Chef Luca Corleone

She was meant to be his wife, only on paper. But now, she’s his obsession. To end a decade-long mafia war, Elena Ricci, a fierce yet broken mafia princess, is forced into a contract marriage with the ruthless Luca De Santis, the infamous Don of New York’s most feared crime family. Luca doesn’t believe in love. Only power. But from the moment Elena defies him, she becomes his obsession. He should break her and mold her into the perfect mafia wife. Instead, he finds himself protecting her, wanting her...needing her... But Elena has secrets, and Luca has enemies. When the past resurfaces, threatening to tear them apart, they must decide... Will their love survive the darkness, or will they destroy each other first?

What happens when Noah Hudson who's a famous chef, a billionaire and handsome, has to babysit Millie Quinn who's clumsy, a college student and cute, who turns out to be his wife after an accidental drunk marriage in Las Vegas?

Pastry chef Isabelle Marie Campbell is fired from her job in a coffee shop following a report by a billionaire, leading to her struggle to save her late mother’s bakery with a deadline to vacate her space in a month. Fortunately, she lands a job as a personal chef to an old American-based, Italian billionaire. Her heart twists when she finds out that he is the grandfather of the cold-hearted, hot-tempered, and arrogant Alessandro Levon Moretti, an Italian billionaire heir based in New York City. He was also the same man responsible for losing her job. His grandfather’s health was fast deteriorating, and he needed a woman to marry fast or lose his inheritance. As Isabelle contemplates either quitting her dream job or enduring Alessandro’s unwelcoming presence, he walks up to her with a cold and arrogant expression. "Be my girlfriend for three months. We shall have a contract for it…"

BLURB: “The World owns his Image. His heart is another story”. Superstar actor Luca Moretti is Brooklyn’s Idol, flawless image, Oscar winner, and master of character creation. But when a leaked photo threatens to destroy him, his team hires struggling Journalist Daniel Reyes to write a flub piece rehabbing his image. There's Just One Problem: Daniel hates everything Luca stands for. Daniel knows celebrity profiles are bullshit PR, and Luca's Polished charm makes him want to burn the interview to the ground. But when a late-night argument turns into a kiss that shocks them both, they strike a deal: Daniel gets the raw, unfiltered Luca_ no lies, no filters for one week. What starts as a professional exchange becomes reckless: Secret trysts, Stolen moments, A Love neither can afford. Then the blackmail texts arrive: Someone knows. Someone’s watching. And if Luca doesn't end it now, both their careers will burn. But how do you walk away when the wrong person feels like home?

Kingdom of Ash and Blood Book one of the Sicilian Ruin Series She was the fire he thought he had extinguished. He was the ruin she barely escaped. Three years ago Amara Varela vanished without a trace --- betrayed, broken, and hunted by the man who once owned her heart. Now she's back in Sicily, not as the naive girl he left behind, but as a woman forged by survival and secrets. She has a score to settle and Luca Moretti is at the top of her list Luca, the heir to the brutal Moretti empire, never forgives himself for losing her. When he finally finds her alive, everything he buried erupts --- lust, rage, obsession. But the Kingdom he now rules is built on blood, and his bride-to-be is not the one who haunts his dreams. Torn between a crown he never wanted and a woman who could destroy it all, Luca must choose loyalty or desire, power or love. In a world of violent cartels, arranged alliances, and ruthless vendettas, Amara and Luca's reunion is anything but tender. It's a war. And their passion? It could burn Sicily to the ground. Dark. Obsessive. Addictive. This is not a love story. This is a Sicilian ruin.

Ryo Matsuda is the Prince of the Entertainment business but he is fed up with love. He always finds himself in a relationship where he was either just seen as a tool to enter the show business or as a living ATM. Liz Ross is a young passionate pastry chef. Her love life is nowhere close to the sweetness of the cakes she makes. She'd been in a number of relationships where she finds herself cheated on. Their world unexpectedly collided in a beautiful stroke of luck. Will they hold on to their promise to keep love out of their lives or will they take another gamble and give love a chance?

Damon moreau is a powerful tech billionaire who survives through control.Raised by an absent father and a morally grounded mother, Damon learned early that vulnerability was dangerous. After his father's suicide following corporate betrayal, damon became emotionally closed off, relying heavenly on his mother, Evenlyn as his moral compass and emotional anchor. That anchor shatters when Evelyn is killed in an assassination attempt meant for Damon. Unknown to damon, the man behind the trigger is luca raines an elite assassin shaped by childhood abuse and years inside a private military syndicate run by Adrian kessler. Luca has never hesitated on a job before,but when he sight Damon through his scope something breaks his bullet misses Damon and instead killed Evenlyn when she steps in to the line of fire. Wracked with guilt Luca accepts Adrian's next order embed himself in damon's security detailed as his personal bodyguard,waiting waiting for the second opportunity to finish the contract. Damon grieving and paranoid,hired enhanced protection. Luca enters his life as a silent guardian, hiding the truth that he caused damon's deepest loss.

