In which an underground fighter in desperate need of anger management and a snarky mafia boss make a deal with an explosive reaction. ... Some people were born lucky with silver spoons in their mouths and trust funds established long before they were born; others were born with dirt underneath their fingernails, barely scraping by. Twenty-three-year-old underground fighter Linus Ward was used to the latter. Raised in the foster system and bounced from one bad situation to another, Linus learned early on that surviving wasn't a simple task but having his foster siblings did make it a lot easier. However, when Linus' foster sister got caught up in a con gone wrong, what should've been a routine identity switch and a clean getaway ended with spilled blood on her hands and a target on her back. To guarantee his sister's safety, Linus was forced to make a deal with someone as dangerous as the people hunting him: recently-named mafia boss Teodoro Raymond. A paid bodyguard position with guaranteed safety should have been a good thing. Yet, when sparks started to fly and the lines between protection and obsession blur, Linus was left to decide if he was clawing his way out of the world that's always tried to chew him up, or falling even deeper into it.

Book One of Five in the New Beginnings Series. **You do NOT have to read Inhale, Exhale, & Breathe to enjoy these stories** #1 in bxb tag: 09/21/2024 #4 in friendstolovers tag: 9/21/2024 CYRUS PIERCE: I'm content in my almost soundless world. I prefer to live through the romance stories I weave and post online. Hardly anyone reads my books, even if they're free, but I do have one fan, and he's supported me since I started writing two years ago. Except, my writing started to take a depressing dive when I realized that you simply couldn't prevent nor protect your heart from falling for someone. For him. For the one who had no interest in me. When I fell in love with him, I thought we had a chance. It was an accident. Turned out, I couldn't be more wrong. He doesn't want me, and I wasn't supposed to have him. It didn't matter if he showed up in the bookstore every day, talking to everyone else except me. Nor did it matter at all because he didn't know sign language. He couldn't learn. We couldn't communicate. But after I go on a date and it ends in putrid disaster, he makes his appearance known, and he's angry. Then he's doing things for me that confuse me. My stories are filling up with pages of content, dreams that I want to come true, and my mystery commenter encourages me to continue-to reach my happiness. To take what I want. But the activities planned start sparking familiarity-like I lived it before, or maybe dreamed it. Or maybe, just maybe, I'd written it before? My mind is spiraling, but I can't stop myself from getting closer and closer to him. I'm not supposed to have him, but my heart craves him. Sage Monroe, I'm in love with you, and I'm scared now because I have a feeling that you've been communicating with me in more ways than one.

BOOK TWO IN THE SKATES ON ICE TRILOGY - NOAH WILDER I want the attention of the media, and I will get it by any means necessary. It's crucial. I need their cameras and articles because that means my name is finally hitting headlines. Which means, more people will see them. Like, perhaps, my older brother, who I haven't seen since we were forced apart by the foster care system. I was nine, and he was sixteen. I was adopted, and I even have another amazing older brother that I want him to meet. Except, when I keep falling on my face in hopes to get noticed by the media, Caleb Calder keeps pulling me back, and making things better. Caleb Calder. Caleb Calder. Caleb Calder. We used to be friends. Best friends. Secretly. Until we weren't. Until he asked me on a date, and when I tried to find him before our game against each other-the night of our supposed date-I heard him. I heard him say that he'd never date him-me-in any reality. It was a ploy, and I thought better of him. Until I couldn't. Now, I'm confused. Because his actions don't seem that of someone who didn't care. Did I get something wrong? We're on the same NHL team now, and things are getting crazy. Caleb keeps protecting me from the media, and I keep getting addicted to the way he protects me. Until I am forced to realize two things... One, I'm falling for Caleb Calder all over again. And two? My lost, big brother has been marginally closer to me than I ever could have realized. THIS STORY CONTAINS THE FAKE DATING TROPE. XOXO

(Changed name from the youngest son of the King family) Solar Chase is alone after his unreliable mother dies whilst drunk driving but what happens when he is suddenly claimed by his family he lost 16 years ago and what if it happens to be the ruthless mafia family: The Kings. Will Solar fit in with his 4 older brothers and father, or will he face difficulty? Will Solar make the right decisions and stay away from the enemy, or will he fall for the temptation that is in the form of none other than Xander Red? Join him on his journey facing dangers, rivalry, and unexpected love. [Slow update but I WILL be completing this story no matter what]

