In Florence, 23-year-old aspiring artist Thalia Arnold and 50-year-old Italian Don Dominic Romano's worlds collide. Amidst the city's Renaissance art, their forbidden romance defies age and underworld dangers. Their passionate tale unfolds in the shadows of Florence's timeless beauty.

" you what? " " i killed them. I might've not wanted this marriage but you're still my wife. " ________________________________________________ SECOND BOOK IN NEEDED ME SERIES CAN BE READ AS STAND ALONE

"Soren, P-Please," I begged, my hand clasping around his wrist, desperate for him to thrust his finger inside me. "I love it when you beg, Amore. But we're running late." He stopped, and I definitely wanted to strangle him for making me frustrated. "I hate you," I groaned. He spun me around and placed one hand on the back of my neck, pulling me in for a kiss. "No, you don't," he mumbled against my lips. He pulled away from the kiss, with a small peck on my forehead, and a light smack on my ass. "Did you strap on your holster?" He asked. ♡♡♡♡ Aurora Daniels, a young exhibition coordinator finding her footing in a new country, runs into a man who had given her the best sex of her life in a one-night stand. Soren Bianchi, the ruthless leader of the Italian mafia, hasn't stopped thinking about her from the first night they spent together.

Luca Giovanni. The heir to New York's biggest enterprise has a task to complete before his father will pass down the company to him- the company that he's worked his whole life for. He has to find a wife. See, Luca? He didn't do the hearts and flowers. He didn't even do dates. He didn't need back talk, he knew what he wanted. A Submissive. When little miss Valerie Stevens waltzes- well runs into him and spills her Starbucks on him & literally falls down on her knees to beg for forgiveness... he believes he's found just the right girl. Little did he know, Valerie would take him on a ride he never expected and get caught up in the Italian mob along the way. Oh, and she doesn't have a submissive bone in her body.

-Book 3- When the Love Received is a Reflection of the Love Given, it is on those fighting for it to ensure the mirror details an oasis of heavenly eden instead of the most burning hell. Sienna Leone and Leonardo Sovrano were supposed to hate each other. It was a truth that was seeped into every crevice of their lives and beyond. However, as fate would have it for Sienna, her blood born enemy was also a working force of her most forbidden desires. And for Leonardo, the lethal Ace card that was his enemy's twin was fated to be his most soul-bound temptation. With only a month until Sienna's ascension to Capo Dei Capo of the American Italian Mafia, and with Leonardo's father Giovanni Sovrano working diligently to ensure the ascension never happens, the two find themselves thrown together working against a clock going down fast to zero. On their quest to stop the hellfire being brought to their doors, Sienna and Leonardo are left to overcome the evils even their own Hell can't permit and overcome either their ties to each other or their own families in the name of a love that should've never been written in their stars, and all the more forbidden in their own Mirrors of Eden.

*BOOK 3 in the Gang Life series. * (EDITING BUT COMPLETE) Jayla Santiago Co-don of one of the most powerful organised criminal agencies in the world. A ruthless killer and feared by the most vicious men and women and adored by all with charm, that will bring you crashing to your knees. Luis Jones. One foot in the life and the other in his law firm. He only has both feet in when absolutely necessary. After a total of 9 years apart, Will Jayla and Luis let this life of crime turn them into Bonnie and Clyde? Or has time buried everything that they wanted and everything they could have had?

Completed ✅ *BOOK 1 in the Gang Life series. * "You are mine! Do you understand?" He says. His soft lips are right up against my ear, his hands either side of my head and my back is up against the cold wall behind me. I roll my eyes at him, looking away. He slams his hand into the wall, making me jump and the white paint crack and chip. "Did you just roll your eyes at me?" He asks, voice dangerously low. "Don't do that... unless you want to see how I handle it" He groans, his dangerous dark brown eyes bore into mine. *** When young African-American girl Adeline Carter is faced with possibly one of the most interesting business deals of her life, how will she handle it? Will she rise above the challenge? Or will she crumble to his charms first?

I know why hes punishing me. its cause I was being a lil brat earlier. Sassing him in front of everyone at the office today. But i wanted this. i needed this. He hadn't talked to me in two days. How else was I suppose to get his attention. Shawn got up from his chair, and walked around his desk. Eyes on me the whole time. Racking over my body. "You wanted my fuckin attention, Destiny?" His deep sexy voice said. he was so calm, but that was only on the outside. I know he was still pissed. This made me excited. He comes to stand behind me. pushing himself against me. showing me what I wanted. His thick hardness was teasing me. I move to turn around but he stops me. Slowly moves his hands up my body. Gripping my curvy waist, up my rib cage going over my needy breast grazing my nipples along that way. He takes one hand and grabs me by my throat . The other is gripping my hair. He lightly squeezes my neck. not enough to take away my air, but it was enough. "well yu got it!" He growls.