Scarlet Widow Ship

My husband’s family has a tradition of couples living apart together, and he can't publicly acknowledge our relationship until a son is born. He forces me to respect his family's traditions and tells me to raise our daughter alone. Six years after we got married, Andrew Sonovan inherits everything his late brother left behind, including his widow, Kasey Jordan. To satisfy his family's demands for him to carry on both lines, he sleeps with Kasey time and time again. Then, he holds me in his arms. "I can have a proper wedding with you once Kasey gets pregnant and carries on my brother's line. Hold on for a bit longer…" However, all I get is the news of him marrying Kasey. "Marry me, Kasey! I'll make you the happiest woman in the world!" I watch as Andrew gets on one knee in the glow of the flickering candlelight. He looks at Kasey lovingly as he proposes. Meanwhile, she rubs her baby bump, looking blissful. My daughter and I stand outside the room and witness their happiness. It's only then do I understand that I'm the only one who's been in the dark for the past six years.

Arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, Mafia/cartel romance As the only daughter of the Kansas City capo, at eighteen years of age, I was given to the son of my father’s consigliere, a man who was expected to accomplish great things for the famiglia. Things didn’t go the way we planned. There wasn’t love. My husband was a traitor, taking part in a coup against the famiglia. He’s now dead. I’m free. Until the fateful night my brother, our new capo, informs me that I’ve once again been promised in marriage. He explains that as a childless widow and the daughter of the late capo dei capi, I am desired. Requested. Aléjandro Roríguez is the son of the leader of the Roríguez cartel. My brother married a woman from the cartel, securing the Mafia/cartel alliance. He says that it’s now my turn. I’ve only met my future husband a few times, but I know without a doubt that I don’t like him. Loving him is impossible. I’ve lived in a marriage without love. I won’t do it again. Aléjandro lives a dangerous existence. Death saved me once before. Maybe it will again. Have you been Aleatha’d?

After I fainted from the pain, I learned the truth about my mate Kaelen’s position as Alpha of the Grayswood pack. He had inherited it from his older brother, who had died in battle. Not only did Kaelen take his brother's power, but he also inherited his brother's widow, the former Luna, Lydia. I wanted to reject him and break free from our mate bond, but Kaelen wouldn’t let me. He begged me with tears in his eyes and promised, "I have to bear a pup with Lydia to truly inherit the pack. Violetta, I swear that you're the only one I love. Once Lydia is with pup, you and I can finally be together openly!" That year, Kaelen spent 54 nights in Lydia’s bed. At first, it was once a month, but soon it became nearly every two days. Finally, after the 54th night, the news came that Lydia was carrying his pup. And that was when I finally gave up hope. But when I faked my death and escaped with our pup, Kaelen went mad. He didn't care about the Alpha title he had just obtained. He searched the world over for us, desperate to find me and our pup.

Twenty-two stories. Twenty-two chances to lose yourself. From storm-stranded islands to tattoo parlors after dark, this collection takes you places you’ve never been with people you’ll never forget. A marine cartographer discovers that the most thrilling territory to explore isn’t on any map. A pastry chef learns that the sweetest pleasure comes with a sting. A mafia fixer breaks his one unbreakable rule. A firefighter finds heat that has nothing to do with flames. These aren’t your typical romance stories. Here, a museum archivist rediscovers her wild side. An insomniac musician becomes a sleep researcher’s favorite subject. Twin vocal coaches teach an opera singer to find her voice again. A tattoo artist and a widow bond over grief and ink. Each tale is different: different bodies, different desires, different ways of coming undone. Some encounters are tender. Others are raw. A few will make you blush in public. All of them will leave you breathless. Whether it’s the tension of waiting, the trust required to surrender, or the electricity of a first touch, each story explores what happens when two people finally give in to what they’ve been craving. Diverse. Bold. Unapologetically sensual. Your next obsession starts here.

Warning! 21+ areas. *** Married with a loved one, maybe everyone’s dream. But, what’s the point of it all if the person you love actually loves another woman, even though they have become husband and wife. Until divorce was inevitable. Lucrecia Lanzo, a young widow, 31 years old and has a son with her ex-husband. For the 6 years since her divorce, she had been trying to hide her son’s identity from her ex-husband. But fate united them together by accident. Lucrecia panicked and tried to think of ways to keep her son by her side. During the confusion and confusion, suddenly someone came. Until someone came into her life, but it was never in her plans, and she suddenly felt comfortable. What’s that? Could it be a prayer answered by God? Or is it love? Meeting in the middle of the night became the beginning of everything. Until finally they ended up in a complicated relationship that was bound by a contract. Black over white. An agreement to become lovers between Lucrecia, who is full of experience in all aspects, including bed matters, with a 27-year-old young man, who was very innocent and even unmarried man. What’s about their story? Did they successfully complete the contract or did they violate the contents of the contract. “I want to be by your side, but not as an alternate for the person in your past,”-,

