Irish Mafia Antihero Forbidden Romance Novella "You want McDade protection..." Evander Manzani is obsessed with me. A dangerous mafia son, he isn't used to hearing no. Where do I hide? In the club of his competition. Lay low. Stay out of sight. The Italians can't get in, but the Irish are watching. I don't know it until the boss, Connel "Ire" McDade, sends his men to get me. And they won't take no for an answer. It's not an invitation, it's an order. Ire's just like the danger I was hiding from. With one exception... Being near Ire is arousing. Intoxicating. Alluring. I'm from a family of cops and Ire's a bad boy in all the wrong ways. I shouldn't want him. My body shouldn't react with such carnal submission around him. Giving in is a bad idea, but I can't stop myself. Breaking the rules is easy...

Brother's Best Friend Steamy Romance "One rule... we never breathe a word of this to your brother." Bodies are dropping. Tortured missing women are showing up dead all over the city. No one else notices. No one else cares. This might not be my usual field of reporting, but I can't walk away. Word from a source leads me to Vex Manzani's nightclub. Unbeknownst to me, "Hustle" is no ordinary club. It's exclusive, invitation only, and the price of admission is passion. Jagger Dunn shows up to save me. To back me up. To arouse me. The kissing was necessary. The touching good cover. But, damn, did I have to come all over him? My brother and his best friend freed themselves from this shady world, now I'm dragging them back into it, waking dormant demons, reviving old debts. Jagg believes in me when others don't. My source is targeted, proving the...

Secret Billionaire - Friends to Lovers Romance Oh, who's even surprised? I spilled my drink on his fancy chinos, yes. They call it an accident for a reason. Is it happenstance or fate? This guy's new to the area. He and his boyfriend just moved in across the street from my coffee place. Well, not my coffee place, I don't own it or anything. I just go there every day. Now Alex does too. I wasn't in the market for a new BFF, but Alex is attentive, smart, the kind of guy any woman would want in her life. Yes, he also happens to be yummy hot. Just my luck he's... Except it's not true. For weeks, he's lied to me. There's no boyfriend. The one-bed apartment is a prop. He isn't Alex Payne, regular Joe, he's Xander Gauge, secret billionaire. It was all a con. Our whole friendship. Everything was fiction....

"...rules don't exist here, Sersha. Learn to be a bad girl." Connel "Ire" McDade has me exactly where he wants me. At the head of his family's organization, this man gets what he wants or raises the body count. His terms are simple: his silence for my submission. "Satisfy your curiosity." He has access to my every intimate corner and crevice, any time he wants. Surrendering to him offers unexpected freedom. From guilt. From judgment. From all the expectations and constraints of my past. Connel grants me permission to explore, experiment, enjoy. Except pleasure exacts a price. It blinds me to the danger, to the cruelty, of his violent world. And when his enemies come looking for me, I'm on my own. Do I defend his family or mine? Loyalty means everything to him. If I bring the McDade empire tumbling down, he'll punish me and those I love. If I don't,...

Everything is different. Learning the truth hasn't loosened the chains. Do I run? Do I hide? No. I sit. I wait. Comply. No one seems to have figured out I'm not one of them. I'm still alone in the world. Well... I should be alone. Wanting him is wrong. We made the sacrifice for the greater good. I gave him to his purpose. Why do our bodies, our desires, our needs, keep forgetting that? Nothing ever stays the same. Play along. That's what I'm supposed to do. Who knew it would flip the game on its head? I'm alone. Until I meet my prince. Now there's a chance of getting out alive. A slim one. I'm not one of them, but I have to play by their rules. My prince's rules are simple: tell no one. That means lying to my Heart... for another man....

"I can't survive without you..." Apart, in the darkness, under my father's control, it was never supposed to end this way. I won't give up hope. We abandoned Connel, left him bleeding and alone, but I won't accept he's gone. I can't. Connel "Ire" McDade, my McDade, is a powerhouse, a giant, eternal in my heart. He has to survive, if not for our love, then for revenge on my father. Things will change, they have to change. The McLeods are crumbling, dropping dead or warring within. We're supposed to be the good guys. It's a lie. Deception seems to be my family's specialty. Everything we've been raised to believe is lies. Only the truth of our love can be trusted. Whether it's here or on the other side, I will rest in Connel's arms again. Warning: Contains explicit language and imagery. Suitable only for ages 18 and over.