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Andrei Novikov is the new head of the Novikov Bratva. Indifferent, unflappable, and cold, Andrei is as stoic as he is lethal, as strategic as he is barbaric. Willing to do whatever it takes to maintain control and extend his empire, there's one final wish his father made on his deathbed that has Andrei at a crossroads: to forge a lasting alliance with the Italian Mafia in order to secure the drug trade.And for the Italians, longterm alliances are only brokered in one way: marriage. Giula Russo is everything but the polite, docile, Italian woman her family expects her to be. As the oldest of three sisters, Giula's a downright train wreck. Late-night parties, sleepovers with f*ck boys, and reckless benders has her Mafia don father claiming her as ineligible for marriage. But Giula's wild antics are really a cover for a traumatic past, as well as a shield protecting her from a forced future. When the Russo family meets Il Russo, "The Russian," the violent worlds of the Italian Mafia and Russian Bratva are destined to clash--will it end in alliance or war? Love or betrayal? Dark Mafia x Bratva romance and suspense, estimated to be ~ 80,000 words once completed. Intended for mature 18+ audiences. Only available on Wattpad. All rights reserved to Skara Gray, 2023-2025.#1 in #mafia / 156K stories#1 in #enemiestolovers / 111K stories#1 in #arranged marriage / 40.3K stories#1 in #forced marriage / 14.7K stories…

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Rhett Jaggar is Boston's hottest underground fighter. He has the body and the winning streak to prove it. He trains like a mad man, with more discipline than a monk. But even he can't keep his attention in the ring when a brunette distraction shows up in his boxing gym.
Ava Young had it all. The fancy house on a hill, a successful businessman father, an adorably decorated off campus apartment, and a group of fun-loving college friends. That is, until her father's company is exposed for embezzling. She has no place to turn but her childhood best friend's couch and a new, strange life filled with underground fighters. Including the intimidatingly sexy, Rhett Jaggar.
These two opposites may come to find that they have more in common than they realize...but will it be a harmless attraction or end in a dangerous addiction? 
Read as a standalone fighter romance. Part of a series of standalone fighter romances including Against The Ropes and Below The Belt. Complete at 75,000 words.#1 #fighter / 8.1k stories #1 #desire / 11.4k stories#8 #romance / 1.7M stories#5 #sports / 17.1k stories#1 #darkromance / 5.5k stories #1 #dangerous / 11.6k stories#3 #contemporary / 10.9k stories#2 #boston / 2k stories…

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Isabella is for sale. And the recently crowned king of the Mexican Cartel is the highest bidder.Rafael was born into the Cartel. It's the only life he's ever known. After his father's death, Rafael asserts the throne. But he is not his father. And his throne feels more like a prison than a privilege.Isabella never imagined she'd get kidnapped while visiting her aunt in Mexico. When she gets purchased by a ruthless bidder, her only shot at freedom is to make a deal with the devil himself.Be sure to check out my sister novel and Ryan's story, Stolen By The Queen! #12 in badboy / 147K stories#1 in forbidden / 35.7K stories#1 in mafiaprincess / 15.8K stories#4 in dangerous / 12.7K stories#64 in badboy / 149K stories#1 in spanish /8.99K stories#1 in mexico / 3.6K stories#14 in forbidden / 31.1K stories#1 in mafiaprincess / 9.7K stories#1 in darkromance / 8.6K stories#9 in forbidden / 30.3K stories#1 in spanish / 7.7K stories#1 in fightforlove / 5.5K stories#2 in Spanish / 7.4K stories#2 in family secrets / 7.1K#3 in Mexico / 3.4K stories#1 in opportunity / 2K stories…

