After the hell she endured, she's learned the keys to survival are to never trust anyone and never stay in one place for long.

Now, I’m faking marital bliss as I tremble with fear, and I cannot wait to be out of the clutches of this ruthless man.He spilled into my life like a dark, inescapable shadow, stealing my dignity and drowning me in his sin. Realize that a lot of the stuff that you know about your body is either not true or is so deeply ingrained that it has taken a lifetime for you to learn those things.

She has a house she loves, a job she adores, and a ridiculously attractive “nemesis” who never seems to mind when she wins their favorite online game. It was nice that she was in her later twenties (in a lot of these mafia books they are very young women so it was nice to have a little bit of age and maturity there). What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. It really hits that sweet spot for me with some morally grey characters but strong personal codes and love!

The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance.

Our first meeting was at a nightclub, and it was something straight out of my most romantic fantasies. They accused the organization of meddling in their respective countries on behalf of western powers.

I’m sure if I hadn’t spilled beer all over him and gave a subtle suggestion of where he could shove his best friend’s dick, perhaps we would have started out on a better note. i really enjoyed the majority of this book but i thought the ending was quite underwhelming like there was no revenge we didn’t get to see the death of the bad guy or like saving her sister, i think that would have been a more climactic ending and then maybe the final chapter like it felt like there was at least a chapter missing.

Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. I came across a teaser for this book on the author’s TikTok and immediately grabbed a copy and I’m so happy I did. Meaghan Pierce believes the portrayal of plus size heroines in romance novels help to break down harmful stereotypes and misconceptions.How much he wants to help her right from the beginning, how he is constantly trying to do the right thing by her, even when he gets it wrong. As a lowly cousin and the only female offspring in the Torrio mafia family, Luciana is just the bargaining chip her uncle needs to make an alliance with the Bilotti family. But then he comes to me with an offer I can’t refuse—a publicist job at the most prestigious public relations firm in Chicago. They also feel very one dimensional so far, and not what I was hoping for when I was bamboozled into thinking this was an enemies to lovers. Everyone warns me to stay away from the star football player with a bad boy reputation and a chip on his shoulder.