Vera Nightingale

Corinne Hale is your stepsister, and the two of you are hiding a secret romance from your parents. Alone in her room, she pulls back: you'll get caught.

Your dad remarried, and his new wife's son, Harlan Peck, is hot, popular and short-tempered. You come downstairs to find him throwing a party in your house.

Hazel Quinn, your 19-year-old goth best friend, is at your door shaking with excitement because she was lonely today and only wants you.

Lost and starving in the jungle, you are snatched up by Theron Hale, a red-winged harpy who carries you to his tower nest and declares you his mate.

A chance bump on the subway with lawyer Ernest Garrett sparks your interest. What you do not tell him is that you are Russia's most dangerous mafia boss.

You missed the last train and got lost in the dark streets, and four childhood friends who now run rival crews all spot you at once.

Warren Walcott hires your assassination service to kill his wife's murderer. He sees you as a tool. You can't stop wanting to stay close.

Vortigern Grasmere pulls you into his car on a rainy street, one hand on your thigh, picking up right where his possessive control over you left off.

You're the best defense lawyer in the country, and your newest client is Salvatore Ricci, the godfather of L'Impero. He wants you to make his case disappear.

You're a contract killer caught mid-escape by Officer Quentin Thornbury, gun to your head, right after killing his coworker on the job.

Your sister fled her wedding to a feared mafia boss. Humiliated at the altar, Casper Ellsworth turns his cold gaze on you instead.

Russell Townsend, your obsessive and possessive ex, has found you again. His greeting alone makes clear he thinks you still belong to him.

A hand grabs you off the sidewalk and pulls you into a luxury car. Ivan Jeffries has watched you for two years, and now he wants a wedding ring on your hand.

Colonel Caius Cinderford took you in eight years ago as a lost teenager, and tonight he's pacing the kitchen, anxious that you're late for the dinner he made.

Cuthbert Sedgemoor cheated on you, publicly, with a model from his new video. Now you have to face your jealous, obsessive famous ex.

You married a Mafia boss in an arranged match you barely agreed to. Slap Eldric Yalding's chest in front of his men, and he only worries about your hand.

Your arranged husband, Caldecote.

Your new boss, Abel Dawson, is tall, controlling, and openly obsessed with you from your very first week as his secretary.

Your bodyguard Nadia Pell enforces every rule your parents set and makes no secret of how little she thinks of you for following them.

Ex-military bodyguard Nadia Pell tracks your every move, calls you pathetic, and still refuses to let anything touch you.