⊹ Book 2 of the Aldergrove Duology ⊹ {ONC 2023 Shortlister} Desperate to see his dead mate again, Sebastien makes a deal with the Devil. But the price he has to pay is much more complicated than simply handing over his soul. ⤠ ≻ ◈ ≺ ⤟ Graduating from Aldergrove Academy and heading to the New World was anyone's greatest dream. But what was the point in starting a new life if the person Sebastien fought so hard to be with wasn't around to start it with him? Struggling to accept the death of his mate, Sebastien seeks out one of the rulers of the New World and offers him his soul in exchange for his lover's resurrection. But any deal made with the Devil is never so simple, and there are several deadly strings attached. Sebastien faces his greatest challenge since going up against Aldergrove's elites, and this time, his brute strength simply won't be enough. ♠ Gay Male MC ♠ Haunted House & Paranormal Curse ♠ Race Against Time ♠ Word Count: 31,600 ─────────────────────────────────── ✵ NumenVerse year: 1177 2023 © Tate Csernis | | Exclusive to Wattpad and Inkitt

Philip, a high school senior and secret street racer, lives a double life. By day, he's a nerdy loner, bullied by the popular football captain, Ethan. By night, he's the best biker in town, hiding his true identity from everyone. Unknown to his schoolmates, Philip's family is deeply entrenched in the underworld, and he's been sent to America to escape threats from rival factions. As the story unfolds, Philip's secret life is threatened when Ethan, unknowingly attracted to Philip's mysterious biker persona, becomes obsessed with uncovering his identity. The tension between them escalates as Ethan draws closer to the truth, and Philip finds himself inexplicably drawn to his tormentor. Amidst their personal drama, a deadly new player emerges-the ruthless Mancini family. Intent on eliminating Philip to cripple his family's power, they launch a relentless hunt. In a desperate bid for safety, Philip and his gang seek refuge with Ethan, leveraging his wealth and influence. As they navigate their precarious alliance, the attraction between Philip and Ethan becomes undeniable, complicating their already dangerous situation. With the Mancinis closing in, the stakes have never been higher. Trust is fragile, secrets are deadly, and passion threatens to ignite an explosive confrontation. In this high-octane thriller, Philip and Ethan must navigate their tangled emotions and deadly enemies, knowing that one misstep could cost them everything.

📖 Title: "My Sugar Daddy is My Enemy's Elder Brother... Oops, He's a Mafia Boss" Genre: BL | Dark Romance | Enemies to Lovers | Slow Burn | Mafia AU | University Life 🖤 Plot Summary At Boston University, everyone knows Liam Carter. Star athlete, walking ego, with a tongue sharp enough to cut glass. And then there's Ezra Monroe-soft-spoken, always with his oversized hoodies, headphones in, and eyes lowered. An easy target. Liam hates him for reasons he doesn't understand. Maybe it's the calm in Ezra's silence. Maybe it's because Ezra doesn't react. Until one day... Liam hears a rumor. > "Ezra's dating some old dude. Like sugar daddy vibes. Expensive suits and everything." Curious, Liam follows Ezra after class. He expects some creepy old man. What he doesn't expect? To see Dominic Carter-his own brother-step out of a matte black Mercedes-Benz, take Ezra's hand, and kiss his forehead. Liam freezes. Because his brother is a literal mafia boss, and he just found out he's been bullying his brother's lover. And worse? Ezra looks up at Liam from the car window... and smiles. Sweetly. He knew.

