"I buried one husband the world chose for me. I will not be handed a second across the wreckage of my own name."
Victoria, Lady Hemsworth, has already survived one marriage arranged for her, and she has no intention of enduring a second. Widowed, sharp, and quietly ruined by a name that was never truly hers, she wants only to keep her small daughter safe and her independence intact. Society has other plans. A drunken baronet, a scheming relation, and a single whispered scandal are closing every door she has left, and a woman alone cannot fight all of them at once.
The Earl of Harwood is the last man she expected to step between her and the wolves. Reserved, formidable, and carrying griefs he never speaks of, Elias offers her the one thing that will silence the gossip and put her beyond her enemies' reach: his name, his protection, and a marriage that asks nothing of her heart.
It is meant to be an arrangement, and Victoria knows exactly what arrangements are worth.
But a woman braced her whole life for the price on the far side of the page does not know what to do with a husband who stands beneath her daughter's window in the rain because the child asked whether he would come. And a guarded man who married to do a decent thing did not plan on wanting the one part of the bargain he swore he would never claim.
I made one mistake. Okay, maybe three. I came back to Porto Bellagio. I challenged the ruthless billionaire whose heart I broke. Then one stormy night left me carrying his baby.
Now Matteo Bellagio is my boss, my protector, and the only man who can make me forget why I ran. He’s infuriatingly controlling. Unfairly gorgeous. Rich enough to buy the coastline—and ruthless enough to destroy anyone who threatens me.
Unfortunately, someone is trying.
Moving into Matteo’s mansion is supposed to keep me safe, not put us within kissing distance. I won’t fall for his smiles. I won’t melt when he talks to our baby. And I won’t confess that I disappeared three years ago to save his life.
Because the danger buried beneath his development is closing in. My secrets could ruin his family. The enemy watching us knows everything.
And when Matteo discovers the truth, I may lose the man I never stopped loving—or give him the family he never knew he needed.
Mature
450 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Young Adult / New Adult Romance
alpha male
contemporary romance
surprise baby
protective hero
fiercely independant heroine
ennemies to lovers
second chance
mafia lite romance
boss
powerful family
My 5 Star Review TITLED: The Sharks are already circling
Ava Moretti is absolutely terrified that history might be repeating itself when it comes to destruction of another fancy hotel. She is also totally terrified of Damian Cross, he's the biggest corrupt shark of them all. But she just CAN'T let someone else die when she might be able to prevent it. She's brilliant at her work, always thinking. But so was her former brilliant structural engineer at Azure Point and Elena died beneath the rubble of that place. In the three years Ava has been gone there is a man named Julian who has been a shadow helper as well. He just has to stay alive!
Matteo is a good guy although like everyone knows he's also controlling and Ava just wasn't having any of that. She stands her ground. Matteo does have some really good people on this side. Like his cousin, Nico who is the head of his security. Nico is VERY good at his job and he will need to be. There are traitors already inside his structure but I liked and never suspected Priya of any wrong doing. However, Victor Hale seems to be a smaller shark that is on the hotel's board and definitely needs watching. Is he an inside man or just someone being used? So many great question! This author kept me questioning, wondering, and asking myself questions like this.
But don't relax because there isn't any time for that as you read and the M.C.'s and the people who are helping know it all too well. Ava and Matteo do have some time for humor, some spicy times and some VERY intelligent moves on their part until the very end. By the way, I loved the cover for this eBook !
I got an ARC from the author and was so glad that I did !
My dead fiancée just walked
into my daughter’s hospital room—and she doesn’t remember either of us.
For four years, I’ve mourned Emma
Carter while raising our daughter alone.
Now she’s Sophia’s pediatric
nurse. Alive. Beautiful. And looking at me like I’m a stranger.
But Sophia reaches for her
instinctively. Emma remembers my touch when I kiss her. And somehow, she starts
falling for me again.
I fall even harder.
Then Sophia’s kidneys begin
failing, and Emma volunteers to become her donor.
Meanwhile, the past starts
unraveling.
Falsified records. Missing
evidence. Someone watching us.
Someone made Emma disappear and
spent four years making sure she stayed dead.
Now I’m racing to uncover who
stole her from us while the donor tests are about to expose the secret I should
have told her myself.
Sophia is her daughter.
And when Emma discovers I let
her grieve a child who was right in front of her, what will destroy us first—my
deception… or the unknown threat determined to make sure I lose her again.
Explicit
433 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Women's Fiction
Billionaire CEO alpha dominant
Secret Baby
Second chance; Found family
Best friend betrayal
Amnesiac heroine/Lost memory
Corporate conspiracy
Abduction/Race against time
Forced proximity
Sunshine with Teeth
Damaged Single Dad
It all started with an extremely well planned attack against Emma and Luke. And it gets worse from there ! The next time Emma awakes she becomes a pediatric nurse with limited memory of her past. But she slowly starts asking questions. Her loving parents have been avoiding a lot of them but did someone one tell them to? Emma's body sure got cremated awfully quickly too ! Where are Luke's parents in this ?
