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Enzo (Marino Crime Family)
Nicole Fox - 2019
Enzo Marino. A man of dark desires and unlimited power. A mob boss. A killer. And now… my newest client. He’s as handsome as my law firm warned me he was – and ten times as dangerous. He can have me executed with the snap of his fingers. But instead, he’s decided he wants me bent in his bed and begging for his touch. What began as another day on the job turns into the biggest nightmare of my life. I’m drawn into a dark web of violence and betrayal in my office by day… And into endless sessions of ecstasy in Enzo’s bed at night. There’s no turning back now. I’m throwing everything I’ve ever known out the window. All because the bad boy pinned me by the throat and whispered four little words in my ear:
“You’re mine now, sweetheart.”
ENZO is a dark, enemies-to-lovers mafia romance between Enzo Marino, the rich scion of the Marino crime family, and Madelyn, the curvy lawyer assigned to his case. The novel is a full-length standalone. It contains adult themes, language, and content, and is intended for readers 18+.
Be Mine
Theresa Hodge - 2018
The man who I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with. He was supposed to be mine and mine alone. How could he hurt me so? He was tall, dark and handsome. One look and he sent chills down my spine. His cocky grin was sinful but he broke my heart in a way that tore my heart into a zillion pieces so I ran and never looked back until now. One kiss, one look is all it takes from Lukas, for me to wonder about the decision I made about our marriage and the life I want going forward. ~Lukas~ Melah Kostas, my beautiful wife up and left me without a word. My heart wasn't supposed to be ripped from my chest and I wasn’t supposed to still love a woman who deserted me in the way she did. How could she do that to me... to us? Now, she is back and my heart has returned intact. If she thinks she is running again she will be disappointed. Melah, is my heart and she will be mine again. And I will prove to her I am all hers. I will never desert her. I am here to stay... Forever. The extraordinary story of love, fate and a promise of forevermore.
Changing Brides
V.C. Taylor - 2017
Everything is either right or wrong in his view, so it’s no surprise that he reprimands his younger brother for fighting over one of the saloon ladies. He is incensed that his sibling would do something so stupid—until he sees the beautiful Celeste Lebeau for himself. He’s instantly smitten with dislike tempered with a lot of lust. He wants her out of town and fast. Most of all, he wants to make sure she stays away from his brother. His jealousy makes no sense, especially since he’s an engaged man, but he feels what he feels and soon becomes involved with the woman bold enough to challenge him in front of the whole town. How in the world is he going to get his life back on track when he’s promised to one woman but falling fast and hard for another?
Troublemaker
D. Scott - 2017
One chance meeting is all it takes for Shane to know that he wants her, sassy attitude and all. He wants to possess every part of her, and he always gets what he wants. Always. Vanessa Thompson is a waitress working two jobs in hopes of one day being able to put herself through college. She’s from the wrong side of town, and never imagined she’d be in a relationship with the town’s sheriff. But now that she’s got him, she doesn’t know if she’ll ever be able to let him go. No matter how wrong she is for him. Find out what happens when a sassy troublemaker and a sexy over-protective sheriff collide in this interracial, insta-love story with a happily ever after.
Stay with Me
Imani King - 2015
But a handsome Russian billionaire might be in the way… This is a STAND-ALONE BWWM romance novel from Imani's Russian Billionaire Series; this book has its own HEA. Other books in this series are called Talk To Me and Dance With Me, coming out soon! Fashion designer Thania Walter's collection peaked in the fall/winter season. Now, Thania is the media's sweetheart, heading to an interview to talk about her upcoming designs. But it only takes one glimpse at a man on the set to make her crave him—dark, tall, and handsome, in an impeccable suit. Who could he be? She knows she shouldn’t let him, but the delicious stranger invades Thania's mind. Vladislav Sakharov is used to getting his way - be it with business contacts or women. When he locks eyes with Thania, he knows he needs to have her in his arms. His billions have never been in the way of getting what he wants, yet Thania is fiercely independent, proud, and wary. But not even she can resist the Vlad's Russian charm...
Maxim
Coco Miller - 2019
This is messy. This is ratchet. Girl meets fierce Russian. Girl falls for fierce Russian. But there’s only one little problem. The man of her dreams is already married. And it gets even worse… To her sister. Is there any chance that this love story will end with a happily ever after? Maxim is a steamy, stand-alone, Russian mafia romance. It is not appropriate for readers under 18 due to sizzling HAWT love scenes!
