Ares, the typical hot playboy, decides to bet on his own dad's best friend's daughter in his ego. He would hate to sip from the same glass, let alone kiss her. But when he does, everything changes for him. Iris is a typical hopeless romantic who has given the keys of her life to fictional men. Her only goal in life is to prove that she is way better than Ares but falls directly into his trap. When all her book fantasies start to come true, her heart ties an undoable knot. Both become bound to each other by hate, yet cannot resist each other. Even when they're arguing and hating. ------------- TW: Sexual Assault, Violence, Sexual Content (of consent) Please read at your own discretion

Lacuna (my missing part) in Latin Esme Davis's fast life has become stagnant, or so she thinks. Until one fateful night she bumps into him. During the day she is a science major at UCLA, but at night, she is an underground street racer with an unbeatable record. Confused by her sudden interest in the man she met once- and doesn't know the name of- Esme continues through her daily routine, until she sees him in the last place she thought possible. Esme is set on not letting Silas in, but Silas doesn't give up easily. No one has caught Silas's eye the way Esme has, but she doesn't care. Esme's sole focus is her studies, and one day getting her Masters in Chemistry. After weeks of struggling to keep her thoughts clear of Silas, Esme finally gives in, and doesn't look back. Even if it means she must go into hiding to keep safe from Maxim Markanov. The Pakhan of the Russian Mafia, and the man set on taking everything away from Silas. Silas Daniels, the Don of The American Mafia, likes to let off some steam at one of his underground street races every now and then. When sees Esme for the first time, the wind is knocked out of him- literally. Silas has remained closed off and unapproachable since his parents death when he was only a teen, left to raise his younger brother Sean by himself. Under Silas's rule, the American Mafia has flourished, and has since become the most powerful in the world. Deciding it's time for him to settle down, Silas decides Esme is the perfect woman for the role, but little does he know how serious she is in her dislike of him. Once Esme lets Silas through her thick exterior she created to keep everyone out, he finds a bright and pure light underneath. Silas wants nothing more than to protect Esme from the danger of his world, but he can't bring himself to let her go. Read Lacuna to find out all of the unexpected bumps on Silas and Esme's road from strangers to lovers.

Gia Holland is a college student who lives for nothing else but ice-skating. When a new ice-rink opens near her campus she decides to starts going there after a long time of not ice-skating. She gets an opportunity to compete in a competition that she dreamed about ever since she was a little girl, but she can only attend with a partner, since the competition is for duos. She almost gives up on the opportunity when a hockey team captain Nathan Langston offers to be her partner if she tutors him in return. She accepts regardless of her hatred towards hockey players. At first she sees their relationship as nothing more than two people helping out each other but she soon starts feeling something more and learns that she's not the only one. Uploading every: tuesday and friday

Annabell Wolfee is the First Female Italian Mafia Donna. Even though the rest of the world is on board with female leaders the russian Mafia leader Kitrill Volkov targets the young woman trying to prove he is worthy of her spot and she has to be on high alert protecting herself and her title. Annabell makes it her quest to kill Kitrill and take over his mafia so she could prove herself but the goddamn bodyguard keeps messing up her head with the idea of love. Can she do it with the distraction? ------ a sharp pain collided with my back causing me to stumble and fall on my face, I quickly turn around so that I'm laying on my back. the tip of a long nicely designed machete is sitting on the top of my Adam's apple and at the end of that machete is a hot ass woman furious with me. I put my hands up in defense."hey, pretty girl!" I wink. "why are you in my closet Laow?" she asks with so much confidence. "is that my underwear?" the machete point to the Lacey piece in my hands. "no!" I throw the underwear back to the shelf but it only causes more panties and bras to fall on top of me. she gives me a death stare and I grin at her "nice collection, maybe you can model for me one time." I smirk. ---- first publishes 7/31/21 Last chapter published : 11/14/21

-𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤- "𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 '𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡?' 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 '𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫' 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞?" 𝐈 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. "𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭!" "𝐖𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞?" 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐈 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚. ---- Althea Carter; Soccer Prodigy, Star Student, Sibling, and Daughter. After the recent breakup of her ex-boyfriend, she snaps and is more determined than ever to get where she wants to be in life with no distractions or anything getting in her way of becoming the greatest female soccer player and who she truly is. She is set to prove everyone that weakens her wrong. Though something always comes her way and threatens to break her stride. Cardan Reyes; The 'new guy' of Grimson Smith College. A new school isn't easy for anyone especially after the incident that happened where he transferred from. He has a lot of baggage for one man to carry, what happens when he needs someone to help him carry it? Cover Made by: DevilishWritings Started:3/17/2021 Ended: 6/8/2021

