Showing results by narrator "Angelina Rocca" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

She was born in captivity and raised in hell. While her siblings lived in a golden palace and slept on feather pillows, Keres Sideris fought to survive horror and fear and pain. Until a faceless man freed her from the life she was born for. Warriors don't escape fear, they conquer it—those words were the only thing her rescuer left her with when she was just a little girl, and those words fortified her heart against the world. But she isn't a little girl anymore.

I am completely and obsessively in love with my best friend's sister. Twenty years ago I was saved by the Volkov brothers and I made a vow… to protect their younger sister, Lara, with my life. And not a day goes by that I don’t take that seriously. She is my best friend and the keeper of my sanity. And when our enemies try to take her from me, they will pay the price with their life.I told her one kiss wouldn’t ruin our friendship. I was so very wrong. She is sweeter than any addiction. I may be crazy, but that is nothing in comparison to the way I feel about my pchelka.

The last place city girl Cecily Kennedy expected to end up was a cattle ranch. But she needs a job—and refuge from her abusive soon-to-be ex-husband. If only her new boss, Austin Wells, would make it clear whether he hates her or wants her. His gaze makes her feel things she hasn't in years. However, getting over her ex by getting under her grumpy boss isn't worth the potential fallout.

Falcon Bellamy spent years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, which shattered his dream of serving his country as a Navy SEAL. When he's granted early parole to help with a family emergency, he’s determined to reclaim his life. The last thing Falcon wants or needs is a relationship, but when he meets his beautiful parole officer, he knows he's in trouble.

Ex-convict Falcon Bellamy served eight years for a crime he didn't commit. Once he was free, he wasted no time hopping into bed with his parole officer. She was the salve he needed to soothe the demons from his incarceration and the worry for his sister who's fighting a life-threatening disease.

They’re drawn into a world of seductive sin…Savannah Gallo sacrificed herself to save her lover and is now imprisoned inside an opulent mansion belonging to a rival crime family. Despite the confining walls, her spirit remains unbroken. She’s nothing if not resilient, and she’s determined to use every ounce of her strength and cunning to outwit her captor.

Morrigan St. Pete. The woman that’d been hounding my every step since the day she was born. From the moment we first comforted each other in the hospital to the day that I left her to follow her dreams, I knew that she was my one.

I've been called many things, most of which are true. But when you're an outlaw, you wear those words like badges of honor on your cut. I grew up in the Devil's Skull MC. It's all I know. It's all I've ever wanted to be.

Lydia stumbles upon a true-crime YouTube channel, Night Shade, hosted by a former classmate, Shane Ellet, who maintains Jess's death wasnst an accident; it was murder. Caught in a web of lies and deception are Cam Rawls, Jess's ex-boyfriend and current hometown sheriff; Brad Pearce, the handsome, young English teacher who was sexually involved with students; and a recovering addict, Mark Burns, employed by Richard Fontaine, Mom Gloria's new boyfriend and general contractor. Will Lydia learn the truth in time?

Maxim Belov is Papa’s favorite son. Like his father, Maxim is ruthless and always gets what he wants. Maxim wants me. He doesn’t even care that our families are mortal enemies, or that I’ve never seen his face. Because of him, I’m forced into a marriage with a stranger. On our wedding night, when I finally come face to face with my worst enemy, my entire life is turned upside down.

Strong. Fierce. Unshakeable. Three things I've always strived to be. But life is unexpected. It's confusing. It's cruel. All it takes is one blink, one blip in time, and your life is changed irrevocably. I knew he would come for me. What I didn't anticipate was how much I would need him. He locked me up and told me I was his forever.

One of my favorite songs growing up was Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield. Ironically enough, I never realized I’d be living out those lyrics in my own life when I fell for my best friend’s girl—and then my best friend, John Schmitt, died. Add on the fact that she was pregnant with his child and that I’d been harboring feelings for Evelyn months before all of this happened, and well, now? Now the lyrics to that song don’t sound so bad anymore.

It all started with a lie. When I was in high school, I ruined Mr. Gallo’s reputation. Now I’m in his classroom again. I’m older and most definitely over him. Except, Professor Gallo isn’t over me. Does the grumpy and hot-as-hell college professor have reason to hate me? Yes. Does he intend to punish me for what I did to him years ago? Also yes. Professor Luca Gallo has a lesson for me that I’m sure I will never forget.

For years, one man has ruled Sophia’s fantasies. The harmless obsession keeps her warm on the nights her double life starts to take its toll. She, unfortunately, gains his attention at the worst possible moment when she’s in the middle of a dangerous job. Now, she’ll be forced to protect her heart along with her life of lies.

He knows what she is. She can’t deny her urges any more than she can deny him. There’s no walking away from the thrill of the kill. No turning your back on who you are at your core. At least, that’s what Besnick says.