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Duel Harper has been exiled from his family due to bad behavior, behavior that could find him as well as his family in deep water. Banished to his family's estate in Alabama in hopes of making him come to his senses and realize how his shenanigans can effect the family, Duel finds himself in a entire new dilemma. However his heart is still in New York attached to Zoe Butinio, the girl that he can't have. The one girl who refuses him yet he won't give up even though Zoe is in love with a cop. While in Alabama Duel has the luck of meeting a girl named Chelly. At first he's just amused with her and sees her as a conquest to pass the time. However their friendship grows into something more but is it enough to break the chains that Zoe has on his heart?ChellyOkay, so I'm a klutz and a bit on the nerdy side. Nothing excites me more than a good book or experimenting in the science lab. I'm almost complete with my senior year of high school and I can't wait to pursue my future plans. I'm also valedictorian of my class as well as cheer captain. Let's just say that I have a foot in every door and a smile is always on my face. Then it happened... I met him and nothing has been the same.My parents warned me about drugs and falling in with the wrong crowd but they never warned me about him. Duel Harper was magnetic and not like any other guy that I had met but I could see through his tough guy attitude to the man that hid beneath the rugged clothes. I wanted him to be good for me as much as I wanted to be bad for him. In fact he made me want to do very bad thing's. Could this guy cost me everything? Destroy my good reputation, plans and interfere with my schooling?But how can I stop? He had me the first time he shot me that crooked grin and I knew that he would break my heart in the end. Even if people warned me I wouldn't have listened. Will Duel Harper be a lesson of my lover?…

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King is struggling to find his place within the Harper Empire. Holding on to guilt over his parent's death has lead him down a dark path. King refuses love as he feels undeserving of any ounce of kindness and warmth. This has turned him into a bitter man at an early age. In fact he could very well be the most ruthless Harper King yet. While in Vegas he happens upon Ashton Steward. In a attempt to hide his growing feelings for her, King treats her in the most horrible of ways. The question is can Asthon break through his wall's and convince him that he is worthy of love?Ashton Steward is a young woman with a dark past and a long, secret criminal history. No one really knows the true Ashton. Her criminal activities is what puts food on her table and a roof over her head. Then by sheer luck she meets King Harper in the most inopportune time. Never meaning to pursue any form of a relationship with him it just happens. Neither realize that the other is a criminal. What will happen when the truth comes out and can Ashton conquer King?…

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We was just a few girl's who thought it would be amazing to spend several month's in Italy after college graduation. One last major bash before reality set in and we headed out into the world to make our mark. However my reality was very different from my friend's. Not long into our trip I started receiving these strange texts from a unknown person. Sometimes they would be funny, flirty then other time's they could be right scary. Had I'd known then what I know now I would have never boarded that plane. A fun, flirty tale with some chills and thrills! Oh and did I mention love??? ???Don't leave that text on seen now!?…

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I didn't ask to be born into this world, none of us did but we make the best of it. I'm a twenty-five year old single man. Why you may ask? Because I've seen what love can do to a person. It can destroy them. My parent's are amazing but I can still remember the time's my father threatened to kill my mother, left us due to his mental illness. Besides who needs one main women when I can have a different one under me every night, money to blow and fast cars. I'm just enjoying my time until I take my Papes place at the throne. Most nights are spent living it up with my cousins who are my only friends. However there is the one girl that has caught my eye and I don't know why. I first spotted her at a random coffee house I stepped into. Usually I'm very talkative especially when I'm trying to snag a chic but I couldn't utter a word to her. I barely managed to place my order. Now, I find myself going out of my way to stop by that coffee shop everyday. It doesn't matter that it's out of my way. The only thing that matters is that I see her. I knew I could take her if I really wanted to but I can't make myself to do it. She sees me enter and shoots me that amazing smile and prepares my order without even asking what I want, she knows. She'll offer a greeting but all I can do is nod my head. She makes me lose my word's. Deep in my mind I wonder if she could be the one that could change my mind on love and that scares me. For now I'm satisfied at seeing her for the few minutes it takes to get my coffee. Besides I'm a killer, a future mob king and she's this delicate flower that wouldn't understand my world. It's best to cut my loses and move on. If only I knew her name..…

