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Total pages in book: 76
Estimated words: 71908 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 360(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)

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For years, I lived with one mission. Revenge. I would bring down my father and wipe out the East Coast mafia. Until Naomi Marino.

From the very first look, I’m obsessed. An obsession that turns primal. A single moment alters the trajectory of my life. If I eliminate the mob, I would also be eliminating the Marino family. That meant I had to make her my bride. She’s a queen that doesn’t want a king, but I’ll make her need one.
As the oldest daughter of the city’s most deadly man, she is next in line. I know Naomi was born for a purpose, one that would forever change history.
They call her cold, heartless, and plain. That is far from how I see her. For me, Naomi is the definition of sunshine. You need it to survive, but it could easily turn everything to ash.
But what happens when she finds out about all the things I’ve done? How I’ve woven our lives together far more than she could ever have imagined. Predicted and calculated every step, even hers. Naomi might turn that fiery wrath on to me. The burn will be worth it because my heart beats only for her now.
Where I once wanted to destroy my enemies for all the things they’d done, now I want to because they all want to destroy my bride.
My queen bows for no one… but I will be at her side

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Chapter One

PAXTON

The last ten years have all been working toward this moment. At the beginning I didn’t know what that would fully entail. Things change, and so do people. It’s all about adapting and being a handful of steps ahead of everyone else.

I’m about to walk into one of the biggest meetings of my life. I reach into my suit jacket to the pocket that I have stitched into every suit that I own and pull out the picture that I always keep there. It’s close and protected. No one knows what I hold most dear in my life.

Except my sister. She has a knack for knowing everything, but she too has been a part of this plan. Our paths are different, but the goals are the same. Each step we have taken was to move closer to them. Now that our father is dead, all has been set into motion. It didn’t take War Marino long to call. The dirt on my father’s casket is still settling in over it.

“Naomi.” I whisper her name, tracing the edge of the worn picture of a girl that likely has no idea of who I am or the plan I have for the two of us. Soon she’ll find out. While it may seem quick to her, it’s been an eternity for me waiting for her to finally be mine.

We have passed by each other here and there over the years, never having a conversation. She is a handful of years younger than me. It’s been a few since the last time we’ve been in the same room, but with how closely she works with her father, I have no doubt she is aware of my name and the connected dealings our families have with each other.

Naomi will be a part of this meeting in every sense of the word except actually being there. I made it very clear that if War wanted to have a meeting and I was coming to his home, it would be only him and me.

I wonder if he told Naomi this. I’m sure that pissed her off, not that anyone would be able to tell. I have never met a person who could remain so neutral in their expression, never giving anything away.

Except if you watch very closely, you can catch small tells. Then again, maybe only I am equipped to see them. I have spent the last few years learning everything I can about her. It was no easy task, but I gained the most knowledge when I was able to watch her from afar when she had no clue anyone was paying close attention to her at all.

In the last year, she has started to venture out more, having made a new friend. That was surprising. Naomi tended to stay close to home when it came to relationships, but the girl she has befriended is now married to one of her cousins.

There are many cousins, but she appears to be closest to two of them. Each is the head of their families, the first born. I’m not quite sure if their closeness is due to being the prospective heads of their families or simply because they were born close together and have remained that way.

I don’t perceive the Marinos to be the type to push each other into working for the family, but it’s clear Naomi is going to, and War doesn’t have a problem with that. If anything, he welcomes it.

I’d been agitated about the friendship at first. The girl, Blair, has a strange past, and now they are all calling her Bonte, and this Blair name has disappeared. I don’t know the whole story there, but seeing as the girl married into the family, I’m sure it’s all linked together in some way if the family is okay with this marriage. They probably had a hand in it.

I trace my finger over Naomi’s angelic face, a smile tugging at my lips. Angelic is not a word I think many would use when it comes to Naomi. The angel of death, possibly. One that is very capable of taking care of herself. Physically at least.

The question is, does she want to fully take care of herself? I think not. My angel of death keeps so many parts of herself tucked away, always playing a role for the rest of the world and I even believe for her family at times. She won’t need to do that for me. I want her exactly the way she is. All the parts of her.

