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He was a detective hunting a ghost. Until the ghost decided to hunt him back. Detective Alex Marchetti has spent months building a case against Vincenzo, a Mafia boss who exists only in whispers. When Vincenzo finally walks into his interrogation room, Alex thinks he's won. He's wrong. Vincenzo reveals he's been watching Alex for even longer—knows his routines, his apartment, his dead partner. The interrogation wasn't an arrest. It was an invitation. As Alex's life unravels—his captain exposed as corrupt, his partner murdered and framed as suicide, his career destroyed—he's left with nowhere to go. So he walks into Vincenzo's estate and surrenders. What follows is a volatile dance of obsession and desire. Vincenzo is possessive, tender, cruel by turns. Alex hates how his body responds. But when a rival family kidnaps him, Vincenzo unleashes hell to get him back. In the blood-soaked aftermath, they collide—desperate, violent, electric. Then the truth emerges: Alex's father, a cop, was killed by Vincenzo's father, the Don. And Vincenzo knew. Betrayal. Lies. A legacy of blood. As Vincenzo's sister betrays the family and his long-lost brother returns to claim the empire, Alex faces an impossible choice: walk away from the man who dismantled his life… or stand beside him as they burn it all down. "You're here because I wanted you to be." A slow-burn MM Mafia/Cop romance packed with twists, toxicity, and raw passion. The hunter becomes the hunted. The prisoner becomes the king. And love becomes the most dangerous weapon of all.

He is obsessed, not with her smile but with her tears. She is trying to escape, not just from his tortures but from her inferno. The dark world where no one is innocent, and nothing is pure. Everyone is a villain and everyone is a hero. Here, innocence kills you, and evilness traps you; there is no way to escape. The one who survives the wickedness is the survivor, there are no rules, and the game never ends, but will rules change if vengeance turns into infatuation, where death is not allowed to be part of, yet pain is a must! Welcome to the wicked world of revenge and obsession!

As Dash completes his rigorous alpha training and assumes his position as leader of the pack, long-held secrets begin to resurface, shattering the fragile peace they had maintained. The revelation of Rosalie's unspeakable trauma and Dash's past sins forces them to confront their tangled history and the undeniable bond that ties them together. In the aftermath of a devastating betrayal, Rosalie finds herself returning to her pack with a weighty secret, buried deep within her heart. Determined to shield herself and those around her, she conceals the truth, hiding in the shadows and avoiding the gaze of her ex-lover, Dash. Little does she know, Dash himself is shadowed by a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel their lives in ways they never imagined. Amidst the chaos, a web of deceit, and a fragile love that refuses to be extinguished, their journey unfolds. With each passing moment, the stakes grow higher, drawing them closer to an explosive confrontation that will test their resilience, challenge their loyalties, and ignite a fire that could either consume them or forge an unbreakable union.

For three years, Laurie Rayne lived as the perfect wife. She was silent, devoted, and invisible in the shadow of the Voss empire. Every bestselling creation credited to the Voss name bore her fingerprints, but none bore her name. And Zane Voss, her cold, distant husband, never once gave her his heart. Now his first love is back, and Laurie is nothing more than a forgotten pawn; discarded, humiliated, and blamed for everything that went wrong. But when her younger brother's life is on the line, Laurie begs Zane for help… only to be spat on and called a leech. Cornered by desperation, Laurie does the unthinkable… She auctions herself off to the highest bidder. Theron Blackmoor: ruthless billionaire, feared businessman, and the man who buys her at a price that shocks the world. He makes her his possession, but promises her power in return. Anything she wants: except her freedom. As Laurie experiences the dark, seductive world of Theron, she uncovers secrets that were never meant to surface. Zane is not done with her. And the past she thought she left behind may be the key to taking everything back. Love was never part of the deal. But is it? Revenge? That was always the plan. ♠

In a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand, Shattered Promises unravels the haunting story of a woman whose heart became both a weapon and a wound. Alina Carter thought she had everything — a passionate love, a promising future, and a man who swore the stars would always belong to her. But when his lies shattered her world, all that remained were broken promises and the echoes of a love she no longer recognized. The night she discovered his betrayal was the night her innocence died — and something darker was born within her. Years later, Alina has rebuilt her life, or so it seems. Behind her composed smile hides a storm of pain, guilt, and vengeance. When fate brings her face-to-face with the ghosts of her past — and a stranger whose presence feels dangerously familiar — she’s forced to confront not only the man who ruined her, but the woman she has become. Every secret has a cost. Every lie leaves a scar. And every shattered promise demands a reckoning. As Alina’s world spirals into a web of deceit, obsession, and passion, she finds herself torn between the darkness that seeks revenge and the light that offers redemption. But can love be reborn from the ashes of betrayal — or is she destined to destroy the very thing she’s trying to save? Shattered Promises is a gripping suspense thriller laced with forbidden desire, twisted secrets, and emotional intensity. It explores how love can heal or haunt, and how sometimes, the heart’s most dangerous enemy is the truth we refuse to face. In a story where trust is fragile and loyalty comes at a price, Alina must decide: will she be the victim of her past

Violet Greco just wanted her father to see her,Instead he sold her. So she did what she always does, she made plan. Aleksei Carmene accepted the arrangement to get his father off his back. The Greco daughter was a business decision. A name on a contract and nothing more. Two rival families. One political marriage arranged to end a war neither family started, She walks in with poison in her bouquet and an exit strategy. He walks in with a contract. Neither of them planned on the other being exactly what they needed.

