She came to escape the consequences. She never expected to find a reason to stay. After one reckless night finally pushes her parents too far, twenty-one-year-old Silvia Golding is shipped off to spend the summer at her grandmother's ranch in the middle of nowhere. Swapping rooftop parties, designer handbags and late-night cocktails for sunrise chores, muddy boots and endless fields feels like the worst punishment imaginable. The only familiar face is her older brother, Kai, who never left after their grandfather died. While Silvia counts down the days until she can return to city life, Kai insists she'll eventually fall in love with the ranch. She doubts it. Especially when she meets Knox Blackwood. Rugged, frustratingly handsome and Kai's best friend, Knox is everything Silvia claims to hate. He's stubborn where she's impulsive, hardworking where she's spoiled, and completely unimpressed by her designer lifestyle. Their constant bickering soon turns into stolen glances, lingering touches and a chemistry neither of them can ignore. But Knox has one rule he's never willing to break. Don't fall for your best friend's little sister. As the summer unfolds beneath wide-open skies, bonfire nights, star-filled skies and golden sunsets, Silvia discovers that sometimes the place you're desperate to leave becomes the only place that ever truly felt like home. And sometimes the person you're told to stay away from is the one worth risking everything for.

She prayed for a savior. He answered as a sinner. - Fico - I've spent four years pretending I don't want her. Aisling Jones is off-limits in every way: young, protected, and untouchable. She's the daughter of a legend, the sister of my boss's best friend, and a fantasy I buried so deep I almost convinced myself she didn't exist. Then she ran into the street in front of my car. Broken. Bruised. Begging. And just like that, every vow I made to keep my distance turned to dust. I brought her home. I hid her. I told myself I was protecting her. But the truth is far simpler and far more dangerous: I've never wanted anything the way I want her. And I'll destroy anyone-everyone-who tries to take her from me. Including myself. - Aisling - I escaped hell, and I landed at the feet of a monster. I don't know his name. I don't know where I am. All I know is that he's dark, and dangerous, and when he looks at me, I feel like prey. But he doesn't touch me. He doesn't demand anything. He just... waits. And I don't understand why. I should be terrified. I am terrified. But every day I spend in his penthouse, every meal he brings me, every time he sits in the corner and watches me sleep like I'm the most precious thing he's ever seen, I feel something... I'm starting to trust him. I'm starting to need him. And I'm starting to realize that maybe the monster isn't the one I should be running from. Maybe the real danger is the man I'm falling for. Because when he finally tells me who he really is? I don't know if I'll survive it.

Six years. That's how long Mya Flores has been skimming millions from the untouchable transatlantic empire of Vince Visconti. To the digital world, she's a ghost. A brilliant coder slipping through the dark web, financing her life in New York City. She thought she was flawless. She thought she was safe. She was wrong. Vince Visconti rules the blood-soaked pipeline between Italy and New York with a terrifying, icy efficiency. He despises people, communicating with his men in short, brutally sharp, and deadly commands. He doesn't waste words, and he doesn't show mercy. But when a multi-million-dollar discrepancy finally catches his eye, his lethal focus shifts entirely to the beautiful thief who managed to outsmart him for over half a decade. He tracks her down. But instead of putting a bullet in her, Vince does something far more dangerous. He gives her his voice. All of it. Trapped by a ruthless blackmail deal, Mya is forced to become his personal digital runner, hacking his enemies and unearthing secrets. But the true danger isn't the rival syndicates. It's the towering, tattooed monster watching her every move from the shadows. Vince is entirely, violently obsessed with his sweet orchid. And as his dark possession wraps around her, Mya realizes the most terrifying part of all: the man who refuses to give the world more than a few deadly words won't ever stop talking to her.

ALAINA RODAS: "I should have remembered monsters are always the most dangerous when they make you forget they're monsters." SEVARIO SORRENTINO: "Everyone knows my violence. She was the first person who knew my devotion." Two people who were never meant to find each other. Two broken souls who were never supposed to become each other's weakness. But sometimes the darkest souls are capable of the deepest devotion.🥀

Xavier Petrov I came here for my younger brother, Louis, so he can live out his dreams and know I'm always behind him to protect him. We had to transfer universities from California because someone figured out who we were, that there were Petrovs in California and now here we are. In some small town in Vermont and in it, the past two years here have been good. Silent. This is my last year of this academic bullshit before I can finally go back to Italy, begin working alongside Alessio and fight for the three mafia alliance. I expected the months to go by fast. I planned to stay completely focused on my own world, boxing at an underground ring to bring money in and keep my friend's gym afloat. But what I didn't fucking expect was her. And god, she runs so pretty, like her name. A river flowing and running a continuous stream...Until you throw a rock in and fuck up the entire stream. Im coming for you River and there is nowhere you can run where I won't find you... River Hayes I've lived in this fucked up town my entire life. I'm barely surviving to get through my last year of this absolute hell. Every single day is a battle to keep my head above water, living under a roof where peace doesn't exist. My dad is an alcoholic with heavy fists and a temper that goes off like a landmine and my mother is a broken woman who was driven to drugs after seeing how miserably her life had failed her. I can't end up like them. I won't let myself. That's why I do what I do. That's why I've spent the last three years of my life selling my body at a gentlemen's club in town, a place where only the elite travel to such a little town to watch strippers dance and throw money at them. It's humiliating. No one from school even knows what I do and still I feel disgusting, I feel worthless, like nothing of mine is even mine anymore. But I'll keep doing it because I have no other choice, I need to get out of here and this degree is my one way ticket out. Or at least, thats what i thought...