The Sicilian Brotherhood I
Jamila Jasper - 2018
This interracial romance novella is 20,000+ words of pure enchantment with a guaranteed HFN ending. BOOK II launches in 24 hours! Take a peek inside to get hooked on Dahlia & Giac's love story. Dahlia Cole is jilted at the altar and kidnapped by the fearsome leader of The Sicilian Brotherhood, Giacomo Valducci. He's desperate to make her pay for the sins of her ex-fiancé, her greatest betrayer. Giacomo convinces her to go on the quest of a lifetime in exchange for her survival. Giacomo's dangerous. He's deadly. He's killed many times before. Dahlia has no choice but to agree. The unexpected pushes them together, and a devious plot threatens to tear them apart forever. Passionate nights in secret safe houses and Sicilian beaches won't keep them safe. In the world of gangsters, it's near impossible to make it out alive. 0.99c for a limited time only. Grab the deal ASAP.
Reparation: Le Duc
Shara Azod - 2019
Okay, no man was ever going to control what she did, not ever again. Okay, no man was going to control her outside the bedroom. Not ever. The problem with Le Duc was the man just didn't listen. He was Dominique Nadir Amir Afshar de Choiseul, or duc de Choiseul. He didn’t just run a criminal empire older than most countries, he was an actual duke. Not that it mattered. She wasn’t impressed. Duchess explained over and over again that she wasn't getting married. Period. End of discussion. Just as soon as he stopped talking. And looking so edibly delicious. Maybe just a little taste… Ex: “Sir, we’ve arrived.” Nadir blinked. Damn, he hadn’t even noticed the vehicle had crawled to a stop. Right next to the object of his fascination. Not waiting for the driver to come around to open his door, he slid across the seat to exit closest to the tree. As soon as he was out of the car, he went straight for it, scanning the ground around the base, then the lower branches with no idea what he was looking for. Until he found it. Those were definitely rope burns on those bare, lower branches. Damn. “It’s a hanging tree.” Encountering a child was the last thing Nadir had expected, though he hadn’t really been sure what to expect. Not knowing what to say to the little person who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, he said nothing as she continued. “Some say the ghosts of the poor fools hung on that tree haunt it, tied to its roots for eternity.” Wait, this little person couldn’t be more than five maybe. Should she know how to talk like that? “My daddy died on that tree.” What? She just stood there, a riot of midnight colored curls falling all around her face and over her shoulders, looking up at him as if what she just said was perfectly normal. In fact, she looked pleased with her tiny fists resting on her hips. With her chin up, her back straight she continued to stare even when he didn't reply. What could he possibly say? Her expression didn’t change as she waited him out. Nor did she stop staring at him directly in the eye as if she was his equal. No, as if she were above him, as regal as a queen in her frilly little dress and bare dirty feet. With skin the color of toasted caramel, the imp had eyes that were almost amethyst with spikes of marine blue. Those eyes carried wisdom a little girl shouldn’t have. Who was she? “My mama ain’t gonna marry you.” Giving him a sweeping look from head to foot she shook her head as if she felt sorry for him. Sorry for him. No one felt sorry for him. “You might as well just turn around and go home.” “Angel Flower! What have I told you about using proper grammar?” Nadir had no idea where the voice of the grown woman admonishing the little girl was coming from. He couldn’t take his eyes off the fascinating child in front of him who was currently rolling her eyes. “Pardon me. My mother isn’t going to marry, so I am afraid your trip to my house is a big, fat bust!” To emphasize her point, she raised her little chin even higher while also raising a brow as well as any fifty-year-old man. Laughter bubbled up from somewhere deep inside Nadir’s gut. It started out rusty, like an old pipe suddenly flooded with a rush a water after laying dry for about a decade. Soon peals of pure, unadulterated mirth filled his body, echoing across the courtyard.
Dangerous Bonds
Shani Greene-Dowdell - 2017
In her experience, relationships are anything but simple. However, when she meets Channing, her convenience store hero, she can’t help but long for a life that’s a bit more…complicated.From the moment Channing lays eyes on Kemara, he knows he has to have her no matter what it takes. Given his affiliations with a white supremacy group, getting with a black woman is going to take quite a lot. But what could he say? She’s the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen and the heart has no biases.Channing’s stone-cold heart is melting. Kemara’s warm embrace may be his undoing.Book 1 in the Dangerous Bonds Series.
Highland Song
L.B. Keen - 2017
Yet, nothing can compare to finding herself in an entirely different time period thanks to a wily experiment gone wrong. Along with her sister, she finds herself under the reluctant care of Laird MacIver, whose silent penetrating gaze causes emotions to rise that she had thought long buried after her divorce from her husband. Gavin MacIver had no intention of letting his heart get captured by anyone. Let alone some odd lass, who can't keep her story straight on how and why she was found on Aberdeen land. Yet, her calming spirit and lovely eyes draw him like a moth to a flame. Still, he won't allow the weakness of his heart to bring harm to his clan like his father did. Two people cast together by time and accident. A darkness that neither expected shall come to test the love the two wish to ignore. Will they give into the passion that's boiling under the surface? Or will they allow the betrayals of the past to keep their hearts from singing the Highland's Song?
