She came back to claim her inheritance. I claimed her first.

Lisette Hayes was mine once—my best friend and the only good thing I had before I lost everything.
I came back to Hollow Peak looking for peace. Not conversation. Not friends. Out here, I’m the man everyone avoids.

Except Lisette.

She wasn’t supposed to come back.
And she definitely wasn’t supposed to find me.

I’m not the boy she knew, and I should keep my distance.
But I can’t stay away.

Every time she looks at me, the ice around my heart cracks.
For her.

She’s only here long enough to settle her grandmother’s estate. And for a little while… I let myself pretend she might stay.

Until greed turns dangerous, and someone decides they’ll do anything to force her out.

Walking away isn’t an option.

Lisette is mine.

I’ll keep her safe with my last breath— even if I have to unleash the Beast Hollow Peak fears.

“𝐁𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠… 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭.”
My ex dumped me for a stick-thin socialite.
So I made a promise: The next man who touched me would earn the privilege.

Then HE happened.

A stranger with cold eyes.
Filthy mouth. And lethal hands.

He dragged me into the bathroom of my Prague flight.
Fisted my hair.
Bit my throat.
Burned filthy Russian promises straight into my soul.

Then I learned his name.

Matvei Volkov.
Bratva kingpin.
Chicago’s deadliest shadow.
And my ex-fiancé’s estranged half-brother.

His offer?
Stand on his arm at my ex’s wedding.
Wear his diamonds.
Help him get revenge.
Walk away with enough money to build the life I’ve always wanted.

It should have been easy.

Until blood spills.
Enemies close in.
And two pink lines change everything. Twins.

And Matvei’s done pretending.
Now he says I’m his.
And God help anyone who tries to take me from him.

The Morozov Bratva vow: Family First, Always.

I’ve always straddled the line between the Bratva and my art – destruction and danger vs. creation and beauty. But my hand is gone now, and with it, the part of me capable of creating something more in this life.

Liria Krasniqi is the last of the Krasniqi Mob. Her dying father is begging to make amends for his attack on our family by giving us everything he has: as long as Liria’s part of the deal.

Marry the daughter of the man who cost me my hand? I’ll do it. But she’ll spend the rest of her life paying for what I’ve lost.

My soul.

Tropes:
Hades and Persephone vibe
Surprise Pregnancy
Captive Bride
Hero with a disability
Found Family
Dark Bratva Romance
Gothic Darkness

Lord of Cruelty is the third book in The Bratva Lords Series. There is no other woman drama and as always, an HEA.

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She’s spent years trying to be enough for his world.She never once questioned if he was enough for hers.

Carrie always knew marrying Thatcher Caldwell meant marrying into his world — old Atlanta money, impossible standards, and a family who made no secret of the fact that they had someone else in mind for him. She learned to hold her head up anyway. To smile through the dinners. To be exactly what was needed.

And she told herself it was worth it, because Thatcher loved her.

Then the late nights started. The unanswered texts. The distracted silences where her husband used to be.

Carrie almost talked herself out of her suspicions — until a birthday party in Atlanta unravels everything at once. His family drops a name she’s never heard. A woman from his past. An ex-fiancée he never mentioned, a broken engagement he never explained, and a marketing campaign that required him to spend a great deal of time with her.

When Carrie goes to his office to demand the truth, she gets more than she bargained for.
What she overhears breaks something in her she doesn’t know how to fix.

She’s ready to leave. She has every reason to. And then two pink lines on a pregnancy test make the decision infinitely more complicated.

Some betrayals you walk away from.Some you have to survive first.

💔 Marriage in Crisis
💔 Gut Punch Betrayal
💔 Plenty of Groveling
💔 Infidelity/Brief On-Page Cheating
💔 Other Woman/Man Drama
💔 High Angst
💔 Surprise Baby
💔 Steamy Scenes
💔 HEA

Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs.

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials.  She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them.

Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped—stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting—Meryn’s world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.  

Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.

Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her—everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife…and the halls hide dark secrets. 

It’s bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.

Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author’s website. 

Readers are already falling in love with Direbound:

“ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Stop it right now… I’m actually quite feral for the next book…” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

“The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I just finished and still trying to mentally and emotionally recover to what just happened to me. You need to read it IMMEDIATELY.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“If you’re into dark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount of emotional wreckage, Direbound is your next obsession.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“What an incredible read!! … I am blown away. … The romance, the anguish, the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I. Am. OBSESSED. … Left me spiraling in the best way possible. The morally grey anti-hero? Perfection. The slow-burn tension? Electric. … I was completely immersed.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Perfect for fans of:

• Slow burn romance
• Found family
• Morally grey characters
• One bed
• Touch her and die
• Who did this to you
• Enemies to lovers
• Forced proximity
• Vampires vs. wolves!

IF HE CAN’T HAVE HER, NO ONE ELSE CAN

Kade Mitchell is obsessed with someone he despises.

A snake in an angel’s skin, Stacey Rhodes is everything he can’t forget – the girl who shattered his heart before he was dragged into the darkness of the underworld.

He watched her for years. Killed anyone who came close to her. But now, granted a brief moment of freedom from the life he’s trapped in, he’s back home and driven to claim her again, breaking every rule he’s ever made for himself.

Not even his hatred can stop the pull between them.

But he’ll never forgive her… will he?


As this is a dark romance, the author highly recommends reading the ‘content warning’ page.

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Sky, an unforgettable golden retriever mafia romance set in modern-day Italy, bursting with violence, dripping with blood, and crackling with desire.

We spent weeks planning this trip to Sicily together. And I was damn sure going to enjoy it, even if my lying, cheating boyfriend just abandoned me.

I push aside self-pity to venture out and take photographs. Later, I lock eyes with a stranger at a bar. This tattooed god, Constantine, is way out of my league, but to my surprise, he’s all in—every inch. And up in his hotel suite, he claims me for his own. Over and over again.

Constantine’s touch helps take away the pain, and he possesses me like I’ve never known. I fall hard. But beneath his kindness to me, to his family, to his dog, I sense danger. How could I know that to the city of Rome, he’s a brutal enforcer?

When I trust the wrong man, I discover just how dangerous Constantine can be. He may call me sweetheart, but the Roman Republic calls him Emperor—and trembles at his feet.