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The secrets we keep to survive. The love we allow to ruin us.

Emily Costa knows what she must do. It doesn’t matter that she fell in love with Alisa Zakharov at first sight, when she was only sixteen. The ethereal, angelic violist she watched from a distance is long gone, and a threat to Emily’s family stands in her place. She must infiltrate Alisa’s life, not only to extract every drop of knowledge possible about Alisa’s father, but to ensure that the woman herself isn’t a liability. And handle it if she is.

Alisa Zakharov is dead. The delicate flower who once lived pinned to her father’s lapel has disintegrated. She’s transformed herself into Alice Zimmerman, a ghost of a woman that has been hiding along the Pacific coastline for years, desperately hoping her father and fiancé never discover that she faked her death. But too many people have died keeping her safe. And Alice is done hiding.

In a quiet town on the Oregon coastline, Emily and Alice will face the fears that crawl from the deep to haunt them. Even if they become monsters along the way.

Trigger Warnings

• Stalking
• Kidnapping
• Parental abuse (non-sexual)
• Murder
• Torture
• Blood
• Deception between love interests
• Suicidal ideation/thoughts related to not valuing one’s own life

Explicit Sexual Themes

• Consensual non-consent (CNC)
• Consensual non-consent (CNC) on a boat
• Edge play
• Bondage
• Fear Play

The righteous hands of justice. The arbitrators of fate.

Gwen has always been her sister’s keeper. She’s never needed anyone else to give them a good life. But when a life-altering diagnosis requires more than what Gwen can provide, she’s left with no choice but to seek help in precarious places.

Charlie is a man of focus and control. As the enforcer for the Syndicate of Fate, his dedication is to his family and their mission. When the people he loves most end up targets of vicious retribution, Charlie must come to terms with the path laid out for him. Taking his rightful place as the right hand to The Syndicate’s matriarch.

By rights of tradition, he’ll need a spouse to do so.

A chance encounter and blood stained hands are all Charlie needs to know that Gwen has more than what it takes to bear the weight of The Syndicate’s secrets. As Charlie and Gwen come to an agreement that gives them both what they need—partners, maybe friends—they discover that fate threads people together in unpredictable ways.

Trigger Warnings

• Torture (on page)
• Murder (on page)
• Domestic violence (between a supporting character and her partner; off page)
• Miscarriage as a result of domestic violence (between a supporting character and her partner; off page)
• Childhood cancer diagnosis (teenager, non-fatal, supporting character, treatment as a major plot point of book)
• Abandonment by mother/mommy issues

Explicit Sexual Themes

• Femmedomme
• Pegging
• Begging
• Orgasm denial/control
• Restraints (improvised)
• Squirting
• Power exchange
• Public play (agoraphilia, not exhibitionism, no one is watching)

The rage born from the ashes of grief. The pursuit of righteous vengeance and honor.

Clara Costa needs a husband—taking over as the Matriarch of The Syndicate of Fate depends on it. But every date is a disaster, with potential spouses disappearing and blocking her number at every turn. She’s desperate to find someone, anyone, to stand by her side as she takes her rightful place as heir, knowing that if she doesn’t select a match, the crown will pass to her brother. Until she meets Deniz Simsek. He’s smart, handsome, and owns a multinational security company that would bolster the resources of The Syndicate significantly. So what if she has to blackmail him into marrying her? All things considered, he takes it in stride.

And why wouldn’t he, when he’s been planning this moment for over a year? Since his brother’s life was taken in the fire that nearly killed Lucia Costa, Deniz has been on a singular path—infiltrate The Syndicate of Fate, use their resources to take down whoever ordered the hit on Lucia’s life, and destroy The Syndicate from the inside. After months of watching her, he places himself in Clara’s path, and she gives him the perfect opportunity.

Soon, both Clara and Deniz have to reckon with the fact that the world is not so black and white and that good and evil bleed into one another like oil into water. Through lies and lust, pain and pleasure, support and manipulation, the pair must separate desire from animosity. And with the threat of a mole in The Syndicate hanging over their heads, they’re faced with two options: trust each other, or kill each other.

Trigger and Content Warnings

• Murder
• Torture
• Blood
• Stalking (between main characters/love interests)
• Surveillance (between main characters/love interests)
• Death of sibling (teenage brother, in the past/off page, revenge for death major motivation of book)
• Blackmail
• Discussions of human trafficking
• Gun violence/gunshot wounds
• Non-sterile surgery
• Scorpions (as a form of torture)

Explicit Sexual Themes

• Power exchange/power play
• Begging
• Squirting
• Mutual masturbation
• Hate sex
• Pain play
• Public sex
• Voyeurism/exhibitionism (closed duo, via private security cameras)

Spoilers!

• Poly romance
• Heist vibes, but its unearthing a mole in the Syndicate of Fate
• Everyone’s queer