Seven years ago, Emerald Hutton had left her family and friends behind for high school in New York City, cradling her broken heart in her hands, to escape just only one person. Her brother's best friend, whom she loved from the day he'd saved her from bullies at the age of seven. Broken by the boy of her dreams and betrayed by her loved ones, Emerald had learned to bury the pieces of her heart in the deepest corner of her memories.
Until seven years later, she has to come back to her hometown after finishing her college. The place where now the cold-hearted stone of a billionaire resides, whom her dead heart once used to beat for.
Scarred by his past, Achilles Valencian had turned into the man everyone feared. The scorch of his life had filled his heart with bottomless darkness. And the only light that had kept him sane, was his Rosebud. A girl with freckles and turquoise eyes he'd adored all his life. His best friend's little sister.
After years of distance, when the time has finally come to capture his light into his territory, Achilles Valencian will play his game. A game to claim what's his.
Will Emerald be able to distinguish the flames of love and desire, and charms of the wave that had once flooded her to keep her heart safe? Or she will let the devil lure her into his trap? Because no one ever could escape his games. He gets what he wants. And this game is called...
The trap of Ace.

“You want me,” Ace said with a smirk, his fingers grazing Spades’ cheek.
“I see it in your eyes, in the way your body responds to mine. You want me just as much as I want you. So why fight it, Spades? Why fight me?” he murmured, pressing their bodies together.
Spades stood frozen, torn between desire and dread, his heart hammering. Rage flickered in his voice.
“You’re married to my stepsister. You’re the heir to the Bratva. Do I need to list more reasons why this is a terrible idea? Why will this never work? You chose her, Ace. You married her. Think. Let me go.”
Ace’s eyes turned stormy.
“Never,” he growled—and then he kissed him.
Karlin “Ace” Marakov is the heir to the Bratva, the ruthless Russian Mafia. Arrogant, violent, and dangerously reckless, Ace destroys everything he touches. Tired of his self-destruction, his father—the Pakhan—forces him into marriage with Nina Ivanov, the daughter of his closest ally.
But Ace never wanted Nina.
He wanted her stepbrother.
Spades Ivanov grew up with nothing. Every meal was earned, every step forward fought for. Adopted by Lee Ivanov, he’s fiercely loyal—loyal enough to follow any order, no matter the cost.
When Ace and Spades crash into each other, it’s volatile, electric, and impossible to ignore. The tension becomes unbearable. Ace wants him—and he'll burn their entire world to the ground to have him.
Because in Ace’s mind, Spades is his.

“Selena…..take care of our mother”, she stuttered, then vomited blood on to her hands.
Selena blinked, taken aback by the declaration, a clod lump forming in her throat.
Even though she had just met the woman, her heart was aching profoundly
“Noooo!”, Selena shrieked out as she saw her twin collapse, her eyes wide open and not blinking.
Selena takes on the role of her dead twin sister Mia Langdon. She soon gets caught up in a power
struggle for the throne.
Her heart is torn apart by the devilish vampire, Dominic Vanhuesan,who is also the King in the
North.
Her kind and serene mentor, Caro Silva, the King in the West, who knows about her mission and
is appointed by the Queen to guide Selena in her quest for power.
Will Selena be able to outplay every move of her enemies and be successful in taking over the
throne ? Who will have her heart? Her sworn nemesis or her mentor?