I’m sure in part that has to do with being a woman in her position. It is abnormal for a woman to step in and take over in an Italian family, especially one as prominent and powerful as the Marinos. But if I’ve learned anything, it’s that the Marinos don’t play by anyone’s rules but their own. They even make them.

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Her Deadly Little Secrets (Kings & Queens Will Rise #2) Read Online Lucy Darling http://www.ilovenovels.com/her-deadly-little-secrets-kings-queens-will-rise-2-read-online-lucy-darling Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:03:36 +0000 http://www.ilovenovels.com/her-deadly-little-secrets-kings-queens-will-rise-2-read-online-lucy-darling Genre: Alpha Male, Angst, Dark, Insta-Love, Mafia Authors: Lucy Darling Series: Kings & Queens Will Rise Series by Lucy Darling
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Total pages in book: 77
Estimated words: 72421 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 362(@200wpm)___ 290(@250wpm)___ 241(@300wpm)

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The lure can learn to be the prey…

Blair

My life is filled with one crazy man after another. I'm a lure to their obsession and possession. Kidnapped and tossed into a hole, I'm sure my fate is finally sealed. Then I come face to face with Eros Marino and see that familiar look in his eyes.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe, just maybe, I can use their own obsession against them. Sounds easy enough, but what happens when the cold-hearted bastard that feels nothing starts to make you feel everything?

You make all that control he thought he had slip free and take it for yourself. Turning him into a man that no longer evokes fear in me, but love.

Turning him into a man that is more deadly than ever.

I was sent to break her, but now I can't let her go.

Eros

Emotions are something I learned to control long ago. I'm the last cold-hearted bastard you want to appear in front of you. That is, until one sweetly innocent girl turned my whole world upside down.

Blair is a fiery mix of innocence and seduction. The second I laid eyes on her, everything in my whole world changed. Now I'll do anything to protect her, even from the people who sent me to destroy her. The Marinos—my family.

Except maybe she isn't so innocent after all. Her past is cloaked in the shadows of a killer that always lingers not far behind. When two worlds collide, I no longer know who is innocent or if her name is even really Blair.

It doesn't matter any longer who she is or who she thinks she belongs to. Now she's mine. I dare anyone else to say otherwise…including her.

This is the second book in the Kings & Queens Will Rise series. No cheating, no OW drama, and an HEA is always guaranteed! Each is standalone.

It features an extremely possessive hero, kidnapping, obsession, steamy scenes, a smart-mouthed heroine who is not who she pretends to be, and a criminal empire

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Chapter One

EROS

“It’s unfortunate that it had to come to this,” my uncle, War Marino, tells the chief of police. We had a last-minute meeting with him, one he didn’t know we were having until we walked into his office.

I'd closed the blinds that peered out into the rest of the police station. We didn’t need an audience for this, but they too needed to know there are consequences for their actions.

I didn’t even bother locking the door. No one would dare to enter. Especially with my cousin Naomi standing outside. She might be a tiny thing, but one glance from her could slice a man in half.

"It doesn't have to," Chief Hawkins stutters. The man is in his mid-fifties and has been at the job for years now.

When he started, he had a lot more hair. It didn’t even bother to turn gray. He’s gone completely bald. I didn’t know the top of your head sweats, but his is glistening at this point. That rush of adrenaline of what’s to come is obviously coursing through him, growing by the second.

"We are only as strong as our weakest links. You know that," I tell Chief Hawkins.

"They are your responsibility, just as it is mine to make sure my men"—War glances at the closed door, his oldest daughter on the other side—"and women stay in line. It would be my head everyone would come for otherwise."

He's not wrong. At least at the moment. War is still the head of the family, but in time he will slowly step down. He has already started to make a few of those moves, handing different responsibilities over to people within the family.

War has done his best to clean up the Marino name. Of course you can't be all clean in this business. That's not how the world works. Someone still has to make sure the streets don't run full of chaos with gangs getting out of control. Drugs are killing whole communities.