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Join the Harper's under the tree as we take a peek inside of their world.... A world we have never seen. The Harper's will be unwrapped like you've never seen! In this short story we will look through the tinsel and see the Harper's like we have never seen them. Tucked away are the guns and mafia life... If only temporary. In this quirky little tale of Holiday merry the Harper's escape to the country home located right outside of New York City where as tradition they all spend the Holidays. All of the Harper's, under one roof for an extended amount of time.... What could go wrong?You will laugh, cry and smile at the sweet moment's to come.Note: There will be none of the usual Harper "business" connected to this book. This is the one chance they actually get to live somewhat of a normal life while on a Holiday break away from the city and their dangerous lifestyle .…

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~ALERT~ This book is apart of the Double Standards Series. You must read Double Standards to understand this story. It will be fun Ivy, they said. You deserve a night out, they said. What they failed to mention was that I would nearly loose my life by some dark stranger covered in tattoos. My fiancee recently jipped me at the alter and my friends insisted a night out on the town was just what I needed to make a comeback. After hour's of their badgering, I pulled myself from my tissue covered bed and allowed them to doll me up. Then it all happened to quickly. One moment I was sipping my drink and feeling fine as rain for the first time since my fiancee ran out on me. The next moment gunshots rang out through the club and everyone scattered including my friend's. As for me, I dove under the table. Soon a male's feet came into view and I don't know why, but I slid my hand from under the table and snapped a picture with my phone. Suddenly the table flipped away and eye's that had no soul bore into mine.Samantha's gone but I live with her everyday. I carry her everywhere. I'll never love another, in fact I don't even want to. It's been two year's now since she was taken from me and the pain only grows. In those two year's I've built an Empire like none other, an Empire so strong, so powerful even the God's fear it. I'm known now not as Demarco Harper but the man with no heart, and for two very strong reasons. One being I show no mercy, two being I kill all my victims by the heart. No one needs a heart. A heart will get you killed. That's my last thought as I enter my enemies night club to collect a few more hearts.…

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Mizery Butini, the daughter of the stunning yet deadly Mirimosa Harper and the notoriously insane Cole Butini is all grown up. Although beautiful, Mizery has a personality of a viper and strikes before you realized you've walked upon her. However, Mizery suffers from her father's condition and it's an everyday battle to feel comfortable in her own skin. Mostly overlooked by the family, Mizery finds it easy to go missing unnoticed. Setting out on her own mission to uncover the truth behind her Grandparents murder, she believes that Aiden Marietta knows something he's not telling. Determined to get the truth from him one way or another, Mizery finds herself up against some very difficult decisions..... End Aiden or give into the thing she hates the most...love.Aiden Marietta, Las Vegas's playboy, most eligible bacholer and deadly as they come is about to be uprooted from his happy go lucky lifestyle. Son of Severo Marietta, mafia king of Vegas, Aiden has the world laid at his feet. The wildest party boy, women aplenty and a knack for humor he is unprepared for the storm called Mizery that is about to blow her way into his life. They've know each other since childhood as his father is one of the Harper's biggest alliances yet they mix as good as water and oil. However, both are grown now and Mizery is out for blood. Can Aiden survive Mizery or can he tame the voices in her head? And even if he can there lies a much bigger problem ahead... the forbidden joining of the Harper and Marietta families. Join these two souls on a journey of deceit, hilarious moment's and maybe forbidden love.…

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Tia was the most sought after model in Germany. Flanked with grace and beauty she was destined to be more. However she suffered at the hands of an abusive husband who only kept her by his side to relish in her glamorous lifestyle. Tia's dream was to move to America and become the "it" girl, make her face and name known there but fear kept her by her husband's side. Not only was he abusive but the most exclusive underground Lord of Germany. Eventually Tia does the daring and escapes to New York only to find herself in the hands of the Harper's. One particular Harper to be exact... Heir. Tia is now consumed with unwanted temptation, deceit, and possibly death. Will she survive the Harper's?Still reeling from his grandparents untimely death Heir throws himself deeper into the party world. It's there he finds Tia and immediately he knows he must have her. Unbeknownst to him Tia is running from a troublesome past that could ultimately link her to his grandparents death. How far will Heir go for love or will he kill his one?…

