When Barbara, aka the Ice Queen, agrees to fake-date Ryan, their relationship unexpectedly develops as they struggle to move on from their past. *** Barbara Owens is known as the Ice queen for her cold personality and ruthless business morals. When she agrees to a blind date as a favor to a friend, the last person she expects to see is Ryan Davies, and the last thing she expects to hear is a fake-dating offer. As their relationship develops and their feelings grow past friendship, their past catches up with them. Will their love be able to weather the winter storm? *** A reverse grumpy X sunshine story of love, family and healing.

DISCLAIMER: Sample ONLY. The book will be available for purchase on AMAZON from January 22nd. Camilla has lived and worked all her life in the manor with her mother, the housekeeper. After her death, her boss, the Duchess Hawthorne, became the closest she has ever had to family-until she passed away, too, leaving nothing but uncertainty in her future. The manor is inherited by the duchess' nephew, the only blood-related member eligible to take over the entire estate. To Vincent Hawthorne, this is nothing but some extra wealth and the perfect reason to move out from under his mother's controlling personality. To Camilla, the change means fear. The inherent fear that these newcomers will get rid of her and deprive her of the only thing she has ever known as home. But when the hot, sexy bachelor duke claims his inheritance, none of them was expecting the late noblewoman to ensure Camilla's place in the manor...and in the duke's life. Tension and attraction nest within them, bringing the new boss and his employee impossibly closer and creating love where it shouldn't. But the upper crust has always been rotten from the inside, and the fragility of their feelings may not survive scot-free. Is Hawthorne Mansion hiding darker secrets than expected? Or will Vincent's duties stay in the way of their happiness?

Leslie Carson is haunted with the memories of the perverse Hatchet Killer that plagued her small town and the unexpected role she played in Arch Teller's subsequent imprisonment. Though years have gone by and hundreds of miles have deliberately been placed between Leslie and the town of Elk Point, a daunting retrial ending in Teller's release renders her world upended. With a dreaded but obligated return to Elk Point to bury her father and console her grief-stricken mother, Leslie is forced to confront her past as well as a dark, looming promise; a promise from her former childhood friend and suspected Hatchet Killer to ultimately ruin Leslie in every way he knows how, plunging her and the town of Elk Point into a sinister and suspenseful game of survival.

THIS BOOK IS RATED MATURE, READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING. "You've made a deal with the devil, chica. And you're going to suffer the consequences." Esmeralda Hernandez likes to play pretend. She likes to pretend her life is perfect, that she has a very good mental health and that she's just an innocent rich girl. Milo Chase is an asshole. Cold, loaded, with a new girl every week, and hates Esmeralda with his entire being. Milo and Esmeralda made a deal. Childhood friends at first and enemies later, they both are well known celebrities and their reputation is the most important thing for the both of them. When the media brings up an old video of them promising each other to start dating if they're both single at 21, they have no choice but to yield at their fans' wishes. Pretending they're a happy couple, when in reality they want to kill each other won't be that bad, right ? Book One and Two of The Flawed duet. BOOK ONE : Status : Completed. Started : 08 - 31 - 2021 Finished : 10 - 21 - 2021 BOOK TWO : Status : On going. HIGHEST RANKINGS #1 in fakedating #1 in booktok #1 in onebedtrope [UNEDITED] © 2021

"The Hacker and the Mob Boss" ❦ Reyna Fields seems to be an ordinary girl with her thick-framed glasses, baggy clothes, hair always up in a ponytail, and her head tucked away behind a computer screen. However, no one knows she's armed with a genius IQ and a heart of gold. She hacks her way into virtual systems on a search for her mother. Unfortunately for her, she has hacked into the wrong database. She hacked into the database of the notorious mob boss, Santino "Saint" Venturi. Saint is the opposite of his name. He's known for his ruthlessness. As a mob boss to a mafia, he learned to eat or be eaten. When Reyna stumbles upon his database, a plan dispersed into his mind. He's going to take her. ❦ "I don't share, angel." "He's a friend," she found herself saying. Dante was too busy staring at her to notice the fiery glare in Saint's eyes. She was mentally praying that Dante would just look away. His fingers trailed up her leg before his hand latched onto her sex. He held her there while a small gasp left her lips. "I will fuck you on this table if he doesn't stop looking at what belongs to me." ❦ HIGHEST RANKING: #5 romance - 6/26/22 Dark Romance Cover by @-simplyhan

