Two powerful bloodlines, a billion-dollar merger, and a marriage that was never meant to be more than a footnote until destiny and choice collide. Leo Calder only looked away for a single second... ended up with a husband. The agony of a world where feelings are liabilities and trust is a luxury. Kai Mercer is exactly what the headlines claim: cold, calculated, and completely unreadable behind a perfectly tailored suit. He controls the boardroom with an iron fist. While Leo, on the other hand, is the wild card-untamed and views the concept of being "controlled" as a personal insult. Forced into a high-stakes game of playing house, they enter married life completely unprepared for the chaos ahead, barely ready to survive the hostile takeover of their own lives. Their only job: Don't kill each other. But the only question left is, who breaks first? ------------------------- ⭐ Arranged marriage, slow burn, 2 opposite personalities and lot of chaos ahead

It started with a wrong number. A harmless prank between friends turns into late-night conversations with a stranger who lives thousands of miles away. What begins as a joke slowly becomes the best part of his day. The problem? The person on the other side of the screen isn't supposed to matter. One comes from an ordinary life filled with football practice, family dinners, and loyal friends. The other belongs to a world of unimaginable wealth, impossible expectations, and secrets that could change everything. As messages turn into phone calls, and friendship becomes something neither of them can ignore, they find themselves falling for each other despite the distance between them. But some secrets have consequences. And sometimes love asks for more than you're ready to give.

Book two of three in the Project Series. BOOKS MUST BE READ IN ORDER. JASON ARCHER I can't stop the darkness from slipping into my vision. All I see is the only person I ever loved as he lay on the ground with a weak pulse. I saved him, though. But I hate the idea of being a hero. I'm not a hero. I only couldn't stand the thought of a plane of existence where Apollo didn't exist. I had to save him. He still carried my heart with him--the heart that left me to stay with him against my will. However, I won't tell him it was me. In order to heal, I decided, at the last minute, to go on the cruise designed to help uplift those struggling mentally. Emery Gray, my ex-boyfriend, found out it was me, and I didn't want to risk Apollo searching for me. But fate laughed in my face in the name of my panicked last-minute decision. Because when I thought I was escaping Apollo and Triple-A altogether, I didn't escape him at all. Apollo is on this cruise, and he knows from the moment he looks into my eyes that I saved his life. Damn it, maybe Emery was onto something. Maybe there is magic in healing with the person you were supposed to heal with all along. And maybe, just maybe, the future I always wanted with him is right in front of my face, and maybe it's waiting to be grabbed. All I have to do is fight through my fears and snatch it up.

Book one of three in the Project Trilogy MUST BE READ IN ORDER EMERY GRAY: I'm the friend who likes doing cute things for my friends if I notice they aren't mentally doing well. I enjoy making uplifting cards or beaded bracelets just so they can smile. I do this for holidays, too, because I know the holidays can be hard for some. I never knew my friend group was secretly against me the entire time. After overhearing them laugh at my expense, I'm about to walk away. When I turn, I slam right into a very tall wall of muscle that sends me backward before another hand shoots out and catches my elbow before I fall. When I look up, I see them. The infamous Triple-A. Everyone hates them. They don't trust anyone. They're cruel. Those are all things I've heard but never witnessed. After they drag me away from my supposed group of friends, they offer me a safe place with them. I decline. I declined because my brother would have my head if I accepted. If Ellis found out I befriended the group he hated, I wouldn't know what to do. But a member of Triple-A has noticed me. Alaric Benson. The jokester. The class-clown. The one with the amazing hazel eyes that I start getting lost in. No, I can't befriend Triple-A, but the offer becomes harder to resist when I realize how alone I feel. I befriended them, and they started helping me find out who I am. They aren't cruel like everyone believes. Not unless they have to be. So, where did everyone get this idea? Oh, god, someone help me. I don't know how much longer I can resist Alaric Benson. Falling in love with him is a recipe for disaster! Right? If my brother finds out, I don't know what will happen, but I can't resist him anymore. Screw the damage I'll take from the fallout. It's my life, and I need to remember that.

Vincent Crime family, Book Seven - Theo Vincent is no newcomer to Mafia business. Having had grown up the only cousin to 'The Maddox Vincent' had its perks, but also its disadvantages. One violent failed marriage, A never ending accumulation of legal papers and an enormous debt was enough for Theo to shun the idea of the Mafia as an entire system. Having lost his father, Luca was only looking for someone to connect to. Never did he think there would be two people worried about his well being. Demitri is cast between two people fighting their very personal demons, with no instructions on how to make this easier for him or for those affected. Not once did he think that Luca, and Theo, would be important to him, Outside of a working relationship. Will they come out together, or will personal demons threaten to consume them all and everything they have worked for?

Vincent Crime Family Book Six- Losing Caleb blindsided Alessio. He loved him despite all this and his many faults. He vowed to focus on nothing more than his job after the funeral. Even if it meant ignoring the pain and memories of his once lover. Lev didn't know where else to go after sustaining a knife wound to the stomach. He knew Maddox would lend his doctors out to him. That's what friends did. What he didn't expect after waking up was a dead-eyed Alessio and a missing Caleb. How hard will the Cocky Russian have to push for Alessio to break that vow?

Vincent Crime Family Book Five- Sasha Dean, Ex Fed, Ex Ops, and part-time officer, survived a bullet in his spine only to be placed in the care of the only mafia member he can't stand to be around for more than a few seconds. Ryer ( Ryerson Kelly) has an unwavering need to have Sasha Dean, the Ex-fed and current cop in his bed. He had staked his claim on the officer, so when his Mafia Don ( Maddox Vincent) offers him the job of looking after and assisting Sasha after his surgery. He jumps on the chance to have his greatest need filled. Will they be able to figure out and settle their differences and feelings before it threatens to destroy them both entirely?

Vincent Crime Family Book Three - Alexi isn't good with feelings. So when someone he didn't view as even a friend until recently gets injured because of their feeling for him, he pushes the feeling of anything like love away. He views the feelings as dangerous and worth avoiding. With the guilt, he feels he's unsure of how to act around Creed anymore. Creed took a bullet for the man he loves. He would do it again if he had to. That's how much he cared for the damaged man, Alexi. With him getting injured, it was like all the work he had done to get Alexi to open up was reversed. The sad part was Creed wasn't above forcing Alexi to see his feelings and be aware of his own.

Vincent Crime Family Book Two- Zev Martin lived a mildly, boring life before becoming a therapist for a few mafia men, and their children. Zev never thought at thirty he would have been dragged into a mafia fight, having been traumatized again he wasn't sure about returning to work, having been offered a place to practice at the Vincent family complex he jumped on it. Jackson Chance wasn't in the market for a roommate, or even a partner, but after an attack, the good doctor was entrusted to him. It was his job to keep the good doctor safe no matter what. Throw in Jackson's small daughter and some sexual tension and you have a proper family.

Vincent Crime Family Book Four- Lukas is a professional photographer, who enjoys taking photos of wildlife. When he isn't taking photos of murder victims and mugshots for the local PD. He knows it's a waste of his talent and career but he enjoys the good pay and easy job. Andrei noticed the shiny lens from a distance well away. That would pose a decent problem, more so if they caught him and Creed on photo. Starring at the person behind the lens he hoped his glare would scare them into deleting the photo. Lukas and Andrei meet eyes from a long distance, how close will this bring them? Or will this be the death of one of them...