Amity Logan's life is turned outside down when she is forced to leave her family behind and move to a new town for her own protection. At just twenty-four years old, Amity never imagined she'd find herself living on her own with her family and friends hours away. But in the Mafia world nothing is predicable and nothing stays the same for long, so you have to learn to adapt quickly, dust yourself off and keep moving no matter what comes your way. With so many secrets to hide and lies to keep up with, it would be easier to keep her head down and wait for this all to be over so she can return home, and that's exactly what would have happened if it wasn't for the emerald green eyes of Chet Raven. Twenty-six years old and with a million of his own secrets to hide, Chet is set to become Amity's first meaningful relationship in town, opening her up to the idea of how good things can be when you allow yourself to be vulnerable, and make new friendships. But not all is as it seems, and secrets always have a way of coming out. Lines are crossed, rules broken, rivals come face to face and families are left in chaos. Strap yourself in for a emotional roller coaster ride of ups and downs, trials and growth and love and heartbreak. [Book 1 in the Cobra series.] Number 1 in Romance: 15.12.2019 Number 1 in Mafia 20.12.2019

Jasper Hayes was not planning to land himself in prison this week. But then again, he wasn't planning on being hunted by a literal mafia, either. When the mafia hunting his found family, his everything (GraveTech) is under attack. And all signs point to one man: Alexander Locke. Tech genius. Mafia prince. And oh yeah, the psychotic bastard who once kidnapped Jasper for fun. Alexander is locked up in a high-security cell... or so the world thinks. Jasper volunteers for a reckless mission: get arrested and uncover the truth. But what he finds behind bars isn't a prisoner. It's a king on a throne with guards in his pocket, secrets in his smile, and a terrifying obsession with him that never went away. To stop him, Jasper gets too close. To survive him, Jasper might get closer than he ever meant to. But when the Moretti family breaks Alexander out and takes Jasper with them he's thrust into the opulent, violent heart of their empire. To protect the friends he left behind, he must now aid the very family destroying everything he loves. Forced into a twisted alliance, Jasper faces an impossible choice: betray the man who values his chaos like a king values his crown, or embrace his new role and lose himself completely. Book series: ⭐Book 1: The Code Between Us ⭐Book 2: The Chaos and The King ⭐Book 3: Acts of Service (Bonus) Ranking 🏆 #1 - Prison 17/11/2025 🏆 #1 - Action-thriller 23/11/2025 MXM, mafia, action-thriller, Crime, revenge, Humour, comedy, redemption

[𝐌𝐌] 𝐕𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 & 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐖𝐎 ╰┈➤ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓. ── 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑 - Cocky, unserious, and above all else, crazy attractive. Under a Japanese mafia called the Vipers, the redheaded Sage Fraser works as one of the leader's right-hand men. And he's got a not-so-secret obsession with his boyfriend. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 - Quiet, reserved, and bratty. Finn Becker sees himself as the opposite of his redheaded counterpart. To him, it was a miracle that the two of them ended up together. After all, he hated Sage. But Sage isn't one to back down from a challenge. ── Months ago, the two of them went through hell and back in Chicago. Even acting against a psychopath that caused Finn to lose the majority of his hearing. Adjusting to his new situation poses many difficulties, leaving him to recede from his life and friends. Sage is willing to do anything that will revive the boyfriend he worked two years for from the empty shell who's been by his side. But instead of crafting their love anew, a terrible rift emerges. One that makes them split farther than they have before. And so, the hunt begins. A ruthless game of hide-and-seek.

Red Easton is on the brink of becoming one of New York's most successful young CEOs. The intense, stone-faced thirty-four-year-old built a cybersecurity company valued at over $1.2 billion. The success of the company overshadows any suspicions regarding Red's lack of formal education or background in technology. The road he paved here is for his eyes only, and none of his investors seem too concerned as long as the money keeps rolling in. But when the murder of an old contact threatens to jeopardize Red's ability to remain unattached to his past life, will he be able to keep his worlds separate or are they bound to collide in a dangerous, bloody battle? Emory Logan is struggling to find her place in Chicago, the only city she's ever known. At twenty-six-years-old, she decides to set out for New York City. She can create a new start. No one would suspect the curvy beauty to be from the roughest part of Chicago. But when an opening for a personal assistant position at New York's hottest cybersecurity company lands her in an interview with Chicago's disappeared bad boy, she realizes her attempt at a new start may have landed her right back where she started. Or worse. "Everyone knew him as the sexy, cold-hearted young CEO. They assumed his dark eyes and controlling demeanor were symptoms of an unyielding passion for success. But I knew him before his meteoric rise. I know the real darkness lurking behind his eyes." Standalone mafia billionaire romance. 50,000 to 70,000 words. Full book available on Amazon! Both eBook and paperback options available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TV45QGR I may bring back the full story to Wattpad someday but I'm experimenting with Amazon KU :) #WP2020 #wattys2020 #4 #mobboss / 2.5K stories #7 #fightforsurvival / 3.2K stories #8 #workplace / 920 stories #32 #fightforlove / 4.5K stories #1 WP / 36 stories

