Ka'oir DeLuca never expected her life to be bartered like a business transaction, but when her father, Alexander DeLuca, struck a deal to save his legacy, her hand became the price. Promised to a man she had never met, thrust into a world she did not choose, Ka'oir is ripped from the only life she's ever known and bound by blood and bargain to the cold, powerful, and enigmatic Christopher Alessandro Barrone. Christopher is not what she expected. He's not cruel. Not careless. He doesn't treat her like a debt paid or a possession gained-but as a wife. With patience and command, he teaches her what it means to be wanted, what it feels like to be chosen, and what it costs to love someone in a world like his. Because Christopher's world is dangerous. It bleeds. And it kills. Ka'oir quickly learns that this life is nothing like the one she left behind. Beneath the luxury and control lies a legacy of secrets-about her father, her family's ruin, and the truth of what she was born into. She is no longer the quiet girl from the DeLuca estate. She is a Barrone bride now. And in Christopher's world, love isn't soft. It's possessive. It's protective. And sometimes, it's brutal. By Blood and Bargain is a darkly seductive tale of sacrifice, secrecy, and survival. With searing chemistry, forbidden tenderness, and the weight of empire resting on vows exchanged, this story asks one question: Can a love born from duty survive in a world built on blood?

𝐝𝐞•𝐯𝐨•𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧; 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞. - "𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞,"

"This is your Partner, Maurice " I opened the door to my temporary office and locked eyes with the man who just happens to be a boy. A boy who's •Rude •Arrogant •Has a lack of manners •Gets around •And most importantly flirts better than most guys in bars. "I hope you two get to know each other, Have fun"

|| Chris Brown || Trinity has never been to the hood or even imagined what the hood would be like. That's until her and her father moved out to New York from the luxurious California. There, she meets a group of urban kids where she experiences crime, death, and violence. What's really hood.

Kamryn Reed is a, soon to be, 19 year old senior in high school. She befriends her student teacher Christopher Brown while dealing with a bully by the name Cara Sumpter. Ultimately, Kamryn and Christopher fall in love despite the controversy. The school district can press charges against Christopher if he is in any way inappropriately intimate with any of the students. With the odds stacked against them, will they protect their forbidden love? Guilty Pleasures is the love story for the shy, bullied, anxiety cursed girls who are ready for the best alternative to suicide. Let this be your fairytale.

"I'm never ever letting go, cause I love you more than life itself" Copyright © 2015 Publisher: Breezyswife05 I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication.

Caramia Andrews has known nothing but the streets, and the strip club since she was thirteen. With the motto of "Love isn't anything" she doesn't open up. She doesn't let people in because she knows how they are, at least she thinks she knows. Can anybody change that?

She's the bad girl and he's the good guy. Christan Brooks goes undercover as a bodyguard for a drug queen pin. Will she ever find out his true identity?