The night Luca Barresi stormed into my life, everything changed. The crowned prince of the Mafia’s New Orleans empire rained hellfire down on the jazz club I called home. I wanted to feel something for the brooding playboy, but the man’s a monster. Sure, he’s panty-melting hot, but his heart is frozen ice. He murdered my boss in cold blood, then turned on me because I saw too much. When he caught me snooping, he offered me an impossible choice. The sweet freedom of death or the captivity of life in servitude to the mob pretending to be his girlfriend to protect his image. I guess you can figure out which option I chose. I don’t want to be another notch on his bedpost, despite the spark that sizzles between us every time we put on another act of our little game. Part of me knows better than to tempt fate, but part of me is determined to see just how dangerous he can be. This book is the first in a trilogy. It can be read as a stand-alone and has its own HEA, but the story continues. This book has mature content that is intended for audiences 18+ including situations which may be triggering for some.

Kidnapped and claimed as the spoils of war. My captor is dark, demented, and dangerous—everything I was warned to stay away from. Yet, I’m drawn to him like a moth to a flame, and the lust that fans the fire is evolving into something else… something that could wreck me if I let it take hold. His name strikes fear into anyone who crosses him, but despite the warnings of even those close to him, I’ve allowed myself to fall for the prodigal prince of New Orleans’ underground criminal empire. Possession is nine-tenths of the law, but Luca never had any use for the law, anyway. The crime lord owns me. No longer pretending, the passion between us burns white-hot, but Luca has enemies everywhere. As the heat rises, so does the threat from an unseen enemy with a very clear message—they’re coming for Luca and will destroy everything and everyone that stands in their way. When the enemy storms the gates, will we rise together from the ashes of war? Or will we go down in flames when they raze his empire to the ground? In the Shadows is part two of a three part series. It can be read as a stand-alone and has its own HFN, but the story continues from the first book and into the third. It’s recommended to read the books in order, beginning with Eyes of Stone. This book has mature content that’s intended for audiences 18+, including situations which may be triggering for some.

: a new orleans mafia romance (barresi)

Dante Barresi. We’ve known each other our entire lives. I’ve loved him, I’ve hated him, I’ve needed him, and I’ve wanted to kill him. And not necessarily in that order. We’ve visited the depths of hell together and somehow survived, but every time the dangerously brooding man comes back into my life, someone gets hurt. And it’s usually me. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Now, Dante is a powerful man in the New Orleans underground and he’s making me an offer I can’t refuse - for more reasons than my foolish pride. I should have run screaming for the hills when the only man I’ve ever loved demanded a favor from my father, the police chief of New Orleans. Instead, I’m now married to the mob and the only man in this world with enough power over me to either save me… or destroy me… This book is the first in a duet and ends in a cliffhanger. The duet has its own HEA and can be read without reading its predecessor, but it is highly recommended to read the Emily trilogy first to understand the dynamics of the relationships between the characters. This book has mature content that is intended for audiences 18+ including situations which may be triggering for some.

Redemption. Not everyone gets a second chance. Especially not at love. When I married Dante, I knew he would be a powerful man someday. I didn’t know that day would come so soon. Our marriage forged an alliance between the New Orleans underground and my Police Chief father, but old grudges die hard. And everyone I’ve ever loved is torn between duty and honor. Everything we thought we knew about the looming war with an old enemy is wrong and one mistake could be the difference between life and death. My marriage paid the city’s ransom, but the stakes have risen higher than anyone could have predicted… for New Orleans and for Dante. The lines in the sand have been drawn and I know where I stand, but when the dust settles on the battlefront, will love be enough to save us? Will we emerge from the shadows victorious? Or will our painful past finally catch up to us and condemn us? This book is the second in a duet and picks up immediately from a cliffhanger. If you have not read the first book in the series, you WILL be confused. The duet has its own HEA and can be read without reading its predecessor, but it is highly recommended to read the Emily trilogy first to understand the dynamics of the relationships between the characters. This book has mature content that is intended for audiences 18+ including situations which may be triggering for some.

Barresi. It's a name that's haunted me my entire life, but it's mine whether I want it or not. I wasn't actually born with it. I was born Diego Schiavone, but Barresi isn't something you escape. It's the gift that keeps on giving, and in my lifetime, it's given me plenty. A notorious reputation, a dangerous legacy, and an ex-girlfriend who doesn't want me to have anything to do with our ten-year old daughter. When my cousins call me to New Orleans, I do a little investigation work on my own and when I find Chastity and Nevaeh hiding out in the Crescent City, all bets are off. I've played this game before and I don't play to lose. But the one thing I wasn't counting on in this match of wills... was him...

The time is nigh. The showdown between la famiglia and the Parker Cartel can no longer be avoided and I’m caught squarely in the middle. Duty compels me to do one thing, while love insists I do another. The stage is set in New Orleans for the rival crime syndicates to finally clash in battle and only one can emerge victorious. It’s a race against time and everything I’ve ever been taught about loyalty in a desperate attempt to salvage what’s left of my heart. I know I can’t compromise the mission, but I will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the man responsible for nearly destroying my family. And when winning comes down to making an impossible choice between my past and my future, what price am I willing to pay for it? Will I make the right decision - or will everything Barresi become ashes?

Matteo Barresi couldn't break me, no matter how hard he tried. The war couldn't wreck me, despite the nightmares that haunt me and the physical reminders that won't let me forget. The streets of New Orleans couldn't shatter me, even if it was a thankless job for a city that turned its back on me in my own time of need. As the Chief of Police's son, I've spent my entire life under a microscope with the whole world watching, waiting for me to screw up and I delivered on their expectations time after time. I've been knocked down, torn apart, and fulfilled my obligation as the black sheep of the Rossi family, but I will NEVER give my enemies the power destroy me. Valentina Schiavone, however, is going to ruin me...

Everything about my involvement with Leo Rossi is wrong. I'm an adult entertainer and the daughter of a crime lord. He's a rogue cop and the son of the police chief. A sworn enemy. And the man I owe my brother's life to. He's reckless, he's unpredictable, and everything my father warned me against getting involved with. Yet we're both sworn to uphold the laws of the Barresi crime syndicate. Our lives converged like a hurricane in New Orleans, but now duty is calling us apart. With both of us shattered in the fallout from the events of the Heist, will we take a chance on further destruction by defying the very creed we swore to uphold? Is our modern day Romeo and Juliet tale doomed to short out or will it be the spark that that unifies the two cities of Sin?

Life doesn’t always go according to plan. Bianca Denali is a good Catholic girl, following her mother’s instructions to a tee. One day, she will make a good wife for a good Italian man - or least a rich one. That’s the fate that has befallen her older sisters and she knows it will be hers as well. She just doesn’t expect that the day of reckoning will come before she can finish high school - or that the man who will come to whisk her away from her mother’s false platitudes and impossible expectations will be the devil’s right hand man. Not even God can save her from the fate her mother bestows upon her. But when you find yourself in a gilded cage, you have two options when learning to stand your ground against the most powerful man in the city - bite the hand that feeds you or become the one person he trusts with ALL of his secrets. This book is a prequel and should be read after reading at least the first 2 Barresi books, but preferrably the first 3 (The Emily trilogy). It can be read at any point after Surrender and will not spoil anything in books published after that point in the series. Follow Bianca’s transformation from meek and mild-mannered girl to the powerful mafia wife that greets readers in the first book in the Barresi series, Eyes of Stone. Trigger This book is dark romance and contains scenes that may be triggering for some including dubious consent and implied pet death. This book is not intended for children and should only be read by readers eighteen and older.