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Sins of the Syndicate
Sins of the Syndicate
Series · 8 books · 2022-2025
By
Lexxi James
Books in series
#1
Sins of the Syndicate
2022
Ivy It should have been just one night. One insane night where I tossed out inhibitions, my reserved nature... my brain cells. I let myself go with a total stranger. I had no idea who he was. Just that he protected me. Made me feel safe. And I did what any self respecting girl would do after a crazy, mind-blowing night. I waited till he took a shower and snuck the hell out of there. Leo To the outside world, I'm known only as Z. The enforcer. A widower with nothing to lose. An ex-SEAL sworn to keep one protect the D'Angelo's at all costs. I'm not a good man, and I never claimed to be. Protecting her was second nature. Nothing more. Claiming her was just a one-night escape. But she made one mistake ... a cardinal sin. Slipping away on her terms. Not mine. No strings. No commitments. No names? No way. There's just one price for my protection. And it's her.
#2
Sins & Ivy
2022
SINS of the Syndicate continues with Leo and Ivy's Story.
Leo
Sacrifice is just another part of life I've come to terms with. I thought I'd given up everything. My soul. My sanity. My heart. But Ivy Palmer was my greatest sacrifice of all. To the world, she's no one to me. Nothing. The furthest thing from my thoughts. A lie that keeps her safe. But I'll never stop. Protecting her. Watching her. Wanting her. Even if being this close is the one thing that threatens to tear me apart.
#3
The Debt
2023
Tia/
I've done my best to avoid him. But when his dark eyes lock onto mine, this time, I know there's nowhere I can go. Nowhere I can hide. Nowhere he won't find me. He is Smoke. Head of the D'Angelos. Gorgeous and haunting. Brutal and ruthless. He rules Chicago, and I owe him a debt. And now…he owns me.
Smoke/
I should send her away… This beautiful, innocent girl that conjures the best and worst in me. But I won't. I can't. She had her chance and she blew it. It's time she learns what it means To owe a debt to the ruler of Chicago. And it starts with me ruining her... Body and soul.
The Debt is a steamy romance that can be read as a stand-alone in the SINS of the Syndicate series./
#4
The Deal
2024
ENZO
She should've known better than to cross my path. I had no choice but to notice her. See, I like collecting beautiful things, and unlucky for her, Kennedy the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. She was meant to be owned. And I was born to undo her.
The Deal is a steamy romantic suspense that can be read as a stand-alone in the SINS of the Syndicate series.
#5
Sins & Lies
2024
Kennedy
My father used to say keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But what if Enzo D'Angelo is the devil? Do I run? Or keep him closest of all? Because Golden Eyes has made one thing mercilessly I owe him. Which means...
he owns me
.
Enzo
I was born to be ruthless. A wild beast running Chicago in a five-figure suit. And make no mistake, When what's mine is stolen, Retribution will be ten-fold. And my wrath to my enemies won't be swift. It'll be slow. Torturously slow. And for putting me through hell, Kennedy will pay, too. But her punishment will start at the altar... And end on her knees.
SINS & Lies is a steamy dark romance and is the second book in
The Deal ~ Enzo's Trilogy
.
#6
Sins & Temptation
2024
ENZO
My sins made me chase her. Lies made me own her. And temptation makes me want to keep her. I didn't mean to fall in love. After all, I am the devil incarnate. The god of war. The swift hand of revenge. But how could I not? She's a forbidden angel too easily plucked down from heaven, And I will own all the parts of her. Her enemies are mine. Just as her heart is mine. The more she thinks I can end this, The more she needs to understand... I. Will. Never. Stop. Not even when she begs.
SINS & Temptation
is a steamy dark romance and the last book in the
The Deal ~ Enzo's Trilogy
.
#7
The Contract
2025
Dante
Riley Mullvain is unconditionally off-limits. Irresistibly forbidden... until she steps into my world. My first instinct is to warn her off. But when she protests, burning with defiancé, I show her in. Silly Feds for thinking they could keep her safe. I’m more danger than she’s ever known. And now, she’s in my domain. My club. My rules. It’s all too easy to give her exactly what she a high-paying job with ironclad guarantees no one will find her, wrapped up in a binding contract with a few small rules. Rule Tell no one. Rule I select her outfit, complete with a blindfold. Rule No other men in her life. Why the blindfold? Call it a little trust exercise. For us both. That and clients enjoy a certain amount of anonymity. Why Rule Three? Because I’m a possessive prick, and that Fed Knox is already on my last nerve. If she breaks the rules? Let’s just say little girls shouldn’t break rules. And every inch of me thrums with the certainty that she will. I study her, the way her body sways in perfect rhythm to the slow ballad. My newest obsession is marked off with bright yellow
Do Not Enter
tape. But as long as I just look with my eyes, no harm, right? The whiskey burns a line down my throat as I tally up all the ways I’m damned. Because deep down, I know it’s not a question of
if
Riley will be ruined. It’s
when
. Because sweet, little Riley has one client and only one client—me.
#8
Sins & Riley
2025
Riley
The first time we met, he took a kiss. A kiss with a
Cross my path again, and I'll take more than a kiss.
And shocker, the brutal enemy that makes my skin burn with each passing glance took the one thing I didn't see coming. The beast took
me
.
The Beast
Riley is completely off limits. Forbidden fruit. And my only weakness. She stepped into my world, and tasted more delicious than I could've imagined. But she's also a certain someone's baby sister. And my single biggest pain in my ass. Hating me seems to be part of her DNA. She couldn't leave well enough alone. Not even after I warned her.
Repeatedly
. Clearly, the girl has hearing problems. So she gets what she gets...
The prettiest cage she's ever seen.
SINS & Riley is a steamy dark romance and is the completion of The Contract ~ Dante & Riley's Duet.
Author
Lexxi James
Author · 30 books