The Art Thief: A True Story Of Love, Crime, And A Dangerous Obsession

"Say you are mine, Aphrodite," he growled; his voice low and hoarse. His eyes were dark with anger and full of obsession. "No, you can't just tell me what to do. You have to ask me to be your girlfriend first. You can't just declare that you own me," I said, my voice rising. I watched as his eyes darkened to a stormy black, and he advanced on me like a predator cornering its prey. I stumbled backwards until my feet hit the edge of the bed, and I sat down hard. He loomed over me, his eyes burning with something I couldn't name. He gave a slow, satisfied smirk, seeing that I had nowhere to run to. "You've been mine since the first moment I laid eyes on you. Every part of you belongs to me, your body, your soul, your heart. I don't need to fuck you senseless to make you understand that, princess, or do I?” He bent down until his face was level with mine, his eyes boring into me. I felt a blush rising to my cheeks at his words, and the intensity of his gaze. Aphrodite parents gave her up for adoption immediately after she was born. She struggled to make ends meet, but finally managed to get a job at a company. One night after a long and tiring day at work, she and her friends went to a recently opened club. There, someone drugged her, and the drugs took effect. She had sex with the last person she would have expected. Tired of being used for his money by the women he has been dating, he decided he was done with dating. Thorne Rocco went to check on his new investment, a nightclub he had recently opened

"He was her protector by duty, and she became his downfall by fate, and the only man who could break her heart while trying to keep it safe." ~~~~~~~~~~ She was born into privilege. He was forged in blood. Their love was never meant to exist until it ignited a war. Fresh out of college and on the verge of launching her dream fashion brand, The Bella Versailles, Isabella Moretti is living every girl's dream until her powerful father reveals that their family is under threat, and she must hide. Furious and craving one last night of freedom, Isabella sneaks into her father’s exclusive nightclub and ends up in the arms of Nikolai Volkov, a dangerous, ruthless leader of the Russian mafia and her assigned protector. Trapped on a private island with him, Isabella’s defiance clashes with Nikolai’s control. But what begins as sparks turns into fire, and Isabella finds herself falling for the one man she’s been ordered to betray by feeding his secrets outside. And when Nikolai discovers the betrayal, their world comes crashing down leaving Isabella pregnant, heartbroken, and in the hands of an enemy who wants her dead. Will their love survive the empire that tried to destroy them both?

“You’re going to be sold off to the man you despise the most unless you want your mother to rot in a cell for your family’s debts.” With no way out, Jane sacrifices herself to a lifetime of tyranny by agreeing to marry Fernando to save her mother. But on her wedding day, something out of the world happens when Jane is kidnapped by Quinn Enricho, a ruthless Mafia boss who wants her for one reason only: Jane looks exactly like his dead fiancée whom he's still obsessed with! Thrown into Quinn’s dangerous world, Jane is forced to live as someone she is not, trapped between her own suppressed desires and and Quinn's deepening obsession. Can Jane survive being a doppelgänger in the Enricho family where love is possession, loyalty is enforced with blood, and mistakes are never forgiven? Will she be able to go scot-free from the war Quinn’s actions ignite in Fernando’s brutal mind? And when Jane's new life changes her completely, will she survive long enough to reclaim herself or will she be consumed by the role she was never meant to play?

Her :Life is perfect atleast thats what I thought until I met him.. My Brother-in-law My sisters's husband. He is something you want to spend a night with but not a life with. My perfect and beautiful life messed up once he wanted Me as his bed partner. Him :I was played , broken , betrayed..I suffered more than i deserved. I was the victim. Now it's time for their suffering. I expected everything but what i never expected is to become dangerously obsessed with her. Everything was going through My plan but My feelings for her is stronger than My hatred for them..

"You have two options, Mira," he whispers harshly, "sign the bloody papers or watch all you've worked for go up in smoke." I look up at him, trying to surpress my mounting anger. "I will have you know, Mr. Mason Lachlan, that I am not a pet that can just be bought." I lift my chin. "I will sign your contract, but I will never be yours. My body might be yours to do as you please, but that is all you ever get." His beautiful, smoky gray eyes narrow to slits. "I accept your challenge then. I will have you begging for my love at the end of two years. And I will very much enjoy rejecting you at the end." *** Often referred to as the Dark god of the business world, Mason Lachlan is the most powerful…and dangerous, personality in New York City. Arrogant, ruthless, dominant, and filthy rich, he loves his women like he loves his cars – fancy, eye catching and utterly disposable. But nothing is more dangerous than being wanted by this man. Once he sets his sights on something…or someone, he pursues it with unflinching determination. And he has his eyes on Mira Fernandez. He wants her with a burning passion that could rival Hades. A hostess by day, a stripper by night, and a thief by midnight, Mira is one stubborn young lady on a mission. What happens when she is not so keen on being the arm candy of New York's most eligible bachelor? What happens when a predator refuses to let go of his prey? She can run, but she cannot hide. She belongs to the Dark god now, a property of Mason Lachlan. His dangerous obsession might as well be her destruction.

Francis Armitage grew up in an ordinary family. He falls in love with the daughter of a conglomerate family and marries her. His life seems to be perfect and is envied by others, but his life is not easy due to maltreatment from his in-laws.