Selling my body to protect my daughter? Easy. Trusting the men who promised they'd protect me? Impossible.When my abusive ex returns from exile to snatch our four-year-old daughter away from me, I’m on my own against him until three men with their own agendas show up and consume my life.Dante's a violent and unpredictable arms trafficker. Lorenzo's my father's enforcer and my first heartbreak. And Nick? He pretends he's a simple pediatrician, but he has a dark, mafia past.In a world where women are little more than trophies to be possessed, these men look at me like I have worth. And I'm going to need to use every weapon in my arsenal to keep my daughter safe--including these men.Will it be enough?Lies like Rubies is a complete, standalone duet that may be read independently of Diamond in the Dark, and is a dark, why choose romance. Part One ends in a cliffhanger, and Part Two concludes Sofia’s story. For a full list of content notes, please see the author’s website.

Natalie Winters thought she’d married the man of her dreams…but her marriage ended way too soon in a nightmarish divorce. She even has to share custody of the dog! The stress is killing her, so she decides to take a night off and attend the Breakup Bash—a private party for women celebrating their breakups—with her friends. Former executive security specialist turned bartender Rome Collier is drawn to the woman easily trading sexy banter with him. And if she wants the “Do Me” condoms she accidentally throws across the counter at him, she’ll have to claim them…personally. Their flirtation turns into so much more, and every scintillating night they spend together is better than the last.Strong, protective...and hot, Rome is everything Natalie ever wanted in a man. All she has to do is convince him he’s more than a rebound.Each book in the Breakup Bash series is STANDALONE:* The First Rule of Hook-Ups * Rules of a Rebound

GIULIOI’ve renounced my birthright as the heir to an Italian mafia empire, but no one leaves the brotherhood without paying a price. To evade my enemies, I stay on the move.Now a new man is stalking me, watching me. But there’s something else in his eyes, a hunger that sets me on fire. He’s rough and dangerous, all the things I crave in the dark.Except he’s been hired to kill me.I shouldn’t want him. But I do.They say to keep your enemies close. So that’s exactly what I’m planning. Beware the hunted who becomes the hunter...ALESSIOI live in the shadows, the assassin they never see coming. I’m the best, but Giulio is my weakness. I need him in ways I can’t begin to explain.He might run, but I’ll follow him to the ends of the earth. And if others try to hurt him, I’ll protect him with my last breath.Except I’m hiding a secret, one that will cost me everything. I should walk away, but I can’t.Even if it’s my undoing.Mafia Target is the fourth book in the Kings of Italy series. It's a stand-alone male/male romance, complete with two hot and dangerous Italian men. HEA and no cliffhangers guaranteed!

Three media and entertainment kings. Three scorching, addictive love stories. In this irresistible boxset, a world-weary chef falls back into the arms—and the bed—of the ruthless CEO she can’t forget, a rising fashion designer is swept into the dangerous, delicious orbit of a grumpy billionaire who knows exactly how to unravel her, and a small-town actress finds herself tangled in a fake relationship with Hollywood’s sexiest leading man… a role that turns breathlessly real.From secluded estates to penthouse nights, private jets to forbidden hotel rooms, these Kings don’t just seduce—they claim, possess, and worship every inch of the women they choose.

A masked rake can have any woman he wants. The trouble starts when he wants only one.Welcome to the Forest, where London's men of consequence don stag masks and share the company of wanton ladies eager to take their fill. The five Grand Bucks have spent decades reveling in their private sanctuary. But nothing prepares them for what happens when the right women walk through their doors.A lady's maid pregnant with a mogul's child decides it's time for him to pay in more than coin. A neglected marchioness storms London to claim her absent husband and his virile body. An heiress with a dangerous inheritance discovers that public ruin can be deliciously liberating. A courtesan broken by cruel men finds healing in the arms of her first love. A musical debutante's melodies bewitch a duke into abandoning his libertine ways.These women aren't just warming beds — they're turning England's most notorious rakes into devoted husbands. When a Buck meets his match, surrender is the only option.A Few Good Bucks: The Complete Series contains five scorching Victorian erotic romances:The Mogul and the MaidClaiming His Forgotten WifeHow to Lose a Dowry in Three BucksThe Viscount’s Last VowHow to Buck a Duke Without Even Trying

Fate is a funny little thing.It had a good laugh when I found my boyfriend of four years in bed with my best friend.It was rolling on the floor when the same backstabbing beasts stole my dream school, landing me in a different state, where I didn’t know a single soul.You’d think after all that, it’d cut me a break, right?Wrong.Enter its next jest, and this one’s a doozy.Kai Elliot. Campus womanizer. Self-proclaimed bad boy. And the new bane of my existence—but not for the reason you might think. Kai is as beautiful as the ink that mars his skin. Perfect lines. Vibrant colors. Designs as intricate as the man who bears them. I knew from the first moment I laid eyes on him that he was dangerous. A man who would destroy everything I stood for, stripping me bare for the world to see, and that’s exactly what he does.I don’t love him. Hell, I don’t even like him. But that doesn’t stop me from injecting him into my veins like he’s my own personal brand of narcotics. Nothing can top the high he gives me, which is why I keep coming back for more, even when I know I shouldn’t.And just when I think maybe fate isn’t that bad after all, it goes and gets my traitorous heart involved. Because the only thing worse than loving a man who betrays you is loving a man who will never love you back.If fate is real, I’m pretty sure it hates me.Ink & Stardust is the first book in the Ink & Ashes series- a three-part STANDALONE series.Each book has a different MMC & FMC and can be read as part of the series or completely on its own.