Recommendations based on "Merciless Union: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance (Blood and Thorns Book 2) (English Edition)"

He's prince charming. Just not hers.I have a secret.I stole a heart, or rather a marriage contract.It wasn't mine to own, to look at or to even consider.But it was there for the taking so I took it.Huge mistake.Ronan Astor is a nobility in this world.Arrogant player.Heartless bastard.Vicious prince.Now, he's out to destroy me.What he doesn't know is that I'm out to destroy him too.My name is Teal Van Doren, and I'm where princes go to die.Vicious Prince is part of Royal Elite Series but could be read on its own. For a better understanding of the world, you might want to read the previous books first. This is a mature new adult and contains situations that some readers might find offensive or triggering.

Forbidden desire simmers between a mafia king, and his enemy's daughter that could ignite a war within New York City.    Luca From foster kid to mafia boss, I was the undeserving king to the throne, forced into this role after my estranged father’s death. I gave up everything to build my empire. Nothing else mattered—until I kidnapped my enemy’s daughter. Rosa Falcone. Il mio tesoro. When fate drags Rosa back into my world, I can't make the same mistake again. Even when the future of the mafia depends on my arranged marriage. I still can’t resist her. There’s no way in hell I can watch her marry another man. Even if it means starting a war. Rosa The wild child, the spoilt mafia princess. No one understood my pain, so I hid behind the mask. That was until Luca Russo stole me from my life, only to put me back together again. I gave him my heart, and he let me go—back into the arms of my abuser. This time, I don’t have anyone to protect me. Or so I thought. Luca might not be mine to keep, but that doesn’t stop me from falling deeper. But when the world is against us, how much would we be willing to sacrifice to have our happily ever after?  

Alessio... Cold. Ruthless. Killer. I am respected and feared by all. I wasn't put on this earth to love or be loved. I was put here to wipe out every last member of the damn Abandonato mafia, to pay them back for my mother's death. When I find a strange girl hiding, beaten, under my bed, I don't let her live out of compassion. She's a trinket, my plaything. Ayla... I thought Alessio was only one more man who wanted to use me, hurt me, and throw me away. I don't know what it is to trust anymore. I can't find my heart under the pain. Alessio found it. He touched it, and brought it alive again. But if he discovers just how dangerous I am to him...I'll lose my life.

My villain. My monster. My Ruthless Rebel...He'll do anything to get the empire his grandfather promised him... including marry me.His ex.To the media Jericho Grayson is an elite billionaire and one of the heirs to the Grayson legacy.To me, he was the rebel.The boy I first gave my heart to.Eight years ago when he broke up with me, it broke me.Imagine my embarrassment when I run into him eight years later when I'm broke, in trouble, trying to make ends meet.He makes me an offer I can't refuse.Marry him so he can get his empire and I get two million dollars.One year of marriage to my ex.The plan is simple in theory.Except, every time he kisses me it feels real.People say you never forget your first loveBut falling in love again was never part of the plan.Neither was unearthing secrets from the past that should have stayed hidden.

Based on a true story. Manya, 19 and a college senior arrives with her sole surviving family (Uncle Gregory) at the swank New York apartment of Gregory's gangster friend Alan who is immediately attracted to Manya, and she's intrigued by him: an older man who's suave, cynical and charismatic. After a respectible interval, Gregory leaves. Alone with her, Alan cajoles Manya into revealing herself and then attacks her, first destroying her innocence and then raping her. A year later, Manya now in medical school, invites Alan to dinner and flirts with him, seemingly toying with the idea of "resuming the affair" when Gregory arrives. Manya tells Gregory about the rape. He is shocked. She attacks him for his complicity: leaving an innocent girl alone with such a man. Then they sit down to an elaborate meal and Manya reveals the horrors she has undergone in the intervening year: catonia, pregnancy, madness, eventual realization of her condition, frustrated attempts to obtain a legal abortion and, finally, a self-induced abortion of a 6-month-old fetus. The tale is horrifying, cathartic and only a prelude to Manya's final, shocking act of revenge.

