"When I waged war to become the Pakhan of the Bratva in order to protect my daughter, I didn’t expect to be ambushed by an arranged marriage. The Irish wanted to cement our alliance, as if the sacrifices I’ve made for them weren’t enough. Now they expected me to engage in their barbaric customs; blood oaths, hand fasts and other ridiculous rituals. They presented me with this fiery-haired, waifish, scared little thing with a unpronounceable name. I was halfway ready to back out when she stabbed me right in the middle of dinner.
Her unexpected show of back bone told me that there was more to my little fiancée than meets the eye. I’d relish unraveling her, secret by secret.
In the end, there was only one question I had for our wedding day: Did she want the heads of her enemies on a platter? Or would she rather plunge the knife into them herself?
My little witch came to me broken and scared, but with me as her weapon she became the fire to burn them.
Queen of the Night is the start of a duology and will conclude with King of the Dawn."
"From USA Today and International bestselling author A.N. Stauber comes binge-worthy mafia romance.
Callum Murphy
Intense, overbearing, protective.
When he showed up with a gunshot wound and asked me to lie to the police, I knew I had a decision to make. I could risk my entire career to protect him, or I could do the right thing and turn him in. The choice should have been easy, but it wasn’t. Not when his brother was my friend.
Lines were blurred, and suddenly the morals in my life were tipped upside down. We’d been taught to trust those in uniform, but what if the monster standing before me—swearing to keep me safe—wasn’t the bad guy at all? What if he was the only one who could save me from myself?
Everyone thought I was a liar. Except him. And he took justice into his own hands.
Haley Savino.
Cold, distant, secretive.
Everything she was, I shouldn’t want. She stole my breath away the second I laid eyes on her and earned my protection when she proved her loyalty.
But something was haunting her. And when she finally told me the truth, I stopped at nothing to bring her vengeance.
Boston thought I was evil. But if loving her was wrong, I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
This is a Stand Alone Mafia Romance. The Black Hearts Series can be read in any order, but for the maximun character experience, you should proceed in numbered order. Black Hearts Novellas are NOT Stand Alone Romances."
"Patrick “Paddy” Murphy
Secretive, Quiet, Reserved.
The mafia taught him just how disastrous secrets and lies were. Despite that, he kept the deepest, dirtiest secrets of them all. His desire for men, or rather one man—me—was only the start of them. If the family or—even worse, a rival family—found out about us, life as Paddy knew it would cease to exist.
It was as if the universe knew this and tried to keep us apart. From Army Deployments and near death experiences to a secret baby, everything that could go wrong did. I didn’t know how much more I could take, until he committed the ultimate crime.
One final act of betrayal, and he might as well have ripped my heart from my chest. There’s no going back, and he has to learn to pay the price for his mistakes.
Michael “Griff” Griffin
Stubborn, resentful, mine.
He had every right to hate me, to never want me again. I betrayed him, broke him, but despite all of the mistakes of my past, Griffin would always have my heart.
We went through too much pain and heartache to just give up, and I would stop at nothing to earn his love back—even if it meant putting him before my brother’s orders and refusing to marry a woman in La Famiglia—the mother of my unborn child.
The skeletons in my closet are too much to bear. Will I be able to bury them, or will my dirty laundry be aired?"
"From USA Today and International bestselling author A.N. Stauber comes binge-worthy mafia romance.
Saoirse Murphy was the forbidden allure I dared not succumb to.
I was willing to face the depths of hell to protect her, even if it meant sacrificing my place in her world and sparing her from the heartbreak that comes with a Made Man.
Jameson Scott Burne was my best friend, confidant, and protector. The missing piece of my soul.
I had always loved him, but he shattered everything before we had a chance to thrive. He was my world until he wasn't.
But now, as the bratva prince sought to bind me in marriage, Scotty returned. He laid his claim on me, attempting to mend our shattered past.
But is it too late?
His Ruthless Queen is a stand-alone in an interconnected series. All books can be read in any order."
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