I was a beauty, a stray orphan who witnessed a murder and the beast took me as his hostage. Once upon a time... A Don by the name of Vlad Vitalli ruled New York, the leader of one of the five ruling Families, La Cosa Nostra. He's a monster, a trained killer, and a cold-blooded murderer. He's tall, mysterious, with icy gray eyes, he rarely smiles, and he is going to murder me. I was the wrong person at the wrong time. An innocent at the masquerade ball but I witnessed a murder. I become a target to the mafia who have a rule of no witnesses left behind. To save my life, I made a deal with the ruthless beast, handing myself to the cruelest man in the kingdom. Just as Don Vlad was about to order the hit, I threw off my masquerade mask, revealing my face, and offered myself to him. One look and I was doomed. He took me as his hostage. His captive. He didn't know that by taking me, Dahlia, he sealed his own fate. Welcome to New York's Underworld. Loosely based on the fairytale Beauty & The Beast.

The moment the devil saw me at the auction, he purchased me. Once upon a time... A beast craved me, the beauty... I was his Doll, and he was my darkest fairytale. I ravaged the beast, and the rival Don, the blue-eyed devil took me. His angelic beauty is frightening, and I want no part of it. I’m trapped by him now in a dark place and I can’t escape. I vowed to bring him down, and I won’t rest until I do. Vlad made Dahlia his queen. The reason behind his smile. Nobody takes away what he wants. A beast is no man, and he's going to prove it by dragging her from hell. Vengeance is all Vlad seeks now, no matter what the cost. It's kill or be killed. Welcome to New York’s Underworld. Loosely based on the fairytale.

My father murdered his, so the king took me, prisoner, as his wife. Once upon a time... A dark King ruled New York. I used to believe in fairy tales until one winter night, a rival mob set my world on fire. I'm Roza Ivanova, the young prized Mafia Princess of the Russian Solntsevskaya Bratva, the Pakhan's daughter. My happily ever after never came. It wasn't prince charming that came for me, but the Mad King himself. The brutal Italian's dark beauty is violent and wicked. This is my life sentence for my father's sins. I must atone for a debt claimed because he always collects. The monster claims I destroyed his reality, now he challenges my sanity. A dark love that blurs the line between love and obsession. My outspoken mouth gets me in trouble, and the bruises he gives me have become too frequent on my fair flesh, leaving scars behind. The people around me look away as he sheds my innocence until one stare lingers. Bodyguards are meant to be protectors, not lovers. One beauty. Two beasts. Three lives. One love. Welcome to New York's Underworld.

A bride is sacred whether given or...stolen. Once upon a time... With every end comes a new beginning. I'm an enigma of a man with two sides. The same violent blood that's in the Russian mafia, the Solntsevskaya Bratva lies in my veins. I'm told I could be the new Pakhan. There's a young scarred beauty in the kingdom, Lada Sokolova with bright sightless eyes, a noble Mafia princess. The fairest in the kingdom. Her marks go deeper than the ones carved on her face. I see her, and the pain in her eyes mirrors my own. They say she was supposed to be betrothed to my family. She's too young for me. I'm twelve years her senior so I reject her. Now, she's getting married to a brutal Vor who's more than twice her age. It's been decided, and I can't interfere now. I do the one thing I shouldn't have, causing my life on the line. I take her. I kidnap a bride in her wedding dress. I'm only doing what's right, protecting an innocent ...even if it's from the predator inside of me. Welcome to New York's Underworld. Loosely based on the fairytale. Author's Note: Reviews might have possible spoilers of the MMC. Book includes Bonus scenes of the previous characters in the series.