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The Killer's New Wife by B.B. Hamel
mafia
romance
dnf
dark
By Any Other Name
J.M. Darhower - 2015
Two families at war. Nobody is safe, not even the innocent. Especially the innocent. Blood will be spilled. Genevieve "Genna" Galante knows a thing or two about causing trouble. After all, it's engrained in her DNA. As the only daughter of Primo Galante, notorious boss of the Galante crime family, her life is dictated by a certain set of rules… rules Genna was never very good at following. Matteo "Matty" Barsanti never wanted anything to do with the family business, but as the first-born Barsanti son, certain things are expected of him. It's his duty, according to his father, to help take down the enemy... even if that enemy means something to him. A chance encounter on an elevator changes the course of lives, causing the biggest trouble of Genna's young life. The only good Barsanti is a dead Barsanti. She's heard it said time and time again. So what happens when she falls in love with one of them? The story of star-crossed lovers caught in the middle of the biggest rivalry New York has ever seen, determined to make it… if only they can survive their parents' feud.
Wife
Penelope Sky - 2019
I didn't believe a word of it. Until I met Sofia Romano almost ten years later. I fell hard for this woman. Would die for this woman. But she left me. Now years have passed and Sofia needs a husband. Her father is gone and her mother is trying to marry her off to a man that can protect their family, protect their company. She's looking for someone powerful. Check. Someone rich. Check. Someone handsome. Double check. Now it's my chance to have the only woman I've ever loved...and I'll make sure she feels the same way. I have a lifetime to make that happen.
Thy Kingdom Come
Monica James - 2021
My father says it’s my birthright, but all I see is a curse. It’s because of the Kelly name my mum was slain by the Doyles—our enemies in Dublin, the fellas livin’ on borrowed time. All of Belfast fears my family, especially me. I’m Puck Kelly, otherwise known as Punky; the lad ye don’t want to double cross. I don’t do feelings or emotions. I never have…until she walks into my world.Babydoll is a liar and a thief, but I can’t stay away. We both thrive in the darkness because that’s where our demons can play.No word af a lie, sixteen years later, those monsters still haunt my dreams. But every monster is scared of somethin’…and that somethin’ is me.No more hiding in the shadows because I’m huntin’ youse. Run, wee monsters, run.
Razor's Edge
Mila Crawford - 2021
The first person I met was local bad boy, Calvin Montgomery. His father was president of the local MC, but despite his reputation, Calvin had a heart of gold. We were a perfect match until one violent night destroyed the future we’d envisioned together.Calvin:I lost Ellison and the dream for our future when I was locked up for a decade. An act of violence I will never regret. It’s been ten years without her, but a day hasn’t gone by where I haven’t thought about her. But Ellison isn’t the same girl I left behind. They say time heals all wounds, but nothing cuts as deep as your first true love.Step into the dark and gritty universe of the Underworld Kings.A multi-author series of standalone books filled with mafia families waging war, danger and violence, arranged and forced marriages, angst, love, and everything in-between.Light or dark, twisted or sweet, the Underworld Kings has something for every reader.
Undaunted
Crystal Daniels - 2017
After suffering the loss of two women in my life, I grew cold and indifferent to the idea of love. I don't need to let anyone in. I've seen the aftermath it can leave in its wake.The last thing I'm looking for is someone to fill the void.Until-Bella JamesonStruggling to keep my head above water, my only concern is taking care of my sister. The last ting I expected was to fall in love with a tattooed biker, Logan Kane. With evil hiding in the shadows, I have no idea the danger my sister and I are about to face.Will Logan and Bella overcome their demons in the end, or will they lose each other in the process?
Because You're Mine
Claire Contreras - 2018
They're the ones with experience. The ones with secrets. The ones that exude sex just by saying your name.From the minute I laid eyes on Lorenzo, I knew he wasn't just bad news. He was the headline.My opinion didn't change on our second meeting. Or our third. But my head and my heart are at war. He’s too mysterious, too gorgeous, too wild, and now, he wants me. I should run far away. So why am I racing toward him? I’m totally going to get burned. I know it. A man like Lorenzo won’t leave me unscathed.He'll make ashes of me.
Fearless
Esme Devlin - 2020
He is smooth and charming. I’m as rough as dry toast. He’s ice cold and thinks with his head. I never look further than the end of my knuckle. He’s the brains. I’ve been wired incorrectly since the day he beat me into this world. He always gets the girl... until the one girl he didn’t want. I built her a prison. Pushed her. Pulled her. Owned every breath. Haunted every nightmare. And then I tore down an empire for her. I gave her one simple instruction. Don’t you dare fall in love with me. In the world we created, weakness gets you killed. Release date will be pulled in.
Vlad
Ker Dukey - 2018
Power. Power.Until her.The next move requires I marry and soon.This will strengthen us and secure our position.But I am not to marry her.I am to wed the eldest Volkov.Problem is, her younger sister is the one who awakens my dead heart.It is her I want in my bed and by my side forever.Her. Her. Her.In this game, though, it’s not about what I want. But maybe it can be about what she wants. I am Vlad.Vile. Vicious. Villainous. Vasiliev.And I will win eventually.
His Obsession: A Dark Billionaire Romance
Ann-Marie Davis - 2020
If you are sensitive in any way, please use discretion.
