Books By Don Winslow

Colter Giordano, my fiancé of six years, heir to the Giordano family, took a bullet for a dancer named Mia. He didn't take one for me. A bullet tore through my shoulder. Blood bloomed across my dress, hot and sticky. But my heart hurt worse. He asked if I was okay. Just once. Then he rushed Mia to the hospital, leaving me bleeding on the floor. The next day, Mia's picture popped up on my Instagram feed. There she was, in a luxury hospital suite. Colter was fussing over a scratch on her arm that was barely there. The caption was just two words: "My Hero." I liked the post. Then I made an encrypted call. "The Falcone family's offer," I said. "I'm taking it. Get me on a plane to Sicily. Three days."

My older sister, Jovina Valenti, catches the eye of the cold and ruthless mafia Don, Carlo Laguardia. However, she fears the danger that arises out of his identity and wants to go abroad to pursue a passionate romance. On the day Carlo sends his men to retrieve her, she drugs my drink and sends me to Carlo. After that, she leaves the country and disappears completely. I, Nerissa Valenti, am forced to become Carlo's wife. He treats me as nothing more than a pet. Despite being married, I ignore Carlo's existence and treat him as if he were invisible. He, on the other hand, continues to make me his pet. When he's pleased with me, he shows me affection. But when I upset him, what awaits me is either cold neglect or harsh reproach. After eight years of this, one day, Carlo suddenly orders that I be locked inside the freezing ice house. I tremble from the cold. When I see Jovina at his side, I realize belatedly that she has, for some reason, decided to return to the country. The first thing she does upon her return is seek Carlo out and lie to him that I drugged myself back then to take her place. Consequently, she was heartbroken and decided to go overseas. Jovina stresses that because of my interference, they spent eight long years being apart from each other. From that moment on, there isn't a trace of emotion left in Carlo's eyes when he looks at me. Under the excuse of visiting me, Jovina comes to the ice house and tampers with the settings. She puts the cold air on full blast at the lowest temperature. "Don't blame me for this, Nerissa. As long as you're alive, my lie will be exposed sooner or later," she says ruthlessly. I don't even last half a day before freezing to death miserably. When I open my eyes again, I return to the day Jovina first catches Carlo's attention. This time, I take the initiative to say, "Jovina, go abroad and look for your true love. I'll marry Carlo in your place." This time, the one Carlo loves will be me.

Cinco anos depois de me casar com o Don, Ives Moretti, ele me deixou para morrer durante um tiroteio para garantir a segurança da amante dele, Isabella. Acordei três dias depois, em um quarto de hospital particular. Nenhum pedido de desculpas. Ives foi frio. — Você é minha esposa. Sabia dos riscos. Pare de fazer drama. Então ele acrescentou: — A Isabella é diferente. Ela é frágil. Precisava de mim. Depois disso vieram três meses de silêncio absoluto. Como sempre, ele esperava que eu cedesse primeiro, que voltasse rastejando, implorando por perdão. Três meses depois, entreguei o acordo com os irlandeses de bandeja para Isabella. O grande negócio em que eu havia trabalhado sozinha por meio ano. Ives achou que era uma oferta de paz. Ele sorriu, algo raro e genuíno nos últimos tempos. — Eu sabia que você acabaria cedendo. Como recompensa, vamos para Vegas. Sei que você sempre quis ir. No dia seguinte, Isabella falou que estava entediada e ele quebrou a promessa. Levou ela para Vegas no meu lugar. Disse que era — assunto urgente de família. Dessa vez, eu não chorei. Não fiz escândalo. Ives ficou satisfeito ao ver como eu estava sendo compreensiva. Ele não fazia ideia de que eu já estava cortando todos os laços com a família Moretti. Nem que ele já tinha assinado os papéis do divórcio. Eu estava livre.

Cinco años después de mi matrimonio con el Don, Ives Moretti, me dejó a mi suerte para morir durante un tiroteo, todo para poner a salvo a su amante, Isabella. Desperté tres días después en la habitación de un hospital privado. Sin disculpas. Ives se mostró frío. —Eres mi esposa. Conocías los riesgos. Deja de ser tan dramática —luego, añadió—: Isabella es diferente. Es frágil. Ella me necesitaba. A aquello le siguieron tres meses de la ley del hielo. Como siempre, él esperaba que yo fuera la que cediera, la que regresara gateando suplicando perdón. Tres meses después, le entregué el trato con los irlandeses a Isabella en bandeja de plata. El gran negocio que yo misma había pasado medio año construyendo. Ives pensó que era una ofrenda de paz. Sonrió, algo raro y genuino en él estos días. —Sabía que entrarías en razón. Como recompensa, iremos a Las Vegas. Sé que siempre has querido ir. Al día siguiente, Isabella se quejó de estar aburrida y él rompió su promesa. Se la llevó a ella a Las Vegas en su lugar. Me dijo que era un "asunto familiar urgente". Esta vez, no lloré. No hice una escena. Ives estaba complacido de que yo fuera tan comprensiva. No tenía idea de que yo ya estaba cortando todos los lazos con la familia Moretti. Que él ya había firmado los papeles del divorcio sin saberlo. Yo era libre.

