Beneath the Blaze

Book catalog

17 Aug

Written By Anzhelika Li

Welcome to Decadence. One must step into hell to get a taste of heaven.

1. INFERNO by Luna Mason

SYNOPSIS

Decadent. One word that alters both of their futures. A chance encounter that entwines them forever. One night. No real names. Ending in a betrayal that still haunts them both.

Declan Quinn, the new Irish mob boss like no other. Five years later, he’s now the owner of Decadence, a successful chocolate factory, but it’s what lies behind the gates that is so much more. Inferno is a club for the elite, an ‘in’ to the most powerful mafia family networks in the world. It’s also a place where all of your dark and sinful dreams come true.

After the death of their father, the Quinn brothers have a key role in maintaining order. And that’s how the annual Decadence Games were born. A game of survival where pain meets pleasure for the ultimate prize. But not all is as it seems. Especially when his heartbreaker, Charlotte, becomes the final contestant this year.

Fate may have played a card in their first encounter, but not this time. She’s trapped in a nightmare, forced to be a monster to survive. Yet what’s left of her heart still only belongs to one man—The Master of Inferno. The one she is under orders to kill to get her own golden ticket to freedom.

One must step into hell to get a taste of heaven. The Decadence Games shall decide their fate. But what lies ahead is worse than either of them could ever imagine. Can true love survive the games both inside and outside the gates?

2. IGNITE by Luna Mason

SYNOPSIS

Conan

I’ve spent my life solving problems with my fists. In the cage. In the streets. And in the shadows behind the Decadence gates… I hunt. Brutal. Unforgivable. A monster. That’s who I am—and who I thought I’d always be. Until I crash my car after my brother’s wedding… and she shows up.

Hallie Morris. A sharp-tongued nurse who stitches me up and calls me good boy like she means it. She doesn’t just mend me. She undoes me. One taste turns into obsession, and suddenly, she’s the only thing I want to chase. The only thing that makes me feel like a man instead of a weapon. She knows the version of me I try to be when she’s near. Not the one I become when the mask slips.

Because inside the woods of Decadence, I run the Chase—a primal game of survival. After falling for Hallie, this was meant to be my last. Instead, it shattered everything—including her trust. Leaving me more broken than the man I was before.

I’m not just chasing redemption. I’m chasing the only woman who’s ever made me feel alive. Will she ever forgive the monster who loves her more than life itself? And am I willing to burn down my world to earn that second chance?

Hallie

The day my dad died, my spark died with him. Racing brought it back. Behind the wheel of my Shelby was the only time I felt alive again. Until Conan Quinn barreled into my life—wrecking my world in the best possible ways. It started as one night to forget a cheating ex. But with him? Once was never enough.

We tried to play it casual. Friends with benefits. No strings. But Conan chased me with the same intensity he lives by. And I let him. I saw his darkness. And I loved him anyway. Then I came face-to-face with just how monstrous he really is. I save lives. He hunts them. Now everything I believed in is ashes. The man I love is part of something I never saw coming. And I’m caught in the crossfire of a war I didn’t know existed.

Even with a heart torn in two, I can’t let him go. Because loving Conan might kill me. But could it also be the only thing that saves me.

3. INTENSE by Luna Mason

SYNOPSIS

Finn

I’ve built my life on precision and control. No love. No emotions. No touching. Saving lives by day in the operating room and taking them for the mafia at night. Everything is a balance. Then one reckless night in Vegas rewrites my story.

I wake up married to Dr. Stephanie Miller. The only woman who’s ever had the nerve to challenge me. And the second I realize how much she despises being my wife, I know I can never let her go. Because the deeper she inks herself into my soul, the harder it is to breathe without her. For the first time in my life, I want more than control… I want my wife to love me back.

I’ve been studying her since the day we met. Every habit. Every weakness. Every smile. But I missed one vital piece of information… Her killer instincts run just as deep. Her darkness mirrors mine, and we bleed the same venom. Except my temptress doesn’t know the real Dr. Quinn outside of the hospital. Nor does she know about the Decadence Trials that I host. I had no intentions of ever showing her this evil side to me—until she forced my hand. And now, we are both on trial.

When our secrets are revealed, I know one thing… We’re either going to save each other—or burn in hell together. Because there is no life for me anymore without Stephanie beside me.

Stephanie

I had one goal in life. One Purpose. One dream I sacrificed everything for. Just to make it as a heart surgeon. And I did. But something is still missing. I’ve never felt complete. It doesn’t help that my boss is a total a’hole. Dr. Finn Quinn. Every chance he gets, he cuts me down, reminds me who’s in control. I thought I remained unaffected by his Irish charm. Until one reckless night in Vegas leaves me chained to him.

I fight against him with everything I have. But deep down, I know the truth. We’re not rivals. We’re the same. Both running from pasts that carved scars into our bones. And when I’m forced to betray him, it rips me apart.

I shattered the only heart that ever beat in rhythm with mine. Now, I’m trapped inside Decadence. Every trial is designed to break me, to prove I don’t belong at his side. But no matter how brutal, how twisted, how merciless he is… I see through him. He wants me to believe he’s a monster. But I see the real Finn. And now I only have one goal in life… To make my husband fall in love with me again. I’ll prove I’m worthy of his heart—even if it kills me.