Merciless
Kristen Luciani - 2019
A bloodthirsty beast. I always take what I want, What I’m owed, And what has been stolen from me. With a gorgeous face and a porn star body, Lindy thinks she owns Sin City. But my new obsession made a deadly choice when she walked into my casino. She trusted the wrong people, put greed before common sense, and lost everything. Now, there’s a debt to be paid. To me. But I don’t care about money. I want her as my payment. And it’s time to collect.
The Fixer
Jessica Gadziala - 2017
Like santa. An honest politician. And gut instincts. That was, of course, until I woke up with one.And I knew.This was the day I was going to die. The cops, thus far, have proven useless and uninterested in my issues. When you couldn’t get help from legal channels, what other choice did you have but to look elsewhere?That was how I came across Quinton Baird. A “fixer.” Whatever the hell that was.All I knew was, I had a problem that needed fixing.Hopefully, before it killed me.QUIN-There were a few things I could put my faith to rest in. My team. People f*cking up, and needing my help. And my gut. So when my receptionist informed me that the woman in a case I decided wasn’t my kind of job was having a ‘gut feeling’ about being in desperate need of help, yeah, I dragged my a** across town to check things out.Not only did I not bank on the fact that she was in trouble beyond what I could have anticipated, but she was not what I was expecting either. Beautiful, resilient, and one hell of a distraction I didn’t need.As the pieces of her case start falling together, I was left wondering if maybe this new, unfamiliar sensation in my gut was telling me that Aven was much more than just another name on a case file…
Baby for the Brute
Penelope Bloom - 2018
Please.” She’s a stranger. Big blue eyes. Innocent. Way too pure for my dirty hands. I should tell her to run. I’m bad news. The worst kind. But I’ve never made a habit of doing the right thing. I kiss her because I want her. I want those cherry lips tangled up with mine. I want to claim her. Own her. I want her to learn that she doesn’t make the rules. She doesn’t get to decide what’s pretend and what’s real. I do. But she’ll have plenty of time to learn to obey me. To surrender. I’ll enjoy every pleasure-soaked minute of teaching her. But she has no idea who I am. I’m Angelo Luciani. Head of the Luciani crime family. It turns out I’m not the only one with a secret. She’s the daughter of my most bitter rival: Rosiano Torretti. They say nothing can come between a man and his daughter. But they’re wrong, I did one better... I knocked her up. *As always, this is a totally SAFE, full-length book with a happily ever after, no cheating, and plenty of steam.*
Red Thorns
Rebel Hart - 2020
She’s super organized and knows what she wants. She even has a five and ten-year life plan. Dani's goal of keeping her nose in her textbooks and getting impeccable grades has served her well. Made her parents proud. Kept her on a path toward the white-picket fence and clean-cut husband she always dreamt she wanted. The life her parents wanted for her more than anything.Until she sees Max pull up to campus on his bike.Max is the president of the Red Thorns, the toughest motorcycle crew in Ann Arbor. He took over during a time of turbulence and has restored balance and the closest thing to peace men like him can achieve. He’s a steady and fierce leader who leaves no room for error and commands the respect of his men. Everything is running smoothly for him and his crew until they take a new job and find themselves back in the kind of hot water Max has been working hard for three years to avoid.When a girl enters the picture, things are made infinitely more complicated.Suddenly, Max has more to worry about - and protect - than he thought he did. There’s danger on the horizon, and there’s nowhere to go but forward.Get your copy now or read it FREE on Kindle Unlimited: getbook.at/RedThorns
Shattered
Natalia Lourose - 2020
Bits and pieces, fragments of memories- but no matter how hard I try, I can't put the remnants back together. He tells me it's better that I don't remember. He wants me to trust him. But his face is plastered across newspapers, the rich boy who killed my sister. The public has latched onto the story, watching us behind t.v. screens with handfuls of popcorn and wide eyes.Rich family. Wild party. Dead girl.𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮?
Taken as His Prize (Fallen Empire, #1)
Tamsin Bacall - 2018
CAPTURED. STRUGGLING TO RESIST. DESPERATE FOR HIS TOUCH.
JACK
I’m the man in the shadows. The point that all the money leads to. I control everything in this city. Anything I want? It’s mine. And right now I want Riley Lark. Perfect, pale curves. Wide, vivid eyes. Full of dreams, passion, and delusions. She doesn’t even realize how gorgeous she is—or how stupid. Her idiot soon-to-be ex-fiancé owes me a great deal of money. I’m going to take his company and I’m going to take Riley. No one can stand in my way. I’ll break anyone in the world in order to possess her. I need to get this infatuation out of me. If I let Riley into my heart I could lose it all—myself and my empire. I won’t let that happen. She thinks she can resist me. She can’t. I’ll show her how dark the world really is, then I’ll throw her away. This can’t be love.
RILEY
I've become the possession of the most dangerous man in New York, Jack Turner. He’s like no one I’ve ever known—powerful and primordial. He wants to destroy me but I’ll resist him. He may have my body, but he’ll never break my soul. But I betray myself each time he punishes me. Why do I crave his cruel touch? A beast like him couldn’t truly want me, could he? No. If I fall for him then I’ll truly be broken. He says he’ll make me beg him for more. I can’t let that happen—he can’t have my heart. I have to find a way to break him before he breaks me. I can’t be in love.
A full-length, 90,000 word, standalone romance, with no cheating and an HEA.