A Russian boss. An Italian Princess.The truth of their union would change everything ...The Arrangement*Nothing will stop the Bratva mob boss from taking back what's his and once he has her, he'll do anything to keep her.Viviana "Vine" Carducci's and Anton Avdonin's marriage was decided over two decades ago. The deal between leading mafia families had more on the line than anyone knew, even if the Bratva and Cosa Nostra shouldn't have mixed. When Vin...

Lies and love. This is how a war starts.A life for a life. That's the mafia way. Damian Rossi owes his life to a man who is ready to collect. That payment comes in the form of an arranged marriage to the daughter of another leading family in the Chicago Outfit. He's ready to follow through, even if that means making sure Lily knows she's his.Lily DeLuca isn't being given a choice. Forced home to marry a man she doesn't know and back into a life she'd rather forget, her worl...

Everything comes with a price.Kolya Boykov isn't afraid to die—he's already been dead for a long time.All it takes is one look at her from across the bar, and Kolya comes to life again. She's fragile and beautiful and caged. Taking her was the last thing he should have done, but he's never wanted anything like he wants Maya. As the son of a Bratva boss, no one can stop him from having her.Maya Kozlov wishes she was invisible—mistreated and unloved, they never let he...

They're not star-crossed—they're impossible.Bought and soon-to-be delivered, Emma Sorrento will be the next wife of a New York Don decades her senior. Not by choice, but as a mafia princess—was there ever one?But the soul-black eyes of the man tasked with ensuring her safe arrival to the wedding of her nightmares tempts her like no other. In the worst possible way.Calisto Donati. He's entirely forbidden. The nephew of the man she's supposed to marry. And just a touc...

They're not star-crossed—they're impossible.Emma Donati wasn't given a choice in the end, and the one she was forced to make saved more lives than just hers. If only knowing that was enough to get her through the hell she's currently living. Instead, she's paying the price for the lies they've told, and the cost is unbearably high.Some days, it feels like she imagined it all. Like everything with Calisto was a dream.But they were real once.Even if now, he do...

They're not star-crossed—they're impossible.Calisto Donati is what every made man in the mafia should be, and then he broke his oath for a woman that wasn't his.Their secrets and games are deadly, but as hard as he tries to stay away from his boss's new bride, the universe seems determined to keep bringing them back together. Trapped in a marriage that leaves Emma heartbroken and lonely, he's often the only one left to pick up the pieces of what remains of a once vibrant wo...

Antony Marcello didn’t break the rules. Not the ones that mattered, anyway. In the world of La Cosa Nostra, justice was served with a single word and a bullet, not a courthouse and a judge. When he was told to jump, there was only one appropriate response: How high, Boss?Some rules are worth bending.La famiglia has been Antony’s goal for longer than he cares to remember. Getting his button is everything alongside family, honor, God, and loyalty. Meeting Cecelia Catrolli put...

The allure of fear is learning to love it.Viktoria Boykov has heard it all—cold they call her. The spoiled bratva princess. She knows very well what people say when her back is turned. She doesn't mind; let them talk. It's better for people to assume what they want about her than for them to know the truth … until him.Pavel Kotov knows what people say—death they call him. The Boykov dog. He's heard all the whispers locked away in the cells of the Compound. As the reaper for...

She was once his liar. He was once her savior.Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back into the path of his past, but he only sees his future.Every king needs a queen.Catherine Marcello learned how to stand on her own, and she no longer needs saving. The sly girl is far more dangerous now...

A wild boy.A sly girl.Cross Donati defines trouble. He does what he wants because he's never known anything different. He's unapologetic, and he owns it.Catherine Marcello is every bit a good girl . . . on the outside. Her entire world is a legacy, and she lives it. She's curious, and she's exploring it.She chases bad things.He never learned to be good.They're late nights, stolen cars, first times, fist fights, leather jackets, beaches, blood...

Featuring stories from readers favorite characters from author Bethany-Kris' Commission World, Outtakes Vol 2: The Commission World takes readers to before the filthiest Marcello took his throne and far beyond ... to the next generations.Made up of outtakes and short stories written for and by request of readers, the collection contains over 170,000 words and over 100 shorts.Readers should be familiar with The Commission World to best enjoy.

Eighteen years after the events of His Father's Son and What We Leave When We Go closes out the first and second generation of Russos and Gallos for the In Love and Blood saga. It's about growing up, getting old, second chances, and saying goodbye.In the end, it only counts if it was worth it.