Arya, une jeune femme pleine de vie, décide de repartir de zéro en Italie, croyant y trouver une opportunité de travail honnête dans une charmante pizzeria. À 21 ans, elle se sent chanceuse d'avoir décroché cet emploi, mais elle ignore encore la sinistre réalité qui l'entoure. Son patron, en apparence bienveillant, est en réalité impliqué dans un vaste réseau de trafic de cocaïne, dérobant sa marchandise à la mafia sicilienne. Après huit mois de travail, Arya découvre avec horreur qu'elle est malgré elle complice d'un dangereux trafic de drogue. Sa vie prend un tournant dramatique lorsqu'elle croise la route du chef impitoyable de la mafia sicilienne. Cet homme redouté et sans scrupules exerce une influence immense sur tout ce qu'il touche. Découvrant la trahison, il décide de prendre Arya en otage pour régler ses comptes et lui faire payer la dette de son employeur. Des révélations inattendues sur son passé et sa véritable identité surgissent, bouleversant tout ce qu'elle pensait savoir sur elle-même. En fait, Arya a toujours été prisonnière d'un destin obscur...

Quelques mois après avoir été libérée par l'homme le plus recherché de Pennsylvanie, Freya Cullen, une jeune amish a tout oublié de sa vie passée avant son enlèvement. Alors qu'elle tente de se souvenir, elle se retrouve projetée comme témoin clé dans un procès contre l'État de Pennsylvanie exigé par l'avocat de cet homme dont elle n'a jamais vu le visage, mais qui hante toutes ses pensées. Seulement très vite, celui que la police croyait loin ressurgit des ténèbres. Commence alors une enquête dans laquelle la jeune femme sera utilisée comme la proie unique qui pourra attirer le prédateur. Un prédateur qui n'a qu'un seul but... La reprendre...

HANNAH I've spent my entire twenty-one years on this earth in the background. Walked over by friends. Family. Strangers. And I didn't see a problem with it; I'd rather nobody pay attention to me. It was safer that way. Easier. Until I got the wrong kind of attention. Lev Somov caught me running from an impromptu crime I was committing against my ex-boyfriend, and in that moment, he somehow decided I was worth giving his attention to. All the bad kinds of attention. Next thing I know, he's watching over me, hijacking my job and becoming my client. And then he takes things above a level I never thought possible. He is a monster, incapable of feeling any type of remorse or guilt for anyone and anything, including me. All I can hope for is that I make it out of this obsession alive. LEV This life wasn't meant for me, but now that he's gone, it's mine for the taking. And no one is going to stop me. I've shown my loyalty through blood, and I make no plans to change my future. Especially not for the little kukolka I found stumbling into the wrong alleyway. I'll take my time before I break her. And then, the Dynasty will be mine.

Jakob Laurent was an intensely quiet, no-nonsense type of man. Callan Grant was a sweet, slightly eccentric, small-business owner. ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆ Callan needed to take some extra security precautions, but she could have never predicted that it would come in the form of a tall, brooding, and unbelievably stunning man. A stalker, a bodyguard, three iced lattes per day, and a heap of loungewear. Didn't that sound like the start of something wonderful? ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆

Une confrérie. Neuf guerriers. Neuf destins. Wraith est le combattant le plus redoutable de la Confrérie. Sans foi ni loi, démon de feu létal, les ennemis tombent sur son chemin. Quand Indigo demande de l'aide à la Confrérie du Pacte suite aux menaces qu'elle reçoit, c'est à contrecœur et dicté par les instincts de son démon que Wraith se rend chez elle. Bien que la jeune femme ne lui soit pas semblable, l'entité qui vit en Wraith, terrible et sanguinaire, est pourtant immédiatement subjuguée par cette femelle au fort caractère et aux insultes ridiculement désuètes. Liés par un mystérieux incident, ils devront faire face ensemble à la vague de meurtres étranges qui sévit dans les rues de Mystwell. Mais c'était sans compter leurs espèces respectives, vouées à se détester. Agressif, autoritaire, violent, cruel et impatient, Wraith parviendra-t-il à convaincre Indigo qu'il peut, malgré tout, être fait pour elle ? Parfois, le désir est plus fort que le destin... [Cette histoire contient des descriptions explicites de violences, à caractère sexuel, un langage grossier et d'autres thèmes pour adultes. Pour public averti uniquement.] Couverture réalisée par la merveilleuse @Sinadana, un grand merci à elle pour son travail !

𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐄 is pretty sure her new neighbor is a serial killer. What else could explain his antisocial behavior, creepily minimalistic apartment, and that inhumanly emotionless demeanor? Not to mention the bloody body parts that have started showing up. It's too bad she's not scared of him. Or his unveiled threats on her life. But an emotionally scarred gangster on the run -- riding the brink of insanity and followed by a host of trouble -- is a lot more than she could've bargained for. 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐎 is beyond redemption. Capo of the Romano crime family, the sociopathic Prince of Chicago, hell wrapped in a designer suit. He exemplifies cold precision and perfect control. His job has always come easily to him for the very same reason that his name is feared widely: he's incapable of emotion. But something horrifying and sinister is beginning to happen to him. And it turns out that pesky slipping sanity is the least of his concerns. Because his new neighbor is a ray-of-sunshine wildcard dipped in beauty like he's never seen, and she won't leave him alone. Worse, he can't decide if he should kill or protect her. Massimo doesn't count on Vivienne being the first person to look at him like he's human. Or demons from his past coming back to haunt him. Much less a new threat looming on the horizon. Or love. Especially not that. ♛ Deviant Prince is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, dark mafia romance. WARNING: this story gets very dark. You must check the CW in the intro. [ Book 2 in the Romano Brotherhood Series | COMPLETED ✔ ]

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.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are..." Calliope's breath shuddered as she pressed trembling fingers against her wound, trying to stifle the slow, relentless flow of blood. The dark crimson smeared her deep brown skin, glistening in the faint moonlight filtering through the trees. She bit her lip hard enough to draw blood, forcing herself not to cry out, even as the pain in her arm surged with each heartbeat. Her body was coiled in the shadows, hidden among the thick underbrush. The scent of damp earth filled her lungs as she crouched lower, her deep brown eyes flicking toward the faint beam of light where he stalked her. The trail of her blood, leading back to her, was a cruel betrayal-he'd see it soon enough. In the distance, his boots crunched on the gravel path, slow and deliberate, the sound crawling through the silence. His shotgun dragged behind him, the barrel scraping along the stones with a sharp, unsettling screech. His tan skin glowed under the night sky, brown hair falling messily over his forehead, casting shadows over his deep-set brown eyes, eyes that no longer held the warmth she once knew. "Callie, darling..." His voice rang out, taunting. It was a mockery of affection, twisted and sharp. "Come on out. You know you can't hide forever." He scanned the woods, his gaze erratic, desperate. His hands tightened around the shotgun, knuckles white as his eyes flared with hunger, the hunt fueling his madness. The stillness was thick, suffocating, but Calliope could feel the tremor in his voice, the impatience-he was unraveling. She swallowed hard, trying to quiet her heavy breathing, her heart hammering in her chest as he stepped closer, the smell of blood growing stronger around her. If he found her, there would be no telling what he would do. ------------- In which a predator hunts prey.

A Billionaire's Nemesis, a Druglord's Rival, and a Stalker's Obsession. At 24, junior detective Nadia Steele dives into a perilous case of underground drug dealing. Her quest for justice pits her against a ruthless CEO of Donovan Enterprises, thrusting her into the crosshairs of vengeful criminals. But as she uncovers dark secrets, she finds herself the target of an insidious stalker who manipulates her world in ways she never imagined. A billionaire's ambition, a druglord's vendetta, and a stalker's fixation collide in this high-stakes thriller. Can Nadia Steele unravel the tangled web of deception and find the hidden truths before it's too late?

Lavender has lived her entire life sheltered developing extreme anxiety, what happens when she moves away alone, and meets a professor who sees to her dependency. :') not edited, updates consistently- okay kinda consistently. tysm for giving my book a try & be nice too or else :p