Maggie Cole

The continuation of International bestselling author Maggie Cole's highly-received secret society, drenched in dark undertones, next-generation Mafia series about two enemy lovers never meant to be together until one action catapulted their arranged marriage. Now, Fiona O'Malley and Kirill Petrov will have to let go of their preconceived notions, emotional scars, and everything they knew to be true about themselves. My brother arranged for me to marry a stranger, one marked with a diagonal scar across his face and a tattoo necklace on his hand.Neither disgusts me. They also aren't what scares me.Kirill Petrov's a sworn enemy of our family and King of the Underworld. A towering man with darkness in his gaze, an unspoken promise of what he'll do to me, and something so deep in his expression it hurts my heart.Yet the blaze of his allure only grows hotter, singing, until I can't resist him any longer... until I'm his Queen wearing his necklace night after night, staring at the beast inside his soul.If I could, I'd kill that beast until the world saw my husband as the man I see-the man I love.Except I give him my heart before I learn the full truth. And once you see the unforgettable, how can you go back? How can you forgive your husband for sins that aren't his, yet he's tied to? Especially when the people you love got hurt in the most vile of ways?Bride by Coronation is a standalone novel with interconnected characters and book two of The Underworld series. This dark, secret society, Mafia, enemies to lovers, forbidden, arranged marriage, and emotional scars novel is not meant for the faint of heart. Expect violence, taboo, and graphic scenes.

From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes her highly anticipated secret society, deliciously dark, next-generation Mafia series about two lifelong friends. Sean O'Malley Jr. and Zara Marino have a similar obsession with their fathers' secrets, but discovering the truth requires them to surrender to each other and the unknown of their Underworld vows.If secrets and lies, desires and denials, bonds and betrayal didn't exist, Sean O'Malley would stay my friend forever.That's not the case.There are two things we've always wanted but were off the table.First: The truth about our fathers.Second: Each other.So when a mysterious man shows up with a branded skull on his hand, speaking in riddles about an Underworld he claims we're meant to reign in, it's too tempting not to get sucked into the forbidden.Even if it means sinking deeper into the darkness, testing all our boundaries, and clinging to the friends we used to be and the vows we're now bound to for eternity.Bride by Initiation is a standalone with interconnected characters, and book one of The Underworld series. This dark, secret society, Mafia, friends to lovers, forbidden, first real love, marriage pact romance is not meant for the faint of heart. Expect violence, taboo, and graphic scenes.

Alexander Cartwright, veuf, ne pense qu' une chose: ses enfants. Il compte bien s'en tenir l jusqu' ce que sa m re engage une nounou impertinente et fougueuse pour les garder pendant les vacances.Phoebe Love, professeur d'art, a besoin d'un travail et de s' loigner discr tement de son petit ami de longue date, qui n'est pas toujours agr able. Elle a l'intention de se concentrer sur les deux enfants et de faire le point sur sa vie, mais leur p re ne lui facilite pas la t che.Je vis selon trois r gles: Mes gar ons d'abord, le reste de ma famille ensuite, et ne jamais m langer travail et plaisir.Je suis fi re de n'avoir jamais enfreint ces r gles.Jusqu' elle.C'est un personnage hors norme, le genre de femme que je ne poursuis jamais.Elle n'a pas de plan pr cis pour sa vie.Sa fa on d' tre stricte avec mes gar ons est risible.Je suis persuad qu'elle choisit ses tenues en fonction du tatouage qu'elle veut faire ressortir, juste pour me torturer l'esprit toute la journ e m'imaginer le reste du tatouage sur sa peau.Et ce rougissement qu'elle arbore chaque fois que je la regarde fait des ravages partout sans raison.La chose la plus ennuyeuse chez elle ?Elle est prise par un n anderthalien qui la traite comme un d chet (d'apr s les conversations t l phoniques que j'ai secr tement entendues).Il ne me reste plus qu' passer les f tes.Son contrat de deux mois prend fin bient t.Ou pas ?Embauch e No l est une histoire d'amour entre un p re c libataire milliardaire et une nounou. Il s'agit d'une histoire d'amour douce et torride entre un p re veuf et strict et une nounou joyeuse et insouciante. Cette histoire d'amour au travail ne manquera pas de vous divertir.

