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Empire Academy
Series · 2 books · 2023

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#1

Unforgivable

2023

What he did was unforgivable and if he wants me, he better get ready to grovel. Lucian I value one thing above all else: redeeming my family’s legacy within my mafia clan. I do everything right. I’ve almost solidified my position as our next consigliere. I intend to marry a clan princess. There’s only one barrier in my plan of domination. I must graduate high school. To do that, I need a tutor. My boss chooses the girl I’ve bullied off and on for years. But what begins as an unavoidable chore becomes my greatest distraction. Star I’ve pined after Lucian for years, even with the way he treats me. I only balk at becoming his tutor because I secretly crave him. Call me a glutton for punishment. Turns out, even I have my limits. Lucian is an active participant in my greatest humiliation. He seems remorseful. For the first time, he seeks me out. But it’s too late. Apologize. Beg. Crawl. I don’t care. I can never forgive him. Content warning: Unforgivable can be read as a standalone and is the first installment of The Empire Academy Series. Lucian is an OTT possessive morally gray hero who doesn’t know what he wants until it’s too late. Get ready for a dirty-talking bully, a long grovel, and plenty of praise when he finally gets her where he wants her. Where is that, you ask? In his arms, of course. If such material offends, please do not read.
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#2

Unregrettable

2023

Marriage can’t fix what’s broken. If only he would see that. Crina If he thinks I’ll come to the altar like some meek, blushing bride, he must not know me. Oh, wait, he doesn’t know me anymore. Four years of a cold war will do that to a friendship. We were friends once. But I won’t tolerate being humiliated. And if he thinks forcing me to marry him will change anything between us, he’s lost his damn mind. No one messes with me. Least of all him . Marku Crina is my woman, bonded to me since birth. The fact that we’re from different mafia clans is irrelevant. The fact that she’s in danger just sped up a marriage that was always meant to be. I hurt her, I know that. I never apologized. Never explained. Never reached out. Stuck in my own pain, I let a war simmer between us. But that ends today. Today she will become my wife. Tonight, she will come to my bed. I’ll finally fix things between us. But when my desire for revenge—revenge I’ve pursued for four long years—collides with doing right by Crina, everything goes to hell in a handbasket. Content UNREGRETTABLE is the second installment of The Empire Academy Series. Marku is an OTT, morally gray, possessive hero who will do anything to win back his woman. Brace yourself for a domineering and dirty-talking alpha. But don’t worry, Crina is more than up to the task of dealing with him. If such material offends, please do not read.

Author

Monique Moreau
Monique Moreau
Author · 14 books

About Monique Growing up in New York City, I used to walk the hot pavements in the melting heat of the long summers, and dream. Uptown to downtown, eastside to the westside, and underground to catch a subway racing out into the boroughs. During my wanderings, my magic pencil spun out fantasies full of romance, with first meetings, heartbreaks, and reunions. Sometimes my boy crush (unrequited, of course) starred as the hero. I grew up, and after a stint in art school, became a lawyer ‘cuz a woman’s got to make a living. I came from parents who fled to France as refugees, and as an attorney, I dedicated my work to helping survivors of trauma and persecution. I believe in them. In their grit, in their determination to hold on, to pull through and, somehow, someway, to keep themselves intact, body and soul. Perhaps that is why I am drawn to writing stories of men and women who live through heart-rending pain, desperate yearnings and, ultimately, reach a place of redemption. For a long time, I fought the urge to veer off the expected, safe path until I couldn’t go on unless I took a chance and made a change. I began to write, stopped, and began again. Finally, I gave in and here I am. Come join me on my journey…

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