{"title":"S.J. Tilly","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"alliance-series-by-s-j-tilly","title":"Alliance Series by S.J. Tilly","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"281\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"281\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eStep into the dangerous, delicious world of Nero by SJ Tilly—now available in Model Paperback. This gripping mafia romance delivers all the dark, possessive alpha energy you crave, with a heroine who's tougher than she looks and a man who'll burn the world to claim what's his.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"728\" data-start=\"283\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"298\" data-start=\"283\"\u003eBook Blurb:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"728\" data-start=\"283\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1 - Nero:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePayton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning away from home at 17 wasn’t easy. Let’s face it though, nothing before, or in the ten years since, has ever been easy for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’m doing okay. Sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people’s way, off people’s minds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home, and my life, I should be scared. Frightened. Terrified.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut I must be more broken than I realized, because I’m none of those things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m intrigued.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’m wondering if the way to take control of my life is by giving in to him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first time I took a man’s life, I knew there’d be no going back. No normal existence in the cards for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo instead of walking away, I climbed a mountain of bodies, and created my own destiny. By forming The Alliance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I was fine with that. Content enough to carry on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil I stepped through those open doors, and into her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI should’ve walked away. Should’ve gone right back out the door I came through. But I didn’t.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd now her life is in danger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut that’s the thing about being a bad man. I’ll happily paint the streets red to protect what’s mine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Payton is mine. Whether she knows it or not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 2 - King:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOkay, so, my bad for assuming the guy I was going on a date with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewasn’t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e married. And my bad for taking him to a friend’s house for dinner, only to find out my friend is also friends with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewife. Because, in fact, he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e married. And she happens to be at my friend’s house because her husband was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebusy working\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfused? So am I.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnsurprisingly, my date’s wife is super angry about finding out that her husband is a cheating asshole.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirl, I get it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, to make matters more convoluted, there is the man sitting next to my date’s wife. A man named King, who is apparently her brother, and who lives up to his name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd since my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003edate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a two-timing prick, I’m not going to feel bad about drooling over King, especially since I’ll never see him again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr at least I don’t plan to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI plan to take an Uber to the cheater’s apartment to get my car keys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI plan for it to be quick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd if I had to list a thousand possible outcomes… witnessing my date’s murder, being kidnapped by his killer, and then being forced to marry the super attractive but clearly deranged crime lord, would not have been on my Bingo card.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut alas, here I am.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 3 - Dom:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVAL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I was nine, I went to my first funeral. Along with accepting my father’s death, I had to accept new and awful truths I wasn’t prepared for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I was nineteen, I went to my mother’s funeral. We weren’t close, but with her gone, I became more alone than ever before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSure, I have a half\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrother who runs The Alliance. And yeah, he’s given me his protection — in the form of a bodyguard and chauffeur. But I don’t have anyone that really knows me. No one to really love me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil I meet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehim.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe man in the airport.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when one chance meeting turns into something hotter, something more serious, I let myself believe that maybe he’s the one. Maybe this man is the one who will finally save me from my loneliness. The one to give me the family I’ve always craved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDOM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mafia is in my blood. It’s what I do.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when that blood is spilled and one funeral turns into three, drastic measures need to be taken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when this battle turns into a war, I’m going to need more men. More power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m going to need The Alliance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’ll become a member. By any means necessary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 4 - Hans:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCassie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to make the handsome, brooding man across the street notice me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStep one: Deliver baked goods to his front porch, even though he never answers his door and always returns the containers when I’m not home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStep two: Slowly lose my mind as a whole year passes without ever running into him, no matter how hard I try.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStep three: Have my boudoir photos accidentally delivered to his mailbox instead of mine. Have him open the package. Then have him storm into my home for the most panty-melting scolding of my life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStep four: Still figuring out step four.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m a dangerous man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA man who has spent the last two decades removing so many souls from this earth that it’s a miracle my hands aren’t permanently stained red.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m a man who belongs in the shadows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI certainly don’t belong in my pretty little neighbor’s bedroom when she’s not home, touching her things and inhaling her scent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI shouldn’t follow her. Shouldn’t watch her. Because no number of cookies on my doorstep will change the fact that love isn’t an option for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe only option left for me is violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-end=\"1155\" data-start=\"1134\"\u003eProduct Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"728\" data-start=\"283\"\u003e • \u003cstrong data-end=\"1173\" data-start=\"1161\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Model Paperback\u003cbr data-end=\"1192\" data-start=\"1189\"\u003e • \u003cstrong data-end=\"1206\" data-start=\"1195\"\u003eStatus:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unsigned\u003cbr data-end=\"1218\" data-start=\"1215\"\u003e • \u003cstrong data-end=\"1231\" data-start=\"1221\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark Mafia Romance, Contemporary\u003cbr data-end=\"1267\" data-start=\"1264\"\u003e • \u003cstrong data-end=\"1281\" data-start=\"1270\"\u003eTropes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1284\" data-start=\"1281\"\u003e   • Possessive alpha\u003cbr data-end=\"1308\" data-start=\"1305\"\u003e   • Protective bad boy\u003cbr data-end=\"1334\" data-start=\"1331\"\u003e   • Found family\u003cbr data-end=\"1354\" data-start=\"1351\"\u003e   • Slow-burn with a punch of danger\u003cbr data-end=\"1394\" data-start=\"1391\"\u003e • \u003cstrong data-end=\"1417\" data-start=\"1397\"\u003eContent Warning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Contains violence, language, and adult situations. 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