After a devastating tragedy shatters the renowned Romano crime family their fate weighs heavily on Don Leonardo Romano's only heir twenty-two year old Valentina. Determined to uphold the family's power Val will go to any means necessary even if it means selling her heart to the highest bidder. As the Romano family's most notorious hitman Matteo Costa knows the most depraved corners of New York's underground. So when Val arrives home after college he is confident she won't last long. The New York mafia would chew her up and eat her alive and yet... Serving as Valentina's personal guard Matteo realizes Val has grown into a beautiful, smart and cunning woman. He knows it won't be easy keeping the principessa safe especially when the Romano's rivals set their sights on her. But as their relationship grows Matteo realizes that his own desire might be the greatest threat to the Romano dynasty. Season 1 of The Hitman's Mark WARNING: This story contains depictions of violence that may be upsetting for some readers.

BOOK TWO OF THE HITMAN'S MARK SERIES Desperate to retain her place as heir to the Romano famiglia, Val cements her engagement to Ezra McLeod, and prays that his family's power will be enough to retain her position. To please her father and new fiancé, Val plays the part of doting and excited future-bride, at least in the public eye. But behind closed doors, Val is still intoxicated with the notorious hitman, Matteo, who is conflicted by feelings of rage and jealousy every time he sees his principessa with her fiancé. As Val delves further into Cosa Nostra affairs, and her affair with Matteo becomes difficult to hide, Val soon realizes the dangerous price of being the female heir to the Romano dynasty...and is forced to question just how much she would risk for love. WARNING: This story contains content that may not be suitable for some readers, including strong language and depictions of violence. Reader discretion is advised. Season 2 of The Hitman's Mark

As war erupts between the Greek and Sicilian mafias, the powerful Accardi family must fight to protect their empire. Accardi Obsession unravels a dark, multi-POV mafia story charged with forbidden chemistry, explosive family tensions, and an arranged-marriage pact that turns sworn enemies into something far more dangerous. *** The Sicilians trusted them. The Greeks tried to take their empire. Now, the balance of power hangs by a thread. In the third season, the Accardi family faces their greatest war yet - one that will test loyalty, love, and blood itself. Costa and Millie are fighting to protect the family they built together, even as war threatens to tear them apart. Rocco and Alessia are learning what it means to be married in a world that can take everything from you in seconds. And when a new marriage alliance is proposed, one Accardi makes the ultimate sacrifice, and enemies become lovers... or whatever you call it when hate gets complicated. There's a war brewing, a wedding on the calendar, and at least four people pretending they're not in love. The Accardis are back. Pray for whoever stands in their way.

He promised everything... except love. Broke, betrayed, and barely holding herself together, Amara Davis only wants a fresh start. After a brutal heartbreak leaves her in pieces, she moves in with her grandmother and struggles to put her life back together. Then Calum Ryan crashes into her world. Billionaire CEO. Media darling. Shameless playboy. With the face of a god and the power to bend anyone to his will, Calum isn't a man you meet by accident: he's a storm you survive. Amara thinks their paths will never cross again. Until he decides she isn't just someone he wants. She's the woman he's going to marry. Willing or not.

Lux loved her new life with her pack, the pack she'd joined two years ago after meeting her pen pal --the alpha--who was always the person to treat her best. So imagine her surprise when she has to go back with her pack to the place she ran from, the people she ran from. Her old pack...The pack that hated her and gave her nothing but hell But Lux had changed in those two years; long gone was the chubby blond that never talked back and was replaced by a badass third command that doesn't take shit from anyone and is in charge of training her wolves. But will Lux's new personality be enough to keep her from getting hurt? Especially when she has to see the person who made her leave, Damon, her mate, the one who rejected her and the alpha of her old pack...

Holly Freeman was ripped from the life she'd once known. When she fled from the ambush that saw her home of and pack of Half-Moon destroyed, Holly could never have known the life she was running toward. Now mated to the tenaciously ambitious Shadow Alpha, River Matthews, she herself is Shadow Luna-Holly is beginning to rebuild. But when she unexpectedly falls pregnant, it provokes an entirely new sense of urgency in confronting The Strikers and Alpha Xander. But the woods of Northern California have fallen quiet in the months since The Shadows' victory, and both River and Holly know it can't stay that way for long.

When darkness falls, the vampires come out. Sixteen-year-old Kiara Morrow knows that better than anyone. She's been trained her whole life to wipe bloodsuckers off the face of the earth. But then she meets Luke. He's a vampire but he's unlike any vamp Kiara's ever known. ***** Luke may be what Kiara's been looking for her whole life, but as far as her family is concerned, the only good vampire is a dead vampire. The closer she grows to him, the more Kiara is forced to confront the foundation of lies her life has been built on. But Kiara's bloodthirsty family isn't the only problem they have to face. People in town are dying. Something evil is looming on the horizon... [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

When Sofia wakes from a coma with no memory of the man she once loved, Gabriel must bury their past to protect her from a rising mafia war, until forbidden desire and buried secrets threaten to consume them both. Season 3 of Possession *** Six months later, Sofia wakes from a coma to her beloved boyfriend, Dante Salvatore, and to a life that doesn't feel like hers. The world has changed and two years of her memories have been erased, changing Dante. But an encounter with Gabriel De Luca, the mysterious mafia king, makes her heart race and her soul ache. What she doesn't know? He was once her everything. Her fiancé. Her home. The father of the child she lost. Now he is the man who tells her they are "just friends" and makes her body betray her in the process. As hidden enemies rise and a secret threatens to bring down the Conclave, Sofia finds herself drawn to the stranger she shouldn't crave. Just as their forbidden affair starts to consume her, a war between two mafia clans threatens to ruin everything that they ever fought for. Will love prove to be stronger than fate or will their saga end in ashes? *** Weekly updates on Wednesdays. Wait & read for free, or unlock with coins-the choice is yours!

I watched as it suddenly stopped its eyes continuing to stare into mine as if it was looking directly into my soul. I couldn't look away from its brown eyes despite the fear that seemed to consume my entire being. The sound of bones breaking and snapping filled the air whilst the wolf began to growl. I felt my eyes widen even more as the wolf began to shake and slowly change until a human was crouching down in its place. There tanned back on display as they stood to their full height completely naked. "Mine."

Wall Street financier David Powers is a man of rules. Rules for success. Rules for power. And, most important, rules for dating. No blondes, no under-26-year-olds, and definitely no one who works for him. Penny is his assistant, a young woman working for him in order to pay for Yale Medical School. She's smart, she's snarky, and she definitely doesn't have a huge crush on her boss. Tensions rise as the two slowly realize that their feelings for each other are growing far beyond the professional. But when Penny quits after false rumours of them sleeping together start to spread, David is faced with a choice: stick to his rules or desperately try to track down the woman he's fallen in love with. As Penny struggles to decide what life she wants to live, David's long-held beliefs are being tested like never before as he attempts to get her back. Together, they will have to see past each other's flaws and trauma in order to realize that, in business and love, some rules are meant to be broken.