"Why are you so cold to me?" Lo asked. She didn't understand it. This should be a blessing to them both. Tristan stopped at the threshold of the door. She could see his muscular form tense, his large hands clenched at his sides. A thick silence followed; it was almost suffocating. Lo felt as if she couldn't breathe. "I'm no colder to you than any other." He spoke without turning back. Lo felt like her heart was being slowly crushed. "But... we are-" Lo fumbled with her words. "Enough. You are a child; you can't possibly understand the complications of our situation." Tristan growled as he spun around. His dark green eyes met her crystal blues with a fierce look. "I... I don't understand. My mother said you would cherish me from the moment we met... until our dying days." Lo said as she felt the hot tears start to drip down her cheeks. She knew she was young and naive, but she was no child. She was nearly grown. "She was wrong. I'm already mated; I will not abandon her. My father wants you dead. I shouldn't have stopped him." Tristan said with an icy tone as he turned and slammed the door on the way out. Lo could barely get her breath. She felt crushed, and it was more than emotional. It felt like he had just wounded her soul.

Paris teaches toddlers, she was orphaned at a young age and that has made her guarded and stole all the hope she has of having a happily ever after. Israel may seem like an ignorant playboy to the world but all he has ever longed for is someone who understood him. He feels unnoticed by the world and seeks its attention by being the bachelor they painted him out to be. When in Sandton, a young woman throws herself at him and they are both too drunk to think too much about it. It was supposed to be a one-night stand until Israel needed a wife to close a business deal. Paris may have slept with a stranger but marrying one is not something she will do. Israel needs this deal and the only way Paris is agreeing is if he can make her fall in love but will life hand her a cake and let her eat it too? ********************** "Israel, I am scared again." He holds me tighter. "I will never let anything happen to you, I would give my life for you." "Don't do that, life would not be the same without you." "Stop ruining my confessions of love. I love you Mimma and I will protect you as best as I can." "I love you." He looks at me, his face lights up, he places a kiss on my lips, soft and loving. **************************** Starting date: 28 Feb 2021 End Date: 08 May 2022 Word Count: [100 000 - 105 000] ***** Rankings: 1 - Black 2 - Blackwoman 3 - Swirl 3 - Blackfiction 5 - interracial 8 - Romance 11- Billionaire 16-diversity

Set in the 1800s where the elite and peasants are very much set apart. Aurora is 18 years old and she is a maid in the palace, one fateful day tragic events lead to her serving Prince Caspian. Prince Caspian is used to having any woman at his abode, with his good looks, wealth, and charm, he sets his eyes on Aurora, he wants her in his bed. He knows that with social norms he can never be with her but what happens when this develops to more than they both signed up for? When sex ends up coming with strings attached. 18+

Going through my pictures, I went to the one that I had just taken, and the phone slowly slipped out of my grasp. What had escaped my notice before is that the couch I had taken the picture on was against a window, which showed the backyard of the house. But in this picture, it wasn't an empty backyard. No, behind my smiling face was another one, outside the window. It was his face. Covered with a black ski mask, watching me. *** All 19-year-old Layna wanted to do was forget about the guy that broke her heart, and move on with her new boyfriend Brian. But instead, she unwittingly attracted the attention of a stalker. Someone who had been watching her every move for a month, plotting and planning for the perfect moment when he could take her. What Layna never would have expected was that when he finally kidnaps her, she would have to undergo "The Test". The Test that the girls before her had gone through. The one they failed, and payed heavily for. Will she pass The Test or will she die like the others?

