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Filthy Marcellos: Lucian
Series: Filthy Marcellos, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 100,250. Language: English. Originally Published: February 2, 2015 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Lucian Marcello is aware of the expectations following him as the oldest son of one of North America's most infamous Cosa Nostra Dons. Family in his world is more than blood and sharing a last name. It's the honor, respect, business, and the life. Being a Capo is just a stepping stone until it's time for him to take on the role of underboss but a chance meeting with her could be the one thing...
Donati Bloodlines: Part One
Series: Donati Bloodlines, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 70,540. Language: English. Originally Published: May 2, 2016 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
They're not star-crossed—they're impossible. Bought and soon-to-be delivered, Emma Sorrento will be the next wife of a New York Don decades her senior. Not by choice, but as a mafia princess—was there ever one? But the soul-black eyes of the man tasked with ensuring her safe arrival to the wedding of her nightmares tempts her like no other. In the worst possible way. Calisto Donati. He's...
Filthy Marcellos: Legacy
Series: Filthy Marcellos, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,640. Language: English. Originally Published: December 7, 2015 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
A Legacy Prequel filth·y (fĭl′thē) adj. filth·i·er, filth·i·est 1. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty. 2. Obscene or offensive. 3. Vile; dirty. adv. filth·y 1. To an extreme and often disgusting extent. Newly released from prison after serving a three-year term, Johnathan Marcello just wants to get his head straight, but he's the...
A Very Marcello Christmas
Series: Filthy Marcellos, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 31,560. Language: English. Originally Published: January 10, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Join the Marcellos as they celebrate the holidays … Cecelia wants one thing for Christmas, and Antony thinks he can make the impossible happen for her. Never underestimate a man who loves his wife. Lucian and Jordyn struggle to make this Christmas perfect for their kids when life gets in the way. Someone waiting in the wings is willing to play...
Demyan & Ana
Series: The Russian Guns, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,790. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2015 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Demyan and Ana have lived in privilege and protection as the children of Anton and Viviana Avdonin. With a Russian mob boss as a father and a mafia queen as a mother, they've got big shoes to fill. Love and life are messy games to play, especially when you're new at it. An attack on one Avdonin will leave the family stunned and hurting. Their...
Maldives & Mistletoe
Series: The Chicago War, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 20,800. Language: English. Originally Published: July 15, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Romance » Holiday
When the Maldives meet the mistletoe, it's sure to be a beautiful Christmas ... Business in the Maldives brings the Chicago Outfit's boss away for the holidays, but why not bring everyone else along for the ride, too? Wives, kids ... the whole bunch. Nothing can go wrong, right? Join the original crew from The Chicago War one more time as they...
The Jersey Vignettes: A Russian Guns Novella
Series: The Russian Guns, Book 6. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,120. Language: English. Originally Published: January 4, 2016 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Ana Avdonin had always been a little difficult. Particular, hard to please, and she didn't deny any of it. As a Bratva princess and the daughter of Anton Avdonin, she was taught that if—not when—she chose to have a man stand by her side, he should be worthy of the position. When Koldan Vasin swept into her life like a hurricane, he quickly...
Cross + Catherine: The Companion
Series: Cross + Catherine, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 50,040. Language: English. Originally Published: May 14, 2018 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
The crime boss and the hustling queen are back for one last goodbye … Cross and Catherine watch as their kids grow up, and everything changes again. Life is still as busy as it ever was for these two, and their family. Cece and Nazio are trying to figure this life thing out. From toddling babies to wedding bells, everything they've ever wanted...
One Last Time
Series: Andino + Haven, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,310. Language: English. Originally Published: July 12, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Andino and Haven are back … one last time. Nearly a decade married, and Andino and Haven Marcello are well into starting their life. Everything is beautiful. Their home is a happy one. But that doesn't mean everything is perfect. They only want one thing now—one more child to complete their family. Add in a dose of the family business to make...
Behind the Bloodlines
Series: Donati Bloodlines, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 20,460. Language: English. Originally Published: July 20, 2018 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
A Donati Trilogy Companion Novella The secrets of the Donati family begin here … Read as Cross and Camilla Donati go from children, to teens, to young adults, where their stories can now begin. Learn the most devastating moment in Affonso Donati's life, as he handpicks his new bride. And finish where it all began, where the secrets started, and...
Naz & Roz
Series: Cross + Catherine, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 42,330. Language: English. Originally Published: July 16, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » New adult
Follow the extended story of Naz and Roz five years after their Happily Ever After. Everything is changing all over again. And finally, Naz and Roz might actually be able to start their life together and on the same continent. With, of course, someone new tagging along. Oh, and with a baby on the way, too. Written as a blog series for BK fans...
Outtakes Vol 1: The Russian Guns
Series: The Russian Guns, Book 7. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 42,360. Language: English. Originally Published: September 21, 2022 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies
From author Bethany-Kris to her readers, nearly a decade after the release of The Arrangement, she brings back your favorites in Outtakes Vol 1: The Russian Guns. take a trip back into the world of Anton and Viviana Avdonin before, during, and after the events of their arrangement. Watch their children grow, and even their children's children...
John + Siena: Extended
Series: John + Siena, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 21,320. Language: English. Originally Published: July 16, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Things are changing for John and Siena Marcello again … Between life, work, family and even a pregnancy, the universe has a way of stepping in and testing Johnathan Marcello and his wife at every turn. If there's anything that he's learned over the years, it's that nothing stays the same—even when he wants it to. But these changes might just be...
Cusp
Series: Renzo + Lucia, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,620. Language: English. Originally Published: August 10, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » New adult
Diego Zulla is all grown up. Or mostly. On the verge of adulthood, with the choices that come along with it staring him right in the face, Diego has a decision to make. Risk everything to chase a dream all the way across the country or take the safer route that everyone else would choose for him. He thinks he knows what he wants. But does he...