Widower Alexander Cartwright has one thing on his mind-his kids. He plans on keeping it that way until his mother hires a sassy, free spirited nanny to watch them during the holidays.Art teacher Phoebe Love needs a job and to take a secret time out from her long-term, not always nice boyfriend. She plans to focus on the two boys and figure her situation out, but their father isn't making that easy on her. There are three rules I live by: My boys come first, the rest of my family second, and never mix business with pleasure.I take pride that I've never broken these.Until her.She's a wildcard-the type of woman I never chase.She has no straightforward plan for her life.Her version of how to be strict with my boys is laughable.I swear, she selects her outfits based on what tattoo she wants to peek out, just to make me wonder all day what the rest of it looks like against her flesh.And that blush she somehow has nailed everytime I look at her, wreaks havoc everywhere it shouldn't.The most annoying thing about her?She's taken by a neanderthal who treats her like crap (based on the phone conversations I've secretly overheard).So I just have to get through the holidays.Her two month gig can't be over soon enough.Or can it?Holiday Hire is a billionaire single-dad/nanny romance. It's a slow-burn, steamy, standalone novel with a strict widower father and a fun-loving, carefree nanny. This workplace love story is sure to keep you entertained.

Widower Alexander Cartwright has one thing on his mind-his kids. He plans on keeping it that way until his mother hires a sassy, free spirited nanny to watch them during the holidays.Art teacher Phoebe Love needs a job and to take a secret time out from her long-term, not always nice boyfriend. She plans to focus on the two boys and figure her situation out, but their father isn't making that easy on her. There are three rules I live by: My boys come first, the rest of my family second, and never mix business with pleasure.I take pride that I've never broken these.Until her.She's a wildcard-the type of woman I never chase.She has no straightforward plan for her life.Her version of how to be strict with my boys is laughable.I swear, she selects her outfits based on what tattoo she wants to peek out, just to make me wonder all day what the rest of it looks like against her flesh.And that blush she somehow has nailed everytime I look at her, wreaks havoc everywhere it shouldn't.The most annoying thing about her?She's taken by a neanderthal who treats her like crap (based on the phone conversations I've secretly overheard).So I just have to get through the holidays.Her two month gig can't be over soon enough.Or can it?Holiday Hire is a billionaire single-dad/nanny romance. It's a slow-burn, steamy, standalone novel with a strict widower father and a fun-loving, carefree nanny. This workplace love story is sure to keep you entertained.

Witwer Alexander Cartwright hat nur eines im Kopf - seine Kinder. Er hat nicht vor, das zu ndern, bis seine Mutter eine impulsive, temperamentvolle Nanny einstellt, die w hrend der Feiertage auf die Kinder aufpasst.Kunstlehrerin Phoebe Love braucht einen Job und eine Auszeit von ihrem langj hrigen Tunichtgut von einem Freund. Sie will sich auf die Jungs in ihrer Obhut konzentrieren und ihre Probleme in den Griff bekommen, aber deren Vater macht es ihr nicht leicht.Es gibt drei Regeln, nach denen ich lebe: Meine Jungs stehen an erster Stelle, der Rest meiner Familie an zweiter, und ich vermische niemals Gesch ftliches mit Privatem.Ich bin stolz darauf, dass ich diese Regeln noch nie gebrochen habe.Bis sie in mein Leben tritt.Sie berrascht mich, ist die Art von Frau, die ich nie verfolge.Phoebe lebt von einem Tag zum n chsten und hat keinen Plan f r ihr Leben.Ihre Version von Autorit t gegen ber meinen Jungs ist aberwitzig.Ich schw re, sie w hlt ihre Outfits danach aus, welches Tattoo sie zur Geltung bringen will, nur damit ich mich den Rest des Tages frage, wie ihre K rperkunst aussieht, wenn sie nackt ist.Und ihr k stliches Err ten, wenn ich sie ansehe, l st immer zu den ung nstigsten Momenten eine Reaktion in meinem K rper aus.Aber das Schlimmste an Phoebe? Sie ist mit einem Neandertaler zusammen, der sie wie Dreck behandelt - zumindest dem Telefonat nach, das ich unbemerkt belauscht habe.Ich muss also nur die Feiertage berstehen.Ihr zweimonatiger Aufenthalt kann nicht schnell genug vorbeigehen.Oder doch nicht?Weihnachtsnanny ist ein hei er, schwelender Liebesroman, in dem zwischen einem alleinerziehenden Vater und seiner Nanny die Funken fliegen, der unabh ngig von der restlichen Cartwright-Familiensaga gelesen werden kann. Er ist ein strikter Vater, Witwer, Milliard r. Sie ist eine lebenslustige, sorglose Nanny. Diese Kleinstadt-Liebesgeschichte wird dich sicher nicht entt uschen. Viel Spa

