One of the NBA's brightest stars.Fine. Forbidden. He wants me. I want him.But my past, my fraudulent prince, just won't let me go.*Some aspects of this story may be sensitive for some readers.

    A disappointment to my family. Haunted by my childhood traumas. I felt so much all my life that I resolved to feeling nothing at all. Until I met my match. As the most infamous mafioso of the 21st century, Dante Salvatore was madly passionate, unequivocally bad, and entirely too dangerous to know. He was everything I abhorred, yet I found myself representing him in the biggest criminal trial of the decade. I was so focused on winning and achieving the success I deserved that I didn't notice the gorgeous black-eyed man's effect on me until it was too late. My icy heart had been held too close to his flame and now I wouldn't let Dante go down without fighting with everything I had in me. Even if the cost of a new life with him meant the loss of my old life and everything I thought I held dear.

    Loyalty is owned. Love is taken. I’ll show everyone I’m a threat, and they will fear me.For my family. I have to protect them.The second I hear the name Damien Vetrov I know I’m in trouble.He’s an arrogant Russian God.Only, I have zero intention of bowing to him. Ever.Attractive and lethal. He’s such an intoxicating mixture.Every second we spend together, the pull between us becomes stronger, and my fear grows.While my body wants him, my head knows better. He has the power to kill my family.But when blood is shed, I’m forced to depend on Damien for my life.Being at his mercy, whether he’ll kill me or protect me, is still up for debate. STANDALONE: Romance Suspense full-length novel.

    But can they work together to bring down a villain? And will their love survive it all... or break into a thousand pieces? GINGER I've always been a pawn. That stops now. I'm ready to play. I'm ready to win. My past is catching up with me. I left everything behind twice - first, when my sister killed her twin and our parents, and then again when I walked away from the love of my life, my soulmate, Ryker Marino. Now, both of my worlds are colliding. My sister is coming for me, but not if I find her first. Astor is crazy. Evil. She won't stop until she's killed our entire family. I follow her to the other side of the world - Venice, Italy. Here, a game of cat and mouse draws me further into her trap. Here, one of us will end the other. But what Astor doesn't know... is that I'm ready for a fight. RYKER I'm The Emperor. L'Imperatore. And I'm going to win my girl back. Ginger disappeared without a trace seven years ago. I uprooted my life because of her. I moved to a different continent. I became obsessed with a cursed diamond that has shaped my family's lives for centuries. But what if the stone isn't to blame for our misfortune? What if everything, including losing Ginger all those years ago, is my fault? I have to face my fears. I have to find Ginger. I have to bring her back. But there is a third player involved in this game of chess... And she's about to beat us both. Fawn Bailey is the pen name of USA Today bestselling author Isabella Starling. Ryker & Ginger first appear in Fawn's series Gilded Cage.