🏆ONC Honourable Mention 🏆ONC Shortlister 🏆ONC Ambassador's Pick ______ Celeste Hart, a rising music star, watches her dreams turn into a nightmare when she uncovers the dark truth behind her sudden fame. Lorelei Voss, a powerful and enigmatic industry mogul, is more than just Celeste's boss-she's a vampire who chose Celeste not only for her talent but because she is her fated soulmate. Bound by an ancient curse, Lorelei is irresistibly drawn to Celeste's blood, yet she can never taste it until the mate bond is sealed. Now that she knows the truth, Celeste's admiration and gratitude twist into fear, and a hatred far stronger than the undeniable pull she feels toward the creature who deceived her. She must choose: reject the bond and walk away or accept Lorelei for what she is. But how could she ever love a monster? Using these prompts: 9 - You've become famous, but there's a catch: your contract binds you to a demanding vampire boss who expects you to use your newfound fame to attract fresh blood for her. 11- Vampires are bound by an ancient destiny: Their soulmate is always human and this is governed by 3 rules. The smell of their soulmate's blood is irresistible, the taste is sweeter than anything else and if the love is unrequited, it can be fatal. Fearing the inevitable bond, most vampires try to avoid it. But what happens when one of them discovers their soulmate is a human who not only rejects them, but loathes them? 31 - Next time, ask yourself if your integrity is worth knowing the truth. Warnings -Blood -Language

Elizabeth is a successful lawyer in the city of Los Angeles. She has it all, a successful career, a huge house, and a beautiful son. Only issue is she's in an unhappy marriage that is on the verge of divorce. Dani is a college student and employee of WorkIt, a gym job to help pay for her tuition and rent. When a night out with her best friend and paralegal of Elizabeth introduce the two under interesting circumstances their lives continue to align with each other. How will their story unfold with strained family relationships, insecurities, and an age gap between the two?

You're a lawyer who used to be a top model when growing up. You stopped modeling to finish school and start your law career. Until one client makes your heart melt. Can you get past your dark past and accept finally being loved? ***there will be Smut and no warnings*** 18+ GxG *first story ever written*

Teegan just knew his life was all set. He was tall, handsome, smart, and athletic. He had all the qualities that made male dominant breeders stand out. Or so he thinks. Join Teegan and his unexpected bondmate as they navigate their new reality together. **This story is MATURE meaning it's intended for 18+. There is cussing, mm sex/bdsm/rape mention/racial slurs, and other explicit/disturbing content. ***Also, if you view the world through a hetero normative vanilla lens this book is not for you. This is NOT a BDSM for beginners or haters book.

Dr. Yoko Apasra Lertprasert built her life from scratch. As a renowned surgeon, she's known for her resilience, a woman who climbed her way to the top after losing her family. Focused and unstoppable, Yoko's life is predictable, stable, and entirely her own. Until one night, a patient arrives in her ER-an injured woman shrouded in shadows and secrets, trailed by fear and power. Faye Peraya Malisorn, a name whispered with dread. Cold, calculating, and terrifyingly intense, Faye is the kind of woman who walks through fire without flinching. Rich beyond imagination and with a heart hardened by secrets, Faye commands a world where mercy is weakness and betrayal costs blood. From the moment Yoko meets Faye, her orderly world shatters. Faye is dangerous, unpredictable, and fascinating in a way Yoko can't ignore. Drawn into a game she never asked to play, Yoko will face not just the mystery that is Faye, but also a past she thought she left behind. When a doctor's steady hands meet a mafia's ruthless heart, lives change, and a deadly attraction threatens to consume them both.

✵ In Italian, it's belladonna but in English a nightshade. It all depends on which one is better ✵ SEQUEL TO BELLADONNA "She was your girl Kira, the one that made your entire world spin, she was golden Kira. You never truly let go of someone golden." [THERE ARE ERRORS in this book! So many errors & they will get fixed soon enough. I just write for fun & none of it is professional. Please beware of these before you read further!]

Prof. Dr. Charlotte Hagedorn ist eine internistische Koryphäe - analytisch, diszipliniert, unnachgiebig. Ihre Welt besteht aus Präzision und Kontrolle. Doch als die renommierte Psychiaterin Prof. Dr. Emma Leclerc an ihre Klinik berufen wird, beginnt dieses mühsam errichtete Gefüge zu wanken. Emma verkörpert das Gegenteil Charlottes: charismatisch, intuitiv und mit einer Leichtigkeit gesegnet, die Charlotte gleichermaßen irritiert wie in ihren Bann zieht. Ihre Herangehensweise an die Medizin erscheint unkonventionell, beinahe provokant - ebenso wie die subtile Unruhe, die ihre bloße Präsenz in Charlotte auslöst. Inmitten akademischer Debatten und professioneller Kollisionen entfaltet sich eine Dynamik, die weit über fachliche Differenzen hinausgeht. Doch kann Charlotte es wagen, ihre eigenen Überzeugungen zu hinterfragen? Oder wird sie sich gegen eine Veränderung wehren, die weit mehr betrifft als ihre Karriere?

"You're marrying me off to a... woman?" Hilaire has a big problem. Her father has arranged her to marry a woman, in a way that no rich family in this country has ever done. And, she has an even bigger problem. The woman that she is arranged to is Elena Void. A ruthless, dangerous and mean CEO two years her senior, who has definitely been up to some illegal shit to become the heir to VOID group, her own father's company. Maybe, Hilaire would've been able to overlook all of that. Maybe, if it weren't for the fact that Elena is the same girl who stole her crush away in senior year of high school, when poor quiet Hilarie was just a sophomore. The crush in question, Vera Sorax, who Hilarie is still very much in love with, and who Elena is still very much dating. Or, that one time Hilarie married the scary girlfriend of her terrifyingly attractive crush, and it all became a fight for money, succession and power. --- Published 8th of January 2024 Completed 29th of July 2024 (re-complete 15.11.2024) Lesbian Polyamorous

Eden Maillard never felt important. She grew up on the upper end of the poverty line in southside Chicago to two mundane parents who couldn't bother to keep her under their roof when she came out to them at 17. Now 19 years old, life has seemed under-saturated for as long as she could remember. When Cecilia Belfiore walks into her life, a rich lawyer from the other side of town, the colors of life begin to bloom before her eyes. But Cecilia has a dark habit, one involving chains and leather. And Eden has a dark past, one involving love and loss. ☾ [tw: graphic sex, language, addiction, mentions of abuse]

**UNEDITED, Original Version Two women look to online dating as a way to fill the void they're both missing...love. The only difference is one is a successful fashion designer while the other is struggling to raise her younger brother after the death of her parents. Their paths cross and their unexpected relationship grows into something neither of them would've ever seen coming. Warning: This book contains explicit language, drug use, and sexual situations. Some of these may be triggering for readers.