Delilah Davis goes to a job interview for a CFO position but ends up being offered position as a wife instead.

He rules empires. She just wanted to be invisible. Ebony Johnson, 27, is shy, plus-size, and brilliant - but she'd rather drown in spreadsheets than be seen. Her plan at VeroTech Global? Keep her head down, survive her first corporate job, and never end up on the CEO's radar. Then she spills matcha on his $3,000 suit. Min Jae Park, 35, is obsidian in a tailored suit. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable. The Korean American heir who took his immigrant parents' startup and turned it into the highest-selling tech empire in the world. He doesn't date. He doesn't smile. He destroys. Until her. She's 5'1, dark brown skin, curly hair, honey-colored dress, and eyes that refuse to meet his. Innocent. Introverted. Everything he should ignore. Instead, he obsesses. He calls her "Honey" to get under her skin. He rewrites company policy to keep her close. He memorizes her coffee order, her schedule, the way she bites her lip over numbers. She wants to be invisible. He wants her seen - only by him. But Min Jae has an empire to protect, a legacy built on 40 years of sacrifice, and a boardroom full of enemies. And Ebony has Philly roots, a protective family, and three best friends ready to vet him like the FBI. He's the storm. She's the calm he never knew he needed.

Graham's a 30-year-old socially awkward nerd - a virgin with a head full of fantasies and a heart full of nerves. He's got all the kinks he's scared to try, all the desires he's never dared to explore. Marley's 25, plus-size, quiet but confident - the kind of woman who sees the real him, the messy, shy, freaky parts he hides from the world. When Marley starts to peel back Graham's layers, she unlocks more than just his secrets - she awakens a fire neither of them expected. From stolen kisses in the bookstore aisles to nights filled with whispered praise and raw discovery, they're about to rewrite what love and pleasure look like.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭. . . . . . . . . . . Living in The Colony was all Josie knew. To the outside world it was a cult of brainwashed victims all under the spell of Kade Rogers, but to her it was home. That was up until a series of events that led up to her escape. If only fate wasn't so cruel as to lead her away from one monster and put her directly into the hands of another. Now, with a new sense of determination, Josie explores the world outside of The Colony and learns the hard way that trust is a dangerous weapon of destruction. Trying to lead a normal life starting college proves to be impossible after meeting Nico Blaine. He was everything she was suppose to stay away from. But when Josie lay's eyes on the tattooed beauty, she can't help it. What starts out as a innocent infatuation turns into a twisted tale of betrayal. .. . . . . . . . . . - Dark romance - Explicit sexual content - Mature themes - Criminal - Villain - Anti-hero #1 goodgirlxbadboy #1 darklove

An impossible debt. A dangerous offer. A love that could ruin or redeem them. For her entire life, Amara Johnson has lived in a bubble. Sheltered and coddled by her loving but average family, her world is small, safe, and predictable. That all shatters when she follows her brother to Tokyo for a fresh start. But her brother's secret gambling habit plunges them into a nightmare. He didn't just borrow money-he borrowed from Kenzo Sato, the most feared and powerful Oyabun of the Yakuza in Japan. Now, to protect her brother's life, Amara must leave her quiet job at the bank and work off his massive debt in Kenzo's front: an exclusive, members-only cafe in the heart of Shinjuku. She's out of place, naive, and terrified. And she's utterly captivating to him. Kenzo Sato is a vision of controlled chaos-sharp suits over intricate tattoos, a piercing gaze that sees everything, and a billionaire empire built on power and respect. He is everything her sheltered life taught her to fear. To Amara, he's utterly terrifying. To Kenzo, she's an exotic breath of fresh air-a innocence he never knew he craved. He makes her a new offer: become his exclusively. His companion. His obsession. In return, her brother's debt vanishes and she will want for nothing. It's a gilded cage that promises to lift her from poverty and change her life forever. Caught between fear and a fierce, unexpected attraction, Amara must navigate a world of danger, luxury, and dark desire. Can her sheltered heart survive the ruthless world of the Yakuza? Or will the man who owns her debt also claim her heart?

