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He's destined for the White House and engaged to be married next month. Except he just married me instead. While drunk in Vegas. Bradford Black. He's powerful. Rich as sin. And he's now my husband. His fiancée hates me. His political advisors want me gone. The world can't get enough of me and the scandal we've caused. I want to run. I want to hide. I want to pretend none of this is happening. But, oh God. My husband doesn't care about the scandal because all he cares about is me. He's possessive, grumpy, and determined for us to stay married.

A complete dark mafia romance trilogy from USA Today and WSJ best-selling author Siobhan Davis™. Binge-worthy romance, each book focuses on a new couple and ends with an HEA. Collection includes: Condemned to Love, Forbidden to Love, and Scared to Love.

She's my first love. She's also my father's mistress's daughter. I'm Duke Wilder, and this is my story. I left Wildflower Canyon and Wilder Ranch ten years ago, away from my father and Elena—the girl I loved before I found out she was the daughter of my father's mistress. Now my father is gone, and he's left the ranch to me. I come back ready to sell it off piece by piece, to destroy his so-called legacy, and finally get revenge on the land that failed my mother. But coming back to the Colorado ranch country feels like stepping into a part of myself I've tried to forget.

Jennifer Pritchett feels increasingly invisible and left behind as her friends move on to the next steps in their lives. As she goes to therapy to figure out how to bloom in her own right, her boyfriend, Nick Carrington, finds himself being the one left behind. Jennifer wants their relationship to have more intimacy, but he can’t help but feel like he’s being compared to others—and found wanting. Can they each get what they need out of this relationship? Or will the flowers shrivel up before they do?

From the outside, Reagan “Rae” Doucet has it all: a coveted career in Washington, DC, a tight circle of friends, and a shoe closet to die for. When one of her crew falls ill, however, Rae is done playing it safe. The talented but unfulfilled writer makes a “risk list” to revamp her life. But forgiving her ex, Jake Saunders, might be one risk too many …

Deep blue eyes with silver shards… watching me… always watching… Valentin Constanov doesn't take no for an answer. So, when I tell him to stop following me, it might as well be a direct challenge. It's his job to watch over the empire, after all. And I share a connection with his boss's wife—not that I want anything to do with the Russian mafia or their dark and twisted lifestyle. I've got my own problems to worry about. But the hot-tempered, ill-mannered, tattooed-covered Romeo isn't used to being rejected.

He's the most dangerous man in Chicago—and I'm his newest obsession. Dark emerald eyes. Black tattoos. A killer's smile… god, that smile… When I'm dragged to a secretive nightclub, the last thing I expect is to find myself in the owner's back office. But after he rescues me from a drunken creep, that's exactly where I end up.

I've been in love with my best friend for years. The problem? He thinks I'm straight. Now that I share a dorm with him, his insistent need to cuddle—and lack of clothes—are blurring the careful lines I've drawn. I'm struggling to keep my defenses up. I love him, but I'm afraid. Afraid I'm not enough to make him stay. Afraid he'll rip my heart out. Afraid he won't love me back. But I see a side of him no one else does. In the security of our room, he lets his mask fall, lets me hold him.

Emma Lowe and Isabella Speranza are both ambitious, talented, and more than a little bit anxious about working in TV, but they go about their career paths in totally different ways. Emma, the scrappy blonde who wants to be on air, follows her journalism professor’s advice and leaves New York for a job at a small-town station in Mississippi. Isabella, the privileged dark-haired daughter of a telenovela actress, opts to work her way up the ladder behind the scenes at National News Network in Manhattan. As the two rise up the ranks, they clash professionally and romantically.

Jace Dawson is less than a year away from accomplishing everything he's spent the past decade striving for. Not only has playing professional football been the dream since he was a kid, the financial incentive isn't one he could walk away from even if he wanted to. That is, until a chance collision has the unexpected outcome of making Jace realize he might want something more than the goal he's spent most of his life pursuing. Might want someone more.

Need more of Mav and Ember? Or better yet…Luce and Doll? A Perfect Christmas with Chaos is a short story that gives you a peek into Ember's first Christmas with Mav. Read a part of their story that was never told before. Find out a little bit more about your favorite couple and Mav's sexy biker brothers. It's Christmas. It's Chaos. And the Harbingers of Chaos are coming for dinner.

