Tahereh Mafi

R18 Helen Zachary’s life had always been tranquil and quiet, until one fateful windy evening. She was on her way to her boyfriend’s place to surprise him for his birthday when an unexpected event occurred. She found a young man covered in blood on the road. Helen wanted to help him, so she stepped out of her car and approached him, only to discover that it was a trap. He had pretended to be lifeless so as to make her feel pity for him. Helen was battered by the young man that night, and his companion raped her. Anger was the theme of the day, and she pledged to exact vengeance on the young man, known as Steven Alfredo, a Mafia boss. Steven had just escaped from prison, and he takes delight in seeing others suffer, but after meeting Helen for numerous times, he resolved to be a different person. ‘However, what happens when Helen confuses Steven’s twin brother for Steven? And if his twin falls for her, will she reciprocate the feelings and abandon her plans to exact revenge on Steven?’ ‘And what happens if Steven also falls for her? Who would Helen choose? Steven, his brother or her boyfriend?’

After her whole family is wiped out in a day, Anna vows to revenge and bring down all those involved. Seeing how aggressive and determined she is, an assassin adopts and train her into becoming one of the most powerful and fearful assassin in the country. This female mafia doesn't believe in love and is rude to every male she comes across. But Frederick, a young billionaire wouldn't stop until she becomes his woman and is determined to tame her.

Lilith Martina Isolde is considered perfect by people around her. Beautiful, smart and athletic but underneath the perfection, a raging anger against Mafia who killed her parents lurks in. This results to unbearable hatred to every Mafia Organizations that exist and she will do anything to ruin the said group. However, one night, under her mission to hunt the boss of the Crimson organization, she finds Nathaniel Gavin Crimson, her bullied classmate in the target’s lair. Still under confusion, mafia members ambush her and almost get killed but Nathaniel saves her declaring her to be the Mafia boss’ wife-to-be and that Mafia boss is no other than Nathaniel himself. Now, after being forced to become Crimson Mafia’s new bride to keep her life, how will Lilith face this new world she’s in? The world she hates the most. Will her engagement to Nathan helps her achieve her goals or will this circumstance unveil lies surrounding them?

How far can one go for love? Do the words "love conquers all" really prove themselves to be true? Or does it leave no regrets once you give the best you can to avenge the death of the people you love in any way chance presents you? This is a love story of a Mafia man Marco Alfonso and a common girl who had grown to be strong in her own way as life struggles kept provoking her till she reached her limits. How does a simple woman like Skye take the place of the man who had shown her kindness and concern was attacked by someone he trusted and fell ill? If it isn't all for gratitude, could it be because love had started to grow between these two souls? Let us explore the love story of a cold-faced yet warm-hearted Mafia man and a weak girl to a kick-ass woman in the sweet romantic story of... "Ruling the Mafia World".

BLURB: Kailanman ay hindi maikakaila na minsan nilang minahal ang isa’t isa. Ngunit ang lihim ng mundong nababalot ng panlilinlang, pagtataksil, at nang makapangyarihan, ang babago sa takbo ng kanilang buhay. Mataas ang pangarap ni Seraphina sa buhay. Upang makamit ang tugatog ng tagumpay, kailangan niyang gamitin ang kanyang kapatid at ang sitwasyon hindi niya kayang tanggihan. Habang si Silhouette, bagama’t nagmamahal lang naman ay naipit sa dalawang malalaking batong lihim na nag-uumpugan at tinutugis ang isa’t isa. Puso ng isang tunay na mafia ang hangad niya kahit sa panaginip. Ang puso niyang iyon ang nagturo sa kanya na puwedeng maging perpekto ang pagkakataon para sa mga imperpektong tao na tulad niya at ni Sandro sa kabila ng malaking agwat ng kanilang edad. Habang si Sandro, sa kabila ng kanyang lihim na pagkatao ay natutong magmahal. Kaya niyang bigyan ng proteksyon ang taong mahal niya, kaya niyang suungin ang panganib at marunong siyang magsakripisyo. Ang kanyang tamang pagpapasya ang magiging susi tungo sa payapang kinabukasan kasama ang kanyang pamilya. Mabubuksan ang maraming pinto ng lihim. Bawat pinto ay maglalapit kina Sandro at Silhouette. At isang pinto naman ang mababalot ng paghahanap ng hustisya at paghihiganti sa muling pagmulat ng mga mata ni Seraphina. May puwang ba ang tunay na pag-ibig para sa tinaguriang mutya ng huling Mafia? Alin ang mas matimbang, ang kapatid o ang pinangarap niyang mafia? Ang pag-ibig ba ang kanilang kaligtasan—o ang kanilang kapahamakan?