From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes the mind-blowing conclusion of the Wilted Kingdom dark romance duet.For ten years she's been under my skin and out of my grasp.The last time I saw her, I decimated her and everything she valued.Not a day passes that I don't crave one more dose of her.And Ivy Ford's everything I remember.Beautiful. Graceful. Seemingly innocent.I wish that were the case.There's only one reason she's reinserted herself into my life.Revenge.It's nothing new in my world except for one thing.Ivy learned from the best.Me.It's clear there's no longer anything naive about her.She's an uncontrollable stalk of poison spreading all over me.Thorns of Malice is book two of the Wilted Kingdom duet. It's a dark college bully romance between the rich kid and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Dax and Ivy's story begins in Book one of the Wilted Kingdom duet, Seeds of Malice. See author website for trigger warnings.Read less

From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes the mind-blowing conclusion of the Wilted Kingdom dark romance duet.For ten years she's been under my skin and out of my grasp.The last time I saw her, I decimated her and everything she valued.Not a day passes that I don't crave one more dose of her.And Ivy Ford's everything I remember.Beautiful. Graceful. Seemingly innocent.I wish that were the case.There's only one reason she's reinserted herself into my life.Revenge.It's nothing new in my world except for one thing.Ivy learned from the best.Me.It's clear there's no longer anything naive about her.She's an uncontrollable stalk of poison spreading all over me.Thorns of Malice is book two of the Wilted Kingdom duet. It's a dark college bully romance between the rich kid and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Dax and Ivy's story begins in Book one of the Wilted Kingdom duet, Seeds of Malice. See author website for trigger warnings.Read less

From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes a new deliciously warped dark romance about a villain and his unsuspecting pawn.I'm a pawn in a twisted game I never agreed to partake in.There's no getting out.Dax Carrington decides all the moves.He's always two-steps ahead of me.An animal disguised in warm, privileged, snakeskin, he'll sink his teeth into every inch of my soul until he owns all of it... all of me.When I'm at my lowest, he'll blindside me, pulling me back into his arms, continuing to win the match that I don't know how to play and just want to escape.The only problem?In Dax's world, the plot ends once he's the last one standing and there's nothing left but dust-including me.Seeds of Malice is book one of the Wilted Kingdom duet. It's a dark college bully romance between the rich kid and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Dax and Ivy's story continues in Book 2 of the Wilted Kingdom duet, Thorns of Malice. See author note for content warnings.

