Her fate is in my hands.

Ellie showed up on our family’s property vulnerable, alone, and without any memories.

Trespassing in mafia territory should have resulted in her death. But on my birthday, she became my gift—to use, to mold, to break. She owes me her life. Until the day she dies, she is mine.

As her secrets unraveled, it became clear that one of our enemies sent her. I should have killed her right then and there. But Ellie was a mystery, and like a moth to a flame, she lured me in. 

Then she learned who I truly was.

We couldn’t resist the urge to destroy each other. And I knew it would ruin us. 

For what could be more reckless than falling for a dangerous woman?

Author’s Note: Dangerous Deviance is the first book in the dark mafia series, The Adler Brothers. It is Wil and Ellie’s story. It contains dark and disturbing content. Reader discretion is advised. 

She wants my club, and I want her obedience. 

I keep my dark secrets buried underneath my business empire. 
As the new owner of the Dahlia District, I will lead the club into a golden era.
There is only one problem: Iris.

Iris wants to keep the Dahlia District for herself.
Me? I want to play a game. 
Make her beg for my command.
Teach her to surrender to her desires, even when her mind screams to run.

But my little flower is complicated.
She hides her insecurities behind whips and cruel words.
I see past the facade to her broken soul.

So I propose a bet:
If she can convince me of her submission, I will give her the club. 
But if she fails, she will walk away from her home forever.

Our power struggle ends with this game.
But no matter how it resolves, I will win. 

Author’s Note: Devoured is the final installment in The Dahlia District, a series of interconnected standalones. It is a dominant antihero and submissive heroine romance, and contains manipulation and degradation. Reader discretion is advised.

My little lamb knows she’s being hunted.

I’ve been analyzing Melissa. Studying her. Obsessing over her every move.
She framed me for a murder that, for once, I didn’t commit; she did.
Melissa was simply defending her friend, but that doesn’t matter. 
I hunt abusive monsters, those who think they’re untouchable.
Who would I be if I don’t teach Melissa exactly why I punish? 
I’ll return the favor, pinning all of my murders on her, or I’ll kill her.

But she is such a curious little creature.
She stares into my mask, but she doesn’t see danger: she sees freedom.
We both understand primal lust for what it truly is.

But my love is brutal. I control. I take. I’ll force her into submission.
Melissa will learn that desire wins over life every time.

Author’s Note: Shattered is a full-length standalone book in the dark romance series, The Dahlia District. It is a dominant villain and submissive anti-heroine romance, and contains dark and edgy content. Reader discretion is advised.

He seduced me with pretty lies, and now, I’m his captive.

My father owed a debt to the Adler family, and when he couldn’t pay, they took me instead. 

After Ethan forced me into a cage, he took sole responsibility for me— 
Watching me.
Feeding me.
Controlling me.
Punishing me.

The cold exterior of the cage is like his heart. 
But his cruelty hides his tortured soul.
I know Ethan feels more for me than he is willing to admit.

But then his enemies demand my life.
Refusing could cost Ethan everything, including his chance to become the next boss of the Adler family syndicate.

Will he deliver me to his enemies, or will he set me free?

Author’s Note: Ravaged is a standalone novel in the dark romance series, The Dahlia District. It is a dominant and submissive romance, and contains edgy content. Reader discretion is advised.

Playing with her was only a game, but even fantasies can become real.

It starts off as a bet.
Once I win, I will acquire my enemy’s company.
The taste of revenge will quench my thirst, bringing an end to a deep-seated rivalry. 
All I have to do is claim Haley’s innocence. 

Haley’s debt to the Dahlia District is immense.
She hides her shame behind a veil of pride. 
Her body is untouched, forbidden fruit.
She plays by the club’s rules, but that will change.
I will make her shudder with desire.

And yet her spirit makes me want to save her.
Thoughts of Haley consume me.
Suddenly, the only fantasy I have is making Haley mine.

Everything I have worked for is at risk, but one truth conquers all:
It will be Haley’s choice, and she will choose to be ruined.

Author’s Note: Ruined is a full-length standalone book in the new dark romance series, The Dahlia District. It is a dominant and submissive romance, and contains rough scenes, manipulation, and degradation. Reader discretion is advised.

