Fragile Hearts Series
SOMETIMES THE DEEPEST SCARS ARE THOSE NO ONE SEES.
Damian
I swore I’d never love anyone. But that all changed when I met Lilah, my new neighbor.
One look at her deep blue eyes and shy, teasing smile, and all I want to do is take her in my arms and protect her forever. The attraction between us is undeniable. The passion she stirs in me is like nothing I’ve ever experienced.
There’s only one thing stopping me–the man who calls himself her boyfriend. The one who lies to her. The one who hurts her.
I’ll do anything to get her away from him.
If only I can get her to trust me first.
Lilah
I may appear to have it all–a great job, a cool apartment, a gorgeous boyfriend . . . but underneath that perfect exterior are bruises left by a monster who claims to love me.
I’d lost all hope of escaping, until I met Damian.
I know I shouldn’t want him. I know I shouldn’t cling to him like he’s my last hope of survival.
But I do it anyway. And it may cost us everything.
“It was non-stop drama, you feel both characters’ pain…passion…the frustration…betrayal and love…I’m speechless.” — Goodreads Review
Forbidden romance, neighbor, abuse victim, military hero
Sexual Assault
Physical And Emotional Abuse
OUR FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS ARRANGEMENT IS PERFECT… UNTIL IT ISN’T.
Jax
I don’t date. Period.
My life is all about those random one-time hook-ups–no expectations, no feelings, no commitment.
Until I meet Lexi.
One night with her just isn’t enough. And the only way I can keep her is by offering the only thing I can: my body without my heart.
But she gets too close. All I want is to love her, but I can’t. I’ve got wounds too deep to heal, and walls around my heart too thick to tear down.
The only way I can save her from the demons of my past is to let her go, even if it destroys me.
Lexi
After I caught my cheating fiancé in the act, I swore off men permanently.
Then I met Jax–he’s funny, flirty and gorgeous.
Best of all? He only wants to be friends…with benefits.
I can handle a temporary, no-strings-attached fling, right? I like a good time as much as anyone, and Jax’s chiseled abs set my body on fire.
Problem is, my heart didn’t get the message.
The more I get to know the former Delta Force soldier, the more I suspect this casual arrangement is his attempt to keep his heart closed off forever. How can I convince him to drop his defenses, and let me in?
Friends with benefits, military hero
WE WEREN’T MEANT TO FALL IN LOVE.
Lexi
After the brutal way Jax broke my heart, I’m done with him for good. But after months apart I see him again, and all my feelings come crashing back in.
The last thing I need is to fall back in bed with the man who pushed me away.
But my heart still longs to hold him.
Jax
I’ve finally faced my demons and I want her back. But when I come begging for another chance, I find something I never expected. And just when I think I’ve won her heart, a devastating event shatters the life we never got to start.
Will we ever find a way to heal? Or will tragedy follow us until our love is nothing but ashes?
Friends with benefits, military hero, second chance
This story contains a miscarriage
EVEN THE STRONGEST HEART CAN BREAK.
Gabe
I can’t be with you anymore.
She tore out my heart with those words six years ago, as I lay recovering in a hospital bed. But her leaving cut deeper than any wound I bore on my flesh.
Now she’s back, desperate to make amends. I swore I’d never forgive her, but one look and I’m back to a place where she loved me.
One kiss–her hands on my body, my name on her lips–makes me wonder . . . is there hope among the ruins of us?
Mia
I didn’t want to leave him.
But I had to.
Back then, staying seemed impossible. I was held captive by my own fear. It wouldn’t allow me to see that loving him was all I needed.
I’m not the same scared girl I was then. I’m ready to surrender to everything I feel.
But there’s something he doesn’t know–the real reason why I left.
And once he finds out, the second chance I’ve dreamed of might be nothing but a fantasy.
Secret child, second chance, miliary hero
The Cavaleri Brothers
She’s the devil’s daughter, but once, she was my only friend.
Everything changed fifteen years ago when her father killed mine.
When she betrayed me.
And every day since, all I’ve thought about is vengeance.
Brutal, twisted revenge.
I’ve been patient, rising from ruins, growing an empire with my brothers, waiting for my chance to take out her father, the boss of the Palermo crime family.
The time has come.
The devil will pay.
I’m about to take the only one he has left: his daughter.
She doesn’t know I’m Dominic Cavaleri.
The same boy she hurt.
The one who loved her.
But she’ll know soon enough…right before I destroy everything she’s ever known.
She’s nothing more than a game to me.
And this time, I’m playing to win.
Even if it means risking my heart.
Mafia, childhood best friends to enemies to lovers, captive romance, forced proximity, jealous/possessive
Dom & Chiara
She’s an angel in a devil’s world and I’m the monster about to make her mine.
I set my sights on Raquel Bianchi long ago, devising a plan to marry the niece of the don of the Palermo crime family.
She thinks I’m her savior, a means to escape an arranged marriage she desperately wants out of, but I’m nothing more than a different version of hell. I have no intention of letting her go, no matter what our contract says.
I have no intention of falling in love with her either.
But her beauty is as powerful as my need for revenge, and this angel must pay the price with her freedom.
Mafia, marriage of convenience
Dante & Raquel
I was theirs from the moment they stole me. Made into their pretty possession. One they can hurt in the most brutal ways.
There is no means of escape.
Until Enzo Cavaleri stumbles into my life with vows to send my tormentors to hell if I would just name them. But I can’t. When they find out he’s gotten too close, they force me to hurt him. So I do.
Because they have my son and for him, I’d do anything.
But Enzo isn’t the type of man to give up, even if that means making me his prisoner instead.
I never meant to love him.
But just when I thought I could trust him, he turns out to be someone else. Every man in my life is a liar, and he’s no different.
