"You're here," she murmured, voice steady. "Tell me two things you can see." His throat worked. "The tub," he managed, voice rough. "You." "Good," she said. "Now, two things you can hear." "The shower," he exhaled. "Your voice." "Two things you can feel." "The water." His grip tightened on her hand. "You." "That's good," she whispered, a small smile tugging at her lips. Sawyer Jones lives in a world of chaos-underground fights, illegal races, and the constant war inside his own head. His autism makes the world too loud, too bright, too much. Violence is the only thing that quiets the noise. Until Lia. Soft-spoken but relentless, she meets him in the tub in a party and refuses to leave. She steadies him when the rage takes over, pulls him back when he's drowning. But Sawyer knows better than to believe in peace. In his world, nothing good lasts. And the deeper Lia gets, the more he realizes-he might be her greatest danger yet. PLS GIVE IT A TRY 🌸🌸

🎸🔥 West Holden is the frontman of The Drift. Sold-out arenas. Platinum records. Magazine covers. The kind of man who makes women lose their minds-and their underwear-in the same breath. 🎵 Offstage? He's a single dad with a talent for turning his life into a disaster. Enter Adeline Laurent. Sharp. Stubborn. She's been cleaning up after West Holden since she was fourteen, and somehow she still hasn't learned to walk away. Now The Drift is heading on tour, and for the first time, there's nowhere for either of them to run. She's not his girlfriend. She's not family. She's just the woman who's always been there. He writes songs that make the whole world fall in love. He's never written one about her. Not yet. 🎵🖤 tropes: cruel hero | rockstar | single dad | unrequited love | she fell first, he fell harder | found family | forced proximity | the grovel is EARNED 🔥 POV: dual first person setting: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles 🌴 ⚠️ trigger warnings will be posted at the beginning of each chapter. this story contains mature content including explicit sexual scenes, strong language, alcohol abuse, drug references, grief, drowning references, parental abandonment, emotional neglect, and themes of guilt and self-destruction. all characters 18+. 🖤

Alexandria Brio is a 16-year-old girl who knows pain like the back of her hand. After getting kidnapped at the young age of two she has known nothing but pain, abuse, torture, suffering, and immense trauma. She has spent her whole life protecting her two younger brothers from their abusive parents and their friends. Her life forever changes when her step father supposedly dies in a car accident and their mom has diapered. She finds out that her whole life has been a lie. She has a whole family who has been searching for her. Loving parents and seven older brothers including a twin. What happens when she finds out that the people she grew up with weren't her parents and that the two boys who she thought were her brothers are actually her cousins? All while the man who is the reason for her sleepless nights and who made her life a living hell is relentlessly searching for her. The man who thrives on her pain, the one who knows about every scar on her body because he gave them to her, the man who promised to always find her and would do whatever it took to get her back in his evil grasp. Will she be able to be happy? Will she trust her family and tell them the hell she went through and is still going through? Can her family protect her? Will she find friends and love along the way? Will she have her happy ending? ‼️Read The Trigger Warning‼️ Some of the Story Rankings #1 Trauma (5/3/24) #3 Violence (10/17/24) #3 Greek (10/17/24) #2 Trauma (11/19/24) #1 Trauma (12/10/24) #1 Trauma (1/28-31/25) #1 Bloodandgore (2/22/26) #1 Trauma (2/22/26) #3 Violence (3/2/26) #1 Trauma (3/2/26) #1 Violence (3/3/26) #1 Trauma (3/3/26) #1 nightmares (4/26/26)

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ─────୨ৎ───── 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 feels invisible. As the daughter of the Royal Academy's football coach, everyone assumes they know her, but no one truly does. Beneath her fake exterior lies a girl drowning in secrets, desperate for someone to see past the facade. Then 𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 '𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄' 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑 the academy's new star footballer, steps into her life and starts to notice the cracks in her armour. Connie has his own struggles. With a father who's relentlessly pushing him to become a football star, he's constantly fighting to meet expectations he isn't sure he can fulfill. The last thing he expects and needs is to find himself distracted and drawn to a certain curly haired blonde. ─────୨ৎ───── When I park in front of her house, I speak up before she can say goodbye. "I know you're going through something." The words come out rougher than I intend. "You try to hide it, but I see right through you, Carmen Castro." "Aaron..." Her eyes drop to her hands, her fingers twisting together. "You don't have to tell me anything. But I need you to know that I'm here for you. Whenever you need me. Okay? You can text me, call me, whatever. I'll drop everything." Her eyes flicker up to meet mine. She looks... scared. Not of me. But of something else. "Please?" I add, my voice breaking. I was never one to beg but ever since meeting Carmen, I've been a fucking beggar. She swallows hard and nods her head slowly. "Okay." Then, gives me a weak smile before slipping out of the car. [ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ] #1 mental health #1 addiction #1 awareness #1 academy #1 teen love #1 drugs #1 football #1 sad #1 rehab #2 healing #3 sportsromance

