Sie ist die Frau, die er nie wollte - und seine größte Schwäche. Dante Russo kontrolliert sowohl sein Unternehmen als auch sein Privatleben mit äußerster Sorgfalt. Für die Liebe hat der milliardenschwere Geschäftsmann keine Zeit. Doch dann zwingt ihn eine dreiste Erpressung dazu, sich mit einer Frau zu verloben, die er kaum kennt: Vivian Lau, Erbin eines Juwelenimperiums und Tochter seines größten Rivalen. Aus Pflichtgefühl ihrer Familie gegenüber erklärt sich Vivian einverstanden, auch wenn der arrogante CEO ganz gewiss nicht der Mann ihrer Träume ist.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

His first, last and only true love has always been rugby. Until now. She's damaged. He's determined. Fate brought them together. Love binds them. Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he's a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he's heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right? Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has.

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.