All He Desires
Brenda Jackson - 2012
More to Love.Bare EssentialsVoluptuous Orlando Judge Dominique Kincaid finds lust at first sight in the form of a handsome morning jogger who fuels her fantasies. But when he steps into her courtroom as a hotshot attorney, she finds it hard to remain the Honorable Judge Kincaid.Tempting FateFull-figured Virginia beauty Justice Manning is talked into a lingerie modeling job...and forgets her inhibitions after meeting the sinfully gorgeous photographer. When the photo shoot turns hot and heavy, the last thing she pictures is that lust might turn to love.The Perfect SeductionCollege professor Megan James embarks on a no-strings-attached with the man who was her first love. Trouble is, the ultra-gorgeous veterinarian has plans for something more permanent with the voluptuous woman who's stolen his heart a second time.Simply WonderfulTo retain custody of her niece, Kendal Fischer is ready to do just about anything, including taking out an ad for a man interested in becoming a "baby's daddy". What she is not prepared for is the drop-dead gorgeous man vying for the job until she discovers he has his own reasons for wanting to wed the curvy, vivacious and voluptuous Kendal.Note - Simply Wonderful is a new, never before published story about the Savoy family.
Winner Takes All: A Kismet Cove & Baxter Park Collaboration
D.A. Young - 2018
From her father to her ex-husband, she’s beyond over their arrogance and high-handedness. All she wants is peace and quiet to live her life on her own terms. Instead, she gets Grant Easton, a drop-dead gorgeous blast from the past who’s more trouble than her ex-husband and father combined. Grant Easton finally has the Langley family in the palm of his hand. His long-awaited revenge of crushing them financially and ruining their prestigious reputation will soon come to fruition. Can anything stop the unscrupulous mogul from exacting his revenge? Only having the beautiful and elusive Divina Langley-Kemp in his bed. Grant drives Divina insane and infuriates her to no end, but more than anything, he makes her feel vibrantly alive. She’s a stubborn hellion, unwilling to bend an inch and defying Grant at every turn. With an unassuming smile Divina can bring him to his knees, making her his ultimate weakness. They have a bittersweet and tumultuous history that neither can forget. Will love be enough to overcome the sins of the past once and for all? Find out what happens when a cultured heiress literally collides with a blue-collar guy from the streets of Baxter Park. THIS IS A KISMET COVE & BAXTER PARK COLLABORATION AND THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BAXTER PARK SERIES. IT IS NECESSARY TO READ THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SERIES (KISMET COVE) IN ORDER BEFORE READING WINNER TAKES ALL. BOOK ONE: SECOND CHANCES BOOK TWO: FOREVER YOURS IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF MULTILAYERED STORY ARCS FEATURING MULTIPLE CHARACTERS, THEN THIS MAY NOT BE THE STORY/SERIES FOR YOU. WARNING: MUST BE 18+ TO READ! Contains mature new adult situation, steamy/explicit love scenes and coarse language. It is not recommended for those who are easily offended.
Lethal Love: Deceit can be Deadly
Perri Forrest - 2020
But I blame me...Because I'm usually better about who's in my space,knowing that those in relationships, sometimes wear more than a single face.They wanted to tap dance on someone’s heart.They probably should’ve thought long and hard about that part.So now because of what was done…it’s only fair that I have me some fun.I guess now they need to be shown the error of their ways.To the point that they’re asking to see better days.Cue the deep sigh…Now, in the middle of my storm, something new fell in my path.Something beautiful, something amazing... he came with a taste of something I've never had.There’s absolutely no rushing, to the beat of love, present in my view…But once my mission is complete, who knows what my heart will want to do?The only disclaimer I’ll offer is this…“You'll either love me or hate me by the end of this tale, but I operated off of one goal, only ... that was to prevail.”Signed,Nova Skai Levine
Step
Roxie Rivera - 2015
His thirtieth birthday ends with a humiliating face-plant onto the floor of his luxury hotel suite.Hardworking hotel maid Jemima Coates comes to his rescue. Her kindness enthralls him, but it's her sweet, innocent beauty that ensnares him. One stolen kiss--and Step knows he'll do anything to protect her.When her younger brother is kidnapped, Step vows to get him back, even if that means knocking on the door of Russian mob boss Nikolai and calling in favors from his cousin Ten, the infamous mob enforcer.Because Step has finally tasted happiness, and he'll fight like hell to keep Jem in his life...
Whimsy
Thayer King - 2012
When she’s given to a stranger as a gift, she has every intention of denying him. However, resisting the sexy stranger is easier said than done.King Gaedrian has been injected with fate, a drug that induces a pheromone enhancing mating heat. Every woman wants him but only one woman can free him. Whimsy may be that woman, but she comes from a world where giving into their desire will cause her to be an outcast. Can fate bring these two together?Be Warned: forced seduction