Valentina Reading Novels & Stories

Trapped in a gilded cage, a defiant artist becomes entangled with a ruthless mafia Don. Valentina, a talented artist and stripper struggling to survive in the city's underbelly, witnesses a brutal act that plunges her into a world of danger. Captured by Dante Russo, the enigmatic head of the Russo famiglia, she finds herself a prisoner in his opulent mansion. Haunted by a violent past, Dante is a man shrouded in secrets, ruling with an iron fist and a hidden vulnerability. As tensions rise between rival factions vying for control of the city, an unlikely bond sparks between Valentina and Dante. She uses her art to capture the brutality and fleeting moments of tenderness within his world. But their connection is a dangerous dance. Can they navigate a web of deceit and betrayal, or will the city's dark secrets consume them both?

Valentina Russo never imagined her future would be decided by a contract signed before she was old enough to understand it. When her family's collapse threatens to ignite a mafia war, she is forced to marry the most feared man in New York—Don Alessandro De Luca, the ruthless leader known as the Crazy Don. Everyone says he's unstable. Everyone says he's a monster. But as Valentina is drawn deeper into his dangerous world of power, betrayal, and deadly secrets, she begins to question everything she's been told. Because the man behind the terrifying reputation is hiding a truth that could destroy the mafia forever. In a world where loyalty is bought with blood and love is the greatest weakness, one arranged marriage could either end a war... or start one.

In one night, Valentina's life took a drastic change when her husband, Nathaniel Jackson accused her of seeing another man, and sent her out of the house she had known to be her home—her haven. She passed out on the cold street and was rescued by a stranger, and when she woke up to find herself on a hospital bed the next morning, she was told she had lost her baby. Five years later, Valentina was now an heir to a prominence organization that Nathaniel, her ex-husband had been striving to get into. Their path crossed and Nathaniel realized his ex-wife was the only one who could help him to get what he want. He need her, more than he had ever needed her before.

After getting laid off, I found a new job. I married a woman who was in a coma and became the live-in son-in-law of a wealthy family. In return, my mother-in-law gave me a million dollars a month. However, one day, my comatose wife opened her eyes, and I could hear her thoughts. She thought, ‘Where did Mom find this ugly, dumb guy?’

Their marriage begins as a simple contract. Valentina agrees to marry for Nathan to pay her mother’s medical bills. However, things take a dramatic turn. Neither of us knows who crossed the line first, let alone who started this love game.

Valentina Moonfang ran from her powerful Stoneheart Pack three years ago, defying her Alpha father's warnings not to mate with Silas Winterfell. She thought their mate bond would give her the love and freedom she craved. Instead, she got three years of hell. Humiliated by his mother Morgana and forced to abort the pup she was carrying because Silas, her mate "wasn't ready to be a father." While her husband lived a secret life with another she-wolf. When Valentina discovers Silas's three-year affair with her best friend Melissa, she drives to the mountain stronghold of Hunter Knox Winterfell, the Alpha Prime, second only to the Werewolf King, and Silas's father. With the intention of using her father-in-law for her revenge. What started as an arrangement soon turned into a bond she couldn't escape.

Not even in his wildest dreams did Ryan McCartney thought he would meet someone who could tame him as Valentina did. After getting married to her and divorcing her, he thought it would all end, but he found himself falling for her all over again.

On her birthday, Jasmine instead received destruction. Her face was ruined by an accident, and the love she believed would last forever collapsed in an instant. “I’m disgusted by the way you look now,” Christopher said coldly, canceling their wedding without guilt. “Didn’t you promise you would stay with me?” Jasmine’s voice trembled. “That promise applied when you were still perfect,” the man replied cruelly. The betrayal did not stop there. Christopher chose Valentina—Jasmine’s stepsister, who had long been jealous and full of ambition. Even more painful, Jasmine’s biological father took Valentina’s side. The house turned into hell; insults and mockery became daily fare. Leaving with wounds and shattered pride, Jasmine nearly lost everything—until fate brought her together with a mysterious old man. Jasmine’s courage in saving the old man led her to Jaden King, the heir to a respected business empire. “You don’t need to be perfect to be worthy,” Jaden said gently, looking at Jasmine without disgust, without pity. From a discarded woman, Jasmine rose to become the wife of a business ruler. When she returned, Christopher and Valentina laughed at her. “Jaden King’s wife? Don’t joke,” they mocked. But the laughter turned into fear when Jaden appeared and said firmly, “She is my wife. And starting today, your lives are over.” Love, betrayal, rebirth, and revenge—will Jasmine forgive, or will she settle every wound that once destroyed her? Is this conversation helpful so far?

Hazel Jones slides on a beautiful red silk dress with a slit up to her curvy hip and black strappy heels. Her long, chocolate brown hair is up in an elegant style, exposing her neck. She applies mascara and matching red matte lipstick for the finishing touches. She studies herself in the mirror before leaving her apartment and getting into the limo. Hazel may never see her family again but missing the Mate Gala is not an option for her. -------- "How is this possible?" "I don't know, but she is mine too." King Octavius Storm and his mate, Valentina watches as their surprise mate makes her way to The Royals' table. She's a human, and they are the Lycan Royals. A Lycan King has never had more than one mate. It is normal in the Full-Blood District, but not in the Lycan Colony. What makes it even more unique, Octavius and Valentina both felt the mate bond before Hazel stepped foot in the ballroom.

"Why can’t you just leave me alone?" Valentina snarled, breath hitching as she shoved against the bark of the tree behind her. He stepped closer, eyes glowing with an untamed hunger. In one swift, possessive motion, he pinned her hands above her head, his lips grazing the pulse at her neck—dangerously close to the spot only a mate should touch. “Because, little wolf,” he whispered, his voice dark velvet against her skin, “you belong to me—and I’m done pretending otherwise.” _______ Stabbed by the man she once loved and betrayed by the friend she trusted most, Valentina was reborn in the ashes of heartbreak. No longer the obedient luna of the Shadow Crust pack, she rises from the shadows to reclaim her life—and her power. But home is no longer safe. Her pack is in ruins. Her father? Bewitched by a mysterious woman named Carmella. And fate? Cruel, as always. Because waiting for her in the heart of the storm is the man she should never desire—Andres Donovan, the cold and dangerously obsessive Lycan King… and her second-chance mate. He watches her with eyes full of secrets, speaks in riddles that echo of a past she can’t remember, and touches her like he’s been starving for centuries. But as enemies close in, alliances fracture, and war brews over the divine blood flowing in her veins, Valentina must decide: Will she fight fate again… Or surrender to the one man who could ruin her—or save her?