**A New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Romance **

She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming.
Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.

Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.

The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.

Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He’ll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.

There’s only one problem: now that he has her…he can’t bring himself to let her go.

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Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.

Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society.

Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family.

While the rude, elusive Dante isn’t her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.

Craving his touch was never part of the plan.

Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.

The first book in Lauren Asher’s Lakefront Billionaires series, a spin-off from the multi-million bestselling Dreamland Billionaire series

Julian
If I ever caught on fire, Dahlia Muñoz would fan the flames with a smile.
So, when she returns to Lake Wisteria, I fully intend to avoid the interior designer.
At least until my meddling mother exploits my saviour complex.
The faster I help Dahlia find her creative spark, the sooner she will leave town.
But while I was busy getting rid of Dahlia, I overlooked one potential issue.
What happens if I want her to stay?

Dahlia
People say the devil has many faces, but I know only one.
Julian Lopez – my childhood rival and family frenemy.
I vow to steer clear of him while recovering from my broken engagement, but then the billionaire makes an irresistible offer.
Renovate a historic house together and triple our profits.
Our temporary truce becomes compromised as we face years’ worth of denied attraction and mixed emotions.
Giving into our desire is inevitable . . . but falling in love?
That isn’t part of the plan.

Meet the Lakefront Billionaires . . .

Get ready for another addictive romance from international bestselling author and TikTok sensation, Lauren Asher

Julian
If I ever caught on fire, Dahlia Muñoz would fan the flames with a smile.
So, when she returns to Lake Wisteria, I fully intend to avoid the interior designer.
At least until my meddling mother exploits my saviour complex.
The faster I help Dahlia find her creative spark, the sooner she will leave town.
But while I was busy getting rid of Dahlia, I overlooked one potential issue.
What happens if I want her to stay?

Dahlia
People say the devil has many faces, but I know only one.
Julian Lopez – my childhood rival and family frenemy.
I vow to steer clear of him while recovering from my broken engagement, but then the billionaire makes an irresistible offer.
Renovate a historic house together and triple our profits.
Our temporary truce becomes compromised as we face years’ worth of denied attraction and mixed emotions.
Giving into our desire is inevitable . . . but falling in love?
That isn’t part of the plan.

‘Lauren Asher is an expert at giving readers everything they could ever want in a romance book. It’s impossible to avoid becoming addicted to the world she builds’ Hannah Grace

From fan-favourite author K.M. Moronova comes a biting, suspenseful dark romance set inside an elite special ops squad.

Nell Gallows is the sole survivor of an elite dark forces squad, Riøt, after a devastating attack two years ago. Unsurprisingly, she’s being put up as the top candidate for the special ops team: Malum. The squad that goes where no one else will or can. There’s only one problem: Malum blames their one casualty from the Patagonia mission on the Riøt squad.

So what is she to do when she finds herself on a plane to California and on her way to a sure death sentence? A one-night stand. At least, that’s all it was supposed to be – one last night to be free. Only, she finds out too late that the dark and mysterious man she solely wanted as a fling is not only her new comrade but also the one she dreaded meeting most – her immediate superior and untouchable devil in the field: Bones.

He’s hell on earth – cruel and unforgiving, but most of all, he hates her, and he makes sure she knows it. And yet, she finds herself unwilling to leave his side when he’s unable to get to the evac point when their mission goes awry.

She stays behind with the devil and the secrets he keeps. They only have one another to trust when no faith is left.

Leave Me Behind is a biting military romance from one of the genre’s most exciting new voices, promising an intoxicating blend of enemies to lovers drama, spec ops action and romantic suspense.

Tropes
Military Romance
Dark Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Bully Romance
Forced Proximity
Touch Her and Die

Continue the journey with Your Knife, My Heart – Book 1 in the Dark Forces Duet, coming November 2025!

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation comes a gripping, steamy dark mafia romance.

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Killian Carson is a predator cloaked in charm.

His charisma fools everyone—except Glyndon King. She sees the psychopath beneath and knows she should run. But a dark part of her craves the danger, knowing he’ll chase her . . . and she might just want to be caught.

Glyndon has never been anyone’s favourite, always falling short of her family’s expectations.

But Killian? He doesn’t expect anything except that she’s his now. Their schools are rivals, their families lifelong enemies, but none of that matters to him.

As their pasts collide in more disturbing ways than they imagined, it could either strengthen their bond or be their undoing…

Can two broken souls heal each other, or will their twisted desires tear them apart?

This book is a dark unconventional romance and contains themes that aren’t to everyone’s liking. Please check the author’s note for content warnings before reading.
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