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I BARGAINED WITH THE BRATVA--MY BROTHER'S LIFE FOR MY OWN.They offered me a deal: thirty nights for my brother's life.Thirty nights...with him. Nikolai Novikov.The charming but dangerous loanshark.He's deceptively smooth. Sinfully handsome.Addictive, even.But it's only an illusion.I vow to give him nothing more than I promised,Yet he sees right through me.When it comes to my heart, all bets are off...And winner takes all.

From the USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a new dark mafia romance.The final part of Kirill and Sasha's twisted story.This book is part of a trilogy and can't be read on its own.

--- Faking their own death was the easy part. ---After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together. When Domenico’s jealousy pushes them into the spotlight of a biker gang with connections to their former mafia family, Seth decides to step up, and make his own decisions, no matter what risks they might entail.Domenico Acerbi can’t trust anyone. Nightmares of Seth’s torture are still haunting his dreams, and if he and Seth are to leave the country quietly and disappear off the mafia’s radar, he needs to stay in charge and keep everyone under control. What he doesn’t need is Seth giving him attitude, keeping secrets, and distancing himself for no reason. And as if Domenico didn’t have enough on his plate already, Seth forces him to help some hooker. Being stuck in the swamp with a kid hunted by a bunch of bikers is not Domenico’s idea of laying low.POSSIBLE SPOILERS:Themes: mafia, homophobia, assassin, organized crime, outlaw bikers, human trafficking, runaway, trust issuesGenre: Dark, twisted romance / crime thrillerLength: ~117,000 wordsWARNING: If you are easily offended, this book is not for you. ‘Guns n’ Boys’ is a gritty story with morally ambiguous protagonists. Behind the morbid facade, there is a splash of inappropriate dark humor, and a love story that will crawl under your skin.

Nothing is fair in war.Jonathan King is every bit his last name.Powerful.Untouchable.Corrupted.He's also my dead sister's husband and way older than me.When I first met him as a clueless child, I thought he was a god.Now, I have to confront that god to protect my business from his ruthless grip.Little did I know that declaring a war on the king will cost me everything.When Jonathan covets something, he doesn't only win, he conquers.Now, he has his sights on me.He wants to consume not only my body, but also my heart and my soul.I fight, but there's no escaping the king in his kingdom...Reign of a King is the first part of a duet and is not standalone.

A ruthless mafia boss, and a determined NYPD detective play a dangerous  and seductive game of cat and mouse, in this thrilling dark romance set amidst the brutal yet alluring underbelly of the New York City Mafia.  Frankie I don’t have to hide behind a mask anymore. I rule New York. It’s time to finish what I started ten years ago—destroy the man who took my life. No one can get in my way. That is until I’m arrested for murder and have my first taste of Detective Zara O’Reilly. The woman is hell bent on ruining my plans. She thinks I don’t know she’s watching my every move, waiting to drag me back into that prison cell. She can pretend I’m the enemy all she likes. In reality, she craves me as much as I do her. No matter how much we fight it. My stalker becomes my obsession. She doesn’t realize the power she holds, not only over me, but the city. Together we will be unstoppable . . . if she lets me break her.

Elite operative Domino is no stranger to peril and impossible situations. Trained all her life to be just as comfortable fighting terrorists as mixing with the gala crowd, she is proficient at playing any role necessary to accomplish her objective and believes the cause sanctifies the means. But her latest assignment to investigate journalist Hayley Ward will test more than her skills, ingenuity, and courage, because this time she faces the ultimate dilemma: a choice between loyalty and love.

I have always been a bird. Caged by one prison or another when the only thing I ever wanted was to fly away.Sold. Beaten. Starved. Drugged.Nothing scares me anymore.Until him.He rescues me, only to make me his wife.Now I’m captive to the Russian mafia.To him.My husband thinks he’s caged me, but soon…I’m going to fly.***I live by a code. The Vory code.In this mafiya world, there are traditions.Expectations.She doesn’t care about these things. She cares about nothing.She thinks she has me fooled with her haunted eyes.What she can’t know is that I see her better than most.She wants to fly.But I’m going to clip her wings.And make her mine.The Boston Underworld Series consists of six full-length standalones that can be read in any order. There is character crossover, so if you prefer to start from the beginning, the series order is as follows: Crow, Reaper, Ghost, Saint, Thief, Conor.Themes in Ghost include:Russian MafiaArranged MarriageTortured Hero/HeroineWho Hurt YouJealous/Possessive Hero

Angel Bondesan can't decide if Nico Vitale is the worst or best thing to ever happen to her. But it doesn't matter.Because it's over.Back in the small town where she was kidnapped, Angel grieves for her father and tries to put her feelings for Nico behind her. Then she finds out that the Vitale family is under attack by the one man who scared her more than Nico. Drawn like a moth to a flame, Angel offers Nico her help only to have the person she loves most becomes a casualty of the raging turf war. Now the only way to avert tragedy is to become part of the world - and the man - who might destroy her.From New York City to Miami to Los Angeles, Angel and Nico are on the run - and their undeniable passion might be the most dangerous enemy of all.

Flirting with the Devil by Kym RobertsSometimes the greatest sins...are born out of love.Federal Prosecutor Samantha Bennett knows how to weed out the bad guys and put them in their place--behind bars and that's exactly what she did to the mob boss of Vendetti la Cosa Nostra. But her dedication cost her what she values most, her marriage, because she didn't see her husband's betrayal coming--at all.Wade Evans will do anything to get Sam back--and a plot that enlists the people she relies on the most is his best chance of winning her heart a second time. But suddenly Wade's not sure he's the right man for his soon to be ex-wife, because he wasn't the one to save her from the violent mob hit. He failed and the man she trusts most, Ty Beckinsale, saved the day.When Sam takes a vacation alone, both men arrive to keep her safe from a hitman determined to put her six feet under. And now Sam must decide if heaven on earth is possible, or if the man who stole her heart will lead her straight to hell.

Liliana Vela hates the term victim. She's not a victim, she's a fighter. Stubborn and strong with a quiet elegance, she's determined to take back her life after escaping the clutches of human traffickers in her poor Mexican village. But she can't stay safely over the border in America--unless the man who aided in her rescue is serious about his unconventional proposal to marry her.Meric Toledan was just stopping at a service station for a bottle of water. Assessing the situation, he steps in to rescue Liliana from traffickers. If he can keep his secrets at bay, his wealth and position afford him many resources to help her. But the mysterious buyer who funded her capture will not sit idly by while his prize is stolen from him.Melissa Koslin throws you right into the middle of the action in this high-stakes thriller that poses the question: What is the price of freedom?