From International bestselling author Maggie Cole comes a new deliciously warped dark romance about a villain and his unsuspecting pawn.I'm a pawn in a twisted game I never agreed to partake in.There's no getting out.Dax Carrington decides all the moves.He's always two-steps ahead of me.An animal disguised in warm, privileged, snakeskin, he'll sink his teeth into every inch of my soul until he owns all of it... all of me.When I'm at my lowest, he'll blindside me, pulling me back into his arms, continuing to win the match that I don't know how to play and just want to escape.The only problem?In Dax's world, the plot ends once he's the last one standing and there's nothing left but dust-including me.Seeds of Malice is book one of the Wilted Kingdom duet. It's a dark college bully romance between the rich kid and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Dax and Ivy's story continues in Book 2 of the Wilted Kingdom duet, Thorns of Malice. See author note for content warnings.

Des d mons si enracin s qu'ils nous d truisent...Adrian Ivanov est un homme viril l' tat pur. Impossible de l'ignorer. Il est arrogant. Protecteur. Doux et intens ment attentif. En de rares occasions, il devient m me vicieux.Si seulement son me n' tait pas tortur e par ce qu'il est et ce qu'il est devenu. Il me cache tout cela, pr tendant que la v rit nous d truirait.Peu importe combien j'insiste sur le fait que tout ce qu'il confesserait n'affectera pas mes sentiments, ses vieux d mons l'emp chent de parler.Non, ce ne sont pas des d mons.Le pr sent entre en collision avec le pass dans un jeu dangereux et tordu dont il ne sait m me pas qu'il est un pion. Notre avenir est mis en p ril.Nous devons prendre une d cision, non sans cons quences.C'est mon vicieux protecteur..."Le Vicieux Protecteur" est le quatri me tome de la s rie "Guerre des Mafias". Il s'agit d'une romance mafieuse, ind pendante des autres tomes et interconnect e au reste de la saga. Une fin heureuse garantie.

Little Miss Sunshine will make the perfect fake bride to take home for the holidays... who cares if I'm her boss?She's going to drive me nuts.Nevertheless, her perky everything, endless legs, and innocent eyes will come in handy.It'll stop my family from pushing every country girl turned wanna-be Dallas socialite on me.The town gossips will be disappointed she's not another one of my fianc es that'll never make it down the aisle. And they'll be jealous when every man falls in love with her.I'll ignore everyone and work... except when she's fueling my warped needs.Although she did surprise me and negotiated a higher prenup for her silly cupcake bakery.Too bad for her, I'm not a reckless billionaire-my attorney will find the loophole.Once January 2nd arrives, I'm divorcing her.Except the more we're together, the more she's infiltrating my heart... in ways that have me second guessing our secret arrangement...Holiday Hoax is a billionaire fake marriage, enemies to lovers, office romance. It's a slow-burn steamy standalone novel with a grumpy hero who has a broken past and a good girl spitfire heroine who keeps him on his toes.

Une me tourment e au bord de la rupture...La nuit de notre rencontre, j'ai plaisant en disant que j' tais sa cougar. Il m'a alors r pondu que tout d pendait de ce que je pouvais supporter. Rien ne m'avait pr par la fa on dont Sergey Ivanov allait bouleverser mon monde.Il m'a fait d couvrir bien des choses scandaleuses. Chaque fois que j'atteignais une limite, il savait s'il devait reculer ou aller plus loin. Chaque caresse sensuelle qu'il me donnait faisait monter en moi un d sir avide dont j'ignorais l'existence.Lorsqu'on p n tre dans son monde, il est impossible d'en sortir. On ne peut pas s' loigner de lui. C'est une attraction magn tique, un m lange de douleur et de bont impossible d finir.Les autres le consid rent fort et intimidant. Je vois l'amour et les d mons auxquels il n'aurait jamais d tre expos mais auxquels il ne peut chapper. M me quand il pense tre en s curit , ce n'est jamais vraiment le cas.C'est mon bourreau cruel..."Le Bourreau Cruel" est le troisi me tome de la s rie "Guerre des Mafias". Il s'agit d'une romance mafieuse, ind pendante des autres tomes et interconnect e au reste de la saga. Une fin heureuse garantie.

