This fireman knows how to handle fire. At twenty-six, he's built his life exactly the way he wants it, his career, his apartment, his cat, and no woman asking him where the relationship is going. He's a firefighter, a ladies' man, and a man who prefers his own company. He doesn't make friends easily, doesn't sugarcoat anything, and certainly isn't searching for love. He likes his life uncomplicated. No commitments. No expectations. No one getting too close. He knows how to handle pressure. He knows how to handle danger. And when it comes to fire, he knows exactly what he's doing. But he is about to find out that not every fire can be put out. (18+) ~Content Warning~ This story contains mature themes, including intimate scenes, strong language, and explores sensitive social issues. These elements are included to tell an honest story and do not reflect the author's personal views. Reader discretion is advised.

"𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲" 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧𝗼𝐯 Seems to have it all he's one of the best Assassin's the mafia has ever known and one of the most dangerous ones he has a cocky attitude but has always been a laid back person who's hard to open up with he seems to have everything he wants in life until one night. At A Club He Meets A Beautiful Mysterious Woman 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐝 a sweet person with a pure heart she's a ballerina and has been dancing for as long as she could remember for a long time,he finds himself Drawn to but then she disappears he ends up trying to find her and hunt her down no matter what,but when he gets invited to his estranged uncle's engagement party he realizes that's his uncles fiancé is. The same woman he wants But when something unexpected happens Alexander offers Blair to live with him While living underneath the same Roof Blair begins to seduce Him and he becomes way more obsessed will they fall in love or will their forbidden affair ruin it all. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝗺𝐩𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫❦

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 BEFORE YOU READ You absolutely MUST read That Boy Is a Monster before starting this story. While A Gentleman's Cage can be read as its own story, reading That Boy Is a Monster first is essential to fully understand the characters, the world, and everything that lies beneath the surface of this book. 🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰 At twenty-two , Beatrice Medici has already lost the only life she ever wanted. Once a rising star of the ballet world, she leaves Milan behind and disappears into Valdiluce a forgotten town hidden among rain, fog and old money where she takes the only job she can find. Then she meets Elia Bianchi . Thirty-two. Elegant. Powerful. Impossibly composed. The kind of man who opens doors for you with one hand while making you wonder why you were never given the key. Elia offers her a place . Then a favor. Then another. And somehow, without ever asking her to stay, he keeps giving her reasons not to leave. There is something unsettling about him. Something she can't name and shouldn't want. Because in Elia's world, nothing comes without a price. And the closer Beatrice gets to the man behind the perfect manners, the harder it becomes to tell whether she's being protected... or slowly being trapped. Some cages are made of iron. Others are made of temptation.

"You don't get to choose freedom after I've chosen you." Love was never part of the plan. Neither was consent. For Mikolaj Kuznetsov, control is currency. Power is inherited, enforced, and protected at all costs. What he takes, he keeps. What belongs to him does not leave. Malayia was never meant to be seen only contained. Taken from her life and locked inside an estate built on silence and money, she becomes a possession disguised as a privilege. Dressed, fed, watched. Paraded through luxury that feels more like a cage than comfort. Everyone assumes she'll break quietly. They're wrong. Malayia doesn't submit easily. She doesn't soften on command. Every smile is forced. Every moment of calm is borrowed. And the more Mikolaj tries to mold her into something obedient, the more she reminds him that obedience was never promised. What begins as control curdles into fixation. What should have stayed transactional becomes personal. Because Malayia is not fragile. She is not grateful. And she is not blind to the blood on his hands. In a world ruled by men who mistake ownership for devotion, the line between protection and possession blurs beyond recognition. And when power, violence, and desire collide, survival isn't about escape anymore. It's about who bends first. And who burns everything down trying not to. WARNING: This story contains dark themes, obsession, sexual tension, and explicit scenes. Reader discretion is advised.

He wants to love her loudly. She's scared to believe she deserves it. Some love isn't light. Some love is felt in the bones. This is The Weight of Love.

𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜 is a single foster dad, ex-weightlifter and an OPP Commissioner. When Carvelli's new Deputy comes in, on her first day, her first he's mesmerized. 𝗔𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗡, ex-military and new OPP Deputy. Adriana's back home and ready to settle down and thinks she's found the one in Damien. Things for Damien seems good. He has a girlfriend and his two kids he plans to adopt. But when his kids biological mom shows up, threatening to take the kids away and hurt his Ana, he knows he's gotta do everything in his power to protect them. This may be a cute a smutty age-gap romance, but Damien doesn't play when it comes to his kids. He may break some rules and call some cousins... 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱! 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗼, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡'𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗠𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨... 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 18+

A love story following Nia and Zion. Following their first summer dating, interning in St. Louis, and vacations where they explore their sexuality and compatibility while dealing with the societal insecurities and issues.

Everyone in the village fears the man who lives at the edge of the mountain. Tommaso arrived one year ago, bought the abandoned house in the woods, and never looked back. He never speaks. He never smiles. Half of his face is marked by fire, one grey eye watching the world as if it has already seen the worst of it. Lola, twenty-three, never planned to stay in that small Italian village. But life had other plans. Working between the local library and the school, she's convinced nothing exciting will ever happen there... Until she meets him. Some men are dangerous because they lie. Tommaso is dangerous because he tells the truth. "Don't mistake my silence for kindness." The village calls him a monster. Lola can't decide if she's afraid of him... ...or of the way she keeps looking for him. "You'll stop fearing my scars the moment you discover what I'm willing to do for you." 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Read before this red bow and cannele (you will understand better )

Nyx Zephyra Lawson has never been the girl to follow rules. At just 21, she moves through life on her own terms-loud, bold, and unapologetically reckless. While her parents pray she'll slow down, settle into something safe, and choose a more "respectable" path, Nyx refuses to be boxed in. By day, she's the wild child they can't quite control... working as a bottle girl, chasing freedom, and living fast. But by night? She becomes someone else entirely. Vanta Muse. A masked fantasy. A top-viewed OnlyFans sensation. A woman built on mystery, control, and desire-giving people exactly what they crave while never truly giving them her. Two lives. Two identities. One secret that was never supposed to collide. Until it does. Drayven Kordell Laurent is 39, successful, and far removed from Nyx's chaos. A well-established real estate agent with money, status, a daughter holding onto the past, and a girlfriend who wants more than he's willing to give. To him, Nyx had always been off-limits... just his daughter's best friend. Nothing more. Until one night changes everything. At his cookout, one of his homeboys-an avid subscriber-recognizes Nyx and pulls up a video he's paid to see, unknowingly exposing her secret. And the moment Drayven watches it? Everything shifts. Because behind the mask... he knows her. Nyx. But she doesn't look the same anymore. In that moment, she stops being just his daughter's best friend-and becomes a grown woman he can't unsee, can't ignore, and shouldn't want. But does. What starts as curiosity turns into temptation... and temptation into something neither of them should act on. But the problem is? They do. Because some lines aren't meant to be crossed. But Nyx knew better... ...and she did it anyway.

He's a boxer. Non-verbal. Silent but powerful. She's a woman of distrust. Introverted. Weary and nervous. Terrible circumstances brought them together. That same miserable occurrence joined them together for eternity. In holy matrimony of course. This is an ORIGINAL NUNU novel. A/N: SLOW BURN ROMANCE T/W: Mentions terms like MUTE, and MUTISM.