Ask anyone, and they'll tell you I'm the good girl. The quiet one. James Grey's innocent little sister. But they don't know I have a damning secret. Living in the shadow of my older brother isn't as bad as it sounds. James and I are really close, and I know he only wants the best for me. But when he forbids me from getting involved with any of his basketball teammates, my heart plummets to my feet. The problem: I've had a crush on one of them, Noah, star player and James life long best friend, for years. He's callous, detached, a womanizer, and the polar opposite of the kind of guy James would like to see me with. A slip up after a night out drinking sends my life into a spiral. A simple text changed everything. My world was thrown off its axis, because now? Noah saw me. Suddenly, he was aware of my existence. And it turns out Noah loves playing games off the court, too.

"You obsessed, Riv?" "Always have and always will and nothing is going to change that." - Ella Reid the girl that fakes a smile, a laugh and answers with "No, I'm fine." But on the inside, she's slowly losing the hold on life that she once had. River Sinn her brother's best friend, the guy that has to sit back and watch the only girl he has ever loved from afar. She is forbidden. She's his best friends little sister. She's the girl who seems to hate him so much. Quote ❝Things always taste better when it's forbidden.❞ - River Sinn ______ Cover ib: @_crescents

Promising student and avid reader, Zahra Calimeris, attends a book club where she meets Romero Vitale; A judicious professor and bibliophilic aesthete. book 1 | ongoing

❝There is no sinner like a young saint.❞ ||MATURE CONTENT|| In which a girl sets her eyes on a forbidden man. COMPLETED. All rights reserved. kingkatewrites 2023. cover by alluringathena

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. In New York City, the federal government is just a front. The streets are truly governed by two invisible forces. To the world, Adrianna is just the naive, beautiful daughter of a mafia boss. In reality, she is the lethal mastermind pulling the strings of the Spanish family's empire. Nikolai was a boy who wanted to save lives-until revenge turned him into a ruthless assassin who secretly pulls the strings of the city's police. When their paths collide on a deadly mission, the underworld and the law go to war. They think they are hunting each other-but they have no idea they are about to face their equal. 𝙃𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩? ♤ This story contains explicit sexual content and dark themes. Please read the trigger warnings before proceeding. started 01/01/23 rewritten and republished 22/07/26