Without thinking, he reached and grasped her arm, gently. He tugged her towards him, demanding her attention back on him. She gasped as she was now facing him, his touch sending shock waves through her. And once again without fail, his body acted on its own volition. He slowly ran his thumb over her pouty lips, examining the cut Sylvester had inflicted on her. Demi's wide eyes looked up at him, her pretty lips stained by her blood. He'd never felt the need to obliterate Sylvester until now. Demi glanced down to see her blood on his thumb, she hummed before licking it off him. His eyes were zeroed in on her pink little tongue. "Pretty," escaped his lips. Demi shut her eyes tightly, the announcement going. straight to her head. Get it together. Onyx fell silent as his thoughts spun out of control. "If that's all you can leave now," she still frowned. He bared his teeth in frustration, "You piss me off." For the first time she looked angry. She wrenched herself out of his hold, "What is your problem? I haven't done anything to you, I can't help if I'm annoying!" "Demi-" he cut himself off as he ran his hand through his hair. He approached her but she kept stumbling back from him. "Stop walking away from me!" he snarled at her. Demi gave him a sharp look, "You're just doing a job- right? Leave me alone, Onyx. You're confusing me." ••• Demi's magic has plagued her mind ever since she could remember. With a hefty legacy to live up to and a growing threat to her family- nothing else could throw her off, right? Wrong. When recruitments are brought in at the command of her father, the infamous Onyx Wolf certainly was a surprise. ~ i'm so excited for you guys to read the next installment of my little series! #3 in magical creatures 3/4/22 #1 in Onyx 5/4/22

Lenora did not have a wonderful life. After her engagement to Prince Ronan is broken, she loses everything... her reputation, her home, and her family. Starving on the streets, she dies angry and bitter at how her life unfolded... Only to wake up in her old bed, fifteen again, five years before she died. Now she must struggle to change her fate, and the fate of those around her. This time she won't trust in something as flimsy or changeable as love. No, this time she'll have the power and the money to protect herself. Lenora has already lost everything once. She's not going to lose again. No matter what the cost. (Cover submitted by @QueenHelmer)

Pierce Lockland's reputation as a playboy and all around ladies man is hard earned. With a massive muscular build and a panty-dropping smile, Pierce looks more like a male model than a former Marine sniper, but that doesn't make him any less lethal. As a member of Bravo Team at Knight Security, Pierce is a trained killing machine, but making enemies for a living doesn't go without consequence. His arrogance is justified by his kill count and he fears no enemy, but the demons of his past may have found his only weakness and her name is Natalie Hart. (This is the second book in the Knight Security Series, but can also be read as a stand alone)

Declan "Boss" Packard is dominating and powerful, with a deep need for control. Being the leader of a Special Ops team at Knight Security, his missions are priority and his teammates are his life. The word "love" has never been a part of Declan's vocabulary and he has never been interested in romantic bullshit, but Lexi Bradshaw changes that in an instant. Lexi awakens every protective and possessive fiber of Declan's being, but when her past returns to haunt her can Declan surrender his need for control in order to save her life?

"He was a smoker. She asked him why. He said it was his slow suicide." - REVIEWS: "Slow Suicide is one of the best books that I've read. A beautiful story of two strangers that befriend each other and it soon became love. Shows that you can brighten someone's day with just a simple greeting or maybe getting to know them. Cig and Rainy are a beautiful pair that brings light into the darkness and turns night into day with their love story." -@Kaybae1212 "A touching story of true love told through small, sweet encounters. So many twists and turns that you will never see coming. A beautiful and safe love story overall that will leave you in tears! (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)" -@Squirtle301 "Slow Suicide will make your emotions spin like the twists and turns of this story. Each chapter will make you wonder what will happen next. As a person who's not a fan of reading romance, this was definitely out of this world like no other. Filled with despair, romance, heartbreak, and twists, you would be questioning life even more. This is truly a must read. The author has truly captured my attention throughout the entire story, as every chapter is like a beautiful structure built in with the words that help me envision what love can evolve in." -@Hope-Mist - Book 1 in the "Pure Love Tales" series. Highest rank: #8 in Short Story.