She woke up on the 999th floor of the Skyworld's richest tower to luxury, affection, and the perfect life. The problem is that Sasha - if that is really her name - can't remember if any of it is real. Vaughn Scio, the powerful regent who claims to be her lover, is certainly hiding something. (a dark dystopian love story) ******** Please note warnings for language, sexual content, and mentions of rape.

Wattpad Editors' Choice, Winner of the 2020 Fiction Awards (for Best Plot Twist) and 2020 Mafia Romance of the Year. A chance encounter with an enigmatic Russian oligarch turns a young woman into the target of a criminal empire. Caught in a web of deceit, greed, and betrayal that stretches from the depths of Russia's gangland to the Kremlin's gilded halls, she is forced to forge a perilous alliance with an unlikely protector. From London to Moscow, this thrilling, sensual, and richly textured story transports the reader to the heart of a mafia empire - perfect for fans of dark romance and spine-tingling suspense. Originally published under the title "Russian Gambit". Genres: spy fiction | espionage thriller | political thriller | spy thriller | mafia romance | mafia thriller | romantic suspense | mystery Featured on: Wattpad Picks / Wattpad Editors' Choice Wattpad General Fiction @generalfiction Wattpad Dangerous Love @dangerouslove Wattpad Action @action Wattpad Ambassadors UK @AmbassadorsUK Wattpad Romance @Romance Wattpad Psychological Novel @PsychologicalNovel Mafia Community @MafiaCommunity Mafia Book Picks Mafia Community @MafiaCommunity Mafia Book of the Year Awards: Fiction Award for Best Plot Twist Mafia Community " Mafia Book of the Year " award

Meredith Townsend is a wedding planner who loves to give other people their very own slice of "Happily Ever After". Married to the man of her dreams, with plans to buy a house and start their own family, and with a best friend who keeps her in a steady supply of freshly-baked cakes, life is perfect. But, as a handsome stranger will explain to her, all marriages end in tears, one way or another. For Meredith, they're tears of grief, when she becomes a widow at the age of thirty-two. Smothered by overbearing parents and a close-knit group of friends who try to wrap her up in cotton wool, Meredith struggles to cope with life after Rhys. She can't eat, she can't smile, and she can't bear being surrounded by excitable brides. She's drowning, and she needs someone to save her. Jude Jackson is going through a messy divorce. He's a cynical wedding photographer who catches Meredith's grief on camera. A virtual stranger, he sees her tears as inevitable, but beautiful. Their instant chemistry could be just the lifeline Meredith needs. But how soon is "too soon" to start dating again? For Meredith and for Jude? Does she really want this serious, complicated man in her life, or is she just desperate not to be alone?

This is an unedited SAMPLE. The complete, fully edited version will be available on Amazon May 2025. Highest Rank: #1 in Dark Romance and #1 in Mental Abuse WARNING: NTL was #1 in Dark Romance and Mental Abuse for a reason. If you're looking for a gentle love story, this isn't it! Fear is a wave, O'Connell, you need to learn to ride it... Billionaire hotel mogul Alfie Tell loves a challenge, and Lola O'Connell puts up one hell of a fight. Cold and conceited, Alfie is everything down-to-Earth Lola despises, but he's a determined man. Bruised from a lifetime of loss, Lola does everything she can to keep her feelings at bay but glimpses of a dark past behind Alfie's cold exterior intrigue her. An aspiring garden designer, Lola's work thrusts her into Alfie Tell's presence as she takes on a project at his newest hotel. Unable to escape his seductions, she finds herself falling fast and hard, despite every warning sign that this man can't be trusted with her heart. Afraid of losing the one woman who has ever meant anything to him, Alfie employs every tactic he can to keep her. Manipulation, control, possession and lies consume them. Soon, their heated romance becomes a toxic infatuation that drags both of their demons to the surface and threatens to shatter them both... (This story was previously titled Loving Lola.) *Featured on Wattpads "Dangerous Love" Reading List 05/09/20 *Second Place in the The Sass Awards *Second Place in The Discovery Awards *Second Place in The Solstice Awards (This is a sample. The rest of the story is currently available of Radish.)

Alice Monroe was a good person who was about to do a very bad thing. A professional dancer at twenty-four, Alice had worked tirelessly for years to achieve perfection in all areas of her life. She had the perfect boyfriend, the perfect dream job in her pocket, as well as the unfortunate, naïve belief that perfection is built to last. All it took was one night to tear down everything Alice had built for herself until she was left single, jobless, and her heart stained with betrayal. With her tail tucked between her legs, she drives to Chicago to move in with her older sister until she's back on her feet. Little did she know that this was just the beginning of her twist of fate nightmare. Ethan Black is waiting for her in Chicago as a perfect stranger, but soon after he and Alice meet, it's impossible for either of them to deny that they're destined to be much more. The only problem? Ethan's engaged to be wed to her sister. STORY IS COMPLETE