I crave everything about her but I know she’s untouchable. The illegitimate daughter of a mob boss, a pariah in her own family, a mistake they tried to bury. But Orabella DeLuca is the only one who has ever been able to captivate me. Her purity, optimism and beauty are my undoing.When several important people go missing including my Bella I know I will stop at nothing until I find her. Fighting has never been my go-to but it seems as if I’m the only one who will fight for her.If they want to force the killer out of me, I’m willing to show them the beast inside.I will tear through every wall that keeps me from her. Destroy everyone who dare get in my way and in the end when all the secrets are out, I will make her mine.

    Nightmares trouble my sleep. When Daisy stumbles into my life on her sensible flats in her prim and proper clothes, I find another reason to forgo sleep. Daisy, my little innocent margaritka, is my new obsession. I stalk her. I just can’t leave her alone. She might not be able to see me, but she knows I am there. In the dark. Watching. Obsessing. Wanting. But my little margaritka is too young, too innocent, too good for someone as jaded and dark as I. I promise myself to stay in the dark. To keep my hands off her. Until her life is in danger. I capture her, keep her safe. Even if she doesn’t want me to. Having her as my captive makes it hard to stick to my last promise. To not touch her. If only she knew all the depraved things I want to do to her.I felt his eyes on me many times. I know he is always there. In the dark. Watching me. I knew he was in my apartment even before the little presents kept turning up. Somehow I am not afraid. I don’t know who he is. Until he takes me. Holds me prisoner. He says he is protecting me. But my senses tell me he is the one I need protecting from. I know he wants me. I know he won’t be the gentle knight I dreamed of. But I am not so sure anymore if I want a gentle knight. Maybe deep down I crave the dark promise I see in his eyes every time he looks at me. I know it’s only a matter of time when his darkness will no longer hide away.This is a Dark Stalker Romance, no fairy tale, and the hero is no Prince Charming. If you don't like dark content, this book is not for you. However, if you like obsessive/possessive Alpha males who are a little psychotic and walk on the wrong site of the law, then you might enjoy this dark tale.

    

    I'm an assassin, not a detective.I'm handed a black-haired beauty who spits lies. I need to uncover the truth she is hiding in order to find the other assets.There's only one problem—HER.Everything about her calls for me to take her, but she is pure—untouchable. A highly valued asset to the mafia.One taste of her could cost me my life. EvieI was ten when I was stolen Snatched by the seaTaken to a world where virgins are put on pedestals—untouchable Until they are soldWhen six of the girls are taken and our private security team slaughtered, The Handler is called in to find them.He's dark and dangerous. Not a man I should trust.But I have to trust that he can find them, and I'm willing to do anything it takes to get them back.Once he finds them, I will make sure he sets them free, even if it costs me everything.

    That was until fate brought us back together. How can I sacrifice her again?*His Sacrifice is a standalone, mafia, dark romance for adult readers.*

    Have since I was sixteen and my world fell into chaos. But I found a way to endure, or rather it found me. Now I’m a prisoner of my own doing, hiding behind a false mask so no one sees the truth. Not even the man I want but can’t have—Deck. But I messed up and the lies are spilling over, out of control. Deck is unrelenting and will settle for nothing less than the truth. He demands everything from me—EVERYTHING—even if it rips me apart.DECKI kill for a living.Unyielding—It’s how I survive in my line of work. I bend people to my will…except Georgie.But that ends now.I've played her game for far too long. Now I think it's time we play mine.

    But which one of us will survive the cage we’re living in?For both of us are stuck in this marriage without mercy.

    And don’t have his baby.I didn’t know that Darren Lee was part of an international triad until it was too late. All I knew was that my body couldn’t resist his touch.Even when what he does to me scares me, I burn for him. And he knows it.He’s on a mission to push my limits, but how much can I take? A baby changes everything. I can’t have mine growing up with a gangster for a father. I’ve got to keep my son a secret and hope I can survive my submission…If you enjoy mafia style romances with bad boy Doms and plenty of wicked heat, then get CLAIMED HARDER to steam up your reading today!

