo' in her university, imagined that how she and her monotonous life would be swayed, until she met this guy with blue eyes and sexy smirk whom she found hotter than Chris Evans (her favorite). But little did she know that the guy she'd fall for had a secret and that he never wanted to reveal it to her. So what will happen when Grace finds out his secret? Rightly it is said ' to fall in love is easy...but the pathway of this beautiful emotion, isn't that easy'.

**Officially published as Clique Bait with HarperTeen!** Payment is usually a part of a basic transaction. You give and then you take. But, at Arlington Preparatory, people take at their leisure. They take their entertainment in the form of humiliation. They get what they want at the expense of their pawns. But they never pay. Chloe Whittaker has a hit list. But not exactly the murder kind. After her best friend is ripped from Arlington, punished for her fascination with climbing the hierarchy, she knows she has to end them. One by one. Revenge is sweet, and inflicting it is even sweeter. Only, what if someone she's determined to destroy, starts to win over her heart? Highest rank: #1 in teen fiction cover by @supernovass

Sarah loves Christmas time. There's only one flaw in such an enchanting time: Christmas gifts exchanges. She's the most unlucky girl ever at Christmas parties. And she hates every minute of it. Until this year.

Vena Anderson, a nineteen year old girl has moved away from home to attend college. She has no desire to live in a small dorm room and having to live with a complete stranger, so living in an apartment for her college years is her next option. The only flaw in her plan is that she can't afford it without a roommate. Vena has lived in this apartment all through the past year and just as the new school year is right around the corner, the landlord decided that she would raise the rent. James Hendersom, a nineteen year old guy has been recently kicked out of his dorm for smoking cigarettes. He now has been living with his parents until he can find a place of his own. He has been searching and searching for the past week and could not find anything, until just a few days ago. James was looking through the ads, again and one popped out more then all the others sitting on that plain "Looking for roommate. Contact Vena Anderson for further information" *This Wattpad story is rated Mature for strong language and some sexuality* Book One of the 'I Am Living With An Idiot' series. This book is currently being edited and revised because in some aspects it is so horrible, so I am working on it!!

Emma's life had always been pretty ordinary well aside from the fact that Emma was invisible to the male population. It wasn't in till her new neighbor butt in to her life that it took a turn that led to a far from ordinary life. Not only does she learn that his a vampires, but witches, fairies and other creatures are all real! Whats more she might be not even be human! The people after her are anything but good and she is good dead or alive to them. Now Emma's has to rely on his help to figure out what she is and how to live with it! Of course help doesn't come free, but it does if she is his mate? Now Emma is getting attention not just from him but from a few others who want to be candidates? Will Emma be able to choose? Or will the choice be made for her?

This story takes place in California, a girl raise up in Texas but moves to California because of her parents death, she soon goes off to school and soon enough everyone is taken up by her beauty but she meets a guy who seem to be the right one but also the wrong one. A Thug you say? "who that?" [ON GOING SERIES] © copyright 2014-2015 - All Rights Reserved xQUEENPINx

Sometimes, getting over the pain of betrayal and breakup means you have to GET UP. GET EVEN. GET A BETTER MAN. SAMPLE THE FIRST TEN CHAPTERS OF THIS REVENGE ROMANCE!

My life changed completely once i turned twenty one. My friends and i went out to celebrate my special day but i didn't realise it would be the last time i would see them. I was kidnaped and treated like a slave by a very mean and abusive Vampire that's right a vampire i didn't they existed i thought stories of vampire were only told to scare us of a night time. But this Vampire wasn't just your ordinary Vampire he was the Vampire prince. My friends and family would never get to see me again. I’ve seen my family and friends from a distance when they held a funeral four months after i was kidnapped. They thought i was dead only because Casper took some of my blood and spread it through an abandoned cabin along with some hair and clothes. Six months after i was kidnapped Casper started to become nice he would treat me like a princess and tell me how beautiful i was. I began to fall in love with my kidnapper was it wrong of me to fall in love with him? Was it wrong to agree to marry him after everything he put me through? "What are you going to do Crystal?" I screamed at myself in the mirror.