even the prettiest of flowers will wilt one day • or where a sheltered girl with haunting secrets catches the eye of a callous businessman

Black eyes. Soulless. Unforgiving. Grey. Ice-cold, but just enough that I'm able to melt it. Both make me feel something. The matter was, which one out-weighed the other? Rule-bound, my life feels more like a cage than it ever has. I have no opportunity to use my fire and break out- heat can only do so much. And then like a fish out of water, I have to attach myself to this man- a man I know is dangerous. But so am I. The thing is, I don't know just how much. Only when he touches me, looks at me, talks to me even if his voice is laced with Russian poison.. that's when I realize just what agreement I've accorded with. It's a crippling touch of fire everytime he's near, and the most dangerous thing of all- even more than him, is the fact that I don't hate it. Stone is what I see when I look into his eyes. I wonder, is his heart made of it too? Nikolas Volkov When a bloody feud between the Russian Bratva and the Cosa Nostra ends with one outback- I'm forced to put myself in a position I have no other choice but to fulfill. With the Pakhan on my back, eyes everywhere mean complying is the only option. Only when the moment comes, is when I realize just what I've gotten myself into. She's.. indecipherable. I don't know what the hell this feeling is. I know it's not good. But my body tells me it's not bad, either. I try to stay away, but feeling her tremble and light like a switch underneath my touch when she's so used to staying upright, it awakens a dark, fulfilling part of me. My heart's made of stone. It always has been. So why do I feel it sway whenever she's near? 17+ Mafia Dark Romance *Standalone*

"My wings are broken. My halos cracked. The angels long dead. I'm a lost soul waiting to die out" (Loving Athena) After the abrupt and unexpected kidnapping of the Italian mafia princess Athena Armani, how is it evens possible for the Armani men to move on from their loss or for Athena to find her way back to the heart striken bunch? After Athena was dropped of at a orphanage by the Greek mafia, her compationless kidnappers, she was soon adopted by David Michaelson, a prominently know business owner to a well renowned self defense training centre to the legal world, but in reality he is the leader to an all American gang who just so happen to take a interest in the missing Armani herslef. She lives with her so called 'dad' facing the harsh daily abuse that came along with being his acclaimed daughter. Until everything changes with one simple sentence that held so much meaning nobody could evens begin to realize its extent. He was dead. She was free. To many it didn't mean anything and wouldn't effect them, but that one seemingly insignificant loss would lead to her whole life taking a unexpected surreal turn, leaving her to believe she could finally escape the unfair clutches that kept her tied down. That is till she finds out she has a unknown biological family and just so happens to be their long lost Italian princess. What will happen when a time comes where she has to come face to face with her self destructing demons or comes to a point where she has to reveal her agonizing secrets she tried so hard to hide to save herslef the pain. Add rivalries, vengful enemies, bitches, a harrowing ex boyfriend, a stone cold father that hid too many secrets and a sinful Sicilian mafia heir, how will Athena simply manage to cope Or survive (EDITING) Note: there are topics in this book that fall under the idea of abuse, sextual assault, suicidal thoughts, violence and self harm Don't read if your sensitive to that.

"Harry." I glare. "Violet." He smirks. - He had those tempting green eyes patched with a smirk and she wore a glare with the sweetest heart. She was his smartass. His darling sunshine. They were both hiding secrets. They both wanted to disappear. When their paths cross one day, they do everything in their power to stay away from each other but somehow they physically couldn't. They craved each other. They needed each other on a deeper level that could be conceived. - "Come on, I'll drive you." He says while picking up his keys. "You don't have to-" "Beep, beep, trains leaving!" He grabs my hand, pulling me with him as my jaw drops. "That was childish." He smirks, "I'm your damn fucking taxi, baby." Staring back at me with a painted smirk, looking me up and down I shove his hips back. "No flirting, be cool." "I physically can't stop." - Harry tries to keep Violet away from the mafia but when she figures it out, Harry will do everything he can to protect her. A new mission sets the boys up to travel to their casinos while robbing competitors. With an enemy hot on their tail, they have to play their cards right or face the consequences. - Highest Rankings #1 in living #4 in gangs #1 in punk #12 in soft Harry #6 in daddy issues MATURE CONTENT

