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A Shelter of thorns  بقلم ayza_09
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An impossible debt. A dangerous offer. A love that could ruin or redeem them. For her entire life, Amara Johnson has lived in a bubble. Sheltered and coddled by her loving but average family, her world is small, safe, and predictable. That all shatters when she follows her brother to Tokyo for a fresh start. But her brother's secret gambling habit plunges them into a nightmare. He didn't just borrow money-he borrowed from Kenzo Sato, the most feared and powerful Oyabun of the Yakuza in Japan. Now, to protect her brother's life, Amara must leave her quiet job at the bank and work off his massive debt in Kenzo's front: an exclusive, members-only cafe in the heart of Shinjuku. She's out of place, naive, and terrified. And she's utterly captivating to him. Kenzo Sato is a vision of controlled chaos-sharp suits over intricate tattoos, a piercing gaze that sees everything, and a billionaire empire built on power and respect. He is everything her sheltered life taught her to fear. To Amara, he's utterly terrifying. To Kenzo, she's an exotic breath of fresh air-a innocence he never knew he craved. He makes her a new offer: become his exclusively. His companion. His obsession. In return, her brother's debt vanishes and she will want for nothing. It's a gilded cage that promises to lift her from poverty and change her life forever. Caught between fear and a fierce, unexpected attraction, Amara must navigate a world of danger, luxury, and dark desire. Can her sheltered heart survive the ruthless world of the Yakuza? Or will the man who owns her debt also claim her heart?
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CODE SWITCH  بقلم nukesinterlude
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India learned early how to survive by paying attention. Growing up in a small, rough city taught her when to speak, when to soften, and when to protect herself. She carries those instincts into corporate spaces that were never designed with her in mind. Alex has never needed to adapt. Power comes naturally to him. Raised in legacy and expectation, he leads with quiet authority, keeping his emotions tightly controlled and his personal life even more so. When their worlds collide, attraction becomes something neither can name without consequence. Identity, power, and unspoken desire blur the lines they've spent years maintaining.
love letters بقلم octoberdomm
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Meeting by chance through letters is a serendipitous connection sparked by unexpected correspondence. Whether through a misplaced letter or accidental exchange, the written word can unexpectedly bring strangers together, creating lasting bonds and connections that feel both intimate and fateful.
The Costello collision  بقلم Sonseraaa
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When 25-year-old Noelle Costello takes a job as a stripper to pay off crushing family debt, she has no idea the dimly lit club where she dances belongs to Dario Balotelli-a ruthless, obsessive, dangerously controlled mafia don who rules half the city from the shadows. He's been watching her for months. She doesn't even know his name. But when a violent attack at the club exposes secrets she was never meant to hear, Noelle is dragged into Dario's world-into a labyrinth of crime, loyalty, power, and a slow-burning desire neither of them can escape. She is everything he shouldn't want. He is everything she should fear. Their collision is inevitable. And it will change them forever.
Trapaway | 18+ بقلم raesired
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𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟐 "Where are we? I thought we escaped." Ezra stood still, scanning the empty campus. Lockers shut tight. Windows dark. The air unmoving. No one else was here. Just us. "I don't know. You tell me," he said with a shrug, annoyance pulling at his voice. I jerked my head at him. "Excuse me?" "What do you want me to say? That we're trapped here because you thought you had all the answers?" He glared at me. "Oh, fuck you." He scoffed, "You and I both know you don't mean that." His gaze drifted down both hallways. Something was off. Unnatural. A shadow of understanding crossed his face. "I don't think we escaped," he said quietly. "We broke their damn law." My chest tightened. Silence pressed in, heavy and exact. Tears slipped down before I could stop them. "I want to go home," I whispered, but the word felt hollow, wrong. He looked at me like he was searching for something already gone. "We are home." And that was the worst part.. 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 | They 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃 and escaped the island. Or.. so they thought. But 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 was never the end. It was the doorway. Bound by stolen 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 and a 𝐥𝐚𝐰 older than memory, Indigo and Ezra wake in a reality stitched together by something that 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 to let them go. The island didn't lose them. It relocated them, as their 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 and 𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 remains. A 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑.
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗆𝗒, 𝐌𝐲 𝖫𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋  بقلم Swyiyagi101
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They always say the right person is waiting for you, even if there your ex- fiancés enemy. [BWWM]
Rivals After Hours || BWWM/ AMBW بقلم steezbeans
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When rivals Kyra Harris and Levi Han are forced to co-lead their office's Party Planning Committee, their five-year feud turns into an all-out battle of one-upmanship. But as late nights, shared secrets, and unexpected vulnerability bring them closer, they start to realize there's a thin line between love and hate. With office drama, family pressures, and sparks flying, will their rivalry end in disaster-or something more?
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞 || 18+ بقلم L0rdess
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[COMPLETE] He said nothing when he pushed me back onto the table, just looked at me like I was the only thing in the room worth touching. The gun on his hip pressed into my thigh. I didn't care. I pulled him closer. Rhys dragged his fingers down my ribs like he was counting them. "Keep looking at me like that," he muttered, "and I'll forget we're not supposed to make a mess here." My breath hitched. "Then forget." His smirk was sharp. Dangerous. Mine. And then his mouth was on my neck, and I stopped thinking entirely. ─────⊱𓆩♰𓆪⊰───── As their worlds collide, sparks fly dangerously & irresistibly. Zariah needs the money, and Rhys is the perfect ally to make that happen. But as the lines blur between business and desire, Zariah realizes the price of working with Rhys may be higher than she ever imagined. ─────⊱𓆩♰𓆪⊰───── "Obsession cuts deeper than bullets when you're sleeping with the enemy" - 𝐊. 𝐍𝐲𝐱 Best rankings ⤵️ 🥇#syndicate (19/08/25)
The Dons's Wife بقلم WhoDontLoveSmut
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Noelle's quiet life shatters overnight, when she receives a call that her father has died. Once the daughter of a feared crime boss, she's spent the last 5 years trying to outrun her family's shadow, evening changing her name - until the debts her father left behind drag her straight back into the world she swore she'd never return to. To protect her mother from the brutal retaliation of the DeLuna syndicate, Noelle agrees to the unthinkable: marriage to the new Don, Kairo DeLuna, a man as dangerous as he is magnetic. Kairo rules with ice in his veins and secrets in his eyes-known for his lust of sadistic brutality, Noelle is given no choice. Save her mother, or watch the only family she has left face the consequences. Their union is meant to seal a business deal and bury her father's mistakes - yet what begins as an arrangement of power soon becomes a battle of desire, trust, and survival. As Noelle is pulled deeper into Kairo's world of betrayal, bloodlines, and revenge, she must decide whether her heart is her greatest weakness... or the weapon that could change everything.
In love with his own killer بقلم Traveyawrites_
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Elijah Romano is the leader of the most powerful and dangerous gang. You know those stories people tell you about someone you should stay away from?... Yea he's the "someone" people are talking about. Being a mafia leader since the age of 18 has brought him a lot of pleasure, but one of these days he's going to receive a treasure that he wasn't ever expecting. ***** Treasure crooks are one of the things that Elijah hates the most in his entire life. A cop. A 25-year-old gets the hardest job undercover to trap the most superior gang leader alive. With all the things going on will Elijah notice her going behind his back? Will she go behind his back? Will Treasure betray Elijah? Will Elijah figure out her plan before it's too late and if he does... ...will he kill her? Or will he admit that he fell in love with his own killer?