It started with a simple offer...and it ended with me on my knees.Of two things I'm certain: When something sounds too good to be true, it is; and when Alexius Del Rossa makes you a deal, you run far away and never look back.Me? I didn't run. I stayed. I opened that envelope, and I accepted his offer. Why? Because my life was a mess and on a downward spiral to a big, fat nothing. And he just offered me everything in exchange for six months of my life.

The Villain contains both The Villain's Captive and The Villain's Beloved, and is one complete set of the duet.✤ Elijah ✤I'm the one they all fear.The one they whisper about.A faceless ghost.My hands are coated in crimson from souls I've sent to hell - at a price.I've never missed a target, and I always deliver.I'm the Grim Reaper of the Cosa Nostra.Then there's her. The cellist whose music soothes the malignance...

I warned her. I told her there's no line I won't cross to keep her.And that's what I did, I crossed a line. Thing is, I don't regret it. I'd do it again if I had the chance.This all started with me needing a wife—a wife I didn't want.But things changed. She got under my skin and into my bed.Now, I'm not willing to let her go. Not even if she begs me to set her free.She knew the risk. She knew my love would come with a burden she'll c...

Nicholas loves getting what he wants.Being filthy rich and living the high life of a billionaire bachelor, it's all about expensive suits, sleek sports cars, and women who would do just about anything to get his attention.His life couldn't have been more perfect if he had ordered it out of a goddamn catalog…until one hot as hell encounter with a stripper turns his life upside down.Now he can't get her out of his head. Her body, her voice, those sexy as fuck stiletto...

He’s a beast. A killer.A dark shadow with blood on his hands and violence in his veins.He’s the monster that comes at midnight. The one I watch from my bedroom window, holding my breath, wondering if he has finally come for me.It’s only a matter of time before he takes me. His ballerina girl. It’s a promise he made the first time he caught me staring at him. ‘You will be mine.’It’s impossible not to fear him. My bones tremble every time I hear his name....

Fighting their attraction has never been this hard.I've never had a life. I'm not talking about the freedom money can buy because I have that in spades. I'm talking about the freedom a girl gets from growing up with four overprotective Del Rossa men…which is zero. Zero freedom to have a social life. Zero freedom to date.Men in this city know better than to look my way. I'm Dark Sovereign property, and everyone knows you don't touch what belongs to the Del R...

I had to run. It was that, or marry a man my father auctioned me to when I was a little girl.I knew my father wouldn't make it easy, but color me surprised when he sent Caelian Del Rossa to find me.The man is a menace. Arrogant. Infuriating. Enigmatic.He thinks he's my knight in shining armor. I'm convinced he's nothing more than my father's retriever.Turns out my father asked the Dark Sovereign for help to get him out of the deal and me out...

I used to believe survival meant keeping my head down.Following the rules. Pretending I wasn't breaking apart inside.Then I married Isaia Del Rossa. The man who lied to me. The man who bled for me. The man who swore I was his forever—whether I wanted it or not.Now, a ghost from my past is back. And with him comes a truth I'm not ready to face.Because my heart is split in two.One half belongs to the boy who's always kept me safe. The ...

When my kidnapper – the most powerful man in Italy – makes me an offer to be his wife, I'm forced to accept.MilaHe's a killer. A monster. A thief. He stole me; ripped me from a life I thought was mine, and forced me into his. There was no negotiating. No choice to be made. No way out.He says once I give him what he wants, he'll let me go. But I don't believe him. Taunting me, humiliating me, hunting me...it thrills him. He's addicte...

Davian Stark is beautiful, twisted, cruel, and he's going to die—by my hand.He's one of the elites of the Dark Sovereign. A bloodthirsty mafia assassin and a hunter fueled by his need for the chase.If I want to get close to him, I have to give him something to hunt—me.He made a mistake by letting me survive my family's massacre. I've trained, fed my hate, and now, I'm ready to strike.But Davian isn't just a killer. He's complex, compelling, ...

Everyone treats me differently now.Like I'm this broken doll with glue sealing the cracks. It's okay. I can handle their pitying stares. But not his. Not Nicoli's.I hate the way he looks at me like I'm this fragile thing he's too afraid to touch. I want him to love me the way he did before this nightmare started. He needs to realize that I'm stronger than he thinks.I'm not a victim, and I'm more than a survivor. I'm a fighter. And while Nicoli and h...

Loving Isaia Del Rossa is like drowning in darkness. And with every possessive touch, every whispered command, I sink deeper under his spell.On this island, there is no outside world. No past. No future. Only him. His hands, his mouth, his obsession.He worships me, breaks me, makes me beg for the kind of pleasure I should fear. And he kills for me like it's nothing.Because to Isaia… I'm everything. But love shouldn't feel like a cage.He says...