When two worlds cross paths... Deja, housekeeping at the Grand Palais meets Rome, new CEO of the McGrath's empire. Lingering looks turn into conversations which bloom into feelings. A bedroom malfunction and feelings turn into a moment of good loving. But what if the universe doesn't want them to be, just maybe?

After Langelihle's father passed, they were kicked out of their family house and forced to relocate. Langelihle's mother remarried a man who abused her and Langelihle and later forced Langelihle to marry Nkosiyabo, a ruthless man.

She's been dreaming of him her whole life. He's been searching for her in every face. When Ntombi and Zakhile finally meet, they discover their connection runs deeper than dreams, it's sealed in blood.

"You're my hero, Superwoman," he said, his voice rough like gravel - like he wasn't used to saying anything soft. I smiled, his gaze steady as I tied the last strip of the bandage around his shoulder. "How come my superpowers don't work on you and me?" I asked, quietly, like it wasn't already eating me alive. He didn't flinch. "Maybe they don't work on people who already belong to you." His callused hand brushed my cheek. My chest ached. "Sukhala mama, ungowami wena." And the tears came. Because I'd asked him to fake love me. And now I didn't know where the lie ended and the truth began. He said "mama." inqondo yagoloza,intliziyo yavuma. (my brain said no, but my heart said yes) Ngewami Mamba is a force-an award-winning gynecologist, tech mogul, and humanitarian with a passport full of stamps and a bank account in pounds, not rands. She's the woman every man wants and every woman envies. But when her younger sister announces an unexpected engagement, Ngewami's perfectly curated world tilts off its axis. She was supposed to be first. The wife. The bride. The standard. Now, with the spotlight slipping and her ego bruised, Ngewami will stop at nothing to beat her sister to the altar-even if it means faking a relationship with the one kind of man she's always sworn off: A Zulu man. Sharp-tongued, emotionally armored, and unapologetically ambitious, Ngewami isn't looking for love-she's looking for a win. But love has a twisted sense of humor. And it just might be written in bold, bloody Zulu.

"You don't get to choose freedom after I've chosen you." Love was never part of the plan. Neither was consent. For Mikolaj Kuznetsov, control is currency. Power is inherited, enforced, and protected at all costs. What he takes, he keeps. What belongs to him does not leave. Malayia was never meant to be seen only contained. Taken from her life and locked inside an estate built on silence and money, she becomes a possession disguised as a privilege. Dressed, fed, watched. Paraded through luxury that feels more like a cage than comfort. Everyone assumes she'll break quietly. They're wrong. Malayia doesn't submit easily. She doesn't soften on command. Every smile is forced. Every moment of calm is borrowed. And the more Mikolaj tries to mold her into something obedient, the more she reminds him that obedience was never promised. What begins as control curdles into fixation. What should have stayed transactional becomes personal. Because Malayia is not fragile. She is not grateful. And she is not blind to the blood on his hands. In a world ruled by men who mistake ownership for devotion, the line between protection and possession blurs beyond recognition. And when power, violence, and desire collide, survival isn't about escape anymore. It's about who bends first. And who burns everything down trying not to. WARNING: This story contains dark themes, obsession, sexual tension, and explicit scenes. Reader discretion is advised.

He is the Winter Duke, a celebrated war hero who sees marriage as a strategic conquest. She is the Incomparable of London, a brilliant strategist who would rather face a firing squad than a wedding altar. He seeks to possess her; she is determined to never be owned. Forced into a union by the King's command, their home becomes a battlefield. In a silent war of wit and will, where every glance is a gambit and every word a weapon, the only outcome is surrender. But who will be the first to break?

Marrying her was supposed to be transactional, so why was he ready to risk the empire just to save her? Benji Won had faced consequences before, but never one like this. As acting CFO of his family's empire, every move he made had to be precise-especially under the watchful eye of a father who already thought his focus was slipping. All it took was one bad judgement call and his father had enough. It was either lose his chance of taking over the company he worked so hard to maintain... or marry her. Skai Monroe was everything Benji wasn't. She spent her life chasing freedom through music, through dreams too fragile for the ruthless world she was born into. She never wanted to belong to a dynasty, let alone to a man who looked at her like she was a responsibility he never asked for. But when her family's fortune begins to crumble, she's forced to say yes to a life she never wanted... and a husband she doesn't understand. It should've been simple-a contract, a set end date, two strangers playing their roles-but somewhere between lingering glances and heated moments, something shifted. The closer they got, the harder it became to pretend it was only an arrangement. And when the truth behind Skai's "falling empire" began to surface, everything started to fracture. Now Benji must choose: Hold on to the empire he had spent his life earning... or risk everything for the one person who's taught him how to feel. ~~~ An arranged marriage. A crumbling empire. One marriage. One secret. One lie that could ruin them both. Tell Me Lies is a slow-burn, tension-filled billionaire romance about duty, deception, and the quiet, dangerous way love begins to grow where it was never meant to. ~~~ Tell Me Lies is book two of the Written In Ink series and can be read as a standalone 🫶🏽 while there are no spoilers, I'd recommend reading book one so you get a full grasp on Benji and a brief tease about Skai ☺️ ~~~ ©️ Ashleigh Reeds 2026. All rights reserved.

Lola wasn't expecting much from a summer trip to a rundown chalet with her chaotic family-just two long weeks of boredom and dodging responsibility. But when she meets a mysterious and captivating boy from across the lake, everything changes. What begins as innocent curiosity quickly spirals into something deeper and more thrilling than she ever imagined. Just as Lola starts to feel like she's found a connection outside her family, the trip ends, and she returns home. But something isn't right. Secrets begin to unravel, and betrayal from an unexpected source leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about the people closest to her-and herself. This summer was supposed to be a break from reality, but instead, Lola finds herself on a journey of self-discovery, where trust is shattered, and the only way forward is to confront the truth she's been avoiding.

Joelle Jordan is just trying to survive university and her life at home. Bryce Valentine is trying to survive everyone else. Projected first-round NFL draft pick. Campus celebrity. The most watched college athlete in the country. When the two strike a deal to trade study sessions for Bryce and personal training sessions for Joelle's little brother, everything seems simple enough. Then Bryce crosses the line. Now Joelle is trying to navigate a boy who is emotionally repressed, touch-starved, obsessively devoted, and surrounded by more pressure than any twenty-year-old should have to carry. Add the coaches, media attention, NIL deals, scouts, photo shoots, and Bryce's oppressive father. The pressure that comes with being attached to Bryce Valentine is something Joelle is not equipped for. Especially when she starts getting a little too comfortable with the fact that Bryce can't seem to leave her alone.

Maya Johnson is a bold, ambitious 24-year-old Black woman determined to make her mark in the elite graduate literature program at Marlowe University. Fiercely intelligent and unapologetically driven, she's used to being underestimated-but never outmatched. Dr. Charles Whitmore is a brilliant but emotionally guarded professor of modernist literature. At 47, he's twice her age, haunted by a failed marriage, and perfectly content with the predictable solitude of academia-until Maya walks into his lecture hall. Their connection begins with a spark-intellectual, intense, and charged with something deeper. Office hours become a ritual, debates turn personal, and the line between professional and private begins to blur. But in a world of strict rules, whispered gossip, and institutional power, a love like theirs could cost them everything. As desire simmers beneath the surface, both must confront their fears: Maya, about what it means to love someone who sees past her ambition to her vulnerability-and Charles, about the price of rediscovering passion in a woman half his age but twice his fire.