I thought selling myself to a mafia boss was noble. So what if they called him the Beast? I grew up in rags, and he would lift me to riches. All I had to do was give him my soul. He was punishing. Insatiable. Captivating. Nothing like I expected him to be. Each day my reality blurred, leaving me wondering if I was slave or princess. The longer I stayed, the more I lost myself to him. Even after every cruelty the Beast visited upon me, I longed for his touch. Even after every savage word he spoke, I begged for his lips. I thought the worst thing he could take was my body. I was too naïve to guard my heart. Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale. Now I know better than to speak of happily ever afters. Beast is the first book in the Hate Story duet. About what it means to fall in love with the person who has absolutely destroyed you, it contains disturbing and graphic situations that may be a trigger for some.

    He stole me in the middle of the night. Now, I’m expected to marry the enemy. Luca Rossi is the heir to my family’s greatest rival within the Italian mafia. He’s cocky, ruthless, and has a keen sense of when I need him the most. When I look into his eyes, I see his hatred for what I represent. While I see another arrogant mafia man trying to control me. On the eve of my arranged marriage, he’s the last person I expect to see. Like the thief he is, he steals me in the night, setting off a war that had been brewing for years.This book was originally released with the Killing Me Softly anthology.

    Fierce. Relentless.Everything I do I do for my family name.Now they’re giving me another task—take the bride my father chooses for me. They call it business. I call it revenge. Only one empire with mafia ties can rule.I’ll use her as a pawn. Break her down. She’s already damaged from the life she’s led. But then something happens.She rises from the ashes…and learns how to break me too.**A hero with an out-of-control possessive streak and the woman forced to be his bride. The claws come out, but the surrender is so sweet… DAMAGED BRIDE is a novella-length romance and first in the Blood Empire Series. Happily Ever After? You’ll have to take a chance.**

     Because I'm not here as a guest. Not even close. I'm a prisoner. I'm his. Julius King. Powerful. Wealthy. Dangerous. There are parts of me he wants that I can't give him. When he looks at me, there are times I swear he sees someone else. And the scary part is that sometimes, when he touches me, I think he may be someone else, too. Though my body might be tempted, and he might control everything else, I can't let him have any piece of my heart. I won't. But every day, the fight gets harder, and Julius manages to slip past my defenses in the most unexpected ways.  I have to find out the truth about Julius King. Even if it destroys me.   This book is approximately 81,000 words  One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you're looking for with an HEA/HFN. It's a promise! Find out more at CarinaPress.com/RomancePromise

    However, after the Novello brothers, come to the aid of her father Frank, everything changes.Frank is king of the underworld. The Don of NYC. He has money, drugs, guns, thriving businesses and half the police force under his belt. So when he offers the brothers payment for helping him, he’s surprised when the only thing they demand is Natalia.Unable to refuse their offer, Frank reluctantly hands over his only daughter to the Novello brothers and a war breaks out between the three families.When duty and jealousy collide, the flames of temptation are fanned and the only thing standing in the way of bloodshed and war is the promise of seduction from the virgin daughter of Frank Costello.Can there ever be life after the Brotherhood take their payment from her? Or does the ultimate betrayal lie in her own blood?A reverse harem mafia romance

    The father of my unborn child. Our future is uncertain until my stepbrother is on the loose. Can Zayn put an end to this danger and save our family?

    . . Just so it’s clear, I’m not the kind of woman who sleeps around. And I’m especially not the kind of woman who’d ever sell her body for money. At least—that’s not who I used to be. Now, I’m getting on my hands and knees at the orders of the stranger I suddenly call, husband. I’m ashamed of what I’m doing. It’s dirty. Wrong. Twisted. And I refuse to acknowledge how good it feels. Especially in front of him. But we’re stuck together for one year. He has needs. Kinky. Dark. Depraved needs. And he wants me to be the one to fulfill them. For half of his inheritance—I’ll do it—but if he think’s I’ll be his sweet little submissive, he’s in for the shock of his life . . . SCROLL UP AND ONE CLICK The Dom’s Deal, part one in a tantalizing dark romance trilogy, The Pleasure Wars.