SabrinaSold. I never imagined I would be grateful to be bought by the Bratva.One more year and I was set to marry evil. I've heard the gruesome tales of that family before. I'm awarded with a new beginning when I'm given to the Mafia, for Nikoli to keep.He's unlike anything I could have dreamed of, especially after the screwed up way I was raised.The problem? My betrothed isn't willing to give me up. NikoliI've lost what I love; they were stolen from me, tortured and violated.I feel like I've fought my entire life to fill the void left inside.My heart is coated in sadness but I'm good at keeping it locked deep.The Mafia saved me, but now I'm faced with yet another unwanted sacrifice.I won't let her go. I have to save this one.Come fall in love with the Russkaya Mafiya world brought to you by International Bestselling Author Sapphire Knight. This book can be read alone, but is recommended to be read in order: Secrets, Corrupted and Unwanted Sacrifices to get the full effect of all the characters. All books have their own couple and HEA. Enjoy and Thank you for reading!

He's a Heavyweight UFC fighter, with a criminal past and deep family ties to the Italian Mafia. She's from the small southern town of Garnet, where her family has been the law for the past six generations and MMA is the only language people in her neck of the woods speak. Their MMA camps are rivals. Everything about their lives makes them enemies.Their love isn't just forbidden, it's deadly, but they can't seem to help themselves. Romeo Wellings comes from the hard streets of New York where his family ties to organized crime cause him nothing but pain. Everything changes when he crosses paths with the twin sister of his long-time enemy. After a steamy, one-night stand, he faces the fight of his life, but it's not in the cage. The secret relationship that blooms between Romeo and his real life Juliet has him battling his family and a dark past rather than let her go. The only lawyer in her hometown of Garnet, Jules Conner is also a volunteer Sheriff's deputy and co-owner of a successful MMA training center. Strong and dependable, Jules is always there for those who need her. Until one forbidden night in Las Vegas with Romeo leaves her feeling so alive she can't stop reaching out to the sexy, bad boy of the UFC, even knowing the forbidden love affair could jeopardize everything. As the tide rises against them and the people they love work at keeping them apart, Romeo and Jules hold onto a dream for a better life together and vow to go down fighting rather than accept a tragic ending.

Viparious: life renewing or life producingThis is a continuation of Vlad and Inessa's story. Book one, Viripotent, must be read first.Inessa learns that Vlad may be just when it comes to his opponents, however, he will never allow the same integrity in their marriage.She’s fighting for more than herself and refuses to accept less than what they both deserve.—After a lifetime of being the holder of secrets, Vlad finds himself in the dark surrounded by the monsters of his past. His burdens multiply each day and his spiral into vengeance might cost him more than his sanity.He’s forced to decide between the promises he once made and the ones being asked of him.But some skeletons refuse to remain buried.A marriage built on a mutually beneficial agreement is now surrounded by a series of cataclysmic events with one question ⎯ what will he lose to get her to stay?

Born and bred to rule, I embraced my place in our family with pride. I was the leader. The boss. The king.Fueled by my family's need for revenge, I was on a bloody path toward vengeance. That's when I found her-a filthy, weak, broken girl.The mystery that surrounded her seduced me. Her secrets pulled me down to the deepest pits of hell, the demons of her past threatening to burn the empire I swore to protect.Now the devil himself is knocking at my door, wanting his beautiful, broken girl back.But she's mine now. I claimed her. And anyone who dares to take her away from me will be completely, utterly, royally...Fucked.

Out of the darkest evil will come the strongest love. The Bratva is changing, but whenever there's change, there's resistance. I have to prove I'm one of them or else I'm dead. I wasn't prepared for what they wanted. They gave me a young and beautiful woman, to defile and break. With a gun to my head, it's not like I have a choice. I've never met a woman like her. Damaged, just like me, but with a clever mind that she knows is a dangerous weapon, and curves for days. Every second I spend with her, it becomes less about business, less about the darkness I'm trying to leave behind, and more her. About us, against the world. We're going to rise above the shadows the Bratva have cast on us. They made a dangerous mistake. They bound her to me in a way that those monsters could never comprehend. She has a part of my soul now, and I have a part of hers. Soulmates, in a way. I'm a bad man, but I'm going to do right by her. I'm going to prove to her that even in the darkness, there's always something worth fighting for. I'll kill them all for her. When it's all over, and she doesn't need me for revenge anymore, we won't be able to walk away from our love. She's been taken by the hitman, and I won't let her go. A full length Standalone Romantic Suspense novel. No Cliffhangers. Safe from cheating. Dark romance. Explicit language & swearing.