Ace Allister is a cunning and ruthless monster. Gianna Phoenix is a fiery and independent woman who will stop at nothing to destroy him for the murder of her brother. When they are forced into an arranged marriage for the good of their notoriously criminal families, their mutual animosity will spark into a fire that ignites their passion-or destroy them both.Gianna has one goal: get Ace to fall in love with her, and then kill him. Ace has another: get Gianna to fall in love with him, so she can't. And as they fall headfirst into a world of dark personal vendettas and murderous motives, the line between love and loathing begins to blur, until it becomes clear that saying "Till death do us part" wasn't just a promise-it was a threat.They say the course of true love never did run smooth; but in their case, it might just turn deadly.…
Rose Katrina Chen. The Diamond.Kai Warner. The Genius....Rose:They say power travels in bloodlines, handed out before birth, but I was born to a world of wicked games with an entire empire at my feet.In the heart of a city entangled in corruption, I was labeled the diamond of New York's elite. A diamond so sharp it could cut you, so lethal it could kill you, and yet so desired.My friends were chosen for me and my enemies, already made.The worst of them? Kai Warner.A sinful genius. A devilish mastermind.The dangers of a man like Kai were well known in our world, but no matter how many times I escaped him, a cruel twist of irony led me right back to him.For Kai was the fate I couldn't run from and the reckoning of all my violent sins.Kai:There is no greater genius without some touch of madness... and I was as mad as they came. A wicked genius. A mastermind.Born to a family of wealth and strategy, my enemies were chosen for me. In the underworld of a city steeped in secrets and vendettas, I thrived on control and manipulation. I was used to getting my way, and no one ever dared to challenge me. Except her.As gorgeous as a diamond, as lethal as poison. Rose Chen.Wielding power at her fingertips, she could make anyone bend at her will but her heart chose mine in every single lifetime.Ours was a tempting game of cat and mouse where she was my prey and my prize.She was the fate I couldn't escape and the addiction I couldn't give up.For she was the salvation of all my violent sins.…
Anastasia Vitalio. The Manipulator. Dante Rossi. The Killer. ...Anastasia:Some rise by sin, and some allow their sins to destroy them. In this world, I was the reckoning of those sinners and the salvation for their victims. My life danced on the fine line that divided the corrupted Upper East Side from the ordinary people of this world. Joining hands with the devils I knew was no more than a game of survival to me.Until Dante Rossi came along.Infamously known as one of the most ruthless killers and agents, Dante was a vicious man and a wicked genius. Someone lethal.He had the power to ruin someone at his will, and in this lifetime and every other, he chose me. He was the punishment for all my sins and the redemption for all my crimes.Bound together by the tangled threads of fate, I found flames ignited between us, set to burn us to the ground. Dante would either be my own reckoning or salvation. Perhaps, both. Every shade of all my sins so invitingly wrapped in one.Dante:Intelligence was the strongest weapon in a greedy world like ours. To control and survive in a ravenous city, I learned to make people bend at my will.The easiest way to have someone at your mercy was to find one single thing that could destroy their life.What I never expected was someone with the capability to destroy mine.That someone being Anastasia Cobalt Vitalio.Widely known as one of New York City's most fatal agents, Anastasia was a woman with an unbreakable mind and the allure of a temptress. With the power to make any man crumble at her feet, she was a woman anyone would worship at her command.She was never part of my plan, yet I found myself coming back to her each time I'd escape.She was the answer to all my prayers and the atonement for all my sins; the only one in this world who could make me kneel and repent. She was every shade of sin, all in one.TW: Violence & Murder…
Amara Milano. The powerful and lethal.Tristan Harper. The heartless and deadly.Together, the two would be a force to reckon with. Unstoppable. Untouchable. Unbeatable. But hate had other plans....Amara:They say that revenge is an act of passion and vengeance of justice. With enough money, time and vengeance, anybody could be powerful and in this corrupted empire of New York, I was lethal.I spent my entire life seeking justice for everything that was taken from me and my morality quickly faded to gray.Despite that, nothing could have prepared me for a man as heartless as Tristan Steel Harper.But I never lost inside or outside a courtroom and I'd win this too, even if I had to fight for my life. What I never expected was the fire ignited between us and the twisted lies spun in this game. Because this fire could burn everything.Tristan:The need for ruthless control is insatiable and only someone heartless could control this corrupted empire.I was a man who relied on violence, revenge, and brutality to win every battle inside and outside the courtroom. I spent years trying to avenge what I lost and my morals quickly bled into the darkest shades of gray where weapons became my specialty.But I was unprepared for the lethal weapon that was Amara Ruby Milano and I gravely underestimated her.Nothing could stop me from taking my revenge on those who wronged me, even if the person standing in my way was her.Nobody warned me about her dirty little games and I never expected to fall into her trap.The one thing I knew was that her life always belonged to me and if killing Amara Milano was what it would take, then I would shatter her.…