     The man of my dreams, and the wedding to match. Stefan Zoric is heir to an elite worldwide modeling agency. Practically a prince. My arrangement is simple, as far as sham marriages go. I give him my virginity, behave as the perfect wife and he'll pay for the college degree my father found irrelevant. But I don't want to be the perfect wife. I want him to want me the way I want him. I want him to confide in me. But Stefan has secrets that he holds close, dangerous secrets. And soon I'm wondering what kind of devil have I made a deal with?

    All because of him. Jafar. As my world burned down around me, he offered me a choice. Walk away with nothing but my freedom… Or rise to his challenge and win my fortune back. I bargained. I lost. Now Jafar owns me, and even as my mind rails against his rules, my body loves the punishments he deals out when I break them. But a gilded cage is still a prison, I’ll do anything to obtain my freedom. Even betray the man I’m falling for.

    After experiencing something traumatic her life changes and not for the better. When she meets the man that she is expected to marry she knows that keeping her secrets is only going to get harder.When Dante Bianchi sees his wife-to-be, he's surprised. She doesn't look anything like the sweet and innocent fourteen year old who he had agreed to marry five years ago. He looks forward to making her his.When their wedding ends in a gunfight, he's surprised to see his wife handling a gun with ease and when he watches her kill a man he doesn't know whether to be angry or turned on.Every family has secrets, but Makenna is drowning in hers. Will she sink or swim when hers turn deadly?

    Our meeting was short and sweet. But now, on my twenty-first birthday I was to be paired off to the best suitor for me and my family. Heir to the throne, he was to be my prince and stand by my side.I thought my father would be kind, I thought my father would pair me off to a noble prince.But I was wrong.I was handed over to the most savage man on the earth.Xavier Archibald the third.XavierI first laid eyes on her five years ago.Five years ago I struck a deal with her coward of a father.Those five years were up.It was time for me to collect my prize.Tonight was the night of the Princess' twenty-first birthday, and she had no idea that I was about to wreck her fairytale.

    Dangerous. Deadly. And most of all, devastating. He’s the king of New Orleans.Ruler of the Russian mafia and my best friend’s oldest, mouthwatering brother. On Halloween night my last year in college, I gave him everything. My body. My heart. My soul.He burned it all to the ground with the first ray of dawn. Lessons learned. I’ve moved on. Now, five years later, I have a career I love, a boyfriend. But Vasili is back in my life again. A temptation I don’t need. One thing is for certain. Nikolaev always settles the score. He’ll destroy everything and everyone, including my boyfriend. The question is… What is Vasili’s end game? Will he destroy me all over again or will I be the Phoenix rising from the ashes he left behind and take what I've always wanted? Him.

    I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,And I witnessed a crime.The police are failing to protect me.And my chance of survival isn't looking good.Andrusha, is the cold and dangerous leader of the Vancouver Russian mafia,He's also my best chance to make it to trial alive.The only thing we have in common,Is our shared enemy.This man is everything your mom warned you about.He's ruthless.He's cold.And he likes to be in control.I should be afraid of him.I should keep my distance.So why is he the only one who makes me feel safe?Who will protect me from my protector?

    Are you ready for the darkness?My dark guardian lavishes me with expensive gifts... but now he wants so much more.I've lived my life in seclusion, sheltered, hidden and taught to be obedient.Every year on my birthday, my guardian comes to visit.My parents say he's cruel, vicious and unforgiving, but all I see is a man who wants to give me everything.But on the night of my seventeenth birthday, everything changes...He says I'm no longer a little girl, and the time has come for him to collect his debts.And this debt is one only I can pay for.The Cruel Guardian is the short prequel to the Kingpin's Property trilogy. It is not a standalone book.

    That’s why I kidnapped her.After the Bonifacios' betrayal, there isn’t much left of their family - just three beautiful daughters, one for me, one each for my brothers. I killed the rest.Lucia is my unwilling victim, the object of my desire, and the captive I will break before she can run away.She’s afraid of me with good reason.I don’t go easy on anyone, least of all spoiled little mafia princesses who think they can order me around.I don’t have mercy for her, and she has no love lost for me.But when foreboding clues start to arrive, I realize there’s someone out there who wants to hurt Lucia more than I do.And I’m never going to let that happen.Ruthless Romeo is the first book of a mafia romance series following two families - the Cavettis and Bonifacios. This is a dark romance with disturbing themes.