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#1 on the billionaire hot list (May 16)Avery Tanner's life is about to change when she saves a young man from his death. She can't stop thinking of him alone in the hospital so she continues to visit. Finally he wakes up only to discover he can't remember anything about his former life. Faced with sympathy and a jealous boyfriend, Avery decides to take this stranger in and help put the pieces together. Little did she know that she was harbouring the most dangerous, ruthless, heartless mob boss of all times. How can she escape him and does she even want too.Severo Meritta was the most dangerous man in Las Vegas. His name alone sent the most fierce men into hiding. It's well known that the Meritta's own many casinos as well as other businesses throughout Vegas. Not only do they basically run the city, they are the mob and Severo their Boss. Having recently taking the reins over from his father, he's out to make his mark. Left with memory loss after a deadly ambush and no clue as to who he is, his only friend is the girl that saved him. Eventually the ugly truth reveals itself and Severo is forced to make some decisions..... take her or leave her behind.????warning: this is a dark romance. Intended for mature reader's.…

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He stared down at me with those cold dark eye's. Backing me up against the wall with his hand pressed against my throat he growled out. "Do you know the ways I could kill you? The things I could do to you babydoll? I'll ask you again, what did you see in my black bag?"Through tears, I stammered out. "N-nnothing. I saw nothing"Giving me that malicious smile of his, he spoke in that deep Italian accented voice "Good answer Laney, good answer". Finally letting me go, I placed my hand to my throat where his hand had burned into my skin, and watched him leave me standing there.Little did I know that when I robbed him as a prank it would change my life forever. LIttle did I know he harbored dark secrets and was the rising Italian mafia boss. Little did I know he would become so important to me. Little did I know that London Harper would own me heart, body, and soul.What the hell was I thinking. I came to this small southern town strictly for business, yet managed to get robbed by some college girl. If it had been anyone eles, they would be dead before the sun set, but I can't bring myself to harm her. She has become my obsession. I eat, breath, sleep Laney Valor. Wanting so bad to whisk her back to New York with me,to live the normal life for once, but how can I corrupt the soul of this innocent beautiful girl. She knows nothing of my darkness, nothing of the mafia lifestyle. Torn between what's right and what's wrong, I leave her behind, but this wicked women seems to keep popping up in my life in the most unexpected ways. Laney simply won't disappear. Let the corruption begin.....🚫 Warning: This is a dark romance.Intended for mature reader's.…

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A Double Standard's Series. Dark Romsnce.Secrets.My life is nothing but secrets. Secrets that I've have kept so close that they have embedded into my soul, woven into the tapestry of my skin. Secrets that I pray no one finds out. I'll never tell the truth to the new people my path may cross. I'll always hide my biggest secret from the people I left behind.... The Harper's, my ex husband Demarco. Moving on has been a feat but a must. If Demarco only knew, what would it change? If the Harper's ever found me out would I be next on their list. No, I must forever hide these secrets with my life. They mustn't know.After a hard divorce from her husband Demarco Harper, Samantha makes a fresh start. However that start wasn't so fresh. It's a struggle to hide that she was once married to a ruthless Italian Mafia king. It's a even bigger struggle trying to keep two very big secrets from her ex husband and his family. If her secrets are ever revealed the hand of the man she vowed to love forever may be the one to kill her. No matter what though she will always love Demarco but staying away is what's best for him and his new wife. With love in her heart and pain in her body Sam made the ultimate sacrifice.... Set Demarco free and let him find his own happiness and love for his new wife. Join Sam on her journey of overcoming heartache, becoming a fierce business woman, finding true love and hiding her most deceitful secrets all in the name of love. A queen in her own kingdom.…

