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Our first meeting was at a nightclub, and it was something straight out of my most romantic fantasies. My ovaries exploded at the sight of the Russian God. And by God, I mean he was ripped, tall, dark, and deadly attractive. There were enough sparks between us to light up a city. Then an explosion blasted through the nightclub, and we got trapped together for three hours, sharing our most personal details...everything but our names. Two years later, our second meeting is the complete opposite of the first. It's clear Misha Petrov, a Russian enforcer for the bratva, despises me.

Dunkle Verlockung und gefährliche Spiele. Rika zieht zum Studium in die Großstadt. Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben ist sie auf sich allein gestellt. Was sie nicht ahnt: Sie wird bereits erwartet. Von dem Mann, in den sie schon immer heimlich verliebt war, dessen Verachtung sie aber stets gespürt hat: Michael Crist. Seit drei Jahren warten er und seine Freunde darauf, Rika für all das bezahlen zu lassen, was sie ihnen angetan hat. All das Leid, all den Schmerz. Michael weiß, dass Rika ihn will, und beginnt ein böses Spiel mit ihr. Doch Rika ist nicht so wehrlos, wie er denkt.

They say Cyrus Reed is ruthless. That he rules the underworld with an iron fist. A criminal. A murderer. A monster. He controlled fortunes and amassed empires. Our paths should never have crossed, but one poker game intertwined our fate. I woke up stranded on his island. Trapped. Forced to play a dangerous game of hate and lust. He said he took me to protect me. That he was saving me. But who will save me from him?

Alexis should've never set foot in my world. Men like me stain girls like her. We take their innocence and tear it to shreds. She thinks she's tough. She thinks she can handle me. But she doesn't know just how deep my darkness goes. It was for the best that I claimed her for a night and left her behind. Anything more than that would have been cruel. I thought I'd seen the last of Alexis Wright. So imagine my surprise two years later when the door to my office opens...and she walks in.

CORRUPT is an investigative podcast series examining systematic corruption across governments, corporations, and criminal organizations. Hosted by AI correspondent Alexandra Reeves, the series analyzes documented cases from Brazil's Petrobras scandal and its billions in kickbacks, to corporate frauds at Enron, Volkswagen, Siemens, and Wells Fargo that betrayed shareholders and customers, to the integration of organized crime into legitimate financial systems through global money laundering networks. Drawing on court records, internal documents, and investigative journalism, the series reveals ...

I thought I knew who I was, where I came from, but my life is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on my door with promises that seem too good to be true. I should have run like hell and never looked back, but it’s too late now. I’m enrolled at Cadieux College, where secrets and deception line the walls, and the founding families rule without question. They all think I’ll be easy to use, to control, but I’m nobody’s puppet.

My enemy doesn’t make the rules behind closed doors…even if he’s my boss. Cade Armanelli might be an infamous hacker with billionaire status who operates better alone, but I earned my spot working alongside him...whether he likes it or not. It’s precisely why I’m on the first plane to an undisclosed location for our cybersecurity team retreat. I’m ready to prove to our company that I can handle anything…except sharing a cabin and a bed with my meticulous, elusive boss. He’s antisocial. Ruthless. Enemy number one.

Cyrus Reed ist skrupellos. Ein Gangster. Ein Mörder. Er besitzt ein riesiges Vermögen, leitet ein Imperium und ist in der Unterwelt gefürchtet. Seine Pokerrunden sind legendär, seine Einsätze hoch. Doch dieses Mal geht einer der Gäste zu weit und setzt seine Tochter Ivy als Gewinn aus. Cyrus weiß, dass diese selbstbewusste und schöne Frau sich niemals mit jemandem wie ihm abgeben würde. Aber er wird nicht zulassen, dass jemand anderes sie bekommt. Schon einmal wurde ihm das Liebste genommen. Dieses Mal wird ihm das ganz sicher nicht passieren. Er wird sie beschützen, auch wenn er für sie ein Monster ist.