She the heiress to an empire and his darkest temptation.He's a ruthless attorney and her darkest addiction.Stella:I've been wrapped in the dark world of corruption all my life, becoming a picture-perfect daughter. The reins to my life were in everyone's hands except my own. It was time for that to change. Starting with a stolen two million dollars. Robbing my family was my escape from an arranged marriage and I took my chances. But I never expected my father to hire one of New York's most dangerous men to find the culprit.Rhys Romanov, the paragon of criminally intelligent. The bane of my existence. Rhys was a man with few morals and far too much power. A deadly lawyer and CEO with a devilishly handsome face to deceive this world.From the moment we met, we succumbed to animosity. Rhys had more power and authority than anyone else and with limited options, I struck a deal with the devil. Everybody had a blind spot. Rhys was mine. Making him my darkest addiction wasn't part of the plan... because it could ruin me....Rhys:Power, wealth, and control were the things I chased and thrived on. With only enemies in this world, I held my cards close to my chest and stayed elusive; I kept my secrets and used everybody else's against them.Running a tech company in the name of law, I ruled the world of corruption. But to lead this life, I lived by certain rules. Rules that one person dared to threaten.Stella Almonte, the epitome of elegance and grace. She had the power to draw gazes to herself. Whispers of seduction dripped from her movements that only I seemed to notice. Stella was always charming but she was far more dangerous than a weapon. Stella was poison disguised in jewels and sparkling eyes. With a stolen two million dollars in her pocket, she was the culprit I never knew I was chasing. Until we struck a deal.Everybody had a weakness and Stella was mine. She was my darkest temptation... and she could ruin me.…
She feared the dark and escaped it.He ruled the dark and lived in it.Zarah:I've spent my entire life in the spotlight, living up to the facade of the perfect Romano Princess, turning a blind eye to the dark, twisted world of the wicked. Nobody ever saw through me... except him.Logan Ivan Markov, the paragon of morally gray; an intelligent criminal lawyer and agent. He was charming, deadly, and a devious manipulator sitting in expensive tailored suits, playing the part of an ethical and calculative attorney.Those who knew him knew the dangers of a man like Logan. But not me.He was a puzzle I couldn't solve, a message I couldn't decode, a mystery I couldn't unravel, the oblivion I chased. I knew from the moment I met him that we were destined to animosity, to stay far apart. But our bickering and fate had other plans.I never expected to get wrapped up in the dark world of corruption and billionaires; I never expected to need saving, but most of all, I never expected Logan to save me, let alone marry me....Logan:All my life, I've lived in the dark and twisted world of corruption, danger, and betrayal. Most people knew the life I came with. The murders, the money, and the brutality. Most people... except her.Zarah Amaira Romano was the bane of my existence from the moment I met her. She was the embodiment of chaos, someone who made me feel too much, someone I couldn't erase after a single night together. She could bring me to ruins if she tried.I knew from the moment we met that Zarah was more dangerous than any bullet or dagger to the heart, she was worse than any drug. I knew if I got too close, she'd be the fire that burned me. The oblivion I would crave.But when she became the key to all the secrets I spent my life trying to unravel, I knew what I had to do. I never expected to get involved with her again. She was too bright, too passionate... untainted. Until she became my wife.…
