Sicilian Cosa Nostra

Acostarme con mi mejor amigo fue algo que no debería haber ocurrido. Nos hicimos una promesa cuando éramos jóvenes, pero la promesa fue olvidada hace mucho tiempo, al menos por él, pero no por mí. Yo no olvidé que era mi príncipe azul. Salía con chicas, cosa que no me importaba porque yo aún era menor de edad. Dormíamos en la misma cama hasta el día de hoy, pero nunca cruzamos la línea. El problema comenzó cuando su prometida no se presentó a su boda, y tuve que jugar a ser su novia por el día solo para salvar las apariencias. Esa fue la fecha en que todo cambió. Tuvimos la noche más caliente y me dijo que no debería haber pasado porque estaba saliendo con mi mejor amiga, Candice. Eso me golpeó en las tripas. Debería haber sabido que nuestras promesas estaban fuera de lugar. Debería haber sabido que nuestras promesas fueron olvidadas hace mucho tiempo. Eso duele, pero nada duele más que descubrir que estás embarazada del hijo de tu mejor amiga y no puedes decírselo porque está enamorado de tu amiga.

—Tío, por favor, te lo suplico… ayúdame a quitarme esta cosa… En cuanto la mejor amiga de mi hija se levantó el vestido, vi algo que parecía sacado de otra época: un cinturón de castidad con un candado que solo un hombre podría abrir. Justo cuando la jovencita se lanzó hacia mí con los ojos llorosos, su compañera de departamento de treinta años llegó a la casa y se puso celosa al vernos. Con unas copas encima, se quitó la chaqueta y también se lanzó hacia mí. —Hazte a un lado, niña, deja que los adultos… tengan una buena charla... Una era una jovencita dulce y la otra era una mujer madura con un cuerpo increíble. Ya no pude contenerme…

I'm the De Luca family's dirty little secret, their bastard daughter. And I was stupid enough to fall for Marco Moretti, the heir to our rivals. On our wedding day, my sister, Isabella, drugged me. When I woke up, she was wearing my dress. Standing at the altar. Becoming his wife. Heartbroken, I ran to a bar to drown my sorrow. And that’s where I discovered I was pregnant. Marco held me, crying. He swore he loved me, only me. He promised he’d divorce Isabella as soon as our child was born. But on the day I gave birth, Isabella murdered us both. Me and my baby. That’s when I finally understood. Marco would always choose a true-blooded princess of the Cosa Nostra. And me? The bastard? I was just a loose end. A problem to be erased. Then I opened my eyes. I was back. Back on the day she drugged me. Their wedding day. This time, I'm not marrying the heir. I'm marrying the Don. But first... I'm going to ruin this wedding.

My fiancé, Luca, dragged me along to a party with his crew. We had barely walked through the door before his boys were hounding him to play "Seven Minutes in Heaven." "Angelina, babe, come join us!" Fiona, Luca’s "best friend" from back home, called out to me with a smirk. I shook my head and slipped onto a barstool, my fingers nervously tracing the rim of my glass. I watched them huddle in a circle, drawing cigar bands with names scribbled on them. Luca drew Fiona. They shared a laugh before disappearing into the storage room behind the bar. "Seven minutes! Starting... now!" someone hollered, followed by a chorus of whistles. But seven minutes came and went. The door stayed shut. Ten minutes. Fifteen. Twenty... I finally stood up, my heart hammering against my ribs, ready to see what was going on. Just then, I heard Luca’s friends whispering in a thick Sicilian dialect. "This American guy... her head is greener than a lemon tree in Palermo and she doesn’t even know it." "I bet Luca and Fiona are having the time of their lives in there right now." "Poor Boston girl. Look at her, sitting there like a loyal little dog. Hilarious." I froze. My blood turned to ice, and the air felt too thin to breathe. Suddenly, the storage room door creaked open. Luca walked out, wiping sweat from his brow, followed closely by Fiona, who was busy smoothing out her rumpled shirt. "Whoa, how was it? Seven minutes in heaven live up to the hype?" someone teased. Luca smirked, his eyes glazed with satisfaction. "Better. I didn't want to leave."

Tras la quiebra de mi familia, mi prometido, Javier Martínez, rompió el compromiso sin titubear y eligió a Lucía Giménez. Fue Pablo Romero quien saldó mis deudas, se hizo cargo del funeral de mi padre y me sacó del incendio en el que se había convertido mi vida. Durante los siguientes tres años, se quedó a mi lado. Justo cuando creí haber encontrado la redención, en la víspera de nuestra boda lo escuché conversar con su mejor amigo: —¿De verdad piensas casarte con Daniela? ¿No te da miedo que algún día se entere de que la muerte de su padre y la ruina de su familia fueron cosa tuya? —Lucía ya se casó con Javier. Me caso con Daniela y ya. Y si algún día lo descubre, ¿ qué? Yo pagué sus deudas, yo enterré a su padre. Con eso ya cumplí con ella. Ahí entendí que Pablo también me había mentido. De principio a fin, la única que se lo había creído todo había sido yo.

