Ashen Luca

On our son's fifth birthday, I found the texts on Stanley's phone—from his best friend's widow: [Stanley, the kid misses his dad again. When are you coming over?] [Stanley, Archie liked a set of matching family outfits. I already ordered them. Let's wear them together this weekend.] [Stanley, Archie starts school tomorrow. I put your name down under "father." Hope that's okay?] And Stanley? He was all in: [Loretta's asleep. I'll head over now.] [My size is 3XL. Don't get the wrong one.] [It's fine. You two have always been my responsibility.] I stood there, frozen. Then I called him back in from the living room, where he'd been helping Luca open gifts. He didn't deny it. Just hugged me and started rambling. "Hallie's Howard's widow. I promised I'd look out for her and Archie. I know I messed up. It won't happen again." We'd been together ten years. Luca had just turned five. Ending a marriage over a few texts felt dramatic. So I let it slide. Believed him. We even went out to celebrate Luca's birthday. Then his phone lit up on the table: [Stanley, the kid's crying for his dad before bed. I can't calm him down.] Stanley shoved his chair back and walked out—no hesitation. I looked at Luca. He was startled at the noise. And just like that, divorce didn't feel so dramatic anymore.

"I don't want to be anyone's fucking Wife I have my whole life ahead of me How could you do this Dad," I said. "Natalia, you'll survive the man your marrying is a very successful businessman along with being the Don of the most feared Mafia." My father says"FUCKING LOMBARDI MAFIA YOUR NOT DOING THIS I KNOW MOM WON'T ALLOW IT," I yell."Watch your tone young lady and Your Mother is well aware and you will do this end of discussion." My father says."You will be meeting him tomorrow and I expect you to be on your best behavior after you guys meet you will be moving in with him on Tuesday your dismissed," He says waving his hand for me to leave. Natalia Esposito 23 years old young, single, beautiful, and Daughter of a Mafia leader. The Esposito Mafia. Natalia is a fierce girl. shes been through hell and back and has slowly recovered over the years. She has always liked being in control so when her father finds a way to gain even more power for his mafia he seizes it by doing an arranged marriage. When Natalia is informed she is not happy. Luca Lombardi 25 years old, Feared, Ruthless, Doesn't care what people think, hates almost everyone until he meets Natalia Esposito. When Luca finds out that he can't take over His mafia until he agrees to the arranged marriage his father agreed to. Luca agrees but had no plans to remain faithful to Natalia. How long do you think his one night stands will last? What will happen when the Devil Meets his match?

I'm Isa Borgia, the daughter of the most powerful Don in Corvina. My father worries I'll marry the wrong man on a whim, so he arranges for me to be engaged to Luca, the rising heir of the Marino family. It's an arranged marriage, but that doesn't mean I've lost all my say. The very least I can do is choose a ring I genuinely like. So, I go to the mafia auction. When the diamond ring appears as the final jewel of the night, I lift my paddle. Just before the gavel falls, an arrogant voice comes from behind me. "A country bumpkin like you thinks you can compete with me? Do yourself a favor and leave." The auction hall goes quiet for a few seconds. The only sound comes from the camera shutters clicking around the hall. I turn and see a woman in a gold couture gown. Her mouth curves in a casual smile, as if she owns the place. Before I can say a word, the auctioneer rushes to close the bid.
"Sold! Congratulations to Ms. Sofia Lopez for winning the final lot, the Eternal Star!" My brows pull tight, and a hot spike of anger rises in my chest. "You ended the bidding early! Do you even follow the rules here?" Sofia turns around and gives me a once-over, her gaze sharp as a blade. 
"Rules?" She lets out a cold laugh. "Come on. I'm Luca Marino's favorite godsister. Around here, I make the rules!" I can't help but laugh. What a coincidence. So, she's my fiance's godsister. I pull out my phone and call him. "Luca, your godsister just snatched the engagement ring I picked out. How are you going to handle this?"