The Rowan estate has stood for centuries, its walls bearing witness to generations of triumph, tragedy, and a quiet, inescapable weight. Known for influence and misfortune, the Rowans guard a secret: the house is a memory vessel, absorbing the emotions and events of its inhabitants. Only one child per generation—“the one who carries it”—feels its imprint. For Jace Rowan, that child is him. Haunted by flashes of his brother Elias’s mysterious death in the sealed west wing, Jace lives with hallucination-like memories, déjà vu, and a physical sensitivity to the house’s presence. When Ava arrives at the estate, the house takes notice. Her father’s disappearance connects her unknowingly to the Rowans, and her grief fuels an emotional resonance the house cannot ignore. Objects from her past—her father’s watch, sketches of the west wing, and a brass key—materialize mysteriously before her, drawing Ava deeper into the estate’s labyrinth of memory. Jace knows the danger: the west wing reacts to emotion, and Ava’s connection could awaken truths meant to remain buried. As tension mounts, Ava and Jace confront both the house’s power and their own growing fears. The west wing does not seek to harm but to claim understanding—feeding on memory, fear, and revelation. In the shadows, a presence lingers, one that Jace fears is connected to Ava’s father. Bound by fear, curiosity, and an unspoken attraction, Ava and Jace must navigate a house that remembers, reacts, and judges, uncovering secrets about Elias’s death, Ava’s father, and the legacy of the Rowan family itself. In a world where emotion is power and the past is never truly gone, the house holds its breath—and waits to see who will survive its memory.

“Don’t worry, Kacie... he’s coming for you. We’ll make sure you’re safe. And when he does… every soul that ever hurt you will pay. They will tremble at the sound of your voice and kneel at your feet." My lips trembled as I forced the words out, barely more than a whisper. “Who is he? Will I… will I truly be safe with him?” Kacie Brooks has spent years in captivity, enduring torturous experiments by human scientists who are desperate to unlock the secrets of her kind–werewolves. When she's finally rescued by Alpha Theonardo, a possessive and fiercely protective Alpha who turns out to be her fated mate, freedom now feels almost as terrifying as the cage she left behind. Kacie learned how to live again–to trust, to heal, and to find her place in a new pack filled with strangers. But danger isn’t far from her. The scientists are far from finished, this time, they’ve formed a deadly alliance with a powerful witch who’s out for revenge against the werewolves.

Blurb: Tiara, an omega who tragically lost her parents to unknown and strange circumstances, lived on the outskirts of town in the remains of her parent's home as it was the one of the few things she had to remember them in her course to find out the cause of their untimely and forgotten death. She lives all alone after serving as a maid in her uncle's house literally all day, enduring hardships and isolation, leaving her with little or no time to make ends meet. To survive, she gathered herbs from the woods a few miles away from her house and sold them at the market to make a living. The woods that laid behind her house also served as the hunting ground for the alpha who is always accompanied by his most trusted aides and subordinates. Fate finally intervened when Tiara and Edwin met on one of their numerous visits to the woods. Edwin discovered that they were fated to each other the moment her set his eyes on her but Tiara could not because she was an omega, very weak at heart, unable to feel the bond immediately. Despite the fact that they clicked almost immediately, their bond and choices faced so many challenges that threatened to tear them apart. Will they overcome their challenges? What will be Tiara's fate? Will she be right by Edwin's side, taking her rightful position as the Luna to the Darkmoon pack? Will she find out the cause of her parents death?

They say a wedding dress is a promise of forever. Mine was a shroud for the girl I used to be. I was sold to a monster to pay for my father’s sins. I expected to spend my wedding night praying for a quick death at the hands of Don Moretti. Instead, I got a bloodbath. Before the first glass of champagne could shatter, the doors were kicked open by the city’s most terrifying nightmare: Dante "The Butcher" Vane. He didn't come to save me. He came to collect. By the time the sun rose, my husband was a corpse, my family home was in ashes, and I was draped across the lap of the man who had been stalking me from the shadows for years. "Your father didn't just owe the Don, Bianca," he whispered, his thumb tracing the line of my throat with lethal tenderness. "He owed me. And I’ve decided you’re the only currency I’ll accept." Now, I am a prisoner in his fortress—a gilded cage where the line between fear and desire is blurred by every dark touch. Dante is a tyrant, a red flag wrapped in Italian silk, and a man who claims to be my protector while keeping me in chains. But as the secrets of our shared past begin to bleed out, I realize the "Butcher" has a weakness. He doesn't just want my body; he wants my soul. He thinks he’s breaking me. He doesn't realize that in the silence of my mourning, I’ve stopped being the victim. I’m learning his triggers. I’m studying his scars. And once I make the King of the Underworld fall for the widow he created... I won't just take my freedom. I’ll take his empire.