In the Name of Love

Within this unsettling fantasy novel, a grandmother specializes in depicting grotesque infants that people inexplicably clamor to purchase. The narrator observes as women are led into lightless rooms, where their horrific screams are met only with later expressions of thanks. The mystery deepens until the protagonist witnesses a nightmare made real: a newborn, identical to a recent portrait, clawing its way out of a woman’s womb, revealing the true, macabre purpose of the artwork.

After dying at the hands of her husband, Valrik Dreadmoor, to stop her ascension, Kaelis is reincarnated in enemy territory without her memories. Her new life is upended by two fated mates: a reformed childhood bully fighting for his Alpha title and a Beta biker under a curse. Both men are determined to shield her, but their fierce rivalry and refusal to compromise threaten to plunge the entire world into a devastating conflict.

Stripped of her memories and abandoned by everyone she trusted, she discovers her stepmother and stepsister drugged her to force a marriage to a violent hockey enforcer. Her father agrees to the deal, and even her ex-boyfriend turns his back. Left with no allies, she gambles on an anonymous online ad seeking a legal spouse. But every candidate vanishes, replaced by the mysterious stranger from the hotel. Trapped in a corner booth, his blue eyes gleam with danger as he offers a service worth the price, pulling her deeper into a web of family greed, hidden motives, and an unexpected alliance.

In the high-stakes world of elite business, a powerful billionaire finds his cold exterior melting when an unexpected woman enters his life. Their meeting sparks a complex journey that challenges his perceptions of wealth and control. As their lives intertwine, they must navigate deep-seated secrets and societal expectations. This modern romance explores whether their growing connection can truly withstand the heavy pressures of status.

For ten years, she silently built a vast underworld network for Cassius, the Underboss she loved, expecting marriage and control of her creation. Instead, he publicly gave her Capo position to Serena, an inexperienced mafia princess, demoting her to soldier. Offered a secret payoff and hidden wedding, she refused to remain his shadow. Remembering every sacrifice, she dropped her family crest and accepted full autonomy from a rival Sicilian syndicate, severing all ties to build an empire solely her own.

Cedric Gilbert’s wedding day ends in tragedy when his mother suffers a fatal fall. Shattered by grief, he calls off the ceremony. But his sorrow turns to pure horror when he overhears his fiancée, Leah Harding, talking with Barnaby Delgado. Cedric learns his mother's death was no accident; Barnaby’s cruel prank panicked her, and Leah deliberately sent Cedric away to help him pull it off. Betrayed by the woman he loved, Cedric vows he will never forgive her as his thirst for justice.