Ashley Brion

Trigger warnings: story features death, blood, and witchcraft. Valerie is tired of being a punching bag, enduring the cruel jokes and maltreatment from everyone around her, everyone besides Cordelia. Just when she’s finally had enough, two girls invite her into their world and show her the power that they can wield. This dark magick is everything Valerie needs to enact her revenge, and her two new friends are more than willing to help her for a price. Cordelia knows there’s more beneath the surface, things that they aren’t telling Valerie. Her intuition screams at her to keep her best friend away from them, knowing the rumors say they are a part of a coven that deals in dark magick. Will Cordelia pull Valerie out of the darkness, or will they fall to the malevolent magick that surrounds them? Follow Valerie and Cordelia on a path of self-destruction, discovery, and the trials of friendship over one Halloween weekend.

What happens when the woman you kidnapped is the wrong one...and she's the self-adopted daughter of the biggest crime family in Chicago? Darius Giocoso doesn't care who the hit is for as long as whatever Godfather Tagliatti pays him is enough. He's on his latest contract when Alessandro Segreto decides to hide with his girlfriend in the Appalachian Mountains. Darius decides to kidnap the loud-mouthed, swanky woman to lure him out of hiding, but he ends up making a mistake that he'll never forget—letting his desire rule. Harmony Catrone is an intelligent, fiery woman who doesn't give a damn about what anyone has to say about her. After yet another boyfriend leaves her to taste the fruits of other trees, she's had enough of love until Darius comes waltzing into her uncle's bar. Now she finds herself kidnapped, letting her darker desires take over. Darius and Harmony find themselves exploring new territory, and there's no use resisting. This book does contain dark themes and triggers that may be upsetting.