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Filled with unfiltered reflections and hard-won lessons, Dear Rookie, Don’t Panic is the candid career guide every newcomer needs but never gets. Packed with insights no classroom covered and advice no induction programme offered, this book delivers the practical wisdom you wish someone had shared with you on day one.

In these pages, the author offers a mix of practical advice, relatable stories, and actionable steps that will help you navigate the complexities of your career with confidence. Structured for easy reading yet impactful in its delivery, each insight, piece of advice, and personal anecdote stands on its own as a powerful source of inspiration, reflection, and action.

Whether you are earning your stripes, learning to lead, or simply trying to survive the daily grind, Dear Rookie, Don’t Panic brings to life the highs and lows of a career in progress. It’s the self-certified realist’s guide to thriving in today’s corporate landscape—personal, pragmatic, and always ready to be picked up whenever you need it most.

From the USA Today bestselling author of Brutal Birthright comes the final instalment in the tantalising dark college mafia romance series – a genre that has taken BookTok by storm.

Welcome to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world.

Wild hearts, ruthless games.

In the adrenaline-fueled world of Kingmakers, Sabrina Gallo stands as a force of nature. Untamed and fiercely independent, she’s more storm than woman, captivating and terrifying all who cross her path.

Bratva bad boy Adrik Petrov has finally met his match. Sabrina won’t be easily claimed – but for Adrik, the thrill of the chase is as intoxicating as the prize. He’s set on capturing her heart, no matter the cost.

Enticing her away from school, Adrik lures Sabrina into Moscow’s underworld. In this deadly environment, the stakes are only higher, and tensions flare between this passionate pair who never learned to control their tempers…or their destructive impulses.

Can Adrik tame Sabrina Gallo, or will he find himself consumed by the very fire he seeks to control?

A dark and spicy mafia romance filled with mystery, suspense, and scathingly sexy bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

With a gorgeous, redesigned jacket and a limited run featuring sprayed edges (while stocks last!), this is the definitive way to read Sophie Lark’s acclaimed Kingmakers series.

Tropes
Dark College Romance
Mafia Romance
Bully Romance
FFM
Spicy Romance
High Heat

From the USA Today bestselling author of Brutal Birthright comes the fourth instalment in a tantalising dark college mafia romance series – a genre that has taken BookTok by storm.

Welcome to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world.

Someone at Kingmakers isn’t who they seem…

He’s waited three agonising years. A silent predator lurking in the shadows, crafting a plan fueled by loss and hatred. His target: the unsuspecting daughter of the man who ruined his life.

Nix, oblivious to the dark past that connects them, finds herself drawn to this enigmatic figure who seems to understand her like no one else. As their relationship deepens, the lines between deception and desire blur, leaving the spy torn between his thirst for revenge and the unexpected stirrings of love.

Nix’s father, the architect of her lover’s ruin, remains the ultimate target. But as the moment of reckoning nears, the spy faces a harrowing choice: exact his long-awaited vengeance or protect the woman who holds his heart.

A dark mafia romance filled with mystery, suspense, and scathingly sexy bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

With a gorgeous, redesigned jacket and a limited run featuring sprayed edges (while stocks last!), this is the definitive way to read Sophie Lark’s acclaimed Kingmakers series.

Tropes
Dark College Romance
Mafia Romance
Forbidden Love
Spicy Romance
BDSM Romance
High Heat

From the USA Today bestselling author of Brutal Birthright comes the third instalment in a tantalising dark college mafia romance series – a genre that has taken BookTok by storm.

Welcome to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world.

He saw what she did. Now, he holds the power…

The ruthless halls of a mafia university are no place for the diminutive and gentle Cat. She barely survived her first year at school, at the cost of her innocence.

Cat did something bad, and Dean Yenin saw it. Now, she’s being blackmailed by the most vicious bully at Kingmakers.

He offers her a devil’s bargain: his silence and protection… If Cat belongs to him.

Dean’s twisted games of dominance have Cat doing things she never thought she’d do… But even the most sadistic games have rules, and Dean’s fascination with Cat might just be his undoing.

At Kingmakers, love is a weapon used by the most lethal players. But brokenness can lead to unexpected strength; sometimes, the one who holds the power is the one most vulnerable to its spell…

A dark mafia romance filled with mystery, suspense, and scathingly sexy bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

With a gorgeous, redesigned jacket and a limited run featuring sprayed edges (while stocks last!), this is the definitive way to read Sophie Lark’s acclaimed Kingmakers series.

