Resultados para "Villains" en Suspense romántico

From New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a dark romance about an assassin mafia heir and the villainess who refuses to become his next victim. Tierney There’s a bullet with my name on it. And Achilles Ferrante is the man who’ll pull the trigger. I’d always known one of us...

My innocence was ripped from me one fateful night under the starless sky. Resulting in an unwanted teenage pregnancy and a secret the Camorra must bury. My father decided to hand me off to the highest bidder. The lucky winner? Tiernan Callaghan, psychopath extraordinaire. The Irish mafia prince wants me for all the wrong reasons. Alliance. Money. Prestige. War. I am but a pawn in his twisted game. The man who sits on a throne of his enemies' skulls thinks I'm a weakling. Little does he know, in this chess game, the underdog wins. Because the thing about bad bishops? They protect good pawns.

I'm the Shattered Isle princess. I've grown up on horror stories about the four All Plane princes, and now I've been promised to them as their bride in order to usher in peace between our two warring realms. First, I have to earn their trust. Second, I must do what my father raised me to do—kill them all. But the task is almost impossible when each of the princes have an unflinching need to claim me as theirs.

I've worked for men all my life, been enslaved by them. My new boss is different. He buys me designer handbags to ensure I'm on time. But scowls at me when he hands them over. He's intoxicating. Dangerous. All the things I should stay away from. The thing is... when his hands touch mine, I'm not...

My husband wanted me back, but I was already falling for someone else... Savior or seducer. I am not sure which one he's playing at. He is forbidden, after all. I am married to a rockstar. Appearances must be upheld. But what does it mean when your marriage is breaking, and the dark, mysterious...

When you accidentally set your whole world on fire, sometimes it's easier to just let it burn. The Reapers were always supposed to be the villains in my story. They were the four ruthless brothers who ruled our city with an obscene amount of cash and more blood on their hands than the most...

All I ever wanted was to keep her safe. The last thing I expected was to fall for the bastards trying to hurt her. The Reapers of Caspian Hills are powerful men. So powerful that when my idiotic stepfather offered them my little sister, I knew no one in their right mind would try to stop them...

Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit. Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. To the media, he is The Villain. To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. Now I need him to do me another small solid. Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into. What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway? Only Cillian doesn’t hand out free favors. The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom.

My mother trained me to be numb. To keep my volatile emotions carefully locked away. But when my drug-addicted stepfather decides to clear his debt by offering my sister to the Ruthless Mafia Men that run our city, I have no choice but to react. Keeping her safe is the only thing I've ever been...

Seit Faith in unser Leben gestolpert ist, hat sich alles verändert. Wir stecken mitten in einem Krieg, der Opfer fordern wird und sie ist unser Pfand, das dafür sorgt, dass wir nicht dazu gehören. Doch anstatt sich wie eine gefügige Geisel zu verhalten, raubt sie uns den Verstand und zwingt uns, unsere eigenen Regeln zu brechen. Besonders unseren König. Nyx versinkt ihretwegen immer tiefer in seiner Dunkelheit. Trotz des Verlusts seiner Krone und dem drohenden Zerfall unserer Truppe werde ich für immer an seiner Seite bleiben. Denn obwohl er all die Finsternis in sich trägt, glaube ich an ihn.

The first time I met Yulian Dimitriev, it was hate at first sight. He’s brash, chaotic, and a violence-junkie. In short, everything I disregard. As heirs to two notorious mafia organizations, we were shoved together in an unorthodox setting. The more I learn about Yulian, the deeper my loathing seeps. Until I truly see the person within, and something forbidden sparks between us. But our coexistence is cut short when tragedy strikes. Yulian and I go back to our respective, parallel worlds that shouldn’t cross. But they do.

I never expected to survive. To be protected. Wanted. Or seen. But somehow, Dallas, Niko, and Rome have managed to do all three. They were always supposed to be temporary. A job. Just the three men hired to pull me out of hell. But ever since they asked me to move in with them, they've become something more. But I'm not healed. Not whole. And I'm not even being honest with them. They have no clue the past I've tried so hard to outrun is creeping in around the edges. And when they find out I've been lying to them... It could destroy everything.

Ich bin ein Goldjunge. Ein genialer Jurastudent. Der Erbe des Carson-Imperiums und der pflichtbewusste Sohn – zumindest nach außen. Tief in mir lodert der Drang, die Welt in Brand zu setzen. Als eine Nacht außer Kontrolle gerät, fliegt mein Doppelleben fast auf. Ich dachte, meine Leichen wären sicher begraben, bis Kayden Lockwood, mein neuer Professor, auftaucht und droht, alles ans Licht zu bringen. Ich kann ihn nicht verraten, ohne meine eigenen Geheimnisse zu enthüllen. Aber ich kann ihn sein eigenes Gift kosten lassen.

“You can’t marry him if you’re already married to me.” That was how Silas Cruz proposed to me—more like demanded, really. He didn’t exactly give me a choice. He’s dark, jealous and incredibly possessive. And he’s just one of the villains in my story. I used to think he was my hero. Still, there’s one thing I know for sure. Whenever I need him, whenever I’m in danger, he comes for me. He’s proven that time and time again.

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Um ihren ruinierten Ruf zu retten, soll Mafiaprinzessin Lila Ferrante ausgerechnet an Tiernan Callaghan verheiratet werden, den Anführer des irischen Syndikats und Erzfeind ihrer Familie. Tiernan ist geheimnisvoll, grausam, berechnend – und stimmt dem wahnwitzigen Vorschlag zu Lilas Entsetzen zu. Was niemand weiß: Tiernan hat noch eine Rechnung mit einem alten Feind offen und braucht dafür dringend Verbündete. Lila scheint der Schlüssel zu sein, um seinen Racheplan endlich in die Tat umzusetzen.

I was a murderer. One of the cruelest, wealthiest men in New York City. Dante Salvatore, capo of capos. Yet I had one weakness. Elena Lombardi. Cold as ice, sharp as the edge of broken glass, and more beautiful than any woman should have the right to be, she stormed my defenses and razed my life as I knew it to the ground. For her, I would once again play the hero and prove myself worthy of her unconquerable heart. For her, I would change everything. I could have left her to the enemies hounding me, but instead, I made the unforgivable decision to take her with me to the old country.

“Forgive me.” Those were Professor Arnaud’s final words before I sliced through his neck. His was the first head I took, but it wouldn’t be the last.

Zwei verfeindete kriminelle Männer, eine Jungfrau mit dunklen Fantasien – und eine ungeplante Entführung... Als ich den Besuchstermin im Gefängnis ausmache, habe ich nur ein Ziel: Inspiration sammeln, um meine Schreibflaute zu besiegen. Wie es der Zufall will, hat mein verdammt heißer Interviewpartner erschreckend viel Ähnlichkeit mit dem Typ Bad Boy, den ich seitenlang selbst in meinen Romanen beschreibe. Jackpot!

Once upon a time, I met a man who stole my heart. In my desperation to reunite with him, I have nowhere to turn but the Sea Witch. Ursa is as beautiful as she is dangerous, and the one person my father warned me never to let close. But she’s all crimson lips and pretty lies, and I’m convinced despite my fear. It’s a simple enough plan, if not for the faint of heart. An auction to sell the one thing I possess of any value — myself. The money will free Alaric and then we can finally be together.