"What's stopping you from making her yours? You love her. I know you do. So what's stopping you?" I ask in genuine curiosity. Not my usual cocky tone but just me. He furrows his eyebrows and looks away like he's battling to decide if he can trust me or not. Something turns in his mind as he looks back and says, "I don't deserve her." - Roya Anderson. Denver Miller. Jordan Williams. Some secrets. Some hurt. Some love. Some relations.

Samantha Camilla William. Daughter of the richest family in the world. She's absolutely gorgeous, and not only that, but she's super intelligent too. She's a self made billionaire, just like her two brothers. Girls wanna be her, and guys wanna be with her. The thing is, no one knows she's the Samantha William. They just know she has the looks. So what happens when she has to sign a contract and is officially married to a billionaire she doesn't know anything about. Especially a billionaire that thinks she's poor and just after his money, when in reality she makes more money that he could ever dream off. Austin Alessandro De Luca. The hottest guy you'll ever meet. He's a walking Greek god. The amount of girls that want to be called his 'girlfriend' can not be counted. Austin's parents are both really high off themselves which he absolutely hates, especially since his father can't seem to be proud of him. So Austin makes it his priority to get his father to be proud of him. The only problem is that he's suddenly married a poor girl, which disappoints his dad even more. Now what happens when they meet? What happens when he finds out she's the richest girl in the world? Can Austin still make his dad proud, or is he just gonna disappoint him even more? Is Samantha still gonna have a peaceful life, or is it gonna get bad? Read to find out....

"You still don't get it do you?" he asked, anger dripping in his every word. "Get what?" I asked, my face morphing into confusion at his question. "When I said you were mine, I meant it." he stated, then before I knew it. His lips were on mine. -------------------------- Octavia Hill, 19, has just graduated over a month ago from high school and doesn't know what she wants to do now, if she wants to go to college, if she just wants to start working, none of that, what she does know is she wants to live her life to the fullest. Ryder Salvatore, 24, owner of the biggest company in New York, Salvatore inc. by day and biggest New York gang leader by night, Ryder knows what he wants and when he wants it, he'll do anything to get it, although having everything he could have, one thing he still found missing and he had yet to discover what it was. -------------------------- What will happen when the biggest gang leader in New York happens to meet a girl who makes him question everything? What will happen when Octavia finally knows what she wants? Are these two the answer to each other's questions?

Bailey Willow's been through things that no seventeen year old should go through. But she doesn't care as long as when she turns eighteen, she gets to escape her toxic life. When things finally start looking up, everything goes wrong and she lands herself in the mansion of the notorious mafia leader, Adrian Black. ----- *THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE SCENES (aka smut for y'all thirsty people like me) BUT THE MATURE CONTENT CAN BE SKIPPED IF DESIRED, THERE WILL BE A WARNING* TRIGGER WARNINGS: depictions of panic attacks, violence, and strong language. (will also be mentioned at the top of each chapter if there is something potentially triggering) ---- RANKINGS: #1 in sadstory | 22.3K stories | March 30, 2021 #1 in knives | 2K stories | Feb 1, 2021 #1 in sad | 265K stories | March 6, 2022 #8 in broken | 57.2K stories | Feb 14, 2021 #1 in story | 242K stories | March 9, 2021 #1 in scars | 1.9K stories | March 14, 2021 #2 in badboy | 100K stories | April 11, 2021 #28 in romance | 1.3M stories | April 12, 2021 #6 in teenfiction | 201K stories | April 12, 2021 #6 in anger | 21.6K stories | June 1, 2021 #2 in drugs | 64.8K stories | May 21, 2024 First Published: December 23rd, 2020 Date Finished: March 9th, 2021 Date Tattoos and Scars was Originally Published: May 10th, 2020

[+18]* NOW COMPLETE* Back Series Book 2 Dylan's been a good boy all his life but there's this insurgent flame that has been burning inside him and it's waiting for the right moment to be let out. He doesn't know what or why but he knows that something is missing in his life. That shift happens when he, literally, falls into Luna. Luna's life wasn't easy and living it to the fullest is her best escape. She is a 'bad' girl that is hiding a soft heart on the inside and she catches Dylan's attention from the beginning. But Dylan has always looked up to his parents and their strong love story and the fact that he is also in love with his childhood best friend was all he could wish for. Or wasn't it? All Dylan knows is that things are bound to go down at some point... But it seems that for Luna he doesn't mind turning his world upside down.