Join podcast co-hosts, Paige and Angela, as we dive into our obsession with true crime, history, and mysterious stories. We’ll explore the intricate details of the corrupt, the cruel, and the calculating.Become part of the Corrupt Crew: patreon.com/CorruptPodcast or https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ABXKFYMSYLY5Y

I thought I’d already lost everything, but life has a way of proving you wrong. The moment I set my scuffed sneaker on Cadieux Island for College, my fate was sealed, but there’s no way I could have prepared for what was coming. I should have run when I attracted the Morningstar’s attention, ruthless twins that lord over the elite school and everyone in it. I thought I could handle them, or at least survive them, but now it seems I might not live without them.

I made her my queen. Then she smashed her crown. Alexis was nothing...until I made her my everything. My queen. My world. My sun and my stars. But just when I thought I could trust her, my tiger showed her true stripes. She ran from me. And she took our infant son with her. Some sins are unforgivable - and nobody takes what's mine. I will find her. Reclaim her. And then I will ensure that she can never leave me again.

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They say Cyrus Reed is ruthless. That he rules the underworld with an iron fist. A criminal. A murderer. A monster. He controlled fortunes and amassed empires. Our paths should never have crossed, but one poker game intertwined our fate. I woke up stranded on his island. Trapped. Forced to play a dangerous game of hate and lust. He said he took me to protect me. That he was saving me. But who will save me from him?

Falling for a man like Bryant Holbrook is just begging for heartbreak. Rich boys don’t look twice at waitresses from the fog, at least...not until now. One smart-mouthed taunt and his turquoise eyes are all over her. That cocky, bad-boy grin tempting her with the impossible. Now, it’s too late. Phee is pulled into a world of danger and corruption where Bryant must put everything at risk to keep her safe or risk losing her to keep his father’s dream alive.

Criminal defense attorney Tex Hunter has a target on his back. Defending an accused killer is never easy, but when a homeless teenager is charged with the murder of a retired Chicago Police Detective, the pressure builds to breaking point. Sidney McCann was no ordinary cop. He wasn't a captain, he wasn't a beat cop, and he wasn't an average desk jockey—he was one of the most corrupt, twisted, and ruthless cops the Chicago Police Department had ever produced. But that history, that long line of accusations, didn't matter to the current crop of police officers.

Gideon ist ein gefürchteter Drogenlord mit gefährlichen Verbindungen zur Unterwelt. Er verspricht Roman, einem Freund und ehemaligen Drogenhändler, sich um dessen Schwester zu kümmern - denn ihre Sicherheit steht auf dem Spiel. Doch als Roman in derselben Nacht stirbt, gerät alles aus den Fugen. Sasha, die Schwester von Roman, hat seit Jahren keinen Kontakt mehr zu ihm und ahnt nichts von seinem düsteren Leben oder der Gefahr, in der sie sich befindet. Plötzlich wird sie von Gideon entführt und in seinem Haus festgehalten - angeblich zu ihrem eigenen Schutz.

A true crime podcast that reveals corruption by the people who took an oath to defend and protect the American people. We are shedding light on the wrongfully convicted, and often forgotten about. Although these men and women do not serve life sentences behind bars, they still serve life sentences. These sentences make up the majority of those who are wrongly imprisoned. Join us as we bring you along on our journey into investigating prosecutorial misconduct, corruption, and bringing light to the injustices.

The justice system is flawed and this podcast looks into cases where corruption has skewed the outcome and led to wrongful convictions or unfair trials and sentences.

'Few people have shown more commitment to investigative journalism than Patrick Alley. His latest book is a vivid, compelling testament to the importance of revealing corruption and wrong-doing and shining a light into dark places, wherever in the world they are.' -Peter Geoghegan, author of...

Ich dachte, ich hätte dich verloren. Ich dachte, du wärst tot. Du bist alles für mich. Du bist mein Leben. Vivians Leben wird schon immer von ihrem Vater bestimmt, der mit allen Mitteln seine politische Karriere verfolgt. Nun steht er vor dem größten Coup: er wird seine Tochter mit dem Mafiaboss Salvatore Amante verheiraten, der ihm zu noch mehr Macht verhelfen wird. Vivian erkennt schnell, dass sie auch nach ihrem College Abschluss nicht frei sein, sondern weiterhin der Spielball ihrer Familie sein wird. Und noch dazu mit einem Monster verheiratet.