The men of organized crime aren’t white knights.

With quick trigger fingers and ruthless souls, they’re tall, dark, and deadly.

Taking what they want and decimating anything that stands in their way.

These men rule from their bloody thrones.

Only a woman’s touch can tame the beasts lurking inside.

Bringing light to the darkness.

Love in the ruin.

It may not be hearts and flowers…

But it is darkly ever after…

Darkly Ever After Anthology features eighteen Dark Romance stories in the sinister underworld of Organized Crime.

Featured Authors:

Silla Webb

Gwyn McNamee

Abbi Cook

Aidee Jaimes

Beck Knight & Echo Grayce

Catherine Wiltcher

Christy Anderson

Cole Denton

Cora Kenborn

Indie Hayes

Jagger Cole

Khardine Gray & Faith Summers

Jennifer Rebecca

Lee Savino & KT Strange

Lexxi James

Sapphire Knight

Sienna Snow

SR Jones

Foreword by M. Robinson

She woke the dragon.

Every maiden dreams of being rescued by a handsome prince from a deadly dragon. But I am the prince and the dragon.

Ancient courtship rituals demand I steal my bride away. Imprison her in my high tower. Show her my treasures, my vast lands and armies.

I’ve done all that, and she still refuses me. She says she can’t see herself with a man who still thinks Istanbul is Constantinople.

I must woo her, and I don’t know how. But beneath my beating human heart, a dragon sleeps. And when he wakes, no one can stop him from destroying the world.

No one but her.

My alpha ordered me to keep away from humans. 

My wolf is highly unstable. Nearly feral. I can’t be trusted around civilians. 

Certainly not with the lovely kindergarten teacher whose scent drives me wild.

But she needs a fake boyfriend for a weekend wedding trip. A big guy to intimidate her ex. 

How can I refuse?

I won’t be directly disobeying an order, because it won’t be a real date. 

It will be a nice, clean mission. We’ll have separate rooms.

I’ll keep my wolf on a tight leash.

And no matter how much I want to, I will not mark and claim the sweet human as mine…

THE SWEET HUMAN IS PREGNANT WITH MY PUP.

We had one night together, and then she ghosted. Apparently, I'm not part of her ‘life plan’.

Whatever, angel. Plans change.

She thinks I'm a player. That I won't stick around. She thinks I don't have what it takes to be a dad.

That I won't drop everything and dedicate my life to our baby. To our family. To her.

She's wrong. She thinks I'll walk away?

She has no idea what she's in for. A wolf never walks away from his mate, and he always protects his pups.

I may not have marked her yet, but I will.

And if she tries to run, I'll follow.

I'll hunt my beautiful female to the ends of the Earth.

This is insane. This human—beautiful though she may be—can’t be my mate.

I learned the hard way what it's like to lose people you love.

As an alpha, I vowed never to let that happen again.

That means keeping my focus. Never letting my guard down.

And, most of all, staying away from civilians - i.e. humans.

But the feisty chocolatier has me breaking my own rules.

The beautiful female tests my patience... and all my control.

I should stay away. I can't protect the pack if I succumb to my desires.

But what if this is more than desire?

What if Fate matched me with this human, and she's my mate?

If I don't claim her, I'll lose it all in the worst possible way.

Aurus:

The High King of Ulfaria needs no introduction. What I need is an Omega.

And now, I've found one. Kim. She is small and perfect, as I knew she would be.

I will demand her obedience, then I will give her the perfect nest and allow her to bear my heirs.

She vows to defy me, but one way or another, she will submit.

Kim:

Hold. My. Beer.

One minute I’m walking back home from a nightclub. The next, I’m waking up in a cage.

Abducted by aliens. Given to an alien race. Put up for auction. But instead of being sold to the highest bidder, I'm rescued by one of the Brutal Ones: the biggest, baddest bullies in the universe.

But it's not a rescue. Not really. My rescuer makes it clear he wants something in return for saving my life...

… an Omega.

Me.