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Nova Anderson was just a young girl that lived in a run down trailer park in the deep South. Her father was never in the picture and her mother laid on the couch smoking cigarettes like a freight train, guzzling cheap beer and scratching off lottery tickets. Living off welfare, partying with the other delinquents and fighting like a solider she ended up pregnant at seventeen. The boy who vowed to love her disappeared leaving her to care for the child alone. Nova promised her baby that they would beat the odds and not live a life of poverty. Finding a decent, good paying job was hard, especially without a high school diploma so now at twenty-three she finds herself working two job's to make ends meet but it's not enough. In a burst of bravery she lies on a job application, but the job was too good to be true. Great pay as well as benifits, she couldn't not at least try. By some miracle she lands the job and that's where she meets Thorn Saunders, the CEO. Thorn usually kept away from the employees unless a problem arose even though every woman in the office threw themselves at him. Then the day came that Thorn called Nova into his office. There he revealed he knew that she had lied on her application. Nova knew she was about to get canned so when he offered her another solution she was floored. Thorn extended a proposition that was so dirty, yet sounded so good. Nova and her child would want for nothing, their ticket out but at what price. She has one day to decide if she'll take it or not. Join Nova on this wild, tantalizing story of love.…

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Part Four in the Harper Trilogy. If you haven't already, I suggest reading Double Standards first followed by Double Or Nothing, then Double Betrayal before starting Double DEUCES. Join the Harper's once again as they face betrayal, love, and murder.🚫 Warning: This is a dark romance.Intended for mature reader's.…

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This is the third book in the Harper mafia series. If you haven't already, I suggest reading the first two before starting this one (Double Standards and Double or Nothing), so you can better understand the characters as well as the twists and turns. My name is Ari Tomini. I grew up under the command of the Harper Empire. My father, Travez, was one of the many men London Harper controlled. As for my mother, she was breed to stand by her man and for the life, just as I have. I've been in Italy for some years now receiving the best education but now I'm 18 and returning home to claim what and always has been mine. Yes Demarcus Harper belongs to me and no one can change that. I will be the queen.…

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This is the sequal to Double Standards. If you haven't read it yet please do before you read this!"I'm telling you now that your cherry belongs to me, but I'm also telling you that one day you'll love me like I love you, but I won't give a damn".That was Cole's famous last words to me. How true they was."I don't get in a car with a stranger"I'm hardly a stranger cupcake"."You chased me through the woods""I had to because you ran and you took something of mine"A tale of love, betrayal, murder, and a king in the making. Meet London and Laney Harper's children.…

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He's here, he's always here. Watching me, protecting me. Even if I can't see him I know he's here. I can sense him. You know those moment's you get cold chills or you see something out of the corner of your eye but when you look nothing's there. Yea, well that's him. I wasn't suppose to see him though, it just happened. Now that I know he's here I do thing's to provoke him, to call him out, and when he ignores me I tiptoe into dangerous situations to force him out, which initially angers him. Gath is my appointed guardian angel. He guards my body, my soul, but he can't guard my heart from him. Yes, I'm falling for my broken angel but how can we ever love, we are from two different world's.Guarding Aspen was more of a punishment I received for being a disobedient angel. In order to receive my entrance I was ordered to keep her safe and out of trouble, but Aspen is no ordinary girl. She tests my nerves to no end and does so purposefully now that she is aware of me. It happened so fast the night she saw me I'd hope she would think I was a figment of her imagination, but no such luck. She wouldn't stop pushing the limits until I showed myself again. Not only dealing with Aspen's tantrums I was running from my own demons. Being back on earth was a reminder of everything that was ripped from me one fateful night when I was a human. I was sent here to fix Aspen but in the end she fixes me, she mends my broken wings. The hardest thing is to come though, when I must return to the heavens and leave my Aspen behind.…

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Once upon a time I was seven years old, also seven was my lucky number. I gradpuated seventh in my class fell off my bike when I was seventeen and had to get seven stitches in my head. I also fell in love with Seven during the summer of '07. Seven Lambardi. Yes that name still sends a longing through my bones. He was my Italian bad boy whom my father despised and did everything to split us up. Seven was poor and that's what my rich father had against him.I never completely forgot about Seven and in my early twenties the fates tossed us together once more and oh how the tables had turned.Join me through the seven deadly sins. I promise you want regret it.…