Moving to a new town with her only family, after a haunting incident seemed like a good idea to Iris. Iris is a black girl with a sad past. She's your average book nerd and can be nice when she wants to be. She doesn't believe in true love or happy endings but is a sucker for some good ol' romcoms. She hates badboys and finds them completely clichè. Here Luca comes into the picture. Luca is not your everyday bad boy. He is broken and is considered the town's brute or beast rather. With tattoos, piercings and a glare that wards people off. Unfortunately, Iris becomes drawn to him like a moth to a flame. And almost immediately, Luca is pulled to her quirky, sassy and stubborn self. (Although the list could go on.) With his possessive and overprotective behaviour, Luca isn't one to let go of what makes him happy. And Iris makes him happy. What happens when their pasts comes to haunt them? Will these two broken souls fight their way through every barrier just to be with each other? This is the story of two broken souls trying to find solace within themselves.

Di kota yang penuh dengan intrik dan kegelapan, terdapat sebuah keluarga mafia yang paling ditakuti, La Famiglia del Ombra, atau "Keluarga Bayangan". Mereka menguasai perdagangan senjata, jaringan informasi rahasia, dan memegang kendali atas para pejabat tinggi. Pemimpin mereka, Don Alessandro, adalah seorang pria berwibawa yang terkenal dingin dan tak kenal ampun. Namun, cerita ini berfokus pada anak sulungnya, Luca Ombra. Luca tumbuh dalam bayang-bayang ayahnya dan sejak kecil dilatih menjadi penerus keluarga. Di usianya yang baru menginjak 27 tahun, Luca sudah dikenal sebagai "Il Lupo" (Sang Serigala) karena kecerdasannya dalam menyusun strategi, ketangkasan, dan keteguhan hatinya. Di balik sosoknya yang tak tersentuh, tersimpan jiwa yang gelisah. Luca tak pernah menginginkan kekuasaan seperti ini, tapi keluarga adalah keluarga. Hidup Luca berubah ketika ia bertemu dengan Ana, seorang jurnalis muda yang tanpa sadar menggali rahasia besar keluarganya. Ana adalah wanita yang tangguh dan idealis, bertolak belakang dari orang-orang yang pernah ditemui Luca. Di antara bahaya dan kebencian yang mengelilingi keluarga Ombra, tumbuh perasaan tak terduga di hati Luca. Dia mulai mempertanyakan arti dari kekuasaan yang ia pegang dan peran keluarga yang telah mengikatnya. Namun, keluarga Ombra bukanlah satu-satunya kekuatan di kota. Musuh lama, La Familia Rosso, yang sudah berseteru selama bertahun-tahun, kini kembali dengan dendam yang lebih dalam. Dengan serangan yang datang bertubi-tubi, Luca terjebak di antara mempertahankan kehormatan keluarga, melindungi Ana, dan membebaskan dirinya dari ikatan gelap.

For years, the witches and vampires of Shadowbrooke co-existed secretly, without much incident. Until one winter evening in 2002. Luca Delacroix was on a hunting trip when the monthly court hosted by his clan turned disastrous. What began as a normal night for the residents of the sleepy town ended horribly when fledgelings in blood-lust took Shadowbrooke under siege. It took a small coven of witches, a powerful spell, the Chaos Star and a virgin's blood to end the terror. But in the aftermath, Julian Delacroix, Luca's brother, along with several of their clan members, were eternally bound to the manor's cellar, forsaken to wither and perish from thirst. It's 2022, and Luca's returned to Shadowbrooke after two decades. His sudden reappearance threatens to destabilise the peaceful town again. He'll stop at nothing to get his brother out, and the Youngblood Coven will not hesitate to destroy him. While the witches scramble to get the missing piece of the Star of Chaos, the rune they once used against Luca's clan, he has to fight hard to stay one step ahead of them. But, his plans go awry when he meets and falls in love with Cadence Youngblood, the same woman responsible for his brother's infernal prison. Cadence is everything he shouldn't want, but for her, Luca is willing to take the backlash from his clan and risk her coven's wrath. © 2022 Val Sims. All rights reserved. No part of this novel may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author and publishers.