La Brava X Gentle Criminal Novels & Stories

Ethan West and I were together for seven years. Because of one promise, I gave up the thrill of being a gold-medal race car driver to become a housewife, tied to the mundane rhythm of pots and pans. Yet, Ethan never changed. His gentle care and thoughtfulness remained constant over the years, and I believed he loved me. Until the day I saw him, madly holding another woman, kissing her as if the world would end. It was then I learned the truth: I was Ethan's wife, but Tara was the unattainable princess he had always longed for.

Sold to the most ruthless mafia boss to settle her father’s debts, she learned to survive by playing the perfect, obedient wife. But beneath her submissive facade, she waited for the right moment to escape—to reunite with the one she truly loved. The night finally came. With her husband drugged and asleep, freedom was within reach. Yet, just as she thought she had won, he found her. His touch was deceptively gentle, his grip unyielding. With a chilling whisper, he shattered her hopes: "Did you really think you could leave me?"

In the realm of Lyconia, where Lycans rule with iron claws, Selena, an omega with a gentle soul, finds herself entangled in a web of power and passion. Sold into the cruel hands of Lycan King Adrian, her life takes an unexpected turn, leading to a night to remember. But when they realize that they were mates, he rejected her, his rejection shatters her heart, Selena flees into the wilderness, only to discover a new chance at love with Alpha Leo. As their bond deepens, two fierce Lycan twin warriors, Ethan and Caleb, ignite her passion as well. It became a game bet between the twins and the kings.

Some people find fortune… while some people find a dying criminal on a random Tuesday. "Is this the part where you kill me?" she asks. “Don’t worry, sweetheart.” He traced her jaw with the blade of the knife. “I’m still mulling it over.” Clover lives a very unlucky life. Getting fired job after job, it’s hard to make ends meet. And as if fate is playing with her, she saves an unconscious man who ends up to be the most dangerous person in town: Phoenix Volkov, the rising don of the underground world. Bad luck got her helping the wrong stranger—worse luck got her accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss. Just like that, their lives became entangled in a mess of bullets and danger.

I was raised with the criminal underground’s most notorious crew turned government-sanctioned mercenaries in Texas and Colorado, known as the Death Kings. My uncle is one of them known as the Gator King. Now I walk in his footsteps, leading a crew of my own with his backing. To my family, my nickname is Seraphim, but in my kingdom, I’m the Viper King. Now the boys who left me, who swore they would stay by my side to protect me, are back in town. They are attempting to become like C.H.A.O.S. who run Palomino Bay, Texas. That will not happen because Grêle, Louisiana, is my stronghold. The person they need to protect is themselves because it isn’t me. …They don’t know my secret, but I know theirs…

Gideon, a 27-year-old muscular, intelligent, and wealthy man. He is the CEO of the Grande Group, which owns a well-known publishing established in New York. He already has practically everything, yet he is tortured by nightmares. A ten-year-old horrible tragedy that seemed to be a curse happened. Until he meets Jodie Ellen, an ordinary woman who will change the course of his life. But what if he discovered that his father's fatal accident was the cause of Jodie's parents' deaths? Is he willing to take a chance and confess the truth in order to save his relationship with Jodie? How long can he keep his conscience trapped in his worst nightmare? This new life where the roads of the rich and poor, the criminal and the victim intersect.

❝ CHECKMATE, NO ESCAPE. ❞ Despite the struggles of life and disappointment after the process, a waitress working in a well-known nightclub in the city opted to live a normal life with her stepmother after the mysterious disappearance of her parents without a trace. Growing older, hurdles and hassles have only been a speck of dust for her, and now, the curiosity of knowing more about the past she may not or may have forgotten starts to inflame like a fire in a wood, but what if between her searching, a criminal organisation became the hurdle in her life. Small pieces of puzzles come together, knowing she has another future to start, a different future ahead of her. A future she isn't expecting. Wagering her life for the forbidden knowledge, would she continue?

By day, Luna Kline is an invisible philosophy student surviving on scholarships and silence. By night, she lives a secret life at Club Inferno, where desire pays the bills and anonymity is survival. When her ethics professor, Dr. Alexander Elliott, discovers her double life, Luna is pulled into a dangerous web of obsession, blackmail, and corruption. As an investigation into the club’s criminal underworld unfolds, Luna becomes trapped between a man who offers protection at a terrible cost, a club owner who will destroy her to stay in power, and a dancer who may be the only one who truly wants her free. With her future on the line and secrets closing in, Luna must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice and whether freedom is worth burning everything down.

Min was raised to rule a criminal empire soaked in blood, silence, and obedience. Jun was never supposed to survive in that world, too soft, too defiant, too human. Min despises Jun and the feeling is reciprocated, but they are bound by family and it all comes to head by the dissapearance of the Chairman. A quiet mafia war begins to surface, Jun is pulled back into Min’s territory, his house, his rules, his shadow. What begins as obligation turns into control. What starts as protection becomes obsession. Min knows Jun is a liability. Jun knows Min is a monster. Neither can seem to let go. In a world where loyalty is enforced with violence and weakness is punished, desire becomes a weapon. And loving the enemy, especially one you call family, may be the most unforgivable crime of all.

Camiela, the Rodriguez Princess, feared the dark, living a life in the spotlight while turning a blind eye to the twisted world of the wicked. Stefano, a morally gray criminal lawyer, ruled the dark, charming yet deadly. Despite knowing the dangers, Camiela found herself entangled with Stefano, a puzzle she couldn't solve. Fate had other plans, leading to an unexpected marriage. Stefano, entrenched in the dark world of corruption, danger, and betrayal, encountered Camiela, the chaos that disrupted his life. Despite the danger, he couldn't erase her after a single night. Camiela became the fire he feared, yet when she became the key to unraveling his life's secrets, Stefano, against expectations, found himself married to the bright and passionate woman.