Every empire is built on blood. Zahra Moretti just inherited one soaked in it. She was never meant to rule. She was meant to be a beautiful ornament on Enzo Moretti's arm, a trophy, a possession, a girl with no family and no future who could be molded into whatever he wanted. But Enzo is dead now, and the crown he forced onto her head is heavier than she ever imagined. The mafia doesn't care that she's grieving. It doesn't care that she never asked for this. The wolves are already circling, every enemy Enzo ever made, and they all smell the same thing. Weakness. Luciano De Luca is not her savior. He's the heir to a rival dynasty, a man who plays games with people's lives and never loses. He should be her enemy. He is her enemy. But in a world where power is everything, the only thing more dangerous than fighting him might be standing beside him. Zahra has spent her whole life being owned. Now, for the first time, she's the one holding the keys. And she'll burn the whole city down before she lets anyone take them from her.

What happens when two words of arrogance meet? Bella Hale is the founder and CEO of Hale corperations with a dark past she's brushed under the rug, or at least she'd thought she had until Ace D'Angelo came into her life pulling out every dark part of what she had spent years leaving behind. Her dark secrets catching up to her faster than she can handle leave her with no choice but to accept Ace D'Angelo's offer of protection. Which obviously comes with a catch. Ace D'Angelo, the heir to the Italian mafia who works at D'Angelo industries to cover up the Mafia buisness he carries through the USA but no matter how much he's proved to his father, the Don he won't be handed the Italian mafia until he has a queen standing by his rule. She needs protection, he needs a wife to take over his empire... Read Mr Mafia and Mrs CEO to find out what happens next...

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 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