*Note: This can be read as a standalone. You won't need to read the other books in the series to understand what's going on* *Also deals with sensitive topics concerning mental health* Arjun Mehta has never stayed long enough in one place his entire life. He has been moved from foster family to foster family because he has a tendency to run away. After all, nobody cares about him enough to make sure he doesn't feel so hopeless and alone. After the dozens of home he has been sent to, his social worker gives it one last shot to get Arjun with a family that might possibly give the fifteen-year-old hope. It isn't even long before Arjun starts to feel like he belongs somewhere. Too bad he's used to good things coming to an end so surely enough, it won't be long before he's with another family and not with his new foster dads and siblings. ...Right?

22-year-old Iris Amyrah James meets 30-year-old Leonardo Sorelli on a night out with her friends. Iris is a bold, independent, and most of all rebellious girl. So when she gets dared to go flirt with the handsome devil, she doesn't hesitate. Before she even opened her mouth, Leonardo could tell that she wasn't only beautiful, but she was different. Upon meeting her, Leonardo wants more with her, but his own secrets are getting in his own way. Nothing prepared them for the turmoil they will go through. Nothing prepared them for the secrets and the lies that will shake them up. Nothing prepared them for how hard they were going to fall for each other. With the fashion designer and the mafia don caught in a storm of secrets and scandalous pasts, will they make it in the end, or will they crash and burn? MATURE 18+ 🦋Highest Rankings🦋 #1 stephenjames - 06/06/22 #2 blackauthor - 06/06/22 #2 pocauthor - 06/07/22 #1 glowprincess - 08/19/22 #1 blacklead - 07/23/22

They took the bag off my head I was barely even awake I had been knocked out so long it wasn't long before I heard a guy yelling numbers as the people bet a higher amount for me "I'm on display for all you fuckers to see" I thought I stared at the floor waiting for it all to be over just as I was about to drift off I heard the man yell " 10 million dollars to the lovely Romano family"

***Teaser*** His lips against my skin and in the between the folds making my moans clear to heard. And when I thought it couldn't get any better he slips a finger in, slowly pumping in me. My body reacts as my back arches and my eyes rolls to the back of my head.