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Cain stalks his archenemy's wife to find his elusive opponent, not knowing how his growing obsession with Olivia will change the rules and the battle. A FATED MATES PARANORMAL ROMANCECain Jones is the leader of a paranormal crime task force dedicated to protecting mankind from the revival of evil and the dawning of a second Dark Age. The team under his command uses their seven forbidden arts secretively to fight their archenemy, Godfrey Reid, a man who is set on becoming immortal and wiping out the human race. Fighting battle after battle, Cain makes a breakthrough when he locates his opponent's weakness-Mrs. Olivia Reid. She's his only link to Godfrey and his only chance at accomplishing his mission. He'll break her if he must. He'll even steal her thoughts. As the investigation progresses, Cain has to face a truth he doesn't want to admit. He has an ulterior motive for personally keeping an eye on his enemy's dwellings. Watching Olivia sleep, Cain soon becomes as obsessed with his archenemy's woman as with killing Godfrey. She's everything he's ever wanted. But will she forgive him for killing her husband? Note: The books in this series must be read in order.

"I'm a decoy, another woman's double, and now her enemy has taken me." A DARK MAFIA ROMANCEMy life is governed by three rules. Don't get caught.If caught, play the role.Win time until rescue arrives. My life depends on playing the role convincingly. I've been trained for that role since the age of fifteen. For ten long years, I've been taught to be someone else, to respond to a different name, and to live in another woman's shadow. Evie Warren is the most coveted mafia princess in the country, and I'm her double. I'm the decoy, her stunt girl, so to speak. So when I break the first rule, I know it's bad. I know it's going to get worse when the man who carjacked my convoy gives me two options, telling me he hopes I won't choose the second one. And when he calls me Evie, he confirms my worst suspicion. The attack was premeditated. There can only be two reasons why he wants to take Evie. He wants her either for ransom or for revenge, and Bell Warren, her father, has more enemies than money. Note: Beauty in Deception is a short standalone novel with no cliffhanger. The book is part of the Diamond Magnate Collection. You don't need to read the other books to follow this story. The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone Novels(Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance)Beauty in DeceptionBeauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever Trilogy(Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance)Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy(Dark Heist Romance)Stolen Lust (Book 1)Stolen Life (Book 2)Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection Duology(Dark Arranged Marriage Romance)Imperfect Intentions (Book 1)Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

When Leon tries to force Violet into marriage, it's war for both of them. The battle is hot and dirty, and no one walks away without scars. A DARK ROMANCEI tried hard to remain invisible, particularly here.In my circles, it's dangerous to be noticed, especially by men like Leon Hart. He's different than the other men who work for my stepfather. Quiet. Intense.He's not a brain or a muscle. He's both. And more.There's a darkness to him that only dangerous men acquire.I should know. I grew up with dangerous men.So when he sets his sights on becoming a partner in the company that rules the IT underworld and I'm the bonus my stepfather throws into the deal, I know I have to fight as dirty as necessary to escape my fate. Note: The box set includes Imperfect Intentions (Book 1) and Imperfect Affections (Book 2) and is Violet and Leon's complete story. This dark romance duology is part of the Diamond Magnate collection. Each series in the collection features one of the Hart brothers. You don't have to read the other books to follow the story. The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone Novels(Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance)Beauty in DeceptionBeauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever Trilogy(Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance)Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy(Dark Heist Romance)Stolen Lust (Book 1)Stolen Life (Book 2)Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection Duology(Dark Arranged Marriage Romance)Imperfect Intentions (Book 1)Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

I gave him my innocence and my virtue. I gave him my love and my hate. Is there anything left to give? Angelo Russo came like a storm into my life and left destruction in his trail. The man who hates me beyond measure is the man who put a ring on my finger and gave me his name. My husband is my worst enemy. There's nothing left to salvage from the wreckage of our lives. He married me to destroy me, and he did an outstanding job. He took my innocence and my virtue. I gave him my love and my hate. And just when I think there's nothing else to give, I realize how wrong I am. What Angelo wants most is the promise of life I carry inside my body. When he's taken that last piece of me, he'll crush me with a smile on his beautiful face and wipe my existence from his memory forever.

We're destined to destroy each other, but we're going to finish this game, no matter how long or what it takes. In my line of business, every day dawns with the smell of death in the air. But it's not a bullet that's going to slay me. It's Sabella, the woman who was promised to me, the woman who betrayed me. I hate and want her in equal measure, an agonizing situation of my own making. We're heading down a path of destruction, but there's no turning back. At the first chance she gets, she'll stab me in the back again. She's a dangerous risk and a threat to my family. If I were wise, I'd eliminate that risk and leave her funeral to the sharks. I must be an idiot, because I'm going to finish what I started, no matter the cost.

