Amelia Erisse Belivet never forgets anything. Gifted--or cursed--with hyperthymesia, she remembers every single moment of her life with perfect clarity. She feels stuck, unable to move past what's happened to her, weighed down by memories she can't escape... until she meets Ms. Avri. Avri is an incredible artist with a calm, strong presence. She runs her class strictly and holds everyone to high standards, but whenever she looks at Amelia, her expression softens with quiet care. She sees how much Amelia is struggling, and takes extra time to guide her--encouraging her to turn her painful memories into art, hoping it will help her heal. But the closer they get, the more torn Amelia becomes. Her head tells her one thing, but her gut warns of terrible things she has no reason to remember. She can't reason her way out of it, and she's left doubting everything. If her mind is supposed to record everything perfectly... why does it feel like she doesn't belong in her own life? If your mind can lie... what else isn't real? Highest Ranking: #1 carolaird #1 hyperthymesia #1 txs

Genre: Lesbian Romance | CEO x Assistant | Slow Burn | Office Tension l 9 years Age Gap She runs an empire with ice in her veins. Her new assistant runs on caffeine, chaos, and far too much heart. What happens when sunshine starts to melt steel? Margot Blake is everything the headlines say: cold, brilliant, untouchable. The youngest CEO in luxury branding history, she built Blake & Co. from sheer ambition - and froze out anything resembling a personal life along the way. Enter Chloe Quinn - bright, bubbly, and dangerously persistent. She's not the type of assistant Margot usually hires... or keeps. But something about Chloe's chaotic charm, awkward honesty, and maddening optimism starts to crack the ice Margot has spent years perfecting. They're opposites in every way. One has walls higher than the skyline; the other believes no heart is too frozen to warm. But in a world of power plays, secrets, and boardroom battles, falling for your assistant isn't just reckless - it could ruin everything. Slow burn. High tension. Sharp suits. Stolen glances. And a love neither of them saw coming.

Sometimes the best lessons aren't learned in class, they're felt in the heart. Riley Hale's life runs on caffeine, chaos, and cupcake batter. At twenty-eight, she's mastered the art of single motherhood, sarcasm, and pretending she's totally fine that her love life has been replaced by late-night cleaning montages and her eight-year-old's existential questions. Then one morning, a frosty stranger in a perfect beige coat walks into The Sweet Spot bakery and straight into Riley's list of "people I will never impress." After one spilled coffee and a mortifying apology later, Riley is convinced she'll never see the woman again. Until the next day, when she meets her daughter's new fifth-grade teacher... Miss Emerson Miller. What follows is a year of accidental flirtations, school-event disasters, and late-night bake-offs that blur the line between enemies, friends, and something sweeter. Because sometimes love doesn't show up when you plan it - it spills all over your shoes and dares you to start over. A slow-burn, small-town romantic comedy about second chances, messy mornings, and discovering that the best lessons aren't always taught in classrooms.

Nancy Blake didn't plan on starting over at thirty-nine. Yet here she is-newly divorced, emotionally bruised, and reluctantly taking her friends' advice to "fix her life" by hiring an assistant. Easy enough... until Whitney Morgan walks in. Whitney is twenty-five, a single mother fighting to prove she can support her son and still chase her dreams. Working for Nancy Blake is the opportunity of a lifetime-if only her infuriatingly magnetic boss didn't keep invading her thoughts. As chemistry builds and old wounds rise to the surface, Nancy and Whitney must navigate trust, desire, and the complicated chaos of two lives slowly intertwining. Because falling in love was never the job description... but neither woman can deny the pull. This is my first book I've posted anyone who's read this if you liked it or had any feedback I can take on board please do leave comments I'd appreciate it! I'm currently working on a lesbian fantasy novel arch and this was my first attempt at posting anything I've written any little helps on the advice front :) EB ❤️

Love was a term coined by the movement for equality beginning in the 1960's. Love was something that Rebecca Hayes never thought she would find. A young, introverted college graduate, Rebecca is commission to be a French tutor to the youngest children of the wealthy Donnelley family. In the summer of 1964, Rebecca is uprooted from her quiet life in the suburbs of New Orleans and settles in with the Donnelleys in Los Angeles, California. During this internment, Rebecca finds experience. She finds friends. She finds purpose. What she did not expect to find, was love. And the last place she ever thought she would find it was in the eldest Donnelley daughter, Joanne. Now an old woman, Rebecca recounts the passionate love affair that is still just as picturesque as it was 59 years ago, during a time when this kind of love was considered something entirely opposite.

