An arranged marriage dark mafia romance. My life is about to be twisted up in knots. I've been ripped from my life and handed over as a payment for my father's debt. I'm now engaged to a dark, dominating, terrifying man who has three rules for me. Rule number one: Obey. Rule number two: Tell no one anything about him. Rule number three gives me a peek into just how dark, depraved, and possessive my new fiancé really is. This dark mafia story has explicit, mature, dark themes and situations that may upset those who are sensitive to common themes in dark romance. Standalone, no cliffhanger, but more books available in this series.2024 edition. First edition published in 2015.

If you liked The Dominator, you'll want to read the story of Dario Ferrano falling in love. This is a mafia romance. Reading book one before reading this book is recommended and necessary. Want more Ferrano alpha male hotness? Get to know Dario a whole lot better in this continuation story about the Ferrano family. Dario is Tommy's younger brother and after seeing his brother fall in love Dare's new motto is MAN WHORE NO MORE! Dare wants his happily ever after. But, after Dare comes home from his brother's wedding and celebrates his 25th birthday he gets a posthumous gift from his father, one that'll change the course of his life. *** Before my father died he arranged for my brother to get married, gifted him with a girl. After I saw the impact of that girl on my brother's life I joked with him that I wanted a mail-order bride for my upcoming birthday, joked about it with emotions about my now sister-in-law that I should not EVER have been feeling. My father joked back that he was already shopping around and would find me a perfect fit. At least I'd thought he'd been joking. But when I got home from my brother's wedding I found out that before Pop died he had gotten that ball rolling. He'd gotten things rolling in a way that could not be stopped and that was going to be a problem. A messy problem. See, my Pop was deeply involved in a human trafficking ring, one of the many involvements he'd neglected to tell me and my brother about as he prepared us to take over the family business. We never knew that what he'd had in mind for us was just the top skim off a cesspool of filth he'd been too happy to be wading in. We had suspicions but we had no clue just how filthy it truly was. A little less than two months before my birthday he had asked me what I wanted in a bride. "What's on your wish list, son?" Pop asked. "Beautiful. Redhead. But she has to want what I want from life. She has to have an insatiable sexual appetite but want kids and a picket fence, too." "How about if she's all those things because she does exactly what you tell her to do? How about if she's been schooled in all the ways to please a man in and out of the bedroom?" "That's too good to be true, Pop. Too bad such a woman does not exist." I'd laughed it off and our conversation got cut short. I'd always wanted a wife and kids. I wanted the picket fence and enough kids to start my own soccer team. But when I caught my fiancee cheating on me with the DJ we'd hired for our wedding my heart went cold and what my sister dubbed my 'man whore years' began. After seeing Tommy's life change because of falling in love I decided that maybe it was time to open my mind up to the possibilities of connecting with someone again beyond a one night stand. But when I got home from my brother's wedding, ready to start the massive job of cleaning up the family business so that I could move on with my life and think about finding my own happily ever after I found out that Pop had already ordered my mail order bride. And I couldn't cancel that order. She's waiting for me to pick her up near Bangkok. She's been told she has been sold and is going back to North America. She's about to turn 23, she's a beautiful redhead, and she's been in captivity for 2 years. There's no way I can accept this gift, keep a woman who was bought for me. I need to pick her up and set her free. Don't I? Warning: Explicit sex scenes. Profanity. Dark themes. This book's heroine is a sex slave that gets rescued. She's broken. The book does not spend chapter after chapter describing her abuse in detail but there is some explicit content related to her memories.

Wagers. Pain. Danger. Deceit. Is Killian just a player? Or... Is this game for keeps? Killian: Three years ago I let the flip of a coin decide which of us got to ask her out. The coin picked wrong. The beautiful, vivacious brunette I saw that night is a shadow of her former self. Because of him. It's time for me to fix and unbreak this broken girl. I decide to use his gambling addiction against him. But along the way it gets complicated. I no longer simply want him to lose. Now, I need her to be mine. There's a problem. My life, my lifestyle, and my needs - all darker than what this broken girl deserves. And as things progress, I'll have to keep some secrets. Unfortunately, secrets eventually find their way into the light. Kill Game is Part 1 in The Devious Games Duet and does end with a cliffhanger.

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Volume 1 Autobiography of a Restless Mind is a fascinating, exceptionally diverse collection of observations and reflections written over the past twenty-five years by one of the most innovative thinkers, writers, and leaders of the past half century. Witty and wise, playful and profound, prophetic and immensely quotable, it is a companion no thinking, caring person should be without. Written in an unforgettable style reminiscent of Aurelius, Montaigne, Lao-Tse, and Bacon, it is a classic that will be read with pleasure and profit for generations to come.

In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal Named a “Must-Read” by TODAY, Us Weekly, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Goodreads, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Southern Living, Book Riot, Woman’s Day, The Toronto Star, and more! For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime—maybe even love—in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies. Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion...she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas. Olive braces herself for wedding hell, determined to put on a brave face, but when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. Suddenly there’s a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo. Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui. After all, ten days of bliss is worth having to assume the role of loving newlyweds, right? But the weird thing is...Olive doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, the more she pretends to be the luckiest woman alive, the more it feels like she might be. With Christina Lauren’s “uniquely hilarious and touching voice” (Entertainment Weekly), The Unhoneymooners is a romance for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love.