Imagine having two men on your neck, both claiming to want you. Well... Welcome to Reene story then. Reene Clove was a totally normal twenty four year old until her life changed after an encounter with the two world's hottest guys. Yup. And the best (or worse as she'd put it) part was, they weren't just any men... One is an Alpha. The other a Mafia. Both the two most powerful men in the world. Yet she doesn't like either!!! None. In fact, she'd rather prefer to be away from the two hot, perfectly sculptured to perfection, almost irresistible dudes. Well, at least that was what she thought. Not until love invited itself to the story... WARNING!!! This book has some mention of illegal things and killings, so you should please watch out for those (but don't worry, I'll give a warning before writing those chapters). Dive into Reene's story and I hope you enjoy...

There isn't a single ounce of fear projecting off him as he stands in front of me, his extreme level of authority practically radiating throughout the room. "If you touch her again, the next bullet I shoot will go right through your head. Comprendere?" He warns, and the threat is clear as the eyes of many people around us widen and get scared. .................................... Lula has always liked the idea of capturing memories and moments that will last forever. You can take a picture and know that it will last at least as long as the people in it, if not longer. That is, until she takes a picture of something by accident that will make her regret that one innocent click over and over.

“I’m done with you, Aurora Fernandez—if that’s even your name.” Mia’s voice trembled with rage as she turned for the door. “You’ll regret refusing me,” Aurora snapped behind her. Mia's hand touched the knob—just as it turned on its own. The door creaked open. Her heart dropped. Standing in the doorway was a face she never wanted to see again. Lucius Lovato. The cold, merciless CEO of the department store where she'd once worked. His eyes swept over her with visible disdain. “Who is this little thing, Eva?” he asked, his voice hoarse and biting. And just like that, Mia knew—she was trapped again. Wrongfully accused. Publicly humiliated. Betrayed by the only man she ever loved. Mia Simpson thought she'd hit rock bottom. Then came the offer—escape prison and start over, under one terrifying condition: seduce and marry Lucius Lovato, the mafia heir with a heart of ice and a soul no one dares touch. But Mia isn’t the fragile girl the world thinks she is. She agrees to the deal—on her own terms. Behind her innocent eyes burns a thirst for revenge, and the deeper she steps into the dark world of power, blood, and secrets, the more dangerous she becomes. Lucius, however, is not a man easily fooled. Every attempt to break him only draws him closer. And every secret Mia hides? He already suspects. As enemies close in and her hidden past begins to unravel, Mia discovers a horrifying truth—she is not just a girl caught in the middle of a mafia war. She is the legacy of something much greater… and much more feared. He was her mission. She was his undoing. But in the underworld, love might just be the most dangerous weapon of all.

After years of suffering at the hand of her bullies, Brea Larson is determined to do whatever it takes to feel again even if it meant she had to kill to get it, and that's exactly what she set out to do when she falls in love with her former bully's fiancé, Ryder. Following through with her plans she persuaded them to spend the weekend in the woods. Her intentions; were to seduce and make Ryder her own while keeping the girlfriend occupied with someone else. Brea's scheme doesn't go as planned as they come across a group of Mafias who were about to carry out an execution. Brea is terrified, especially when she meets the gaze of their leader, Nicolai Fernandez. He is pure evil embodied. Unable to escape, they are given an ultimatum to run for their lives by an hour. If caught, the men had the right to do with them as they pleased. Will Brea manage to flee from the clutches of a man determined to possess her? Will she be able to escape a man so obsessed; he'd rather see her dead than away from him or will she be entrapped in his dark and deadly possession?

Jae-hun, a cold and skilled undercover agent, infiltrates the dangerous world of the Italian mafia. But when he crosses paths with Rafael “Rafe” Bianchi, the ruthless and magnetic mafia boss, lines between duty and desire blur. Dominance, secrets, and forbidden attraction ignite a deadly game neither can resist.