"Ah, Christmas. The most magical time of the year. The snow is falling, cider is flowing, and couples are kissing under the mistletoe.
Too bad all that makes me want to gag.
It isn't that I'm a hater, it's just that I have a job to do, and this particular holiday is getting in the way of that. And I know what you'll say, that Micah Noble's Christmas Tree Farm is a beloved tradition for many of the families, but you have to see the bigger picture here: a luxury resort where overworked Manhattanites can escape to, a serene place of spas and shopping and watching sexy lumberjacks chopping wood . . .
Scratch that last one. Lumberjacks aren't my thing. Anymore. Micah cured me of that, which tends to happen when you're trying to buy someone's family land to bulldoze to the ground.
He can call me a Scrooge all he wants, but business is business, and pleasure is . . . well, not something I can afford to think about. Even if it does come packaged in those tight jeans and flannel shirts that make me want to rip them off with my teeth—
No. This is not happening. I will not think of Micah as anything other than an obstacle to getting what I want. A really sexy obstacle.
Contains mature themes."
"'They took something that belonged to me—and nothing will stop me from getting him back.'
The Fiores have made their move. In a last-ditch effort to save their crumbling empire, they've managed to take back their heir, landing a blow to the Rossettis—in particular, Dom.
But failure is not an option for Dom, and soon he finds himself at a crossroads: Follow his father's orders and leave Luca to the wolves, or defy the boss and get back what he lost.
The question is, will Luca choose to trust Dom to keep him safe even after all he's put him through, or will he put his future in the hands of his long-lost family instead?
As the war between enemies reaches its breaking point, both Dom and Luca face the most difficult decision of their lives.
Do they fight for their families or do they fight for each other?
Contains mature themes."
"'What are you going to do with me?'
'Whatever the hell I want.'
In Manhattan, tensions are rising. In a play for power, the Rossetti family has made a decisive blow, crippling their rivals—an act that has forced the Fiores to make a desperate move to maintain their supremacy. Many miles away, Luca Davis, a young medical student, has no idea his life is about to change. No idea that everything he's been told about his life has been a lie.
Enter Domenico Rossetti, the ruthless Mafia prince. Powerful and unforgiving, he's a savage in a suit—and the one who holds the cards when it comes to his new captive. But when the war escalates and both are forced into seclusion, the two men are faced with a new threat: the rising sexual tension between them.
You don't fall for the one person you're supposed to hate, but it's a temptation neither can resist. Because falling in love with the enemy isn't only wrong—it's forbidden. And the cost for defying everyone will be their lives.
Forbidden Mafia Prince is the first book in USA Today bestselling authors Brooke Blaine and Ella Frank's M/M mafia romance duet.
Contains mature themes."
"My name isn't Logan Mitchell, but Marcus St. James doesn't know that . . .
When I showed up at my roommate's work party, the last thing I expected was to find a man straight out of my dreams. But when the crowd parted and the fates aligned, there he was, waiting for me. Marcus St. James, president of ENN WorldWide News.
Sexy and powerful, with a stare that could freeze you in place, Marcus was the perfect reward for securing a job at Mitchell & Madison, the best law firm in Chicago. To play with the big fish, however, one must become a big fish, and that's where my little white lie began.
It was one night. I was never going to see him again, and from the second we spoke, I knew he was interested. It was there in his eyes, the same fire in my veins. It was there in his voice, whenever he said my name.
The only problem? It wasn't my name, and now I wanted more—much more.
But how can anything good come out of something that started with such bad intentions?
Contains mature themes."
"Gabriel Romero made me hungry for things I'd never wanted, and starved of the things I didn't think I'd ever need. Until now . . . Until him . . .
I was never the man who believed in love, romance, or happily ever afters. I was married to my work, and happy to be that way. Until one night, not too long ago, when an audacious young man lied his way into my life and showed me what I'd been missing.
Bold and sexy, with a face that could melt through the iciest of exteriors, Gabriel Romero is the one factor I never saw coming. There are so many reasons we shouldn't work—my age, his, our career goals in life—and yet we are drawn together by a passion for music, and each other, that neither of us can deny.
I've always been the one to think things through, to follow my head instead of my heart. But if I don't open myself to what's possible, instead of thinking of all the ways this seems impossible, I might miss out on the best thing that has ever happened to me.
So I'm taking a chance, and laying myself at his mercy, opening my heart with nothing but good intentions. Only time will tell if Gabriel Romero decides to let me back in.
Contains mature themes."
"Small towns are definitely not for me. The understanding was that I would one day return to Chamberlin, California. What my father didn't count on was that once he sent me away, I would never come back—at least not until he was gone.
Which brings me to now, his wake. It also brings me to her. The girl who has grown into the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on—Laurel Anderson.
She's looking at me as though she wishes I was the one she watched get buried this morning. Well, nothing to do but see if I can seduce the pure and passionate Laurel, and change that anger I see in her eyes to something just as fiery . . . desire.
The last time I saw Noah Chamberlin, I was a doe-eyed innocent and he was the boy of my dreams. You'd think after all these years, I'd feel the same blind indignation and rage that has haunted me since that day. Instead, I felt something altogether unwanted and unexpected—lust.
If the rumors are true, he's only going to be in Chamberlin for a few days. I can handle that. But when Noah's forced to stay and run the family business, it puts us in dangerously close proximity. And in a town this small, that can only mean one thing—trouble.
Contains mature themes."
