Antonio Viktor Cross. The lead singer and guitarist in the band "Ecstasy". After years of constantly being on the road and never knowing the warmth of a woman that wanted him for him instead of his money, he's tired. When the band takes a break from the road in order to prepare for their world tour he meets Imanni, A beautiful brownskin woman with a heart of gold. He's shocked when he finds out she has no idea who he is or that his band exists. He takes his chance and asks her out, surprised when she agrees. He makes the decision to keep his "Superstar identity" a secret out of fear that he'll lose Imanni or she'll change her tune about him. Will things work out for him and Imanni? Or will his lies push Imanni into the arms of someone else?

"How do you live without a lifeline" Some people build their lives carefully. Mae's had always felt like it was happening to her instead of because of her. She didn't think anything could pull her out of that. Until a world of wealth she didn't understand collided with a man she wasn't supposed to notice. It almost felt like falling.

She served warmth. He brought war. Together, they burned the city down. Amara DeSouza left Trinidad chasing peace - a small café in Brooklyn, laughter with her six-year-old daughter, and the scent of curry and fresh bread drifting through the street. But peace doesn't last long in a city that never stops watching. One night, danger walks through her doors - silent, bleeding, and beautifully wrong. Luca Moretti is the quiet storm of New York's most feared Italian family, the man who never loses control... until he meets the woman who looks at him without fear. Their worlds should never collide. His life is built on blood and silence; hers on hope and fire. But when protection turns into something deeper, neither can deny the pull between them - even as bullets, loyalty, and secrets threaten to tear it all apart. She has a daughter to protect. He has a brother to save. And somewhere between the scent of curry and the sound of gunfire... they find something worth living for.

Mora Bennett had her whole life planned out. At twenty-two years old, she was a senior at Brown University, graduating at the top of her class on the path to becoming a medical doctor. Raised in a strict Caribbean household where discipline, reputation, and faith meant everything, Mora was taught that success came before love. Her parents expected perfection - perfect grades, perfect image, perfect future. And Mora delivered. Beautiful, intelligent, and soft-spoken, Mora carried herself with elegance that turned heads everywhere she went. Her deep brown skin glowed like warm honey under city lights, her curls always perfectly styled, and her dark eyes held both ambition and quiet loneliness. People admired her from a distance, but very few ever truly knew her. Then she met Matteo De Luca. Matteo was danger wrapped in expensive suits and a calm smile. Tall, tattooed, and carrying the kind of confidence that made rooms go silent, he appeared to be nothing more than a wealthy Italian businessman with old money and powerful connections. But beneath the polished image, Matteo secretly ruled one of the most feared mafia organizations on the East Coast - an empire inherited after his father's violent death. Cold to the world yet strangely gentle with Mora, Matteo becomes obsessed with the woman who doesn't fear him, doesn't chase his money, and sees something human beneath his darkness. Mora tries to resist him at first. He represents everything her family warned her about: danger, chaos, temptation. But love doesn't care about rules. The deeper Mora falls into Matteo's world of bloodstained loyalty, family secrets, betrayal, and power, the more she realizes the man she loves may destroy everything she spent her entire life building. And Matteo soon learns Mora might be A passionate love story about devotion, culture, ambition, danger, and choosing between the life you were raised for... and the person your heart can't live without.

After damaging property belonging to one of the most feared Spanish mafia families in the city, seventeen-year-old Nyla Brooks expects to be killed on the spot. Instead, she's taken in by the powerful De León family, who become strangely protective over the orphaned girl. But as secrets about Nyla's past begin to surface, it becomes clear her disappearance years ago was no accident-and someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.

Aaliyah never expected a late-night hospital shift to ruin her life. One glance from Luca-the city's most feared mafia boss-and she becomes his newest obsession. Cold. Violent. Untouchable. Luca is the kind of man people pray they never meet. He rules Chicago through fear, bloodshed, and power, and nobody dares question him. Not rivals. Not cops. Not even the men who work for him. But when he sees the shy black nurse with soft eyes and a gentle heart, something inside him snaps. He watches her. Follows her. Learns everything about her. And then he takes her. Not to save her. Not because she's innocent. Not because she needs protection. He takes her because he wants her. Trapped inside Luca's dangerous world, Aaliyah quickly learns that obsession feels a lot like love when it comes from a man willing to burn cities down for you. The deeper she falls into his darkness, the harder it becomes to remember she was ever supposed to escape. Because Luca doesn't let go of things he claims. And he already decided she belongs to him.

Silk, Blood, and Seoul is a dark, emotionally charged romance that follows Jasmine Parker, a determined young woman who has spent years working to escape her life in Philadelphia. Focused on her future, she earns a full scholarship to study law in Seoul, believing she has finally left the past behind. But two years earlier, one decision changed everything. On a cold night, Jasmine saved a dying stranger in an alley, never knowing he was Ji-hoon, a powerful and dangerous figure known as "The Ghost," a man who rules a a dangerous hidden mafia empire. In his world, debts are never forgotten. When their paths collide again in Seoul, Jasmine is pulled into a life far removed from the one she fought to build. Surrounded by wealth, danger, and rival syndicates who see her as a weakness, she becomes both a target and a responsibility Ji-hoon refuses to abandon. As tension builds between them, Jasmine struggles to hold onto her independence while navigating a world governed by power rather than law. Ji-hoon, driven by loyalty and obsession, is determined to protect her whether she accepts it or not. Caught between ambition and survival, freedom and control, Jasmine must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her future... and whether she can resist the pull of a man who lives in the shadows.

❝𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍'𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔❞ 𝐄𝐙𝐑𝐀 skin covered in tattoos, 𝐉𝐀𝐃𝐄 skin tainted with abuse... • • • 𖦹 𝐉𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 a mother dealing with the mental scars of physical and mental abuse from the father of her child, 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐒, given the chance to escape she does just that. Her trust for men vanished into the thick air of hatred and a heavy heart of trauma. What happens when she has to trust 𝐄𝐙𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐓, a man, for her and most importantly, her daughter's, safety? 𝐄𝐙𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐓 a remorseless, Russian, mafia boss given a request to help a domestic violence victim, 𝐉𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘, because of his therapy background. His black heart gains a whip of light when wiping the tears of the victim. Leaning into him and his brother's 𝐇𝐎𝐀 (Holt's Organization Administration) he provides the very best protection attempting to give her a fresh start. But Is that "protection" good enough with 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑 on the loose? • • • 𖦹 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: drama. sex. killing. domestic violence. (Read tags)

NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED! Read the full story, including exclusive scenes, via the link in my bio! 🔗 He came for a hiding place. He stayed for the cook. Serenity Davidson has no time for strays. She's too busy running the best soul food catering business in Greensboro and keeping her heart in the Dudley neighborhood. As a proud Dudley High alum, Serenity knows how to handle the heat but she isn't prepared for the starving, half-dead man collapsed on her front porch. She does what she does best: she feeds him. He says his name is Kevin. He says he's an unemployed factory worker with "bad asthma." He is lying. He is Lorenzo Moretti, the ruthless Don of the Sicilian Mafia, battered and hiding in plain sight. He intended to heal, exact his revenge, and disappear. But after weeks of Serenity's soul food, her warm bed, and her sharp tongue, Lorenzo realizes he has a new addiction. He's not just going to take back his empire. He's taking the cook with him.