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Chubbs [Completed] by chubblebunny
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Yasmine works at a children's hospital in New York City, she's has an average life and has average friends. After breaking up with her no good two timing boyfriend she wanted a change. She decided to get a personal trainer. Giovanni works at State Wide Fitness in New York City as a personal trainer. When Yasmine came to his gym looking for a trainer, he was taken by her beauty. He made sure he became her trainer and nobody else. Gio loved her body even if she didn't, and he found every way he could to get close to her. What happens when the two gets tangled up?
Fatal Debt: Time To Collect  by aglenn719
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***Sequel to Fatal Debt*** Twelve-year-old Matteo De Luca knows what it means when the phone rings at three in the morning. He knows the weight of silence that follows. He knows that empires, no matter how powerful, can fracture in a single moment. Something has happened to his father. The details are fragmented, whispered behind closed doors, kept from him in ways that make the not-knowing worse than any truth. Aria De Luca-a trauma surgeon who never belonged in this world of old money and older blood-is now the only steady thing Matteo has left. She moves through the De Luca mansion with a quiet intelligence that the organization never quite knew how to categorize. An outsider. A woman who heals for a living, now navigating a world built on violence and loyalty. The empire is watching. Waiting. Hungry. In the shadows of power, questions multiply: Who can be trusted? What happens when the foundation cracks? And what is a woman like Aria capable of when everything she loves is threatened? Matteo will learn that survival in this world requires more than blood. It requires strategy. Ruthlessness. And sometimes, it requires becoming someone you never thought you'd be. The sequel to Fatal Debt returns to a world where nothing is certain-and everything is about to change.
The Maid Who Belonged To The Bratva King by Cherryinheels
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Imani took the job for one reason. Money. Her father's gambling debts are swallowing everything her family owns, and the only job willing to pay enough to save their home happens to be inside the mansion of the most dangerous man in the city-a Russian Bratva king whose name is spoken in whispers. So Imani follows three simple rules. Keep her head down. Do her job. And never look the men of the house in the eyes. For months, it has worked. Until the day she is sent to clean the forbidden top floor. A careless mistake. A drunk mafia soldier. One gunshot that echoes through the study. The man who crossed the line drops dead behind her. And when Imani finally looks up... she meets the cold gaze of the man who pulled the trigger. Roman Volkov. The master of the mansion. The most feared man in the Russian Bratva. A man who notices everything. Except this time, he isn't looking at the body on the floor. He's watching her. Imani wants nothing more than to remain invisible, collect her paycheck, and keep her family from losing their home. But Roman Volkov has just found the only woman in his house who doesn't fear him enough. And once the Bratva king decides he wants something... Walking away is no longer an option
A Shelter of thorns  by ayza_09
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An impossible debt. A dangerous offer. A love that could ruin or redeem them. For her entire life, Amara Johnson has lived in a bubble. Sheltered and coddled by her loving but average family, her world is small, safe, and predictable. That all shatters when she follows her brother to Tokyo for a fresh start. But her brother's secret gambling habit plunges them into a nightmare. He didn't just borrow money-he borrowed from Kenzo Sato, the most feared and powerful Oyabun of the Yakuza in Japan. Now, to protect her brother's life, Amara must leave her quiet job at the bank and work off his massive debt in Kenzo's front: an exclusive, members-only cafe in the heart of Shinjuku. She's out of place, naive, and terrified. And she's utterly captivating to him. Kenzo Sato is a vision of controlled chaos-sharp suits over intricate tattoos, a piercing gaze that sees everything, and a billionaire empire built on power and respect. He is everything her sheltered life taught her to fear. To Amara, he's utterly terrifying. To Kenzo, she's an exotic breath of fresh air-a innocence he never knew he craved. He makes her a new offer: become his exclusively. His companion. His obsession. In return, her brother's debt vanishes and she will want for nothing. It's a gilded cage that promises to lift her from poverty and change her life forever. Caught between fear and a fierce, unexpected attraction, Amara must navigate a world of danger, luxury, and dark desire. Can her sheltered heart survive the ruthless world of the Yakuza? Or will the man who owns her debt also claim her heart?
Me, My Hair, and My War by BossLadyNia
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First love should feel electric. This one could kill her. Cameron Miraj is eighteen, stubborn, and caught between two worlds - her wolf-blooded mother's hidden legacy and her human father's brutal hunter creed. She doesn't just fight for love; she fights to keep her very wolf alive. When she meets James Del Russo, an Alpha whose Lycan blood makes him the one thing science can't replicate, their bond sparks like wildfire - but it also paints a target on both their backs. This isn't just about first love. It's about survival inside the Decima, a ritual bloodsport where only one wolf walks out alive. It's about forbidden bloodlines, engineered pills designed to kill your wolf. And the haunting truth that your family might be your deadliest enemy. Where other paranormal romances lean soft, Me, My Hair, and My Mate pulls you into a high-stakes world of secrets, blood, and betrayal. It makes you ask the haunting question: What happens when love is both your salvation and your curse?
