As the only daughter to one of the most powerful Mafia families, Shay has sought to figure out her own path despite the overbearing pressures from her Family. After a family dispute leads to Shay and her mother to go into hiding, Shay attends Elite academy--her own perfect Hell. With an incredibly awful (or ingenious) disguise, Shay's new identity is going well until Jacob Smith shows out of nowhere. Not only does he seem to know every right button to push, but he also seems to know everything about her. Shay's seemingly normal school life explodes with a new set of problems. Old and new enemies are coming for her and she needs to choose whether she will carry the Ricca name. Goodbye Nerd Disguise, hello old identity, old life, old friends, and new enemies. It's the Family business, where plotting someone's assassination is just part of the daily duty. (Unedited first draft) FYI title may be misleading at first.

When Maya, a dark sorceress, discovers an ancient scroll in her search for ultimate power, she decides to kidnap a Cardinal Alpha known for his ruthless and brutal ways. And she succeeds. As he lures her into thinking that his power is in his blood, she embarks on the journey to activate the dark ritual lightly coated in both silver and gold. But just when she was about to attain all of his powers, Maya backs out due to a sudden and terrifying realization: she is bound and chained to Alpha Xavier Thaeos. Can she walk away with an addiction that is far more lethal than any drug on earth? Can she fight him and the call of his blood? But, most importantly, will he let her? . . . WARNING : EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT, DARK THEMES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. The Cardinal Alpha Series : Book 1

A teen monster will stop at nothing to get power, even if that means eating the forbidden fruit that will forever bind her to the keeper of death itself. ***** After rejecting the Wolf King and refusing to be his docile, powerless bride, Korin escapes into the mountains in search of forbidden fruit. And while the legends say that anyone who eats the fruit will be enslaved to the keeper of death itself, Korin is confident she can become something more. Because the power that comes with being queen of the underworld is everything she craves, as she'll finally be able to destroy the society that ripped her werewolf identity from her soul. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]