Jules:A year ago, I had it all. The perfect job, the perfect life, and the perfect fiancé. Christian Allister Lukov was the most insufferable, arrogant, yet deadly charming man I knew. A manipulative and intelligent liar disguised in Tom Ford suits. One I fell in love with.Fate threw us together and I mistook his deception for love once. I refused to make the same mistake again. But it just took one little disaster for me to run back into his arms. I desperately needed a date to my brother's wedding, unfortunately, my options were limited. With a family that pounced at the first taste of drama, my broken engagement had become my dirty little secret, and when time came for me to bring a date to the wedding, I was left with no other choice. Christian knew his way around the world, he knew how to make people love him and hate him. I learned my lesson and I would always choose the latter. But in desperate need of a fake fiancé that my family would adore, I made yet another bargain with Christian Lukov. But there were conditions to everything, even love. ... Christian:I may have lost Jules a year ago, but I still had it all. Somewhere between meeting my little sister's annoying best friend and then hiring her years later to become my assistant, I had fallen in love with Jules Evangeline Declan.I would have given the world to be with her but Jules was the one to throw away everything we'd built. When she came back to me a year later, demanding to put a ring on my finger again, I had my suspicions.But I was an opportunist and there was no rest for the wicked. Ever since Jules walked out of my life, I'd been a mess. I lost a fiancé, maybe even the love of my life, but I also lost a perfectly capable employee. One I desperately needed back.I knew my way around the world, I knew how to make people fear me and hate me. But nothing mattered when it came to Jules, I would do anything to have her in my life again in any damn way, even lie.…
Evie:Rowan Alastair Volkov had been my biggest nightmare and rival since I met him.He was like a shadow I couldn't shrug off. Perhaps my own.With his arrogance, his snide remarks, his grumpy frown, and his sadistic smirk, he proved to be the one thing standing in my way to a happy life and a happy ending.Regardless of our history and families, we were strangers. That was until the one link separating us shattered.What I never imagined was Rowan asking me for help. Asking me to be his wife. On paper only. Worse? I never imagined falling for him.We signed ourselves away to certain terms & truths, but now, everything was different. Because I fell in love with him beyond those terms. Rowan:Evie Rose Spencer has been the epitome of an annoying thorn in my side that I can't pull out. I've done everything to escape her. With her sarcastic wit, her confident facade, her brighter-than-the-sun smile, and her sparkly ocean blue eyes, I'd come to hate her more than anybody I'd ever met. But, we had an understanding. Be strangers.Then my whole life began to fall apart all thanks to one inheritance will. I was meant to take the seat beside my older brother and run the Volkov empire.In order for me to take what I inherited, I had to be married and make it last a whole year. If I failed, everything I wanted would be taken from me.The best shot I had at finding a new wife was marrying a stranger. But fate tied me down to Evelyn.We signed ourselves away to certain terms & truths, but if she breaks them, she'll have no one to blame but herself. Breaking her heart was inevitable with this marriage license. No matter those terms. ...ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDINSPIRED BY - MARRIAGE FOR ONE, THE FINE PRINT, AND TERMS & CONDITIONS <3…
Two rivals. All around the world. On fake honeymoons. Poppy: All I've ever wanted to do was travel and see the world, every inch, every corner of it that I could. Everything in my life was going according to plan. Every day was summer vacation for me.Until Joshua Everett Nilsen walked into it. My co-worker, my rival, my nightmare. Everything I hate put together into one... I hate to admit it, devilishly handsome man. He's gorgeous and that only made me hate him more. As handsome as sin.But he's bossy, he's arrogant, he thinks he's always right, and now, he's my travel partner. Now, there's no escaping him because everywhere I go, I'll go with him. Josh: Escaping my past and traveling is the one thing that has kept me going so far. And finally making it and seeing the world has paid off. Everything in my life was going according to plan. Every day was summer vacation for me.Until Poppy Valentine obliterated it. My co-worker, my rival, the most annoying person I've ever met. She's everything I despise and more. With her attitude, her constant need to prove me wrong, her brighter-than-the-sun smile, and her annoyingly pretty eyes, I hated her even more.And now I'm her travel partner. It was her mess, her problem, and somehow, she pulled me down with her. Everywhere I go, she's coming with me. ... Travel Addict Weekly. The biggest travel magazine in the city of New York. Poppy and Josh. Josh and Poppy. The most popular writers. And the biggest rivals. When Poppy's travel partner is fired for breaking employment rules, she needs someone else to travel the world and write articles critiquing every city with her. And who would be better than the man she hates the most? Josh. It's pure attraction and intense chemistry hidden in the name of rivalry and hatred...ALL RIGHTS RESERVED…