Forever: The Companion
Series: Renzo + Lucia, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 21,740. Language: English. Originally Published: December 8, 2019 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Five years after their wedding, and life is good for Renzo and Lucia. If not a little stressful. They're always on the move—Lucia with her gallery, and Renzo being an assassin for The League. At the chance to slow life down with a week-long trip for just the two of them to Bali, they can't pass it up. But even Bali will change things … It's one...
Donati Bloodlines: Part Two
Series: Donati Bloodlines, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,160. Language: English. Originally Published: June 20, 2016 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
They're not star-crossed—they're impossible. Calisto Donati is what every made man in the mafia should be, and then he broke his oath for a woman that wasn't his. Their secrets and games are deadly, but as hard as he tries to stay away from his boss's new bride, the universe seems determined to keep bringing them back together. Trapped in a...
One Step After Another
Series: The After Another Trilogy, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 51,640. Language: English. Originally Published: September 14, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
He finds the unfindable, but she's terribly good at hiding … Penny Dunsworth is dead. Well, she should be—a piece of her certainly is. The broken girl she once was no longer exists. Now a trained assassin for The League, she's turned into the worst nightmare for the monsters who once haunted her every waking moment. She has to be … it's the only way to keep her past safe. That is if she can...
One Second After Another
Series: The After Another Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 51,760. Language: English. Originally Published: November 9, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
There's only one way this can end … Penny Dunsworth isn't hiding. Not anymore. An assassin turned legend, AWOL from her organization and hunted from all sides, nothing is going to stop her from finishing what she started. By the time she's done with The Elite, no truth will be left untold, and maybe—just maybe—she can go back ... That is if she can make it out alive. Luca Puzza only wanted to...
One Breath After Another
Series: The After Another Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 54,240. Language: English. Originally Published: October 5, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
They say you can't go back but … Penny Dunsworth was broken. Before she became the white ghost, she was already unrecognizable. A troubled teenage girl with monsters that couldn't be slain, and an irrational crush on the only man she considered a friend. Her one crime was daring to think she might finally be free. Luca Puzza was only trying to figure things out. His days are balanced between...
Filthy Marcellos: Giovanni
Series: Filthy Marcellos, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 102,750. Language: English. Originally Published: April 2, 2015 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Giovanni Marcello lives life by his own terms and has no intention of changing. As a Capo and the son of a mob boss, he knows what is and is not acceptable conduct. That doesn’t stop him from doing whatever he wants, whenever he wants to do it. The one thing he would never do is disobey the principles of La Cosa Nostra. That is, until he spends...
Where the Snow Falls
Series: Seasons of Betrayal, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 67,160. Language: English. Originally Published: July 16, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Romance » New adult
Blood always leaves the brightest stains where the snow falls. Fresh out of lockup, Kazimir Markovic is focused on two things only—having Violet Gallucci back at his side, and putting his father in the ground. With his plans already in motion the very second he's free, Kaz goes after what's most important. Violet first. Vasily second. The...
Essence of Fear: Boykov Bratva
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 77,010. Language: English. Originally Published: June 10, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
The allure of fear is learning to love it. Viktoria Boykov has heard it all—cold they call her. The spoiled bratva princess. She knows very well what people say when her back is turned. She doesn't mind; let them talk. It's better for people to assume what they want about her than for them to know the truth … until him. Pavel Kotov knows what...
Songs of the Hunted
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 167,810. Language: English. Originally Published: November 23, 2022 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
Once upon a time, a king hunted a queen … It is year 749 of the House of Bloodhurst reign on Atlas, and King Misael Bloodhurst's thirst for sea women is a well-known threat across the realm, but Anthia, queen of her seas, is sure that she's clever and protected enough to stay out of his grasp and eye. Not likely and capturing the mermaid queen...
Where the Wind Whispers
Series: Seasons of Betrayal, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 69,940. Language: English. Originally Published: July 24, 2020 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Romance » New adult
There is death where the wind whispers. Left for dead by his own father on a snowy sidewalk, Kazimir Markovic finally understands what true betrayal really means, and just how far one will go to keep a secret. He only needs to survive, to make it home alive to his wife, and then everyone else will know what it means, too. It will all come to an...
Filthy Marcellos: Dante
Series: Filthy Marcellos, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 110,760. Language: English. Originally Published: June 2, 2015 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Dante Marcello’s life has been a carefully planned event as an heir to a Cosa Nostra throne. For as long as he can remember, he’s had one goal in mind, and that’s becoming the Don. With his father ready to step down, it’s Dante’s turn to step up. But without a wife at his side, his seat as the boss is on shaky ground. Until she shows up with an...
Donati Bloodlines: Part Three
Series: Donati Bloodlines. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 84,310. Language: English. Originally Published: September 6, 2016 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
They're not star-crossed—they're impossible. Emma Donati wasn't given a choice in the end, and the one she was forced to make saved more lives than just hers. If only knowing that was enough to get her through the hell she's currently living. Instead, she's paying the price for the lies they've told, and the cost is unbearably high. Some days...
Filthy Marcellos: The Complete Collection
Series: Filthy Marcellos, Book 5. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 376,580. Language: English. Originally Published: February 8, 2016 by Bethany-Kris. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Filthy Marcellos: La Cosa Nostra is not just a choice of regime and routine, it's a culture. Born as mafia royalty, the Marcello brothers were raised ingrained with the beliefs and rules of what it meant to be a Mafioso prince. It is for life. Their status is considered a given right. They will always be these people. They will always be Marcellos. Family first. God second. From bosses and sons...
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