I’m offered as a bride to the merciless Bratva… I’m fresh out of college and about to start a job in the real world. Until daddy tells me I have to marry a much older member of the Bratva to avenge my family. I don’t want to give my new husband my innocence and a baby…but I have little choice. I’m furious that I got forced into this situation. I’m furious that I didn’t stand up for myself. Now I’m walking down the aisle in a dress that’s as black as death. I vow that I’ll never be his little trophy wife, and we’ll never consummate this marriage. But my behavior only ...

🔥 OWNED BY THE CARTEL 🔥 I knew the knock at the door was a warning. I didn’t expect it to be a sentence. They came in the dead of night. Not for money. Not for retribution. For me. Valentín Montoya—the name that rules Buenos Aires like a whispered prayer and a curse. A man who doesn’t negotiate. Doesn’t forgive. And now, he owns me. My husband’s debt should have died with him, but Montoya doesn’t believe in loose ends. So I was dragged into his world, my daughter cradled in my arms, with no chance of escape. I was meant to be a prisoner. A lesson. A possession. But he ...

❖ You can’t cage what refuses to be tamed. ❖ I lost my voice the night my world burned. Since then, silence has been my refuge, my armor. A quiet prisoner in a life not my own, I’ve learned that words mean nothing in a world ruled by power and blood. But now, I’m being forced into the arms of a man more feared than the devil himself. Lucian Moretti. The cold and ruthless king of Milan’s underworld. To him, I am nothing more than a pawn, a silent bride to seal a fragile truce. A woman forced to make a deal with a devil in the hopes of surviving a world that seeks to destroy me. ...

Being auctioned off to the most ruthless men in the world was never part of my plan. I’m Sienna DeLuca—mafia princess, privileged, untouchable. At least, I was. Until my father’s sins became my debt. Until a blindfold was tied around my eyes, and I was placed on an auction block like property. Now, the highest bidder owns me. Matteo Valentini. Cold. Calculated. Deadly. A man with every reason to hate me. A man who didn’t come to buy a woman—until he saw me. He thinks I’m just a pawn in his twisted game of revenge. A means to an end. But I’m more than that. I fight him at every...

🔥 Claimed Desires: A Dark Syndicate Love Story 🔥 I was never supposed to survive. A name erased from history. A life stolen before it began. For years, I believed I was Elena Moretti, the cherished daughter of Milan’s most powerful crime boss. But when gunmen storm my bakery, calling me Romano, the truth unravels like a noose around my throat. Now, I’m a pawn in a war I never saw coming. And my fate lies in the hands of Dante Russo—my father’s most feared enforcer. Ruthless. Unyielding. Deadly. He says he’s here to protect me. But the way he watches me? The way his hands ...

At nineteen, I was no stranger to fear. But nothing could prepare me for Ivan Romanov. He’s the devil cloaked in power, the Pakhan of the Romanov Bratva—a man who could destroy me with a glance. Taken from my world and thrust into his, I became his pawn, his leverage in a war my brother ignited. Ivan is merciless, a man carved from shadows and blood, yet the crackling tension between us is impossible to deny. He tells me I’m his captive, that I mean nothing, but the way he watches me, the way his touch lingers, speaks of a dangerous obsession neither of us can control. The deeper ...

I hate Nico Moretti. The Reaper. The man who turns blood into power, whose name is spoken in fear and reverence. And in forty-eight hours, I'll be wearing his ring. Our marriage is meant to prevent a war, but it's the very thing that might ignite one. A mole is revealing sensitive information, causing chaos amongst mafia heads, threatening to destroy both our families. My father calls it business—like trading me to the devil is nothing more than balancing the books. I tell myself I can do this—I'm a Bellanti. I've survived worse than becoming a mobster's bride. But the real betrayal? My...