The Taming Of The Sapphire (BWWM) by victorianbabe94
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Ruby Jean Baskerville is a twenty-two year old hot head that takes no bullshit from anyone. Especially those with a white face. She's mean, she's rude, and no one can tame that sassy mouth of hers. Or can they? Grant Augustus feels he's up to the task when his younger brother begs him to ask her out on a double date so that he can get to Ruby Jean's younger sister. Will the two remain civil? Or will Grant finally be able to tame the infamous Sapphire. Start: Feb 17 2017 End: April 25 2018
Valentine. by mammijj
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"V&L" read our initials. So delicately carved into a now surely dead Henry's plum-colored flesh. His glazed eyes continue to stare in my direction-Though no longer focused on, but behind me. At this, a familiar scent invades my nostrils. One that promises death and despair. I can already feel his intoxicating heat and presence behind me. Dare I turn around? Absolutely not. My worst fears have finally come to fruition, my twisted fate catching up to me, alas. He is here. He has come to honor his promise-To reclaim his bride. Ladies and gentlemen, meet my husband... Valentine. #1 Dark - 03/24/22 #1 Mythology - 03/07/22 #1 BWWM- 11/27/19 #1 Powerful - 04/02/20 #1 Entity- 08/05/19 #1 Godly - 09/09/20 #1 Thunder - 03/09/22 #1 Deadly - 12/18/22 #12 Hades - 10/19/20 #15 Horror - 04/25/20 #12 Obsession - 07/31/21 #19 Interracial- 03/15/19 Major rewrite loading. Read with Caution.
A Friend For Mama by Ali3nLov3r
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Kyomi is a single mom, to a little girl, named Raya. Everything takes place in the 5-story apartments they live in. Well the daughter meets a certain friendly neighbor. She decides her Mama needs a friend, but will it end up as more than she dreamed? This story has been edited 6/5/2026 #12 on the bwwm list 8/15/25 #15 on the neighbors list 11/11/25 #2 father-daughter list 11/11/25
The Dividing Line (Book 1) | BWWM by iliannabinoche
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Allen Cole McGregor was bred to hate. A fourth-generation neo-Nazi with blood on his knuckles and a five-year prison scar on his soul, Cole trusts only his name and the men who share his views-until the night they turn on him. Left to die on a snow-covered road out in the middle of nowhere, breath thinning, he welcomes the cold when it comes... and then opens his eyes to an angel. But.. She isn't what he was taught angels look like. Angel LeeAnna Brooks didn't plan to find a stranger bleeding in her path. She didn't plan to move faster than the fear growing inside of her, while hoping and praying that the man before her had no affiliations with the devil himself. After the swastika tattoos screamed their presence beneath his blood-stained clothes, Angel feared the man might be a demon, and she had no idea how to handle that revelation. Their collision is gasoline and a match: a Black woman hiding from pain and loss, a white man raised in a creed of rot, both trapped on a secluded homestead where winter is closing in and secrets stalk the walls. As enemies circle and old lies unravel, Cole is forced to confront the poison in his bones-and the one person willing to see the boy he buried alive. This is not a safe love story. It's a reckoning. Redemption has a cost, and crossing the line means someone-maybe both of them-won't come back the same. Trigger + Themes: racial tension, betrayal, survival, slow-burn redemption, enemies-to-lovers. ***MATURE 18+*** *AMAZON PUBLISHED BOOKS ARE EDITED TO REFLECT CHANGES NOT AVAILABLE ON WATTPAD* This is a Curvy Community Romance: #DISCLOSURE #CelebrateBlackStories #EyesLipsFierce #wattpadbookshelves ⛔️TRIGGER WARNING: This story is MATURE. It contains descriptions of explicit sexual acts/racism/violence. There are explicit depictions of sexual acts written within the context of this story. If this is offensive or triggering for you, please do not read this story. Thanks.⛔️
Love Me (BWWM)  by Spicoil
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"I own you. I can treat you like shit if I want to cause you're mine." He says. That might be the nicest thing he has said to me in a long time. ---------------------------------------------------------- Cece Porter is madly in love with a guy who treats her like shit. well that's until she meets Dr. Matt Thorn... This is my first story so, DON'T CRITICIZE ME! I'M LEARNING! COMPLETED 01/15/17