She's hunting me, but I'm onto her; she will become my prey.

Cormac
I’m a dangerous man protecting a secret.
I annihilate my enemies, tossing them aside.
Yet Scarlett thinks she’s smarter than me.
She might be a fire dancer, but I know her secret: she doesn’t belong here.
Control is what I breathe. And I will control Scarlett.
I will teach Scarlett that you don’t play with fire.

Scarlett
I’ve been training for years to be an assassin.
So when my first assignment is going undercover at a notorious entertainment club, I’m not surprised.
The job is straightforward; Cormac Stone is a corrupt billionaire who should be erased.
But desire makes me linger, makes me question my goal.
Suddenly, I’m not sure what’s right or wrong anymore. 
It’s a game of cat and mouse, so when did I become the prey?

Author’s Note: Crushed is a standalone novel in the dark romance series, The Dahlia District. It is a dominant and submissive romance, and contains edgy content. Reader discretion is advised.

I can taunt her. Tease her. Torment her. Desire her... 
...as long as it is part of our training.
Caring about her was never part of the plan. 

Our agreement is simple: Heather will help me avenge my late mother by pretending to be a gift for the enemy. In return, I will keep her sister safe.

Heather’s life depends on me. I know that her training will lead her to the truth: the man who collars her can’t protect her from the darkness locked inside, nor the secrets that will ruin her. I’m as dangerous to Heather as the enemy.

Heather was never meant to be more than an alluring trap. A tantalizing gift. An expendable toy. Resisting her shouldn’t be difficult, if it weren’t for that streak of deep, fierce loyalty coursing through her veins. She intrigues me, and that makes her more than a toy. 

But she is crucial to my revenge. As long as the enemy lives, she is mine to control. 

Author's Note: His Toy is a standalone book in the new dark romance series, The Afterglow. It is a dominant and submissive romance, and contains themes of captivity, confinement, and cruelty. Reader discretion is advised.

Executive Chef Mallory Holloway has better things to do than to cover for a cocky bad boy in Las Vegas. 

Using her as a decoy to avoid his petty drama? Get real. (He says he’d rather eat dirt? Prove it.)

But she can't deny that he's arrestingly handsome...those whiskey-colored eyes...his body-builder muscles…and enough tattoos to make her wonder if he’s tattooed down there...

...and he’s arrogant as hell.

She’s too controlling, too much of a perfectionist to go for an alpha-hole like him. 

Besides, she's in Las Vegas to achieve her dream: to win the competitive cooking show, The Last Chef Standing, and prove to her rich parents once and for all that she belongs in the kitchen, that her passion for food is real.

But then the final competitor for Season 11 walks into the television show’s orientation.

And it's him.

Greg Miller. The reformed felon with a failing restaurant. The underdog worth rooting for. The audience favorite.

The judges are disgusted by him, the producers love him, but Mallory?

Mallory despises him.

Who knew her fiercest competition would be her worst enemy?

They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, even for locals and TV show stars… Right?

But her worst nightmare? 

Falling for him. 

The Last One Standing is a full-length steamy enemies-to-lovers standalone contemporary romance set during the holiday season. It has no cheating, no cliffhangers, but ends with a happily ever after guaranteed! 

His desire to use my deepest fears against me, to find things I didn’t know about myself, became hard to resist.

Over 100k words in this three-book collection!

YIELD TO ME

The only thing I ever wanted was to prove my father wrong by achieving my dreams—by becoming a successful artist, like my mother wanted to be. One way or another, I will be a successful sculptor. And I’ll do it by myself.

But then I met Owen Lowell, the irritatingly smart, charismatic, most wanted bachelor in San Francisco with a shady past. Not only is he a billionaire businessman—not my type—but he insists on helping me, as if I need his help. I kept declining his assistance and erotic invitations until he showed me a side of the city I had never seen before, deeply violent and sadistic facets that sparked my muse. His desire to manipulate me, to use my deepest fears against me, to find things I didn’t know about myself, became hard to resist. And then I looked into his dark green eyes and knew he saw everything inside of me.

I told myself that as long as we were never romantic, he would never hurt me.

As long as we kept to the rules.

As long as he didn’t get in the way of my dreams.