*Read Remember (1), Defeated (2), Control (3), Promise (4), Misunderstood (5) first* It's been a busy year, and the demons have retreated after the last fight. The family are always busy with the little one running around and causing havoc. After they run out of ice cream, Taehyung is sent to the shops to pick more up, or all hell would break loose. On the way back, he is attacked and saved by an unlikely saviour.

-Book 1- The Normal Rules of Love Don't Always Apply, especially when the circumstances around those falling into it are far from normal. Matteo Leone is the head of the notorious Leone Family Dynasty of organized crime, he is cold, dominating, and the most wanted man in the country. There are debts to be paid, murders to be committed, and money to be made: the last thing on his mind is love. That is until he is left facing a life behind bars and he realizes that the best lawyer that money could buy was also a woman who,without much effort, was everything he never knew he needed. Kashera Daniels is one of the most gifted lawyers in the country. With a stellar track record, she is given a case that she quite literally can't refuse. Not knowing what to expect, Kashera leaps into the lions den without knowing that the decision will change her life forever. In the Lions Den time flows differently. Hearts beat stronger and faster. Love is shown, earned, and felt on a scale much larger than outsiders could comprehend. In this space, in this world, will Kashera and Matteo be able to find their way to survive? Or will they be unable to escape the piercing claws of The Lions Den with their souls and hearts unscathed?

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I looked down at my freshly painted acrylic nails. My heart was racing and my palms were sweating. Although I was having a good time. It was time for me to get out with it. I needed to just spit it out. It's a question that's been lingering in my mind all night. It may ruin the night, but for the sake of my sanity I needed to ask Barron. Here goes nothing. "Barron, can I ask you a question?" I said as I twiddled my fingers together nervously. He nodded his head giving me his full attention. "What are we doing?" I asked softly. Barron rested his elbow on the table and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, I guess we are hanging out." He answered with no emotion. "Hanging out? You taking me to all these places is just us hanging out?" I said a little taken back. I was not prepared for that reply. I should have known. Have I been reading into this all wrong? ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Farrah is single for the first time in her life and is maneuvering through life. She is finding out her likes and dislikes and shaping into her own person. With her group of friends, she is having fun, partying and having sex... a lot of it. For the first time she is truly happy. When she lands a job of a lifetime she cannot keep her eyes off of her hot boss Barron Lopez. Barron Lopez is a quiet man who is straddling the fence of being a workaholic. He has worked his company from the ground up and is now very successful. Everything is running smoothly until Farrah is hired as one of his employees. Barron struggles with crossing the line with Farrah but he cannot stop thinking about her. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ *Mature Audience Only* Published ~ August 15th 2022 Complete ~ February 4th 2023

Paris Hernandez-Ricci At twenty-five years old, Paris Hernandez-Ricci has spent the last three years rebuilding the life that was ripped away from her. A runaway mafia queen and single mother to three-year-old twins, Paris fled after walking in on the man she loved in bed with another woman. Heartbroken, pregnant, and completely alone, she disappeared without looking back, determined to give her children the peaceful life she never had. Now, she's built a career she loves, a home filled with laughter, and a family to her that's missing one thing. Then fate intervenes. One unexpected meeting forces Paris to come face-to-face with the husband she hasn't seen in 5 years-the man who shattered her heart and never stopped looking for her. --- Gabriele Ricci At twenty-nine, Gabriele Ricci is one of the most feared mafia dons in the world. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable. But he wasn't always that man. Five years ago, Gabe married the woman who became the center of his universe. Paris was everything he never knew he needed-strong, stubborn, endlessly compassionate, with honey-brown skin kissed by rich melanin and mesmerizing green eyes he could have stared into forever. Then one night, everything fell apart. Drugged by his obsessive ex-girlfriend and framed to make it appear he'd betrayed his wife, Gabe woke up to an empty house and a goodbye he never had the chance to explain. For three years, he's searched relentlessly for the woman he loves more than life. He never stopped hoping she'd come home. --- Five years. One misunderstanding. Two children. When fate brings Paris and Gabe back together, neither of them is prepared for what follows. Paris is forced to confront the man she believes destroyed their marriage. Gabe discovers that the woman he's spent years searching for didn't leave alone-she left carrying his children. Now circumstances have brought them back together? What's gonna happen? welp read and find the fuck out!