"Stop overthinking," she whispered, holding my cheek as she stroked her thumb. "Please." "I can't," I admitted, scrunching my brows. "I'm sorry." "Don't apologise," she said gently, her eyes moving to my lips. "You're doing so good." Theo Ferreira- full time student and part time tattoo artist. He's quiet, reserved and has no other interests besides completing his degree. Theo is focused, but his focus shifts when he meets a woman who brings out a side to him he didn't know existed. Nina Cantero- full time student and the occasional babysitter. She's curious and utterly bored with her abundantly bleak life. Nina seeks a new thrill, and sometimes that means fresh ink on her skin. What happens when her newfound craving leads her to a particular tattoo artist?

[ COMPLETED ] Believer | ✓ Book Three Of The Sinners & Saints Series He made me a believer. COPYRIGHTED © MIDNXGHTSUN.

[2023 Wattys Shortlist] When a feud between siblings goes too far, Solana finds herself falling into the hands of his enemy. Two university state teams have been fighting for generations, and unfortunately for Solana, her brother happens to be the quarterback for the Hawks, while his ex-best friend and current enemy leads the Tigers. She's normally supportive, but after an argument goes too far with her brother the night of a party, she finds herself welcoming a certain player into her bedroom. Christian Kane knows all about loyalty, and that it was his loyalty to others that got him screwed over. While he hides his anger behind his smooth words and flirty smile, the one person who can't fall for his charm is the little firecracker he's known for ten years. But with his loyalty to his team, he knows that surrounding himself around Solana will only lead to issues he doesn't need. But as the unlikely pair come to a mutual fake dating agreement to stir some problems, it's only time until things shatter into pieces. t r o p e s: faking dating, brothers enemy, one bed, banter, sleepover, college fiction, football romance, past history

*Mature BWWM* Bellamy Dupont has had a crush on Nikolai Semenov ever since he came from Russia. Nikolai has always resented her at times. When Nikolai moves back to Russia, ten-year-old Bellamy is devastated. After thirteen years, Nikolai returns, and she's arranged to marry him. Of course, her feelings towards him have never changed, only matured and proceed with caution. But is she ready to take on the big brute who won't confess any feelings at all and forget about the reason for the marriage in the first place? *Preview* "I fucking told you. Stop calling me your fucking bro. I'm not your fucking bro." He climbs on top of me as I laugh my shit off, making it worse for me. But I can't stop laughing. I've been calling him bro for the past two hours, his reactions are so funny, and now I've got myself fucked up cause he parked the bus and yanked me off my chair. "Stop fucking laughing." I cover my mouth, trying to stop. "I'm sorry...bro." I swear I see Nikolai's vein pop. "Strip." I stop laughing. "Excuse me?" Nikolai sneers. "I said strip." I cup my ear. "Bro, I can't hear-" Nikolai rips my shirt open, knowing full well it was my favorite one. First, it was my favorite pair of panties. Now, it's my favorite shirt. ~~~~~~~~ *33 chapters- three extra chapters I promise you the story is better than this lame excuse for a blurb. Cover by: @meha-k Whole story word count: 52,472 *EDITED TO A READABLE STATE 😉 (feel free to comment about the French and Russian mistakes I made. I know GT isn't reliable sometimes) 🔥 is the mature chapters 🥇 #2 in funnymomments 100k Reads on 7/16/22 150ᴋ ʀᴇᴀᴅs ᴏɴ 7/25/22 200k Reads on 8/6/22 250k Reads on 8/25/22 300k Reads on 10/2/22 400k reads on 12/17/22 500k reads on 3/24/23

Ivy Reed, a twenty year old with a haunting past. Ace Romano, the soon-to-be Italian mafia boss and also Ivy's brother's best friend who instantly takes a liking in Ivy when he first sees her. What happens when Ivy finds herself falling for him? And he, for her? Read to find out~ (I know I suck at descriptions lmao) Your typical brother's best friend book. _________________ Ig : actb4thinking _________________ #7 in love on 08/02/23