Serenity Davidson has no time for strays. She's too busy running Greensboro's best soul food catering business and keeping her mama happy. But when they find a starving, half-dead man collapsed on their front porch, Serenity does what she does best: she feeds him. He says his name is Kevin. He says he's an unemployed factory worker with "bad asthma." He is lying. He is Lorenzo Moretti, the ruthless Don of the Sicilian Mafia, battered and hiding in plain sight. He intended to heal, exact his revenge, and disappear. But after weeks of Serenity's pot roast, her warm bed, and her bossy attitude, Lorenzo realizes he has a new addiction. He's not just going to take back his empire. He's taking the cook with him.

"Laurent, it will do you well to understand that Salina is not yours anymore. She is mine. These insults you throw her way, they affect me. These," he gripped Salina's face a bit roughly. Squeezing her cheeks and tilting her chin to show the tear stains on them, glistening in the light. "These tears, they are mine. Choose your next words carefully in reference to my woman." •• Dominik Ivanov needs a wife. Or rather, does he simply want one? The Russian Devil is feared by many and known by none. When the devilish man is searching for a wife, Salina didn't once assume it would be her. But when she ends up in a courthouse signing her life away, she can't help but wonder if there's a bright side to this all. ~ When the devil finds himself obsessed, what more can he do but corrupt her? #2 in dangerouslove |10/23/23|

{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠 } Hudson Tempest's an enigma nobody's capable of solving. Darkness has been moulded into his skin, running through him as easily as his blood. More than he's ever allowed anyone to see. Swept up into a world of sin and deviance, Hudson Tempest was broken as a boy and shattered several times over the course of his life. Made to be cruel and forced into a pool of self-destruction, a life that will only ruin him if it continues. Death has been the only thing in sight to him, for a long time. But how hard it is to save someone, who wants to let themselves drown. Val Emerson's the embodiment of light. A heart that outpours warmth like she was made to love, from the very moment she was born. The sunny side up sort of girl with an affinity for the sea, and smiles. When the cruelest of them all and the happiest of them all collide. When her hatred turns into a desperate desire to save the most broken of them all, far past salvation. When his hatred morphs into something he promised not to feel. Opposites. Dark, to light. Whole, and broken. Rivals, in all they do. Until somewhere along the way, they find themselves falling into each other's arms. Somehow, into each other's clashing hearts. <3

❝ i'll marry you the second you turn eighteen. ❞ ❝ i'll say yes the second you ask. ❞ millie morgan is the golden girl of her little welsh town. her life is quiet, structured, and a bit suffocating. her father a police officer. her mam runs the charity shop. she had one job, live up to her sisters repuation, but she couldn't think of anything worse. enter spencer kavanagh, all sharp cheekbones, leather jacket, and a rap sheet. he's back in town after a year away "sorting himself out," which everyone knows is code for time in youth detention. rumours fly, but no one really knows the truth, no one dares to ask. millie does. from the moment they meet at a bus stop in the rain, they're circling each other like fire and gasoline. millie's never felt so alive. but spencer has demons, real ones, it's only time until millie figures them out and has to decide if spencer is really worth ruining her good girl persona.

Zane Cyrus is a moody boxer from England. He hates small talk, fake politeness, happiness and most of all he hates it when people can't mind their own business. Calista-Mae is the epitome of sweet. She cares deeply for those around her and will go out of her way to be kind and polite to everyone that she meets, no matter how cruel they are to her. When Zane realises that something is wrong with the girlfriend of a fellow fighter, he does the one thing he swears that he would never do and he gets involved.

