Author: hayleyfaiman

Lucas Black, Esquire. The name alone was an enigma.Dressed in a suit that cost more than my rent. Green eyes that danced and a cocky smile firmly planted on kissable lips. The rumors about him were true. I wasn’t ready for all that was Lucas Black. I knew it. I didn’t care. I was willing to take whatever he gave me.

Defeated. Coward. Gutless. Weak. Perceptions define the man that I have become on the inside. The world may not see me this way, but this is who I am. Sullied. Contaminated. Worthless. Masked. The way I perceive myself affects every aspect of my life. The world may see a perfectly clean person, but on the inside, I am nothing but dirty and scarred. The world sees us one way. We see ourselves … world sees us one way. We see ourselves another. Perceptions are what we’ve given ourselves. Perceptions of what we think we deserve. *INCLUDES THE SHORT STORY: SAVIORmore

Luciana Rossi is untouchable, the Principessa of the Zanetti Famiglia, until one day she becomes extremely vulnerable. Unsure of who to trust, or where to turn, she follows the man that she’s had a connection with since childhood. Gavino Santoro is hungry. He craves power, control, and Luciana. Taking over the Zanetti Famiglia has been his goal since he began climbing the ranks of one of New … of New York’s most powerful families. Now that the power he craves is within his grasp, he needs the wife that will complete his image of being the new Zanetti Boss. Even…

Roxanne has spent her entire life trapped inside of her own head. Never completely alone, always struggling to be set free.When the Devils knock on her neighbors door, her inability to avoid risky impulses takes control and she tags along for the wild ride. Houston is a newly patched member of the Notorious Devils MC. He is instantly attracted to the wild firefly and cannot deny the fun that she … deny the fun that she offers on their trip. One night is all that he needs. He sees her, more of her than he should. He tries to steer…

Esther has only craved to be loved by one man, the Wolfe who hides behind his broken ice blue eyes. Unfortunately, the wild man she craves has desires that she doesn’t feel able to fill. These desires will destroy her if she allows them. Wolfe, the road captain for the Savage Beast MC, is known for his ruthlessness. The forty-year-old has demons that haunt the beast inside of him. He cannot be … him. He cannot be the man who deserves to love her. He knows it’s wrong. He knows it will break her, but he cannot help himself. She…

Guilty. ExCon. Felon. Prisoner. Criminal.Words that now represent me. Words that keep any decent person away from me. I never gave much thought to words before now. Slut. Hussy. Whore. Homewrecker. Jezebel.Words that now reflect me. Words that will stay indefinitely. The evidence of those words grow inside of me. Those Words make the entire town assume they are vindicated to use them. I am wrong. entire town assume they are vindicated to use them. I am wrong. They are right.more

Carson is a mother who has never carried a child. She’s raised Axe as her own son. He is her responsibility, but she wouldn’t want her life any other way, even if it’s not exactly what she had planned.A waitress in a small town diner. A single mother. She hides in plain sight. Keys is a mystery to his Canadian brothers. A recent transfer from the Notorious Devils in North Dakota, and the new tech … Dakota, and the new tech expert for the club. His life has been one big party. No responsibilities. No relationships. No commitments. That is,…

Thirty-two and single, Presley wants to start over. She’s only going through the motions–just breathing, not living. It isn’t the life she’s always imagined. She should be married, with a little house and a few children, maybe even a labrador to greet her after a long day of teaching third graders.Treasurer for the Savage Beast MC, Silver lived life hard. At forty-five he’s seen and done it … seen and done it all–twice. A single father in need of someone who could love him, and his boy. He’s given up on ever finding a woman who fit him–fit them. Two…

Sergei Orlov has lived a life of dark corruption. Denying himself any bit of normalcy and happiness as a way to protect his family—of blood or Bratva. He’s seen as a savior to his men, living in darkness behind closed doors. Raisa was a girl sold into a life of sexual servitude. Memories of her life before—forgotten. She aspires to be cherished by a man who will forever keep her as his own, never … own, never to be sold, abused, or traded again. A favor asked, turns into something else, something unquestionably beautiful. Sergei cannot deny that Raisa stirs…

Whitley’s main goal in survival is to stay unnoticed. A shadow against a wall, and nothing else. Taken by a Notorious Devil in the midst of chaos, she’s no longer unseen. Free, Vice President of the Devils has lived a lifetime of guilt. It consumes him, threatens to control him with every breath he takes. He was resigned to a lifetime of paying his penance for the past. At least, until he sees … At least, until he sees her. Scared, threatened, and young. She is his chance to lessen his guilty conscious—to protect an innocent.BONUS SHORT STORY—DOUBLED WITH REGRET.…