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"My name is Katya Petrovna, and this is the story of my best decisions and my worst mistakes." A Russian Mafia Romance.

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The first time I met Vitali Konstantinov, he broke a man’s hand for touching me on the bus.

My name is Katya Petrovna.

Once, I was a girl who imagined a better life while navigating a gritty, cold, and economically depressed post-Soviet Russia ruled by political corruption and organized crime.

Then, Vitali came into my life.

I never thought this would be my story. What started out with roses and Mama greeting him at the door became my shaking fingers wrapped around the grip of a Makarov pistol.

Became caviar and fur coats.

Became watching a gangster get cooked on the floor.

Became a love the likes of which I’ve never known.

My name is Katya Petrovna, and this is the story of my best decisions and my worst mistakes.

"Oh, my god. He’s not supposed to believe me. I want to bail, but a dare’s a dare."

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It started as a vacation fling, but could it be real? The only problem is, she doesn’t believe in happily ever after.

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Peter Darcy thought he left "Elizabeth" behind in Halifax. Three unforgettable nights together—first names only, no strings, no future—and then he went back to Toronto and the finance job that was slowly killing him. But when a panic attack lands him on medical leave, he escapes to his cottage in Balsam Bay to figure out who he is when he's not working eighty-hour weeks.

Billie doesn't do second chances. She's spent years rebuilding her father’s construction company and proving herself in an industry that didn't want her. Love doesn't last—her parents' ugly divorce taught her that. The last thing she needs is complications with a client.

Except she shows up to his house covered in mud and realizes her client "Darcy" is actually Peter. The guy from Halifax. The one she hasn't stopped thinking about for weeks.

Now they're working together on a town project, and pretending that weekend never happened isn't an option. Darcy's all in from day one—he doesn't know how to do anything halfway. But Billie's spent her whole life protecting herself from heartbreak, and falling for a guy who’s leaving? That's the kind of risk that could destroy her.

She doesn't believe love lasts. 

He has to choose between the life he built and the one he wants.

Love, lies, and a deadly prophecy that could cost everything.

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The circus welcomes you, but will you survive?

The King's Circus doesn't come to villages like hers. Or, at least, it didn't until now. Naevyn just wishes she'd stayed the hell inside.

When the performers lock the crowd in place and shift into dragons, ripping souls from bodies to feed an immortal king, Naevyn should be dead alongside everyone else. Instead, she's dragged into a centuries-old rebellion because her blood does something it shouldn’t—it kills.

She's supposed to be human. A girl from the southern quarter who just wants to keep her family safe. But in the fae realm, nothing about her makes sense, and the prophecy everyone whispers about marks her as their salvation.

Then there's Cairos—a dragon-shifter with centuries of blood on his hands and a smirk that makes her want to strangle him. Cursed to collect souls for the very king he used to serve, Cairos is powerful, lethal, and, unfortunately, the only one who can help Naevyn survive. She should hate him for the atrocities he’s committed. She should definitely fear him.

So why does he feel like the one thing she can’t stop wanting?

To save her family and shatter the cycle of death, Naevyn will have to trust a monster, face what she really is, and get close enough to a king to destroy him. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes that everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie.

Love has a price. Prophecies have power. And this one demands blood.

reverse harem devotion + high heat + themes of justice and sacrifice. (18+ only) 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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• Serpents & Summons by Magda McQueen (eroticromance)
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• The Unbearable Melt by Andie Holman (witches)

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Book Blurb:

A small-town romantic suspense filled with banter, found family, a loyal dog named Fish, and a true-crime mystery that refuses to stay buried.

Hattie

Kipp Holt looks at me as if I’m both a temptation and a hot mess (truth) at the same time. When I came to Wildwood Meadows, it was to tell a story. Now I’m not so sure it’s the only reason I’m here.

He’s a man who believes in the law, even when the system fails to uphold it. He doesn’t like my podcast or the fact that I won’t let the dead stay gone.

But he wants me. I notice it every time his jaw tightens, every time his hand lingers just a second too long. And when he finally gives in, the tension between us snaps hard and fast.

As my crime squad uncovers more evidence and we get closer to the truth to give Allison Finch the justice she was denied, I should be terrified. Instead, I feel relief because I’m falling for a man who would risk everything to stand beside me when the truth finally comes out.

Kipp

Hattie Harper is trouble wrapped in cutoff shorts and confidence—a true-crime podcaster with a sharp tongue and keener instincts. I tell myself I hate what she does, that she’s reckless.

Then she smiles at me as if daring me to argue. The main issue is that I don’t think she’s wrong about the case she’s chasing into Briar Falls. I may dislike her job, but the biggest problem is that she’s a temptation I might not be able to resist.

Because some oaths are written in blood.
And some are worth breaking the world to keep.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Character-driven epic fantasy
• Found family dynamics
• Political intrigue and rising conspiracies
• Slow-burn, emotionally earned romance
• Morally complex heroes
• Multi-POV storytelling

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Bound by shadows. Bound by longing. Bound by the raven’s relentless call.

