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The temptation thesis  by woman_haramrtia
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When Esmerelda Harlow steps into the musty halls of Winston High as the new history teacher, with a reputation for being a bitter and arrogant professor, whispers of her arrival ripple through the school. Students are wary, until the reckless student Cameron Monroe allows her interest to morph. Cameron, the school's untouchable rebel with a reputation for detention and carelessness, with a game of causing disturbances. To her, Esmerelda Harlow is just another target-a seemingly uptight woman with strict rules and an aura of authority begging to be challenged. But when Cameron tries her usual antics, she's met with something entirely unexpected: resistance. Esmerelda is not an easy mark. In fact, she's more than Cameron bargained for. Cool-headed and emotionless. Every sarcastic remark is met with calm but devastating wit. Every act of defiance earns a punishment so perfectly tailored, it leaves Cameron seething-and strangely fascinated. Esmerelda sees through Cameron's rebellious exterior to the restless mind beneath it. Cameron, for all her bravado, finds herself caught in Esmerelda's gravitational pull-her intelligence, her poise, and her charm. But Esmerelda isn't here to play games. She's here to teach Cameron a lesson she'll never forget, one that will leave them both questioning the boundaries of power, desire, and control. In the end, it's not just Cameron's life that Esmerelda will upend, -it's her own. In a town where reputations are everything, what happens when two unstoppable forces collide in one university?
π‚πŽππƒπ„πŒπ πŒπ„  by dignityishere
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Manhattan belongs to 𝐒𝐨π₯𝐞𝐒π₯ 𝐊𝐚π₯π₯𝐒𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞. At twenty-three, she is New York's most visible success story: a fashion prodigy with Vogue covers, private fittings, and a reputation polished to perfection. However, beneath the structure, Soleil is volatile. Petty. Bratty. Childish. Defiant in ways that don't belong in the world she dominates, and far less interested in discipline than she is in breaking it. When her father remarries, Soleil gains a step-sister she neither asked for nor intends to tolerate. 𝐖𝐒π₯π₯𝐨𝐰 π‚π‘π«π²π¬πŸπ’πžπ₯𝐝 is eighteen, newly arrived in Manhattan, and deeply rooted in one of the city's most visible religious circles. She moves through sanctuaries and society with quiet certainty, guided by devotion, restraint, and something far more rigid than faith. Willow does not bend, and when she cannot control something, she destroys it. They do not want to understand each other. But in a city that thrives on performance, the line between temptation and control becomes dangerously easy to cross.
SCARLET MEETS MILA by herefornoreasons
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Mila James is desperate for a job, so desperate in fact, she decides to approach billionaire businesswoman, Scarlet Ramirez. Despite knowing nothing about fashion, she's adamant that lying on her resume will land her a job working for the hardest woman in the industry. ***** Mila is an aspiring artist hoping to make money in the industry with the sharp tip of her pencil. When falling on hard times caring for her sister, however, she finds herself having to improvise and search for work in unfamiliar places. Fashion isn't her forte, and Scarlet is more than willing to point it out. With clashing personalities and an air of unintended tension, Mila is quick to realise that working for Ramirez isn't for the faint hearted. Will Scarlet soften and break face for her pretty new assistant, or will their fiery favours sabotage the very framework she has spent her entire teenage life building within the ruins of her broken family? *This book contains sexual themes and strong language. Characters are depicted doing sexual acts and using sexual language*
oh really Ms Pierce? by StoryloverM076
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Daphne walks into the coffee shop and bumps into someone. and the woman doesn't have time for this and waks away. leaving Daphne with a coffee stained shirt and speech less. all she can think about is how beautiful that woman is. later to find out that that Ms Pierce is her cold hearted English teacher. But does it stay that way? Victoria Pierce begins to realize that she can't take her eyes off Daphne but wont take the first step BE AWARE: death parent struggles with eating smut
