(18+) Rhys opened the door, he glanced down with a disappointed look. "You're drunk, Loren." I held my squeezed fingers together in front of me, "just a little." He shook his head before bending down to my level, his finger softly brushing a piece of my hair behind my ear. "It's late, you shouldn't be here." "I needed to see you." I said, my drunk eyes intensely staring into his sober ones. "Lo, I-" "Kiss me." I blurted out, he didn't waste a single second before gently placing his lips against mine. Both his hands cupped my cheeks, and his touch felt so warm and familiar almost like home. Our lips moved slowly like we both were savoring the taste of each other, my hand gripped his elbow pulling myself even closer and deepening the kiss even more. His hand lowered to my waist and skimmed under my shirt a little causing shivers to crawl up my back. "I want you." I pulled away clearly out of breath, my forehead touching his. "I want you too, so badly." He whispered, and his hand crawled back up to my cheek. - Loren Rhodes is the perfect image of sunshine, even her favorite color is yellow just like the sun. She's kind, compassionate, smart, and caring and she takes pride in being a good human being just like her parents taught her to be. Glenn Thatcher is her childhood best friend who's always been secretly in love with her. Rhys Hendrix is the bad boy with a nasty addiction, his family is wild and reckless, dangerous for so many reasons. He wasn't raised with love or kindness, he was raised by a single mother who has a raging addiction and a father who's serving time for murdering someone. Glenn and her fall in love, and everything's right in the world till Rhys storms back into her life with a bloody face and a raging addiction and she's the only person who can help him. She's confused about her feelings, will she welcome a new love? Or will she allow her heart a second chance with an old flame that might burn her?

⚠️SMUT WARNING⚠️ "Listen princess" He said as he stepped closer to me , slowly pushing me against the wall but instead of the wall I felt another body. "You belong to us" Luke said behind me while his brother held up my chin up to look me in the eye. "So stop with the miss behaving or we may have some problems" Lucas said kissing my chin and then my neck.

"It really is a shame that such a pretty face is about to get so fucked up." I say as I run my finger down his jawline. "Even more so that it was wasted on an asshole like you." I add. "Feel free to sit on it anytime you want, Tesoro." He replies. *** Anastasia Levkin has recently taken the title of Donna of the Russian mafia after her father died. No one knows she exists, let alone is the most feared and deadliest assassin in the world and the new queen of the Russians. When Anastasia goes on a mission to infiltrate the Italian mafia, she believes it will be an easy task - get caught, lie her way into the Italian mafia and destroy them. Simple right? Except things don't always go according to plan. When Vincenzo Medici, the Don of the Italian mafia, catches Anastasia in his warehouse, he falls into her trap and accepts her into his mafia. Using her as an asset... but is that really all she is to him? The question stands: Will blood always run thicker than water? Or are there exceptions? The more time she spends with Vincenzo and his family, the more difficult her decision becomes. *** *Book 1 of the Medici series* BEING RE-WRITTEN #1 in Mafia (21/03/22) #1 in Humour (22/03/22) #1 in Gun (22/03/22) #4 in Romance (21/03/22) #1 in MafiaRomance (08/04/22) #1 in Don (17/04/22) #7 in Funny (15/11/22) #1 in Assassin (22/02/23) #1 in Violence (26/04/23) #5 in Betrayal (25/01/24) #1 in Plottwist (21/05/24) #1 in Guns (09/02/25)

Our moms were best friends. There wasn't much more to it than that. Every holiday, vacation and weekend, I was forced to spend time with Jax and his family. When I was four years old and he drenched my favorite blouse in ketchup, Jax and I became arch enemies...and then - somehow - we became best friends. But like I said, there wasn't much more to it than that. Mostly. Okay, so of course I liked him a little. How could I not? Even though Jax was annoying at times, he was also funny, athletic, popular, and downright hot, and I was his nerdy little best friend. He was my protector, the one who rescued me countless times from countless threats. We shared more than just friendship... Until the death of Jax's mother. The grief drove a wedge between us, and only so much more grief would follow. But pain has a way of tearing people apart, only to force them back together again. That's what happened to us. And, unfortunately, the only way around pain is through it. Trigger Warning: This book contains references to physical abuse and sexual trauma. Please read cautiously, and remember to take care of yourself.

"ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʀʏ, ɪ'ʟʟ ᴏɴʟʏ ɢᴏ ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ." ... After Valentina's friend forces her to go out and date, she decides to go on a blind date. When she arrives at the restaurant, Valentina discovers she had been stood up after her date fails to show up. As Valentina attempts to leave, Enrico Bernardi, the restaurants owner, stops her. Enrico Bernardi knew Valentina Morales would be his and his alone the instant he laid eyes on her. 18+

ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʟᴏɴɢ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ɪᴠᴇ ᴘᴜꜱʜᴇᴅ ᴀꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ, ʟᴜꜱᴛꜰᴜʟ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ʙᴏʏꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰ ʟɪᴍɪᴛꜱ. ꜱᴏ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴍʏ ʙᴏʏꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴇᴀᴛ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴇx ʙᴏʏꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ'ꜱ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰ ʟɪᴍɪᴛꜱ. ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ, ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴀɪʀ ɢᴀᴍᴇ.

*WAS FEATURED ON WATTPAD 'STORIES UNDISCOVERED'* Loren Parker and Bradley Underwood, polar opposite college students, sign a deal that changes their life forever. **** Loren Parker is a college freshman and a nobody. She has a pretty boring routine; go to class then head back to her dorm. One day she gets an opportunity to get closer to Ben Louis, a guy she's been crushing on since she saw him on the first day of college. The opportunity is set by his step brother, Bradley Underwood, a hot bad boy player that rules campus that needs to pass a test with her help. It's only when they sign the contract on their deal and step into each other's polar opposite lives that life starts filling with complications and ghosts from the past reappear. What is the secret? Will they survive the upcoming storm? #BRADEN 🌸 1st - THE ACADEMY AWARDS 🌸 1st - THE BLACK ARTS AWARDS 🌸 2nd - THE ICY AWARDS 🌸 3rd - THE AURORA AWARDS 🌸3rd - THE ROSIE AWARDS

He took a deep breath. Than began to lower his hand further south, down my neck, stopping at my cleavage. He took an even deeper breath, closing his eyes tightly for a moment. "I'm going to have to teach you how to behave." He whispered softly in my ear and the next moment his lips hovered above mine. We were a millimeter and a millisecond away from something that could have been, I believe an passionate kiss. ----------------------------------------- After her father left her with his gambling debts and mafia who blackmailed her head, out of despair, Ocean Bailey agrees to the offer of the ruthless CEO Kaden Ward to give birth to his heir. What will emerge from the nights full of hidden passions?! Not such an ordinary story. Passionate journey, full of twists and turns. Warning: mature content Started: 23.12.2020. Finished: 08.04.2021.

18+ ❝ I'm a man of great restraint but seeing you like this is pushing the boundaries of my self control, so bad that I might just pin you against this wall and fuck the life right out of you. ❞ ******* San Francisco royalty, Killian Fobster is an egotistical, manipulative asshole who will rather fuck an octopus on live television than get tied down to a woman. But when his one-night-stand from two months ago shows up in his office with not-so-pleasant news, he has to make certain decisions that may involve going against everything he stands for. With his vicious good looks, skirt-chasing habits, and cold demeanor, he is the last person a sweet girl like Hope Sterling should be involved with, but desperate times call for rather creative measures, and soon after she finds herself trapped in the sham of a fake union that threatens to blossom into something that may change her life forever.

[2022 Wattys Winner] When love cynic Madison Watson starts university, she vows to follow three simple rules. One: Work out at least twice a week. Two: Get an internship. Three: Stay away from men. But after a chance encounter with three guys in the dorm halls, Madi's enlisted to transform a shy and love-sick hopeless case into the perfect boyfriend. Unbeknownst to her optimistic accomplices, she's out to prove a hypothesis of her own - love is a construct, and heartbreak is inevitable. ♡ A college story about first love and first heartbreak, reflecting on the ins and outs of dating in the age of technology. Achievements: 2022 WATTY WINNER (New Adult and W by Wattpad Books Award) Featured on Editors' Picks by @wattpadexplorer (Apr 21) #1 in The Siren Awards 2020 (user run) #1 in The Creator's Choice Awards 2020 (user run) Best Protagonist in The Creator's Choice Awards 2020 (user run) Ranks: #2 collegestudent (Sep 20) #1 contemporary romance (Feb 21) #3 newadult (Feb 21) #1 collegestories (Feb 21)