*PREVIEW(CH. 19)* "Can you tie me up, please?" She asked as she fumbled with the strings. Before she pulled away, I snaked my arm around, hauling her flush. "Your hair looks good like this, too, Renae," I cooed, twirling a loose braid with my finger. The sound of my voice made her jump, but before she could turn, my tongue caught a droplet of water trailing down the valley of her spine. "Elijah!" She gasped, her back arching instinctively. "You scared the life out of me!" I brought her hand to my mouth, her skin buttery soft. I trailed my lips down the inside of her wrist, then peppered kisses all the way to her shoulder. "So it's okay for Sam," I rumbled, my breath hot against the column of her throat. "But not little ol' me?" "Little?! I didn't know you were home!" She huffed. "You seemed real keen on taking your sweet ass time." "I ran into a noisy ass birdie," I muttered, pointing a chin toward the ground where the bags sat. "But I got your things." "By birdie, you mean another one of your deranged exes." Amelia softened, her index pulling to expose my new smile. "Oh, this is not as bad as I thought." She murmured. "You really put my initials on your teeth?" Fuck. I nodded, licking my lips as her hands travelled low. "Figured with as much as I like havin' you in my mouth, might as well keep your name there too." I let my tongue make a wet stroke over the shell of her ear. "Elijah," She breathed, her warning felt like it was laced with honey. "You know I'm not a woman who plays nice with temptation. What are you gonna do if I just fuck you right here?" My mind went white as I licked my lips, the taste of her skin still heavy on my tongue. I reached down, rubbing my palms over the denim before I gave my thighs a firm pop. "I'd tell you to quit talkin'. And start movin'. Harder." I teased, a cocky grin spreading across my face. "Hell, just pull those pretty little panties to the side right now and make that threat a promise."

Aaliyah Johnson is in her final year at Magnolia State University, where she's balancing a scholarship, an art degree, and the pressure of not knowing what comes next. Elias Carter, the university's baseball captain, seems to have everything figured out, except his own heart. When mutual friends and a poetry club bring them together, sparks ignite in the most unexpected ways. She's brilliant and blunt; he's disciplined and mysterious. But between classes, practices, and the expectations of everyone around them, connection becomes the one thing they can't plan for. From strangers to friends to something far deeper, their story grows with every season, rooted beneath a magnolia tree that sees it all. Autumn brings sparks: "I'm curious about you, but I don't even know why yet." Winter, closeness: "You calm me when I didn't realise I needed calming." Spring, love: "I've known for a while... I just didn't want to ruin it." Summer, uncertainty: "Even if everything changes, you've changed me already." Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the images used both on the cover and throughout the story.

Pierce Travis is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Football, girls, grades, everything comes easy for him. But when he transfers high schools for his sport and is tossed into a traditional 'game' the seniors play each year, he may be in over his head. What happens when to win the game, he needs to sleep with the one girl in the school who doesn't bat at eye at him- Isabella Castra. She's quiet, reserved, and on track to be the valedictorian of Greenbrook High. With social skills stunted by her traumatic childhood, she's used to being alone with her school work. Until the new boy takes an interest in her, and she's thrown into the world of mean girls and popular guys she's never known even existed. 🔥 SLOW BURN 🔥

She was his forbidden obsession. And perfect revenge. Seventeen-year-old Emmaline "Emmy" Richards has always been her father's princess. The only daughter of wealthy, powerful Chase Richards and his longtime mistress turned wife, Mylene. Privileged, sheltered, adored, and completely off-limits. But as the only biracial debutante in 1990s North Carolina high society, Emmy feels like an outsider... until she meets Tristan Banks. He's everything her father hates: charming, mysterious, intoxicating... and the only one who truly sees her. But she doesn't care. She just wants him. What begins as seduction spirals into something darker and far more dangerous. Because Tristan isn't who he claims to be - and his secrets could shatter everything Emmy thought she knew about her family, her past... and their love.

The God Emperor's empire stands on the edge of ruin. The Empress is barren, and without an heir, the realm may fall. To save the throne, her servant Siora must secretly take her place in the Emperor's bed and conceive a child. If she fails, they all face death. If he discovers the truth, she will be executed. The fate of the empire now rests in her hands. Will the gods be on Siora's side and allow her to succeed? --- New updates every Tuesday

Bet it don't pay well to fall in love (in love) Must be the stars, but something's linin' up

He loosens his grip from my waist and I begin to slip under. My faces scrunches up in discomfort, and he grabs a hold of me. He pulls me closer to him, our faces inches apart. "So you can't swim." He says, grinning. "No. I can't." I say. My eyes wander down towards his chest. I just now notice that he isn't wearing a shirt. I refocus my eyes back to his face, my cheeks getting hot. "We live in California. How do you not know how to swim? There are beaches everywhere." ___________________________________________ It was the last summer before college. For Rae, this meant making memories with her best friends and vacationing till she forgot the last four miserable years of high school. After taking school too seriously and planning all the right steps for college, Rae takes advantage of the time off. For Grayson, this last summer meant deciding if he really wants to spend the next four years being a star-athlete swimmer in college to please his overbearing father, or pursue his true passion of wildlife and spend the next year traveling the world. He takes a vacation with his friends to get away from it all, hoping he will get lay back and relax. When a boat ride and a crazy storm leave the two stranded on a deserted island, everything takes a turn for the worst. Rae and Grayson must adapt to the island around them and depend on each other for survival. Rae and Grayson always knew of each other, being friends of each other's friends, but never about each other. With Rae's panic and paranoia and Grayson's laid back outlook they might seem like an unlikely pairing, but the blazing sun and time away from the outside world just may bring them closer together. Started: May 30th, 2019 Completed: June 18th, 2020

They call him Demise. No, that wasn't his birth name. His mother nor father gave him this designation. Many people weren't sure he even had parents. Some say he sprung from the fiery depths of Hell. No, he earns his title. Every lycanthrope shakes in fear from the tales of him in battle- his ruthlessness, his ferocity. One said he could kill a man with a mere touch. They call him Demise because everything he touches perishes. His skill, his intelligence, his stamina, his endurance, his agility, his everything...holds murderous brutality. He is death and he fucks with despair. ───── Grace was a chosen for the Kingdom of Wolves. She and fifty other women were traded among the four Alphas of the world, paid to satiate their every desire. Grace had not been requested, yet, for she was the newest arrival. Stationed in Kingdom Demise, she worked as a palace servant. She knew one day she would be beckoned by an Alpha, but she never thought it would be by Demise.

Recently moving to the west coast, Daniela Parker expected a shift when moving with her mother and brother to Los Angeles. Daniela didn't think she had anything to worry about since her brother is an A+ student, and she stayed out of people's business. But when a known gangster, Enrique González, put his eyes on her, she had trouble avoiding the charming brown-eyed man with a background of violence. *black female lead and latino male lead* #1 in the U.S 4/25/25