We're destined to destroy each other, but we're going to finish this game, no matter how long or what it takes. In my line of business, every day dawns with the smell of death in the air. But it's not a bullet that's going to slay me. It's Sabella, the woman who was promised to me, the woman who betrayed me. I hate and want her in equal measure, an agonizing situation of my own making. We're heading down a path of destruction, but there's no turning back. At the first chance she gets, she'll stab me in the back again. She's a dangerous risk and a threat to my family. If I were wise, I'd eliminate that risk and leave her funeral to the sharks. I must be an idiot, because I'm going to finish what I started, no matter the cost.

I gave him my innocence and my virtue. I gave him my love and my hate. Is there anything left to give? Angelo Russo came like a storm into my life and left destruction in his trail. The man who hates me beyond measure is the man who put a ring on my finger and gave me his name. My husband is my worst enemy. There's nothing left to salvage from the wreckage of our lives. He married me to destroy me, and he did an outstanding job. He took my innocence and my virtue. I gave him my love and my hate. And just when I think there's nothing else to give, I realize how wrong I am. What Angelo wants most is the promise of life I carry inside my body. When he's taken that last piece of me, he'll crush me with a smile on his beautiful face and wipe my existence from his memory forever.

The price I paid to claim her cost me too dearly to ever let her go. A deal sealed with a handshake promised she'd be mine. A broken vow ripped her from my future. I made unspeakable sacrifices to claim what rightfully belongs to me. After all the blood I shed in her name, the bond that ties us is hatred. The war cost us both dearly, but the price we paid won't be in vain. I'll never let her go. If she thinks she can escape her destiny, she hasn't seen the worst of me yet.If she thinks she knows the devil in me, she's about to meet the monster.

Every year on my birthday, my tormentor returns to claim one of my firsts. A DARK MAFIA / ARRANGED MARRIAGE ROMANCEOn my sixteenth birthday, a stranger from Corsica shows up at my party. Angelo Russo looks like an angel, but more the kind who decapitates dragons than the kind with soft white wings. He's dark like the ocean and breathless like water. He says he wants all my firsts as if he already owns them, but my father orders me to stay away from this man. No matter how hard I try, I can't escape him. No one can keep me safe. Every year on my birthday, he brings me a gift, each one having a detrimental effect on my life with unimaginable consequences. With every gift he offers, he claims another one of my firsts. Before I know it, he's taken control of my existence, turning me into a nervous wreck, because when I turn eighteen, I know what first he'll come for next. Note: Love Like Poison is the first book in the Corsican Crime Lord series and ends on a cliffhanger. Sabella and Angelo's story continues in Hate Like Honey, Book Two.

When Leon tries to force Violet into marriage, it's war for both of them. The battle is hot and dirty, and no one walks away without scars. A DARK ROMANCELove is for people who don't mind getting hurt. I vowed to never fall into that trap. I entered into war with my beautiful, corrupted, and dangerous husband. He warned me he always won. He told me I'd lose, but I didn't want to believe him because there was too much at stake. What he didn't tell me was that the battlefield is messy and bloody, and that no one walks away without scars. Note: Imperfect Affections is Book 2 of the Beauty in Imperfection duology and concludes Violet and Leon's story. Imperfect Intentions (Book 1) must be read first. This dark romance duology is part of the Diamond Magnate collection. Each series in the collection features one of the Hart brothers. You don't have to read the other books to follow the story. The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone Novels(Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance)Beauty in DeceptionBeauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever Trilogy(Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance)Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy(Dark Heist Romance)Stolen Lust (Book 1)Stolen Life (Book 2)Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection Duology(Dark Arranged Marriage Romance)Imperfect Intentions (Book 1)Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

The price I paid to claim her cost me too dearly to ever let her go. A deal sealed with a handshake promised she'd be mine. A broken vow ripped her from my future. I made unspeakable sacrifices to claim what rightfully belongs to me. After all the blood I shed in her name, the bond that ties us is hatred. The war cost us both dearly, but the price we paid won't be in vain. I'll never let her go. If she thinks she can escape her destiny, she hasn't seen the worst of me yet.If she thinks she knows the devil in me, she's about to meet the monster. Note: Hate Like Honey is the second book in the Corsican Crime Lord series and ends on a cliffhanger. Sabella and Angelo's story continues in Tears Like Acid, Book Three.

Bono must steal Sky's secrets, but there's one she'll protect with her life. Is she strong enough to resist his assault when his choice of weapon is seduction? A FATED MATES PARANORMAL ROMANCEBonoBono Black isn't part of Cain Jones's taskforce. He's merely their pilot, but the minute he walks into a sex club in Amsterdam, he's no longer an outsider to the war on their beautiful target, Sky Val. Bono wants her like he's never wanted anyone, and he's a determined man. The only snags are three major obstacles. One, Sky belongs to the most dangerous sex dealer in the Netherlands who'd see her dead before he lets her go. Two, she's undeniably involved in the murders of a senator and president. Three, Cain has ordered her dead. However, time is on Bono's side. Before the team leader slits her throat, they need information on her boss. With the interest Sky has shown in Bono, Cain decides Bono is just the man for the job, and that seduction will be his choice of arms. SkyLife has never been good or kind. From where Sky Val is standing, life looks infinitely bad. Her existence is nothing but physical and emotional torture, but one motivation keeps her going. It's a secret she can't give up on. Bought at the age of sixteen for her forbidden art to manipulate time, Sky's owner constructed the perfect jail to confine her. The invisible chains he put on her are much more effective than a brick-and-mortar prison. She will do anything her owner or his boss demands, even make the handsome, caring Senegalese pilot, Bono Black fall in love with her. Love is, after all, a woman's best weapon when her mission is to steal a man's secrets. Note: The books in this series must be read in order.