Southern Gulf University Series: Book 2 | Sequel to Finding Our Way | Not a stand alone When Mason breaks Lexi's heart and her trust, she takes the job offer in LA and leaves him in her past. Or so she thinks. Fast forward five years and Mason is the best baseball player in the MLB. Fans adore him, girls throw themselves at him, and kids idealize him, but there's only one brunette who can reignite his heart. Lexi's a successful A&R manager in Los Angeles and has closed her heart off from dating since Mason crushed it. Her bosses adore her, her artists want to date her, and her career is her whole life. Only one man can put her heart back together and he's halfway across the country. But when Lexi and Mason come face-to-face again in an unlikely place, are the sparks still there or has the past torn them further apart? Each one has their own new lies and sins, but can they overcome them to prove that if you love someone and you set them free, they'll come back to you.

Southern Gulf University series: Book 1 Lexi Olson does not hook up, let alone date anybody. She has good grades, great roommates, and a bright career ahead of her, but when she lets her guard down with the top MLB prospect, everything changes. Can she overcome her sexual baggage with him or is she too far gone to be saved? Two things have always come easy to Mason Young: baseball and girls. He never wanted a relationship until he meets a fiery brunette one night who will change his life forever. But when he makes a mistake the first night can he recover from it or will he strike out trying? **Excerpt** I stare at him. How could I possibly damage his ego? He could have any girl he wants, I'm pretty sure his ego is perfectly intact. "I want to help you." he says. "Help me?" "Yeah. In the bedroom." "You seemed to like what I did just fine last night. Excuse me." I say through clenched teeth.

Arabella and Anastasia Lukredè have always only had each other. Once they are told they will have to live with their brothers one sister runs while the other wishes for a new life. The Lukredè brothers are expecting their sisters in order to keep them safe from their world. While their boss and bestfriends have other interests in the girls. Book cover by: @Amphitrite250875

Lorenzo 'Snake' De Luca known by most as Snake released from prison returns home to be with his best friend after 10 years. Danny being the best friend he was offers Lorenzo 40% of his businesses wanting him to help run it. Snake happily agrees this was his chance to start new. Veronica La Rosa spent the last 10 years wondering what had sent her brothers best friend to prison. Since he's been gone she had lost her parents, battled through a abusive relationship and gained 20% of her brothers business. However since ending her abusive relationship with Alex she decides to follow her dream of owning her own restaurant but Lorenzo comes back and all the secrets he'd kept come out.

The captain of our soccer team, Xavi Parker, a beautiful, young, athletic boy. The college girls were obsessed over him and his boys. The boys were jealous of him and his position and his golden reputation, but not everyone was impressed by the soccer players. He's handsome, cocky and hot, and he knows it. Xavi Parker is aware, but why would a guy like Xavi Parker fall in love with a girl like me? The moment he told me, my life turned upside down. This boy knew he could get anything, anyone, but he fell for a girl like me. He cared about me in a way I couldn't imagine, a way I never experienced before, a feeling I couldn't accommodate. "Why do you care, Xavi?" He looks up and meets my eyes, not looking away. Xavi told me nothing, but the truth, that was one of the reasons I cared about him. I cared about him in a way I never cared. He does care about me, but can't place this feeling. I wasn't special and I understood it loud and clear. Girls like me aren't used to feelings like this, they aren't used to the feeling of love. It scares me, how long before someone takes this away? How long can he handle me and my dramatic past? He takes a deep breath, and he smiles, "How can I not care about someone like you. You're my sun and darkness, you're my heroin. You're it, Lun."