A Lifetime To Settle The Score Novels & Stories

Serene Gomez's life is more like a mess, how does she cope with a gambling father, a mentally unstable mother, and a sick little brother. Her life was riddled with piled-up debts that she must settle. The ones who should stand by her side were her greatest downfall. All she wanted was to settle her debts and live peacefully but upon encountering him, her plans crumbled... Steve Jobbs, a thirty-two-year-old billionaire who was under the pressure of his grandfather to get married and have an heir. The young CEO only have his business at heart and nothing more. The affairs of love was useless to him. To abide by his grandfather's will, he also needed to find a woman... With the contract between them, can love happen?

At the age of 26, Darcy had intended to still be a party girl, enjoying a great experience in Ibiza or any other unique party Island, but life had not gone according to plan. She was carried away, despite being conventional, and she signed up for an unhappy marriage after an unplanned pregnancy led her down a different route than she had originally intended to take. It took the arrival of the hot Scottish farmer Rory into her life for her to understand that life was too short to settle down and that she should keep moving forward. If being in Love would make her feel as amazing as she did when she was with him, then she would make some important decisions.. "If Love does not have the vibe of R&B from the 1990s, then I do not want it!"

Alyana is handed over to Julian Vance, a reclusive CEO who hides his disfigured face behind a mask, to settle her father’s six-million-dollar debt. Forced into a legal marriage to protect Julian’s corporate reputation, she must follow strict rules and live under his control. The arrival of Julian’s brother, Leo, breaks her isolation—Alyana recognizes him as the only person she ever loved before her family’s downfall. Leo offers her a way out, triggering a conflict that exposes the problems within the Vance family. Julian, noticing Alyana’s shifting loyalty, tightens his control. To prevent her from leaving and secure his legacy, he demands a child to bind her to the Vance family.

~There are certain expectations when a principessa is born to the Italian Famiglia~ Valentina Gia Salvatore, Wife to Julio Salvatore, matron of the Salvatore Family. It's been two years since I was tied in the vows of holy matrimony with my husband, I vowed to be loyal to him, as my husband, and my capo, I have. What I didn't promise was to love him and now I do. With blood, sweat, and tears. I am a mother, a sister, and the wife of the Capo Dei Capi of the Italian family. I have everything I could ever want; I thought things would settle down and I would finally stop learning, but I was wrong. Note: This is part of a series and is to be read in order. if you are here after reading MAFIA RULES, welcome and enjoy the ride!

She was supposed to be collateral. Anastasia Volkov, daughter of a bankrupt oligarch, is handed to the city’s most feared pakhan to settle a debt she never agreed to pay. Nikolai Morozov does not take prisoners; he takes everything. One look at the trembling girl in his private box at the opera, and he decides her fear tastes like sin. But Anastasia is not the fragile offering she appears. Beneath silk and submission burns a woman who learns to weaponize desire, who carves her name into his skin with the same blade he presses to her throat. In a world of blood oaths and midnight executions, love is the deadliest betrayal. When the past comes to collect its dues, Anastasia must choose: kneel forever… or cut the king down and wear his crown.

He was about to lean in when I put my fingers on his lips to stop him. He looked at me surprised. I too was surprised over my own actions, not only was I turning down something that I wanted, but I was turning the man that I loved down. I knew that it maybe was a once in a lifetime opportunity. He could regain back his past memory and hate me for loving him. On the other hand, it would be a beginning of a great romance, either ways it felt so wrong to do anything with him in his current condition. "We need to bath okay," I said in a whisper. He took a step backward, his eyes slowly roaming all over my body making me uncomfortable. "You don't remember how to do anything right? I asked stupidly trying to strike a conversation with him. "This is crazy," I whispered to myself hopelessly.

Liliana just wanted to escape her past. Jarek Falcon had other plans. He’s the heir to a mafia empire. She’s a girl with nothing to lose. When Jarek’s obsession turns to cruelty, Liliana runs—straight into the arms of someone from her past. However, people change and when she discovers a sinister plan in the making, she finds herself running once again—straight to the streets. Years later, Jarek finds her again. He needs an heir to claim his inheritance. She needs a way to a better life. Their deal is simple: a child in exchange for a lifetime of security. But love complicates everything. Jarek realizes too late that Liliana isn’t just a means to an end. She’s the one he can’t live without. The problem? She wants nothing to do with him. Can he rewrite their story, or will his past destroy any chance of a future?

"Hey, lady, did you climb into our car to seduce my dad? Because if you want to, I can help you." The night the Whitfields humiliate her for the last time, Eleanor flees into the wrong car — a black Bentley belonging to a coldly beautiful stranger and his alarmingly forward six-year-old. She means to apologize and disappear. The little boy has other plans. He has decided she's going to be his new mother, and he is not a child who takes no for an answer. His father is a different problem. Sebastian Lockwood looks at her like he's seen a ghost, like he knows her and Eleanor can't shake the feeling she's met him somewhere a lifetime ago. She tells herself it's nothing. A wrong car. A strange night. A boy with a wild imagination. But Sebastian buried the only woman he ever loved six years ago. And he's starting to think they put the wrong name on the grave.

"Bianca, be a good girl and spread those legs of yours. Tonight, you belong to us." During the holidays, my husband, Ernest Bowman, has lost a card game against his three childhood friends, so he decides to pay off the debt by offering me to the men. The village men have never seen a city woman as dainty and delicate as me. That's why they get turned on right away. I struggle against them violently, but I can't stop them from spreading my legs forcibly. Thanks to the strong sensations overwhelming me, I can't help but get aroused by their actions, causing my panties to get soaked. "Settle down! Slutty women like you are meant to pleasure us!" After that, someone tears my soaked panties into shreds.

Kennedy Rogers was what most would call antisocial, she played it safe in most things and preferred not to take chances. In NYC for New Years Kennedy has a chance run-in with the notorious bad boy rocker Seth Greer and an even more shocking run-in with his bodyguard. After hearing what happened with his bodyguard Seth reaches out to her and tries his best to make it up to her. The short time she is able to spend with him makes her realize she needs to live life more and she takes a step out of her comfort zone and moves to New York with her best friend. Letting down her walls she lets Seth in only to discover his world is nothing but broken promises and lies. Will she be able to adjust to his lifestyle? Will he be ready to settle down for her?