She was never supposed to walk into my club.

But she did.

I shouldn't have looked twice at her.

But I did.

The criminal underworld is no place for a girl like her.

One night with Katerina isn't enough, but men like me can't afford to be weak.

So, I tell her to leave me behind.

She does, but not before she sees something she shouldn't.

When she goes into hiding, it's my duty to hunt her down.

I have a job to do, and she needs to disappear for good.

But four years later, Kat isn't alone anymore.

And the little boy right beside her looks just like me.

Scarlett

Cristiano is my enemy. He's also the only man with whom I've ever felt safe. Protected.

But I have to remember that he married me with one purpose in mind. Revenge. I would be the bridge to his real enemies.

I can't let myself forget that he isn't the hero of this story. His hands are covered in blood. I saw that with my own eyes.

Cristiano

I thought I knew Scarlett's past, but I didn't know anything.

I thought I knew the worst of monsters, but I hadn't seen anything yet.

Sometimes you have to lie to yourself to survive.

Sometimes it's those closest to you who will bury their knives in your back.

Too many times it's the innocents who pay for your mistakes. For your refusal to see.

I can't let Scarlett pay for mine.

But I may be too late to stop it.

From the first night I bedded her I knew I was playing with fire. Now I must face the consequence.

I betrayed my best friend. A man who was more a brother to me than my own blood.

And now I fear I have lost her too.

She claims men hold all the power in our world, but she has brought me to my knees. I love her. I know that now. Too little too late.

Breaking a heart is easy. Mending one is more complicated.

But a predator lies in wait of her. And I'll do anything I must to keep her safe.

A steamy, Forced Proximity Secret Society Romance by Bestselling Author Natasha Knight.

I crossed him. Now he owns me.

When I tried to blackmail Ezekiel St. James, I thought it would be easy.

Turns out I had no idea who I was dealing with.

The moment his steel-grey eyes locked on mine, I knew the game was over.

He knew exactly who I was. What I'd done.

And he wasn't going to let me walk away.

With his immense wealth and power, he had me kidnapped.

He could make me disappear.

I'm no easy prey, though, and it's not just my life on the line. I have to protect my sister.

But when I'm hurt, he does the unexpected. He takes care of me.

In some twisted way, he sees his atonement in me.

Desperate and vulnerable, I need protection.

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Gabriela Stefan Sabbioni showed up uninvited in my bedroom on my sixteenth birthday. He stood in the shadows smelling of whiskey and death and wrapped a broken, blood-crusted necklace around my neck. I thought he'd strangle me with it. That night, he left a message for my father. He said he'd be back to take something precious. I never delivered that message, though. I wonder if things would be different if I had because now, two years later, he's back. And he's not hiding in any shadows. He's come to make good on his promise. He's back to take that something precious. Me. Stefan Marchese is the manipulator of my family's tragedy. I won't just bring him to his knees. I'll bury him for what he did. Taking his daughter is only the beginning. I'll do it knowing I'm starting a war. I'll do it knowing my...]]> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:18:20 +0200 https://anthologies.library.land/natasha-knight/610906-unholy.html https://anthologies.library.land/natasha-knight/610906-unholy.html

Monsters don't hide in the dark.

When I met Damian Di Santo in a dark corridor of my family home I knew he was a monster.

I was a scared girl.

He was already a man.

That was when his twisted countdown began.

Marked by dead roses with sharp thorns, eight years passed each bringing me closer to becoming his. Until the eve of my eighteenth birthday.

That was the night he returned to claim me.

Unholy Union is the FREE prologue novella preceding Unholy Union.

At a glamorous masquerade ball in an opulent mansion the elite gather to celebrate the introduction of one of their own to society.

But the guests of this party aren't all knights in shining armor.

And tonight, Lucia DeMarco and Salvatore Benedetti will meet in a chance encounter one year before the contract that makes her his is to be fulfilled.

A version of The Swan Princess was originally published in Dark Fairy Tales: A Midnight Dynasty Anthology. It is a short prequel into the Benedetti Mafia world.

Circumstance put Cristina on my path.

Fate bound her to me.

Cristina and I share a common past. A single night that changed the course of our lives.

She asked me if I was a monster the night I met her.

I am.

She's about to learn I'm her monster.

Because the countdown that began eight years ago has ended. Her time is up.

On the stroke of midnight, she's mine.

Betrayal. Destruction. Truth.

He says you can only rise up once you hit rock bottom.

Only be made whole once you're fully broken.

I don't know that there's anything left to break.

Time is running out for me. Enemies are closing in at every turn.

But this time I won't be alone.

One brother has vowed his protection. The other reaffirmed his hatred of me.

Yet they both want me.

But something dark is unraveling inside me.

An event too terrible clawing its way into my consciousness.

And even as things begin to change between us, it's those memories that may undo us all.