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Nico Chavez doesn't get lucky breaks. He's from the roughest part of Boston and has been dealt a shitty hand. With two younger sisters to care for and no one to help him, he turns to underground fighting to make ends meet. When a match lands him up against the area's top fighter, Rhett Jaggar, he knows he has a shot at fighting full-time.When Rhett retires from the ring, he takes on Nico as his protégé, the opportunity of a lifetime. After a year of training under the watchful eye of Rhett and the legendary Coach Barry, Nico is ready to enter his biggest fighting circuit yet. He's determined to make a name for himself and his sisters. Meredith Barry has been acting out. From drugs to bad boys to skipping class, she's hellbent on making all the wrong choices. When she gets suspended from college for the semester, her mother sends her to live with her estranged father, a veteran boxing coach in Boston. Meredith is already angry at the world, but the thought of leaving sunny California to go live with a dad she barely knows has her feeling all kinds of insecure. When the beautiful redhead sets foot in her dad's boxing gym, all heads turn. Well, all but one. Nico Chavez. The focused, energetic fighter isn't looking for trouble. He's worked too hard for his one shot at salvation. But when someone from Meredith's past comes back to haunt her, Nico may find that this is one fight he can't ignore.Can be read as a standalone fighter romance, or as a follow-on story to In His Corner. 50,000 to 70,000 words. #2 #secrets / 99.2k stories#3 #enemiestolovers / 22.1k stories#5 #underground / 4.4k stories#1 #underdog / 790 stories#4 #steamy / 10.2k stories#2 #underground / 4.3k stories#95 #fighter / 7.9K stories…

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Sumner West is the voice behind the world's number one true crime podcast, West Coast Killers. As the siren of the mic effortlessly delivers the script of another six-figure ad, a shout in the hallway breaks through her studio-grade noise-canceling headphones. A brooding LAPD detective throws open the door that seals her from the outside world, demanding an interview.Detective Lucas Saba doesn't know much about the twenty-seven-year-old media maven seated behind the microphone. He's not aware of her controversial rise to internet stardom, of the deeply divided Reddit threads debating the murky past of amateur sleuthing's queen. What he does know is that two students were found dead on UCLA's campus, perfectly mirroring the murders of a 1997 double homicide featured on Sumner's podcast, Episode #142: Ruined Bruins.As Lucas investigates the uncanny connections between recent unsolved murders on his desk and the transcript of Sumner's podcast, the cat-and-mouse game that launched her career-beginning with the unsolved murder of her best friend, Chloe-will cast doubt on the motives of everyone in her inner circle, including the reigning queen of true crime herself.THE PODCAST is an ensemble murder mystery for fans of Lucy Foley's THE PARIS APARTMENT and listeners of Ashley Flowers' CRIME JUNKIE. With elements of dark whimsy resembling Hulu's ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, this story explores our morbid fascination with true crime through a cast of deliciously deceptive characters in the world of Los Angeles' influencer culture. #1 in suspense / 99K stories#1 in crime / 67K stories#1 psychological / 31.5K stories#1 truecrime / 1.5K stories#61 murder / 176K stories#2 podcast / 1.2K stories#1 arrested / 1K storiesAll rights reserved, Skara Gray, 2023-2024. 80,000 words.…

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One day you're taking enemy fire downrange in the deserts of Afghanistan, and the next you have shrapnel buried so deep in your thigh that you'll never run, jump, or crawl like you used to. Being on a mission is all that Ryan's ever known. After being honorably discharged due to injury from Elite Forces, he could hardly last a minute in civilian life. Now he's stationed in Mexico as a DEA agent, cracking down on Mexico's most powerful drug families. And this time, he's posing as an agent who's been lured by the riches of the Cartel. A mission that could quickly turn to a death wish if Ryan isn't careful.Camila isn't my real name. If he knew my real name, he'd never trust me. And I need him to trust me. My life depends on it. Camila is used to taking risks. But this time, she's going all in. She's agreed to work with the DEA to get one of their agents deep within the Cartel's walls, posing as an agent turned rogue. The DEA is paying her handsomely for her work, but she's not doing it for the money. The lines between right and wrong, black and white, DEA and Cartel, are about to blur into one tension-filled, unexpectedly thrilling story of money, drugs, sex, and betrayal. Oh, and love might make an appearance too. Standalone Narcos romance. [50,000 words]…

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What will happen when the younger sister of the fighting world's leading underdog, Nico Chavez, lands a coveted PR internship for celebrity clients? For the past few years, Celeste Chavez has been living in her older brother's shadow as he's risen to fame as a top fighter.Celeste can't wait to embark on her own professional life when she lands the PR internship of her dreams. But when Celeste learns that her client is none other than Ethan Grable, her brother's biggest opponent and the reigning King in the Ring, she'll be forced to choose between family ties and career aspirations.Ethan Grable isn't like most of his opponents. He didn't start by fighting in the streets. Ethan is the son of a former professional athlete and has lived a life of privilege...not to mention an insurmountable pressure to succeed. His spoiled-rotten, party boy reputation is his outlet, and he has no problem playing into it.When Ethan finds out that his summer PR intern is a gorgeous young woman, he has zero complaints. But when he finds out that Celeste is actually Nico Chavez's younger sister, he has a choice to make. And knowing Ethan, it's not going to be the honorable one.Will Celeste choose family loyalty over professional opportunity? And will Ethan choose honesty over playing with fire?Can be read as a standalone fighter romance, or as a follow-on story to 'Against The Ropes' and 'In His Corner.' [[80,000 words]]#1 #summerromance / 4.9k stories#13 #steamy / 12.1k stories#2 #boxing / 1.6k stories #2 #california / 16.1k stories#25 #bravetogether / 16k stories#18 #california / 16.1k stories#3 #stronger / 991 stories…