When Luke sees Emma in Sophia's hospital room, he passes out on the floor ! An incredibly emotional scene !
Sophia is an adorable, determined, opinionated, loving little girl who is not afraid to question things and demand answers ! I loved that !
Daniel is Luke's long time best friend and co-founder of their company. Sophia adores Daniel ! I kept thinking, "Please don't let him be in on the evil plan!"
This story kept me guessing on the edge of my seat. Hoping for the best for this painfully separated little family. Luke and Emma were so in love and so looking for to their life with their baby. Almost brought me to tears more than once. Also made me angry at times because of the evil that was going on. People being torn apart.
I don't want to give too much away , so I will end with that. Definitely glad that I read it !
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Billionaire’s Hidden Secrets and
Danger is a mature contemporary romantic suspense featuring a protective
billionaire hero, a hidden identity, a childhood connection neither of
them forgot, dangerous family secrets, and a past that refuses to stay
buried.
Lily came to Hidden Harbor to disappear, but James Stewart
sees far more than she wants him to. As their relationship heats up,
James begins uncovering hidden money, dangerous alliances, and
connections between two powerful families—while the man Lily escaped
gets closer to finding her.
Expect romance, suspense,
protective-hero energy, emotional twists, on-page steam between
consenting adults, and secrets that could change everything.
Mature
374 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Small Town Romance
Protective Billionaire
Romantic Suspense
Hidden Identity
Childhood Crush
Small Town Romance
Second Chance Romance
Family Secrets
Danger and Suspense
Pregnancy Romance
Corporate Intrigue
Thank you for reading and reviewing Billionaire’s Hidden
Secrets and Danger! Honest reviews are always appreciated.
This is a mature contemporary romantic suspense with on-page intimacy,
pregnancy, family conflict, danger, and corporate intrigue. Please avoid
major spoilers in your review, especially regarding the story’s later
twists and reveals.
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My 5 Star Review TITLED: Fears & Sweet Memories
Lily has been on the run for 3 weeks with her VERY protective dog, Zeus . I loved their relationship ! The emotional tension hits right away. I could feel it before I got even through half of the first chapter. She's been running from her abusive fiancee Victor Morettis and he's one controlling piece of dirt. And I would out his mother, is the one he was cut from that same cloth !
James, was the best ! Not controlling her but being there for her every step of the way without crowding her. Making sure she has choices. Does he want her? Yes, but he's not pushing her ! They have known each other since they were kids but too shy to make the final move. Boy, did she choose the wrong man !
I kept thinking throughout the story, "Please don't let any harm come to Lily, or James and especially not to Zeus ! "
As the tension mounts I couldn't help but wonder if Victor and the troubles at James business are connected in any way, But James has some great people working for him.
By the way, I loved the beautiful eBook cover !!
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Stolen kisses and sleepless nights, between whispered promises and faked engagement rings.
We weren’t supposed to fall in love.
It was a setup—an elite undercover operation, a fabricated romance, a lie told with practiced ease and seductive glances.
Lexi Monroe is brilliant, fearless, and everything I wasn’t supposed
to want. She walked into my world with secrets in her eyes and fire in
her blood. We became the perfect power couple on paper—cold strategy by
day, heated touches behind closed doors.
The mission was simple: infiltrate, extract, disappear.
But somewhere between stolen kisses and sleepless nights, between
whispered promises and faked engagement rings, something real ignited.
Now the lies are crumbling. Our enemies are closing in. And I don’t
know what’s more dangerous—the target on our backs… or the war inside my
heart.
Because loving her was never part of the plan. But losing her was never an option.
Now every touch feels like defiance. Every kiss could be our last.
And in the shadows of empire and betrayal, we’ll have to fight not just
for the mission… but for each other.
Welcome to a world where power is seductive, trust is a weapon, and passion can get you killed.
My 3 Star review titled: Shadow Enemies
Jessie and Lexi are together. He thinks that he is protecting her by keeping secrets. And she trusts him until he lied about something VERY important and it blows up in his face. He swore no more secrets would he be keeping from her. Lexi has her doubts but some of her trust is restored. But it looks like he's keeping even more secrets. Big ones to protect her. Well, that's not going to end well ! What a dumb man. This could get them both killed. They are fighting Phoenix and now who is Echo? Seems like there is someone against them in the game. They never saw that one coming. I do have to admit that I found it hard to follow at times. Intense twist, surprises that left me wondering how in the world this was going to end good for them in the end.
I received an ARC from the author and this is my honest thoughts.
