Duty Roulette

BLURB: Between duty and desire, Gina Washington chooses duty, sacrificing her dreams to save her family's crumbling legacy. Married off to a stranger, she is trapped in a gilded cage of manipulation and control, her heart slowly suffocating under the weight of expectation. But when her husband's cruelty pushes her to the brink, Gina seizes freedom, escaping with a secret that could change everything - a month-old pregnancy. On her way to escape, she falls into a car and loses consciousness. She wakes up to find herself in the hospital. She asks for help, and the man who brought her offers her help. She later finds out that the man is the brother of the man she left behind. His kindness and compassion cradle her shattered soul, and for the first time, Gina dares to dream of love. Yet, as past and present collide, an explosive rivalry between brothers threatens to destroy the fragile haven she's found - and the heart she's beginning to trust.

Brandon Kane, The Gamma of The Southern Werewolves Pack, volunteers for a dangerous undercover mission to locate a long list of missing girls who are all rumored to be auctioned in the largest sex-trafficking business run by a vampire named Kennedy Strauss. Going in with no backup and very little reliable information, Brandon has to face the ugly reality of the underworld business. He has to make his way in and out without blowing his undercover and not putting the people he was sent to rescue at risk. Celeste Diamond is the underworld's renowned assassin known as the Blind Bandit, who works for diamonds. A highly skilled and incredibly sexy, the Blind Bandit is the elite bodyguard of Kennedy Strauss who barely leaves his side. While it seems she is driven by her duty to protect her employer, Celeste's true motive is far greater than her duty to the vampire businessman. She is blind, but it's not her inability to see that concerned him. She sees him coming.

Elena Russo is a master thief and assassin, driven by revenge. Her mission is to infiltrate the life of mafia billionaire Lorenzo Salvatore, whom she believes is responsible for her father’s murder. Under the guise of an art dealer, Elena enters his world, but the lines between duty and desire blur as she uncovers hidden truths, including Lorenzo’s vulnerability and complex relations. When sparks fly between them, Elena finds herself caught between duty and desire. As she uncovers his deepest secrets, including a hidden child and a dangerous rival bent on his destruction, Elena realizes that her enemy is not the man she thought he was. Torn between her lingering feelings for Ethan, the FBI informant with his own dark agenda, and her undeniable attraction to Lorenzo, Elena must decide: can she risk her heart to get her revenge, or will she lose everything in the heist of her life? In a world of betrayals, lies, and shattered loyalties, love may be the deadliest game of all.

Emily Danvers is the portrait of perfection like any bride should be. Bound by blood but haunted by duty and desire. One reckless touch of ruin dares to challenge her world like a thief in the night. Sending her spiraling into a quest of lust and self discovery. Will Emily choose to shatter the chains of familiarity or be casted to the dark side forevermore in this intoxicating romance.

Forced by unexpected circumstances, Bianca North enters a contract marriage with the cold and calculating Theo Harrington. What begins as a deal—pride for her, obligation for him—quickly turns dangerous as buried secrets surface and emotions blur the rules. Caught between duty and desire, one wrong choice could change their lives forever.

Bound by duty, tied by fate. Leni Kaiser’s peaceful life is forever changed when she’s forced to marry Dusan Nikolic, the ruthless heir of The Medvedi Mafia. She’s drawn into his world of ultimate power and deceit, will she be able to keep her oath as lawyer or will she break every rule for him?

Alaana, daughter of the strongest Alpha King of the Green Moon Pack, has been searching for her mate for years. At 20, with no mate in sight, her father arranges a marriage with Rylan, the Beta's son-a man loyal to the pack and her childhood best friend. With a sense of duty, Alaana prepares to sacrifice her dreams of a fated bond for the good of her people. But everything changes on her wedding day when she shares a gaze with her fated mate-a mystical Omega servant hidden in the sea of faces. The bond is instant, undeniable, and forbidden. Alaana is now torn between her heart and her responsibilities. Her choices will either mean an opposition to her father, pack, and centuries of traditions or giving up the person born to be hers. Will Alaana follow her heart, risking the stability of her pack? Or will she embrace her duty and walk away from love gifted by fate? As the strongest bond clashes with the heaviest burden, Alaana has to decide what kind of Luna she is to be.

Selena has always played by the rules. Born into a world of wealth and privilege, she's promised to a man she doesn't love, Damien. She feels trapped in a life she never chose, until one fateful night changes everything. Escaping her family’s suffocating grip, Selena finds herself at a secluded cabin in the mountains, where a passionate, anonymous encounter with a mysterious man ignites a spark she never saw coming. As she returns to her wedding, bound by duty but torn by her heart, she discovers she's pregnant. But the real shock? The child is for the stranger she met in the cabin. Caught between two powerful men—one who offers revenge and the other, a life of duty—Selena is forced to confront her deepest desires, betrayals, and the shadows of her family’s legacy. In a tangled web of passion, deception, and emotional turmoil, Selena must make a choice that will shatter everything she’s ever known. Can love survive the weight of the past? Or will Selena's decisions destroy them all?

Bound by duty, Mia Casteel is nothing but a job. A sinfully gorgeous, downright infuriating job. One year ago, I got saddled with keeping her safe, virginal, and out of her father’s business. Little did I know, the spitfire would become my newest obsession. Pretending I don’t want her is easy enough. Ignoring her advances is hard but not impossible. At every corner, she pushes me, crawls under my skin, and makes my icy cold heart beat again. She makes me want her so badly I’m almost bursting to possess her. Knowing the secrets her father is keeping from her, and the fate that will bestow her sooner or later leads me down a path that neither of us will come back from. Caught between duty and desire, which will I choose? I promised her father I’d keep her safe, and she is safe… safe from everyone except me.

Ava grew up with no single knowledge of her werewolf inherited genes. Out of all the things she ever dreamt of becoming, a werewolf wasn't one of them and much less a princess who was charged with the duty of leading her lycan clan to eliminate a rogue king who made her an orphan before she could walk.