Patience is a Virtue
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Ongoing, First published Apr 21, 2017
Mature
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Leilani Alefi has been through hell and back. After reaching a state of normalcy in both her work and home life, she should be comfortable with her current status in life. Wrong. There's something that she has failed to do in all the years of her marriage and she's ashamed to admit it due to her past. Now, with the much needed push from newly acquired work friends, Leilani is determined to do the task she has set herself out to do and she won't give up until something happens. She just prays that nothing bad happens when she tries...

Roman Alefi has been harbouring a secret in the nine years he's been with Leilani and she will never know about it unless the topic of sex is on the table... and in the living room, and in the kitchen and in the basement. He respects his wife in every shape and form, and would never push her to do anything she didn't like - so sex is out of the question - but when he started to notice the subtle changes in her demeanor, mixed signals skyrocket through the roof and he hasn't a clue on what to do. Now, when a vacation incident switches the entire game  up, Roman has to tread lightly with her new situation... or he just might break her.
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Claimed by the Sicilian Mafia

33 parts Complete Mature

When Adalina is forced to marry the heir to Sicily's largest mafia, she's thrown into a tangled web of greed while navigating an electric attraction to her new husband. ***** Adalina Romano is tired of being manipulated by the men in her life. After her greedy uncle drags her halfway across the world to barter her in a deal between him and the heir to Sicily's largest mafia, the Cosa Nostra, she finds herself married to a man who makes her uncle look like a saint. She shouldn't be attracted to Vincent Salvatore, but Adalina cannot avoid his unforgiving stare nor deny the electrical charge she feels whenever they touch. Vincent sees Adalina as an obstacle in his fight for power, but soon has no choice but to keep her safe when they're caught in a war of dominance and greed. As Vincent's walls begin to slip, Adalina discovers a spark of light in his darkness, and once she's had a taste, she only wants more. When their spark turns into a fire, protecting Adalina amid one of the biggest mafia deals of Vincent's life means going against everything he's ever known, consequences be damned. Content Warning: contains violence and mature themes.

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