Toxic Relationship

When Amber crosses the threshold of someone else's apartment, she doesn't yet know: this isn't a shelter, but a trap. Kai Harlow doesn't save women and does not believe in good intentions. He is the one who is not asked and decides for himself whom to protect... and what the price will be...

"Your husband was foolish to leave you alone. A beautiful woman like you shouldn’t be sad on a festive evening," I turn around and meet Rodion’s gaze. Without waiting for my invitation, he sits across from me, resting his hands on the table. "Are you teasing me? This is the second time in our short acquaintance that you’ve called me beautiful." "I say what I see." "But I’m married. Why waste effort on someone who’s taken when there are plenty of beautiful single women around?" "Want the truth?" "I’m not opposed to hearing it." "You don’t seem happy to me, and I wanted to cheer you up somehow." "What makes you think that?" I ask dryly. "I have a husband, a job, a roof over my head. My life is quite comfortablle." "Comfortable, perhaps, but not happy. I can see it in your eyes."

In this game of seduction, there will be no losers. A trip. She, to forget her ex. He, out of obligation. She was looking for fun. He, to satisfy his desire. They did not have the best beginning, but fate will give them a chance to meet again. And this time, he will do things differently. Will she be willing to play his game… or will she be the one setting the rules?

Alice is a sophomore at the University of Chicago. She’s been dating Adrian since high school. They’ve long decided they’d get married and build a life together. To make sure nothing would ever separate them, they even enrolled in the same university. But what do you do when Adrian’s love starts to suffocate — and a good-looking guy from her study group suddenly shows up, deciding to start a game only he knows the rules to? __________ He pulled me even closer, eyes locked on mine, and flashed a wolfish grin. — If you’ve decided to start a game, you're going to lose. — Watch it. You might be the one losing. — Trust me. I won’t lose. I never do. — Oh really? Maybe you’ve just never had a worthy opponent.

I had nothing to lose, I had already lost my family and job. So why not take a step over the edge, especially since taking risks is my vocation? Only the copy of my world shocked me a little. Not only did my doppelganger turn out to be a bitch, but she also managed to marry a financial magnate, break this gorgeous man's heart, and make him hate himself to pieces. And unfortunately for me, he was the first person I met when I got into this warped reality! Just how do I deal with all this? How can I force myself not to think about him if I've fallen head over heels in love with someone who considers me his ex-wife? I am afraid to admit that I am not her, and I am also afraid of our dependence on this love!

In the hidden city of Valluna, vampires rule from behind the veil of night under the strict code of the Obsidian Circle. They control the flow of blood and forbidden pleasures, but on the margins the blood dolls flourish—people obsessed with the ecstasy of the vampire’s bite. Lillith is one of them, and Ezio Valenti, an ancient vampire and guardian of the Circle, despises them for it. Forcing him to make her his personal “supply” is the humiliation his rivals plot—and the spark of a mutual addiction. Between bites and fevered nights, desire and rejection twist into dangerous love. While rival factions battle for Valluna, Lilith and Ezio must decide whether to obey the rules… or burn them down with their desire.