Anna Rafferty left New York two years ago to find herself. Not because she was running. Not because she was afraid. But because somewhere between the violence, the secrets, and the trauma that changed her life, she'd lost herself. For two years, she built a life on her own terms. She traveled. She healed. She learned to preserve things most people considered beyond repair, restoring rare books and forgotten stories while trying not to think about her own. Because some trauma isn't dealt with. It's buried. Returning to New York was supposed to be simple. Be closer to her family. Purchase the rare bookstore she'd fallen in love with years ago. Continue building the future she'd fought so hard for. The only complication... Julian Mercer. The powerful, devastatingly handsome and infuriating Don of New York, a man she should stay far away from. A man her sister can't stand. A man she hasn't seen since the night she left the city. Unfortunately for her, Julian Mercer has never forgotten a debt or Anna. What starts as a favor quickly becomes stolen moments, lingering glances, and a connection neither of them seem capable of walking away from. The problem? Julian is a man built from secrets and Anna has spent the last two years burying her own. When a string of brutal murders rocks the city-random, violent, and seemingly unconnected-every road somehow leads back to one person. Anna. As detectives begin circling, asking questions she can't answer and digging for secrets she can't share, Anna finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and a past determined to drag her back. And the closer the danger gets, the harder it becomes to ignore the man she's spent two years trying to forget. Because Julian Mercer has always been dangerous. The difference is that now Anna has something to lose. Not her safety. Not her freedom. But her heart.

While the Steele Family has been busy kidnapping Alpha she-wolves to strengthen their bloodlines, Regal Eclipse has their first good lead on where the Steele Family is hiding out. Cooper and Conner have risked everything to bring Kiana Morgan home. Will they make it through this alive? Will the Royal Pack execute them for kidnapping? Or will their own pack execute them for treason? Callum's fated is married and has a family. He's running out of time before he must complete the mate bond. Will he find a willing woman who will agree to be his? Or will his Fated walk back into his life?

He thought betrayal ended his story. She's about to show him it's only the beginning. Canyon Kelly Built a billion-dollar tech empire from nothing. He survived abandonment, success, pressure-and thought he'd finally found stability in a ten-year relationship with the woman he was about to marry. Until he walked into his office late one night... and watched his fiancée in the throes of passion with his best friend and business partner. Weeks later, at what should've been their engagement brunch , Canyon exposes their affair in front of everyone. The world expects him to fall apart. Instead, he points to the one woman he never truly stopped missing: Lucía Navarro. His childhood best friend. The girl who once sketched him in secret. The light he didn't realize he'd lost until it was gone. Lucía wants nothing to do with Canyon's scandals-or his sudden need for a wife. Seven years ago, he stood by while the woman he loved humiliated her, shattering their friendship beyond repair. But when Canyon asks for one last favor, she agrees... because part of her heart never let him go. What starts as a marriage of convenience becomes something far more complicated. Canyon remembers every detail she never thought he noticed. Lucía begins to see the man she loved hidden beneath the one she left behind. But old wounds run deep-especially when Canyon drags her back to the place where everything fell apart. When Lucía's past pain crashes into Canyon's present regrets, their fragile connection shatters. She runs-again. This time all the way to Dublin, to the sister who helps rebuild her spark. Canyon crossed an ocean once to expose a lie. Now he'll cross it again to fight for the only truth that matters. She was always his light. This time, he's not leaving without her.

"Ariella, blind from birth but retaining full memories of her past life, has learned to navigate the world by seeing through auras. Content to live quietly, her plans are disrupted when, at fourteen, she is discovered to possess Dragon energy resistance. Seized by a greedy noble, she is thrust into a dangerous new reality as one of the chosen brides sent to the dragon realm. With her life turned upside down, Ariella must not only adapt to the dragons' world but also contend with ambitious rivals willing to do anything to elevate their status and become the favored of the powerful Dragons. This is a reverse harem story.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae After a year of enduring her husband Silas's constant, subtle comparisons to his impeccably ambitious and model-esque coworker, Dalia Jackson reaches her breaking point when he dismisses her homemaking as laziness and her voluptuous body as a lack of discipline.