No, you can't fully stop these things, but you learn to guide them, to keep them in check. That's our responsibility and part of the deal we have. An unspoken one that we all understand.

One of Chief Hawkins’ sergeants was helping cover up a new drug that was trying to hit the streets. It was a mess that we have to clean up, and right now we're plugging all the holes. This being one of them. Not only that—another family entered into our territory, one that this man helped.

We can’t have that. Disloyalty isn’t tolerated. Especially when it puts the safety of our family and community at risk. War has worked hard to polish up the Marino name, and he doesn’t appreciate someone lending a hand to try to tarnish it. There has to be consequences.

"I swear, it's handled. Clark is done for," Hawkins tells us. Idiot still has a glimmer of hope that he'll get out of his punishment. That won't be happening. Not when I enjoy giving it out and do it so well. It's why I'm standing here, after all.

"He is done for." I reach into the pocket of my slacks, pulling out the badge covered in blood and tossing it on his desk. "We had to handle it." Hawkins audibly swallows. "Now put your left hand on the desk," I order him. His brown eyes widen in fear. I relish it.

"Please—"

"Fight me and it will be your right hand. I'm being courteous."

"Careful, Hawkins. Eros isn't as patient as I can be."

"I think that comes with age, old man." War gives a slight shake of his head.

"Maybe so." He straightens his tie. "A good woman can give you that too." I suppose so in his case. The women in this family are rather persistent. Yes, that's the word I'll use for them.

"Hand." Hawkins lays his shaking hand flat on the table. With the cut he gets every year from the Marino family, he can suck it up. I reach into the front pocket of my suit, pulling out the hammer.

"Wait!" The real panic starts to set in.

"Not going to break it. I know you still need it." That's when he sees the glint of the nail. I don't drag it out like I would on others. He's taking his lick, and I'll give it to him.

I'm quick, with one smooth move already driving the hammer into the nail before he feels it pressing into his hand. He screams loudly for all to hear, but no one comes. I flip the hammer over, using the claw, I pull the nail back out, letting it hit the table, leaving a trail of blood.

That scar and the mark it leaves on this desk will be a visible reminder of what happens when you cross us.

"I'm glad that is handled," War tells him. "I'll see you at the New Hope benefit next week." With that, War turns to leave. His daughter fills the doorway as he passes through it.

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His Pretty Little Lies (Kings & Queens Will Rise #1) Read Online Lucy Darling http://www.ilovenovels.com/his-pretty-little-lies-kings-queens-will-rise-1-read-online-lucy-darling Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:27:17 +0000 http://www.ilovenovels.com/his-pretty-little-lies-kings-queens-will-rise-1-read-online-lucy-darling Genre: Alpha Male Authors: Lucy Darling Series: Kings & Queens Will Rise Series by Lucy Darling
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Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 68308 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 342(@200wpm)___ 273(@250wpm)___ 228(@300wpm)

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Filthy rich. King of Golden Prep. Liar. Stalker… A Marino

The Marino name stretches past the walls of Golden Prep and even the city. It was a last name I was proud to have. Until I saw the fear it put into her eyes.

Kinsley Blake is intelligent, quiet, reserved, and endearingly clumsy. Most of all, she's hellbent on avoiding me. Too bad for her; while she was studying hard for her future after Golden Prep, I spent those years studying her. Learning every single detail I could.

Now it's time to put all that knowledge to use. I don't care what rules or codes I have to break. Even if they're my own family’s, and I'll use the skills they taught me to do it.

It's time to set a trap for my bunny, and I know just the bait to get her to come out and play. I might have to lie and deceive to do it, but in the end, it will be worth it. By the time she discovers who the true predator is, it will be too late for her to get out of the trap I put in place.

I thought I had it all figured out. What I didn't account for was how being so close to her would have me sinking further into my obsession with her. So much so that she’s become my very reason for breathing. My thoughts have turned far from rational when it comes to her being mine.

When people start to take notice, they think they can take her from me or use her as a tool against me. Little do they know how unhinged I’ve become. I’ll burn down this entire world to bring her back, consuming everything around me, the same way she’s consumed all of me.