Après le départ de ma petite sœur à l'étranger, j'ai épousé le Don de la mafia à sa place. Cinq ans après notre mariage, nous sommes devenus les plus grands ennemis l'un de l'autre. Il me détestait pour avoir chassé ma sœur et avoir manigancé mon mariage avec lui. Je le détestais pour m'avoir toujours traitée comme une remplaçante, sans jamais me reconnaître devant le monde entier. Mon manque de statut social humiliait mes parents vaniteux, et à partir de ce moment-là, leur amour pour moi s'est transformé en haine. Finalement, lui et mes parents m'ont abandonnée dans une montagne enneigée alors qu'ils fêtaient Noël avec ma sœur. Dans le froid intense, je suis morte avec mon enfant à naître. Pendant ce temps, ma sœur baignait dans l'amour de tous et passait le Noël le plus heureux de sa vie. Lorsque j'ai rouvert les yeux, je me suis retrouvée le jour où ma sœur est revenue de l'étranger. Cette fois-ci, je n'allais plus supplier Gideon ni mes parents de m'aimer.

I was on my way to pick up my son from school when I got a call from his teacher. “Mrs. Corleone, you don’t need to come. Your husband — the one who’s been missing for five years — just picked up your son from school.” My chest tightened with unease, and I quickly corrected her. “Teacher, you must be mistaken. My boy's dad in Sicily on business. Where is this ‘other husband’ coming from?” After a short pause on the phone, the teacher spoke again. “Mr. Corleone said you don’t have to lie. He said he won’t kick you out of the Corleone family, since you gave him a son after you ran away from the wedding.” “You only have to give your position as his wife to the woman who saved his life.” I rolled my eyes. Deliberately raising my voice, I sent a voice message to his uncle. “Darling, come home immediately! Your nephew is back and trying to take our son!” Then I heard a crash on the other end.

My fiancé of three years, Julius, sold me. To a black market auction in Vegas. I was sold to another man for five million dollars. Julius was begging me. "I owe five million," he pleaded. "If I don't pay up, they're gonna dump me in the river." "You're a dead ringer for the Don of the Norling family's late wife. All you have to do is keep him happy, and my debt gets wiped clean." "Don't worry," he said. "When he gets tired of you, I won't think any less of you. We'll still get married." So they drugged me and delivered me to an estate that was all too familiar. But here’s what he didn't know. The Don of the Norling family would kill for his daughter. And I'm that daughter. The one he’s kept hidden all these years.

Sasha Riverton is a mafia princess and heiress to the Riverton empire, unfortunately, her father was attacked by a rival mafia clan and they were overpowered. Broke and desperate so they had no choice but to sell her to the most dangerous mafia Don in the country. Sasha hated her family's involvement in the mafia world and secretly didn't want to be a part of it. She was livid when she found out about their deal with the notorious Roman Vitale. She decided to accept her fate and plot her freedom because she was in love with another and she would do anything to be with him. What happens when her plans are thwarted? Will she accept defeat or fight tooth and nail for her freedom? What happens when she finds out things are not the way they seem? Will that change her determined heart or will she use it to her advantage?

Three days before our wedding, my fiancé, Raphael Russo, was killed in a gang shootout. They didn't even find a body. As I was drowning in grief, comments suddenly flashed before my eyes: 【Wake up, girl! the coffin's empty! He faked his death! The scumbag ran off to be with that scheming bitch chloe, the one pretending to be sick!】 【While you're crying your eyes out at the funeral, Raphael is fucking Chloe’s brains out in a hotel bed.】 【When he comes back, he'll claim he has amnesia. You won't know a thing and you'll forgive him. You poor thing…】 A month later, news of my marriage to Mafia Don Marcello Falcone spread through New York. Raphael’s right-hand man cornered me, furious. “How could you betray the Boss?” I tightened my grip on Marcello’s arm and smiled. “A girl can’t mourn forever, can she? I’m sure Raphael, in spirit, would be happy for me.”

Narsha's mate of 7 years, Ethan, brings home a heavily pregnant woman. He said the woman bears his child and that she should help his mistress raising their baby. Narsha had enough of that shitty life, but weirdly, her mate refused to let her go, so she ran away. However, misery is always around the corner, waiting to wrap its hands around her neck. She escapes from the mad wolf’s cage only to enter a starving one. “Please, let me go—” “Shh, Kitty. Let's try and see if you can make me hot, and then I will listen to your plea,"