These women thought their paths would never align. Romy Vanelle never dreamed of working in a run-down pizza shop. The prestigious cooking academy La Cherief is supposed to be her escape. Little does she know that the gorgeous disaster who once ordered a pineapple pizza with garlic buns will soon become the person she fears most: Arabella Renette, world-famous chef-and Romy's strict, perfection-obsessed instructor, who mysteriously stopped cooking years ago. Keeping the elite scholarship that keeps her afloat won't be her only challenge. She'll also have to survive the dangerously attractive chef who watches her every move. Romy likes to taste the danger. And she soon realizes she'll have to take everything with... A Grain of Salt.

"𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆." ~ She's beautiful on the outside but on the inside, there's nothing that's considered beautiful. On the inside, it's rotten, cruel and vile. That's the word on the street in Hawkins, Indiana. When moving into a town some people get warm smiles and greetings. But that's not what Max Mayfield got, she got the exact opposite. What she got was a warning, a warning about her neighbor. Danielle Crowley... "Whatever you do, stay away from that menace" And she did, she stayed away and observed. There was nothing weird about the so-called "Menace of Hawkins" besides the fact that everyone avoided her like the plague, afraid that if they breathed the same air as the blonde they'd get infected. So, yes Max stayed away. But no one listens forever. (max mayfield x female!oc) [season 1- season 4] Season 1- ✅ Season 2- ✅ Season 3- ✅ Season 4- writing

Seraphina Esposito is a mafia queen.. cold, ruthless, untouchable. At twenty-five she rules an empire built on fear, wielding power like a blade and believing feelings to be nothing but weakness. Love, family, softness.. those are luxuries she's burned out of herself. Or so she thought. Then comes Elowen Morgan. Beautiful. Too emotionally intelligent. Kindhearted. Too pure for a world like hers... and yet, impossible to ignore. With honey-brown eyes that see too much and a quiet defiance behind her smile, she unsettles everything Seraphina thought she knew. Seraphina doesn't do love. But desire? Obsession? The urge to claim what should never have been hers? That, she can't seem to resist. What happens when a woman who feels nothing meets the one person she can't stop feeling?

Sometimes the best lessons aren't learned in class, they're felt in the heart. Riley Hale's life runs on caffeine, chaos, and cupcake batter. At twenty-eight, she's mastered the art of single motherhood, sarcasm, and pretending she's totally fine that her love life has been replaced by late-night cleaning montages and her eight-year-old's existential questions. Then one morning, a frosty stranger in a perfect beige coat walks into The Sweet Spot bakery and straight into Riley's list of "people I will never impress." After one spilled coffee and a mortifying apology later, Riley is convinced she'll never see the woman again. Until the next day, when she meets her daughter's new fifth-grade teacher... Miss Emerson Miller. What follows is a year of accidental flirtations, school-event disasters, and late-night bake-offs that blur the line between enemies, friends, and something sweeter. Because sometimes love doesn't show up when you plan it - it spills all over your shoes and dares you to start over. A slow-burn, small-town romantic comedy about second chances, messy mornings, and discovering that the best lessons aren't always taught in classrooms.

Dr. Cameron O'Clare believed being the smartest girl in the room meant she was in control of her research and her life. But when Dr. Mavis Leroy, a brilliant and fiercely private expert in environmental psychology, backed her breakthrough project, everything shifted. Leroy did not just fund the work. She embedded herself into Cameron's world. The choices were no longer hers. She became the variable Cameron had not accounted for. The catalyst. Power. Intimacy. Surrender. Suddenly, Cameron was not sure what she wanted or who held the reins. Like any true catalyst, Leroy did not change herself. She changed everything around her.

Nora has everything under control. At just 20, she's living her childhood dream: a full scholarship to NYU, studying Biomedical Engineering, sharing a chaotic little Brooklyn loft with her best friend Mia, and juggling classes, coffee, and late-night studying. She didn't plan on babysitting for extra cash to help out a friend. She definitely didn't plan on meeting her. Zara Williams is thirty-two, a billionaire CEO with a reputation as icy as her stilettos. Cold, distant, and terrifyingly powerful, Zara has only one soft spot: her four-year-old son, Zack. No one gets close. No one lasts long. Until Nora. One favor turns into something else. One night becomes a routine. Zara is used to control. Nora doesn't know how to stop caring. And somewhere between bedtime stories and guarded glances, the rules start to blur. She thought it was just a job. She didn't expect it to change everything.

Once shared the same yet are coming from completely different worlds. Worlds where either one is a fight for life and death. Filled with revange, violence, recklessness and loss of their closest. Each of them has a goal but they yet have to find out that it's the same one. It's the only thing they have in common. Ramona Santini, a calculated and cold mafia boss who goes over dead bodies no matter the goal. Winter Carmichael, a reckless teenager trying to put her life together, just to find out there's more to it. What else is the future holding for them?

Thana lived life with invisible scars and wounds, each one breaking her down every second passed Just when her mind was at the edge, two strangers came into her life Would they be able to help her or would her past chase her down the edge *Warning: this book contains, cursing, possible trigger, mention of abuse and torture There's a lot of mistakes here and there inside, be warned

𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢... "I fell more in love with her every time I heard her laugh- even if it wasn't meant for me- and each moment she held my face in her hands just to look into my eyes. You don't just move on from someone like that. She's golden." . . . *Rated MATURE. Contains mentions of alcohol, mature scenes for the purpose of the story plot, and strong language. I own all the rights to this story. All of the characters are fictional and not based on any living person, otherwise it is a mere coincidence.

Like a moth to a flame, she drew me in. I felt the heat, but I dared not cower away. Scarred by the burn, I only reveled in the pain. I knew it was poisoned. I knew no good could come of us. But still, I kept going back to her. *** Dani Kingsley is a pastry chef by day and waitress by night. Despite her struggles in life, she is easy-going and optimistic. Ariella Wright is a successful editor for her father's publishing company. She has everything she ever dreamed of, but remains longing.