Revenge. I'm familiar with it. You have to be when you're the firstborn son of a notorious mafia leader. Death and vengeance have been the very foundations of my life. So who in their fucking mind would be stupid enough to cross me? My brother and I have been wrongfully convicted of a crime we didn't commit. We know who is behind this. We bid our time behind bars, planned and prepared for the day we got out. Now we're free and hungry for redemption. I know what must be done. I know whose blood will be spilled. But before I go after him, I'll go after his daughter. I never said I play fair. *Book one in the Marino Brothers Duet. Rated 18+ due to explicit language, sex, and violence.*

Recommended for 18+ Lillian O'Bryan is a sheltered girl who moves to LA for college carrying plenty of baggage, both literal and figurative. She is all alone in a brand new environment with not only change and loneliness tormenting her, but also a horrific event that would haunt her till death...so what happens when she befriends someone totally hot and totally interested in her? What happens when this mysterious man turns out to be one of her professors? Will other people get in the way, will the baggage be too much to handle? Read to find out... ADVISORY: sensitive themes regarding rape, assault, kidnapping, death, and drugs. (these are serious topics so please be wary before reading. these behaviors are not condoned in anyway)

"Don't touch me" He said through gritted teeth, "I don't know what I'll do if you touch me" My heart dropped. "I don't want to see you like this" I frowned and hesitantly tried to touch his shoulder, but he grabbed my hand tightly but gently. "Fuck it" He murmured as he held my jaw and pressed his lips on mine. (The guy is 22 and the girl is 17 a few months away from 18. If you're bothered by that please don't read it.)

SAMPLE BOOK PLEASE REFER TO THE FICFUN LINK INSIDE THE BOOK UNDER THE CHAPTER LABELED "FICFUN". My eyes were blotched with tears as I looked up at the stranger. He stared down at me with what looked like pity. I scoffed at the thought. Why would this man pity me. How could he know I just was kicked out. She was beautiful, her face etched with a haunting sadness. I wanted her, I wanted to make her mine. For me to be the only one she could turn to. All that sat beside her on the cracked curb was a teddy bear. My lip quirked, she was a little. How can I get her to be my little girl? *PLEASE NOTE THIS SAMPLE DOES NOT DEPICT THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS BOOK* I'd like to thank @loyallyric for making me this cover! It's amazing I love it. Thank you so much

"You don't like it rough?" he asks me. Oh, okay, I smirk back at him, two can play this game. "I like it... but only during sex, " I say to him watching as his smirk drops and eyes widen just for a split second. "What? Didn't expect that?" I ask putting on extra sweetness to my tone. I move closer to him, going on my tiptoes so my lips are just barely grazing his ear. "But usually I like to be the one doing the pulling, " I whisper to him and brush my fingers through the hair at the back of his head and yank, hard. He hisses and I let go laughing. ------------- Axel is a 21 years old creative arts student that struggles with love. Love is a foreign word to him. He never felt it before neither received it. With a rough childhood that still haunts him to present times and a girl that enters his life unexpectedly, things are only getting more complicated for him in relation to love. Mia is a 19 soon to be 20 years old film studies student that finds it difficult to let go of people. Being a massive overthinker, stubborn, and always not wanting to hurt anybody she finds herself engulfed in flames time and time again. Will she finally learn to let go and move on? Only time would tell. #1 in romance {23/01/2021} #47 in romance {2/10/2020}

DISCLAIMER!!!!!! This book is probably very bad! Who am I kidding? there's no probably, it's very bad. There are probably some things that don't make sense or don't add up, and the writing in the first chapters (or all) is bad. I know I have improved but this was just a warning, so I don't get cussed out in the comments. Lol, jk. I wrote this when I was younger (I hated editing) so there are a lot of mistakes with capitalizing, punctuation, sentence structure etc. Read at your own risk. You were warned. ************ Excerpt. The pounding of my head could be heard from a mile away. I closed my eyes tightly and tried not to focus on the pain. I was becoming irritated by both the headache and the stupid chains. I opened my eyes and looked over at my sister, she was sleeping with her head hanging low. I looked away from her and pulled on the chains, ignoring the migraine I'm pretty sure I have. This is just pure cruelty, I really prefered staying in the room. I looked around the room, for what felt like the millionth time within this hour. I took a deep and long breath before I just let my hands hang to the sides of my head in the chains. My breathing slowed and I closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes a while after I noticed that someone was in the room. "What are you doing in here?" I asked. ~~~~~~~~ Highest Rank #1 in General Fiction. New cover made by @lexusloveangels. Thanks again, I love it.