SURRENDER TO ME

I ran away to Southern California, only to find out I had to move back to San Francisco. My full-ride scholarship is on the line because a fling-turned-rival is trying to sabotage me, using my past with Owen Lowell against me. But I won’t let this get in my way. This scholarship is an honor and the Foundation for the Arts is my dream school. I’ve worked harder than anyone to get where I am; even if I have obstacles piling up in front of me, nothing can stop me now.

But the Foundation wants me to cease contact with Owen Lowell. He’d be easy to forget if it weren’t for the fact that he inspires me; he’s shown me so much more than art. He’s shown me what I’m capable of, of what the body and mind can endure, of what it means to see light in the darkness, to feel pain and pleasure in the same moment. I want to believe that I can retain my scholarship and we can be friends.

Friends who talk.

Friends who use each other.

Friends who keep secrets.

LOVE ME

When everyone else seems to think your life is perfect from the outside, is when you know it’s collapsing on the inside. Even though I moved to the East Coast with Owen, giving us a fresh start, and somehow landed a new job working in a gallery and an upcoming exhibition in Lower East Side, her texts nag at me. A stranger’s texts.

This woman claims that Owen is dangerous—as in, attempted murder, dangerous. Her chilling proof makes me question my own judgment, even when Owen is the only man I’ve ever truly trusted.

And if it couldn’t get any worse, I’m pregnant. The creation of art is something I know—molding, twisting and breaking, running my hands along each piece of material until it’s just right—but the creation of a human being? It’s an act I’ll have little control over.

In order to protect her, I must resist her.

I never thought I’d see her again.
Hazel Maben. 
A damaged woman full of spitfire, 
who makes her hatred for me loud and clear. 

I was her captor. Now, I’m her bodyguard.

We were supposed to go our separate ways.
Instead, we must team up to survive.
But she fights me at every turn.

Hazel isn’t just feisty. She’s a pain in the ass.

But when she confesses that she likes pain, that she needs it, 
I want to claim her. Mark her. Make her mine. 

Perhaps we can indulge. A sadist with his masochist only in the dungeon...

But when a stalker starts hunting Hazel, I can't risk temptation.
Letting my guard down puts Hazel in greater danger.

Things get complicated. Fast.

It will take everything I have, but I will stop at nothing to protect her.

Author’s Note: His Pain is a full-length standalone book in the dark romance series, The Afterglow. It is an enemies-to-lovers sadist and masochist romance, and contains extreme impact play, restraints, and cursing. Reader discretion is advised.

She’s my forbidden obsession. My student. A blank slate begging to be used.

Dr. Evans
My cruel reputation precedes me. 
With tenure in my grasp, no student is foolish enough to think that I would put their success before my own.
But that does not stop Mara Slate from challenging me.
Mara sparks my curiosity. She’s strong. Determined. Passionate. With the secret desire to obey… 
She says she is interested in submission, but there is still so much she does not know.  There are lessons I want to teach her.
It is against the rules. We could lose everything.
But I cannot resist. I must make her mine.

Mara
I’m young for a graduate student but still as capable as my peers. 
To prove it, I need Dr. Evans’s commitment to be my partner in the contest.  
Dr. Evans is a billionaire. Powerful. Esteemed. Influential.
He’s also an arrogant asshole.
Yet he’s teaching me more than I thought possible. About myself. About desire.
All I’ve ever wanted is to be respected for who I am and what I know.
But what if achieving that means becoming my teacher’s pet?

Author’s Note: His Pet is a full-length standalone book in the dark romance series, The Afterglow. It is a slow burn dominant and submissive forbidden romance, and contains themes of age gap, pain, and restraints. Reader discretion is advised.

But the Foundation wants me to cease contact with Owen Lowell. He’d be easy to forget if it weren’t for the fact that he inspires me; he’s shown me so much more than art. He’s shown me what I’m capable of, of what the body and mind can endure, of what it means to see light in the darkness, to feel pain and pleasure in the same moment. I want to believe that I can retain my scholarship and we can be friends.

Friends who talk.

Friends who use each other.

Friends who keep secrets.

Surrender to Me is the second book in the three-part series, Dreams of Glass. Book 1 ends with a cliffhanger, Book 2 with HFN, but Book 3 has a HEA ending. This series is a dark dominant and submissive romance.