A secret baby. Inheriting a fortune. Two bombshells that shattered everything.
For five years, I believed the woman I loved had chosen to leave me.
Then I discovered she’d hidden something far more devastating.
A son.
Bobby has my eyes, my name in the middle of his, and four years of memories I can never get back.
One woman stands in my way—Grace Carter, Bobby’s legal guardian.
She sees my wealth and the Bancroft name as threats.
We clash over everything.
Until anger becomes understanding. Understanding becomes trust. And somehow, the woman determined to keep me at a distance becomes the woman I can’t imagine losing.
But my family has other plans. Protect the Bancroft name. Turn my back on scandal.
If I choose the life they expect, I inherit a fortune.
But I may lose the woman I’ve come to love—and the family I never knew I needed.
Tame
360 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Billionaire
Enemies to Lovers
Secret Baby
Forced Proximity
My 5 Star Review TITLED: Emotional from the start !
Michael has the cruelest mother and father ever. They are all about image, and their family Bancroft name ! He finds out years too late that they drove his first love, Olivia away. They paid her to disappear and abort his baby ! If she didn't they would take the baby! They had power and lots of money. He is LIVID when he finally finds out. They stole years from him and Bobby but also now Olivia is dead; but now he has to tread carefully.
Grace and the grandmother don't trust him an inch. But the grandmother who Bobby calls Nana is a wise, praying woman. It really is slow progress for Michael Bancroft but he doesn't want to scare them off with Bobby. Any threat could make them run. He was done letting his parents run things. Running over him as an older adult. He's not some innocent, blind 19 year old anymore. But he knows that they aren't about to make it easy for him or his new family. His parents don't just let things go. They had his life all planned after all.
Bobby was such an awesome kid, with people a smart, kind kid. His love for space caused him to be a 4 1/2 year old genius who keeps learning, teaching others and even correcting Michael when it came to the wrong form of explanations. It was hilarious and sweet at the same time. I adored their developing relationship; along with the friendship that finally starts forming between Grace and Michael !
This has to be one of the sweetest stories that I've read in a long time. Loved the Epilogue and the author note at the end. It explains that this story is based on a real-life boy who lives in Alabama. That made it even more special for me.
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Framed for stealing from Chicago’s most lethal syndicate, my only shelter is their ruthless architect. Climbing into his bed is the most dangerous choice I’ve ever made.
Vincenzo Moretti is cold, controlling, and the only man who believes I’m innocent. When an intruder breaks into my apartment, he puts himself between us and beats him bloody.
I’m used to managing weddings and banquets. Now armed guards watch every door while secrets hide inside the walls of my hotel.
He listens like my words matter, holds my clipboard while I command a ballroom, and stays when my family falls apart. Somewhere between midnight confessions and touches that destroy my judgment, he becomes the man I never meant to trust.
By the time I realize I love him, the danger surrounding his family has found mine. His secrets lead to a criminal network that has put my mother and sister in its sights.
If I can’t stop them, I’ll bury my mother and my sister because I fell for a Moretti.
Explicit
195 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Dark Romance
Dark Mafia Romance
Italian Mafia Romance
Chicago Mafia Romance
Enemies to Lovers Romance
Forced Proximity Romance
Forbidden Mafia Romance
Touch Her and Die
Protective Alpha Hero
Strong Independent Heroine
Morally Gray Hero
I’m so excited to return to the Moretti Dynasty Series with Claimed by the Don’s Architect! Although it’s part of the series, it’s a complete standalone, so you can enjoy Vincenzo and Riley’s story without reading the previous books. Thank you so much for joining my ARC team. I hope you love their story! ❤️
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My 4 Star Review TITLED: Interesting Romance Story
Riley is great at her job but someone is setting her up for a fall. Curtis Bell is her boss and he bails on her during an important event. The he just disappears. That's something that she learns later and she's worried about him. Things aren't making any sense. However, at the event her assistant, Nina helps her take care of everything for the event. She's very capable. During this event, Vincenzo has been watching her from the balcony and can't stop watching her !
They begin a very intense relationship that gets VERY heated ! I liked the two of them together. At one point he takes her to dinner at his mother's house. That dinner has 8 family members there, some small dinner, lol. A very unusual but interesting interactions with them and his mother likes her right away ! Vincenzo has his trusted man, Gil watching over her sister, Paige. Which creates some interesting push and pull between the two of them.
Riley, meets a very charming man , Mr. Avery at an event with Vincenzo but Vincenzo warns her away from him. Jealousy? Yes a bit but he knows more than he tells her at first. This man is dangerous and they find he has been behind the scenes for some time. What else has he been doing?
Paige and Riley's mother are something else that is good. I really liked them both. The surveillance by the enemy intensify as do the dangers. Plenty of twists and turns. Some really bad secrets are revealed before the dramatic but good ending.
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