To protect the elephants, ranger Sara has to reclaim Wayne's land. Can she destroy the man she's falling in love with to save the near-extinct species? Can she trust a man convicted of murder? A FATED MATES PARANORMAL ROMANCESahara Graham has no idea what she's getting herself into when she uses her forbidden art to protect the near-extinct elephants and their habitat in the Knysna forest, South Africa. From the minute she sets foot in the woodcutters' bar, her life is in danger. The wood smugglers will sooner murder her than let the National Parks Board ranger stand in their way. Woodcutter and ex-convict, Wayne West, holds the key to saving both her and the elephants. But can she trust a man convicted of the cruellest of murders? Danger comes to town with a green SANParks vest and a tight body. Wayne knows Sahara is all kinds of trouble from the first time he lays eyes on her in the bar. Alone, she doesn't stand a chance. Helping her may cost him not only his job, but also the only thing he has left-his land. That's to say if they make it out alive. Note: The books in this series must be read in order.

When Leon tries to force Violet into marriage, it's war for both of them. The battle is hot and dirty, and no one walks away without scars. A DARK ROMANCEI never dreamed of getting married.I dreamed about freedom. When my stepfather promised Leon Hart a partnership in his clandestine software company, he offered me as part of the package deal. It's a win-win situation for both men. My stepfather gets rid of his damaged stepdaughter, and Leon becomes second-in-command of the biggest underground IT operation in the country. I'll do what I must to escape my fate. Even if it means turning my powerful and dangerous betrothed into my worst enemy. Note: Violet and Leon's story concludes in Imperfect Affections (Book 2). Beauty in Imperfection is part of the Diamond Magnate collection. Each series in the collection features one of the Hart brothers. You don't have to read the other books to follow the story. The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone Novels(Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance)Beauty in DeceptionBeauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever Trilogy(Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance)Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy(Dark Heist Romance)Stolen Lust (Book 1)Stolen Life (Book 2)Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection Duology(Dark Arranged Marriage Romance)Imperfect Intentions (Book 1)Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

"She's a pretty wildflower destined for my brother's vase. I'll make her mine, even if how I do it will make flowers wilt." A DARK FRENCH MAFIA ROMANCEMy love is wasted like gemstones in the dust, walked over by an oblivious shoe. It takes many suffering years and layers of mountains to squeeze carbon into a precious stone. Now that I'm polished and hard like a diamond, he doesn't get to kick me back into the dirt. Men like him don't love women like me.They don't love.Period. But he made me.He'll live with me.Because diamonds are forever. Note: Diamonds are Forever is Book 3 of the Diamonds are Forever trilogy and concludes the story. Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1) and Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2) must be read first to follow the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dark romance readers LOVE this dark and twisted romance! What they say about Diamonds are Forever: "What an absolutely stunning conclusion to this trilogy!!!" Carvanz, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "YES! It's here! The perfect Grand Finale to a story that kept me hostage from the very first page." Cécile Smits, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I think this is the quickest I've ever read a book. I was dying to see the rest of Max and Zoe's story!" LeAnn, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Well another day that I sat engrossed in this series! Food didn't matter, only what happens between Maxime and Zoe!" Kathy M, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone NovelBeauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever TrilogyDiamonds in the Dust (Book 1)Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen TrilogyStolen Lust (Book 1)Stolen Life (Book 2)Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection DuologyImperfect Intentions (Book 1)Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

Every year on my birthday, my tormentor returns to claim one of my firsts. A DARK MAFIA / ARRANGED MARRIAGE ROMANCEOn my sixteenth birthday, a stranger from Corsica shows up at my party. Angelo Russo looks like an angel, but more the kind who decapitates dragons than the kind with soft white wings. He's dark like the ocean and breathless like water. He says he wants all my firsts as if he already owns them, but my father orders me to stay away from this man. No matter how hard I try, I can't escape him. No one can keep me safe. Every year on my birthday, he brings me a gift, each one having a detrimental effect on my life with unimaginable consequences. With every gift he offers, he claims another one of my firsts. Before I know it, he's taken control of my existence, turning me into a nervous wreck, because when I turn eighteen, I know what first he'll come for next. Note: Love Like Poison is the first book in the Corsican Crime Lord series and ends on a cliffhanger. Sabella and Angelo's story continues in Hate Like Honey, Book Two.