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Malice


Coralee June - 2021
    Don't ask any personal questions.2. Don't show up at her house unannounced.3. Don't ever, ever let anyone know you're friends.For three years, I followed the rules. Vicky and I met once a week at the diner where I worked. I was her slice of normalcy, she was the one person I could confide in. It might have been unconventional, but it worked for us.One night, all hell broke loose and I got caught up in a battle of bloodshed where we almost lost our lives. I ended up face to face with Vicky's dangerous older brothers. Anthony, William, and Nicholas Civella--the made men of the Kansas City Mob.After fighting for my life and proving myself worthy, they brought me into their deadly world. It was glamorous but twisted. Torture, death, and crime followed me everywhere I went, chiseling away at parts of me until I wasn't the same anymore.Slowly, I betrayed my best friend, and fell in love.Chances are they'll ruin me. This thing between us has deadly consequences. But in this criminal world, I'm learning that the rules don't apply when you're the boss.*๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด 18 +. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.*

High Stakes


Vanessa Waltz - 2014
     This was supposed to be temporary. I was supposed to deal for his illegal card games and get some quick cash. That was it. I wasnโ€™t supposed to fall for him. Little by little, I see the monster grinning at me through the cracks in his pretty suit. He won't tell me what he does, and I'm not sure I want to know. The darkness in his eyes terrifies me. He's seduced me into his web of lies with his charm, and now I'm trapped in his life. He's taken control over me without me even realizing...or resisting. I'm in way over my head. He promised that nothing would ever happen to me. The Vittorio family wants me dead and there's only one person I can turn to. But what scares me is what I'll have to do. I'll need to become his.Author's Note: This is a dark romance novel, it contains themes of violence and mature situations that could make readers uncomfortable.

Keep


Kaye Blue - 2015
    But when I looked at his hulking, tattooed body, the icy brutality in his eyes, I realized I was wrong. HIM: Familie. My clan. Iโ€™d fight for it, kill for it, die for it. Itโ€™s all that matters to me. But her innocence, only barely hidden by thick layers of makeup, the curves that her tight dress canโ€™t hide, calls to me. So Iโ€™ve decided to keep her. No matter how deadly the consequences.

Savage Vow


Zoe Blake - 2021
    She was far too young and naรฏve to be betrothed to a monster like me. I would bring only pain and darkness into her sheltered world. Thatโ€™s why she ran.I shouldโ€™ve just let her goโ€ฆ She never asked to marry into a powerful Russian mafia family. None of this was her choice. Unfortunately for her, I donโ€™t care. I own herโ€ฆ and after three years of searchingโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve found her. My runaway bride was about to learn disobedience has consequencesโ€ฆ punishing ones. Having her in my arms and under my control had become an obsession. Nothing was going to keep me from claiming her before the eyes of God and man. Sheโ€™s finally mine nowโ€ฆ and Iโ€™m never letting her go. Special Preorder price of $.99c only available for a limited time.

Glazov


Suzanne Steele - 2014
    IT IS NOW A FULL LENGTH NOVEL.A dark twisted tale of obsession, kidnapping, abduction, and two people who fall into a very unconventional love.Glazov is a man who will stop at nothing to obtain the woman he has set his sights on. The biggest mistake of Kathleenโ€™s life was drawing the attention of a Born Bratva Pakhan. Heโ€™s ruthless, deadly and heโ€™s not about to take no for an answer.Glazov has been immersed in criminal activity from the day he was born. He was bred for the sole purpose of carrying on his father's reign of terror. He was born into the world of Bratva, and he would die in Bratva. It was his destiny. He learned how to spot a fighter from a very early age and Kathleen had that fighting spirit inside of her. He wasn't sure what her story was, but she piqued his curiosity. In his gut he also knew he had left his mark on her. She would never be the same, never recover from unwittingly drawing his attention.This is dark romance and there are elements of blackmail and kidnapping within the story lines. Glazov and Novak are cousins, in their minds: They are born Bratva. And they will die Bratva.

With Us


Layla Frost - 2017
    My wild love affair was Netflix without the chill. I had no business dating the older man who looked as though he'd stepped out of an expensive advertisement.But he was determined to have me.Wickedly sweet, Theo gently and strategically pulled me from my rut, handing me the world in the process. Growing up with nothing, I suddenly found myself with everything. More than I'd even known to dream of.But shadows play tricks on the eyes, and life wasnโ€™t always what it seemed. With Usโ€ฆIt was better.Warning: Recommended for readers 18+ due to adult content, language, and situations.

Destino


Sienna Mynx - 2012
    In 1989, she is the first prominent African American fashion designer redefining change for both beauty and style among the renowned in Italy. That happens until the evening she meets a tall, mysteriously charming Sicilian businessman who orchestrates a friendship that awakens a wicked sexual heat she has long forgotten. Who is he really? What harm could a little fling in one of the most beautiful countries in the world bring?Plenty.Don Giovanni Battaglia is a man who knows how to get his way. He lives his life on the razor edge of control as he balances family and his dark legacy. He is the leader of a ruthless crime family, and those who intercept his purpose are swiftly made to pay. Miraโ€™s design house opens in Napoli, and unbeknownst to her, the property she occupies is one for which the Battaglia family has big plans. Giovanniโ€™s designs for her business set them on a collision course of heated passion, spine chilling danger, and an unspeakable act of murder.

Sins of a King


Emma Slate - 2016
    Billionaire. Criminal.I should hate him for what heโ€™s done to me, but Iโ€™m powerless to resist him.His touch engulfs me. His demands conquer me.But Flynn Campbell isnโ€™t who I thought he was.Suddenly, Iโ€™m thrust into a world of seduction and sin.Ensnared by danger and power, foreign desires burn within me.It's time to embrace the darkness...And become a queen.

The Banker


Penelope Sky - 2019
    They'll take me next unless I comply with their demands. Taking down the most powerful man in Italy. Cato Marino. The man is accompanied by his security team everywhere he goes. His fortress in Tuscany is impenetrable. He's the most paranoid man in the country. And there's no possibility I'll be able to take him down alone. If I want to save my father, I only have one option. To get into Cato's bed...and stay there. **This story is not about the Barsettis, but it takes place in the same universe. There are guest appearances by Crow Barsetti and Bones Jr.**

Ruthless


Michelle St. James - 2015
     But all of that changes the night sheโ€™s kidnapped. Thrown into a windowless room, Angelica is positive thereโ€™s been some kind of mistake โ€” until she meets Nico Vitale. Gorgeous and frightening, Nico became the boss of New York Cityโ€™s Vitale crime family after the execution style murder of his parents two years earlier. Since then heโ€™s turned the old-school mob into a sleek, modern army of ruthless men who understand that physical violence โ€” while always an option โ€” isnโ€™t the only way to get what you want. Now Angel is forced to face the truth; Her father is not the man she believed him to be. Nico Vitale is dangerous, possibly lethal. She is falling in love with Nico Vitale. This is not your mother's mob. โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "Nail-biting, heart-pounding romance!โ€โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "Everything a mafia romance should be."โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "Nico is not your daddy's mob bossโ€ฆ the kind of serious bad boy you can't help but root for." โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "Written flawlessly and hotter than sin!" โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "Perfect for readers who like their romance steamy with a shot of adrenaline and intrigue!" โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "Nico could kidnap me any day!" โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "The kind of mob boss I love to read about." โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… "The tension and chemistry between the two were off the charts... I could not put these books down."