Locked in a lifelong rivalry, Lena and Theo go way back - but do they really know each other? When Theo goes to college, leaving Elena, his best friend's annoying sister he grew up with, behind at his home town, he thinks that she will never be in his life again. However, it seems that faith has other plans. Three years later, when Theo and Lena cross paths again, it's like no time has passed. Forced into hanging out together, they're about to discover if there's more to their dynamic than just irritation. He lives for getting under her skin. It's his favorite pastime. But as they're thrown together, Theo might just find there's more to Elena than meets the eye. "Alluringly" is the ultimate enemies-to-lovers story, with a twist of the brother's best friend and forced proximity tropes. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride of emotions, where animosity turns into something unexpectedly enticing. It's with a great amount of love and effort that I present you my first ever novel, hope you like it! <3

(This is the second book in the edge series I recommend reading edge of control first) Two years after their explosive breakup, Charlotte Whitmore has rebuilt her life in LA-working with children, and dating a steady Kings defenseman. Cole Keaton, now a star forward for the San Jose Sharks, has a beach house, a new family on the ice, and a past he can't outskate. Then one game brings them face-to-face again. One arena. One loaded glance across the ice. One Jumbotron moment that shatters every wall they've built. Old enemies. Old lovers. Chemistry that never died-it just turned colder, sharper, more dangerous. What begins as clipped words and forced proximity becomes something neither can ignore: rain-soaked confessions, a bruise he didn't cause but can't unsee, a house on the coast built from dreams they once shared. They're not the reckless kids they used to be. She's guarded, disciplined, terrified of losing control again. He's steadier, scarred, carrying more regret than he admits. But every collision-on the boards, in stolen silences, in the space between heartbeats-threatens to either destroy them completely... or finally bring them back together. Some people don't just leave your life. They become the rhythm you can't stop hearing.

Book 1. "The unknown princess" This is book 2! Five years ago, Aria Castellano learned the truth that destroys most people: innocence is the easiest weapon an enemy can use. So she cut hers out. Piece by piece. She left New York to sever every tie that made her vulnerable-family, friends, and the boy she loved enough to become a liability. She traded softness for strategy, hesitation for violence, and the girl she used to be for a woman who understands that survival requires dirty hands and an even dirtier conscience. Now she's back. Not for forgiveness. Not for closure. But to finish the war that began long before she knew she was part of it. Her return exposes traitors, rattles alliances, and forces her to face the one person she swore she'd never see again. And the worst part? It hurts. It shouldn't- but it does. Still, pain is a small price. Because Aria isn't in New York to feel. She's here to win. And she stopped fearing the monster inside her the moment she realized- monsters survive longer.

𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬. In the Reznikov estate, they were never meant to fall in love. But he hears the music she only plays when she thinks no one is listening. And she begins to notice the cracks in the man who never lets anything show. 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. ༺✦༻ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ✎ 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟓 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭

🔥❤️🔥 Archer Cruz Cocky. Reckless. Fucks like he surfs - hard and without apology. Different girl every week. Humour to deflect. Charm to hide. He's called her Baby Brooks since she was ten. She was always one of the boys. Until she wasn't. Remi Brooks. Sharp mouth. Zero fear of him. She's the only one who sees past the bullshit. The only one who's ever calmed what he won't name. She pushed. He pushed back. She didn't flinch. Too young. Too close. Too much. She turned eighteen. And the fighting stopped being about winning. Some lines aren't meant to be crossed. Some are meant to be destroyed. The undertow doesn't ask permission. It takes. 🔥 Enemies to lovers 💔 She fell first. He fell harder. ⏳ Age gap 🌊 California surf town / forced proximity 🌶️ Spicy 18+ ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️ 🔞 18+ only 🌶️ Explicit scenes 💢 Strong language 👊 Domestic abuse (past/referenced) 🍺 Underage drinking 💔 Emotional trauma All explicit scenes involve consenting adults (18+). Please read responsibly. 🖤

This is book two in the Lost&Found Series but can be read as a stand alone. *** I heard the bag drop on the table before he grabbed my elbow and spun me around. His hand cupped my chin as he made me look in his eyes. "So much anger, piccola raggazza." he said as his eyes darted back and forth between mine. My lips parted as I looked in his grey orbs which he inherited from his father. Sharp, defined jaw and pointy noise with his upper lip thin and bottom, thick. "I'm not angry at you. Your presence and absence are of little importance to me." I stated and looked away. "You grew up in my arms, I know you like the back of my hand." he told as his thumb applied pressure on my jaw to tilt my face towards his. I blinked and looked at him blankly not wanting to give away the fact that I was literally melting in his arms like a puddle. "You're not worthy of my any emotion or feeling. You're mistaken if you think I care." I stated in a matter of factly tone. *** Returning home after four years, Sylvia Mancini will encounter a lot more than she has anticipated. Her life's about to take a complete 360 turn and Adrian Knight just so happens to be the reason why. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT, GRAPHIC VOILENCE, RAPE, MATURE LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL SCENES. #50 in Italian (09/15/21) #1 in Drama (10/03/21) #69 in fear (10/21/21)