***WARNING*** ----SEXUAL AND MATURE CONTENT----- My name is Laylie Francis Volevoy, and this is the story of my before. Family. Betrayal. Lust. Love. Money. Power. Death. This game only ends with me finding the truth. His stare full of lust and desire. His scent intoxicating. I needed him. And he needed me. We craved one another, yet we knew in this world death was just around the corner. ********************* I gently place my hand on her upper arm, "the slightest touch and already I can tell" I say in a hushed voice in her neck. "Tell what?" She says low and soft. Her breathing has hitched. I inhale her intoxicating scent, and place a small kiss on her neck. "How much you want me." I gently squeeze her arm,"how much you need me as much as I need you," her chest rises up and down trying to control herself. I raise my eyes from her neck to the mirror and see her cheeks flushed. Her nipples are protruding through the white shirt and are clearly visible. I lick my lips, and see her staring at me. Her body needs me. I place both my hands on both her arms and slowly bring them down.

*WARNING! This story contains mature content.* When her boyfriend cheats on her, Rory Warren moves to a new flat. She gets a flatmate who becomes a very good friend of her. But that flatmate has a very sexy, very charming and very wealthy brother who turns Rory's world upside down. Rory is a weak woman. Braden Campbell makes her even weaker. He's a controlling businessman and a perfect definition of a womanizer. He doesn't do relationships. His past has taught him to be tough, unforgiving and cold. He doesn't have a word 'commitment' in his dictionary. He works hard. He fucks even harder. Rory and Braden make a pact, an arrangement. They want to stick to it, follow their rules. But one can only bear so much before bursting. It's a game of two and the rule is simple: if one of them falls in love, it's game over. This is not a story about a perfect relationship. It's a story where a man wants it all and a woman who gives it all to him. Game on, people! Or is it really just a game? Only time will tell. Tick-tock

"He'd pay me two grand a month to sleep with me?" "No. He'd pay you two grand a 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬." ... Maggie is a college student working as a stripper in Las Vegas when a close friend approaches her with a proposition. High-end escorting. Desperate to gain independence and pay off a variety of debts, the offer seems more than tempting. Cut off from her family and their illegally-gained wealth, she decides to make money with the only thing that is truly hers: her body. As she pursues a profession in sex work as a way to regain control of her life, her dark past comes back to haunt her, throwing quite a wrench into her plans. Maggie tries to mask her previous losses with love in its various forms. But what is the reality of finding true love when your job is getting paid to sleep with other people? ... *Frequent explicit sexual content, intended for 18+ audiences ONLY. This story is stand alone. You DO NOT need to read the first story to understand this one, but there will be a major spoiler in the second half. Please remember to vote and comment!

❦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭 In her three years of teaching, the last thing Charlotte Dawson was expecting to discover that one of her students was being mistreated at home. For Jax Beckett, the last thing he was expecting the day he left jail was to hear his younger brother was in the hospital after being harmed by their parents. The person who was alerted to the situation and saved him was none other than his brother's elementary teacher. Jax wants to take custody of his brother but because of his status as an ex-convict, the children's protection services want to make sure it never happens. Luckily for him, Wren's teacher is able to come up with a crazy idea to help him. Move in with her and together they take care of Wren. What happens when Jax's past starts to catch up with him? What happens when feelings arise between the two of them? Will Charlotte be able to handle the ex-convict? Get ready for a burning love between a teacher and an ex-convict. ✘✘✘ ⚠️𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭/𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬.⚠️ ✘✘✘ What readers have to say: "I'm IN LOVE with the story!! It's so well developed and intriguing that I can't help but want more! You're doing an extremely amazing job! ❤️❤️❤️ It also feels more of a reality book than fiction because many things that happen in the book do happen in real life!!"