She feared him more than anything-until he became the only place she felt safe. After escaping years of abuse, Lina found a fragile kind of peace scrubbing floors in a mercenary's mansion. Quiet, invisible, and broken, she kept her head down and her voice lower. Especially around him. Killian. He kills for a living. He is a powerful, cold-blooded mercenary, a wealthy man who built his empire off blood, fear. He owns a powerful private military company that operates in the shadows, answering only to the highest bidders. He commands killers, closes deals, and never makes mistakes. Until her. A glance. A flinch. A wound she tried to hide. And suddenly, he was watching her closely. Quietly. Like she was a puzzle he didn't mean to touch... but couldn't stop obsessing over. Killian: "You blush like that again, and I swear I'll pin you against this wall just to see how deep it goes." He didn't know how to be soft. She didn't know how to be wanted. But in a house full of violence, he saw her. And he started to change. And soon, she was everywhere in his mind.

Rosalie is living in a gloomy world as she drowns in debt, working endless hours and never has a second to herself. Even though she has the best job in the world being a paramedic, she's filled with dread and worry for the future. When her car runs out of petrol on the way home from work in the middle of the night, she has to walk through one of the most dangerous parts of the city. Only to witness a man being shot and left to die. Rosalie wants nothing more than to save lives, and she's determined to save his. Tristan is living the high life with his multi-billion pound career within alcohol distribution, but whilst also being heavily involved with the underground side of the city. He's a lethal man when he has to be, and most people wouldn't dream of crossing him when dark rumours are spread about him online. Needing to seal a business deal with the man who owns every nightclub in the city, there's one exception, he must get married within three months. Tristan doesn't believe in love, and he certainly doesn't want a wife, but when it comes down to it he has to pick someone otherwise he'll lose a lot more than just money. After dreaming about the woman with dark green eyes and long brunette hair who saved his life, he decides to propose a deal that will benefit them both. He knows it won't be for love because he doesn't believe it exists. Tropes: Billionaire romance Mobster x paramedic Marriage of convenience Age gap 8 years Forced proximity She saves his life 'My wife' 18+

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧. Her ambition runs too thick and her patience stretches too thin. She disappears when the pressure builds, returns polished and untouchable, like she wasn't just clawing for air in the dark. She was only supposed to steal a few files-files she knows too well. Just enough to secure her place at the top. Instead, she captures the attention of a man who built his empire from ruin. A man who doesn't forgive betrayal. He wants control. He wants obsession. He wants to ruin her. And she might just ruin him right back.

[A dark mafia romance] Kimberly Bosch is a baker. She makes cinnamon rolls and birthday cakes and pretends her life hasn't fallen apart. Her boyfriend is dead. Her best friend pulled the trigger. And now the Irish mob is asking questions she can't answer. She should be scared. She is scared. But survival has a way of making you do things you never thought you were capable of. Alexei Arkadi is an enforcer. He doesn't speak unless ordered. He doesn't feel unless forced. He was made in a Siberian hell called Section 13, forged into a weapon with no name, no past, and no understanding of human emotion. He kills for the 'Ndrangheta. He follows orders. He doesn't ask questions. Until her. Kim doesn't know who Alexei is. She just knows he's the terrifying man who saved her twice without saying a word. She doesn't know he's a monster. She doesn't know he's covered in the blood of men who crossed his family. And she doesn't know that when the mob comes looking for answers, the only person who can protect her is the one man she should be running from. Alexei can't read her face. He can't understand why his chest feels tight when she's near. He only knows that when someone threatens her, his hands move before his brain catches up. He's a weapon. And he's pointed himself at anyone who tries to touch her. They call him the Vrykolakas. A monster. A ghost. But Kim looks at him like he's something else entirely. And that terrifies him more than anything Section 13 ever did. [Book #1 in the "Dirty Teresis" series]

A Lockwood Creek Next Generation Book 2 Nix Chambers never meant to lose the girl he loved. Trip West never expected to find someone worth fighting for. And Delilah Reilly never imagined one heart could belong to two different futures. Some people believe love only comes once. Others believe in second chances. But when the past refuses to stay buried and the future asks for everything...Someone's heart is going to break. Start Date: July 2026