Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

secrets, drama and family are important factors in the Mafia. After losing her mother, Kym joins the mafia as a way to survive. Love, sacrifice and death all play a part in her life now that she had Mafia Ties....

Coming face to face with demonic creatures ravaging her village, Jaclyn is given a choice. Her soul, in exchange for the lives of her family and friends or to watch as everyone she knows and loves is slaughtered. With the naivety of a child, Jaclyn agrees, sealing her fate with a blood oath, making her now a marked one. On her 18th birthday, her life will no longer be her own. It'll be time for the crimson eyed demon to collect. And he will collect....