Every morning, Serenity shows up to the office before anyone else - including Ezra Langford, her infamously cold, calculating, and annoyingly attractive boss. She brings him coffee, not because he asks, but because she wants to - always with a handwritten quote on the cup, something cheesy, optimistic, and completely not his style. Or so she thinks. Because while Ezra never says thank you, never even cracks a smile... he's kept every single cup lid with her notes. Hidden in the bottom drawer of his desk, they're the only bright spot in his otherwise grayscale life. But when Serenity's warmth starts to get under his skin - and into his heart - he'll have to decide if he's brave enough to step out of hiding and tell her the truth: She's not just his coffee girl. She's the only reason he still believes in good things. »»-------¤-------«« "So, uh... any regrets on the merger yet?" "Only that Chase ordered shrimp from that place on 8th again." I laugh, too hard and too quickly. "You didn't like it?" "It tastes like regret." I grin. "That's what he said about your budgeting spreadsheet." Ezra's mouth twitches. Not a smile, not really. But close. I should say something professional. Something normal. Instead- "Do you really read them?" I ask softly. He looks up. "The quotes," I clarify, nervous now. "Do you actually read them, or... just collect them?" His eyes hold mine. There's no teasing in them. No cold, hard CEO mask. "I read them," he says. »»-------¤-------«« Word Count: 26, 074

Elara Hart has always found comfort in the quiet corners of her library, surrounded by stories that never let her down. Shy, bookish, and still carrying the scars of a childhood spent in the system, she prefers fictional worlds to unpredictable people-until a brooding stranger storms into her peaceful haven and asks for The Art of War. Kade Walker is strength, silence, and secrets. As the head of an elite special forces team, he's used to danger, control, and keeping people at arm's length. But the soft-spoken librarian with hot chocolate in her hands and hope in her eyes chips away at his walls with every awkward smile. Their connection begins in stolen glances and slow conversations, growing deeper through moments of vulnerability, quiet dinners, and shared fears. But Kade's world is dangerous, and when it comes crashing into Elara's, he'll have to choose between protecting her from it-and letting her in completely. With therapy, healing, and a love neither of them saw coming, Elara and Kade must learn what it means to build a life together-one chapter at a time. A slow-burn, opposites-attract romance filled with tender moments, deep scars, and a love story that proves even the quietest hearts can love the loudest.

~complete~ But what would happen when a military captain who barely talks meets an overly joyous girl who works at a bookstore? Surprising, wouldn't it be? When he asks first for them to be friends and constantly finds time in his busy schedule just to be around her? Add two little friends who will stop at nothing but see these two together. Isn't this a ship that's meant to sail till the end? ✪ ✪ ✪ "G-Grey?" I called out softly before he left the store. I was afraid that something would happen to him when he was away. "You'll come back?" I just wanted him to assure me that he would be safe. He was strong yes, but I was conflicted. "Always, tulip." He gently stroked my hair as he extended his pinky finger. I extended mine too and his thumb pressed on mine in a promise and I relaxed slightly. ||Highest ranking|| #3 in protective 5/13/2023 #6 in humor 5/13/2023 #2 in adorable 5/20/2023 #7 in sweet-romance 5/22/2023 #1 in kind 5/25/2023 #2 in grumpy 5/30/2023 #7 in sweet 6/1/2023 #75 in love 6/3/2023 #3 in lovely 6/23/3023 #2 in soft 6/25/2023 #3 in slowburn 7/12/2023 #4 in sunshine 7/25/2023 #1 in smile 10/18/2023 #5 in cute 11/17/2023

Dahlia Pickett, a 24 year old dime, had a familiar, traumatic experience at work as she is a bartender. She calls up her friend, ex-coworker Carly and pleads to go to a club and dance her pain off. Carly ends up hooking up with a girl, leaving Dahlia alone. Walking home she peers into an alleyway where a man was beating another to a pulp, her body frozen, not because of a possible murder, in reality she could care less but he sees she saw what he'd done. She was scared for herself. With her heart racing how would this man be involved with the rest of her life knowing she witnessed his crime?

PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS "The softest place to fall" "Who did this to you?" The question hangs in the air between us. I can't look at him. I stare at my hands instead. "Ella." His voice breaks on my name. "Please. Talk to me." "I- " The word comes out as barely a whisper. "I can't." "You can. Whatever it is, you can tell me. I'm not going anywhere."

