Lilith Hawthrone is a 20 year old psychology student with a complicated heart and more issues than she likes to admit. She feels too much, thinks too hard, and often drowns in the weight of her own empathy. She's curious, emotionally intense, and carries unresolved wounds especially the kind only a mother can leave behind. Valentina Salvatore is a 30 year old CEO. She's mastered control in every aspect of her life, her sharp mind cutting through complexity to build an empire. Beneath the polished exterior, however, is a woman who loves obsessively but is careful with her love, not wanting to waste it on the wrong person. She's learned to guard her heart, waiting for someone worthy of the intensity she's capable of. Where Lilith is all feelings and chaos, Valentina is order, control, and calculated precision. They come from different worlds, with different rhythms, but what if that's exactly why they fit?

Sareena Nahar has never lived a day of her life unplanned. Every second of everyday has been planned to save her family name. What is she saving them from? Their tyrant of a father. The plan is simple, find a husband, marry him, change the head of the household and hell with be over. Simple right? Or maybe not so simple when she runs into the elusively charming Emilia Romano, who seems to be a dead set of breaking through those carefully constructed walls guarding Sareena's heart. Falling in love with Emilia was never part of the plan, especially when she knows it's end in heartbreak for both of them.

Kol always had a crush on her neighbor since she was a teenager her eyes were always dazed as she gawked at the woman across the street. Unfortunately Kol and her family had to move out because of her dad's promotion. A few years later, Kol now is a grown woman she goes back to her home town and accidentally meets that special neighbor again. What will she do when her feelings resurface again? What's gonna happen when she finds out the truth about her neighbor?

After a summer that changed everything, Lark and Sophie find themselves on opposite sides of a fragile friendship. Torn between loyalty to her boyfriend Liam and the undeniable spark with his sister, Sophie is drowning in secrets.

Avery always thought that she had her next five years planned out. Finish college, get a degree in psychology, start working, get back into dating world, travel here and there to learn more about different cultures, hopefully settle down and grow old while doing what she loved. However, she never thought she'd find herself making out with a beautiful, mysterious and captivating stranger who claimed she needed help in loosing unwanted company. Avery never thought she would be playing a cat and mouse game with Mila, a cold hearted killer.

Nova Astrid has been acting since she was 13, and ever since her acting career started, she's been in intense competition with Milani Zaffrid; the spoiled rich girl who gets every tv role Nova works her ass off for. Nova works hard to avoid talking to Milani, which is hard considering they go to the same high school, and they've both been cast as rival characters in the same tv show. Unfortunately, it gets even harder for Nova when the co-writer Matt Davison loves their "off screen chemistry" and decides to make Nova's character Milani's character's love interest. Their intense rivalry gets in the way of their acting ability, and are forced to fake date as practise for the show, and get more comfortable with each other. Let's hope this doesn't awaken anything in them.

A stranger to her own existence, Kayla moves to a small town with the hope of finding comfort in a fresh start. But as she steps inside the unfamiliar classroom on the first day, standing in front of the class is a mysteriously familiar face, one that rouses memories of a time she believed had gone by. With past baggage catching up in the most intrusive ways, she stumbles upon unexpected comfort of friendship, unconditional love of found family, and a beautiful yet complicated bond between two hesitant souls. "This book was like a warm hug, and I might believe in love again." "I would give everything, especially my soul, to have the opportunity to read this book for the first time again." ────── CW: Substance abuse, harsh language, sexual content, mention of self-harm and suicide. ────── Started in January 2018. Re-published in November 2022. First draft finished in April 2023. ────── Copyright 2018 © Renee Steinberg All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced, copied, translated, or republished in any form without the author's permission, except for brief quotations or reviews with proper credit.

An art student trying to escape her past becomes tangled up with a ruthless Mafia lord. The stakes rise when feelings become involved. ****** Cade is an art student in Italy trying to escape the demons from her past. Angel Falcone is Sicily's most dangerous mob boss. With a heist that tangles their fates, Cade has no choice but to trust the ruthless Mafia lord - but what happens when love gets caught in the crossfire? [Companion Novel to the book Hunter's Alpha]

"Why the fuck are you even here anyway!? For fuck's sake, I don't need anyone!" the girl blew up as her cheeks flush in anger, outrage and confusion. However, just two words from the girl diffuses her anguish, her body relaxes, her gaze softens, her body practically betraying her as she hears her say "Come cuddle?"

In a crime-filled city, an assassin and her target fall in love.