"𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦." Sophia gasped as his hand tightened around her neck, his gun suddenly lowered to her heat, teasing her. The more she fought, the tighter his grip got and the more breathless she grew as he started moving the gun against her, making the knot in her stomach tighten. Storm took the safety off the gun, glaring at her with those piercing arctic eyes of his. "Scream for me, pet." Sophia screamed. ❦ Sophia Morales' life shattered when her family fell victim to a brutal murder, orchestrated by Viktor "Storm" Osipova, a notorious hitman entangled in the dark web of the Russian mafia. Storm's brutality had forever marked the girl's life. Storm took everything from her and, in turn, threw the young girl into an orphanage, only to be tossed from family to family, enduring abuse and neglect. For years, Sophia's insatiable thirst for retribution grew, twisting into something far darker and more sinister than mere revenge. Storm became the object of her obsession as her anger transcended a simple wish for revenge, particularly as she grew up parentless and deprived of affection. But vengeance alone was not what drove the young girl. Her obsession with Storm grew with each passing day she was abused by the very system his actions had inadvertently thrown her into. For several years, she had been stalking him, waiting for the perfect moment to exact her revenge and unveil the enigmatic layers of the man who had torn her world apart, as the line between vengeance and obsession blurred. Sophia was determined to avenge her family-even if it meant taking a life in their name.

Vereena starts clocking on that her trusted dealer is messing her around by supplying her with fake drugs, and it is safe to say, she is pissed. And the only way to fix her irritation, is to go to the source of it. Demanding that she meets her dealer's supplier, she comes up with a plan to get her missing drugs back. However, that plans quickly go to bust when she walks into a heavy guarded dark room where scary looking men stare at her in awaiting. Little does she know, she has just walked herself straight into the devil's den.

A cold-blooded killer and his biggest target are placed into a predicament that has them playing house, with a loveless marriage and three small kids. However, no love is shared as one partner struggles to hold empathy for the new family they have created and the other hates everything about his wife. But the question that resides in everyone's mind is why. Why does he hate her so much and why is he bothering to pretend? Well, she killed his family. And now, he's getting just trying to get even of course.

As the soon-to-be Queen of an entire kingdom, Jana is not a figure many people admire or respect. To put plainly, she's a spoiled brat who struggles to show mercy. However, because the decision is in the hands of the King and it is his love life, no one dares to dispute the unattractive match. No one. No one, of course, save his insufferable younger brother. She cannot stand him for a variety of reasons, all of which are valid in her opinion. First, he is the family's chosen black sheep. He does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, without regard for the repercussions. Second, he has no regal status and is nothing more than a playboy. And, third, and maybe most importantly, for the last eight years, he has been the only male capable of arousing her.

Mona thought living on a farm would solve all of her issues. Her dream to marry a handsome hunk, who would be her one and only love and raise their kids on a farm meant everything to her in her twenties. So much so, that she made it her reality. However, her reality didn't quite match up to her picturesque dream. At age thirty, she finds herself in a very different situation than expected. That handsome husband in question is cheating on her with a twenty-something-year-old, and now, she must watch as she is replaced by the escapism's of the city.

A recently widowed music producer and father of two struggles to balance parenthood and work-life, and thus, he must go on the quest to find the perfect nanny. But when 'help' appears in the form of a young, timid woman, living a similar life to his last and mirroring his past trauma, a myriad of old unwanted memories come flooding back. And now, it is only a matter of time before he is forced to reopen wounds that have never fully healed.

The Criminal and His Runaway ❦ an enemies to lovers slowburn. . . . Helena left a world of polished lies, thinking freedom would be gentle. It wasn't. It looked like Elias Ashford. He hates her. She hates him. But nothing fuels chemistry like shared walls, sharp words- and the slow, dangerous shift from enemies to something much worse. . . . Not a single dull chapter ;) Warning: Suggestive content Slowburn Morally grey male lead You've been warned. Happy Reading!

At twenty, Ayla Moore becomes the price for a crime she didn't commit; her fate sealed by a 600-year-old Canon that grants an angry mobster the right to vengeance. When Roman Berisha demands a life for a life after his brother's death, Ayla is handed over to settle the score - her freedom reduced to payment in a brutal code of honor. Torn from everything she's ever known, she's forced into the world of a man who believes vengeance is justice, and mercy is weakness. As Ayla struggles to survive under Roman's rule, hate should be easy. Falling for the man who claimed her for vengeance should never be part of the bargain, but in a world ruled by blood, loyalty, and power, love may be the most dangerous betrayal of all. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of abduction, abuse, graphic sexual descriptions and questionable consent.

"Love me like you want to break me." Is it really love if it isn't cruel? #1 - deranged #3 - madlove

"you shouldn't forgive the devil so easily"