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Waste of Worth: The Deluca Duet , Part One by Bethany-Kris DeLuca Duet #1   Publication Date: January 9, 2017   Genres: Adult, Mafia, Romance, Organized Crime Synopsis: DeLuca Duet, Part One Ask anyone and they will all say the same thing about just who Dino DeLuca is. A criminal, the son of a traitor, and a mafia Capo who can’t be trusted. His past has shaped his life, creating demons he can’t escape from that live in his mind day and night. He is all too aware of just how people see him. Closed off. Cold. Different. He doesn’t care—keeping people out means no one can get close enough to hurt him again, and he already has one too many monsters with their claws stuck in his back that he’s still fighting off. His walls are so high, no one is climbing over them. Or so he thinks … Karen came into his life like a spring shower, her light shining through the darkness and making him see something other than the hell that surrounded him for so long....

Cover designed by the amazing  Jay Aheer r from  Simply Defined Art . Expected publication: November 2016 Book Two in the Gun Moll Trilogy BLURB As a newly Made Capo in the Pivetti Crime Family, all eyes are on James “Mac” Maccari, and not for a particularly good reason. The way to his new position in the family was paved with blood, and that left some all too suspicious of where—or who—he might be going after next. Mac isn’t interested in playing to the politics of other Made men or Cosa Nostra. His only goal is to keep his promise and be waiting for his gun moll when she’s finally released from prison. Until all hell breaks loose … again. Fresh off her six month sentence, Melina Morgan is all too ready to get back to life, and Mac. The mafia life has been one learning curve after another, but with Mac at her side, there’s nothing that they can throw at her that she can’t handle. Even with a ring on her finger, and a new last name to go wit...

Chicago War: The Complete Series by Bethany-Kris Chicago War #1-4 Publication Date: August 8, 2016 Genres: Organized Crime, Erotic Romance, Suspense SYNOPSIS The war began with the death of one person and would end with the killing of many more. Four families paint Chicago red as greed, hatred, secrets, and loyalties divide them to opposite ends of the city.  But in the midst of the fighting and bloodshed, there are those who struggle between love and famiglia.  They are the most dangerous of all.  They have everything to lose.  ​ And no one will see them coming.  Chicago War: The Complete Series features the full-length novels, Deathless & Divided , Reckless & Ruined , Scarless & Sacred , and Breathless & Bloodstained . CAN'T WAIT TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THE CHICAGO WAR: COMPLETE SERIES?  ALL 4 BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY, #FREE WITH #KINDLEUNLIMITED! #FREE with #KindleUnlimited   Amazon Amazon  Paperbacks ABOUT BETH...

Seasons of Betrayal, #1   Publication Date:  June 6, 2016   Genres:  Adult, Contemporary Romance, Organized Crime SYNOPSIS In places where the sun can hide, the darkest betrayals are made. Violet Gallucci and Kazimir Markovic have grown up in the same city, but on opposite sides of the game they call life—Violet, an Italian  principessa della mafia , and Kaz, a Russian  Bratva  heir. Lines have been drawn, and they know not to cross them. Their paths crossed once, a long time ago, but when they meet again, the territory and rules set out by their families that have kept them separated seem to bleed away. She's more than her last name … He’s more than a Russian … But secrets from the past—and the people determined to keep them hidden—have other plans for Violet and Kaz. Rival families. One city. Star-crossed lovers. They should be enemies. It could mean war. This is just the beginning … From authors Bethany-Kris ( The Chicago War ) and London Miller ( V...

Gun Moll   by Bethany-Kris & Erin Ashley Tanner   Gun Moll, #1   Publication Date: May 23, 2016   Genres: Interracial Romance, Erotic Romance, Organized Crime Synopsis James “Mac” Maccari’s career in the mafia is at a standstill. As the best solider in his Capo’s crew, all he wants is to be noticed enough to get Made in the Pivetti Crime Family. But instead, his Capo’s interests seem more focused on keeping his solider hidden from the boss, and every other Made man he can. Seemingly stuck right where he is with no chance of going up, Mac doesn’t know what will finally get him the attention he needs to earn his button. Until she shows up and all eyes are on them … Melina Morgan survives—that’s just what she does. She’s never been able to depend on anyone but herself to keep her safe and get things done. When a chance encounter puts her in a bad situation with the cops and the mafia, Melina has no choice but to put her faith in the hands of a man tha...

THIN LIES   by  Bethany-Kris   Donati Bloodlines , #1   Publication Date:  May 2, 2016   Genres:  Romantic Suspense, Erotic Romance, Organized Crime SYNOPSIS   Calisto Donati She was just a woman. That’s what Calisto wanted to tell himself; that’s what he wanted to believe. Emma was nothing more than a woman. There were other women for him to want. To obsess over. It couldn’t be Emma Sorrento. Not for Calisto. She was taken. She was claimed. She was not his. In a few days, Calisto would hand her off, and that would be that. He wondered why it wouldn’t be that easy to let her go. What good had saving her done? He had simply taken her from one monster to give her to another.    Emma Sorrento  Emma slid on her mask. All someone would need to do was look close enough to see what was really beneath the sheer falseness of her smile. At the other end of the table, Emma found her lies staring her right in the face. He smirked. And winked. C...