A disfigured veteran hiding from the world and the young woman who found him. 2019 Watty Award Winner - Romance After suffering extensive injuries in Afghanistan from an IED that killed his best friend, Ryan decided he was better off dead. He intended to live out the rest of his days alone, away from the media circus surrounding his famous family, away from his heartless ex-fiancee, and away from anyone who knew him before his deployment. When he finds a young woman unconscious and succumbing to hypothermia in the snow outside his remote cabin, his plans to live in complete isolation are thrown into chaos. Though he tries to keep her at arm's length, he finds himself warming to her as she quietly brings life back into his lonely existence. But he's not the only one in hiding, and she's keeping a terrible secret that could get them both killed. Cover Credit @bakedsausage ___________________________________________ @naughtylittleLia "There are no words to describe my love of this story." @fifi221513 "You are an amazing writer. Enjoying your story is an understatement. I LOVE it!!" @Abba_lovelifexx "I love this story. Haven't been able to put it down." @jollene23 "This is one of the better books I've read recently. Can't wait for new chapters. You are really talented" @SnowWhiteCharlie "I think this story is phenomenal! I can't wait to read more!!" @MinSooHyeon "It's a great story and I seriously love it" @Annfictastic "I'm so in love with this book and the characters" @vanbob "This is so beautiful!!" Maturity Level: PG-13. Themes of violence and an occasional suggestive comment. No explicit sexual content.

"𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵" "No?" he questioned as her eyes flew open and she nodded. "It wasn't an option baby" he whispered as he placed a kiss on her thin neck, making her shiver and clutch onto his suit "When I say something you do it" "N-No" her answer wavered and his grip on her jaw tightened. He noticed a small adhesive bandage on her neck from when the knife dug at her skin yesterday. His thumb caressed the spot as her heartbeat quickened "See" his eyes met hers "I didn't even touch you yesterday, but you already have a bruise. What do you think will happen when I finally make you mine?" She gulped hard but refused to give up to a person who was practically a stranger to her "I'm not yours" she breathed out. "Again, not an option baby" ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Abigor Hayes, the mafia feared by nations. He was known for committing every single crime that the world has known, but never getting caught for it. Being the current head of the powerful Hayes family, no one could even touch him. What happens when the Mafia King attends the annual ball and meets Aria Leighton, a woman with unearthly beauty and magic in her fingers? He now wanted what he shouldn't have, but are things really as simple as Aria makes them seem to be?

First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes a- Unfortunately, life is not a checklist, and there's no white picket fences and baby carriages. After a failed long and stable relationship, Arryn Rivera tries her hand at online dating and gets more than she bargained for. Following a handful of bad dates, Arryn decides its time to take her ticking biological clock into her own hands. Rhys Wakefield isn't interested in dating. He's been used, lied to, and even shot by a jealous boyfriend. But when a case of mistaken identity prompts Rhys into picking up the fast-talking Elia in a country bar, his ideas on love and dating go out the window. Rhys tries to find the girl he can't get out of his head, but finds someone else entirely. Any mature scenes will be marked.

Best-selling author, Heather Brown - Lillian, has lost her inspiration and she's out to get some for her next book. Her agent, the closest thing she has to a family, sends her to Vermont. There Lillian meets Jax whom she doesn't know is Nashville's very own top recording artist, Jackson Hill. Lillian thinks he's perfect for her new book and gets started on it. A little conflict turns to understanding, turns to blossoming feelings. After months of writing as well as getting to know this real-life character, Lillian finds out exactly why Jackson is hiding out in Vermont. Her new book doesn't seem like such a good idea anymore. In the beginning, she set out to find serenity for inspiration but in the end, she found both Love and Serenity.

Kendra Wright is a journalist and single mother to a preteen son. Her high school sweetheart leaving her to raise her son alone, has left her with a caged heart, and a promise to never be with a man like that again. Eli Carter, a photographer, runs to Washington DC when faced with a choice. Does he fufill his father's dying wish or follow his own path? What happens when these two meet at Cooper Chronicle? Will love blossom? Or would old resolutions and details of a secret life burn it all to the ground? "Cupid doesn't lie, you won't know unless you give it a try" Cupid by 112 ~~~~~~~~~~ 27/06/2020 - 25k reads 27/07/2020 - 30k reads 17/09/2020 - 35k reads 15/11/2020 - 40k reads 25/12/2020 - 50k reads