Mi esposa es piloto. Nos casamos hace tres años, pero desde entonces me ha dejado plantado dieciocho veces cada vez que quedamos para ir a registrar nuestro matrimonio. La primera vez que lo hizo fue cuando su aprendiz hizo su primer vuelo. Yo la esperé todo el día afuera del registro civil. La segunda vez fue cuando, tras recibir una llamada del mismo aprendiz, se dio la vuelta y se fue sin más, dejándome tirado a la orilla de la carretera. Después, cada vez que fijábamos una fecha para registrar nuestro matrimonio, a su aprendiz le pasaba algún tipo de problema, alguna cosa u otra. Al final, decidí dejarla. Pero cuando abordo un vuelo rumbo a Avalonia, ella me persigue hasta allí como si hubiera perdido la cabeza.

“No solo eres humana, sino también débil y frágil, tan diferente a mi tipo”, gritó mientras la apretaba contra la pared. Su lobo aullaba dentro de él, pero lo ignoró por completo y la miró directamente a los ojos, donde se reflejaban el miedo y el dolor. “Nunca te aceptaré como mi compañera, no porque seas humana, sino porque no eres en absoluto mi tipo. Amo a otra persona, y ella será mi compañera”, escupió esas palabras con una rabia tan intensa que hizo que las rodillas de la joven temblaran de miedo. El alfa Eric había odiado y rechazado a su compañera desde el mismo día en que puso los ojos en ella. Haría cualquier cosa por sacarla de su vida… hasta que todo cambió la noche en que la encontró en un club BDSM, donde tuvo que disfrazarse con una máscara. P.D.: En este libro, los hombres lobo viven entre los humanos, y su existencia no es conocida por todos. P.D.: Esta historia contiene un alto contenido sexual, específicamente con temáticas de dominación y sumisión.

Katrina D'Amore: I'm a human living in a pack of werewolves. Strange? Not really. Not when you consider I am the hybrid daughter of the Alpha. I just happened to be the twin that didn't get a wolf spirit. I've always assumed I wouldn't have a mate as a human. Yet since seeing Tiberius lying in that hospital bed, I've felt this strange pull to him. Could he be my mate? Or is it just my curiosity to know what he looks like under those bandages? Tiberius Bellomo: I woke up in this unfamiliar forest. I ran and ran, but I couldn't find my way out. Why can't I find my way home? My pack needs me. I have to find the Fayte sisters. I must protect them, but I'm alone in this forest—all except her. I don't know who she is, yet I do. She's my mate. I can smell her; I can hear her calling my name. But when I get close to her, she disappears. What kind of mental prison am I in? This is the third of the Incubi Pack series. You do not need to have read Alpha of Nightmares or The Hybrid Alpha to enjoy this book, but it is encouraged. The Incubi Pack Series: Book 1 - Alpha of Nightmares Book 2 - The Hybrid Alpha Book 3 - Dream Mate Anthology Short Story - Chosen Mate Anthology Bonus Story - Sicilian Holiday Anthology Short Story - The Quiet Giant's Mate Book 4 - Beta's Innocent Mate

"It won’t fit," I whispered, my breath hitching as he leaned closer, his lips grazing my ear. His voice was dark, commanding, and impossibly seductive. "You have no idea what your body is capable of. Relax and let me teach you." Alessia never believed in fairy tales. Life had taught her that happy endings were a cruel illusion. Struggling to care for her sick mother, she’s spent years working dead-end jobs, her sharp tongue and stubborn nature ensuring she never stayed anywhere for long. Now, she’s a bartender in a shady Sicilian bar, juggling rowdy customers and a boss who thinks a raise is only for women willing to strip. Then he walked in. Luca Romano is a man of few words but commands a room with his presence. The whispers about him are conflicting—billionaire, recluse, criminal mastermind. Women throw themselves at his feet, but his cold, detached demeanor makes one thing clear: he doesn’t care about anyone. Yet when Alessia crosses his path, everything changes. What begins as a business arrangement—a desperate woman agreeing to play the role of his date for one night—quickly spirals into something much darker. Luca’s possessiveness knows no bounds, and Alessia finds herself drawn into a world of power, danger, and unrelenting desire. But Luca has secrets as deep as his scars, and his love is anything but gentle. He’s a man consumed by vengeance, his methods ruthless, his emotions raw. Alessia thought she could handle his intensity, but the closer she gets, the more she realizes there’s no escaping him. He doesn’t just want her. He owns her. And as their twisted romance unfolds.

"The deal was to become the fake mother of your twins, live with them and act like their sweet, perfect bossom only. Follow the contract and fucking let go of me" she glared, her hazel eyes wavering as she lay trapped under the devil, on his king-sized bed. "Say that again" his dulcet voice ran deep into her veins, his hand trapping her wrist above the headboard. "Let. Go. Of. Me!" She spat but her breaths hitched when the man slipped his fingers in between her sinfully-soaked thighs. "Aren't you such a bad little liar, dolcissima?" --- Violette La Rosa wasted five years of her life loving a man who saw her as nothing but his financial fountain. On the day of her wedding with him, she found out a secret which shattered her. Stung by the fatal venom of betrayal, Violette resorted to stabbing Dominic on the alter. Jail was inevitable, but in the wild turnaround, she got an offer from the most devilish mafia living—Massimo Visconti,, boss of the Cosa Nostra. Desperate Violette grabbed the offer with her two hands, but can she get used to living with the devil and his spawns?