One wild night and failed birth control gifted me with an accidental pregnancy.I'm not telling the father.Luca's mesmerizing and charming, but he isn't just a lot older than me.After our hot night, I found out he's my family's enemy.It leaves me no no choice but to keep him in the dark.If his family found out my baby's freedom would be at risk.My family would disown me.So I disappear for years, leaving him with no trace of where I am.Except fate isn't my friend when a chance encounter brings him into my life again.Age has only made him more irresistible.Still, I know he's wrong for me-for my daughter.But his wicked ways are too hard to resist...(FLAWED is book five, and the final installment in Mafia Wars New York. It's an accidental pregnancy, secret baby, forbidden love, age gap, Dark Mafia romance, interconnecting stand-alone, and guaranteed to have an HEA.)

C'est le meilleur ami de mon fr re, un tueur russe, et un boxeur sans lien avec la famille criminelle O'Malley - ma famille.Je l'ai aim et admir depuis toujours. Je l'ai vu changer alors que je n'avais que treize ans. Il ne sait pas que je suis au courant de ses meurtres, ni de l'appel qu'il re oit une fois par an avant de disparaitre.Pendant des ann es, nous avons ignor notre attirance mutuelle. Mais une nuit, nous avons succomb au d sir. Chaque caresse qu'il me prodiguait tait lectrique. Chaque seconde renfor ait notre alchimie. S'il n'y avait que nous, la vie serait parfaite. Malheureusement, notre union ne plait pas de multiples familles criminelles. Cela met nos proches en grand danger. Les O'Malley et les Ivanov sont maintenant la proie de nos ennemis. Chaque fois que l'appel annuel vient pour lui rappeler de payer sa dette, il perd pieds davantage. Je ne sais combien de temps nous pourrons encore supporter tout cela.C'est mon combattant bris ..."Le Combattant Bris " est le deuxi me tome de la s rie "Guerre des Mafias". Il s'agit d'une romance mafieuse, ind pendante des autres tomes et interconnect e au reste de la saga. Du meilleur ami du fr re l'amant interdit: une fin heureuse garantie.

Cet tranger est sans piti . Je ne peux pas le voir, seulement sentir sa peau, car mes amis ont conclu un march avec lui ma place.Pas de noms. Pas d'informations sur lui. Pas de visage graver dans mon esprit.Juste lui, moi et une cravate en soie tr s ch re.Ce qui se passe Vegas est cens rester Vegas.Il m'avertit qu'il est dangereux.Mais je ne le crois pas. Tout ce qui m'importe, c'est son accent russe, son d licieux parfum et son toucher qui m'enflamme.Nous passons une nuit incroyable, puis une deuxi me. Ensuite, nous reprenons notre route, chacun de notre c t .Mais le destin nous relie nouveau. Quand je croise mon tranger Chicago, je sais que c'est lui, m me si je n'ai jamais vu ses yeux bleus froids auparavant.Le feu qui br le en nous est encore plus chaud qu' Vegas. Mais il n'a jamais menti.C'est un homme impitoyable...L'Inconnu Impitoyable est le premier tome de la s rie Guerre des Mafias. Il s'agit d'une romance mafieuse sombre, ind pendante des autres tomes et interconnect e la saga. De l'inconnu l'amant: une fin heureuse garantie.

One work meeting created an obsession neither of us could shake.My boss's brother was a friend...until the day he turned his dark-brooding eyes on me.For years, I studied Tristano at the club.I'd mimic his commands, dominating the most powerful, dangerous men.Now, he wants me to submit to him-the opposite role I usually play.So we make a deal.But the urges we think we'll overcome, we can't.When we finally come to terms with our secret, his enemy tries to destroy us.Then I wake up, not remembering anything.And the man who claims I'm his makes my skin crawl.If only I could understand the flashbacks of the dark-haired, chiseled-faced man.(CARNAL is book four in Mafia Wars New York. It's a secret friends to lovers, boss's brother, Dark Mafia romance, interconnecting stand-alone, and guaranteed to have an HEA.)