"You don't want me I'm broken. Unfixable." "Broken or not your still my princess." Soon his lips are on mine and sparks flew all my worries for once vanished. That's when I knew. I'm falling for Mr Mafia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diego Rodriguez. Son of one of the most ruthless mafia boss. His not almost like his father. Diego is more of a bad boy. Breaks rules. Fools around but not with girls. He wants trouble and danger. So he entered his own boxing championship. Everyone knowing him as the 'king' of the ring. Megan Moon. A nerd-geek. Beautiful. Smart. Sociable. But her life isn't all that gold. Her father is an abusive. Megan's mother was beaten everyday trying to protect her. Knowing she needs to find a way out of her fathers hand, Megan stumbles across some gangsters. Quickly understanding her situation, her newly found friends introduced her to the mafia. Finding a chance, Megan joined the boxing championship and became the 'princess' of the ring. Catching the eye of the 'king'. What happens when these two cross paths in school and their secret life. Read on to find out! This is a sequel to 'Helping Mr Mafia' read that first! Please don't steal! --------------------------------- Book cover by @Yourgirl_Laney

Book 2 Can be read as a stand alone Brielle Mae Reed is the oldest of Tobias and Trinity Reed. She grows up with loving parents and amazing half siblings. Brielle is able to always the positive light in someone and always is trying to better herself and others. But there is something that Brielle is hiding from the world. She's pregnant. But not from the way you may think. She is raped and left broken inside with a growing baby that she doesn't even know if she wants to keep. Brielle Mae struggles with accepting her pregnancy and learning to find her happiness once more. That is until she meets Killian. But who is this Killian? Read and find out.

Angelina is a strong-willed and closed off girl although she has grown up in a strong family. Because of the diversity and unfairness, she started to close her self off. Angelina wanted to not only prove to herself and to the mafia world but to her family. Ever since she was born Angelina had being belittled and overlooked because of her 'lungs'. Angelina wanted to be strong and just wanted to prove herself to everyone. That she was worthy. Her whole life her family, cousins and uncles shelter her in bubble wrap. Angelina was the opposite of everyone in the family. She stood out like a black sheep. Her own self insecurities and demons have driven her into the strong-minded woman assassin she is today. But it is all a secret no one knows what her strengths and skills are.. she wears a mask so in everyone's eyes, she is just the small vulnerable youngest mafia princess 'she has always been'. That was until a certain rivalry unravelled Into her life breaking down all of her walls as she destroyed his. It was forbidden, overlooked and hidden but despite all the flaws it was imperfectly perfect. Will the war what is coming, destroy everything? Will love blossom? Will secrets be revealed? Will tainted hearts remain broken?

Kendall Rossi isn't your average thirteen-year-old girl. At the young age of five her brothers dropped her off at an old orphanage which they claimed would be way safer and more practical than living with them and their Italian mafia problems. That wasn't the case. For years Kendall was switching from foster family to foster family. Some were sweet, some just needed the cash, and some had awful intentions. Like Gaston Tremblay, her current foster father. A couple years after the Rossi brothers left Kendall, they realized how much they craved and needed the little girl's bubbly and joyful personality in their life. They spent three full years trying to find Kendall but there was no trace of her. They eventually gave up and adopted a little girl around the age of eleven who would have been two years older than Kendall at the time. May, the little girl did help tie the broken family together, but it still wasn't the same, but they learned to cope and almost fully erased Kendall out of their lives. Until Alessandro Rossi the eldest of the brothers received a shocking phone call that would soon change their lives.

She was sweet he was mean. She always smiled while he was always serious. She didn't realize it but he knew she was the love of his life. Delilah Morecelli 17 year old is always smiling. She treated everyone with kindness and never once stopped helping people. She wore bright colors and her head was always in her books. She is bubbly and very social. She is extremely smart the top of her classes. That all changed one day and no one realized When Delilah stopped smiling, when the eye bags and red eyes appeared, when she would miss school, or when her grades dropped. Except for him, Nikolai Mikhailov he has always kept Delilah very dear to his heart, he was head over heels for her, he noticed everything down from how her nose scrunches up when she's thinking hard to the way she clenched her fist when she's anxious. All hell breaks lose when he realizes His princess is suffering, After all don't mess with the Russians next heir's malyshka

She was their everything, their world. They never stopped looking for her, but the whole time she was right under their nose. Jordan never gets a break, always having to look out of someone. She is a hot headed 16 year old girl who's father left her when she was 8. Jordan who is acting like a mother to her little sister Calia and to her own deadbeat of a mother, but its all to much so she deals with in many ways. What happens if she ends up with the man who left her all those years ago. Will she things go back to how they were before, or is it to late?