State of Affairs ⚖︎ "You missed a talking point on page four, Governor," I said, sliding the briefing file across his heavy mahogany desk. Tennyson didn't look at the file. His dark eyes stayed locked on my mouth, completely devoid of the golden-man charm he'd just fed to a crowd of thousands. "Lock the door, Milan," he murmured, his voice low and exhausted. "You have a press briefing in ten minutes, sir. And your wife is waiting in the lobby." He stepped around the desk, invading my space until the scent of cedar and expensive bourbon swallowed me whole. His hand brushed my waist, his thumb pressing possessively against my hip. "I don't care," he breathed, his facade finally shattering. "Lock the damn door." 🏛️ To the world, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 is untouchable. He is the state's golden man, a devoted husband, and a man with a spotless reputation. Everyone worships the ground he walks on. Everyone except his executive assistant, 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐚. Milan has a strict two-year plan: survive the Governor's temper, secure her recommendation letter, and catch a one-way flight to Washington, D.C. Her job description: hand him his black coffee, fix his crooked ties, and treat the most powerful man in the state like a normal human being. But her immunity is exactly what breaks him. Behind the heavy oak doors of his office, Tennyson sheds his perfect mask. He is cynical, ruthless, and spiraling into a dark, desperate obsession with the only woman who doesn't want anything from him. He becomes addicted to her warmth and slowly to her. As late nights at the office blur into a secret arrangement, Milan thinks she has the situation under control. But she doesn't know that Tennyson's public life is a PR lie. She doesn't know that the Governor has absolutely no intention of letting her go. 'Cause what the Governor needs, the Governor gets.

"are you thinking of me?" "why would you think that?" "you look annoyed and pissed off." IN WHICH... colby brock didn't get lost in joey lilac, he fucking drowned. ( COLBY BROCK x FEM!OC )

Close your eyes. Breathe in. Feel the air turn thick, heavy with cigar smoke and expensive cologne. You can almost taste the whiskey on his tongue, can't you? General Marcus "Reign" Blackwell is power wrapped in ink and royal blood. He commands armies, breaks enemies, and fucks whoever he wants-until he sees *her*. Dr. Aaliyah Monroe. Quiet. Brilliant. Curvy African-American goddess who codes weapons in the dark. Shy smiles. Soft voice. Vanilla skin that glows under fluorescent lights. One breath of her scent and the untouchable general unravels. He dreams of her every night. Strokes himself raw imagining her thighs wrapped around him. Watches her sway to R&B in her apartment through shadows he shouldn't cross. Calls her *dove*, *tiny momma*, *my wife*-long before she ever says yes. She thinks it's temporary. He knows it's forever. He kneels for her. Begs for her. Cries for her. Marks himself with her initials while she sleeps. And when she finally rides him-slow, commanding, glasses slipping down her nose-he sobs her name like prayer. This isn't love. This is obsession carved into worship. This is a man who would burn the world just to hear her giggle and boop his nose. But when the first fight comes... When she needs space and he needs her closer than air... Will his dove fly away?

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐈 𝐝𝐨. A short redemption story.

🎸🔥 West Holden is the frontman of The Drift. Sold-out arenas. Platinum records. Magazine covers. The kind of man who makes women lose their minds-and their underwear-in the same breath. 🎵 Offstage? He's a single dad with a talent for turning his life into a disaster. Enter Adeline Laurent. Sharp. Stubborn. She's been cleaning up after West Holden since she was fourteen, and somehow she still hasn't learned to walk away. Now The Drift is heading on tour, and for the first time, there's nowhere for either of them to run. She's not his girlfriend. She's not family. She's just the woman who's always been there. He writes songs that make the whole world fall in love. He's never written one about her. Not yet. 🎵🖤 tropes: cruel hero | rockstar | single dad | unrequited love | she fell first, he fell harder | found family | forced proximity | the grovel is EARNED 🔥 POV: dual first person setting: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles 🌴 ⚠️ trigger warnings will be posted at the beginning of each chapter. this story contains mature content including explicit sexual scenes, strong language, alcohol abuse, drug references, grief, drowning references, parental abandonment, emotional neglect, and themes of guilt and self-destruction. all characters 18+. 🖤

Benito is used to getting what he wants but one day he encounters an actress that not only matches his energy but also knows how to keep him in control.

Dicen que el odio y el amor se parecen demasiado. Que ambos aceleran el pulso. Que ambos nublan la razón. Que ambos hacen que mires a alguien más de lo necesario. Victoria Castellanos llevaba años construyendo una imagen impecable. Premios, portadas, alfombras rojas. Control absoluto. Nada fuera de lugar. Hasta que apareció él. El anuncio fue simple: "Benito protagonizará su primera película dramática junto a Victoria Castellanos." El internet explotó. Los fans celebraron. Los productores sonrieron. Ella no. Porque Victoria no creía en los "experimentos". Y menos cuando se trataba de compartir pantalla con alguien que venía de un mundo tan distinto al suyo.

HIGHEST RANKED #1 IN CHICKLIT. After a high-profile divorce from her NFL-star husband, Sadie Melvin just wants one thing: a fresh start. She's fleeing the spotlight, the drama, and men. Small-town Arkansas, crumbling Victorian, solo renovation. It should be simple. It isn't. Electrical disasters, mice infestations, and a never-ending to-do list have Sadie leaning on Finn Weston, the steady, irresistible contractor with a past as complicated as her own. What begins as reluctant reliance soon sparks into something neither of them can deny. Finn doesn't just see her. He chooses her in a way no one ever has. But Sadie isn't who he thinks she is. She's also Alabama DuBois, a name tied to a past that collides directly with Finn's history in Magnolia. When the truth comes out, and her alter-ego is revealed, will Finn still want her? Slow-burning, addictive, and full of heart, this is a story about love, trust, and taking a leap on the one person worth the risk.

Nina felt a pair of eyes watching her. Warm, gilded brown, like the whiskey in her glass. That was how she met Roman Conway for the first time. Three years later, she meets him again, and she is pulled back into a past that cracks the surface of the seemingly perfect life she curated. ***** As Nina Jordan admires New York City from a rooftop, she seems content. She is surrounded by her closest friends, and Cameron - the man she is marrying. But when Nina goes to get a drink at the bar, she bumps into Roman Conway. To Roman, Nina looks different. Her signature curls have been pulled straight, and cut into a blunt bob, and there is a dark melancholy about her. The biggest change he is struck by is that she no longer looks at him the way she used to. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

She was mine long before she knew it. I had been raised in shadows, in a world where power was survival and choice was an illusion. But then there was her. She slipped into my life unexpectedly and defiantly, her eyes too bright for a town like this one. She was unafraid of what lay beneath the surface, thinking she could walk away and resist the pull. But every step she took only bound her tighter to me. She was delicate but stubborn, fierce enough to face what others ran from, even if she didn't fully see it yet. She was the only thing I had ever chosen. I would break anything to keep her, everything, even her illusions of freedom. Because in a world that offered no choices, she became my one certainty. I will carve that truth into the world, with blood, if I have to. R. Trigger Warning ⚠️: This story contains intense and graphic content, exploring dark and disturbing themes that may be triggering for some readers. Sensitive topics are depicted throughout. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Proceed with caution: after this point, no additional warnings will be provided.