EmiliaI was so sure I'd never see him again. Not that I didn't want to. But not that I did.After all, he was the one that bailed on me. The one who threw away all those years we had for his own future. I shouldn't have been the one left feeling hurt. Yet somehow, I was.Seeing my best friend now, five years later, at my sister's wedding was the last thing I expected. But I never imagined I'd relive the heartache he left in his wake. And I never imagined falling for Adam Blackwell.AdamI wasn't supposed to see her again. Not that I didn't want to. A part of me did. A part of me always will.Emilia Feye was my best friend. Until I left her in my past and threw our friendship away.It was a mistake that haunts me every single day. It was between my best friend and my career. But I'm not the only one guilty. She did the same thing as me.Seeing her now, five years later, at my brother's wedding was unexpected. I never thought I'd have to suffer the consequences for the mess I made and the friendship I shattered.But I never imagined falling in love with her this time. I never imagined falling in love with Emilia Feye....Emilia and Adam meet again, five years after parting and going separate ways for college.They're not eighteen anymore. They're not so selfish anymore. And they're not best friends anymore.They caused each other heartache and now it's time to right their wrongs and make up for those mistakes. Now, in Marbella, Spain. Now, at her sister and his brother's wedding, the two meet again.Except this time, things are different. This time there's anger, frustration, pain, and regret.This time, they're not friends, they're a complicated mess.They call it friendship. We all call it love. ...ALL RIGHTS RESERVED…
Vanessa:There's nothing I hate in this world more than I do Aaron Sinclair. Hate is the only word for it. It's not dislike, it's not envy. It's resentment, it's detest, it's despise.I hate Aaron Sinclair. I loathe him.Unfortunately, working with the man and constantly competing with him doesn't make things any easier. Aaron:There's nothing in this world that makes my blood boil more than Vanessa Juliette Griffin.She's everything I hate and more. She's competition, she's too determined for her own good, and she's all smiles. Her smiles are too friendly, too bright, too... annoying. I loathe her.And working with her only makes me hate her more....Just when they think things could not be worse... they somehow are.One accidental kiss, one little lie, and everything unravels. Their nightmares are coming true. But the company sees an opportunity.And so they have a new project.The project in question? Date each other for the public eye. The perfect publicity stunt.But can Vanessa and Aaron survive each other? Can they find something real hidden between the lies?...ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDTHIS BOOK IS INSPIRED BY THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION!…
Never in a million years did I think I would cross paths with him again.Michael Woods.The boy who broke my heart. The boy who picked hockey over me. The boy who left me behind.After giving three years of my life to him, it was all over after his college graduation. He went his way and I went mine. But I never imagined landing a job at his agency when I moved to Boston four years later, let alone as his assistant.A job that's meant for me to service him, do as he asks, and give him all smiles.So, I play the part. I play the nice, kind, sweet assistant in public and ignore him like my life depends on it in private.The thought of getting close to him again terrifies me because I know. I know that once I let him again, I'll never be able to let him out. And if I do, it'll be at the cost of my heart, and this time he'll leave it broken beyond repair.I used to think he was forever mine.But hockey changed everything.What would he do now if he had to make that choice?Me? Or hockey? Or both?...ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDTRIGGER WARNING: Mention of death by accident and depression…
Vince Hunter. The rich, famous, and world-known hockey player and my asshole of a boss. People see his charming smiles and game moves on the ice. I see his tantrums and irresponsibility. What I never imagined happening between us was a drunken one-night stand. And even worse? Getting fired because of it. But now, six miserable months later, he's back to ruin my life and he's at it again except this time he needs me to play the picture-perfect girlfriend. As it turns out, our scandal left his reputation more damaged than mine and if he can't redeem it, he can kiss his spot on the team goodbye. The worst part of it all?I'm stuck with him, bound by contract, until... forever?...ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDTRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of parental abuse…