I slept with my brother's best friend. And I didn't even know who he was. --- The first time I saw Rafael De Luca, he was a stranger by the pool with sin in his smile and hunger in his icy blue eyes. He kissed me like I was air and he'd been drowning. Then I learned his name. My brother's best friend. The heir to the De Luca empire. My family's sworn enemy. I should have walked away. Instead, I let him ruin me. One night of passion. One whispered "my little sunshine" against my skin. One secret I took with me when I disappeared without a trace. Now I'm back. Six years later, Rafael is colder than ever, Chicago's most feared mafia prince, and the man I'm being forced to marry. He doesn't know why I left. He doesn't know about the five-year-old secret waiting at home with his father's blue eyes. And he definitely doesn't know that one look from him still sets me on fire. "You're mine now, sole," he whispers against my lips on our wedding night. "And I'm going to find out why you left. Every. Damn. Reason." He thinks he's in control. He thinks he's the one ruining me. But Rafael De Luca doesn't know the truth yet. I didn't just sleep with my brother's best friend. I gave him a son. And when he finds out, this monster who wears obsession like armor will have to decide: Destroy me for my betrayal... Or surrender to the passion that could save us both.

Rin selalu hidup dalam keseimbangan, di antara kenyamanan persahabatan dengan Aidan, sahabat masa kecil yang selalu ada untuknya, dan ketidakpastian yang datang dengan perasaan yang belum terungkap. Aidan adalah sosok yang selalu berada di sisi Rin, menyimpan perasaan mendalam padanya tanpa pernah mengatakannya. Dia tahu betul bahwa ayahnya juga berharap Aidan menjadi calon menantunya, tapi Rin merasa tidak siap untuk menerima perasaan yang lebih dari sekadar sahabat. Namun, hidup Rin berubah drastis ketika suatu hari dia diculik dalam keadaan yang sangat misterius. Di tengah kekacauan, Rin terpisah jauh dari keluarganya dan dibawa ke luar negeri, ke tempat yang tak pernah dia bayangkan sebelumnya. Di sana, dia bertemu dengan Luca, seorang pria tampan asal Italia yang ternyata bukanlah sosok sembarangan. Luca bukan hanya menarik secara fisik, dia juga memiliki dunia gelap yang menyelubunginya. Hidup Rin yang sebelumnya penuh dengan kepastian tiba-tiba dipenuhi ketegangan dan pertanyaan. Haruskah dia mengikuti kata hatinya yang mulai tertarik pada Luca, meskipun dia tahu betapa berbahayanya situasi ini? Ataukah dia harus tetap bersama Aidan, sahabat yang selalu setia, meskipun dia merasa tidak bisa membalas perasaannya? Di antara dua pilihan yang penuh emosi dan bahaya, Rin harus memilih. Apakah dia akan mengikuti cinta yang datang tanpa diduga, atau tetap pada jalan yang lebih aman dengan Aidan? Dalam dilema ini, dia harus menghadapi keputusan yang akan mengubah hidupnya selamanya.

"Isabella. In this city, I am the law. I am the judge. And right now... I am your husband." He said. I stared at him, my mouth falling open; I didn’t know if I should laugh. "What?" "The paperwork is already being filed," he said, pulling back and standing tall. "As of tomorrow morning, you are Isabella Moretti. My wife. My property." He said boastfully as I stood there trying to make meaning of his words. ----- Isabella Romano spent ten years trying to be normal. After her father betrayed the mob and disappeared, she and her mother lived in hiding, working hard just to survive. Isabella finally thought the danger was over. She thought she was just a normal girl with a normal life. She was wrong. One night, her door is kicked open. Isabella doesn't find a killer waiting for her. She finds Luca Moretti. He is the most powerful man in the city, and he is as cold as ice. He doesn't want her dead. He wants the fortune her father stole, and he believes Isabella is the only person who can find it. To keep her close and keep her safe from other gangs, Luca forces her to do the one thing she never imagined. He makes her marry him. Living inside Luca’s giant house, Isabella starts to see a different side of the man everyone fears. He has secrets and scars of his own. As his enemies try to burn everything down, she realizes that the man she was forced to marry is the only one who can keep her alive. The world they live in is full of lies and blood. Isabella knows she should run, but she can feel herself falling for a man she is supposed to hate.