Emma Smith. She observes from afar, she catches the smallest details of things and turns them into something meaningful. She cowers in a shell of hopelessness, sadness, and emptiness, and often wonders if she'll ever break free from her torturous mind. Issac Matteo. Italy has always been home for him, he was always surrounded by his three friends, but barely spoke, he was a ball of hate, frustration, and anger. He was well known all around and hated being disrespected. Two total opposites become each other's weaknesses, peace, and love.

Victoria Anderson is determined to finish college and make her parents proud. Finding love isn't on her list of priorities but she can't help the attraction she has towards her professor especially not after waking up from a steamy dream about him one morning. One drunken night plunges her into his world and before she knows it she's falling for him.. Justin Monroe, a college professor at just the age of twenty-seven, has lost all hope when it comes to love. When he catches his girlfriend in bed with his best friend, the same day that he was meant to propose, it made him believe that he would never find happiness again -but then he saw her like an angel resembling hope. She's beautiful, sexy, intelligent and mature. She's perfect but there's one not so little problem, she's his student. Epigraph : "I knew it was a bad mistake. I just knew, yet I fell. I fell in love with my sexy professor." Highest Ranks : #1 (out of 95.4k ) for 'Wattpad' (23/11/2022) #1 (out of 1.42k) for 'Sir' (14/08/2021) #1(out of 12.7k) for 'Desire' (11/04/2022) #1 (out of 22) for 'Real life drama' (13/10/2020) #1 (out 700) for 'College Love' (29/04/2021) #2(out of 59k) for 'Dreams' (19/08/2021) #2 (out of 4.9k) for 'Smoking' (7/04/2021) #3 (out of 23.1k) for 'Real life' (20/08/2021) #3 (out of 27.8k) for 'Student' (11/04/2021) #3 (out of 1.2k) for 'Taboo' (16/07/2020) #3(out of 75k) for 'Romantic' (24/06/2022) #7(out of 4.88k) for 'Professor' (23/05/2021) #26 (out of 26.2k) for 'adult' (12/05/2020) #33(out of 68.5k) for 'Sexy' (31/10/2021) #40 (Out of 117k) for 'Mature' (16/11/2021) #164 (out of 1.9M) for 'Romance' (30/12/2021) (I will rewrite this book better if I reach 1mil)

Alice: Running from a nightmare past, I find myself in GaleTown Texas, population I have no idea because as soon as I get to town a huge but kind stranger scoops me up and brings me to his home. Little did I know, his intentions were for me to never leave again. He wants me in his bed, in his life, and tied to him forever. Nash: Lightning strikes in GaleTown once again. According to the town legends, men of GaleTown find their soulmate with just one glance. I was skeptical after all this time until a tiny injured angel walked into the diner. Now she's mine, and I'll never let her go. She's mine to protect. If only I could convince her of that. This is part of a series. Each book is a standalone with interconnecting couples. This series follows the Brooks brothers as they each find their destined soulmates. Each book is a different couple. WARNING: This book contains an over the top, possessive, alphahole. This is an insta-love story. For readers 18+ ONLY.

Saint Morseti owns his own gourmet restaurant. He is the lead/head chef. With a passion for cooking and baking, he finds peace in producing delicious food. But on his free time. And majority of his time from the past 8 months he's taken a more intense interest. Danika Reeves. He knows it all. Where she is at, what she wears every day, the scheduling of her showers and the days she washes her curly hair. He knows her hobbies, when she gets paid, when she leaves for work, every indent or scar on her body. She was his muse. Well in the beginning. But it became much worse. He is a man who suffers with anxiety disorders. Separation anxiety, selective mutism, social anxiety, and reactive attachment disorder. With a dark past, he thought seeing who she is would do no harm, it would be fun. But now he can't live without her. And she's suspicious of something, but she can't put her finger on it.

𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤 a sweet yet confident girl who works in a bar down town . Serving the lowlifes the drunks everyone always with a smile on her face . What happens when the three most dangerous men in the city help her in a sticky situation and they take a liking into her . 𝐗𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧 , 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 the three most notorious men in the city they own hotel companies you name it but is what the public don't know they own the underworld , so what happens when the three set there eyes on a bartender and they don't plan on taking their eyes off ! "𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 " #1-sweet #1-good #2-texttospeech SLOWLY EDITING 🙌