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The Midnight Crown by KierraCrosbyBooks
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She's used to being the punchline. He's ready to burn down the theater. Journee Doyle has perfected the art of invisibility. As a plus-size woman in a world obsessed with size zero, she knows her role: be the funny friend, the hard worker, and the one who takes every insult with a smile. By day, she's a ghost. By night, she waits tables at the prestigious Nocturne Crown Hotel, serving Manhattan's elite while trying to forget she exists. Until the night she can't. A backhanded compliment from a billionaire guest and a "clumsy" spill of red wine by a jealous waitress leave Journee humiliated in a room full of people who refuse to look her in the eye. She flees, thinking it's just another scar to hide. She's wrong. Someone was looking. Andrés Morales-the elusive, ruthless CEO of the Nocturne Crown empire. A man who rules New York from the shadows. To him, Journee isn't invisible. She is inevitable. Andrés saw the insult. He saw the tears she tried to hide. And when he rewinds the security tape, his fascination snaps into a dark, primal obsession. He doesn't just want to comfort her; he wants to ruin anyone who ever made her feel small. When a custom gown arrives at her doorstep, sent to an unlisted address, Journee realizes this is no fairy tale. It's a hunt. She thinks he's playing a cruel game. She thinks a man like him could never want a woman like her. So she runs. But she's forgetting one thing: Andrés Morales owns the city. And he loves a chase. He doesn't want her to fit into his world. He's reshaping the world to fit her.
One Year, One Lie by delusionalreadss
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*One year. One contract. One lie that was never meant to feel real.* Alexander Sterling is everything love is not-cold, controlled, and married to his company. When his parents demand a wife and his empire is put on the line, he does the unthinkable: he lies. Elara Vance was never supposed to be part of that lie. She's warm where he's distant, soft where he's sharp, and far too genuine to play pretend... yet she signs the contract anyway. A marriage of convenience. Forced proximity. Rules designed to keep hearts out of the equation. But lines blur, touches linger, and pretending starts to feel dangerously real. Because the hardest part wasn't staying married for a year- it was remembering why they ever agreed to lie. ✨ Grumpy x Sunshine 💍 Marriage of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn
Southern Hospitality  by souleemac
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He pointed his finger at me. "There's more. If this plan works, I'll give your company 1.5 million dollars. After that, we'll tell people that we broke up or something, and that will be all." I squinted at him. "This is just temporary, right?" "Yes," he answered with a grin. "No feelings involved? No getting attached?" He swallowed hard after I said those words. That little grin he had now disappeared. ♡ ♡ ♡ Angelica Bellamy doesn't need a man-she has a company to run, a smart mouth, and zero tolerance for what her family has to say about marriage. Jase Morgan-her brother's best-friend and her professional rival, is tired of the same pressure. So when a surprise wedding sends them to Jamaica together, he makes a proposal she can't ignore: pretend to be his girlfriend, shut their families up, and walk away with 1.5 million dollars for her company. Easy and temporary. Except Jase always had hidden feelings for Angelica-and pretending might be the hardest thing he's ever done.
Royal Temptation | 18+ by NettyWrites
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I'm Princess Elanora Georges, and my life basically just ended. Why? Because I'm being forced to marry Axel fucking Kingston, a six-foot-something nerd with ugly glasses, perfect posture, and the emotional range of a teaspoon. Oh, and he's completely inexperienced. Like... painfully. So please explain how I went from "I hate him" to "Axel, please... don't stop," completely falling apart under him and forgetting my own name. I swear I don't even know who I am anymore. #1 Royalfamily (Feb 5th) #1 Enemies (Feb 23th) #1 Badgirlgoodboy (March 23)
I Wanna Be Yours {Jacob Elordi} by artisticdolxn
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Singer and former actress Genesis Juliette is ready to step back in front of the camera for a major film role. But fate has other plans when she unexpectedly reunites with Jacob Elordi, the man she shared a secret summer fling with before they chose career over love. As old sparks reignite, will this be their second chance, or will history repeat itself forcing them to walk away once again?
Just us  by h2rts2me
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Sometimes love finds you in the places you least expect-right when you need it most. Tilen has learned to live behind walls-strong, silent, and untouchable. After surviving a trauma that shattered his sense of control, trust doesn't come easy. But when he meets Adjrena, everything begins to shift. She sees through his guarded edges, offering him comfort without asking for anything in return. What he doesn't know is-she's healing too. Adjrena carries her own scars, hidden behind the calm exterior and quiet strength she offers everyone else. Love hasn't been kind to her. And opening up again? That's a risk she swore she wouldn't take. But in Tilen, she finds someone who doesn't expect her to be perfect-just real. During a sun-drenched vacation with close friends in Turks and Caicos, the spark between them flares into something undeniable. Between golden beaches, shared secrets, and stolen moments in the dark, two guarded souls slowly begin to trust again-not just each other, but themselves. But healing isn't a straight line. And love isn't always easy. Heartfelt, deeply sensual, and emotionally raw-this is a story about letting go of past pain, embracing vulnerability, and discovering the kind of love that transforms everything it touches. Can two broken souls truly heal in each other's arms? Or will the damage they've endured be too much to overcome?
