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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...

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.

The most important thing I’d ever read was scribbled on the door of a portable restroom, engraved into plastic at a carnival on the outskirts of Boston. Lust lingers, love stays. Lust is impatient, love waits. Lust burns, love warms. Lust destroys, but love? Love kills. Maybe it was always my destiny to fall in love with a monster. When other kids stayed awake at night fearing the pointy-toothed beast hiding in their closet, I longed to see mine.

Troy Brennan: Every Southie in Boston knows that name. The son of a dead mobster. The heartthrob with steel-blue eyes. "The Fixer" who can make or break you in this city. Oh, and my new husband. Sparrow Raynes: That's me. No one seemed to remember my name up until he barged into my life. But then he caged me. Kidnapped me. And killed every chance I had to run away from the place where we grew up.

Gabrielle Adams has it all - brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé and a dream job in publishing. Until everything changes. The ‘Underground Killer’ takes his victims when they least expect it: standing on the edge of a busy Tube platform, as they wait for a train to arrive through the murky underground tunnels of London. Gabrielle soon learns that being a survivor is harder than being a victim, and she struggles to return to her old life. Desperate to break free from endless nightmares, she snatches up an opportunity to run a tiny bookshop in a picturesque cove in rural Cornwall.

Kate Irving arrives at her grandfather’s cottage at Frenchman’s Creek in the dead of night with her young son, a small suitcase and little else. Its scattered community of fishermen, farmers, artists and jetsetters barely bat an eyelid, because theirs is a rarefied world, tucked beneath the lush forest that lines the banks of the Helford Estuary, deep in the heart of Cornwall, where life is slow and people generally mind their own business. Unless, of course, your grandfather happens to be a pillar of the local community....

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take sabbatical leave from his duties as a homicide detective. A few days before Christmas, his peace is shattered, and he is thrust back into the murky world of murder when a young woman is found dead amongst the ancient ruins of the nearby priory. When former local girl Dr. Anna Taylor arrives back on the island as a police consultant, old memories swim to the surface, making her confront her difficult past.

Blood never lies... Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is living a nightmare. As one of the country’s foremost murder detectives, Ryan knows he can face the worst of humanity and step into the darkest minds because, every night, he returns home to the loving arms of his wife, Anna. When he receives a call to say she’s been arrested for the murder of a well-known author, he refuses to believe the evidence that seems to be piling up against her. Anna could never murder anyone―he’s sure of it. Isn’t he? To the outside world, she’s a quiet academic, a devoted wife and mother, and a good friend.

His name is Nate and I should hate him, but I don't. I'm not supposed to know his real name, even worse, I'm not supposed to care. He is nothing to me but means to an end. The plan is simple: break free, collect the pieces of my broken soul, kill the bastards and run away.

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.

Algumas pessoas dizem que o primeiro amor traz consigo o fim da inocência. Essas palavras ecoam na vida de Everlynne Lawson, que em sua primeira relação afetiva não encontrou o que esperava, deixando uma sombra persistente nos anos que se seguiram... Quando uma enorme tragédia atinge Everlynne, seu mundo vira de cabeça para baixo e ela perde tudo aquilo que importa: a família, os sonhos e sua alma gêmea, Joe ― o homem com quem teve uma conexão tão profunda que a fez acreditar ser um relacionamento para toda a vida.

Il est l'homme de ses rêves... au cœur de son cauchemar. Lev Cole devrait être comblé : il est capitaine de son équipe de football américain, quaterback adulé, celui que toutes les filles veulent séduire et l'homme à qui on prédit une carrière fulgurante. Pourtant, dans le secret de son cœur, là où personne ne peut les deviner, Lev dissimule deux rêves : devenir pilote, et pouvoir aimer Bailey. Il sait que ce ne sera jamais pour lui : il est enfermé dans une toile d'araignée géante faite de mensonges et de faux-semblants, tissée par sa famille brisée.

Die gehypte Dark-Mafia-Romance von US-Shooting Star L.J. Shen endlich auf Deutsch! Willkommen in der Society of Villains! Band 2 der viralen Dark-Mafia-Romance-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin L.J. Shen endlich auf Deutsch!

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.

Eigentlich stand für Francesca Rossi, die einzige Tochter eines Mafiabosses, immer fest, dass sie eines Tages ihren Kindheitsfreund Angelo Bandini heiraten würde - bis der skrupellose Senator Wolfe Keaton ihr auf einem Maskenball nicht nur einen Kuss stiehlt, sondern auch ihre Zukunftspläne durchkreuzt. Er hat eine Rechnung mit ihrem Vater offen und setzt ihn unter Druck: Entweder Francesca wird seine Frau oder er deckt dessen Verbrechen auf. Plötzlich findet sich Francesca in einer arrangierten Ehe wieder, jedoch nicht mit dem Mann, von dem sie bereits seit ihrer Kindheit geträumt hat.

Bane es un ladrón, un estafador y un mentiroso. Jesse es un juguete roto que se aisló del mundo tras un terrible incidente. Sus caminos se cruzan cuando él cierra un suculento trato con un magnate del petróleo que implica acercarse a Jesse. Será todo un reto, pero ¿y si Bane resultara ser su salvador?

Même les monstres ont des failles... Elle pourrait être la sienne. Troy Brennan. À Boston, tous connaissent ce nom et le redoutent. Celui d'un assassin, un tombeur aux yeux bleu acier, capable de vous faire disparaître sans laisser de trace. Sparrow, la première, a toujours pris soin d'éviter son chemin… Pourtant, c'est à lui qu'elle vient de dire " oui ", dans une robe immaculée, à l'église. Troy a acheté sa liberté, lui a coupé les ailes et l'a jetée en cage, tel un oiseau maudit. Savoir qu'elle passera le restant de ses jours mariée au monstre de la ville la pétrifie.

Für die Welt ist er der Böse, für sie ist er ihr Ritter in strahlender Rüstung. In den Medien ist Cillian Fitzpatrick nur als "Villain" bekannt. Der attraktive Milliardär ist ein skrupelloser Geschäftsmann, der seine Firma über alles stellt. Für Persephone Penrose jedoch ist er der Mann, in den sie unsterblich verliebt ist und der ihr mehr als einmal das Leben gerettet hat. Aber selbst Cillians Hilfe hat ihren Preis: Als Gegenleistung soll Persephone in der Öffentlichkeit seine Ehefrau spielen.

Der grandiose Abschluss der BOSTON-BELLES-Reihe. Emmabelle Penrose schätzt ihre Unabhängigkeit mehr als alles andere. Die selbstbewusste und toughe Geschäftsfrau weiß ganz genau, was sie will, und ein Mann passt da so gar nicht in ihr Bild. Während ihre besten Freundinnen und ihre Schwester alle glücklich verheiratet sind und eigene Familien gründen, sucht Emmabelle nicht mehr als ein kurzes Abenteuer. Bis sich auf einmal alles verändert. Denn obwohl Emmabelle sich nie an einen Mann binden wollte, kommt sie nicht gegen die starken Gefühle an, die sie plötzlich empfindet.

Trebuia să fie ușor. Eu aveam nevoie de bani. El avea nevoie de o dădacă, de cineva care să îl împiedice să tragă pe nas până la ultima suflare. Am fost aleasă special pentru el. Responsabilă. Optimistă. Caldă. Nevinovată. Partea cea mai rea este că trebuia să...