When her older sister goes missing, Celia's simple life implodes. Caught between a mother who's fleeing from her past mistakes and a little sister she feels protective of, Celia finds herself in a new place, a small town called Stonelake. Hurting and confused, with her college dreams and plans upended, she struggles to move on. Until Trevor crosses her path. His bitter callousness provokes her, testing her limits in ways they've never been before. Intuition warns her to stay away, but the more she digs into his brooding, mysterious persona, the deeper he reels her in when she uncovers the soft spots beneath his steel shell. Instead of repelling her, his darkness speaks to her, unknowingly luring her into a sordid, tangled web of lies. When something unexpected happens, Celia discovers that Trevor has been keeping massive secrets with unimaginable ramifications. Rocked to the core, Celia begins to question the intentions he's had all along.

𝒁𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒄 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓... 𝓘𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟮 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 '𝗭𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰' 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿. 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? ➽───────────❥ 𝙿𝚕𝚘𝚝. 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 (𝙳𝙾 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙰𝙻 𝙸𝚃 𝙿𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙴) 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚘𝚏. @-moonlitwanderer 𝙲𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚍. @crxwclxb-

The servant's daughter and the aristocrats' son engage in a prohibited bond. Melanie moves in with her mother to work in the Kingstons' household, who have just had their son, Kai, come back from a mysterious absence. After Kai walks in on her at an inconvenient time, he is tempted to break her walls and push her limits. It starts with reading some books to unwind, but no one knows when or where it could end. While Melanie tries to fit in her new environment around higher class people, she discovers she has been caught in a lie; Melanie's life choices were never hers. It was all planned by the person she expected the least, and the discovered truths will change her life forever. ◇ "What's in there?" I inquired instead of letting him mindlessly pull me wherever he wanted. He looked back at me and smiled. That was a first. "My mini library." ☆ featured story on @NA official profile. @NA's read of the month in October, 2021 ⚠️ Contains sexual content. Read at your own will. If you dislike sexually open-minded new adults with loose self-control, this book isn't for you. all rights are reserved ©️ 2021 annabellacx

| ×𝟏𝟏 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 | ❝Do you know the meaning of the flowers you sell, miss?❞ Ashar asked with his full focus on the flowers. ❝Not yet.❞ ❝Do you know what Lavender means?❞ Mawar understood he wasn't much interested in her answers but she once again denied. ❝Love at first sight. This is what I gave her that day.❞ ꙳✭꙳ As a new florist, Mawar's life is like a smooth sailing leaf, calm and tedious. Until a strange man walks through the door of the shop, disheveled and quite unruly, a story-teller. He comes in with a tale of lovers, in his melodious voice it is so enticing, it has Mawar and even her customers hooked and desiring for more. Falling for him wasn't the plan, however falling for a man who is taken by the lady of the tale he is teller of, carries loads of long cries and heartbreaking emotions. She isn't prepared for the inevitable. ((Word count: 5000 - 6000)) 𝖈𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖞 @Guinealove2005 𝕯𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝕱𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖉: • @YA ≈ The Big Short • @NewAdultReads ≈ Last Kiss • @CoffeeCommunity ≈ Frappuccino • @WackyWriters ≈ Our Judge's Favorite | December Curated List • @dangerouslove ≈ Possessive Love • @WattpadESL ≈ Words of Affection | Romance & Chicklit • @StoriedUndiscovered ≈ Lunch Hour Shorts | March Curated List • @Romance ≈ Head over Heals • @CupidsBookClub • @LY

Jihad is not who people think she is. Tucked behind her usually downcast eyes and beneath her overly ironed jilbabs are secrets. Dark, obscene ones she believes will whittle to dust, if leaked, every relationship she's carefully built and the respect she's managed to garner over the years. But secrets are like truths; they cannot stay hidden.And when Jihad is faced with exposure on a scale she never imagined, she's given a choice: save face or save a friend? Either option comes with a damning price tag. Cover credit: @Rosalie_TheDarkLady