This is the first book in a brand new series. No cheating, no OW drama, and an HEA is always guaranteed! Each will be standalone.

It features a possessive alpha male, heavy stalking, obsession, steamy scenes, a witty heroine, and a criminal empire

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Chapter One

JAX

Igrit my teeth when my brother Damon smacks me on the back of the head. Today is not the right morning for his bullshit. I barely got any sleep last night in anticipation.

I’m about to swing on him when he lets out two short, low whistle blows, letting me know that someone is coming. I quickly shut my laptop, getting up from the desk in my bedroom. Damon winks at me, then drops down onto my bed and starts playing with his phone, appearing bored but relaxed. His school uniform already has wrinkles in it. Did he fucking sleep in it so that he could get a few extra minutes of shut-eye? Likely.

A knock hits my door before Mom pokes her head in with a giant smile on her face.

“First day of school.” She steps into the room, giving an excited clap, then her face goes serious, and we know what is coming. It’s Phoenix’s, who we all call Nix, first day of high school. It’s safe to say all of us are overprotective of our baby sister. She and Mom could be twins, and because they are so much alike, I’m confident my sister can take care of herself. I mean, Mom has stabbed a man or two in her day.

“We know, Mom. We got her. We’re about to head out.” I start to move across the room, but Mom is on me, messing with my hair. “Mom,” I grumble but don’t stop her. It doesn’t hurt to let her fuss, at least that's what Dad says.

“I’m making it better. For all you know, you’ll be meeting the love of your life today.”

Damon snorts a laugh, and not because Mom is dead-fucking-wrong. Nah, it’s because she’s right, like usual. The only thing different is that I’ve already met her. I’ve been in love for years with a girl who pretends that I don’t exist. But this is it; it’s my year to shine, and I don’t mean on the football field.

We don’t have a ton of rules, but my dad had one I’m not sure my mom knows about. Don’t fuck with females until you’re an adult. He doesn’t ask for much, but this one has been rough to stick to, and I have—well, kind of. It depends on how you slice it.

“Ma, the only game Jax has is on the field.”

“Whatever.” Mom rolls her eyes. “I see how the girls stare at you when you’re on the field. I don’t think Jax needs game.”

That’s where Mom is wrong. When it comes to Kinsley, I’m in over my head, but hey, I suppose that happens when you set your sights on not only the prettiest girl in school, if you ask me, but also the smartest. I could make a list a mile long about all the things I love about her.

Starting with the way one of her glares can unman a person. There’s also the cute expression she wears when she's concentrating really hard on whatever is in front of her. Her top lip tends to curl up, exposing part of her teeth like she's a bunny. It never fails to make me smile. I don’t think she’s aware she does it, but that only makes me love it that much more.

“So?” Mom asks, making me realize I got lost in my thoughts for a second.

“Are we taking Nix with us?” I ask my own question to hide that I missed what she said.

Mom isn’t a giant fan of all of us being in the same car. I’ve had my license for a few years at this point, and we have driven gators and four-wheelers our whole lives practically.

We all live on what the family calls the farm. It’s a giant stretch of land right on the edge of the city. There are multiple houses on it. The land has been in the Marino family for generations.

My oldest uncle and head of the family, War, lives in the original family home. The place is massive with whole wings, and at one time we all would stay in it when not in the city, but as we kids got bigger, Mom decided to build another house on the land. My other uncle, Ronan, did the same. We’re a tight-knit family. You have to be. That’s how you trust each other, and in this gray world we live in, trust is everything. Without it, people end up dead.

“Nope.” Nix comes bursting into my bedroom. Since my older brother Eros isn’t around as much anymore, now all my siblings have the annoying habit of hanging out in my room. “Not trying to be labeled a dork on my first day.” She smirks.

“Too bad,” Damon tells her. “Mom, we’re taking her. It’s for the best.”

“No!” Nix starts to protest. My brother and I know the real reason she doesn’t want us to take her, and it has everything to do with people knowing she’s connected to us. Does she forget we all have the same last name?

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