He was hired to protect her. Now he'll kill to keep her. Aria Lennox is rich, reckless, and royally screwed. With a bounty on her head and betrayal closing in, her powerful father hires a new bodyguard-ex-military, emotionally unavailable, and built like sin. Ronan Kade isn't here to babysit. He's here to eliminate threats. Even if he's the biggest one. He moves into her mansion. Then her bedroom. He makes rules. Then breaks her with them. And when someone crosses the line? "You're safest when you're under me. Say it." But Aria isn't just a job. She's temptation. She's softness wrapped in thorns. And once Ronan tastes her, he doesn't want to protect her. He wants to own her. 🔥 Possessive alpha energy 🔪 Knife play, breeding kink, primal domination 👄 Bratty heiress meets her match 🏠 Forced proximity, age gap, dangerous tension 💣 Emotional ruin, betrayal, and obsession He's her only protection. She's his favorite sin. And someone inside the house wants her dead. Touch her and die? Ronan means it.

Heliophilia (n.) desire to stay in the sun; love of sunlight To be loved is to be known. Arabella Dawson Has never had anybody constant in her life. From parents always being away at work to one shitty friend, she doesn't know how to exist when people are looking. Flint Camero Has never needed anybody but himself. From a dead mother to an unpredictable father, he's doesn't know how to let people in. That all changes when he meets a burning ray of sunshine. Shitty at descriptions. But try please 🙏 Book 1 in the sun series

a cute story on bubbly Aura and grumpy Dominico's love, his obsession with her and her possessiveness over him - - "baby" "yes dom?" she replied sweetly with innocent eyes "jesus christ angel" i grunted huskily "dominico i think we can both agree im not jesus and im definitely not an angel, yes?" i didn't know what to do with myself somehow this petite blonde woman with blazing grey eyes had taken over my mind and body and all i could do was try to regain my thoughts and reply to my little love "daddy?" she asked with a tilted head "oh my fucking god" i rasped as my head fell back #1 in 'boyfriend' - 25/02/2024 #2 in 'daddy's girl' - 16/02/2024

𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤 is smart, quiet, shy and beautiful. She joined crystal high sophomore year and soon won the hearts of all teachers with her intelligence. Lost in studies, she doesn't have a care in the world and has made no friends even at the end of the school year. She studies alone and is satisfied with her grades. No one gets under her skin neither does she let someone except that one guy who has made his personal mission to get on her nerves. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 is confident, charming, talented and kind. While being the best player on his basketball team, he also scores the best grades in his classes. Everyone in Crystal High knows and adores him and his caring gestures. When he sees the girl fighting to get good grades, something in him changes, he becomes obsessed with getting under her skin and makes it his mission to unravel her and find what she hides behind her competitive spirit. Since their Senior Year at Crystal High is coming to end, they have challenges to face. While the common challenges stresses them- such as college applications and hopes of getting chosen by their dream college- they come face another problem which brings them closer to work together and help each other out. As the bond between them grows and they come to unravel a part of each other, they end up finding comfort. But the past continues to haunt memories and they find themselves stuck with their thoughts. (I do not own the pictures, the credit goes to the real owner.) Started - July 19th, 2023 Finished - January 15th, 2024

A man claimed by the devil. A woman claimed by no one. Until him. 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐎 is a monster. His family relies on him to torture and kill. It's his birthright, curse, and the most delicious punishment for a gluttonous sinner. He's no stranger to violence and depravity. Soldier of the Romano crime family, he might be stranger to everything else. 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐄 is an outcast, the hidden gem of the Genovese crime family, shunned by her father and forgotten by the world. She's utterly alone, until she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kidnapped by the man with dark eyes, tattoos, and a soul to match. And he isn't planning on letting her go. The deviant killer with the angelic name, her intended torturer, the devil of the underground. Santo is quickly becoming something to Nina that seems impossible, something that neither of them are ready for. She threatens to uproot everything he's always known and been, and when secrets are revealed, when demons come out to play, it's not only a matter of how willing Santo and Nina are to salvage something that seems to be the only beautiful corner of both their worlds. It's a matter of whether any kind of beauty can survive in a world so dark. ✚ Dark Saint is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, dark mafia romance with mature content and dark themes. Read at your own discretion. [ Book 1 in the Romano Brotherhood Series | COMPLETED ✔ ] Featured on @Romance Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered