WATTYS 2025 SHORTLIST || hey readers! don't forget to vote for my novel silver bound when the voting opens up! -- Milo's lips graze my neck, slow and unhurried, like he has all the time in the world. My breath catches, my fingers curling into his bare back, but I don't pull away. I should. Ryan would kill us both. Ryan, my brother. Ryan, his best friend. He presses closer and drags his tongue, his voice low and teasing against my skin. "Tell me to stop, Lil." I don't. copyright © 2025. all rights reserved.

Leonardo Giovanni became a father at the age of twenty. The new mafia Don was a closed off cold man that left people shaking in fear. He loved his daughter Maggie so much. He changed his ways for her. Leo wanted the best for his little girl. But one morning all of that changed. When he went to wake her up his bright bubbly baby was not in her crib. Her window was wide open and all of her baby stuff, including her little elephant stuffy was gone. Fourteen years later little baby Maggie is running from the cops for the third time that month. The cops are sick of her and even more sick of trying to locate this girls mother. Finding no luck they dig through the system hoping that someone can claim this mischievous teenager. One day at work Leo gets an unexpected call from a police station on the other side of the country. When he finds out it's his daughter he jumps right on to the opportunity of seeing her. Maggie has a lot of secrets and a bounty on her back. How can the friendly, bubbly, talkative girl escape her demons? How can Leo a cold mafia Don raise an energetic fifteen year old? How will Leo get Maggie's trust? Will their fiery attitudes clash? What happens when Leo finds out about his daughters past? TW - Abuse, Drugs, SA, Alcohol, Fighting Not edited. Started: 01/15/2022 Finished: 05/03/2022

Katherine Lane has always craved simplicity, a life untouched by the demands of wealth and high society. But one reckless night changes everything when she finds herself entangled with Caspian Montgomery-a man who embodies everything she once ran from. Caspian commands power with an iron will, feared as much as he is desired. Ruthless, powerful, and entirely out of reach. As the heir to an empire, he commands fear and respect in equal measure, a man whose world is built on control. He is as feared as he is desired. With wealth, power, intelligence, and the allure of a Greek god, he has it all. He is a man accustomed to control, and when he discovers Katherine is carrying his child, letting go is not an option. What was meant to be a fleeting moment becomes inescapable when Katherine discovers she's carrying his child. she is thrust into the very life she once fled-one of power, privilege, and unforgiving scrutiny. But Caspian doesn't just demand his heir; he demands her. Katherine must navigate the dangerous intricacies of wealth and influence. Here, power is a currency, love is a weakness, and every move is a calculated game. But as much as she resists, Caspian is relentless-possessive in ways she never expected, drawn to her in a way that defies logic. To him, she is not just the mother of his child; she is his-to protect, to control, to claim. Bound by an unexpected marriage, Katherine must navigate a world where love and power are indistinguishable, and where the most dangerous thing of all may be surrendering to the man who now holds her fate in his hands. # 1 in marriage, 11/11/2023 #1 in age gape, 11/11/2023 #1 in billionaire,11/11/2023 #1 in one night stands 11/11/2023 #1 in wealthy11/11/2023 #1 in Humor 23/11/2023

Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible. Until the night everything shattered. When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire. She was born in silence. They raise her in steel. But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live. Book 1