The little bell chimes as I walk through the door, everyone's eyes diverting to me. There's a girl, around my age, maybe younger, wiping down the counter tops, taking breaks to wipe away the short hairs in her eyes. Her apron is tied tight around her waist, her thick, dark hair mostly in a messy ponytail at the back. I make my way towards her, rolling up my sleeves to my elbows. When I move my hair from my eyes, I see her face clearly as she looks up and meets my eyes. "Coffee, black." Her deep, green eyes just gaze up at me. "Please." The second I have the coffee and I pay, she starts to talk. "Have a nice da-" But I'm out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The bakery down the street, it's loved by everyone, but what's loved more is the sweet girl who runs it. She's never been seen without that huge grin and messy hair from working hard. Adam is just a regular guy, sure, maybe a little moody, but normal. He works an office job, absolutely hates it, but it makes him unbelievable sums of money. No one remembers the last time he had a genuine smile. Until... Avery.

After Katia kills her abusive father, she descends into anxiety-ridden turmoil characterised by the two deadly looming questions: what the fuck did she just do? and How the fuck am I going to get away with it? Coaxed by her panicked and perplexed mind she decides to frame it on the towns current mysterious murderer, the Grey Devil who has killed 7 men in the past week. Her ambitious idea soon plummets into stupidity when the Grey Devil finds out about what she did and is looking for a payment in return, only he isn't interested in her money or her car or her house. He is interested in only one thing: Her.

Esmeralda I fled Seattle in search of a new beginning from the ruthless past that haunts me. A new identity, different appearance, and whole new city filled with new faces and a fresh start. Three years later and everything seems to be going back to normal. Until one day, a FaceTime call of my family being held hostage changed it all. I discovered a brutal truth about my family's success. It was all a lie and now I'm caught in the middle. Damien Everyone wants my head on a silver platter. I'm the most wanted, ruthless man to step foot on this earth, all thanks to my father. The mafia was my life. My obligation to continue where my father left off 5 years ago. I made it my mission to become the most powerful man. People fear my name, my presence, but she, she didn't fear nothing and I hated it. Little did I know, she was the missing piece to a very important puzzle I couldn't solve and now she was all mine. Esmeralda "Rose" Gomez has always been a free spirit filled with laughter and happiness. Traumatic events led her to believe that fairytales don't exist and love was forbidden in her world. Family was all she had to depend on, but when a secret reveals itself forcefully, she must decide if the price to pay will be worth putting her life at risk. Damien De La Torre was your typical guy. A man who fucks and leaves. A man whose rules involve never getting romantically involved with a woman. Marriage was never an option, nor was having a family, but his mother always had a different vision on his life. With Esmeralda in his debt and a mother who keeps throwing options his way, he gives in, allowing him and Esmeralda to both get what they want. A deal to set her family free in exchange for her hand in marriage. Blood shed, betrayal, and death is nothing compared to the perilous emotion stirring inside their bodies. The one emotion that terminates their contract indefinitely. Love. 18+ IS ADVISED FOR THIS BOOK*** © bereeexx 2020. All rights reserved

Summer and Dragon have a complicated past. The first time Summer walked into Clover Springs with her best friend, Dragon was captivated by her. But when two hesitant souls collide, it's easy to miss what's right in front of them. When Summer left town, Dragon spiraled into despair, haunted by the knowledge that he had driven away the one girl who made life worth living. Now, two years later, Summer returns, believing Dragon is long gone-just as her best friend told her. But fate has other plans. The connection between them is magnetic, and as soon as Summer is back, so is Dragon, determined to make things right this time around. CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE

"I hate you." "You really mean that, Princess?" "Just shut up and kiss me." ***** Dominique Smith, a badass senior at Oakwood High. She has long, straight, black jet-colored hair, tattoos, a has a seashell skin tone, gorgeous glowing skin, perfect teeth, and whatnot. Dominique's clothing interests are more plaid sweaters, jeans, jackets, and sneakers than rather dresses, skirts, and heels. Dominique is filled with anger and hurt, that she puts up a wall that allows no one to pass. -yet. Dominique never really understood the true meaning of love. To her, it was considered a myth that everyone believed was true. Alex Carter, a bad boy who believes perfect girls don't exist. With black messy hair, a sharp jawline, dark emerald green eyes, tattoos covering his body, and a very muscular figure. What's not to like? Alex and Dominique spark a feeling in each other and are willing to find out what that spark is, but what secrets lie in between? Alex and Dominique have known each other since they were both in the sixth grade, now they're seniors. They are each other's opponent and declared each other as enemies. They even set ground rules as enemies, including no sexual contact, but as they got older, they both became irresistible to each other. Both have a reputation for being bad and trying to escape their past. Just two broken people. They refuse to interfere with their past, leaving all the lies and secrets behind, but new ones are arising that will put themselves and others in danger. Bad girl and bad boy, the perfect duo, right? Not when there lies secrets, romance, anger, hurt, confusion, and deception. **** I DO NOT OWN RIGHTS TO THE BACKGROUND IMAGE. **** #77 | Bad (Out of 45K Stories) #16 | Deception (Out of 6.9K Stories) ©️ Copyright 2020 - Mimi_Miga