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Mal Devlin is haunted by the ghost of a love he couldn’t save. Each breath is a debt to the darkness clinging to his soul. Desperate to defy fate, he turns to forbidden rituals and shadowed bargains, descending into a world of ancient curses and vengeful spirits.

Ari lingers in Mal’s dreams—a spectral beacon, her memory both agony and salvation. Drawn by the raven’s cryptic warnings, Mal must confront the bond that ties them beyond the grave. But as dark forces close in, he teeters on the edge of eternal night and may fall completely unless he can unlock the truth of their undying love.

Every choice demands a sacrifice, and the raven watches with ancient intent, its gaze a harbinger of doom. As Mal clings to Ari’s fading light, Isabella risks everything to keep him alive. If she fails, both love and light will be devoured.

A gothic tale of obsession, sacrifice, and the kind of love that never dies—perfect for fans of M. Night Shyamalan and Edgar Allen Poe's Annabel Lee and the Raven.

Step into the shadows, if you dare. But heed the raven’s cry, for it is eternal…and it will not be denied.

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A small-town romantic suspense filled with banter, found family, a loyal dog named Fish, and a true-crime mystery that refuses to stay buried.

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Gaia’s Dawn is a dark fantasy romance featuring reverse harem devotion, high heat, and themes of justice and sacrifice. 18+ only.

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Stalker inmate x innocent heroine, MC romance, forced proximity, dark captive obsession

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Forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, haunted lovers, ghosts, curses in a raven-haunted gothic city.

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Full Blurb:

Bound by shadows. Bound by longing. Bound by the raven’s relentless call.

Mal Devlin is haunted by the ghost of a love he couldn’t save. Each breath is a debt to the darkness clinging to his soul. Desperate to defy fate, he turns to forbidden rituals and shadowed bargains, descending into a world of ancient curses and vengeful spirits.

Ari lingers in Mal’s dreams—a spectral beacon, her memory both agony and salvation. Drawn by the raven’s cryptic warnings, Mal must confront the bond that ties them beyond the grave. But as dark forces close in, he teeters on the edge of eternal night and may fall completely unless he can unlock the truth of their undying love.

Every choice demands a sacrifice, and the raven watches with ancient intent, its gaze a harbinger of doom. As Mal clings to Ari’s fading light, Isabella risks everything to keep him alive. If she fails, both love and light will be devoured.

A gothic tale of obsession, sacrifice, and the kind of love that never dies—perfect for fans of M. Night Shyamalan and Edgar Allen Poe's Annabel Lee and the Raven.

Step into the shadows, if you dare. But heed the raven’s cry, for it is eternal…and it will not be denied.

Possessive mafioso, age gap, he falls first and he will burn the world down for her. 🌹

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I was supposed to burn with my past. The devil has other plans.

In one night, my life turns to ash. My past, my home, and every dream for the future—gone. Through a fluke of fate, I survive the flames. Only to get caught in the gunfire. 

One minute, I’m a music student with a scholarship and a violin I can’t afford to replace. The next, I’m at the top of every hitman’s to-do list. I have no idea why they want me dead, only that Rem Cosenza is the one who saves me.

He’s the devil who steps out of the darkness. The nephew of Chicago’s most powerful capo and the only fixer trusted with the Family’s deadliest secrets. He offers me a choice: stay in the rubble and die, or leave with him and live.

But salvation has a price. One wrapped in white silk and sealed with a vow.

To survive the bounty on my head, I must marry a stranger. A monster. Rem is possessive, protective, and sinful—a man who will betray his own bloodline just to keep me.

In a world built on loyalty and violence, our marriage is a death sentence. We’re forbidden. Hunted. And we’re both going to burn.

He had planned the perfect revenge—until she came and changed the rules.

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He had planned the perfect revenge—until she came and changed the rules.

An encounter with an intriguing stranger on the train leaves nurse Aria Travinni with blood on her hands and in a world she never knew existed. Her wealthy Italian family has always kept dark secrets, but could murder be one of them? As unsettling events begin to unfold, she is forced to question everything she's ever known.
Caine Savino has been tracking the Travinni family for years, driven by a single purpose: to avenge the brutal deaths of his parents. Careful, patient, and relentless, he has studied their every move. Their daughter Aria navigates the world without security or suspicion. She should be the perfect target.
Boarding the night train, he takes his chance. Only she isn't what he expected.
The tables turn, and the hunter becomes the hunted.
Because someone—or something—has been watching all along, and has sinister plans for the both of them.

The Control Room is a speculative romantic thriller that will pull readers into a world where revenge turns to obsession and destiny refuses to be ignored.

Because some oaths are written in blood.
And some are worth breaking the world to keep.

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Grumpy druid investigator x fiery shapeshifter ex, forced partners solving a magical murder under the World Tree while old feelings refuse to stay buried. 🌿🔥

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A small-town romantic suspense filled with banter, found family, a loyal dog named Fish, and a true-crime mystery that refuses to stay buried.

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