He wraps his muscular arms around me and I am lifted from my seat before he smashes me against the bookshelves.I moan in pain as some of the books fall off the shelves, this eliciting a low growl from Ian as he pushes himself closer to me. He brings one hand around my throat and the other cages me by my waist. My breathing becomes rapid and he leans in. His minty breath fans across my face as he whispers into my ear "Don't test me angel" I try pushing him away with my free hands. "Uh uh uhhhh" he tuts at me while pushing his body closer to mine, pinning me against the bookshelves so I can't escape. He takes one of his hands and pins both of my hands above my head with his other hand firm around my throat, the cool metal of his rings pressing and sending chills down my body. "I think you've done enough talking" he whispers loudly, our faces only inches apart. ------------------------------- Aubrey Carter is a 17 year old girl who has just moved from Australia to America for her final year of school. She has never been kissed and is quite shy, yet once badboy Ian Gray sets his eyes on Aubrey her life is never the same. Ian feels a strong connection to Aubrey as she is the first person to have made him laugh let alone smile since the day his life derailed. Ian vows to make Aubrey his no matter what. And Aubrey is confused as to why someone like him is so damn possessive, hell even interested in someone like her. ------------------------------- I update as often as I can which is usually once-twice a week with 1,500+ word chapters. I promise the writing and content of the chapters gets better as you progress through the story!

Abby Avery has always been secretly in love with Chase Mathews, her best friend's older brother, but he never cared for her. Chase just saw her as his little sister's nerdy best friend who's always in the background. Despite the years that have passed, Abby's heart still races every time she sees him, but she knows nothing would ever happen between them, or so Abby thought.

Gio and Tessa were best friends for years. When she visits his grave on the fifth anniversary of his death, she finds out something she never expected. How will Tessa navigate through this? Reality has yet to kick in. Could it be a dream? A cruel dream. Will she come to forgive the beholder of such a secret? What will help in, Regaining Her Heart? Disclaimer: This book is edited very little or not at all for most chapters. There are 36 total chapters of the book, but I have removed 16 of them, as the book will be edited and available to purchase later on this month (February 2025). Please excuse any errors and enjoy the story! Highest Rankings/Milestones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #245 in loss 5K Reads - 5/12/23 10K Reads - 5/20/23 20K Reads - 5/21/23 45K Reads - 6/5/23 50K Reads - 6/7/23 60K Reads - 6/13/23 80K Reads - 7/1/23 100k Reads - 8/2/23

sequel to bbr. please read that first :) ☆☆☆ hayden jones has been through a lot. a lot more than someone her age should. now finished her second year of college, hayden needs a break. lucky for her, her fabulous cousin spencer is celebrating his twenty-first birthday in hayden's home town. but as much as she hates it, drama is never far from hayden's life because her ex is also invited; the stubborn and ridiculously good looking chase everett.

Book One in the MAFIA Series Charlotte meets Luca when everything in her life is starting to come together. She is a confident young artist who just opened an art studio in the center of New York City. When he saves her from an attack one night, everything that she thought she knew quickly changes. She knows he's dangerous, but can't seem to stay away from the dark and mysterious man. He's intriguing and handsome, and may hold the key to a past Charlotte never even knew she had. Luca was looking for a cover business to run his weapons through when he stumbled into Charlotte's gallery one night. He never intended to fall for the dark haired beauty, but he soon finds himself powerless against her. He always believed woman were liabilities in the lives of Mafia Dons but her dark eyes and fiery personality may change his feelings forever. Can they weather the storm or will Charlotte end up being another causality in Luca's mafia world? Book contains strong language and mature themes. This series is posted as a draft and is unedited/revised. Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

[BOOK ONE] [Completed] [Voted #1 Best Action Story in the 2019 Fiction Awards] Liam Luciano is one of the most feared men in all the world. At the young age of 18, he inherited the family name. 10 years later, the Luciano name is well known for its roll in the Mafia; along with two other families: The Costello's and The Corinelli's. But when a 21 year old is put on all three of the families radar, Luciano steps in the way, doing something he had never done before. Protect her. Through their own series of trials and tribulations, they learn how to love and how to trust. But most importantly, they learn that blood does not define family. - © 2015 taintedkissesxo * cover by thelucianoseries on instagram *

Isabelle Hart never fit in, being bullied daily at school and working nonstop to pay off your mothers drug debt wasn't the best thing a 17 year old wanted to do in their last year of high school. What happens when Isabelle is assigned to work as a maid in a billionaire families home, who just so happens to be in the Italian mafia? With the attention of two handsome brothers on her Isabelle's life is turned upside down. * BOOK TWO OF THE MAFIAS PRINCESS* • THIS CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE! 💗

Caden Miller. Hot, cynical, and notoriously labelled the bad boy of Crestmont High. Attention-seekers flirt with him. Idiots fight with him. The ones who know what's good for them, stay away from him. If you fight him, you know you'll lose soon. Short-tempered, mysterious, and those oh-so-hot looks. All of that was enough for a person to fall head over heels for him. If only he cared to give a shit about them. Not when he was also the youngest gang leader in New York City, with just one mission in mind: stop his equally cynical brother from ruining his life more than he already had. Skylar Anderson. Not a nerd. Or a cheerleader. All she cares about is her workaholic (and maybe even a little dysfunctional) parents, her adorable cat and her not-so adorable best friend, and her sleep. Quite literally. Living a normal and carefree life, trying her best not to flunk Physics, there wasn't anything more that she wanted. Until she receives a letter in her mailbox... ...and that normal, carefree life goes right above the clouds. . . . "Tʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ ɪꜱ," ʜᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀɴᴇᴅ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ, "Iғ ɪ ᴋɪꜱꜱ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ'ᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ." #2 in Chick-lit #1 in Humor #7 in Romance #1 in Teen Fiction #3 in The Grace Awards 2019 Text copyright © Crystal7016 ™ 2018 Cover credits: @youtumblrgeek ✨

꧁𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑦 𝑂𝑛𝑒-𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑꧂ You only live once. That was exactly what she was thinking when she decided to get out of her shy bubble and go to the club. Drink after drink, she didn't plan on getting drunk to the point of her having a one night stand with a devilish man with a dark aura to match. What she also didn't know was that the said man was her husband to be, leaving her with many twist and turns of something above ordinary. ••• 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗘 Translation of what he calls her in chapter 35!