Council

It's a man's world, and Sofia Barbati is about to change the game.Only daughter to New York's most notorious King Pin, and grand-daughter to Columbia's infamous drug Baron-Sofia was born of bullets, betrayal, and blood shed.Though, when her father's enemies hit too close to home, she's shipped to Columbia where she's groomed to inherit her grandfather's throne.Whether she's ready or not, news of her father's death brings Sofia back to New York, hellbent on claiming what's rightfully hers.She's stepping into a war with men who will never bow to a woman. It's a damn good thing Sofia's learned exactly how to bring these men to their knees.****Previously published in the Guns Blazing Anthology.*** Nicole Banks graduated with a Bachelor's in forensic psychology from John Jay College. She was born and raised in New York. She loves writing, music and dancing. Shattered started as a school assignment for one of her free writing college courses and it has morphed into so much more. She is currently working on Volume 2 of the Shattered Series. Nicole's book won the 2012 Professional Publications Facebook Writing Contest. The Council SeriesMafia Romance

Il bacio della morte-the kiss of death.It's the mark for an act of betrayal, and Otto received his on the lips from a woman he'd been too wrapped up in to taste her poison.She was a pawn in a game he never wanted to play-but to keep his sisters safe, he traded one boss for another, and now they were all paying the price.Everyone's out for blood, including Otto, and once he gets his hands on her, he'll exact his own revenge against her flesh. Nicole Banks graduated with a Bachelor's in forensic psychology from John Jay College. She was born and raised in New York. She loves writing, music and dancing. Shattered started as a school assignment for one of her free writing college courses and it has morphed into so much more. She is currently working on Volume 2 of the Shattered Series. Nicole's book won the 2012 Professional Publications Facebook Writing Contest. The Council SeriesMafia Romance

In bed with the Mob and married to the casino, Wolf has given up the idea of happiness. Being a member on the Council has its drawbacks, like participating in a war Wolf has grown tired of fighting, especially when the next hit lands one of his crew members in hot water.Wolf finds a welcome distraction in one of his customers-a card shark like him-and beyond her pretty face, something deeper starts to brew between them. It's raw and instinctual, but as things heat up between them, so does the war with the Council's enemies.Soon Wolf learns that his card shark isn't who she seems-just another pawn to be used against the Council-and once he gets his hands on her, another war stirs inside of him.Wolf is having a hard time reconciling what his card shark did with what he feels for her. He knows what he should do-in his world, loyalty is everything, and even if she's willing to change sides, it might not be enough to save her.The Council's enemies are coming, and their only way out might be death. Nicole Banks graduated with a Bachelor's in forensic psychology from John Jay College. She was born and raised in New York. She loves writing, music and dancing. Shattered started as a school assignment for one of her free writing college courses and it has morphed into so much more. She is currently working on Volume 2 of the Shattered Series. Nicole's book won the 2012 Professional Publications Facebook Writing Contest. The Council SeriesMafia Romance

Where there's Smoke, there's fire, and Gia is a flame so bright, she'll burn you.With the Council under attack and one of its leaders kidnapped, the surviving members go to warbefore it's too late to save their empires and get back what's been taken from them.Smoke doesn't mind doing the dirty work, but when it comes to Gia, he wants to keep her clearfrom the blood bath about to ensue.He doesn't know she carries a deadly secret that will change everything between them.Teamed up with an ally to locate their missing leader, the danger heightens and so does their attraction.Until they're incapable of stopping the inevitable.But once Gia reveals the truth to Smoke, his world is twisted in a way that can never be undone.The war for the Council has nothing on the war for her heart. Nicole Banks graduated with a Bachelor's in forensic psychology from John Jay College. She was born and raised in New York. She loves writing, music and dancing. Shattered started as a school assignment for one of her free writing college courses and it has morphed into so much more. She is currently working on Volume 2 of the Shattered Series. Nicole's book won the 2012 Professional Publications Facebook Writing Contest. The Council SeriesMafia Romance