Novels Set In California

Two mafia heirs. One dangerous obsession. Sasha Mikhailov was sent to watch Nico Vescari—and kill him when the time came. Nico was sent to negotiate peace… or set the world on fire. What begins as a game of power and provocation spirals into something neither man can control. Violence becomes foreplay. Secrets become chains. And between blood and betrayal, they find the one thing more dangerous than war—each other. Dark. Addictive. Devastating. This is the story of two broken men who will burn the world before they let go.

At that exact moment, it hit me—I was never even a side character in this novel. I was just a pitiful nobody, not even worth a name in the story. In the original plot, I’d loved the wrong guy for six whole years, only to end up betrayed, locked away, and left to die a horrible death in the red-light district. But now, I’d woken up. I knew how the story was supposed to go, and I was never gonna follow that damned script to my inevitable end. To escape and get back at everyone who’d hurt me, who’d betrayed me, I set my sights on a man no one dared to mess with—my boyfriend’s adoptive father, Alexander Knight, the famous “Ice Tycoon” of the upper class. This alpha was cold, ruthless, and known for his unbreakable self-discipline. I’d planned to get close to him, seduce him—even sell my body if I had to—just to get his protection and run from the fate I’d suffered in my past life. But I never could’ve guessed that the second I stepped into his world, everything would start to spiral out of control. Caught between revenge, desire, and a destiny that was supposed to be set in stone, I had to make a choice: walk away before everything fell apart, or risk it all to take a role that was never meant for me. When fate stopped playing favorites, not everyone could handle losing their spot as the hero.

“Please… please don’t kill me,” Lily begged with blood and tears streaming from her face as the big wolf hovered over her. “I’ll give you anything you want… money… anything!” she sobbed. The big wolf studied her for a few seconds and then in one haul, he pulled her car from the ditch where it was upturned and set it on the road. But as soon as it set the car on the road, Lily pumped the ignition as fast as she could and sped off leaving a wake of dust in her trail. As she drove, her eyes darted between the road ahead and the rearview mirror nothing with fear that the Big Wolf was chasing her. He was gaining in on her… it was only a matter of seconds before he’ll get her and tear her apart. She drove as fast as she could, crying and begging on the universe to save her. Suddenly the path curved, surprising Lily who wasn’t expecting the path to take such turn. With full speed, she veered of the road and drove right into a tree. She could hear the pounding paws of the Big Wolf… even in her dying state, he didn’t want to relent. “Moon goddess, please!” she murmured in her head, tasting her blood which was flowed from her face to her mouth. Just before the darkness enclosed her… she saw it rush towards her, was this really her end?

Natasha didn't expect that a casual one night stand would lead to her being pregnant. She quickly searched for the man she had a one night stand with and told him about her unexpected pregnancy but the man refused to accept her pregnancy. He even had his men escort her away from his presence. Ten Months later, Natasha encountered the man that had rejected her and her pregnancy. He is Dmitry Pushkin, a misogynist and a cold blooded hot CEO. He was by far the most powerful man in the city and is known for his hatred towards women. Now a miracle Doctor and a mother of two cute babies. Natasha will do anything to stay away from this icy man. But her kids and her healing skills caught the man's attention. The man was about opening his heart up to her when her stepmother and stepsister set her up to be the murderer of his god sister and his mother. Not just that, her stepmother also set her up in a deadly accident that led to her 'death' and 'that of her babies.' Five years later, Natasha is back! Stronger than she ever was. Will she be able to expose her evil stepsister and Stepmother and prove her innocence to Dmitry Pushkin, who was now engaged to her evil stepsister? Will she be able to claim her twin from her stepsister who's now claiming to be mother over her twin? Will Natasha and Dmitry have a love story?

After Katarina Andretti graduated valedictorian of her college class she thought her future was set for her. Oh how wrong she was. Her gambling, alcoholic father owes money to a local mafia boss. A lot of money. Ten million dollars to be exact. Taken from her graduation after party and placed in a room with a double-sided mirror, Katarina has no idea what is at stake when he sits down at the table with to play a game of poker with the ruthless tyrant. At least not until she is brought into the room to sit right next to him. Alejandro King is a local mafia boss with a problem. One, he doesn't appreciate his clients owing him money and not repaying him and two, he has to find a wife by his twenty-fifth birthday in to stay in power of the families or his cousin Javier takes over. When he first sees Katarina he is taken aback by her beauty and innocence. She seems to be just what he has been looking for. Both beauty and brains. He negotiates with Chase Tomas, Katarina's father for his daughter but when Tomas says no Alejandro challenges him to a game of poker, Tomas' weakness. Little does anyone know but the game has been set up to let Alejandro because once Alejandro sets his sights on something he wants he always gets it even if he has to take extreme measures to ensure he gets his possession, namely Katarina.

*Book 4* Isolde's life was full of love and joy. She was set to be High Priestess of the makkari, but everything changed in a single night when she lost everything at the hands of someone she thought she could trust. For centuries she has been on the run, helping the supernatural community under the cloak of anonymity while she works to clear her name and save the very people after her, from destruction. Enemies are closing in, but an unexpected complication befalls her when she realises she's been fated to someone who wants her species exterminated. After all, an evil chance seldom comes alone. A Queen Among Darkness is the fourth book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

Northvale Academy worships its hockey captains like gods. Kael Donovan, flawless and feared. Jace Morgan, reckless and dangerous. And Kain, the rogue who was never meant to set foot on campus. All three have one thing in common—her. Lila Carter only wanted a normal life, but their eyes burn like fire, their touch brands her skin, and their rivalry sharpens into something deadly. Three alphas. One forbidden bond. And when the full moon rises, their war for her will spill more than blood.

[18+] warning Spread your legs, Baby, because am you all night? What are you waiting for? Come eat my now! ***************************************** Cassandra Knight changes when her father passes away, and the 20-year-old Mafia Princess, still new to this lifestyle, is forced to marry her worst enemy, Alessandro Russo, with whom she has a history, for there to be peace in families. Alessandro Russo, A 30-year-old ruthless and cold-blooded mafia Don with many secrets, is set to marry the beautiful Cassandra, who isn't quite fond of him.

In a world where power and status is everything, Princess Hazel, only determined to always be by her father, finds out she's at the cross road between life and death as numerous threats come for her life. In a bid to protect his daughter, the Alpha hires a Rogue Bodyguard, Remy to be her guide, but is this fate messing with them as they find out they are true mates? In a circle of betrayal, revenge, love-triangle and mate bond, can Remy and Hazel defy their fate? or will the dark secrets of their past set the path for blood and enmity, covering any trace of peace?

Kat was use to moving but it never got any easier. She dreaded having to constantly start over. She had all but given up on a forever place to call home. One day when her husband comes home and hands her a set of keys and a deed. He informs her this move would be the last, she was over the moon. It wasn’t long after moving in that she found her dream of a forever home was going to quickly turn into her worst nightmare. What was watching from underneath the floorboard?