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"This brutally romantic mafia love story will grip you!" ~#1 New York Times bestselling author Helen Hardt Arranged-marriage, age-gap, Mafia/cartel romance Capo to the Luciano Famiglia was my birthright. The cruelty needed to succeed in this life has been beaten into me since I was a young boy. My father, Vincent Luciano, taught by example and with the slap of his hand. My independent streak took me down paths my father would never have gone. With our enemies gaining strength, it is my idea to attempt an alliance with an unlikely bedfellow. The Roríguez Cartel and the Luciano Famiglia are improbable partners, yet even Vincent Luciano can’t deny the possible benefits. The only way to solidify the deal is for me to marry Catalina Ruiz, the eldest daughter of Andres Ruiz, a top lieutenant in the Roríguez Cartel. Catalina is young, beautiful, and thinks she understands the path she is being forced to follow. There is no way for her to know the monster she is about to wed. A man doesn’t become a made man at thirteen if he is capable of love. That emotion is beyond my scope of expertise. Saving the famiglia is my goal. And once this alliance is made, ours will be but the first of the brutal vows exchanged. Have you been Aleatha’d?

Giavanna Sperino didn't have high hopes about finding her true love at her first Mateship Ball. Despite some mild disappointment, she considered her evening a roaring success after she befriended a guy visiting from a pack halfway across the country. But when she discovers this friendship and the several others it led to all started on a foundation of lies, will her heart harden or heal?

Cora, an orphan, was adopted by the Blood Moon pack. As an adult, she married Alpha Dave. The marriage ended when Dave had an affair with an Omega. Dave rejected Cora and banished her. She couldn't have an heir. Cora sought refuge in the Arun Forest. There, she met Ethan, the Alpha of the Crescent Pack, who had just lost his mate. Cora and Ethan trust each other and realize they are second-chance mates. When Alpha Dave learns of Cora's new relationship, he is jealous and tries to destroy Alpha Ethan's pack. Meanwhile, Ethan confronts him with a fact from Alpha Dave's past.

"You breached the contract" Alexander Martinez, the CEO of Skyland Corporation never failed in his projects, never let his company fell, never smiled, never speak unnecessarily to anyone until it's business, never let anyone touch him got changed when his car accidentally hit on a girl named Isabella Garcia, a senior high-schooler. The night they spend together make him realise something interesting. Alexander made a contract with Isabella with set of rules to follow in exchange of money. With the poor background, she signed the contract with him. After scandal of high schooler having affair with The CEO being released, things change and Isabella runs off away from him without thinking about the contract. After 6 months, The CEO finds her and kidnaps back to him saying that she breached the contract and should give 10 million dollar in return. The love & hate relationship between them made them fell in love with each other without their knowledge.

Set against the backdrop of Rome’s elite underworld, Blood & Dynasty follows Leonardo and Xena DeMarcus, two rulers who build an empire through calculated strategy, ruthless ambition, and an unbreakable partnership. From the moment they take control of Rome’s power structure, they face relentless opposition—from whispered betrayals to direct threats, including the relentless pursuit of their downfall by Elena Vasquez and later Dominic Renaud, a Geneva-based strategist who attempts to dismantle their empire from afar. Through violence, precision, and unwavering control, Leonardo and Xena eliminate every obstacle, ensuring Rome bends to their reign and never rises against them again. But their legacy is more than just dominance—it is permanence, and that permanence is solidified through the birth of their heir, Orion DeMarcus. Faced with the impossible balance between war and family, they fortify their estate, strengthen their dynasty, and raise Orion to be a ruler as fierce and tactical as they are, ensuring the DeMarcus name will never fade. As years pass, Orion rises, taking command of the empire, expanding beyond his parents’ reign, proving that everything Leonardo and Xena built was meant to last long beyond their rule. And in the final reflection, as Xena looks back on their time together, she understands one undeniable truth: Power may shift. Empires may evolve. But the love between her and Leonardo—the fire that shaped their dynasty—will never burn out.

