Lilith Hawthorne is a 20 year old psychology student with a complicated heart and more issues than she likes to admit. She feels too much, thinks too hard, and often drowns in the weight of her own empathy. She's curious, emotionally intense, and carries unresolved wounds especially the kind only a mother can leave behind. Valentina Salvatore is a 30 year old CEO. She works hard to build her career and keep things running smoothly. At the same time, she loves deeply but carefully, making sure her feelings go to the right person. She has learned to protect her heart and waits for someone who matches the way she feels. Where Lilith is full of feelings and unpredictability, Valentina has her life sorted out. They come from different worlds and have different ways of living, but what if that's exactly why they fit?

teacher x student | wlw | age gap Emily had to take a year off from school because of her mental health, and now she's 18 and ready to start fresh. She's always been a straight-A student and plans to keep it that way by focusing on her studies this year. But then she meets the new English teacher, who she realizes she's seen before, although this time she seems different, more strict. Will Emily be able to stay focused, or will she find herself falling for the charms of her strict teacher? • Slow burn • Teacher x student • Age gap (24 years) ~Highest rankings~ #1 in lgbt #1 in womensfiction #1 in teacherstudent #1 in englishteacher #1 wlwteacherxstudent #2 in teacherspet #2 in women #2 in girlxwoman #2 in lesbian #3 in gxg #4 in wlw

Sienna Lawson, a weary literature student, is entering her final year at Ashbourne University. All she wants is to keep her head down, survive the year, and finally graduate. But the past she's tried to bury refuses to stay silent. It lingers-sharp, relentless-creeping back in ways she can't outrun. Then comes Juliana Blake. Cold. Commanding. Unapologetically intense. The new lecturer for Sienna's favourite subject-and a woman who carries authority like a second skin. Every glance is deliberate, every word precise, every presence impossible to ignore. They are opposites: ocean and earth. But when they collide... nothing stays untouched. Not even their past. //slow burn//age difference//ice skating// profxstudent//

One is hiding from the world. The other is trying to find her place in it. Ellie is perfectly content with her single flat and her Criminal Minds marathon, and a healthy dose of Tumblr nostalgia-until MoonPetal45 enters the chat. As the pressure of her final year mounts, this online stranger becomes her greatest support. Dr. Pembrose knows the rules. As a professor, she should have blocked the charming, accident-prone student the moment she recognised her. But in the quiet of her new home, the line between mentor and admirer is blurring, and Ellie's frequent run-ins with gravity are making the doctor fall a little too hard.

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?

Adrienne Brookes is a highschool senior with a sharp tongue and a talent for trouble. Her sarcasm is a shield, one she learned to wield early, because surviving her home life means never letting anyone see too much. And Adrienne has secrets. More than she can carry. But one slip in her carefully crafted mask is all it takes for Ivy Adair, her cold and calculating psychology teacher, to notice the cracks. Ivy is the last person Adrienne should trust, and the only one she can't seem to stay away from. Wanting distance is easy. Keeping it is impossible. ‼️ GAY ‼️ SEXUAL CONTENT ‼️ ABUSE AND VIOLENCE - There will not be warnings in individual chapters. This book is for mature audiences only. Do not read if sensitive to the above content.

Kennedy Sterling does not believe in second chances Not after Reese Calloway walked away from four years of loving her and left Kennedy to figure out how to survive with half a heart and too many unanswered questions It took Kennedy a year and a half to become someone who could breathe without her Then Kai Brooks happened Cocky, patient, dangerous in all the ways Kennedy should have known better than to want Kai makes her feel wanted without making her feel trapped And Kennedy hates how badly she wants to let her in Then Reese comes back Now Kennedy has to help rehab the girl who broke her heart while trying not to look at her like she never stopped loving her ⛧ ✦ ⛧ ✦ ⛧ Reese Calloway told herself she had no choice Leaving Kennedy was supposed to protect a secret big enough to destroy everything her family had built So she did the one thing she knew Kennedy would never forgive her for She left first But loving someone does not stop just because you are the one who ran And now Reese is back at UNC, sitting on Kennedy Sterling's training table, pretending she can survive being touched by the girl she never stopped wanting Kennedy looks at her like she is the worst thing that ever happened to her Reese cannot even blame her ⛧ ✦ ⛧ ✦ ⛧ Kai Brooks does not usually chase girls this long She likes attention, the almost, the moment before someone gives in and admits they want her But Kennedy was never that simple Kennedy made Kai wait Made her work Made her want something that did not end the second she won it And for the first time, Kai is starting to wonder if maybe settling down does not sound like a trap when it is with the right girl ⛧ ✦ ⛧ ✦ ⛧ Two girls want Kennedy Sterling One broke her One makes her want to try again And Kennedy is stuck between the girl she never got over and the girl who refuses to let her run

Shay has learned how to disappear in plain sight. She moves through her days quietly-head down, emotions locked away, body trained to endure more than it should. Control is survival. Distance is safety. And no one ever looks close enough to see what she's learned to hide. Until someone does. Lilith Armstrong is everything Shay isn't allowed to want: composed, authoritative, untouchable. A woman who understands the body down to its smallest fracture-and sees far too much when she looks at Shay. What begins as instruction slowly becomes attention. What feels like guidance sharpens into something heavier, more dangerous, and impossible to ignore. Between the anatomy of the human body and the anatomy of restraint, lines blur. Power shifts. Desire festers in the quiet moments where it shouldn't exist. And Shay must decide whether being seen is worth the risk of being undone. Anatomy of Restraint is a dark, slow-burn psychological romance about control, obsession, and the intoxicating danger of crossing boundaries that were never meant to bend.

Growing up ugly gives you two things: a personality and a thirst for vengeance. You'd think six crowns, a Miss South Carolina title, and a spot in the Miss USA lineup would be enough to outgrow this, but Simone Khoury: former mean girl, current internet personality, professional loudmouth, is extremely gifted at getting under Venus' skin. Venus is good at ignoring her problems. She's been doing it for years. But when Simone charms her way through Venus's best friend and throws her away like nothing, Venus is going to teach Simone Khoury what it feels like on the other side. But what happens when the revenge starts feeling less like a lesson and more like a lie she's telling herself?

THIS STORY WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR DANE AND PUFF. READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION. IT CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE. *** Before Dane was Dane, she was Natalie. And before she was breaking records, she was breaking Yael's heart. *** Yael's life is simple. She has a job she's good at, an apartment she likes, and an ex-girlfriend she hasn't spoken to in seven years. Then, her ex-girlfriend punches a journalist. Overnight, the international pop superstar goes from music's golden girl to public enemy number one. Rumors spread. Old stories resurface. And when speculation about Dane's love life turns into a full-blown media frenzy, Yael discovers she's somehow become part of the story. Now reporters are digging through old photographs, strangers are arguing about Yael online, and the girl who once swore she loved her is suddenly back in her life. Yael wants nothing to do with her, after all, Natalie already chose fame over her once. Giving her a second chance would be a terrible idea.