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What if the only person who can give you intoxicating pleasure is the same man who tore your entire world apart? Some love stories involve heartbreak. This love story is heart shattering.Mercy Holiday is a physical therapist for the world's most elite tennis players. A lifelong tennis player herself, she's been surrounded by the sport since she was old enough to hold a racquet. Her older brother, Callan Holiday, is the head of a prestigious tennis academy, preparing the sport's next league of stars for center court.Brodie Archer is the man to beat. Love him or hate him, he owns the sport of tennis. He is the reigning champion, breaking every world-record before him. He's also cocky, reckless, and relentlessly goes against the status quo of tennis etiquette. For Mercy, he's also her teenage crush. The blue-eyed, black-haired boy who was destined to be a star before he could even drive. But those teenage years are long behind them. When tragedy strikes Mercy's family, there's only one man to blame. The King of the Court, the phenom of grass, hardcourt, and clay. Brodie Archer."He ruined my life. He ruined my family. And yet I still can't walk away. Maybe the only way out is to ruin him too."…

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Stevie Marlowe has always been an alternative trendsetter. Starting out with bootlegged electronica remixes of popular songs from her dorm room, she ends up ditching her college degree to pursue independent DJ-ing full-time. She sets rules for herself: always have an original take, only make the kind of music she loves, and never get tied up with the corporate titans of the recording industry. But when one of her remixes goes mega-viral, she lands herself in some serious legal trouble with one of the world's biggest labels, Pacific Records. Benton West personifies one word: stoic. The incredibly brilliant and skillful CEO doesn't run one of the world's largest record labels by terror or force. He's calculative, discerning, and patient. So when an eccentric, beautiful young woman gets brought into his office, identified as the repeat intellectual property thief that his team has been working to track down for months, he doesn't seek to prosecute her. Instead, he thinks of how he can use her impressive talents for his company's benefit. But as Stevie spends more time with Benton, she realizes that something between the man and his veneer doesn't add up. Will Stevie find out Benton's secret before she's forced to leave him and her beloved music behind? Standalone contemporary romance. 50,000 when complete.#1 in #newadultromance…

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Red Easton is on the brink of becoming one of New York's most successful young CEOs. The intense, stone-faced thirty-four-year-old built a cybersecurity company valued at over $1.2 billion. The success of the company overshadows any suspicions regarding Red's lack of formal education or background in technology. The road he paved here is for his eyes only, and none of his investors seem too concerned as long as the money keeps rolling in.But when the murder of an old contact threatens to jeopardize Red's ability to remain unattached to his past life, will he be able to keep his worlds separate or are they bound to collide in a dangerous, bloody battle?Emory Logan is struggling to find her place in Chicago, the only city she's ever known. At twenty-six-years-old, she decides to set out for New York City. She can create a new start. No one would suspect the curvy beauty to be from the roughest part of Chicago. But when an opening for a personal assistant position at New York's hottest cybersecurity company lands her in an interview with Chicago's disappeared bad boy, she realizes her attempt at a new start may have landed her right back where she started. Or worse."Everyone knew him as the sexy, cold-hearted young CEO. They assumed his dark eyes and controlling demeanor were symptoms of an unyielding passion for success. But I knew him before his meteoric rise. I know the real darkness lurking behind his eyes."Standalone mafia billionaire romance.50,000 to 70,000 words.Full book available on Amazon! Both eBook and paperback options available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TV45QGRI may bring back the full story to Wattpad someday but I'm experimenting with Amazon KU :) #WP2020 #wattys2020#4 #mobboss / 2.5K stories#7 #fightforsurvival / 3.2K stories#8 #workplace / 920 stories#32 #fightforlove / 4.5K stories#1 WP / 36 stories…