Demons Of Pride

Jackson D’Angelo, the most feared Mafia Boss in the state, he is ruthless and a man you do not wish to get on your wrong side. He is devoted to his Mafia Family and take pride in the things he sets out to do. He might seem to be your typical playboy, but the one thing he craves will be the thing that catches him by surprise. In enters Kayley, a girl that finds herself on the wrong side of town. Her path crosses with Jackson one night while she is at his nightclub. He finds her dancing on his bar counter. The moment he helps her step off, he claims her as his. She is wild and free and brings out the soft side of Jackson. But there shall be betrayal and deceit placed in the way that will threaten to keep them apart. Can they overcome these obstacles? Shall Kayley ultimately become Jackson’s Mafia Queen? Will she tame him or will he tame her instead?

They tried to take everything from her: her sanity, her pride, and her daughter. Cast out into a storm by her own husband, Avery Reed was branded a disgrace simply for giving birth to a daughter. Her enemies called her unstable and labeled her child a failure, and for a moment, she almost believed them. Until he arrived. Ashton Knight wasn't just a man from her past; he was a billionaire who could buy and burn his enemies' worlds to the ground. He offered her protection within his fortress of luxury, promising to turn her tears into ammunition and her wounds into strength. Her enemies thought they were fighting a broken woman, but they had no idea that behind her now stood a king, ready to burn their entire dynasty to ash. As she takes refuge in his dangerous embrace, Avery must wonder... does she only want justice, or does she want his heart as well?

On the night of her Twentieth birthday, Nova Stark expected the Moon Goddess to bless her with a mate. Instead she was cursed. Her fated mate is none other than Alpha Benjamin Black of the Black Moon Pack, the ruthless and dangerous leader feared across all packs. Cold, Merciless and completely unwilling to accept her. But Benjamin rejected her. Declared her a curse. Bound to him against his will. What should have been a moment of triumph turned into a clash of power, pride and unbreakable bonds. Now Nova must navigate pack politics, rival wolves and the volatile Alpha who refuses her love yet cannot deny their bond. As her strength and her wolf grows, she learns that fate is not just a gift, but a battlefield. And in the heart of the Black Moon pack, desire, power and destiny collide. Will Nova tame the Alpha who rejects her, or will the curse that binds them destroy everything she holds dear?

She was the mate of a cruel Alpha —beaten, silenced, and stripped of her dignity. He was the newly crowned Alpha King —powerful, feared, and haunted by his own scars. Nikolai doesn’t believe in love, not after his first love dumped him for his brother. Zara has lost everything: her parents, her pride, and now her freedom. Being forced to serve the very mate who delights in her pain, and a best friend who would do anything to see her downfall. When fate draws the Alpha King to her pack, Nikolai never expects to find his true mate locked away in an abandoned shed, broken and bleeding. He swore he’d never let another woman close, and she swore the goddess had forgotten her, but destiny has other plans. The road ahead is brutal, the bond undeniable, but together, the crowned and the rejected will challenge fate itself.

They hate each other but they can't deny the fire of attraction blooming between the both of them. ******** IT genius by the day and ruthless killer by the night, Lisa Volkov is the last daughter of one of the ruthless mafia families in the country. Level-headed and the pride of her father, she has never gone astray until distraction came in the form of the son of her family’s arch-rival. Axel Ivanov; Sweet boy and most popular boy in college, only a few knows how lethal the blood that runs through his veins. He has been working his ass off to take over his family’s business and to prove himself worthy to his father. Lisa Volkov is a temptation he can’t afford to fall into but he can't deny how addictive she is, after he has gotten a taste of the forbidden fruit. Theirs is a combination doomed to combust before they even merge but how far are they willing to risk things?

Five years ago, Maya Carter walked away from billionaire CEO Ethan Blake, leaving behind the love of her life and the secret she swore to protect. Now, fate throws them together again when Maya lands a job as the new marketing manager at Blake Enterprises, unaware she’s stepping right back into the arms of the man who never forgave her disappearance. Ethan has built an empire out of control and precision, but one look at Maya shatters everything. She’s more confident, more beautiful… and hiding something. When he discovers that the secret she’s been protecting is his son, his world explodes. Anger turns to obsession. Guilt turns to love. And soon, both of them must face the truth, the past never really ended. Can two broken hearts rebuild trust after betrayal? Or will the billionaire’s pride destroy the family he never knew he had?

"Lonely cold nights without anyone by your side, watching your father die in front of your eyes, watching your Mum lay like a lifeless body has undoubtedly made me cold from inside out. And let me tell you, it's not pleasant. I can be a monster with bad people and an angel with good, but for these people, I'm willing to get to my lowest point where I'll make them cry tears of pain. From this cruel man, all I want to take away is his pride and crush it between my fingers, and that's my promise to you wang. I'll do it, just watch how I play with your daughter and mess with your head. I'm sure you'll die out of grief only by trying to save her."Just wait and watch how i break your daughter piece by piece. The game has begun...

When Zack Davis went bankrupt, I used all my savings of 20 thousand dollars to buy him. “You’re willing to buy me even if I don’t love you?” he asked indifferently. My heart raced as I replied quietly, “Yes.” After that, we got married, paid back his debts, and founded another company. It only took Zack three years for his company to become a new star in the Asterfield. Everything seemed to have gone smoothly. He also only belonged to me. However, what I didn’t know was that he hated me. He hated me for destroying all his pride and for buying him with only 20 thousand dollars. When I decided to let go and divorce Zack, he went crazy. He knelt down in front of me with pleading eyes. “Anna, you still love me, right?”

WARNING: This book contains intense bullying, explicit scenes, triggering language, violence, and psychological content. I told Caden to cancel his stupid party. He told me, with that infuriating smirk, "Why? Planning to be my snack tonight?" Caden has made my life hell for four years, ever since our parents got married. He's gorgeous, arrogant, and the kind of boy Stanford girls trip over themselves for. Me? I'm the only one who sees right through him. He's a blatant bully, the devil who turned me into a surreptitious one. And now we're stuck sharing the same off-campus apartment for our entire freshman year. Living together means new rules, no boundaries... and a tension I never expected. The closer we get, the harder it becomes to remember why we ever hated each other in the first place - and nothing threatens our pride more than that.

When the young nun Lydia Martinez gets cornered by a thief in an alley, she encounters Damien Raeken who is beautiful, intriguing and intimidating. The unwordly, innocent Lydia is startled to realize she wants this man and despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Lydia's quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, the shapeshifter, Raeken admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Raeken's dark past , Lydia hesitates. For all the trappings of success—Raeken is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need for revenge. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionate physical affair that denounces all she's ever believed in, she discovers the shapeshifters secret and knows that loving him is one thing, but taming him is another. She explores her own dark desires while slowly being pulled to the dark side.