Mafia Rose Series

He calls me his Rose.
But he’s determined to see me wither away...

My mother kept me hidden my entire life, never hinting at the vicious crime family I was born into.

Or the dangerous men who were out for my head.

So when I finally step into the pageant stage’s bright spotlight, he’s there waiting for me.

Nikolai Wilder, the leader of one of the most powerful gangs on the East Coast.

He is violent. Cruel. Lethal. Undeniably sexy… And obsessed with the one thing that’ll grant him the ultimate revenge.

Me.

But that’ll mean bloodshed.

It’ll mean war.

And it’ll lead to my absolute destruction.

They expected me to bend. To wilt.
But this rose has thorns too.

I have no family. No life. No dreams.

I have nothing left.

My father and Nikolai made sure of that when they made me a pawn in their mafia games.

A broken woman. A tainted bride. A bargaining chip. That’s all I am to them.

But things are changing.

I am changing.

Learning. Growing. Rising from the ashes anew.

At first, I didn’t understand what Nikolai awoke in me when he used my body for his revenge plot. But now? Now, I have plans of my own.

He may think I’m his Rose to claim, to dominate, control, but I am a rose steeped in war and born from bloodshed.

It’s about time I live up to my name.

I've weathered the storms.
Now, it's my time to bloom.

I came too close to losing Nikolai, and it almost destroyed me.

I’m not sure why, but it’s getting harder to hate him every day. Something is blossoming between us—something more than lust—and it scares me. It’s more powerful, more magnetic than I can explain, and that makes it dangerous.

For both of us.

To make matters worse, Nikolai’s driven by more than revenge now. He still wants to kill my father and rule over the coast, but with our enemies closing in, he’s just as determined to keep me safe.

He says he’ll do whatever it takes, even if that means making me his forever.

To save my life, I may have to let the man who ruined me into my heart. But how can a rose bloom when surrounded by so much darkness?

Rose did the one thing I never thought possible…she found my heart.

As blackened and hard as it may be, she stole it, owns it. Somehow, through it all, she made me feel a little less ruthless. A little less like a monster.

That’s just how Rose is.

She’s my weakness—she always has been—and soon, I’ll be able to call her my wife. Mrs. Wilder. Then, she’ll be mine in every sense of the word.

But when an old enemy tries to rip my family and my empire apart, the wedding plans have to be put on hold. I refuse to let anyone take away the happiness I’ve worked so hard to find.

The happiness we deserve.

To keep my place at the head of the Wilder table, I’ll need to open old wounds. Go deeper than I’ve ever gone before. Be that monster again.

I’ll do it, but this time, I’ll do it with Rose by my side.

It’s the only way we’re going to make it to the altar alive.

Blood doesn’t determine family—
Loyalty does.
Sacrifice does.

Nikolai Wilder has done all that for me and more. He’s earned the name Wilder. Me? I’m not sure I even want it.

I was born into a family of crime, of war and death. I’m supposed to lead it, too, but I’m not that kind of man. I just want to live freely, without responsibility or fear. Unfortunately for me, that’s impossible.

Over the years, I’ve learned that lesson the hard way.

When an innocent night out on ally territory turns into an all-out brawl with new enemies, I’m left to my own devices—no Nikolai, no Tony. I can usually handle anything myself, but when a sexy, foul-mouthed bartender named Jess gets in the middle of the crossfire, I’m forced to find a way to save our asses and stop a full-out war.

Things start to get complicated fast, including my feelings for Jess. She’s trouble personified, but the more time I spend with her, the clearer it becomes that her brand of trouble is exactly the kind I crave.

Love may be the one mess I can’t dig my way out of.