Tropes
Dark College Romance
Mafia Romance
Bully Romance
Spicy Romance
BDSM Romance
High Heat

From the USA Today bestselling author of Brutal Birthright comes the second instalment in a tantalising dark college mafia romance series – a genre that has taken BookTok by storm.

Welcome to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world.

He wants the one girl he can’t have…

Zoe Romero is trapped in a marriage contract with the most sadistic man at Kingmakers. She couldn’t be more off-limits. Stealing her from Rocco Prince would break the most ironclad rules of the mafia world.

But that’s never stopped Miles Gallo.

He’s determined to claim Zoe as his own, no matter the risk.

Their forbidden love sparks a power struggle with disastrous consequences. In a world where breaking the rules can mean death, Mile’s obsession with Zoe isn’t just about love…it’s a battle for survival.

A forbidden mafia romance filled with mystery, suspense, and scathingly sexy bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

With a gorgeous, redesigned jacket and a limited run featuring sprayed edges (while stocks last!), this is the definitive way to read Sophie Lark’s acclaimed Kingmakers series.

Tropes
Dark College Romance
Mafia Romance
Bully Romance
Forbidden Love
Spicy Romance
High Heat

From the USA Today bestselling author of Brutal Birthright comes a dark college mafia romance series – a genre that has taken BookTok by storm.

Welcome to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world.

Bound by blood, torn by love…

In the shadowed halls of Kingmakers, a ruthless mafia university, the offspring of the world’s most feared families come to master the dark arts of influence and intimidation.

Leo, unwaveringly loyal to his childhood friend, Anna, follows her into a world where love is a weapon, trust is a casualty, and survival is the only victory that matters.

But the greatest danger comes from Dean Yenin, a Bratva heir with a vendetta as cold as his heart. Dean plans to destroy Leo and take everything he holds dear, starting with Anna.

Can Leo win back his soulmate? Or is Anna lost forever?

A forbidden friends to lovers romance filled with mystery, suspense, and scathingly sexy bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

With a gorgeous, redesigned jacket and a limited run featuring sprayed edges (while stocks last!), this is the definitive way to read Sophie Lark’s acclaimed Kingmakers series.

Tropes
Dark College Romance
Friends to Lovers
Mafia Romance
Bully Romance
Forbidden Love
Spicy Romance
High Heat

A dark contemporary romance from viral BookTok, USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily McIntire, featuring reimagined characters from popular fairy tales and other stories.

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He’s the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She’s the witch who steals his heart.

Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn’t good enough for her parents, and she isn’t good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she’s cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncle’s demands. And she doesn’t have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with her…and Venesa soon realises he’s the only one who’s ever seen her for her.

There’s just one problem: she can never have him.

Enzo “Loverboy” Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father: the strongest don in the northeast. When he’s tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn’t think twice.

Until he meets his fiancée’s cousin.

Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want. When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, they’ll both have to choose what’s more important: duty to their families or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be.

Hexed joins the Never After series as a dark and sexy reimagining of a classic tale, twisting it into an enticing new shape for mature readers.

Tropes
Fractured Fairy Tale
Forbidden Love
Mafia Romance
Dark Romance
Spicy Romance
The Never After Series:
Hooked
Scarred
Wretched
Twisted
Crossed
Hexed

A dark contemporary romance from viral BookTok and USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire, featuring reimagined characters from popular fairy tales and other stories.

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He is righteousness. She is sin.

Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there’s a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned.

When he’s tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil.

Amaya Paquette is Festivalé’s beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and shameless lips. Although she longs for love, she shies away from companionship, afraid of being abandoned again.

When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she’s using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can’t eat. Can’t breathe. Can’t think unless it’s of her.

And temptation is a devastating mistress.

She’s his weakness, so he decides he’ll be her demise…even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.

Crossed joins the Never After series as a dark and sexy reimagining of a classic tale, twisting it into an enticing new shape for mature readers.

Tropes
Fractured Fairy Tale
Morally Grey MC
Dark Romance
Bully Romance
Spicy Romance
Forbidden Love

The Never After Series:
Hooked
Scarred
Wretched
Twisted
Crossed
Hexed