My enemy is my one desire.
Nicola Salvatore’s father has tasked her with getting close to their worst competitor: Edward Balestra. The name everyone fears. That family is ruthless and hell-bent on toppling any rival operation that poses a threat.
Except she’d rather dance with the devil than bring him down. And Edward wants to claim her, too, whether she’ll have him or not.
One taste is all it takes to alter the fate of their futures. The two of them are playing a dangerous game, both out to destroy the other and both powerless against the lust between them.
Will their love be strong enough to survive or doomed to fail under the weight of their families' hatred?
If you like the sensuous bite of Kresley Cole, C.R. Jane, and K.R. Knight, then you’ll devour this prequel to Melanie Kingsley’s dark, brilliant Balestra Family mafia series.
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Rival Families, Power Play, Possessive Hero, Mafia, Criminal Underground
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HIS DEADLY LIES
BALESTRA FAMILY BOOK ONE
I’m marked for a life that will doom me to lead.
I know all about duty, because I’ve been trained since birth. To play my part. To rule. Marriage to a rival family will only ensure our success.
Except someone is hunting me, and Carter is the only thing standing in their way, making sure I survive.
He’s lethal, determined, and obsessed with loyalty. He’ll sacrifice my happiness for his family. This cat and mouse game between us has no rules and leads to only one inevitable end.
I’m on my own.
I know one thing for sure: falling for his deadly lies will get me killed, but I don’t have a choice.
If you like the sensuous bite of Kresley Cole, Holly Renee, C.R. Jane and K.R. Knight, then you’ll devour this start to Melanie Kingsley’s dark, brilliant new mafia series.
Buy His Deadly Lies to start the addicting and romantic Balestra Family series today!
Tropes: Virgin Heroine, Older Hero, Forced Proximity, Forbidden Romance, Criminal Underground, Mafia Families, One Bed, Touch Her and You Die, Kidnap, Age Gap
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BITTER LIES
BALESTRA FAMILY BOOK TWO
Life for the Balestras is simple: you take care of the family, and you do your job.
You certainly do not fall for your brother-in-law.
When my sister’s virginity was sold, we all thought her wedding band would be her shackle. Instead, I fell head over heels for her fake fiancé.
Ricardo Assante is tall, dark, and deadly. He breathes danger like oxygen. He’ll break my heart, for sure, and I’m completely willing to fall at his feet and let myself burn. The golden daughter and her dark demon.
But he needs to see that I’m not a plaything. I’m a prize. The feud between our families might have ended with his uncle’s union, but I’m readying the next battlefield, whether I mean to start a war or not. The only question left is whether I’ll be the one with my heart torn out or whether our love will end in ruin for us both.
Bitter Lies is a forbidden lovers dark mafia romance and book 2 in the series, following the Balestra crime family.
Tropes: mafia family, criminal underground, forbidden love, steamy, praise kink, dark secrets, witty banter
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UNHINGED LIES
BALESTRA FAMILY NOVELLA
I’m damned if I do…
The dark and depraved world of organized crime is nothing for a Balestra.
I’ve clawed my way out of that life but fate has a way of dragging you back, this time in the form of a stranger who calls himself Thorn. He doesn’t know me, or my past, but he sure has a way of making me remember everything I’ve run from.
There’s a reason he’s here in my club.
But he’ll soon find I’m not the sweet innocent he wants to bend over a table. I have teeth.
And I bite.
My family needs me again, and Thorn says he’ll do anything in his power to bring me to my knees for him, that I’ll beg and I’ll love it.
Do I need to fear the demons I know more? Or the devil with eyes of pure torture and torment promising me sin and salvation?
Tropes: Mafia, Crime Family, Dark Romance, Serial Killer/Possessive Hero, Feisty/ Curvy Heroine, Steamy, Forbidden Romance, He Falls First, Insta-Love
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