Zara Ashford is very straight to the point. She likes the color blue, r&b music and people who don't waste her time. Known for her attitude, she's the town's most popular girl. Or at least she was...before she left for two years. Now she's back, and despite what you might think, she's not the same little girl she was back then. Her tongue grew even sharper somehow. As for Killian Blackwood, he's 'still at the restaurant'. He's popular and he's rich, but it's that charm that has everybody crazy for him. His eyes though, they've been set on a certain girl forever. Some say they were childhood enemies. But he was just a boy trying to get a pretty girl's attention.

Sofia Ivanov is a 21-year-old police officer who unsuspectingly drives with her partner on a murder operation, but when she got there her life changed completely. Numerous corpses were strewn all over the ground, but she is not afraid and bends down to the corpse in front of her, not knowing that her partner is behind her and will be her kidnapper. What will happen next, you will find out in 'Sofia my love '

"You keep looking at me like you don't want me, Adeline," Will murmurs, his lips brushing against my jaw while hand slides higher on my bare thigh, slow and deliberate. "But your body says otherwise." My breath gets caught in my throat and my brain screams to say something, anything-but my lips won't move. "I..." I begin to say, but the words die before they even leave my lips the second his mouth touches my neck. ⊹₊⟡⋆ Adeline Serrano has a reputation to protect. Straight A's, flawless record, and the badge of honor that comes with being the principal's daughter. At Willow Creek Preparatory she's everything a good girl should be: polished, respected, and untouchable. But one drunken summer night changed everything. One kiss-hot, messy, absolutely forbidden-with the last person she should've been caught dead with. Will Carter. They don't call him the prince of chaos for nothing. The mayor's rebellious son. All smirks, bruised knuckles, and bad decision. Practically a walking scandal. Recently suspended for smoking with someone's daughter in the boys' bathroom. Now he's back- with a bruised jaw, a vendetta, and nothing to lose. So when Will decides to turn the school's poster girl into his newest distraction, Adeline's carefully built world begins to unravel. Secrets stir, bets are made, lessons are taught, truths unravel, and lines blur between hate and desire. She's pretending it never happened, he's planning to make sure she never forgets. Because some girls break rules. And the best ones? They shatter them.

[18+ only, Mature Content] "Stop looking for a fight, angel, before I handcuff you to this bed and leave you here." "I'd scream," I warned him. "That would add the story of us f*cking." I held myself back from taking his gun and shooting him and gave him a fake smile. "I really dislike you." "It didn't stop you from moaning." * MALIA has one job. Follow the assassin called GHOST, find out who Sinners are, uncovering their plan. It was a simple order. But late nights, fights and the tension only lead to feelings and a desire that should be forbidden. Involves gangs, drugs, murder and sex. ENTERED IN WATTYS2019 04/06/19 STEAM & SMOKE by NŸX©️copyright #1 FBIagent #1 projectbadboys #4 badboy #1 gang #1 boy

BOOK #1 *can be read as a standalone* ------- 𝕎𝔸ℕ𝕋 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚋 𝔻𝔼𝔽𝕀ℕ𝕀𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ: 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 ------- Natalia didn't live the normal life she was meant to have. She was taken the day of her birth and grew up in an abusive home. What happens when she and her best friend, Camilla, decide to leave and stumble into three handsome mob men? Do they all have more in common than what's being said? What does having a family mean to Natalia? Can she survive the potential love? ------- i looked at him through glossy eyes. tears threatening to fall but i didn't let them. "i want you. i need you. but i can't have you." i watched him break. his wall that talk years to build, shattered and i was the cause of it. ------- TW: abuse, strong language, violence, mature themes.