✨Paint me as I am . If you leave out any scars and wrinkles , I'll not pay you a shilling. - Lira ✨ Business tycoon Lira Emerson who is in her late 20's , looks nothing her age . She is beautiful, elegant, gracious and living royalty. The dream lady of every men but men is the only thing, she hates the most. Rhys Conte is an almost med school dropout, being only 24 left his home with only 200$ of his savings. His family never supported his dreams to become an artist. He is ambitious to become a painter which is the complete opposite of what his father wanted , an M.B.B.S surgeon. Life took a huge turn and made them collide with each other. Where the mysterious beautiful lady met a unemployed handsome man . Read out to know more .

Dove Genovese, daughter of the second in command of the Italian mafia boss, has one sole purpose in life. That's to never dishonor her mafioso father. Marry, bring peace, and money: those are his demands. Meeting those demands comes at a high price, though. She's betrothed to an abusive man from another notorious Italian family. He's the last person she wants to spend her life with, but there's no way out. Her life is in the gilded, golden cage with strict rules and even harsher punishments. Gedeon Sokoloff wants revenge. The vindictive Russian mob boss has made it his mission to avenge his mother's brutal murder. There's nothing he wouldn't do to assert his power. When one of Genovese's henchmen breaches his territory and slaughters one of his men, Gedeon brokers a deal: war or Dove's hand in marriage. Dove should hate and fear Gedeon, because of his feared reputation. Yet, the infuriating man that enjoys teasing her and making her feel things she never felt before offers her one way to earn her freedom. Win him in a game of chess. Will Dove get the freedom she had been longing? Or will she stay as Gedeon's caged little bird in his games? _____ WARNING: Story contains rape, self-harm, suicidal ideation, physical/sexual abuse, violence, mature themes, sexual content, strong language. Ranks: #1 in Violence #1 in Adult-Romance #10 in Mafia #95 in Romance out of 1.7 million

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.