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Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy.It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.There’s only one problem: now that he has her... he can't bring himself to let her go.***Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society.Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family.While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.Craving his touch was never part of the plan.Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.King of Wrath is a steamy billionaire/arranged marriage romance. It contains explicit sexual content, profanity, and mild violence. Recommended for mature readers only.

Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.”The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will step in to usurp her place as the Scarlet Gang’s heir. The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of the Scarlets is to have him want her dead for murdering his best friend in cold blood. If Juliette were actually guilty of the crime Roma believes she committed, his rejection might sting less.Roma is still reeling from Marshall’s death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him. Roma knows it’s his fault for letting the ruthless Juliette back into his life, and he’s determined to set things right—even if that means killing the girl he hates and loves with equal measure.Then a new monstrous danger emerges in the city, and though secrets keep them apart, Juliette must secure Roma’s cooperation if they are to end this threat once and for all. Shanghai is already at a boiling point: The Nationalists are marching in, whispers of civil war brew louder every day, and gangster rule faces complete annihilation. Roma and Juliette must put aside their differences to combat monsters and politics, but they aren’t prepared for the biggest threat of all: protecting their hearts from each other.

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us.In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city's filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look.Derossi Vargo has always known. He has sacrificed more than anyone imagines to carve himself a position of power among the nobility, hiding a will of steel behind a velvet smile. He'll be damned if he lets anyone threaten what he's built.Grey Serrado knows all too well. Bent under the yoke of too many burdens, he fights to protect the city's most vulnerable. Sooner or later, that fight will demand more than he can give.And Ren, daughter of no clan, knows best of all. Caught in a knot of lies, torn between her heritage and her aristocratic masquerade, she relies on her gift for reading pattern to survive. And it shows her the web of corruption that traps her city.But all three have yet to discover just how far that web stretches. And in the end, it will take more than knives to cut themselves free...

-- You can take a killer's memory, but not his instinct --All Seth wants is to live free with the man he loves. But escaping death at the hands of the mafia is just the beginning of an uphill struggle. When Domenico wakes up from his impromptu surgery and doesn’t even remember Seth’s name, Seth’s world falls apart. Suddenly it’s him who has to plan an escape from New York City and navigate their way to Mexico. All that without even knowing if the man of his life will ever love him again.Domenico doesn’t know who to trust and what to believe. The man who introduces himself as his brother seems to hide dark secrets behind a cheerful smile. With the mafia breathing down their necks, there is no time to piece together the puzzle of Domenico’s life, and each time he thinks he’s solved it, a new part appears to be missing. Dom needs to find out who he really is, what he’s capable of... and what is the real story hidden behind Seth’s intense eyes.POSSIBLE SPOILERS:Themes: mafia, homophobia, assassin, organized crime, amnesia, road trip, chaseLength: ~88,000 wordsWARNING: Sizzling hot scenes. 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.

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

Under the bright lights of New York City, a dark romance simmers between a boxing trainer-turned-mafia hitman and the seemingly innocent young woman he can’t stay away from. Grayson Seven years ago, I left the special forces and my home after a tragic betrayal. I carefully constructed a new life in New York. A boxing trainer by day. A Mafia hitman by night. Free to live in the darkness to do what I was trained to do—to kill. But one kiss was all it took to bring it all down. The one woman who hated my guts scaled the walls I built around my black heart. I know how far I’m willing to go to fight for her. But can she truly love someone who could never give her the fairytale she deserves? Maddie I was sick of being the family disappointment—the one who could never get a man to stick around. So, I kissed a lot of frogs to try and find my Prince. Instead, I fell for the villain. The last man on earth I thought I could ever love. He might call me sunshine, but I crave his darkness. I wasn’t meant for his world, but he took me anyway, and I never want to leave. Sometimes life doesn’t give you a choice. Even if loving me puts us both in danger.