You know those fairy tales, where the prince sweeps the princess off her feet? Where he saves the world, at the end of the day? Well.... She's rich, popular and eccentric. He's poor, painfully shy and an outcast. She has guys trailing after her. He's never even had a friend in his life. She has the best, most loving family in the world. He's abused by his adoptive uncle. She's the talk of the town, loved by everyone. He's bullied and looked down upon. Brianna Parker has never had a bad experience in her life. Lee Dawson knows nothing about having a good life. She loves him and he knows he will never be good enough for her. In the heat of a highly prestigious contest, fickle minds, back stabbing friends and superficial people, will Brianna turn her back on the rest of the world to save Lee? Will she prove the cliche wrong....by being Lee's PRINCESS CHARMING?

Located within the outskirts of New York City lies a gang of the most deadliest, badass group of men no one should ever dare to cross. A tight-knit band of brothers bound together by blood and centuries of loyalty. Their love for battle fuels their lust for all things that go bump in the bedroom. But these aren't just ordinary men mind you. They're vampires. And there hungry for something else. Something that they cannot explain because they've never experienced it until now. Meet Zane and Caleb for example. Zane: President of the Vampire Outlaw MC. His top notch skills with a gun or knife in his hand are second to none. Tall, awfully good-looking and his skin is as hard as stone. He demands respect and runs the club like a fine-well oiled machine. But putting himself in the cross-hairs is what he lives for and he wouldn't have it any other way. That is until he meets a young man who captivates him and steals his heart. Caleb: Working two jobs is bad enough. But when you're struggling to make ends meet its even worse! Cursed with the fact that life is nothing more than a stack of cards. He decides to live it out day by day. However, fate has another card up its sleeve. Paid to give a private dance to a man who looks like a titan, smells of leather and gunpowder and has the body of an Adonis. He doesn't even give the dangerous outlaw a second look...Until now. Except sex and money are all part of the game and confusion turns to blind ambition. As the desire for one another reaches its climax, a war rages in the east, threatening to destroy everything that Zane has worked so hard for including Caleb. And now with Caleb in the hands of the enemy, Zane knows that he has to make the hardest decision of his life: How far will he go to save the one he loves?

The beloved prince of vampires, Mathew didn't want a bodyguard, didn't want to fall in love with him, and definitely didn't want to be caught up in a murder spree that started with his parents. Standalone in the Picky Eater series *** Mathew Ventura's blood is a weapon. A single drop, capable of killing the strongest vampire, could be the link to finally solving his parent's murder. Desperate for answers, Mathew leaves home for the first time, but things take a dark turn when he becomes embroiled in a dangerous mystery. Unusual for the average college experience, Mathew faces missing students, a secret society, and a vampire serial killer. Fortunately, his werewolf bodyguard, Jace, steps in to protect him from harm...even though Mathew didn't ask for it. Despite how much Mathew resists, once they're forced to work together, he can't help but fall for the brooding wolf. Mathew must solve the riddle of his existence to love Jace freely, or risk Jace running away in fear of his life. Not that his family would ever let Mathew have him, and like this, Mathew couldn't imagine why Jace would love him, either. Even though it'll kill him, can Mathew leave Jace to save his life?