In the ruthless world of organized crime, loyalty is everything, and love is a liability.
Two powerful mafia leaders rule separate territories under the iron grip of the city’s reigning Don. He is calculating, feared, and dangerously controlled. She is ruthless, brilliant, and used to getting what she wants. When a chance encounter ignites a volatile attraction, their secret affair becomes a reckless game of desire with no names, no promises, and no rules.
But secrets never stay buried for long.
The moment she discovers his true identity, the man who has unknowingly been sharing her bed is the rival leader tied to the same Don, and everything explodes. Betrayed and furious, she retaliates the only way she knows how: with blood. His men fall by her hand, igniting a conflict that could fracture the Don’s entire empire.
The punishment is swift and brutal.
To prevent an all-out war between their factions, the Don forces the unthinkable: an arranged marriage between two enemies who would rather kill each other than say “I do.”
But as tensions rise, another threat begins to surface. Someone inside the Don’s empire is leaking information; moves are anticipated; shipments are intercepted; plans are unraveled before they begin. There’s a mole buried deep within their ranks, and every sign suggests the betrayal lies dangerously close to home.
Now bound together by a ruthless alliance neither of them chose, the two rivals are forced to work side by side to flush out the traitor before the Don’s empire collapses from within. But trust is a dangerous gamble when your partner is also your greatest enemy.
In a world where love is weakness and betrayal is deadly, their marriage could unite an empire… or burn it to the ground. And if they can’t uncover the mole in time, there may be nothing left to save.
She sold her first night. He bought his. Neither expected it to define the rest of their lives. Candice never imagined her desperation would lead her to The Hole, a place where innocence is a commodity and survival comes with a price tag. Shawn never meant to be the man who paid for her virginity—especially when it cost him his own. One-night binds them, then fate tears them apart. Years later, their worlds collide again in the last place expects: the college classroom. Professor Shawn. Student Candice. The past buried, the attraction undeniable. When she auditions to become his assistant, neither can resist the pull that never died. But passion comes with consequences, and when a tragic incident puts Candice in the hospital, Shawn becomes the one who refuses to leave her side. In a moment of reckless devotion, he offers her a deal: Six months. One million dollars. Pretend to be his wife. She accepts—until pride, fear, and heartbreak tear them apart once more. A year later, Shawn discovers the truth: Candice had his child. And she wants nothing to do with him. Now she’s vanished into the world again, this time reemerging as an author exposing the darkest corners of The Hole. Shawn recognizes her voice instantly. Their story. Their pain. Their love. And he’ll move heaven and earth to find her again. Because their first night bound them. Their choices broke them. But their love? It might be the one thing strong enough to save them.
What would you bargain your soul for?
Lucifer is the CEO of Souls, but he has one problem. There is a soul in the mortal world darker than all he has ever acquired and not in his possession. Taking on the task of retrieving the soul, he walks into something unexpected. Lily.
Lily, a flower shop owner, is bright and bubbly by day, but by night… let’s just say things get dark.
Will Lucifer acquire the soul he seeks, or will the task make him fall to his knees, given how hot the flame is?
Her drug classification is Poison, being the only one. No one is brave enough to take on what she does. Turning her body into pleasure art, working to keep her son safe, and hiding her real name. She never knew she was being watched. Another had their eye on her, someone just as dangerous—the new owner in charge. What starts as a deadly game of cat and mouse turns into a turbulent series of events none foresaw. It’s a fight to the finish to keep what he wants to claim, struggling through emotions and past pain.
It’s a rollercoaster ride of anger and euphoria, guns and…the chauffeur? What is he doing there?
Emily's Thorned Rose 