She walked down the aisle covered in the blood of her lover. She stood in the pool of his blood and recited the same vows she had recited to another. Chiara Barbieri's life is shattered the day her childhood love is killed, and she is forced into a marriage with the ruthless Massimo Guerra-brilliant, feared, and unstoppable. Trapped between terror and fascination, she watches as he rises from mafia prodigy to a force that could change Italy itself. Amid betrayal, ambition, and whispers of power, Chiara must navigate a world where love can be deadly, and loyalty can cost everything. A story of ambition, obsession, and the dangerous ties that bind. "Let me say this once and for all, you could run a million miles and die a million deaths, but I will go through hell and beyond to bring you back to were you belong, with me. I will stand at the gates of hell, hands wide open and take you home. So if it takes butchering your family, threatening you, locking you up, tying you up or fucking you into submission, I would do it. You are not allowed to kill yourself because your mind, your soul and your body belongs to me and you do not kill what isn't yours to begin with", My heart raced with each word that he uttered. Who was this man? Who was he to have the audacity to shake up my insides the way he does? How did he find me? Why did he find me and why does he want me? "You are mine Chiara.", he declared CROWN OF ASHES: DAMNATION IN BLOOD AND DESIRE🔥 NOTE: I DO NOT OWN THE PHOTOS USED IN THIS BOOK.

[COMPLETE] "But there's still so much to learn about this body of yours, dear." He licks his lips as his eyes rake over my form. "You see, I'm curious about how much your body trembles when it's teased to the point of begging for even the slightest bit of relief..." My mouth has been agape this whole time and I finally close it to gulp. My eyes are wide and my body is on fire as I feel his hand make its way back up to my now exposed torso and he teases the underlining of my bra. "... And I wonder," he continues. "How loud you can get when you're finally relieved of that pent up desire and hit with wave... after wave... after wave of pleasure." He kisses each cheek and my forehead to punctuate each point. "It's a sound I imagine is even more intoxicating than those small whimpers you make whenever I touch you here." *** Naomi Monroe is a rising young journalist in Atlanta who decided to give up on any chances of finding love at an early age and instead focused on her career. The decision paid off as she was able to hit the ground running in her career when she graduated college and quickly moved up at an online magazine covering startups, technology, and pop culture. Sebastien Laurent is a venture capitalist who has an untraditional approach to handling his wealth and a disdain for many of those who'd be considered his peers. While he's encountered a number of women in his life, the idea of romantic love seemed to be elusive... That was, until he was interviewed one day by Naomi Monroe. *** Strong language/mature themes! Must be 18+ to read. ***

When a fire takes everything from Mia, her parents, her home, and the life she once knew, she is adopted by her mother's best friend, Jules Kingsley. Moving into the Kingsley mansion should be a fresh start, but her new brother, Damon, has other plans. Damon is ruthless, possessive, and impossible to avoid. He's made it his mission to remind Mia that she doesn't belong, and their hatred for each other burns brighter with every interaction. But living under the same roof means there is no escape, no distance, no way to keep the lines from blurring. He wants control. He wants her submission. He wants her, no matter how wrong it is. And the more Mia resists, the more his obsession grows, twisting every fight into something darker, every stolen glance into a game neither of them can win.