Miguel can consider himself lucky among the unluckiest. Abandoned by his family, betrayed by his Alpha, rejected by his true mate, and banished from his pack, Miguel should have died years ago. Nobody has survived so much, yet Miguel and his wolf managed to outlast, spending ten years as a rogue until the Firestorm Pack gave them a chance for a new life. Although still bitter and haunted by his past, Miguel moved on, achieved the Beta position, and devoted himself to serving his new home and Alpha. He lives for his job and is used to his loneliness, and as a former rogue marked by years of brutality and bloodshed, expects to stay mateless for the rest of his life. Until, because of the treaty, he is forced to take a mate; after all, arranged matings for higher-ups of the pack are nothing extraordinary, but Miguel is reluctant. He doesn't feel ready to commit and build a life with a stranger. Feeling trapped but in no position to say "no," something changes the moment he sets his eyes on his future mate, and something starts returning to life inside his broken heart. Owen was born into a noble family, was raised cared for, and protected, but as every omega, he has been subjected to the constraints of Werewolf Laws. Omegas do as they are told; they don't ask questions; they don't make any choices; they obey and submit. And Owen was taught that lesson hard and now seems resigned to his fate. At best, he hopes he won't be treated harshly and maybe even respected by the man who was decided for him. Forced to accept each other, both mates try to make the best of their circumstances and navigate their daily life, shadowed by the painful past and a new threat lurking beneath the surface, still unnoticed but destined to shake the foundation of the werewolves' world. FIRST BOOK IN THE TRILOGY; COMPLETED AND STAND-ALONE STORY HEAVY TOPICS ARE MENTIONED AND DESCRIBED. None of the pictures used in this book are mine.

Sarah thought she had the perfect marriage-until one devastating moment shattered everything. The man she trusted most has betrayed her in the cruelest way, and the pain of witnessing it with her own eyes leaves her questioning everything she's ever believed about love. Broken and desperate for healing, Sarah returns to her childhood home, where familiar comforts and family support help her begin to piece herself back together. But she doesn't expect to find Eric-the boy she once loved and the one who let her go-still waiting in the background of her past. Eric knows he made the biggest mistake of his life when he lost Sarah. Now he'll do anything to prove that she deserves more than heartbreak... and that second chances aren't just for fairy tales. Will Sarah find the courage to dream again-and can Eric finally give her the love she's always needed?

October I loved him with everything I had. From the moment I was a teenager scribbling his name in my notebooks, to the nights I waited up for him with cold dinners and colder silences. He was my first everything-my husband, the father of my children, the quiet love of my life. I built our world with devotion, patience, and hope. But love isn't always enough, especially when you're competing with someone who seems to get the version of him you used to dream of. I told myself he'd remember me. That one day he'd see me again. But the truth is, he already looked away-months ago. And I let it happen. Until my children saw it too. Until I couldn't unsee it.

He was a ruthless villain in his last life. But he was not a born villain. He became ruthless in love. He fell in love with an abandoned prince and murdered people to get revenge for that prince. Only to find out, the abandoned prince used him. That's how he ended up in prison. In prison, he was used again by another evil person. Then the hell broke loose. And two villains killed each other in the end. So when he died, he thought his redemption was done. But the next moment he woke up in the body of a consort who was more miserable than him . A consort who is not only abandoned by the emperor but also hated by the commoner, framed and poisoned by other wives. Maybe, he was sent here to bring justice for the poisoned consort ? If that's the case, then he will show them his true power. He will see who can scheme better than him !

When your cake eater husband thinks because he's your boss that he gets the final say on everything, every detail of your life, including when you end your 'happily ever after' with him. However, he's not expecting your best friend to come in, guns blazing, having your back since before he even knew there was an issue. Nor is he expecting his rival to swoop in and snatch you up before the ink is even dry on your divorce agreement. There's a one-year wait. Will he try to get you back? Will he succeed? Or will you move on to the arms of his rival? The man whose face and caring, slow approach, is making staying away from him...hard. Read on to find out Isla's story.