GiaI’m the daughter of a foot soldier. The sister of a snitch.Monsters have been part of my life for as long as I can remember, but the morning I woke in that cold, abandoned cabin with Dominic Benedetti looming over me, I knew I’d met the darkest of them all.He took me to break me. But I’m not so easy to break. And when he saw the mark they put on me, everything changed.But I’ve never believed in fairy tale endings and happily-ever-after doesn’t belong to people like us.Some love thrives in the light.Dominic and I, we belong in the dark.DominicI’m the last-born son of the Mafia King.The one with nothing to lose.I walked away from my family. Turned my back on everything that should have been mine and became what I was meant to be.A monster.Until the day I stood over Gia cowering in the corner of that decrepit cabin in the woods. Until I saw the mark they’d put on her.It was then I understood something my father used to say. Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.My enemies had overplayed their hand.It was past time I returned to the family. Past time I collected the debts owed me. And long past time I punished those who betrayed me.

Forbidden desire simmers between a mafia king, and his enemy's daughter that could ignite a war within New York City.LucaFrom foster kid to mafia boss, I was the undeserving king to the throne, forced into this role after my estranged father’s death. I gave up everything to build my empire. Nothing else mattered—until I kidnapped my enemy’s daughter. Rosa Falcone. Il mio tesoro. When fate drags Rosa back into my world, I can't make the same mistake again. Even when the future of the mafia depends on my arranged marriage. I still can’t resist her. There’s no way in hell I can watch her marry another man. Even if it means starting a war.RosaThe wild child, the spoilt mafia princess. No one understood my pain, so I hid behind the mask. That was until Luca Russo stole me from my life, only to put me back together again. I gave him my heart, and he let me go—back into the arms of my abuser. This time, I don’t have anyone to protect me. Or so I thought. Luca might not be mine to keep, but that doesn’t stop me from falling deeper. But when the world is against us, how much would we be willing to sacrifice to have our happily ever after?

The mafia men of New York Times bestselling author Sarah Castille’s Ruin & Revenge series are hard, hot, and ruthless. They show no weakness and take no prisoners. But the right woman can soften their stone cold hearts and make them come alive with dark desire.Luca Rizzoli was nearly destroyed by a brutal betrayal that cost him his family. Now a ruthless crime boss in Las Vegas, he lets nothing touch his frozen heart...until a smoldering encounter with a beautiful stranger ignites his passion. One night isn’t enough for a man who takes what he wants—and Luca will do whatever he can to possess his mysterious temptress...Police detective Gabrielle Fawkes lives for revenge. She lost everything at the hands of an unforgiving ruler of the Vegas underworld. Now she wants to see him six feet under. But when a near-fatal attack leads her into Luca’s arms, what was meant to be one night of unbridled passion becomes something forbiddingly more. Luca has his own agenda, but when strong, determined, kick-ass detective Gaby sets her sights on her target, Luca feels compelled to stand by her side and protect her at all costs. However, pursuing danger comes at a high price—and both Gaby and Luca must work together in order to eliminate the dark enterprise that threatens them, in Luca by Sarah Castille.

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tabatha Kiss. The Snake Eyes Series: Heart-pounding Romances. Interconnecting Stories. One Unforgettable Adventure. I was sent to kill her father. I'm taking her home instead.DANTE It was only supposed to be one night. One night with me and I'd make her father's debt to the Zappia crime family a little easier to swallow. Turns out, swallowing ain't much of an issue for Lucy Vaughn. I should never have gotten involved with her. Now, the Zappia family is after her and she's lost everything. Hell, even Snake Eyes - the deadliest criminal organization on the planet - wants to see her in the ground. It's all my fault. A few blissful nights in my bed and her life is ruined. Lucy wants payback. She wants to watch them burn for what they did to her and I can't say she's wrong. But I won't let her become a killer. Not like me. LUCY I was a dancer. The star ballerina of my father's dance company. Until one day, Dante Hart came strolling into his office and whisked me off to his place. The next thing I knew, my entire world burned around me. The Zappia family took everything from me.I want to return the favor in blood. Luckily, I know a man who knows a little something about killing but Dante ain't interested in teaching me much outside of his bed. I will have my revenge. With or without him. Now, where did he hide the keys to these cuffs? The Hitman's Dancer is a suspense novel. It contains violence, lots of steam, and is intended for adults only. The Snake Eyes Series Reading Order 1. Bodyguard 2. The Hitman's Dancer 3. Love and Wargames 4. Bloodlines 5. Hard Bounty 6. No Fury