Ottoman Empire On Map Novels & Stories

Alexander Guerriero: Being in the mafia promises a certain type of lifestyle, certain expectations. Along with the respect, the money, the women, also comes the darker side with the danger, the violence, the blood. But above all else, there are the Rules. As the Boss, I need to ensure my empire in the crime underworld remains in order. If not, it shows weakness, tempting the vultures circle and take my empire from me. Because there is no mercy. Ever. So, when I discover one of my soldiers has done me dirty, stealing my goods, I need to make an example of him. No one breaks my Rules! Yet, what happens when it is me who begins to break the Rules? As the Boss, am I above them? Or will my empire come crumbling down because she walked into my life. Rain Coleman: As a romance writer, going to Italy should have been fun. It should have been inspiring for my next best seller! I wish I could say it is why I went to Italy. My brother had basically ghosted me, worried me, for the last five years. So, when I discovered he was there, I packed my bags and went out to find him. Yet, when I do, I discover he’s a member of the mafia, and I’m suddenly dragged into that dark world. Especially, when the Boss has sent for my brother. The Boss, whose molten, dark eyes stir something deep inside me that I can’t deny. And with his confusing demand to keep me around in exchange for my brother’s life, I find myself breaking my promise that I made three years ago to protect my heart.

Amber built an empire she was never allowed to claim. Brilliant, strategic, and fiercely loyal, Amber was the mind behind a billion-dollar real estate empire—the woman who identified undervalued properties, structured acquisitions, and designed expansion projects that reshaped skylines. But when betrayal strikes, she’s fired, humiliated, and discarded by the man she helped rise to the top. She walks away with nothing but her intelligence, her dignity… and the projects that were always hers. What her ex-fiancé never expects is his powerful half-brother. A billionaire real estate magnate in his own right, controlled, private, and raising two adopted children on his own, he offers Amber something unexpected: a contractual marriage. No romance. No lies. Just mutual benefit. A public wife to stabilize his corporate image—and a strategic partner who understands the business better than anyone. Amber accepts. She takes her real estate projects with her—developments she sourced, designed, and negotiated from the ground up—and brings them into her new husband’s company. Entire portfolios shift overnight. Investments follow her. For the first time, her name is on the contracts, her voice dominates boardrooms, and her success is undeniable. As Amber rises, the real estate empire she once built in silence begins to crumble. Deals collapse without her leadership. Bad investments surface. And the company her ex-fiancé claimed as his own crashes spectacularly—while Amber thrives, wealthier and more powerful than ever. But what begins as a business arrangement slowly becomes something far more dangerous. Because power is intoxicating. Trust is fragile. And love was never part of the contract.

Anika Sterling was the perfect wife, the perfect employee, and the perfect scapegoat. Betrayed by her husband, discarded by her step-sister, and left to drown in the dark waters of the river, Anika’s life was supposed to end. But destiny, and the most dangerous man in the city, had other plans. Everyone knows the legend of Icelyn Alabaster Sterling: cold, untouchable, and utterly heartless. He is the man who oversees an empire, the man who terrifies his own nephew, and the man Anika Sterling once feared from across a crowded room. Saved by him, Anika is given a choice: vanish forever, or burn her past to the ground. She chooses war. By marrying the man who holds the Sterling empire’s strings, she transforms from the discarded wife into the formidable "Aunt" who commands respect. But as Anika builds her legacy, she uncovers a secret: the terrifying realization that her savior’s love wasn't a rescue... It was a hunt, and what's more terrifying, she wanted him to.

For centuries, the empire of Jerash had known only one perpetual enemy, blood suckers. Emperor Julius, having killed hundreds of them, hands over the throne to his son, Sebastian. But just after Sebastian's arranged marriage to the fairest princess in the land, they are attacked by blood suckers and Sebastian gets bitten.

Rainer Arden is a mercenary from Earth who is taken by Coliarian empire to fight in a tournament that will decide the fate of the world. With no way out, he must survive in a new environment that is completely different from what he has ever seen. However he soon comes to realize, events are not what they seem in this tournament.

Eilling Weasley only wants one thing; to get out of school in one piece. When the school's most popular group of students, The Prime empire, picks an interest in her, that goal is ultimately crushed. Now, she's exposed to their popular life, their parties, and, their games. Also, she's falling for one of them, fast.

In the shadows of Italy's underworld, one rule reigns: 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' Alessandro Morano, a Mafia Godfather, walks a thin line between loyalty and deception. When Amelia Cooper enters his life, Alessandro must choose: Protect his empire or risk everything for love.

