"You'll regret choosing me." Irene grinded out through clenched teeth. "Just you watch. I'll be an absolute nightmare to you. You won't be able to trust me, because I'll sabotage every single thing you do, every step of the way. And once you're broken, down, and beat, I'll walk away, and you won't be able to stop me." The Lycan smiled, as if he was... amused by her? It seemed he would not be taking her seriously tonight. He didn't see her as a genuine threat. "Yes, trouble. I do realize you will be a pain to work with. Fortunately for you," His smile tilted, but it definitely wasn't kind. "I enjoy pain." For the past 12 years, Irene O'Sullivan has been trapped in the Stellaris Academy for Distinguished Ladies, a prestigious academy dedicated to turning young werewolf women into the perfect wives for Lycan royalty. Elegant. Refined. And incapable of thinking for themselves. Irene would rather chew glass. Determined to avoid being auctioned off at the academy's grand soiree, she comes up with a foolproof escape plan: sneak out, lose her virginity, ruin her chances of being chosen, and live happily ever after. A flawless plan from a genius young lady, except the young lady in question didn't exactly think most of her plan through. Instead of an ordinary one-night stand, she ends up in the bed of a dangerous stranger with grey eyes, a wicked smile, and good looks that take her breath away. That one magical night was never supposed to repeat itself. She wasn't supposed to meet him again, but Declan Stavros is powerful, possessive, and entirely too used to getting what he wants. And what he wants is Irene. Now trapped in the very future she tried to escape, Irene has only one option left... make the Lycan regret choosing her. After all, people, even royal ones, should reap what they sow.

It all began with one choice. One dumb decision to let her father force her into a marriage with the don of the most notorious mafia in the world. Solene Belrose is the farthest thing from a sweet damsel. She's been fucked over too many times to suspect she can't handle a simple crime family, but no one warned her about the Diavolos. Way too late, she realizes she's fallen into a deadly trap. Her husband is a powerful man, the type who sees her as nothing more than a property with a pulse, his to shape, control, and abuse. She can't run away from him, he'll find her wherever she goes. That is... unless she kills him first. It's a world of blood, betrayal, and power, and Solene is quickly learning she must become the most dangerous one in the room to survive. She has a waterproof plan, but then she accidentally falls for a man she's not supposed to. He's just like her husband, cruel, ruthless, and powerful, but she can't look away from his dark gaze, can't resist when his touch lingers. She can't have him, either. Their romance is forbidden through and through, but he is the only one who can protect her, the only one that take down her husband. Tension rises, secrets surface, a violent war breaks out, and Solene is at the very center of it. Many are saying she won't come out on top, but they are all forgetting one thing... How far a spoiled heiress will go to survive. PS: THIS BOOK IS 100% A DARK ROMANCE, WITH EVERYTHING WRONG AND TWISTED IN BETWEEN. THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE TRIGGERING SCENES CONTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD COME WITH A TRIGGER WARNING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTERS. SO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SWEET AND EASY ROMANCE, THIS IS NOT IT. BUT IF YOU ARE SADLY OBSESSED WITH THE DARK SIDE LIKE ME, THEN JOIN ME FOR A RIDE.