I came back to bury my past. Instead, I walked straight into the arms of my worst nightmare. Malachim Vetrov. Ruthless. Calculated. The Pakhan of the Vetrov Bratva—a man whose name is a whispered threat in the underworld. The boy who once tormented me has become the most powerful man in Moscow, and now? He holds my fate in his hands. His offer is simple—stay under his roof, care for his daughter, and pretend the past between us never happened. But nothing with Mal is ever simple. His gaze is a silent warning, his presence a storm I can’t outrun. The man I hate is also the one I ...

One tech conference disaster nearly cost me my career. Instead, it threw me into the arms of Luke Cross—a devastatingly charming CEO who operates on a level I've only read about. He’s the silver fox who fixes problems, and apparently, I’m his newest, most consuming project. Our Vegas fling was meant to be temporary, a stolen escape fueled by intense chemistry. But Luke doesn't do temporary. His possessive whispers follow me home, promising a future across state lines. Just as I start to believe in fairy tales, reality crashes down. A brutal tech war erupts, positioning his company as ...

❖ He took me as collateral. Now, he wants my submission. ❖ I came looking for my brother. Now, I belong to a monster. Lucius Valmont. Feared king of Port Amara’s underworld. A man who doesn’t ask—he takes. Cold, ruthless, and lethal, he rules his empire with an iron grip, bending men to his will and breaking anyone who defies him. Now, I’m his prisoner. His plaything. His next obsession. He says I will kneel. That no matter how hard I fight, I will crave the chains he wraps around me. But I don’t bend. I don’t beg. And I sure as hell don’t belong to men like him. Except…...

I was born into a world of blood and power, a pawn in a game played by ruthless men. But nothing could have prepared me for Stepan Belov He is the Bratva’s deadliest weapon—a ghost in the dark, a man with no past, no weakness. Unyielding. Unbreakable. A predator who protects what’s his with lethal precision. And now, I belong to him. After an assassination attempt, Stepan is assigned as my bodyguard. My shield. My shadow. My torment. Cold. Merciless. Completely untouchable. Until the night I glimpse the cracks in his armor. The scars he hides. The fire in his eyes when another man ...

❖ Some monsters don’t hide in the shadows. They stand in the light and dare you to run. ❖ I disappeared seven years ago. Left behind a name, a past, a life that was never truly mine. Now, I exist in the quiet spaces, a ghost slipping through the cracks. Until him. Alessandro Silvestri. Powerful. Unrelenting. A man who commands fear with a single glance. I should’ve stayed invisible. Instead, I walked straight into his domain. And now, he won’t let me leave. He sees through my lies, picks apart the secrets I’ve buried deep. I know what men like him do to people like me. They ...

🔥 Hidden Desires: A Dark Syndicate Love Story 🔥 They tried to kill me to erase my name. A car crash—violent, deliberate—stole everything I knew. Now, only fragments remain. Blood. Secrets. A legacy of death buried beneath Palermo’s shadows. I awoke in Damiano Vesperi’s ruthless grip. A mafia don with cold eyes and even colder intentions. He claims he's protecting me from men more dangerous than himself. But behind his iron control lie hidden desires—dark cravings he barely suppresses. My returning memories whisper the truth: Damiano took everything from me once before. Yet ...

I accidentally spent the night with the head of the Bratva. And now I’m pregnant. After the worst week of my life, I let off some steam with a much older stranger. Little did I know that I’d be staring at two stripes on a pregnancy test. Little did I know that his next step is to force me to marry him. He says he needs an heir, and I’m carrying it. He says he’ll claim me as his mafia bride even though I don’t want to. The Bratva doesn’t accept no. The Bratva takes what it wants. And so the next thing I know, he’s got me blindfolded in the back of a van. His fingers on my ...

Although part of the Chicago Syndicate world, For the Love of Luca is a standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series. I’m a man who has it all: power, love, and wealth. I’m a man who always needs to be in control. I’m a husband. I’m a murderer. I’m the underboss of the Chicagoan mafia. I keep the world that Fallon and I have created in our home safe, and I’d sacrifice anything or anyone to protect the woman I love and my high ranking position without an ounce of remorse. Until my worst nightmare comes true and I lose control over my home ...