Fiery blue eyes. Hungry red lips. Tattoo-covered hands… hands that never let go… Mikhail Zhirkov is the perfect villain. Ruthless. Powerful. Hot as hell. So, when I'm blackmailed into delivering a mysterious package to the former Bratva boss, I know I'm in deep trouble. But it's not just fear I feel. It's hate, too. He killed my father. Stole his crown. Cast my family aside. Now I'm walking up to his doorstep, secret envelope in hand, no idea what's inside… until the devil's sinful smile reveals all.

I live by the rules I set for myself, with one core belief at the forefront of everything I do… I protect what's mine. With too many demons to face and no direction in my life, I joined the Navy as soon as I turned eighteen, and I became a machine. A precision weapon. The elite of the elite. On SEAL Team One, I did what was necessary to protect my country. I learned that I thrive under pressure in high-stakes situations, and when I moved back to New York, I found a new way to channel the storm raging inside of me. At least for a while. I trained to become a Dominant and never looked back.

I was standing in the middle of a storm when Carter Bosh asks me to dance. I should have said no, but his outstretched hand and glittering green eyes were too tempting to resist. His touch sparked a fire inside of me. His kisses thrill and soothe at the same time. But it was the tenderness in his eyes that captivated me. For one beautiful night, I was the princess to his prince. The sunrise would bring a tragic reminder that fairy tales aren't written about girls like me.

I'm Grayson Ross—rich, handsome, successful. I always know what I'm doing, and I do it all well. Until her. My seven-month-old daughter, I didn't even know existed. I need help. Thank god my neighbor's gorgeous friend steps off the elevator just as my nanny quits. Caroline is curvy, sassy, and between jobs—and she doesn't think I'm crazy when I beg her to step in. She's perfect. Not just because she's unfazed by the World's Grumpiest Baby, but because she's only in town temporarily. No strings. No risk. All I have to do is keep repeating: Don't f--k the nanny.

Falling for Carter nearly cost me everything. To save myself I made a deal with the devil. Now, I've got a second chance and more to lose than ever. So when he makes it clear he wants me back, I vow not to make the same mistake twice. Carter has learned his lesson, too. He's done making promises. This time, he's staking his claim. He already owns a piece of my heart, but he won't settle for less than all of me. And by the time his seduction is done, I'll want to give it to him.

Nathan Bailey was the one that got away. After leaving our hometown for college, he never looked back. Ten years later, he walked into my bakery. His sweet-talking is impossible to ignore, but so are the miles between Tennessee and California. The now billionaire tech-mogul always has his eyes set on the next big project, but now they're set on me.

Andrei Barinov deceived me and made me a partner in his crimes. Underneath his handsome face was a bottomless sea of darkness. One that threatened to drown me beneath its pitiless waves. He knew a secret that was hidden from me my entire life—the truth about my family, a family that he destroyed. And now I risk losing what little I have left. Because the final question that remains unanswered is this: Can my heart truly belong to a monster like Andrei Barinov? Or was everything doomed from the very beginning?

Andrei Barinov is the heir of the Barinov Bratva—a prince with the world at his fingertips. I was working as a wedding photographer, trying to forget my cheating ex-fiancé when my path crossed with his. He offered me a chance to escape, throw caution to the wind, and forget my troubles. I never got a chance to tell him my answer when the bullets started flying. He saved me that day, and I thought I'd never see him again. Until I find him standing in my kitchen. He's making the same offer to me again. But this time, he's not giving me a choice.

I'd do anything to ruin the man who destroyed my family—even date him. Blood red lips. Dark, endless eyes. I'll never forget those eyes… or forgive them. For the past ten years, Ilya Rykov has haunted my dreams and fueled my passion to take down Chicago's biggest Bratva. The 6'7 foot, tattoo-covered mafia boss is at the head of the operation, after all. All-powerful. Brutal. Untouchable. Before that, though, he was just my older brother's best friend. This schoolgirl's forbidden crush. Now, my brother is dead. So is my father. And I hold Ilya responsible.