All I want to do is live life, so when I entered my freshman year, I grab at the chance with both hands. Little do I know, the unlikely could occur. Eddie O'Neal, the head Irish mob boss here in Bean Town, has a gripe with my father. My father owes him a lot of money and was told to hand me over as collateral until he repays him. My dad is not one who gives in lightly, but he did eventually.

I have Carlina in my grasp and like any concerned brother I won’t abandon her. She doesn’t belong in my dark world but her late grandfather knew the business I was raised in. It's all about keeping ties blood or not. I don’t want her, actually. I want her allegiance. Her fiery, feisty attitude has always impressed me. Now she's at odds with me--falling in love with one of my archrivals the deputy chief of police who will be hot on my tail because he's a newbie in town. Carlina must listen to me. She's my little sister even though she's not really. It's about family.

I'm a self-made billionaire in my late 30s who thinks about falling in love all the time and starting a family. Somehow through the likes, follows, and some fake profiles, I've landed on someone of interest on an adult-entertainment website.

She has every spoil except for a heartwarming romance. Despite being in a relationship, more often she feels that she's not in one.

Since aging out of the foster care system and becoming a nurse, all I dreamed of was marrying a nice doctor and moving to a two-story house in the suburbs. So how did a dangerous biker gang criminal end up handcuffed to my bed? And why did I agree to let that animal teach me how to...ahem...do things. Wicked things. In the very same bed he’s been handcuffed to in order to keep me safe? Long story. And I’m truly scared to find out how it will end.