Or is he?
Mafia, lovers to enemies to lovers, stripper, trafficked, second chance, forced proximity
Human trafficking
Rape/assault
Graphic violence
Jade (Joelle) & Enzo
He was the boy held captive in the basement. I was the girl who knew.
But I never told a soul. I had innocent lives to protect. And this was the only way.
He was my friend first. My lover second. We wanted to be free, to make a life together. But that was a dream we knew would never come true.
Prisoners of my ruthless father, we could not escape the horror we were forced to endure-until I drew a weapon on the only boy who ever loved me.
And as they drag me away, screaming his name, I hope he’s still breathing.
Because our story, it’s not over yet.
Mafia, childhood friends to lovers, captives, virgin H/h, slow burn, emotional trauma
Human trafficking
Rape/sexual assault
Graphic violence
Self harm
A four part extended epilogue, featuring all of your favorite couples from each book.
Messina Crime Family
I never wanted a wife. No one is safe with me. No one is good enough for my daughter.
But if I want to rule over the wealthiest crime family in New York City, I only have two weeks to find one.
When Elsie broke into my home, I saw an opportunity, so I forced her into a marriage she didn’t want.
No one crosses me, not even someone as beautiful as Elsie. She may fight me with that smart mouth, but she will obey me–or return to the hell she came from.
I told her she was mine for a year. Then she’d be free.
But the more I see them together, my daughter and my wife, the more she touches me like I’m worthy, the more I start to wonder, could she be mine?
But when war lands at our feet, when her life’s in jeopardy, I realize I was right all along.
No one is safe with a man like me. Least of all her.
Mafia, single dad, forced marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, one bed, only soft with her, jealous/possessive, touch her & die
Human trafficking
Consensual non consent (CNC)
Graphic violence and assault
Michael & Elsie
She’s forbidden. Untouchable. My late wife’s little sister. And my kryptonite. Now I’m forced to protect her in a cabin with only one bed.
When Nicolette was seventeen, she kissed me. And I did the only thing I could do—I pushed her away, even when it was the last thing I wanted.
I’m the son of a crime boss. Too old for her–and much too dangerous.
I only married her sister because I had to, not because I loved her. But Nicolette hates me for it.
She’s twenty one now, and no longer the girl I remember. She’s all woman, right down to her curves. But she’s still too innocent for a man like me.
When her life’s in danger, my brother brings her to me for protection.
But when I see her again, protecting her isn’t the only thing on my mind.
Mafia, age gap, forbidden, unrequited love, one bed, slow burn, virgin heroine, jealous/possessive, touch her & die
Graphic violence
Infidelity
Toxic family
Raph & Nicolette
I hate everything about him. I hate his smile. I hate his laugh, and most of all, I hate how he makes me feel—so completely alive with every forbidden kiss.
Gio is the son of the Italian Mafia and I’m an Irish Mob princess. An assassin who swore her life to the cause.
We were never meant to find each other.
But one night changed everything. I was about to end his life, while he was about to end mine.
Instead, we found ourselves in bed hashing out a lot more than our differences.
I disappeared after that. I couldn’t let him get close. I couldn’t let him figure out my secrets.
But he found me and refuses to let me go, reminding me why I crave him.
The only problem is, he’s set to marry my sister.
Mafia, forbidden, female assassin, reverse grumpy sunshine, jealous/possessive, touch her & die
Graphic violence
Mild dubious consent
Panic attacks
Death of a parent
Gio & Iseult
I’m a hunter,
destroying the evil that roams these streets.
That’s always been my focus.
Then I saw her.
My newest obsession.
My deadliest sin.
One look into her eyes, and I knew we were the same.
Hungry for blood.
For revenge.
Hiding behind our secrets.
She has her demons and I have mine. Our scars run so deep, no one knows how much we bleed except the two of us.
She doesn’t know that I’ve been watching her, waiting for my chance to possess her, body and soul. Until all she knows is me.
When I finally tell her who I am, there will be no escaping me.
Because Kayla Jenkins is mine.
Stalker romance, masked hero, vigilante serial killer, jealous/possessive, touch her & die, only soft for her, trauma bonding
Suicidal thoughts
Self harm
Sexual abuse & rape
Violence against children
Graphic violence
Consensual non consent (CNC)
Adriel & Kayla
Savage Kings Series
Quinn Family: Irish Mafia series. Devlin & Eriu. Age Gap Bodyguard Romance.
Blurb & Cover coming in 2024
Irish Mafia, bodyguard, age gap, virgin FMC
Violence
Devlin McHale & Eriu Quinn
Standalones
I was loved by two men–one was my husband and the other his best friend. But I was only in love with one. Then he forgot I existed.
Hudson Mackay was the only man I ever wanted.
The man I married. The man who promised to love me “’til death do us part.”
Then he disappeared and never came home.
Everyone thinks he’s dead. Everyone but me.
Friends tell me to move on. That he’s never coming back.
But with every single month that passes, I can’t seem to let go.
His best friend Brooks swears I’ll never be alone. That he’ll always be there.
But the stronger his feelings for me get, the more I realize how wrong they are.
I can’t move on. Especially not with him.
Hudson wouldn’t want that. But Hudson isn’t here.
And soon I learn, Hudson was a liar.
He kept secrets that could ruin us.
Secrets I’ll take to my grave.
I never thought I’d get the chance to see him again, to ask how he could betray me.
Until one day, I discover he’s alive.
Except, he has no idea who I am.
I never truly knew my husband.
And now, he doesn’t know me.
Standalone, amnesia romance, second chance, married couple, mafia lawyer hero, angsty
Abusive parents
Graphic violence
Infertility
Abusive relationship
Hudson & Hadleigh Mackay