    It’s the first time I’ve felt anything in a long time. But would she really be scared knowing the depth, the lengths I go with my brothers to make any fucker who crosses us pay? I need a woman who can accept me for who I am.For what I am.I’m hoping like hell it’s her because I want nothing more than to claim her as mine…Kadence KingI know Aston’s dangerous, know people fear him. But I want him. I’m drawn to him, just as he’s drawn to the darkness.I should be afraid of him, should turn the other way, but I can’t. I’ve gone mad and let him in my room, in my life, allowing him to consume me. He possesses me, dominates me. Aston Locke shows me what it means to want to be claimed by him and only him.And when he tells me I’M HIS, I have no doubt that’s the truth.Because in the end, it’s what I want too.No matter how dangerous he is…

    Instead, I found myself right in the middle of a dangerous mafia war.When my father's life is at stake, becoming a surrogate for an insanely wealthy couple seems the right thing to do.But when the casual meeting with the future parents turns into a raging mafia war, I find myself in mortal danger.The loving couple was a fraud, and I've been duped in the worst possible manner.My child's real father is a man that makes my blood run cold.A menacing mafia boss.A ruthless killer.And the catch is – he had no idea he was going to become a father...Powerful, brutal, and deviously handsome, Vlad is someone I should avoid.But when a powerful enemy who's determined to kill us is getting dangerously close, there's no one I trust more than him to protect me and my unborn child.What do you do when the monster you loathe is the only one who can ensure your survival?"Surrogate Betrayal" is the first book in the "Ruthless Russian Mob" bad boy mafia romance series from author Aria Ray.It is a stand-alone Dark Mafia Romance, complete with HEA and no cliffhangers.

    No harm in that, right? Unfortunately for me, Chase Kavanaugh had plans of his own…And his plans included touching – a lot of touching in ways no man had ever touched me before.And did he care what I had to say about it? No.Does he care what I want now? Apparently not.So then why is it I can’t stop thinking about him?Why does my heart race every time he’s around and feel so empty when he’s gone?After surviving my first encounter with Chase’s cruelty, all I should want is to be left alone, so what is it this scorching heat inside of me that keeps pulling me back to him?But if Chase thinks I’ll be his little toy, he’s sadly mistaken.Either he’ll destroy me, or I’ll destroy him.Author’s Note:Chase is a bad-boy, a real anti-hero with layer upon layer of depth for Becka to discover and a very serious redemption arc. I wanted to write a complex man who will make you swoon, make you angry, but who will also make you love him and never forget him.This book is a DARK, BULLY romance and may trigger some readers who are sensitive to things common in dark romance.

    Making it on my own at eighteen wasn't easy, but for two years I managed to keep my freedom.Until Gregor Romanov came looking for me.I didn't know what a Russian mob boss wanted with me when he first barged into my apartment, but as he threw me over his shoulder and carried me into my bedroom I knew one thing for sure.My days as a free woman are over.Now he's taking off his belt to deal with my refusal to answer questions he didn't have any business asking in the first place, but it isn't just the sting of a spanking that is on my mind.It's what he has planned for me later tonight.

    

    I was determined to never go anywhere near it. Headed in the opposite direction, I pushed away from my family and their legacy. Until they needed me. And then...so did she. I got sucked in too deep, going after her and trying to save them all. Now, there's no turning back. I'd do anything for my cousins, for Sasha. After all, family is everything. Complete standalone, HEA, NO cheating

    Charlie shone like a beacon in a world that had long since lost any light. But she was never meant for me, a man that killed without remorse and collected bounties drenched in blood.I thought staying away would keep her safe, would shield her from me. I was wrong. Danger followed in my wake like death at a slaughter house. I protected her from the threats that circled like black buzzards, kept her safe with kill after kill.But everything comes with a price, especially second chances for a man like me. Killing for her was easy. It was living for her that turned out to be the hard part.Author's Note: This is a full-length romance novel. It's not a super-dark read, no trigger warning. Explicit violence and hot sex included. HEA, no cheating.