The day the Thorne family announced our engagement, the New York underworld let out a collective sigh of relief. Because I was set to marry Daemon, the most straitlaced Don in the city, which meant I could no longer be the wild rose who tore up the racetrack. But I resisted with every fiber of my being, finding creative ways to test his limits. During his ten-million-dollar card game with a rival family's Capo, my hand "slipped" and sent a bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti spilling across the ancient map that outlined their territories, sabotaging the entire negotiation. Daemon, however, just slowly and deliberately wiped the wine from the back of his hand. He didn't even frown as he cleaned up my mess. Then I "accidentally" let my spirited Arabian stallion loose in his immaculately manicured courtyard. The beast went wild, trampling his prize-winning rose garden into mud. But he arrived with his private doctor in tow, crouching before me as his long fingers gently traced the scratch on my arm. "Did the beast hurt you?" Just that one question, and my heart melted completely. "Daemon, I can marry you. But before that, has there ever been another woman who owned your heart?" "I don't share my man. Not in any way." He pointed to his heart, his gaze unwavering as he met my eyes. "Before you, this was empty." After we married, the word on the street in New York's circles of power was this: If you angered Don Thorne, his Donna might plead your case. But if you angered the Donna, you were on your own. Even I began to believe that Daemon, that mountain of ice, would eventually melt for me. Until the day I went to find him, clutching a positive pregnancy test, bursting with joy. Only to hear the family's Consigliere ask him, from the top-floor study, what the best lie he'd ever told was. Daemon chuckled and said casually, "She asked me if anyone had my heart before her." "I told her no."

In the Werewolf Empire, apart from the small packs, there are only two big packs. These two packs, The White wolf pack and the Black wolf pack, swore allegiance to each other to be brothers for life. Not until White wolf pack decided to join hands with the small packs to destroy the Black wolf pack. Lydia Martin is the Princess of the Werewolf Empire and White wolf pack. She’s the King's only daughter and will be turning 18, after her mother’s death her father became her worst enemy. Her father the King, decided to throw a feast to celebrate her 18th birthday, although this party was being held to mark her coming of age, her father intended to give her out to be nobles of the small pack who helped him conquer the Black wolf pack so as to maintain peace relationship with them when he heard of their plan to attack his own kingdom so they can become the big packs. Derek Hales, the Alpha of the Black-wolf pack and the enemy of the White wolf pack. His parents were killed by White-wolf packs and the Smaller packs, three years ago when he was just 19. He must avenge the death of his parents and his pack and take back the empire which is rightfully his. And he picked the day of the feast when Lydia would be turning 18 and when all the packs who helped kill his parents and pack will be together so he can strike once. What happens when Derek and Lydia finds out they are mate on the day of the attack and Derek drags her to his pack. Derek and Lydia both struggles through the twists and turns as they tried to build a relationship out of the ashes.

A bought marriage. An uncontrollable desire. An empire at stake. Lorenzo Moretti doesn’t seduce. He dominates. A billionaire CEO feared across Europe, Lorenzo rules Milan like a modern king: cold, ruthless, untouchable. Until his grandfather’s will traps him with a single humiliating condition, to keep the empire, he must take a wife. No love. No romance. Just strategy. Sofia Duarte is broken. Her family’s studio is drowning in debt, her father is destroyed, and the legacy she swore to protect is about to be erased. When Lorenzo offers an obscene deal, marriage in exchange for salvation, she hates every word… and accepts. A contract. Twelve months. One house. One bed. A perfect image. What Lorenzo buys is a wife. What he gets is a woman who refuses to bow. Between explosive arguments, forced proximity, and power games that turn into seduction, hatred starts to burn. The looks last too long. The touches cross forbidden lines. Breathing changes. And when the tension finally breaks, it isn’t gentle. It’s fire. Because Lorenzo doesn’t know how to love, he knows how to possess. And Sofia doesn’t know how to obey, she challenges, provokes, and ignites him. While enemies close in on the empire and the media hunts for cracks in their perfect lie, the contract becomes a golden cage where desire turns into weapon, weakness, and addiction. He bought her to save his throne. She married him to save her family. Neither of them was ready for what happens when Milan’s most dangerous CEO loses control… in bed, in power, and in his heart. Luxury. Domination. Forced proximity. Contract marriage. Obsessive CEO. Strong heroine. Sexual tension that turns into wildfire. She was an agreement.