Enzo Vitale was raised to be the heir of a powerful Italian family. Disciplined, ruthless, and untouchable. But behind the iron mask he wears, Enzo is haunted by the ghosts of his past,His nights are plagued by nightmares of fire and loss, his days ruled by violence, power, and the constant pressure of tradition. Marriage, children, softness. He has sworn them all away, convinced they are weaknesses he cannot afford. Yet in the shadows of his sleep, a pair of brown eyes won't leave him. Eyes that feel like home. Eyes that enrage him because they make him want. Kairo never wanted to be tangled in the Vitale world. But debt and desperation pulled her family's small business under their thumb, and she finds herself carrying a burden she never asked for. Fiercely loyal to her grandparents and her mother, she sacrifices her own safety to protect them, even if it means giving everything she has and everything she is. When Enzo and Kairo finally collide, it's not fate. It's a storm. He sees in her those same eyes that haunt his dreams, and she feels the danger in every word he speaks, every touch he steals. He is the man she should fear the most and the one her body betrays her for. As family expectations tighten around Enzo, and Kairo's secrets threaten to unravel, their lives twist together in a brutal dance of control, defiance, and forbidden desire. He wants dominance. She wants freedom. But neither can seem to let the other go.

I opened my mouth maybe to say it was okay, maybe to ask something but the words died when he suddenly leaned across the console, cupping my face between his large, calloused hands. "I missed you," he murmured, almost like he hated admitting it. Then his mouth crashed onto mine. I gasped, his lips fierce and claiming, his body crowding into mine as if he needed to consume me. His kiss wasn't soft it was hungry, demanding everything I had to give. . . . Issa Andrews is beyond excited to start her first semester at Redwood University. Naïve, bright-eyed, and full of hope, that's how most would describe her. She has dreams of her own, goals she's determined to chase. But when a certain boxer crosses her path, will everything she's worked for come crashing down?

(English - Unedited - In Revision) A Vampire Romance... Dawn is an 18 year old African American girl who grew up in a town where interracial dating is looked down upon. Growing up being constantly put down and told she'd never amount to a thing, she finds her pleasure in school work. Upon being accepted to a big shot university far away, she finally has friends and for once in her life is happy. Until seeing him with his blue eyes, tanned skin, and and all around beauty. A night out changes her life drastically and it is left to wonder, will her heart die with him?

Eboni Ames grew up in The Quarters-a tiny, but historic, Black settlement just outside Whitman, Arizona. Her classmate, Ahn Ji-Yeong, grew up in the only Asian family in Whitman and harbored a secret crush on Eboni. Eventually, they both left their hometown to follow their dreams. Eboni's vision of a being a celebrity chef faded in California, where the foodie scene was flooded with thousands of other wannabes, and her family soul food recipes weren't enough to catch the eye of foodies seeking flashier fare. Meanwhile, AJ became a K-pop and K-drama megastar, sitting at the top of the Billboard charts and the Netflix top ten. When Eboni is forced to return home and take a day job while trying to get her soul food catering business off the ground, she finds that AJ has come home too. The bright spotlights of the K-pop industry cast a very dark shadow, and AJ needs a break. Still carrying a torch for his childhood love, AJ offers his Korean fried chicken recipe to help draw attention to Eboni's business. As their lives become more and more intertwined, the heat turns up outside of the kitchen as well. But when their pasts come back to haunt them, Eboni and AJ will have to make tough choices about what they are and want to be to each other. Season 1 of My Seoul Man WARNING: This story contains depictions of racism and mental health crises and references to suicide that may not be suitable for some readers.

Follow Danielle as she has to leave everything behind to start a whole new life. As she is reunited with a family she didn't even know she has, falls for a guy she never knew would like her, and most of all finds herself for the first time.

Being pushed into an arranged marriage for political reasons, Emelie Van Dijk found herself sailing down to France to marry the Prince of Chartres- a small and powerful kingdom that holds leverage. However, her agreement to make her father proud and keep her kingdom from going to war, did not have a happy ending. At least, until she met a fierce soldier.

The Irish and American Mafia have been at a deadly war for the past 7 years, losing family members and friends along the way. This war is known as the Deadliest Battle, which only one side can win, but that will soon be tested when River Lincoln, daughter of the Irish Mafia Leader, begins to get closer to Kingston Wolf, son of the American Mafia Leader. What will happen when the pair get close? Will they continue to fight eachother or will they put the 'deadliest battle' behind them? • BWWM • 18+ • CHECK TW'S • VOTE, COMMENT AND FOLLOW • CHECK CONVERSATIONS FOR UPDATES • LOVE YOU GUYS •

Hair ✓ Lipstick ✓ Smile (Perfect) Kenzie Clearwater is an average American girl. Although she doesn't consider herself to be a flapper, she still housed the same stylish attire-courtesy of her best friends- and visited the hottest juice joints in town. With her older brother on the brink of taking over the family bootlegging business, young Kenzie is forced into a marriage to the son of a ruthless godfather. But when the Irish mob set their sights of the infamous 'Boomtown' and stir up unimaginable trouble, strong alliances are made. No one threatens the livelihood of the Rizzitelli family and gets away with it... (Under Construction)

Malaysia Daniella Pierce is a 22 year old black woman. This woman is a savage foreal foreal. She's the Four S's Sweet, Smart, Sexy, and Sassy with just a sprinkle of innocence and hard working. She's a lover by nature hustler at heart. By day she's a waitress and by night she's a stripper. She hustles to be able to make it out the hood in the broken down apartment she's been living in for the past three years. Malaysia has always been poor and lived in the hood with no family and hardly any friends she doesn't want the hood to become who she is but who she was. Alessandro Joseph Moretti is a 25 year old Mafia King. Yup I know I know you're thinking how is he a 25 yr old Mafia King well it comes down to 3 things. Family~ his family has been in the business for almost 60 years controlling families in America and Europe . Respect~ he handles all business and gets it done anyone who got in his way is dead by now. who's worked with him couldn't say a word he keeps all deals. Whether it getting your money, shipping guns drugs,women he's got it handled. Fear~ and I'm not talking like fear of heights type of Fear I'm talking bout that bone chilling hair raising heart pounding fear. Yeah he's that dude. EXCLUDING THE FACT THIS MAN IS A COP. Yes you read that right. Like who going to snitch on a cop. Almost his whole family is apart of this precinct they so the do the typical cop but mostly make sure to cover up any traces and evidence of the mafia. This man has ALMOST it all The House, obviously the Money, the Cars, the Women throwing themselves at him left and right but he doesn't have love. He's had one real relationship once upon a time but his ex left his heart cold broken, beaten,stabbed. Like damn you'd be cold to if someone ruined you like that too. Let's see what happens when these two meet. This book will have sexual content in it I will mark it for you. And if you don't like the idea of a interracial couples then please keep going. Thank you.

°Slow random editing. Changing some scene and interactions.° Rischio Noun.... Italian word, probably cut from the medieval Greek translation Risk Noun... English word meaning chance, hazard, peril, danger. (essere a rischio )― to be at risk, in danger. This book is, to be in danger.