"Our love was a case we both lost." ... Naomi Carter, a fiercely intelligent lawyer with a near-perfect winning steak of 97% cases won. The only times she ever loses is to her husband. She's sharp, controlled, and commanding in the courtroom, but behind closed doors, she hides a woman who's never truly learned to love. Nathaniel Carter is a ruthless prosecutor, relentless in his pursuit of justice and impossible to read. Driven by a fierce need for control, he struggles to keep his own life from unraveling. He's the one man who knows his wife's weaknesses and exploits them with a quiet intensity, stirring both her frustration and desire. Their marriage is a constant battleground, scarred by a shared tragedy neither can overcome. Join these two broken souls as they fight to protect themselves while craving the one thing they fear most: each other. #1 in bwwm #1 in blackwoman #1 in enemies #1 in grief #1 in childloss #1 in pregnancy #1 in brokenmarriage #1 in loverstoenemies #2 in darkromance #1 in sexscenes #2 in mentalhealth

Evie: Rowan Alastair Volkov had been my biggest nightmare and rival since I met him. He was like a shadow I couldn't shrug off. Perhaps my own. With his arrogance, his snide remarks, his grumpy frown, and his sadistic smirk, he proved to be the one thing standing in my way to a happy life and a happy ending. Regardless of our history and families, we were strangers. That was until the one link separating us shattered. What I never imagined was Rowan asking me for help. Asking me to be his wife. On paper only. Worse? I never imagined falling for him. We signed ourselves away to certain terms & truths, but now, everything was different. Because I fell in love with him beyond those terms. Rowan: Evie Rose Spencer has been the epitome of an annoying thorn in my side that I can't pull out. I've done everything to escape her. With her sarcastic wit, her confident facade, her brighter-than-the-sun smile, and her sparkly ocean blue eyes, I'd come to hate her more than anybody I'd ever met. But, we had an understanding. Be strangers. Then my whole life began to fall apart all thanks to one inheritance will. I was meant to take the seat beside my older brother and run the Volkov empire. In order for me to take what I inherited, I had to be married and make it last a whole year. If I failed, everything I wanted would be taken from me. The best shot I had at finding a new wife was marrying a stranger. But fate tied me down to Evelyn. We signed ourselves away to certain terms & truths, but if she breaks them, she'll have no one to blame but herself. Breaking her heart was inevitable with this marriage license. No matter those terms. . . . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INSPIRED BY - MARRIAGE FOR ONE, THE FINE PRINT, AND TERMS & CONDITIONS <3

Ever so slowly, I lowered my mouth to the lime. As I did so, I felt the brush of her lips on mine. Just a touch. Just a breath, and it ignited fire in my veins. And at that moment, I forgot a lot. My heart stopped, my breathing quit, my thoughts ceased. But I knew one thing, and it was screaming in the hollows of my brain. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳. - an academic rivals to lovers romance - Emilia Laurent, top of her class. Augustus Casen, top of his class. What happens when the school sends both to a competition in California? One month. One competition. One hotel room. Two rivals. What could go wrong? - book one in the erudite trilogy - rankings: #1 in compete (sep 12 2023) #1 in competition (oct 16 2023) #1 in academicrivalstolovers (nov 28 2023) #1 in rivalstolovers (jul 27 2024)

"You look like the kind of guy who's never broken a rule in his life," she teases, leaning too close. "That's because rules exist for a reason," he replies. Vivienne wants to unravel him. Elijah refuses to be another casualty. But every sharp smirk, every late-night dare, pulls them closer to the line neither of them should cross. Soon, their game turns into something darker - something dangerous. In a town built on gossip and secrets, one kiss could ruin them both. And maybe that's exactly what they want. TW: Drugs, drinking, eating disorders, abuse, etc. Highest ranks: #52 deep SLOW BURN!!!

𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢 is the leader of the dangerous Profati mafia, 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡 is a shy teacher who finds himself desperate to escape the claws of his deranged family. When she abducts her childhood best friend from his wedding, Nevan's foolish enough to think being her captive is her way of protecting him. But Helena has much more sadistic purposes for him. And she knows just how to make him vow himself to her unaware of what truly awaits. Enter a world of reckless vows and binding chains with this extraordinary duo in 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘸𝘴 by AddieBookss ♤ Dual POV ♤ Bad girl × Good boy ♤ Dark Romance ♤ Mild BDSM

