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*Some scenes include physical abuse* Hope Ficci is a 19 year old girl from New York. One night away with her best friend reveals secrets that she has only ever read about, it all starts when she spots her dead boyfriend. Dominico Moretti is the 23 year old, Mafia leader, who instantly falls in love with his best friend's sister at first sight. His tragic past begins to unfold from the night he meets Hope Ficci. What secrets are being hidden from Hope and how will they affect her life? What happens to Dominic? This story contains death, revelations of secrets, and betrayal.

Thando is a 21 year old girl who just graduated from uni and moves in with her brother. What will happen when she meets a guy that sweeps her off her feet, Mbuso who is her brother's best friend?

She's a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds . . . Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Caterina smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything. She's the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa . . . or was. Now, all she can see in the mirror's reflection is blood staining her hands like crimson paint. They say first impressions are everything . . . In the murky waters of New York's underworld, Caterina's sister is arranged to marry Jennifer Melgren . A Made Woman, a boss, a cheat-even measured against mafia standards. Her reputation stretches far and wide . After her and Caterina's first encounter ends with an accidental glare on her part, she realizes she's just as rude as she is gorgeous.She doesn't like the woman or anything she stands for, though that doesn't stop her heart from pattering like rain against glass when she's near, nor the shiver that ghosts down her spine at the sound of her voice. And she's always near. Telling her what to do. Making her feel hotter than any future sister-in-law should. Caterina may be the Sweet Abelli on the outside, but she's beginning to learn she has a taste for the darkness, for rough hands, cigarettes, and whiskey-colored eyes. Having already escaped one scandal, however, she can hardly afford to be swept up in another. Besides, even if she were hers, everyone knows you don't fall in love with a Made woman . . . right?

Matteo is offered a get out of jail free card, but in return he must side with an organisation that helps sex trafficking victims. Xena's family have ran this organisation for years, and need the help of a well-known gangster to save her sister. Can the two team together to save Xena's sister, or will it end tragically with no goals achieved?

Meet Jessica 'Jessie' Basset, the beast of a lawyer the country of South Africa has ever seen. She has carved her name into the books of the 'go-to-lawyers' if you want to win cases. Chances of her losing court cases were 1 in a million. She invested her all in everything she did. Men lusted after her, women wanted to be her, or kill her. She was strikingly gorgeous, fair, caramel skinned, Brown eyes and a huge black afro hair that was her signature look. She feared nothing, she was vicious, a go-getter, and thought the world was at her mercy until she met the mobster, Kai 'Fantasma' Neverson, who showed her that all the men she met in her life were full of games, and he was the real deal. Killing was a sport for him, selling drugs and smuggling diamonds was the game he played all so well, earning him the title of 'The biggest mafia boss' South Africa has ever seen. Police, government, they couldn't get through to him, he always slipped through their fingers, but one time he was caught and was held in police custody and who else to represent him during his trial than the beautiful Miss Basset? Read to find how Jessie fought her feelings hard that she had for the dangerous man who came into her life like a wrecking ball. He was dangerous and evil, and everything he did was illegal and Jessie wanted no part of that, or did she? □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ illegal love is my third book in the mafia/romance genre. PLEASE DO VOTE, LEAVE COMMENTS, MESSAGES AND SHARE! You can talk to me here about any of my books👇👇 Twitter: @MatshidisoBella 😗😗😗😘😘😘

"I know you aren't some fragile woman Charlotte. I'm not protecting you because you're a woman, I'm protecting you because you're my woman." "Y-You do not own me Lorenzo. I've told you that countless of times." ~-★-~ Charlotte Angela Monroe is the daughter of the Spanish Mafia, she runs a clothing business to escape the Mafia life until her parents tell her that she is marrying Lorenzo Alexander Vinci. Lorenzo is a cold, and harsh Mafia boss. When he walks into a room everyone goes silent. He kills who and whatever he wants without hesitation. Charlotte has to marry Lorenzo for her Mafia, and has to deal with this cold man who couldn't care if she lived or not. She tries to form a friendship with him, to make her unfortunate marriage more livable, but ends up falling for the man she swore she'd never love. Started: 11/17/24 Ended: 04/3/25

✓ COMPLETED ✓ Started: 2nd NOV 2020 Finished: 23th AUG 2021 EDITING! I could feel his gaze on me as my hands slowly reached to the blood coming out of my fiance. It was cold, sticky, and wet. As it stained my hands, tears were beginning to pour down causing me to subconsciously wipe my face. "How'd you feel after committing your first murder?" His deep voice asked me from behind. Slowly turning around, showing him the mess of emotions I was going through. "Fuck you." I responded slowly, with much anger. I caught a spark in his eye and he slowly began to smirk. "It won't be your last." *+*+* Stephano Varallo. A dangerous man feared by men and admired by women. Andrea Russo. A kind woman with her perfect fiance and loyal bestfriend. When Stephano requests for a nurse to come to his house Andrea arrives and Stephano can't seem to let her go. Far from a cliche. *+*+* A spin-off to His Personal Assistant.

"𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮." Lonzo Mattia doesn't like strangers. When his underboss, Gabriel, invites his sister, Alexia, to stay at their house when her parents can no longer guarantee her safety, Lonzo is anything but pleased. The last thing he needs is something else to worry about, he only wants to build his empire without distractions. Alexia Dalton knows what she wants in life. After being brought up by vigilantes, Alexia wants to make a different path from the one that is set out for her. But when she moves into the mafia boss's house, nothing is simple when there are two mutual feelings between them. Hate and a lot of uncontrollable lust. Neither of them want to admit that they love the taste of it. ✧ ✧ ✧ Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Brother's boss/best friend - Forbidden Love - Strong FMC/Grumpy MMC - He falls first and harder - Dark themes - Spicy scenes

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐳 is running away from her abusive husband with her seven-year-old daughter, after leaving New York for eight years she moves back living with her parents. She is set on hoping for a better future for her and her daughter Eliana, but what happens when she gets a job offer to be an assistant for the boss of the Italian and Sicilian Mafia? 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 is the boss of the Italian and Sicilian Mafia, his main focus is to find and kill his big enemy the Colombo's so he can gain the power of the Russian Mafia and soon the Colombian Mafia. But what happens when his eyes land on Petra? What happens when two opposite people meet from different worlds? Will Xavier bring more trouble to Petra's future? Will Xavier get to gain power over the two Mafias?

"Kiss me." "I think I'll pass." Before I could say anything else, her hands grabbed my hips and slammed my back against the wall. And her lips found mine. ------------------------------ When Jo Anderson stumbles into a secret Mafia meeting in one of New York's many bars, she quickly discovers there is something special about the establishment, Stella Nera. When she is cornered by none other than the Mafia Lord himself, Jo is forced to make a deal. Do the Mafia a favor, and in exchange, don't die. The Mafia Lord gives her 48 hours to complete the request: rescuing the gang's most trusted spy from a rival crime boss. If Jo can rescue her, she gets to make it through the weekend. Just in time for school on Monday. #1 crimefiction 2/15/22