"You're going to get yourself killed, Sofia." Sofia Russo has heard those words her entire career, but they've never stopped her before. As New York's most relentless prosecutor, she's made it her mission to take down the Moretti crime family. But when she locks eyes with Luca Moretti across a crowded courtroom, she realizes this case is unlike any other. Luca Moretti isn't just the heir to a criminal empire—he's a man with secrets that could bring the entire city to its knees. Brilliant, dangerous, and impossibly alluring, he sees right through Sofia's tough exterior to the fire that drives her. As Sofia delves deeper into the Moretti family's web of corruption, she finds herself caught in a deadly dance with Luca. Each step brings them closer to the truth—and to each other. But in a world where loyalty is everything and betrayal means death, their growing attraction could be their downfall. With her career on the line and her heart at stake, Sofia must decide: Is bringing down the Moretti empire worth losing everything—including the one man who might be her salvation?

It was supposed to be one reckless night to be forgotten by morning. For Yubi, it was an escape from a broken home, a mother who never loved her, and a past haunted by guilt and loss. She gave her innocence to a stranger in a club, walked away before dawn, and told herself it meant nothing. Four weeks later, her world collapses. A positive pregnancy test. A new marriage. And the man she can’t forget introduced to her as her Stepbrother. Trey De Luca is everything Yubi should stay away from, arrogant, dangerous, and heir to a powerful empire built on money and secrets. He doesn’t believe in love, doesn’t want children, and doesn’t remember the girl he once held like she was everything. Until the truth explodes between them. Pregnant with her stepbrother’s child, Yubi is forced into impossible choices, between survival and desire, shame and longing, silence and scandal. When a violent accident leaves Trey fighting for his future, lines blur even further, and secrets buried inside the De Luca family begin to surface. Power, betrayal, obsession, and love collide in a world where nothing is clean not family, not loyalty, not desire.

"You are getting married in a month. ". Cassie, an eighteen-year-old girl, is arranged to marry Alessandro Leonardo De Luca, unaware that he is the Mafia boss and also the Alpha of the Rivermoon Pack. The arrangement was made five years ago when her dad and grandpa went for a loan for their company. Cassie's father feels guilty and wishes it could be changed, but a deal with the mafia and at the same time an Alpha is a deal. Cassie had been kept in the dark all her life. Alessandro Leonardo De Luca is the Italian Alpha mafia boss who doesn't believe in marriage or mates and thinks Cassie is a Golddigger when she accepts to marry him. He later finds out that Cassie is his second chance mate. What will he do when the mate bond is pushing him to do things or feel things he said he would never do? Cassie gets stunned even more when she finds out that her dad was not her biological father and that everyone around her was a werewolf. Will she be able to forgive her dad for keeping her in the dark and lying to her? Will Cassie be able to overcome the trails life brings her way?

You are fucking wet already,” Luca whispered against my ear, lope causing warmth to travel around me. His hand slid into my pants... A moan of pleasure escaped me but I pressed my mouth together. Adrenaline rushed within me at the thought of getting caught. Russell, my Alpha, was in the next room with Finn, and I was here getting wet for My Alpha's hybrid brother. Lia has always had this idea that she had no wolf until she had sex with Alpha Russell, the Alpha of her pack. Unfortunately, she found out that she was pregnant. She decided to hide the child. Illegitimate Royal children suffered a lot. They were mocked and called Bastard for no reason. Seven years later, a contest is organized for Alpha Russell to find his mate and, as fate would have it. She was betrothed to him. He outrightly rejected her scattering her dreams, but with this, she had caught the attention of Luca, the hidden hybrid. And he would do everything within his power to get her even though she ends up getting married to Russell, the pack Alpha.