She will help me get there. But first she has to become mine. Little Riley doesn’t know what she’s gotten herself into. She thought, she was applying for a job. Now she’s my captive—and forced to obey. I know she will submit to my demands. Because she has to. Because she will want to. It was easy to take her, but making her bend to my will—that will take some time. Time that we don’t have. She will have to learn fast. Her fate is tied to mine now, closer than she will ever know. I’ve pulled her into the darkness. Now it’s my job to make sure, she’ll survive—even if it means risking everything I have worked for my entire life.

    He doesn't know about the baby, dog, and two cats. He actually doesn’t know much about me, anymore.But it’s not him I’m really here to see.I’m going to tell Kash something and change his life forever. He’s tall, tatted to the hilt, slightly brooding, and he says and does all the right things.I want to trust him, but my past tells me men can change. Will he always be like this and will he turn out to be the one?KashI could tell she was special and from the moment I met her eleven months ago, and I wanted to make her mine. But she asked me to go without any contact.When the curious kitten with a body so hot it could melt metal takes a little time away from the baby, she asks me to lay down a design on her pristine skin.But the session gets away from both of us and I can't take back what I do or say.Her brother finds us and it’s never good when Cray’s involved.She can trust me. But maybe I can’t trust myself around her.

     My father is dead. I’m the boss now. That means Adriana belongs to me. She can love me, hate me, or fear me – I don’t give a d*mn. Just as long as she knows she’s mine. RYDER My father once protected her. But he’s no longer with the living. That means Adriana is exactly how I want her: Scared. Alone. Vulnerable. She knows that saying no is not an option. No one denies the mob boss and lives to tell about it. Not even an exquisite toy like her. Our night begins with savage pleasure. The only problem: If my enemies see the chance, they’ll make sure it ends with bloodshed. ADRIANA Ryder only kept me so he could break me. But, all along, there was something he didn’t know. I can’t hide it anymore, this secret that’s tearing me apart. The deepest, darkest part of me… is dying to be broken by the mob boss. His words alone are enough to make my blood race. “You’re a bad girl, aren’t you?” he asks. I know the right answer, the one he wants to hear. It feels like a drug as it slips past my lips. “I am if you want me to be, sir.” This started as a game of life or death. Obeying Ryder was the only way to survive. But when chaos strikes and leaves us unprotected, I’m forced to do something else. Something I never expected. I’m forced to trust him with my life. DIRTY is a full-length, standalone, super steamy, bad boy mafia romance novel from bestselling author ZOEY PARKER. This suspenseful, action-packed mafia romance is intended for mature audiences, due to violence, strong language, dark themes and elements, and explicit intimate scenes. The romance between the alpha male bad boy and the fiery woman he can't resist ends with a guaranteed happily ever after (HEA) ending, has absolutely NO CHEATING, and does NOT include a cliffhanger of any kind.

    Always will be..."For over ten years, they were inseparable....All it took was one night to shatter it to pieces.Three years later and Savannah Slate is still trying to put that night behind her—but that’s hard to do when Ryan is everywhere.The bar she works at.The apartment complex she lives in.Hell, even her dad is best friends with his parents!There is no avoiding Ryan Madden, so she does what she does best:Pretend that night didn’t happen.Pretend they’re still best friends.Pretend she’s still the girl he used to tell, “You’re my number one. Always will be.”The thing with pretending, is reality always manages to slap you in the face. What better way than to have those words spoken—from him, to someone else—on reality television?Needing to escape, Savannah goes to the one place no one will find her. She just needs a few days to decompress before the country goes into lockdown mode.Except there's just one tiny problem...Ryan’s hiding there too.

    Just when everything was falling apart and seemed hopeless, she meets Jack. He put the phrase, tall, dark and handsome to shame. Not only is he the hottest man she had ever laid eyes on, but he’s offering her a job at his nightclub. Only catch, it’s a gentleman’s club, AKA strip club. An easy mistake, right? She will have to find a way to overcome the humiliation of dancing on stage and stop lusting over her new boss, all in order to keep her apartment. But she couldn’t help feeling that behind this quiet, sexy man, was someone with dark secrets. Secrets that could possibly put her in danger. This book is a standalone with some trigger warnings

    But they didn’t realize I wasn’t a victim…not anymore.The open sea was my backdrop for nine torturous days. During that time, glimmers of my fate were revealed by a man with the mysterious chartreuse-colored eyes. He should have scared me, but he didn’t.He intrigued me. And I intrigued him.He punished me when I didn’t listen, which was every single day. But beneath his cruelty, I sensed he was guarding a grave secret.I was sold. And in a game of poker, no less. My buyer? A Russian mobster who likes to collect pretty things. Now that I know the truth, I only have one choice.Sink or swim.And when one fateful night presents me the opportunity, I take it. I just never anticipated my actions would leave me shipwrecked with my kidnapper.He needs me alive. I want him dead.But as days turn into weeks, one thing becomes clear—I should hate him…but I don’t.My name is Willow.His name is Saint.Ironic, isn’t it? He bears a name that denotes nothing but holiness yet delivers nothing but hell. However, if this is hell on earth…God, save my soul.