Four years. Four years ago, he left her. And now he's back, showing up at her bookstore, asking for a second chance. Oh, and for his book to be sold.Runville is a small town in North Carolina.A small town where smiles are made and hearts break.A small town where London and Ronan were each other's whole world. From growing up hating each other to falling in love only to break their hearts and wound up hating each other.It came down to career against family, love against self-love, and choosing who you love against yourself.And Ronan chose himself.And London chose her family. And it tore them apart.Now, four years later, he's done with college, made a name for himself, and is back in Runville. History always repeats itself. What goes around comes around. And where you start is where you end. Can Ronan win her back? They were pieces that fit perfectly together. Only they didn't belong to the same puzzle....ALL RIGHTS RESERVED…
Hate surrounded us. Why wouldn't it after everything that happened in the past?Rhys Archer had already ruined my life once, and he was about to do it all over again.Breaking my heart once wasn't enough. The cold and brutal prince wanted to do it again.It wasn't meant to be me. I wasn't supposed to end up with him.I'm the substitute. I'm not meant to be his, nor is he destined to be mine.Could he love me? Never.. . . Ava Robinson. The Marshal's daughter.And Prince Rhys's substitute bride.When Ava's sister runs away a week before her wedding day, Ava's forced to take her place with the man she despises most.Rhys Archer. The crowned Prince of the Kingdom of Kilthorne. Her worst nightmare, nemesis, and... the only boy she's ever loved. Once upon a time, it was forbidden, and the prince put his duties before his love, breaking Ava down and leaving her to pick up the pieces.Now, when it's time for him to marry, the most suitable contender was someone familiar. Their twisted fate brings them back to each other, this time in the bond the two desperately want to escape. Can old feelings rekindle with the vows of holy matrimony? Or can hatred be the only vow they make to each other?…
She's the one person that's off-limits to him. Those are the rules.But rules are meant to be broken.Cold, brutal, and arrogant royal bodyguard - Ronan Stone.The people's witty, charming, and gorgeous princess - Grace GrimaldiThe rules given to the two are simple:1. Ronan must keep her safe at all costs.2. They must not get personally involved, whatsoever.And both rules are shattered when a forbidden, secretive, and lustful relationship blossoms between the two. She's off-limits, he's forbidden. But the forbidden fruit never looked so inviting. Can their relationship come out on top? Or will they be torn apart as she's given to the man she was destined to marry?...ALL RIGHTS RESERVED…
Spencer Romano.They call him the prince of Everton, but he's just another mystery to me.He doesn't live in his own kingdom, but he rules it.He doesn't care for the citizens but he keeps them safe. He's not a prince, yet somehow, he's the epitome of it.And I get to marry him and live in his dark, looming, haunted castle as his wife, while I try to kill him and finish what I was hired to do.But as I try to do that, I'm also trying (struggling) not to lose my heart to him.Hate consumes him.But his love consumed me. ...A DARK ROYALTY ROMANCEALL RIGHTS RESERVED…
HadesA vacation on earth from the underworld sounded perfect. Like nothing could go wrong. I wasn't expecting much. I especially wasn't expecting to meet Persephone. The same Persephone I was told didn't exist for me, the same Persephone who was destined to be my wife and queen, the same Persephone who's the key to my rule in the underworld. Nor was I expecting to save her life.And the thing I was expecting least?For her to be nothing but a goddamn mortal.PersephoneEverything seems to be falling apart. My entire life.I've lost my job, my parents are nowhere to be found, I'll be kicked out of my apartment soon, and I nearly died.Nearly. The last thing I would imagine happening to me is a handsome and mysteriously dark stranger saving my life. Begrudgingly. I have no doubt he would have let me die that day, but clearly, something told him not to.I understand that he saved my life and I owe him or whatnot. But in no world does it make sense what he asks of me. Or tells me. He's Hades. The Hades.And he isn't a human. No, not at all. He's the real Hades.The ruler of the underworld and my personal doom. ...ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDdon't steal my idea <3…
When college student Indie finds out her boyfriend cheated on her, she hooks up with his best frenemy Reece as payback but doesn't expect their one-night stand to lead to something more.*****Indie Easton and Reece Griffin hate each other. He thinks she's annoying; she thinks he's a jerk. But when Indie finds herself stood up on her birthday by her cheating boyfriend, all the old rules go out the window. When she shows up at Reece's apartment, all she wants is a one-night stand, but with sexual chemistry this strong, how can they stop after only one night? Their arrangement will be casual - absolutely no feelings involved. But the more time they spend together the harder it is to remember why they hate each other in the first place. Will enemies with benefits turn into lovers? Or will all this sexual tension go to waste?Content warning: This story contains references to child neglectCover designed by Ren T…
