Five years after escaping the Gisela and her crew, Nora finds herself First mate on the ship Lady in Red. Leaving her home and her past behind her, Nora has started a new life for herself, traveling the world alongside her crew. But somethings we can't just leave behind, no matter how much we want to. And the Lady in red is not the only ship sailing the seven seas.

BLYTHE. (noun) Happiness, cheerfulness. Someone who's joyful. Zoe doesn't remember the exact date she got ill. All she knows is that once she was fine and then she wasn't. Unable to find a way to cure her depression, at the tender age of eighteen, she decides to end her life once and for all only to be found by a mysterious man and saved. The same man disappears the next morning. Now she's 24, almost a graduated, suicidal psychology student and even more eager to bid her last goodbyes. But what if life isn't done playing with her just yet, and the man she'd obsessed over and hated for the last six years of her life reappears? Will her plans of leaving for good change? Sold as a sex slave at a young age, Sawyer finally finds himself free, saved by an unknown man who offers him a new identity, family and life, only to have them all snatched away by the monsters of the past. He finds himself once again in the sex industry he grew up in and loathed for the sake of revenge. What can two young people who have lost everything and have nothing on this earth do but fight to survive till they see the empire that fucked them up burned into ashes? WARNING: MATURE CONTENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Cover by @__AK__WRITES

"Get your filthy paws off me, you asshole !" Her voice dropped a few degrees when she looked over him. "Mighty temper you have there." His Texan drawls awakening something in her. Regina shakes herself, inwardly. She was about to wring her hand out of his, when he took hold of her waist, bringing her body tightly snugged against him. "Let me go. You bastard !" She felt his mustache tickle her cheek, her insides quivering. No no, she shouldn't feel something like this especially for a guy like him. Xander takes a hold of her neck, making her look up at him. Hatred shone in those brown golden eyes of hers. "Next time you call me bastard, you won't like it." "Your threat means nothing to me, you bastard !" She smirked cruelly at him. As if she won the battle. However, she was very much mistaken. "Wrong answer." His hard mouth meshed against hers, swallowing her anguish cry. Before he went on any further, he whispered cunningly, "You call me that again, this bastard will fuck your brains out till next Sunday." ----------------------- Regina McQueen, a private detective is asked for her service to find out the mysterious murder of the old Falcon Fitch lady, living in Texas. The elegant and vast Ranch house lies under the caretaker of Xander Davis, who will be in charge of Regina's staying while she tries to unravel the mystery. However, as the mystery goes alongside, Regina is distracted by the ex-drill sergeant with his bulky 6ft 4inches tall and mouth watering muscles and let's not forget, the twirling of his sinister mustache. He pushes her in a way she does not know how to respond. Used to flattening guys with her intimating persona, she may have met some one just a hell more scary than her and she hates it. A distraction can be deadly when handled wrong, can Regina resist anything including the temptation called Xander ?