His Undeniable Claim | 18+ by spritmma
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'You see this hair? You can't imagine how many times I've imagined it wrapped in my fists while I fuck your tight, sweet pussy,' he stated, his voice deep and inviting. And gosh, if words could fuck, I'd have an orgasm right now. My breath hitched, and I could feel my chest rising up and down. God, so he thinks of fucking me too? My cheeks reddened as I imagined him pounding into me. 'Do you want me to fuck you, hm?' he asked, his hands twirling my hair, then moving to the curve of my ass. ──── ୨୧ ──── He watches her like a sinner craving salvation- but there's nothing innocent about what he wants. Niccolò Romano isn't her brother. Not by blood. Not by law. But sharing a house with your childhood best friend turned cold, silent, six-foot-something heartthrob? That's dangerous. Lenora walks around in tiny shorts and soft tank tops, driving him crazy-and maybe she knows. Maybe she wants him to snap. And when he does, it's not sweet. It's intense. Possessive. Obsessive. He shows up in her room at midnight, voice low, jaw tight, telling her no one gets to touch her, look at her, or even think about her. Because she's his. And he doesn't care who finds out-parents, campus, or the entire world. Off-limits? Too late. Forbidden? Way past that. Once Niccolò lays his hands on her, there's no undoing it. No hiding it. No going back. She was never his to want- but now that he's had a taste, He'll ruin everything just to keep her. Living under the same roof, Lenora must decide if she can resist Niccolò's pull-or surrender to the past and passion that bind them. 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑/𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 : ❥ mature/sexual themes/smut ❥ alcohol references ❥ language ❥ mild violence ❥ obsession ❥ tension started- May 1st , Finished June 11th Copyright all rights reserved
𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻 | 𝟭𝟴+ by notafina
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𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭. She hides behind sharp boots and brighter dresses, yellow loud enough to drown out the cracks in her heart. It almost works. Until the man her papa crossed decides to collect what he's owed. He doesn't ask. He takes. Tattooed hands. Calculated eyes. A ruler of empires built on blood. He closes the distance. She tries to keep it. But he's always liked the chase.
𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘| ✔︎ by Tavisshid
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Katherine Forsythe has had a difficult life. Being abused for almost her whole life by her mother and her stepfather. Katherine has never really experienced the concept of happiness, love or hope. The constant pain and hurt turned cold and aggressive to the world around her. She started illegally fighting at a young age to get money to buy clothes and have food. Once she finally is free from those people her life takes an unexpected turn as instead of going to a foster care system she is sent to live with her 5 brothers that she had no idea existed. As her brothers are ecstatic about her return she is dreading it, already expecting the worst. Will her brothers be able gain her trust? Will she find out the secrets they are keeping from her? Will she be able keep her owns demons within herself? FIND OUT IN "FINDING MY HAPPY" TW- contains topics about abuse, fighting, blood, drug consumption. PART-1 of The Mafia Daughters Series (A stand-alone novel) #1 in lost girl (29/1/2021) #1 in found (13/3/2021) #1 in abuse (8/3/2021) #2 in abandoned (18/3/2021) #1 in piano (2/4/2021) #1 in mafia brothers (31/8/2021) #1 in Foster (5/12/2021) #1 in fighting (23/12/2021) #2 in anxietyattacks (24/08/22) #3 in trust (20/12/22) #1 in wattpadcreators (12/02/23)
The Gospel of a Mafia Princess by berrylovin_chick
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Raised to be holy. Born into something far more dangerous. Seventeen year old, Evienne Ellery spent her life preparing for heaven. Sent away to a secluded boarding school in the Swiss Alps by distant, unfeeling adoptive parents, she was raised by nuns and priests to be obedient, submissive and small. Behind stone chapels and cold classrooms, Evienne learned early that love was conditional, punishment was holy, and suffering was something to be endured quietly Her future was simple: be good, be faithful, and one day do her duty-marry a man who would secure her family's interests. Her life was planned. Controlled. Perfect. Until it wasn't. When everything she knows collapses, Evienne is torn from the only world she has ever known and sent to live with her biological family-six brothers who are loud, vulgar, violent, and unapologetically criminal. They don't pray. They don't obey. And they certainly don't believe in God the way she was taught. They believe in blood. With them, she learns the truth of who she really is: The lost princess of one of the most powerful mafia families in the world. Her brothers have been searching for her for years, and now that they've found her, they refuse to lose her again. In their world of power, crime, and betrayals, Evienne learns that love doesn't always look gentle-and protection often comes with a body count. But as old family feuds resurface, enemies close in, and the past she was hidden from begins to reach for her, Evienne is forced to confront an impossible question: What happens when the people you love will never be welcome in heaven-and you're no longer sure you want to go without them?