Luca is a 28 year old mafia don, who is trying to better himself mentally with everything he's been through, he just wants to feel free. Kiana is a 24 year old therapist dealing with her own emotions and shit, she just wanted an escape. They meet and attempt to help each other, no romantic feelings but life makes everything harder and they can't stay away from each other. ** There is a lot of mature content in this book and I will not be putting warnings before as it will be long: this includes, sex (between more than one partner), drug abuse, sexual assault and harassment, mental illness and others. Please do not read if you feel as though you will be triggered** He stalked his way towards her. No words were uttered. Pure lust evident in their eyes. He backed her into a corner, she was looking everywhere but him, she couldn't, she shouldn't. His hand toyed with the hem of her dress. He hesitated. His mind was racing with thoughts of how he shouldn't, he couldn't. Her heartbeat picked up, her breaths quickened, her body needed him. He saw the affect he had on her. Pulling up her dress, he saw she had no panties on. Enraged he wrapped his hand around her neck, choking her, making her look into his eyes. His other hand slid into her folds, she was soaking wet, just for him. She whimpered in response. She couldn't get enough. Her hips rocked back and forth along with his fingers. He added another. Yet to kiss her, he pushed the thought out of his head. Her body began to rock faster, causing moans to fall from her mouth. He bent down to her ear and whispered, "Perché non possiamo semplicemente stare lontani gli uni dagli altri belli?". (Why can't we just stay away from each other beautiful?).

Previously known as Knew It (A peaceful nightmare) Highest-ranking- #2 in teenfiction - #1 sadness Love is a game, wanna play? (Completed✔️) [THIS STORY CONTAINS MATURE THEME. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.] Scarlette Grey is now 18 years old. She meets Zac Stones, our popular bad boy in school where immediately he develops a kind of attraction towards our beautiful familiar Scarlette who is suffering badly from her past. What happens when Scarlette grows fond of the bad popular boy at school whom every girl has a crush on? Small conversations in the story: What- are yo-u doing?" I stutter my words as I try to stay normal. "Thinking of your punishment." he says leaving me confused. "What-do yo-u mean?" I ask nervously. "You've been a naughty girl, yesterday." he says and then suddenly he spanks me on the butt. "Ouch!" I exclaim. He turns me over and pins me to the showcase as my palms are placed on the glass of the shower cabin, with my back pressed against his chest. "Where were you, last night?" he says as he begins to suck on my back. "I- I was over at a friend's place." I say as I try to retain my moan. "Oh yeah? Which friend?" he asks as he sucks at another spot a bit lower down my back. [ The mature chapters are private. Follow me to read them. If you have already started reading and cannot find the chapters, delete the book then add again to read them. ] [NOTE: This story is not a cliché typical story like every book. There are many plot twists in it so be attentive not to be lost. The story is like a rollar coaster with different types of emotions flowing, so ladies and gentlemen put on your seat belts and ride with an amazing adventure with me.]

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚡 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚒𝚝'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠." ⋆⭒˚｡⋆ ♘ ♛ ♘ 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘔𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘈 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮. 𝘍𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵... 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. ~

#Book 1 in THE YOU SERIES ARMAAN X YARIKA 𝕾𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖇𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖚𝖓𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖎𝖒, 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋. Armaan Veersingh is a ruthless and successful businessman-cold, calculated, and dangerously focused. As the sole heir of Aryka Law Firm, one of the most powerful legal empires in the world, he has two goals: Become the most formidable lawyer of his time... And destroy the girl who shattered him. Yarika Malhotra is a ray of sunshine in a world full of chaos. Kind-hearted and selfless, she pours her soul into her small bakery and the quiet life she's built. But when everything she holds dear is threatened, she's forced to seek help from the one man she never wanted to face again-the man who once owned her heart and now wants nothing more than revenge. When destiny forces their worlds to collide, old wounds resurface. Will hatred win, or will the past rewrite itself in unexpected ways? A story of second chances, unresolved pain, and a love that refuses to die. Join their journey to know what happens. TROPES • Lawyer x Baker •Childhood sweethearts •Grumpy x Sunshine •Misunderstanding •Office Romance •Second chance •Extremely possessive male lead •Touch her and die •lovers to enemies to lovers

❝Get away from me Enzo .❞ I said with pure annoyance from this man. I stumbled outside in the rain to get myself away from him, but then suddenly he appeared in front of me causing a jump out of me. "Do you not understand the meaning of get away from me?" He didn't reply. Lorenzo just stared at me blankly with his cold stare. "What is it!" I yell at him "Beautiful, you really need to stop trying to get away from me. It doesn't make me get farther away as much as we both know it should." He says in the most gentle voice he could do, getting closer to me "I particularly don't like being around men that kill people." I scoffed. "Then why even stay once you found out about me, Bells." He tilts his head at me with his captivating eyes "Because I cannot bring myself to leave you alone, it's like I'm drawn to you." I shout back at him as rain fell on the both of us. Lorenzo steps towards me again grabbing my waist slow pulling my body into his. "So don't leave me alone." His eyes looking hungrily at my lips, I stared back at his hesitating to lean in and kiss him. "Don't be afraid of me beautiful." He says once our lips touched each other gently. I felt the blood rush go to our lips once I felt him. He kissed me like he thirsted for me. Highest rankings # #1 royalfamily #3 smutscenes #6 risky #14 sensual #22 aggressive #36 hidden #50 vampireromance