They taught the sons how to rule. They never taught the daughter how to survive power-because they never thought she'd need to. The Romano empire is built on loyalty, blood, and silence. Dante Romano's sons fight for dominance. His wife protects the family's image. His consigliere watches for betrayal. And his daughter watches them all. Alexandra Romano doesn't raise her voice. She doesn't threaten. She remembers. As ambition turns brothers into enemies and the empire begins to crack from within, one truth becomes impossible to ignore- The most dangerous Romano was never the loudest one at the table. ------- Before you begin- This story is not built for speed. The beginning will pull you in. The middle will test your patience. And the ending? The ending will make everything click in a way you didn't see coming. Every silence, every slow moment, every detail... it all matters. So don't rush it. Stay. It's worth it. 🖤 Pinterest link : https://pin.it/6bwLsqwl5

Logan Romano didn't just enter the NHL. He tore through it. Dark. Brooding. Untouchable. With brutal talent and a reputation as cold as the New York winter, Logan dominates both the ice and every room he walks into. He doesn't lose. He doesn't bend. And he certainly doesn't fall in love. Not after the last time. Not until November Levine crashes into his life like a beam of sunlight he never asked for. She's warmth where he's storm clouds. She's soft where he's jagged edges. A walking contradiction to everything Logan swore he needed. When a deal forces the polar opposites under one roof, tensions ignite fast. Teasing turns to feuds. Feuds turn into something dangerously close to desire. And Logan is forced to confront the one promise he's never broken. Because once you step into the light- it's impossible to return. ✩ Grumpy x sunshine • forced proximity • slow burn Will the hockey captain cross that line? ✩ "Nova." I whisper, my voice low and hoarse against her neck. "Stop it." "Stop what." She whimpers back innocently as her thighs tighten around my hips. My teeth nip at the skin on her jaw in warning. "Either stop teasing, or put me out of my fucking misery." November pulls her head back from mine, resting it against the wall, and bats her lashes up at me. "Say please."

Six years ago, Blanchard Collins packed her bags, boarded a bus to Houston, and never looked back. She left behind her abusive father, the town that never forgave her for speaking her mind, and Rueben Bailey, the boy who broke her heart the night before they were supposed to run away together. Now twenty-four, Blanchard returns home with her five-year-old daughter, Willow, and a dying mother who's asked for one final thing-her presence. But coming home means facing the ghosts she thought she'd buried, including the man she's never truly stopped loving. Rueben "Benny" Bailey did what his family expected. Stayed, took over the farm, and proposed to the girl everyone said was right for him. But when Blanchard walks back into church with a little girl who looks just like him, everything he's built starts to fall apart.

His fingers dug into my hips as he thrust deeper, the desk beneath me protesting with each movement. "Say it again," Adrian commanded, his gray eyes dark with possession. "Tell me who you belong to." "You," I gasped, my nails raking down his back. "Only you." "Good girl." --- She was forbidden. He couldn't resist. Maya Moretti-nineteen, innocent, and completely off-limits as his best friend's little sister. Adrian Marchetti-twenty-eight, ruthless crime boss known as "the Demon," and the last man she should want. One glance in her pink bedroom changed everything. One teddy bear gift sealed their fate. One touch ignited a fire neither could control. Now they're tangled in secret meetings, stolen moments, and an affair that could destroy everything. Her brother will never forgive the betrayal. His enemies are watching. And Maya is discovering that loving a dangerous man means embracing the darkness he brings. But when a Russian mobster threatens her life, Adrian must choose: let her go to keep her safe, or fight for the woman who made him believe in happy endings. Well, some rules are meant to be broken. Some loves are worth the consequences. ⚠️ Mature scene and language contain > <