Part of Your World
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Aria Ceto's life is a mystery, one that cannot be easily explained. After losing her voice in an accident that almost claims her life, she flees to New York to disappear. Meanwhile, Russian Mafia heir Maks Volkov is busy running his empire and aiding his partner, Nick Fordson, in smoothing out the kinks in his life. A man of terrifying repute, Maks has no room in his world for kindness or compassion, until he runs into Aria. Obsessed, he vows to make her his own, not realizing just how difficult that will turn out to be. As Aria's dark past resurfaces, pulling them all under, Maks will have to fight harder than he'd ever thought possible to hold onto the one thing in his life he can't afford to lose. (Book Two in the Mafia Romance Series)
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Where We Fell
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Into the Fire
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The Death of Me | A mafia story
Book #1 in the "Bloodlines & Ashes" series HER I had to leave, i had my reasons. Leaving changed me. I had to forget my past, to adapt with my present, to face the future. I suddenly came back, but the problem is...I am different now. HIM She left, without any reason, she didn't even say goodbye. Losing her changed me. I couldn't forget my past, my present stopped, i can't face the future. She suddenly came back, but the problem is...I am different now. We saw them fight, laugh, shout, cry. We saw them fall in love, we saw them get married and start on with their lives. But one man from her past -suddenly comes back- knocks on her door, enters her life and everything after goes downhill. Secret reveals, dreams get shattered, hearts get crashed, old wounds open again, and new scars start to show. They split apart, they hate , they change. And right now; they're not dead, yet still not alive. And the question stays; Will they ever get their love back, or will it just be the death of them both?Complete
I thought escaping my past meant finally being free. I was wrong. After running away from her abusive father, Aria Vale starts a new life in New York City with nothing but her savings, a tiny apartment, and a job at a quiet little coffee shop. Just when life starts to feel normal again-and a new friendship begins to blossom-everything changes in a single night. On her way home, Aria witnesses something she was never meant to see: a brutal alleyway beating carried out by Luca russo, a cold, calculating mafia boss feared across the city. Their eyes meet. And in that moment, everything spirals. Now, she's a loose end he can't afford to ignore-and she's about to discover that in Luca's world, no one escapes the shadows untouched. Love. Danger. Secrets. Some encounters are written in fate. Others... are written in blood.
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