My husband's ex, Sarah Miller, once ditched him to chase a rich guy. When she came back, she was crippled, dragging along two scrawny kids. The day I found out I was pregnant, Jake Carter demanded a divorce. "Sarah is too weak to manage alone, and her kids need someone. I've got to step up," he said. I nodded calmly and went straight to the hospital for an abortion. In my past life, I fought to keep the baby and refused the divorce, even exposing Sarah's dirty secrets to the world. Her reputation was ruined. She became a pariah, and eventually, she took her kids and ended it all. In her blood-soaked suicide note, she blamed me for driving her to despair. Thus, Jake hated me to the core. He hired thugs to assault me, posted the video online, and spread lies that I was a cheater. In the end, he threw me and our child into the sea. As I died, he snarled, "This is what you get for killing Sarah!" When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day he demanded a divorce. This time, I agreed on the spot. Jake was thrilled, dreaming of winning Sarah back. What he didn't know was that, in my past life, I uncovered why Sarah was dumped. Her private life was a mess, and she caught AIDS.

After her parents and younger sister get murdered by an unknown person, Devinity makes it her priority to catch the killer and murder him herself. Being born into a mafia family makes the suspect list even longer but that doesn’t stop her laid down plans until Reign shows up and claims her as his. Reign is the most feared Mafia boss in and out of the state. He is known to be ruthless and eliminates his opponents like flies. However, the mafia world is in a spiral when they learn there is a ledger containing every secret that exists in the underworld. Reign is bent on getting his hands on it before any other person and when the only link is a feisty woman with only hate in her heart, he has to find a way to make her his ally or more..

Olivia married to world's most successful businessman, unfortunately for her; she comes across his brother whom happens to be her ex lover. Her husband's brother coming back into her life, they continue their former relationship behind his back, though knowing it was wrong they still continued. Her husband's business rival finds out of what they've been doing and blackmails them with it just to get something out of them, meanwhile not realising Olivia falls in love with her husband but still she betrays him and ends up regretting what she has done but what will true love prevail at the end?

Bastien marries me only for duty. I reject him and leave for good by faking my death. Yet he goes crazy looking for me. He says he loves me when we meet again. No! I don't buy it. I can't let him steal my child! ** "She's not yours!" The front door was locked and deadbolted, but it only takes Bastien and his Betas a moment to break past those defenses. As Bastien towers in the doorway, his silver eyes glowing with barely contained fury, I realize it's all over. Everything I've worked for these past three years is already lost; every tear I've shed and sacrifice I've made has all been for nothing. I come to stand in front of my ex-husband. Goddess I’d forgotten how handsome he is; how tall. It doesn’t feel right to be so near him without our bodies touching; it takes all my strength not to reach out to him. “Hello Bastien.” Whatever he was expecting, it clearly wasn’t this. His silver eyes stop their hungry head-to-toe scan of my body, settling on my face and blinking in surprise. I can see the gears turning in his head, piecing together the puzzle of my presence here and replacing shock with confusion and anger. “Is that really all you have to say to me?” I cock my head to the side. “What would you have me say?” “I thought you were dead!” He barks, making my wolf tuck her tail between her legs. Unlike my wolf, I have more than enough bad memories and regrets to withstand his ire. “Oh I’m sorry, did my funeral get in the way of your wedding plans?”

After being given special tasks by their boss to perform secret investigation that could save their media company and at the same time, their careers. Delilah, a struggling journalist who had been fighting with a bad heart disease since she was a kid brought it upon herself to find out about these dominating CEOs that have been in an infamous rumor some time ago that they weren't just CEOs but have deep secrets. Will Delilah achieve this dangerous mission that could save her failing career and shock the entire media? What happens when she suddenly finds herself in a strange place she'd have called a fantasy land after tailing some certain CEOs' cars? Would she be able to achieve her mission before the time she has remaining to leave elapses? What happens when Delilah becomes entangled between two strong powerful Alphas?