Hostile Counsel by ilikemilfsgetoveritt
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As Manhattan's most feared criminal defense attorney, Valentina Pierce doesn't lose-cases, control, or composure. Her life is built on unbreakable rules and airtight boundaries, all designed to keep her one step ahead of chaos. Then Emery Vale walks into her office. The brilliant and scandal-shrouded tech CEO is facing a federal indictment that could destroy her empire. She's arrogant, reckless, and entirely too comfortable breaking rules. Valentina knows better than to get close-but Emery makes resistance feel like weakness. What starts as strategy meetings and legal briefs turns into late nights, charged glances, and a battle of wills neither woman is prepared to lose. Valentina is used to dominating the courtroom-but with Emery, every glance is a dare, every touch a negotiation. -RANKINGS- πŸ₯‡#1 in #girlxgirlbook πŸ₯‡#1 in #lesbianbook πŸ₯‡#1 in #womanxwoman πŸ₯‡ #1 in #loveislove πŸ₯‡ #1 in #client
A Movie of Our Own (wlw) by djjsjwd
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Brooke is a movie director in Hollywood producing and directing hit after hit movies. Stubborn and bossy, she always gets her way. She views her work as a piece of art, and takes her work very seriously, letting nothing get in the way of her and her career. Charlotte, a famous movie star in Hollywood takes up a role thinking it could just be another score of a movie. Although it is, little did she know the director would soon take an even bigger role in her life. Sweet and charming Charlotte holds a dark past, forcing herself to be someone else for the camera. Never being able to show her true self. When Charlotte finally steps on set of the movie and meets her new director a force they can't deny overrides them. These two different personalities meet and soon reveal secrets ruining people and hearts. The question is, are they willing to do whatever it takes for each other? ------ TW - smut - SA
Roommates by CCKens
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Cara Lee is cold, awkward, highly OCD and she is defininly not a people person. She spends most of her days in her luxury apartment away from any social interaction. After having two successful stories published, she has hit a writing block. Not only that, but she's losing money and the only way to keep her apartment is to get a roommate. Hannah Bailey has traveled the world and has never found a place to call home. Tired of living at her agency's model apartments, she decides to settle down in one place. She finds a beautiful apartment and the only issue with it is an unhappy roommate. Cara and Hannah come from two different worlds. Hannah represents everything Cara disliked about people. Hannah who is used to being well liked can't help, but become intrigued by Cara's indifference to her. Can she melt her new roommate's cold exterior and show her that maybe she can like at least one person?
The CEO. (W|W) by angelicliterature
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"I don't understand what else you want from me." I hissed. She smirked, rolling her ice blue eyes that were filled with nothing but her ego and it made me want to choke her. "How about you come find out, hm?" Cover by @herparamour
π’πŽπ•π„π‘π„πˆπ†π [WLW] πŸπŸ–+ by aki1xluvv
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Veronika Koroleva Petrovna-Moscow's untouchable queen. The wealthiest, most powerful woman in Russia. A name that drips with arrogance, feared as much as it is revered. With a single glance, she ensnares. A presence so sharp it cuts. To her, people are nothing but pawns-disposable, forgettable, irrelevant. Trust is a currency too expensive to waste. Loneliness is not a curse; it is a necessity. No parents, no attachments, no weaknesses. Begging? Pleading? Nyet. That is beneath her. Luciana "La Reina" Monteserra-Madrid's deadliest shadow. A queen of ruin and carnage, cloaked in elegance. Cold. Calculating. Lacking even the pretense of empathy. She does not ask. She takes. What she touches, she owns. What she claims, she keeps. No one defies her. No one escapes her grasp. But Veronika? Veronika was the exception. The one thing she could never own.
Between Us by thewlwdump
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After a summer that changed everything, Lark and Sophie find themselves on opposite sides of a fragile friendship. Torn between loyalty to her boyfriend Liam and the undeniable spark with his sister, Sophie is drowning in secrets.