"Our love was a case we both lost." When a brilliant lawyer and her ruthless prosecutor husband turn their marriage into the most brutal case they've ever fought, love becomes the one verdict neither of them can win-or walk away from. *** Naomi Carter is a fiercely intelligent lawyer with a near-perfect winning streak of 97% cases won. The only times she ever loses is to her husband. She's sharp, controlled, and commanding in the courtroom, but behind closed doors, she hides a woman who's never truly learned how to love. Nathaniel Carter is a ruthless prosecutor, relentless in his pursuit of justice, and impossible to read. Driven by a fierce need for control, he struggles to keep his own life from unraveling. He's the one man who knows his wife's weaknesses and exploits them with a quiet intensity, stirring both her frustration and desire. Their marriage is a constant battleground, scarred by a shared tragedy neither can overcome. Join these two broken souls as they fight to protect themselves while craving the one thing they fear most: each other. *** #1 in bwwm #1 in eroticromance #1 in blackwoman #1 in enemies #1 in grief #1 in childloss #1 in pregnancy #1 in brokenmarriage #1 in loverstoenemies #1 in darkromance #2 in mentalhealth #2 in enemiestolovers #1 in romance #1 in secondchanceromance

after a prank gone terribly wrong, hayden jones is sent across country to caldwell academy, a school for the bitchy, the dangerous and the rebellious. and if that wasn't bad enough, it becomes much worse when hayden is accidentally put in the male dormitory, landing her in a room with the school's notorious heartbreaker, chase everett. [not edited...like at all]

𝐾𝑁𝑂𝐶𝐾𝑂𝑈𝑇 ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- "𝗗𝗨𝗗𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗘'𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗢𝗨𝗧." 𝐾𝑁𝑂𝐶𝐾𝑂𝑈𝑇 ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ 𝙄𝙉 𝙒𝙃𝙄𝘾𝙃 Lilith Grey was the most feared girl in Kings Dominion, her reputation. making her feared. But not to one boy. As he is determined to find out the backstory of this 'knockout'. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕤: completed 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤: 1st Deadly Class- 25/06/20 1st Marcus Lopez- 10/05/20 16th - Chico 22/04/2020 165th - TV 01/05/2020 122th - TV 03/05/2020 8th - Kings Dominion 04/05/2020

We are married for almost 5 years. That five years was happy and also great. Until I found out that he has a daughter from another woman I'm dying, but does he know? (This is a Short Story)

Summer is a thief with morals and an outcast in her town. She finds a pendant floating in the creek one evening and pawns it off for money to help her only friend. Little did she know, that pendant would make her a wanted criminal and put her in the crosshairs of the mysterious outsiders who recently arrived to town. Leon's search for a stolen artifact lands him in a small southern town of the kingdom. He finds the artifact and a thief with violet eyes who denies stealing it. They embark on a journey to the capital to clear Summer's name and find out the real culprit behind the heist. Faced with trouble along the way, Leon and Summer's relationship develops as the two learn to trust each other. Six of Crows meets Lord of the Rings in a riveting tale of magic, love and self-discovery.

(COMPLETED) In Her Shoes Duology #1 Being kidnapped is never pleasant. It might be when your kidnappers are billionaires mistaking you for their runaway daughter who looks very much like you. [200,000 - 250,000 words]

At St. Augustine's, an elite boarding school cloaked in ivy and secrets, Arabella and Blake were once inseparable. But grief, violence, and addiction tore them apart. Arabella drowns in the shadow of her mother's death; Blake bruises no one is supposed to see. What was once friendship has curdled into silence, then hostility. Yet within the ruin of their lives, something dangerous stirs. Drawn back together by pain as much as longing, their bond becomes a battlefield of resentment, desire, and forbidden trust. In the halls lined with whispers and the nights thick with smoke, they learn that love can be as destructive as the wounds that shaped them.

𝐆𝐈𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎, a young girl who's never known stability. Raised by a reckless, unstable mother, she spent her childhood caught between drug runs and police raids, ruining her right for a normal childhood. One night when her mother goes missing, Giulia's whole life changes... again. Will being under the guardianship of her new older brothers give her a chance at normalcy in her life or will they cause even more mess than before? Healing isn't easy and trust doesn't come free. ☆ ☆ ☆ As I lied there in the hospital bed with a pounding headache, practically suffocating me while barely conscious, I heard that familiar, raspy, deep, sleep deprived voice that I've recently come to find comfort in. "Nessuno oserà toccarti di nuovo senza perdere le mani, amore," they whispered. (No one will dare touch you again without losing their hands, love.) I felt two hands hold my face with a soft kiss on my forehead. Their rough and large hands a contrast to their gentleness. The comforter over me shuffled as the familiar person brought them up to my chin and tucked me in. "Riposati ora sei al sicuro, bambina," they murmured, stroking my hair. Before I knew it, simply the presence of them reassured me as I felt myself drift off again into a deep sleep. (Rest now, you're safe, baby). ☆ ☆ ☆ 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄 (noun): a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.

Ever since Lana was little, it's just been her and her mom. Wanting to be closer to her family in South Carolina, they decide to move. One little issue.. Lana was forced to leave behind all her friends and even her overbearing boyfriend. She has the whole summer before she joins Ridgewood Highschool for her senior year. Lana ends up getting a job at a country club, where she happens to meet Tyler Clark. The two instantly hate each other but will they learn that they have more in common than they think.... Tyler Clark is a cocky and sarcastic teenage boy. He also happens to be an amazing football player who is committed to play in college. But little do many people know how much it takes up his life. He struggles with an overbearing father and a life that revolves around football.

Book one in the Westbridge U series Eighteen-year-old Grace Carter has spent her life hiding from the truth of her broken home, enduring the cruelty of an alcoholic father in the small town of Willow Springs, Texas. Her only escapes are the books she reads and the cheerleading routines she uses to mask the scars of her reality. All she wants is a way out, a chance to live her life on her own terms. Enter Jaxon Reed-the charismatic, cocky captain of Westbridge University's hockey team. At 18, he's already a hockey prodigy, and everyone knows it. He's got everything-looks, talent, and the confidence that comes with it. But underneath the bravado, Jaxon carries a past that haunts him, one he's not ready to confront. When they're paired together for an English project, neither Grace nor Jaxon is thrilled. Grace sees Jaxon as just another entitled athlete, while Jaxon thinks Grace is too distant to care about. But as they spend more time together, something unexpected happens. Jaxon begins to notice Grace's hidden pain, the way she flinches at loud noises and keeps people at arm's length. Grace, in turn, starts to see the cracks in Jaxon's perfect exterior-his reliance on hockey as an escape from a past that refuses to let him go. What begins as forced proximity soon becomes something neither of them saw coming-an undeniable connection that neither of them is prepared for. As their secrets unravel, they'll discover that sometimes, the most broken people are the ones who heal each other.