    I hand pick girls from the street who have no options left in life and give them an opportunity they can’t possibly refuse. They come to work in the Lafayette Club which is full of EXQUISITE DEBAUCHERY, where influential men come to conduct business and lap dances are considered a fine art. The girls are trained, they are morphed, they are educated, they follow the rules of the club and they know to submit to me. They live by my motto, no relationships, no love, just sex. They are never touched, only by me, they are never completely naked, only with me, and their personas are entirely anonymous. The only person who knows who they truly are, is me, Jett Colby. If these girls were ever seen on the streets of New Orleans, you would never know they were a Jett Girl.

    And did I ever. It was impossible not to.Nick isn’t from around here, obviously.He’s hot, rich, and charming everyone in town. Except me.His motto? Make money. Have fun. No time for anything else.He seems to get off on how much I hate him.But the real trouble starts when we both start getting off on it.And not just as a figure of speech.The fate of my shop isn’t the only thing Nick is holding hostage.I’m like putty in his hands. Will our hot affair consume me and my business alive?An irresistible small-town billionaire and his hot tenant who will give you roller coaster ride of emotions, possessiveness, intensely hot love and happily ever after!

    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.

    He took my innocence ten years ago. But his touch still sends shivers down my spine. I’m sick of my vain attempts at trying to escape. Tired of feeling hopeless in this dingy room that I’m trapped in. I can tell that he wants to help me but doesn’t want to let me go. His strong arms make me weak in the knees. And the pain in his eyes breaks my heart. His father is the most powerful mafia boss in the country. And I’m having to pay for my family’s debt to him. But once he shows me the way out… I can only hope that he will come with me. If he doesn’t, then my entire life has been a lie. And if he does… Well, then we would have a bloody war on our hands.

    A slave. A possession.Freedom is so close I can almost taste it, only to have it snatched away under the guise of protection. A gilded cage is still a cage. Rafael D'Cruze is a bad man. I hate him, so why do I feel safe with him?RafaelShe's a favor. A pretty slave. Sweet collateral.I have no interest in Anna beyond keeping her alive for the man who now owns her and paying off a debt. And yet, I'm fascinated by the little slave. I find myself willing to bleed for a willing touch, a trusting glance...A broken little bird. The big bad wolf. A longing that could heal or destroy.Hate me or hold me?

    Ordered to protect her, Aleksei will do anything to possess her as well—on his own wicked terms.Rules are made to be broken…Grad student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the dark and breathtaking Sevastyan before the professional enforcer whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. Every day under his protection leads her deeper under his masterful spell.Are you ready to play?Yet all is not as it seems. To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest—and most forbidden—fantasies can come true...

    The kind of place where women fall to their knees, call men sir, and get lashed with a belt. Gage Stratford. Dark, damaged, cold-blooded and gorgeous, with secrets so deep you could drown. He touched me that night, made me feel things that excited and terrified me in equal measure. When I turned up at my internship the next day, I was shocked to find he was my new boss. My billionaire boss was the one who had made me feel like I couldn’t help but fall to my knees and do whatever he commanded. He says he can’t stay away from me. That he needs to make me his submissive, to take me over his desk, to punish me and make me his. But our horrific pasts have made us who we are, and to get close to him means to crack each other open and expose the very things we’ve worked so hard to bury. And when our secrets come out, not only our love but also our lives will be on the line -- leaving us bound together forever, or destroyed and shattered beyond repair. Being together isn’t an option. But staying apart is impossible….

    That's why I brought these handcuffs. I love a good chase. I'm practically untouchable, but they're always staring my way. Women are obsessed with men like me. That's a given. With a body like mine, it's a bit like cheating. It's too damn easy. From the beginning, I've followed my own code. Rule one: Never fall in love with a good f*ck. They'll only let you down. Trust me. I've had my fair share of hardships. Rule two: Always go back for seconds. Easy as pie. "On your knees with your hands behind your back." There wasn't any warning about a girl like her. My Virginia. She's the most beautiful woman in this dive bar. Her smile pushes me over the edge. Her body sends shivers down my spine. I have to pull out every trick in the book to get a chance to talk to her. I'm going to make her tremble and quake. There's one major problem. She has something to do with those robberies. But I can't stop thinking about the way that woman f*cks. She's been playing me for a fool. One night in that interrogation room and I'll have her begging for forgiveness. She should have known. Never fall in love with a man in uniform. **MARSHALL is a standalone, full length bad boy novel with a HEA and absolutely NO CLIFFHANGERS!**

     His big dreams have left him at rock bottom and when you’ve lost everything, losing becomes easy because there’s nothing to fight for. The love of his life left him for a life he couldn’t give her and now she’s engaged and on top of the world while he claws his way out of the hole he dug when she left. Lotus Shaw plays the role of the media’s darling, and dutiful fiancé to a man only her parents approve of. She should be on top of the world, but she left her heart on the floor of a fight gym. Now, she’s got to get it back. One little secret from the past is keeping her from the future. When they come face to face again, nothing could’ve prepared them for the sucker punch love was about to land. Nothing worth having comes without a fight.