Beautiful Monsters Series by Bianca Cole

Beautiful monsters wear the most alluring disguises... and the deadliest one just walked into my gallery. As a successful gallery owner in Boston, I thought I knew who I was.Then Nikolai Ivanov walked into my life, and everything changed.Dangerous, magnetic, and impossibly controlling, he awakens something dark within me.His obsession should terrify me—the cameras hidden in my apartment, the way he appears exactly when I need him, how he seems to know my every move... moreBeautiful monsters wear the most alluring disguises... and the deadliest one just walked into my gallery. As a successful gallery owner in Boston, I thought I knew who I was.Then Nikolai Ivanov walked into my life, and everything changed.Dangerous, magnetic, and impossibly controlling, he awakens something dark within me.His obsession should terrify me—the cameras hidden in my apartment, the way he appears exactly when I need him, how he seems to know my every move.Instead, I find myself drawn deeper into his world of power and control.But Nikolai isn't the only one with secrets.As threats emerge from the shadows, I discover my past isn't what it seems.Every revelation pulls me further from my carefully curated life and deeper into a world where danger and desire blur into one.Now, caught between the man who claims me as his and the mysteries of my own history, I must do I fight the darkness within or embrace it?In this game of power and passion, there's no going back. And maybe I don't want to.Stalk Me is a dark stalker Russian mafia romance and the first book in the Beautiful Monsters Series. This dark age-gap mafia romance explores themes that may be disturbing to some readers. However, there is no cliffhanger, and the happily-ever-after ending meaning this book can be read as a standalone. less

I've always prided myself on seeing through people's bullshit. But Dmitri Ivanov? He's a puzzle I can't solve.Sure, Boston's elite sees the perfect businessman—all devastating smiles and Armani suits. I see the monster beneath, the darkness he tries so hard to hide. The way he watches me like he wants to devour me whole.I hate how he gets under my skin. Hate how my body betrays me every time he corners me, how his touch sets me on fire even as his arrogance makes me want to scream... moreI've always prided myself on seeing through people's bullshit. But Dmitri Ivanov? He's a puzzle I can't solve.Sure, Boston's elite sees the perfect businessman—all devastating smiles and Armani suits. I see the monster beneath, the darkness he tries so hard to hide. The way he watches me like he wants to devour me whole.I hate how he gets under my skin. Hate how my body betrays me every time he corners me, how his touch sets me on fire even as his arrogance makes me want to scream. He thinks he can control me like he controls everything else in his perfectly ordered world.He's wrong.But when I discover the truth about the Ivanov family, suddenly I'm caught in a dangerous game I never signed up for. Now Dmitri's trying to protect me by keeping me in the dark, not realizing his secrets might get me killed.After I'm kidnapped, everything changes. The lies, the betrayal, the realization that I was just another chess piece in his game—it's too much. So I do the one thing Dmitri Ivanov never expected.I walk away.Now the great puppet master has lost his strings, and for the first time in his life, he's the one begging. But I won't make it easy for him. If he wants me back, he'll have to do the one thing he's never done Let someone see the real him.Even if it shatters us both.Shatter Me is a dark Russian mafia romance and the second book in the Beautiful Monsters Series. This dark mafia romance explores themes that may be disturbing to some readers. However, there is no cliffhanger, and the happily-ever-after ending meaning this book can be read as a standalone. less

I've spent years building my tech empire, determined to escape my family's criminal legacy. But when the Ivanov brothers take me captive to control my father, all my careful plans crumble.My jailer, Erik Ivanov, is nothing like I expected. Behind his icy control burns a darkness that calls to my own. Each time he touches me, my resistance weakens. Each time he claims me, the line between captor and lover blurs.But falling for an Ivanov is a death sentence... moreI've spent years building my tech empire, determined to escape my family's criminal legacy. But when the Ivanov brothers take me captive to control my father, all my careful plans crumble.My jailer, Erik Ivanov, is nothing like I expected. Behind his icy control burns a darkness that calls to my own. Each time he touches me, my resistance weakens. Each time he claims me, the line between captor and lover blurs.But falling for an Ivanov is a death sentence. Our families have been enemies for generations, and love won't erase the blood between us. The deeper I fall, the more dangerous this game becomes.Erik awakens parts of me I've tried to deny—the need to submit, to be owned, to surrender to the beast beneath his careful mask. But when the time comes to choose between family loyalty and the man who's claimed my body and soul, I'm not sure I'll survive the fallout.They say keep your enemies closer, but no one warned me what happens when you let them into your heart.Chain Me is a dark Russian mafia romance and the third book in the Beautiful Monsters Series. This dark mafia romance explores themes that may be disturbing to some readers. However, there is no cliffhanger, and the happily-ever-after ending meaning this book can be read as a standalone. less