Fatima Elizabeth Cates

Maurine Elizabeth Lopez is a young, innocent girl who has been deceived by the man she loves. Bullied by her stepsister and betrayed by her stepmother, she finds herself sold to settle a debt. Mikhail Esteban Rostova, a notorious and cold-blooded Russian mafia boss, takes her. Everyone assumes that Mikhail will dispose of her as he pleases. However, to save her life, Maurine pleads for mercy and deceives Mikhail, leading him to believe that she is in love with him and willing to do anything for him. She knows she cannot afford to die without exacting revenge on those who have tormented her. Mikhail believes her and spares her life. However, he insists that she marry him and bear his children. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts his proposal, recognizing that marrying a cold-blooded Russian mafia boss might be her only chance for survival. This time, Maurine is determined not to let anyone deceive or bully her. She plans to use Mikhail to achieve her revenge and nothing more. After she is done with him, she will dispose of him before he will dispose of her. However, dealing with a powerful man was not as easy as she imagined it would be. Since Mikhail is willing to murder and flip the world upside down if ever she ran away!

Elizabeth finds herself unexpectedly married to Cassian Smith, a fierce and fiery-tempered businessman. Thrown into a world of wealth and power, she struggles to navigate her new life and the mercurial moods of her husband. But when she discovers a softer side to Cassian, she can't help but be drawn to him. As she battles her own secrets and tries to penetrate Cassian's tough exterior, Elizabeth finds herself falling for the man behind the billionaire. With her mother's health on the line and a marriage hanging by a thread, will Elizabeth manage to break through Cassian's walls and find love amidst chaos?

“Try,” he says, lips curled into a wicked grin—fangs gleaming, eyes glowing with hunger. “Run for me. Let’s see how far you get.” Elizabeth’s world shatters the moment her mother marries the one creature she’s feared her entire life—a vampire. Worse, it’s him. The monster who tore her father apart and vanished into the night. She swore she’d expose Damien for what he is, break whatever dark spell he’s cast over her mother, and burn his world to the ground. But nothing could’ve prepared her for him—dangerous, devastating, and sinfully charming. Because Damien isn’t just a monster. He’s temptation wrapped in shadows. And hating him was easy—until he made her want him.

✧A DARK MAFIA ROMANCE✧ When obsession becomes deadly, love becomes a lethal game. Secrets destroy everything, and in a world of lies, trust is a luxury....... A master of deception with a face that's both terrifying and captivating. Eren Scott ruled his world on his terms until her storm disrupted his silence. She bardge into his life without warning,and took away his peace. She was the distraction he never asked for, the temptation he couldn't resist and the love he never wanted. An oath was an oath and being a member of the mafia required obligations. It didn't matter how charming she was or how close they gradually became; he wasn't going to break his oath for something as meagre as love. But there was one problem - now that she had infiltrated his heart, he couldn't seem to get her out. Ambitious, arrogant and Charming. Elizabeth Rhodes, being born in wealth, was used to getting anything she wanted. Her new obsession turned out to be a devil behind a mask. But she had let herself fall too deep to realize the pending danger. She had fallen in love with a mafia psychopathic killer, and there was no going back. He was a Don, she was just a city girl. Their love was forbidden. Still,he wants her even when betrothed to another. She calls it love, he calls it madness.