Book 2 of the Painted Lies duet grief /ɡriːf/ noun; intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death. Liliana Russo is many things. The head of the Spanish mafia. A daughter. A sister. An assassin. A young woman. A criminal. Cruel? Ruthless? Unforgiving? Grieving? After everything she's been through in Italy, everyone almost forgot about everything that happened in Russia. Apart from Liliana, she struggles to forget a second of her past no matter how hard she tries. The training, the psychological manipulation, the torture and the fear. Now she has to face everything at once. Her family. Her friends. Her enemies. Her own reflection. Her past, her present and her future. And her grief. She watches as everything within reach to her burns at her command, at her touch. And she watches as it all goes up in flames. All of it. ... "Do you know how it feels-" I start, the anger seeping out of every crevice of my body as I walk up to him swinging my knife around in my hands with practiced precision, something that felt completely natural to me. Like riding a bike. "To have everything you love stripped away from you with one person?" My voice cracks and I point the knife against the external jugular vein popping out the side of his neck as he strains to get away from my hold. Alas his attempts appear to be useless against the restraints binding him the the wall. "My sisters dead" "I- I promise I didn't do anything to her" "Oh I know" I recoil with amusement and repositioning the knife so that the tip and butt both rest comfortably between my fingers as I twirl it, grinning like the Cheshire Cat with a sincere expression towards the bloody man hanging on the basement wall. "But unfortunately the person who did met an all too easy demise, quicker than I would have liked" I pout breaking into a manic laugh before dropping my face all together. "So I suppose, you'll have to do"

MATURE CONTENT: some may say a smut overload EDITING/REWRITING One night. A night filled with passion and longing. The annual ball has finally come, a night Nova Quinn has been dreaming of for years. Finally, she can go and live out her dreams. When she catches the eyes of Grayson Blackwell, she can't help but give into him. One night. They share one night of passion, intending of never seeing each other again. But not everything goes to plan. Nova Quinn. She's strong, stunning, sexy, smart and can pack a punch; she's everything you could ever want. However, Nova has never opened her heart nor her mind to the idea of love; until him. She's the daughter of one of the most powerful mafia bosses in England. She may be named after a star, but she's as dangerous and feisty as the devils daughter. "I'm not a princess, I don't need saving. I'm a queen, I get shit handled." *** Grayson Blackwell. He's built like a tank, tattoos cover his body, but what is he hiding under all those swirls of black ink? Having never been loved, trained since birth to become a monster, he does just that. He's ruthless to everyone, not allowing anyone got get close. Until her. He's fearless, dangerous, filled by anger and the most feared man by many. Being the son of a powerful Mafia boss has brought pain to Grayson that he always carry's with him. No one messes with the stories they've heard. "I'm not calling you a slut, but you've had more balls in your mouth than the 'Hungry, Hungry Hippos'." Highest rankings. #3 in power #2 in Nova #1 in Grayson #1 in ballroom #1 in knives #1 in teasing #10 in teen fiction #1 in non-fiction #10 in badass #1 in fighting #1 in challenge #2 in guns #8 in fiction #2 in dance *None of the photos are mine, I do not take any credit for them.*

"You don't know me." "Yes, I do. And this is not you." "You don't know me well enough to know if this is me or not." "You're an angel...our angel" "The angle died long ago and the devil rose. And the devil has been here for as long as I can remember. And if you can't accept that, accept her.....then there's the damn door." Artemis Dakota Jordan Dawn is a 15 year old girl. She's been in the orphanage for as long as she can remember and thinks her family abandoned her. Little does she know, her family thinks she's dead. After 13 years, her family gets an unexpected call to find out their princess is indeed alive. However, Artemis is not the same bubbly 2 year old her family knew her as. After being in countless foster homes and going through traumatic events, Artemis has learned to defend herself over the years. Soon, Artemis figures out that her family is hiding something from her and her family figures out that she is hiding many things from them. Will they eventually trust each other to let out their deepest darkest secrets, will these secrets come out forcefully, or will these secrets not come out at all? What does Artemis' fate have in store for her future? The only way to know is read on.

Meet Carly-Jay shes a triplet and has 7 other siblings, she has had a hard life bullied at school even her own mother hated her because of the way she looked and sent her away to live with her eldest sister, now a year and a half later she's back, she's skinnier and prettier and more "badass" than before with the help from her now closet and most trusted friend Hunter Blake.. She's been in love with her brothers bestfriend Greyson Toretto for as along as she can remember but is afraid to admit her feelings and get close to him because of the torture he use to put her through before she left and because shes afraid because of what she went through while she was away at her sisters... Nobody except her, her sister Annabelle and her best friend Hunter Blake know the cruel and vile torture she suffered at the hand of her obsessive now ex-boyfriend Troy Dalton. What happens when the past comes back to haunt you? Questions are being asked and answers are being demanded. What happens when the person you feared most is back in your life suddenly and unexpected? And claims that you and him never broke up. Demands that your his forever. Weather you like it or not. How far will you go too protect yourself and your family? or what if a family member betrayed you in the worse way possible, could you forgive them? how would you cope and feel? Find out by reading Carly-Jay's journey...

Book two so if you didn't read book one which is Winter-Rose. Read that then come over here Everything changed when Winter and Augustus went missing. They knew about Octavian and was ready to protect Winter against him what they weren't ready for was for those people to take Winter and August. Everyone was now on edge wondering where did they went. Time for play is over now it's time for war. A war that only the strong can win, because it's now the quiet before a Storm no one was anticipating. A war that no one knows about hopefully when they learn about it it's not too late. Started: 11 June 2020.

"This is wrong..." she whimpered pleasure consuming her. "You want me just as much as I want you, give in to your desires sweetheart and I'll make you feel so fucking good, that you won't ever want another man to touch you," he whispered huskily making her core throb. That was what she was afraid of, that when he was done with her, she would be left broken... ------ Scarlett Malone was a feisty headstrong young she-wolf, blessed by the moon goddess as the first Alpha Female. Moving to a new town with her mother to start afresh, they were welcomed into a new pack and a new family. Things became complicated when she begins to feel attracted to her handsome, smart, and cocky stepbrother, the future Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack. Will she be able to overcome the illicit thoughts that consume her mind and awaken a pleasure deep within her? or would she push even her own boundaries and explore the forbidden feelings that burned within her? Elijah Westwood, the most popular boy around, and one every girl wished to have a taste of. A player who didn't believe in love, nor mates. He was twenty-one and was in no rush to find his fated one, enjoying life as he was, with no shortages of women to bed. What happens when he returns home only to find that he's begun to see his step-sister in a new light? Knowing that when the mating ceremony came, she would find her mate. Will he fight against everything for her, or would he let her go?