Barbara Neil Aryan never planned to become a killer. But after discovering her boyfriend’s betrayal with her best friend, a thirst for vengeance and a mental illness leaves her with no choice. Desperate to escape incarceration, she stumbles into the dark underworld, where she is promised a chance to reinvent herself and clear her name, but Barbie gets sucked further into the underworld, where she is reborn as the “Black Widow,” an assassin with an unmatchable kill record and a deadly reputation. Even though it is not the life she imagined for herself, she embraces it, until her broken world shatters once again when she’s assigned an impossible target: Xavier Knight. He’s cunning, he’s lethal...and something she never expected—a werewolf. But those creatures aren’t real, right? Xavier is everything Barbara despises—arrogant, magnetic, and maddeningly charming, but as he draws her into his world, Barbara discovers more than just a target. For the first time in her life, she’s faced with a man who might actually mend her fractured heart and restore her hope in men. Now, Barbara stands on the edge of two paths: abandoning her deadly past or embracing an unknown future in Xavier’s arms. But when vengeance is all you know, can you really surrender to love?

Sypnosis: Vangeline Lincoln never imagined her life would flip overnight from being the quiet, cast-aside daughter to carrying the next generation of the most dangerous mafia family in the country. Drugged and disgraced at her sister’s 18th birthday, Vangelina wakes up next to a mysterious stranger with a ring engraved “Yung Master X.” Months later, she gives birth to six brilliant children… but her ruthless stepmother and half-sister steal her firstborn daughter and ship her off as damaged goods. Unbeknownst to them, that stranger was Xavier Yung.. the hidden genius of the feared Yung mafia dynasty. For three years, Stella Lincoln lives inside the Yung estate, passing off the stolen child as hers to climb into wealth and power. But Xavier and his brothers are far smarter than she anticipated and they’re watching. Closely. When Vangeline returns with her five prodigious children and a global empire under her name, chaos erupts. Bloodlines are tested, truths resurface, and loyalties fracture. And when Xavier learns he has six children, not one… he doesn’t just want revenge, he wants to rewrite the legacy Stella tried to steal. Love, lies, war. One family will rise, and the other will burn.

Bossy, strict hardworking, workaholic and still single at the age of 25 dahil sa pagiging mataray nito. 'Yan si Colleen Brylle Castro, isang Chief Engineer ng isa sa malaki at sikat na luxury cruise ship na lumilibot sa buong Europe at Asia. Isang hot at gorgeous seawoman na pinapangarap ng lahat pero tinatarayan lang nito at nilalagpasan. Sa pagiging workaholic nito ay wala itong oras na inaaksaya para lamang makipagtalo o kaya ay makipag-date sa kung sino man. Ano kaya ang mangyayari kung aksidenteng makilala niya ang 21 years okd na bubbly, playgirl at spoiled brat na 'rich kid' at isip batang si Jane Mondragon na wala nang ibang ginawa kundi ay kulitin siya? At ano ang gagawin ni Jane kung talagang parang nakababatang kapatid lang ang tingin ni Coleen sa kanya kahit 'di niya pa rin mapigilang ma-in love dito dahil sa pagiging sweet at maalaga nito? Tanggapin kaya ni Coleen ang umuusbong na nararamdaman niya para kay Jane kahit alam niya'ng mali dahil sa pagiging kapwa babae nito?

“I want a different kind of meal from Arya,” Juan teased. “What’s that?” “Why don’t you sit on my face and you’ll know.” *+*++**++* Arya was never meant to stand out. With a deceased mother, an abusive father, and only a high school certificate to her name, she lived quietly and worked as a waitress in a bar, but one night she got just one look from Juan Moreno, the most feared mafia lord in Sicily and things went south. Sold like property to a man she didn’t know, Arya thought the worst had already happened. Until Juan came for her. He didn’t save her only, he claimed her just to have owner ship of her and then locked her in a prison disguised as a mansion. Now, she’s the most wanted woman—not for a crime, but for her beauty. And two ruthless mafia kings are at a cold war for ownership of her body. Juan, believes Dominic—his longtime rival who wants Arya is the only threat. But when he faces several attacks from an enemy he once thought was dead, he realizes his empire might fall. Can Juan protect the woman he would burn the world for, or will he be forced to hand her to the only man who might keep her alive?

"Fine, I’ll do it, but only on the condition that my grandma gets proper treatment. If you don’t hold your end of the bargain,” Sandra said as her tone quieted down before adding, “even the stars won’t save you from me.” ******* He wanted a bride, and unknown to him, he’d married the wrong bride. Aztec Marshall was cruel, and toxic for a powerful alpha, but that was how he reigned. Many who knew him were too scared to even look in his direction. Women who loved his dangerous aura wanted him, but all he needed was for his pack to be strong. She was a simple human, with simple desires, though her greatest challenge was to finance her sickling grandma, the only family that truly cared about her. Adopted into a werewolf family, Sandra Franzel didn't know that she was just a contingency plan for them, until the dreaded day came, when she had to fit herself into a damn gown, thanks to her sister, Scarlet who had made a run for it on her wedding day. However, for the sake of her grandma, Sandra wasn't scared to be the devil’s wife. Bound by a marriage of convenience, they both have to learn to live with each other, even though the longer they stay married, the more secrets come to the surface.