Author: nicolebanks
Sex was his trade—not by choice, but Elijah learned a long time ago you can’t escape fate.There was something inside of him that his mage blood enticed, and when it was hungry, it left naked bodies in its wake. Elijah has lived a life of solitude because of it, until someone found his unique gifts useful.He’s left drugged and chained up—a prisoner to his own demons. Until he dreamed of a brother … Until he dreamed of a brother he never knew, who sends a dark-haired pixie to help set Elijah free. For the first time in forever, she silenced…
Il bacio della morte—the kiss of death.It’s the mark for an act of betrayal, and Otto received his on the lips from a woman he’d been too wrapped up in to taste her poison.She was a pawn in a game he never wanted to play—but to keep his sisters safe, he traded one boss for another, and now they were all paying the price.Everyone’s out for blood, including Otto, and once he gets his hands on her, … he gets his hands on her, he’ll exact his own revenge against her flesh.more
Bear’s only ever had eyes for one woman and when she couldn’t love him, he put his all into a lifestyle that consumed him—slowly killing him.It wasn’t until a green-eyed beauty stumbled into his life that he started to question everything.He’s twice her age and wanting her will leave her exposed to the cruelty of his world.He’s convinced himself he can dive into the temptation that she is and … temptation that she is and still keep her protected—until he can’t.As things heat up in the Delucia organization, Bear puts his wants aside to protect the only family he knows,…
Eight years was a long time to be gone. I changed and I knew the people I was going home to changed as well. I never wanted to leave her, but circumstances forced me to walk away and I chose not to look back. But I’m finally home and ready to reclaim all that I lost with Kris. I hoped the decisions I made in my past didn’t come back to haunt me.He’d been gone for eight years. Left without ever … years. Left without ever saying goodbye to me.He chose to walk away from us, never letting me decide…
You can’t destroy what you do not understand—for we are the cure.Sol’s been locked in a system that left her people broken and hungry, while the pockets of others only got fatter.It came as no surprise when the powers that be poisoned their waters, thinking they could snuff their kind out of existence without consequence. Little did they know it would only breed a different type of hunger among … hunger among Sol and her people. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Ad Remedium is a novella originally part of the Black Hearts anthology.more
Tommy worked hard to establish a life outside of his father’s legacy. Son to the infamous Delucia family, he’s the heir to a throne he doesn’t want. As loyalties keep pulling him back in, he struggles to obtain a clean break. Becoming a new man is just out of arm’s reach.Naila is a sassy, headstrong entrepreneur with businesses in the Delucia territory. A chance meeting between the two has Tommy … has Tommy questioning everything about his life and what his future holds.As circumstances keep putting them in each other’s paths, the two can’t deny the building chemistry between them.…
Our demons have been let out to destroy us.We’re both drowning, barely holding on. The storm we’re caught in was designed just to break us.But I have become her comfort and she has become my anchor.Standing together, we can conquer anything.Join Jasmine and Angel as their story continues in this second installment in the Shattered Heart Series.WARNING:This novel is intended for mature readers … Series.WARNING:This novel is intended for mature readers only.Novel contains a rape scene. While the content isn’t overly graphic to some, reader discretion is advised.more
JasmineI’m broken.Damaged goods, if you will.I’ve tried to escape my past, but it leaves me exhausted—wanting to end it all, because there’s nothing left for me.Until him.Until he comes home and sparks something inside of me I thought had been ripped away from me.He’s my best friend’s brother, and there’s a line we shouldn’t cross, no matter how much his touch heals my broken parts.AngelI was … my broken parts.AngelI was finally home, hoping to escape the guilt and nightmares that clung to my skin—but one look in her sad brown eyes tells me the ghosts of my failures aren’t…