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They were just kids when Claudette McPhearson took them all in. Eight of them all together. All different races and ethnic makeups, but she loved them as her own. One woman taught them how to love, trust, and respect one another. She was the only glue that kept them together, the only one they wanted to please and never let down. She had been their light at the end of a long troublesome tunnel - it shined so bright. Then, one dreadful day, it all came to a crashing halt.

When Claudette McPhearson died, she left eight foster children to fend for themselves after they discovered the truth about her secret life. She was the leader of the Syndicate, a criminal enterprise that had a stronghold on the underworld. Much to her children's chagrin, it was up to one of them to step up and take the lead.  

It ends where it begins. Four couples. Six books. One saga. Tristan and Morana. Dante and Amara. Alpha and Zephyr. Shadow Man and Lyla. The world is darker. The game more dangerous. The stakes much more deadly. A new era is born.

All hell has broken loose, and the McPhearson clan is right in the middle of the chaos. After finding out their beloved foster mother, Claudette McPhearson, was anything but the sweet old woman they thought her to be, Javon, Shanelle, and the rest of their siblings hit the ground running in order to keep the Syndicate operating and to keep themselves alive. That also means they have to lose some of the people they love the most.

City of Betrayal: The Genovese Family’s Springfield Crew From the award-winning author of Mafia Confession: "King of Bootleggers" Murder and Outlaw Bikers and the Mob: The Bloody Pact Between the Hells Angels and the Rizzuto Crime Family comes a gripping true crime chronicle of loyalty, betrayal, and blood. “If it weren’t for informants, the public would know nothing about the inner workings of La Cosa Nostra.” — Author Nicholas Parisi For decades, the Springfield Crew operated in the shadows of the powerful Genovese Crime Family. Bound by the Mafia’s code of silence, they ran ...

In a future where time travel has been outlawed, a black market exists for anyone with the money, connections, and nerve to request items from days past. As a Runner for one of the underground syndicates that now controls the timewaves, Stassi 2446-89 has seen it all: the fall of Rome, the rise of Hitler, the end of democracy, the establishment of time tourism, and the devastating consequences of it. Her job is to seamlessly slip through the past, in search of items of value to the syndicate's clientele.

Scarletta: bastard, daughter of a traitor. To the Italian Don of New York, I’m nothing more than a tool to be wielded. My obedience was the price I had to pay for the sins of my father. But Dominick Romano should have worked on gaining my loyalty because the chains he shackled me with have been undone. The Four Families have always run New York: Italian Mafia, Irish Mob, Russian Bratva, and the Jirocho Yakuza Clan. An alliance cloaked in proclamations of peace while they hold knives to one another’s backs. But a new player has emerged: The Syndicate.

Chester Newton is a successful racehorse syndicate organiser and his company, Victrix Racing, is having its best year yet. When his prized horse, Potassium, wins the world-famous Epsom Derby, Chester is set to become the next big thing in British horse racing. But one phone call changes everything. Someone hiding behind a voice scrambler and an untraceable phone is demanding he fixes a race—and they’re willing to go after Chester’s family if he fails to comply. 

The Syndicate reigns supreme. I showed our fathers who the real leader of this group was, who could weather any storm. I found Lex, the last of our lost faction, and brought him into the fold to make us whole. Secrets were exposed, lies shattered, and in the end, we defeated our enemies, together. Now, I get to live my life bloody happy with my newfound mates, right? I should’ve known it wasn’t going to be that easy.

I stalk her relentlessly and marry her, because she belongs to ME alone. I’m the Bratva Pakhan, and I’m consumed by rage at her family. Fifteen years younger than me, she becomes my sweet, innocent target. I stalk her obsessively and kidnap her when she’s most vulnerable. And then I marry her and knock her up with my Bratva heir. I would have preferred a more elegant approach over a simple abduction. But I always knew this moment was inevitable. She may not know it, but our story began a while ago. She simply needs to realize that I’m perfect for her. She simply needs to realize ...

Now an HBO Original Limited Series on Max, and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, a startling debut novel featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent years: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The winner of...

In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all. His skills are unparalleled, his morality is questionable, and his motives are unknown. He is lethal and he knows it. As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. When a twenty-year-old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine's house, intent on killing him, unaware of a tie that binds them together.

Kim Jaesu was only fourteen when he was forced to kill someone. Twenty years later, he’s the leader of the Syndicate, one of the Big Five criminal organisations in South Korea. At his side, is Jung Joonho, a man who’s been with him since his first step into a world of crime, a man known throughout the Underworld as a Demon to be feared, and uncontrollable. After taking over as the head of the Syndicate, all Jaesu craved was peace and stability. But that peace is unattainable, with the Amerize Company encroaching onto Korean soil, already infiltrating the lands of the Japanese yakuza. ...

Being a vampire boss's daughter was a lot of work. Being the only girl heir from the five families, I’d always had to work harder, fight dirtier, care less. It made me into the woman I was today, causing fear in my enemies and a bloody trail for those who betray us. Then my dad sprung on me that the other bosses and their sons were coming into town. They wanted us heirs to all meet, to bond with each other.

In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associatesas the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history, also known as the Cornbread Mafia. Author James Higdon takes listeners back to the 1970s and ‘80s and the clash between federal and local law enforcement and a band of Kentucky farmers.

They came to collect a debt. They claimed me instead. When my father’s gambling finally catches up with him, I’m dragged into the glittering, bloodstained world of the Syndicate—where power is absolute, mercy is a myth, and an omega like me is the most dangerous prize of all. Alessio, Dominic, and Cristian are ruthless, untouchable, and terrifying in very different ways. One is cold command wrapped in a tailored suit. One is brutal strength with a hair-trigger temper. One smiles like a saint and lies like the devil. They say I belong to them now. Their captive. Their leverage. Their ...

At Harper Haven Horse Sanctuary, Riley Harper has built a refuge for the broken, the discarded, and the dangerous miracles no one else will fight for. High fences. Endless vigilance. Horses worth killing for. When a poisoned colt is found dying beside a deliberately cut fence, Riley knows this wasn’t vandalism—it was a message. What begins as a targeted attack on her sanctuary quickly escalates into something far darker: an international syndicate trafficking elite horses, laundering fortunes through insurance fraud, doping scandals, and silent disappearances. These aren’t amateurs. ...

Lotharis had survived the avalanche outside the Global Seed Vault, and he had one goal in life now: kill Edmund Peregrino, who had cheated him out of the power and wealth that he deserved. Edmund, meanwhile, had discovered the identity of his deceased father and recovered a portion of his legacy. He wanted nothing more than to live his life in peace. But Lotharis, and the secretive organization he served, known as Vermillion, have other plans for Edmund. Set on nothing short of total domination, Vermillion puts schemes into motion that will lock in their global control and plunge the world ...

She witnessed a massacre. Now three ruthless mafia heirs claim her as theirs. Elara Hayes was never supposed to matter. A quiet omega with a perfect memory, she was hired to catalog secrets in one of the city’s most dangerous empires. Then one bloody night, she sees too much—the brutal slaughter of powerful syndicate families and the cold mastermind behind it all. Now she’s the only living witness. Hunted by killers and marked for death, Elara has nowhere left to run… until three devastating alphas step out of the shadows to take her. Alessio Moretti is cold, elegant, and merciless....

Set in the obsessive world of UK carp fishing, The Syndicate is a darkly humorous story about the anglers, waters and strange culture that surrounds the pursuit of giant carp.