Baldacci Stand Alone Books Novels & Stories

***Bethany’s Pov*** After a few weeks as star-crossed lovers on the island, I decided it was time to focus on Jacob. As I was putting his belongings away, I discovered a journal among them. I was at a loss for words, but the journal bothered me, and I couldn't help but stare at it as I packed his belongings. My hand slowly moved to touch it as my curiosity grew. I jumped to my feet when Jacob entered the room, and his eyes widened when he saw the journal in my hand. He caught me red-handed, so it would be useless for me to lie to escape.

"C’mon darling, you need to calm down, I'm not here to steal your man I heard James was in an accident. I just wanted to come and offer my condolences." Isabella's eyes flashed, her voice rising. "We don't need any of your stupid condolences, you're not welcome here, Emily; I don't want to create a scene, so leave. You've done enough damage already." Emily's smile turned icy. "Oh, Bella. You're so quick to judge. You don't even know the whole story." Isabella's face twisted in anger. "I don't need to know the whole story. I know just more than enough. You've been trying to sabotage my marriage from the beginning. Well, it's not going to work."

I say, amused, and listen to him breathing out a sigh on the other side. “Your sister is having some trouble submitting to me, but I’ll get her to come around eventually,” he says. “Is there a reason you’ve called?” Getting Emilia to submit? I can tell him right now how absurd that sounds, but I decide to shut it since we have pressing matters to discuss. “Alberto Moretti is dead, and so are the two men who helped him; Brigăzi men,” I say. “Brigăzi? Are you sure?”

I want her to know how much I want her and want to be with her, but I don’t want to scare her off. “What were you reading on the balcony?” I asked her. “Just a romance book,” she replied. “It’s about a mafia princess who falls in love with a guy in the mafia, but she’s betrothed to someone else. It’s very well written.” “Sounds like a great love story. One you could tell your kids,” I smirked. “Well, probably not all the violence and sex,” Isabella giggled. “True,” I chuckled. “What are you doing tomorrow?” I probed.

“You're here for the usual. Some peace of mind and your favourites.” “Peace of mind.” I, too, needed it now and then, like every normal human being. With everything going around, I didn’t need my uncle to shove me into a state of chaos. His words rang in my head. You’ll be alone forever if you continue on like this. I pushed his voice at the back of my head. “Black coffee—” “With no sugar,” she stated. “No ciabatta today? It’s your favourite.” “I’ll have two packed.”

Oscar raised an eyebrow at me in hope that I would repeat myself but like a timid little girl in the presence of this billionaire, I choked on my own words. Another thing I have to think about is this party we are going to. I closed a book about my life and I threw it away. The characters in the book -Courtney Hale, Christopher St Patrick, Francis Harrington, Henrik Sinclair, Giovanni Balotelli, Sonia Balotelli and Nathan Bale- went with that book. In simple terms, I moved on. I don't want to go to this party because I will obviously run into all of them. I want to tell Wayne the whole truth of how I wound up in New York but who wants the baggage? Who wants an eighteen year old Mafia girl wh

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The fear and desperation turned to confusion however when the mans eyes turned blue and he pushed a compulsion over me that had me backing up in submission. A fucking Alpha. We didn’t stand a chance. A whimper left my jaw as realisation set in, there was no way to get out of this. The man stepped towards Cali, holding his hand out over her flames and as she stood stock still I took in her form, she wasn’t cowering or shirking, she wasn’t scared, either she knew this man or she was more of a badass than I originally thought. The man pulled his shirt over his head and held it out in front of Cali but my eyes were transfixed by the rippling muscles. The man was ripped and then some and I found

~Aliyah's Pov~ My steps didn’t slow, not this time. Each one felt firmer than the last as I walked out of the bedroom and into the living room, my mind no longer clouded with hesitation, but sharpened with one clear thought… This ends now. Dominic was already there. Seated on the couch, his laptop open in front of him, his attention fixed on the screen. His brows were slightly furrowed, his expression focused, but tense—like he had been thinking too much.

Due to his honesty, I never had trust issues. "Oh, dear. This is the real world. Status and finances matter. They are the basis of variation in the real world. Let me give some advice, woman to woman, you should run away and leave my darling boy alone. You will never be good enough for him, you will never deserve him and you will not continue to be in his life. I have stomached you disgusting pig for way too long."