The Fox of Rotthendahl Celeste Hawthorne has spent her life chasing ghosts-of enemies, of secrets, of a past that refuses to stay buried. At thirty-one, the former CIA operative has traded covert missions for corporate intelligence, navigating a quieter but no less dangerous world. When her employer Alena Stavros grows suspicious of her brother's hedonistic behavior at Paris's elite Château Noir, Celeste is sent to investigate-discreetly. What she doesn't expect is her. In the middle of a velvet-draped hallway and an attempted abduction, Celeste steps in to save a stunning, unnamed woman dressed like royalty and radiating secrets. She plays the part of a jealous lover to throw the attackers off, pulls the woman to safety-and is rewarded with suspicion, silence, and a kiss. Before Celeste can get answers or even a name, the woman vanishes into the night, leaving only the burning imprint of a kiss and a gnawing sense that nothing about her was what it seemed. Celeste has spent years decoding lies. But this one? This mystery wrapped in silk and attitude? She can't let go. As threads unravel-from the cold case that defined her childhood to the storm brewing beneath the Château's luxury-Celeste finds herself pulled into a dangerous game. And at the heart of it is the woman who disappeared...and who might be the biggest lie of all. Beneath layers of deception, attraction sparks between two women on opposite sides of truth. But as old ghosts rise and enemies close in, Celeste must decide: can she outfox the past before it swallows them both?

Amara Alonso is 22 years old and is in her final year studying English literature at NYU. She's smart, kind and gentle, she always has been. But she carries a quiet sadness that most don't see. After losing her mother and sister in a tragic car accident 8 months ago, she was left with an alcoholic father who she blames for their death. She promises herself to push through her last year of college but soon falls into a cycle- skipping classes, tear-stained eyes, and an empty stomach. Emilia Zayed is a 29 year old creative writing professor. Emilia is poised, intelligent and emotionally guarded. She keeps everyone at arm's length- students, colleges, friends, and especially family. She doesn't trust people and shows no intention to. She shows no interest in anybody around her, until a soft brown eyed girl enters her lecture with a look of hurt deep in her eyes that she can't seem to stop thinking about. Emilia notices Amara's writing first. There's something about her work-so raw, so aching, so lonely. It touches something in Emilia she thought she'd buried. Never has a student's piece of writing made her feel this way. They shouldn't get close. They can't get close. But they do. And it's slow, quiet, and deeply emotional. It's Amara showing up during Emilia's office hours not just to talk about writing but about life. It's Emilia realising Amara needs more than feedback-she needs someone who sees her. And it's Amara finally finding someone who doesn't leave. The two form an unspoken bond they can't explain. It's forbidden in the eyes of everybody else. But they can't help but feel softer around each other. Will they ever act on it? Will Amara's hurt or Emilia's closed offness prevent them from ever truly opening up and giving in?

When an assistant to a multi-millionaire CEO of a fashion magazine agrees to a fake dating deal, she doesn't expect to find that there may be more to her boss's cruel heart than she thought. ****** Working for a brutal boss was the last thing Alaina wanted to do, but the high salary is too hard to resist. When an unfortunate situation pushes CEO Mylène Seydoux to move in with Alaina, both their worlds are disrupted as rumors swirl around them. And one way to deal with that problem? Stage a fake relationship with a hefty bonus. Alaina accepts the deal, but things become complicated when the money is not the only thing that is irresistible. Mylène Seydoux's reputation as a cruel, workaholic CEO precedes her. Moving in and striking up a fake dating deal with her mousey assistant is not part of her plans. To make matters worse, that same pretty, sassy sunshine of an assistant manages to stir up feelings that Mylène has kept buried deep for years. Love has become off-limits to her when she has enemies who are waiting for the right moment to strike. Fake blurs into reality as their dating deal slowly combusts into a passion neither one of them wants to escape. Will they be able to handle each other's worlds for a chance at something real? Or will the secrets that taint both their pasts be too much for them? **** My boss is staring at me as if I'm her last dinner. "Merde, you look so fucking beautiful, amour." A smile tugs at the corner of her red lips. "And you're even wearing a red lace bra. Have you prepared for this moment, naughty girl?" I lick my dry lips. "And what if I have?" She smirks. "Then I love that." She beckons me with her finger. "Come here." Swallowing the lump in my throat, I walk to her. Until I'm standing right over her. And even when she's sitting, the power wafts off her in intoxicating waves. She truly is the Devil's Mistress. And I'm ready to burn in hell. Banners by @-DeeIsDead-

After a painful betrayal shatters her engagement, twenty-five-year-old Amina Grimaldi leaves behind the sunlit streets of Italy for a quiet new life in London. All she wants is to teach, to start over, and to forget. But when she steps into her classroom at Rosehill Academy for Girls, she meets seven-year-old June Wilson-a bright, thoughtful child who slowly begins to open a locked part of Amina's heart. And then there's June's mother. Elizabeth Wilson is everything Amina isn't: older, commanding, impeccably composed. A powerful CEO with little time for distractions-or emotions. But when a chance encounter at a bookshop leads to coffee, the lines between parent and teacher begin to blur. As parent-teacher conferences draw near and stolen glances give way to deeper truths, Amina and Elizabeth find themselves drawn into a quiet tension neither expected. What begins with shared silences and subtle shifts becomes a story of trust, healing, and the kind of love that arrives softly... but changes everything. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• -WLW -Age Gap -Smut