RafaelSome obsessions are forever.Isabel Adamik made me need her. She made me crave her in a way I’d never seen coming. With tempting innocence tinged by that hint of darkness under her skin, she showed me everything I’d never dared to dream mi princesa could possess.A Queen for the devil himself.Nothing exists but the overwhelming need to make her mine in every way. To sear myself into her skin until she admits she loves me.Isa

RafaelI came for war. I left with an obsession.With one look, Isa captivated me. She consumed me, drawing me into her world without ever knowing the dangers of mine. I intend to make her mine, no matter what lies I need to tell to manipulate her into falling in love with El Diablo. It should be simple enough, but secrets lurk in the depths of her multicolored eyes, and I’ll do anything to understand what broke her before I had the chance. Because s...

No one knows me like she does.She’s the only one who has power over me.I’ve loved Samara since I was a boy, since the moment I heard her sing and told her she would be my wife. I sacrificed that dream to keep her safe.Our love is a secret, hanging unspoken between us.Everything changes the night I find her beaten and broken by the man who should have protected her.After all this time, the safest place for her is in my arms.I’ve tried to be pa...

In secrets we trust. In promises we doubt.Our love is built on secrets.From the moment Rafael approached me, I knew he would destroy me in the end. He built our love on secrets and lies, on manipulation that tears us apart.I have to trust him to shield me from the flames.My grief is all-consuming, tearing me apart from the depths of my soul. He’s a steady strength at my spine, supporting me through the blackest moment of my life.Our ...

RafaelOur love was born in lies.Mi reina captivated me. She burned me and claimed me as hers. I thought I’d be the one to own her, but there is no mistaking her claim on my soul. When our lives burn to ash around us, our love will be strong enough to withstand the flames. Because the alternative is losing someone I won’t ever let go. My wife.IsaOur love was born in blood.El Diablo deceived me. He to...

Broken men don’t fall in love.We linger in the darkness, consumed by the sins that define us.Irina is the sole reason my heart beats. She’s everything that matters in a world filled with evil that a woman so good and pure should never have to see.She’ll add another scar to my collection—this one engraved on my heart.She’s taken by our enemy to use for his vengeance. Even knowing she can never be mine, I’ll stop at nothing to see her safe.The Irina I ...

She’s the girl I can never have.Everlee likes to torment me, to enrapture me with her innocence at every turn. The games we play skirt the lines of what is appropriate, but I’d never allow myself to cross them. Her father would kill me if I did.He’s my oldest friend, and I’ve watched his daughter blossom into the woman she’s becoming. My tastes are too deviant for her shining light, and I need an outlet even if she’s all I see when I close my eyes.Enter Purgatory—th...

She’s an innocent.Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.My Angel is the one who got away—the only person in the world I love. When she is caught in an unsanctioned bank robbery in my territory, only my reputation protects her.She should have stayed away.Instead, she charges back into my life like a shining beacon in my otherwise bleak existence. She has no place in my world where hardened criminals toy with the lives of the innocent.A better ma...

This shadow always follows his Sunshine.Her life is a carefully crafted lie.For years, I only watch my Sunshine from the shadows; my loyalty to the Bellandis demands nothing less. When her husband is killed, the path is clear for me to step in and claim her for myself.I’ll give her a glimpse into the truth.I give Calla and her kids one year to grieve their loss. When the year is over, I pluck them from the grey world she clings to and insert them into the vi...

Every killer has a weakness.She’s the one woman I can’t have.She’s forbidden to the Bellandi men. Yet after one look in her honey eyes, I need to carve myself into her soul so deeply, Sadie will never forget she’s mine.Nobody else sees through her façade.She’s a mess of contradictions. Full of jagged edges that threaten to pull me apart at the seams and unleash the beast who lurks beneath my skin.I’ll be her shelter through the storm.I can’t ...

I was never meant to lead.She was never meant to be mine, betrothed to a man born from nightmares.Just one moment, a single glance into Aoife’s fierce gaze, and I am lost in a way I never want to be found. I’ll do whatever it takes to have her—even accept a seat I never wanted at the head of the Irish family.She wasn’t meant to marry either man her father chose for her.Aoife guards her heart with a sharp tongue and defiance...

CONTENTS.CHAPTER 1.Previous Expeditions into the Interior.Attempts to Discover a Route between South and Western Australia.Eyre's Disastrous Journey.Leichardt, the Lost Explorer.The Latest Explorations.CHAPTER 2. FIRST EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF LEICHARDT.CHAPTER 3. SECOND EXPEDITION. FROM PERTH TO ADELAIDE, ROUND THE GREAT BIGHT.CHAPTER 4. RECEPTION AT ADELAIDE AND RETURN TO PERTH.CHAPTER 5. THIRD EXPEDITION. FROM THE WES...