"You keep looking at me like you don't want me, Adeline," Will murmurs, his lips brushing against my jaw while hand slides higher on my bare thigh, slow and deliberate. "But your body says otherwise." My breath gets caught in my throat and my brain screams to say something, anything-but my lips won't move. "I..." I begin to say, but the words die before they even leave my lips the second his mouth touches my neck. ⊹₊⟡⋆ Adeline Serrano has a reputation to protect. Straight A's, flawless record, and the badge of honor that comes with being the principal's daughter. At Willow Creek Preparatory she's everything a good girl should be: polished, respected, and untouchable. But one drunken summer night changed everything. One kiss-hot, messy, absolutely forbidden-with the last person she should've been caught dead with. Will Carter. They don't call him the prince of chaos for nothing. The mayor's rebellious son. All smirks, bruised knuckles, and bad decision. Practically a walking scandal. Recently suspended for smoking with someone's daughter in the boys' bathroom. Now he's back- with a bruised jaw, a vendetta, and nothing to lose. So when Will decides to turn the school's poster girl into his newest distraction, Adeline's carefully built world begins to unravel. Secrets stir, bets are made, lessons are taught, truths unravel, and lines blur between hate and desire. She's pretending it never happened, he's planning to make sure she never forgets. Because some girls break rules. And the best ones? They shatter them.

- "𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬?" ♱ 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀 has been attempting to social climb to the top of the crime game for years. There's no denying that she's extraordinarily skilled at her particular craft, but that doesn't stop her competitiveness and her need to be the best. Even when she comes face to face with the best of all the best. ♱ 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐙 just happens to be at the top of said crime game. As a ruthless leader of the Spanish Mob, his love life was always the least of his many concerns, until he met her. He definitely doesn't brush over the fact that she would take everything he's ever worked for in a millisecond if she could, he's still very wary. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠? -

When River crosses paths with a man who speaks to every hidden hunger inside her, their connection spirals into an all-consuming pull neither of them can resist-but is she Grayson's salvation... or his ruin? *** Everyone in River Avelle's hometown knows about Grayson Maddox-the troubled bad boy who almost killed another student in the middle of the school hallway. Those who look into Grayson's eyes only see pure fury and hatred. They all think he's beyond redemption, even Grayson himself. But not River. As the seemingly perfect good girl, River saw something more in those alluring grey eyes. Something worth holding onto. From the first time their eyes connect, both Grayson and River feel the intense, undeniable attraction between them...but neither of them understand what's pulling them together so fiercely. The closer they get and the more vulnerable they become, River has to wonder: is she saving Grayson from his darkness? Or is she just pulling him further into hers? *** He tips my head toward his with his index finger, keeping my eyes trained on him and driving me crazy with the primal look on his face. His grey eyes look heavy, filled with dark desire, and a shock runs up through my core. Everything around us disappears and all I can sense is him and the hardness pressing between my legs. "What are you doing to me, River?" he whispers, his voice raspy and utterly captivated. His face is lowering and I'm closing my eyes, waiting for soft lips to press against mine. My whole body is on fire as I hold my breath for his touch. *** Cover by @strayin

Some stories begin with love. Theirs began with friendship. She was loud, fearless, impossible to ignore. He was quite, guarded, carrying a crown he never asked for. Akshita loved Avyansh with everything she had. He was her safest place. Her favourite person. Her whole world. And somewhere along the way, he loved her too. He just never understood what that love meant. Because Avyansh had spent his entire life running. From expectations. From his crown. From the things he had been taught to believe. And most of all- from the feelings he was too afraid to name. Then came the accusations. One lie. One moment that turned everything they knew against them. And just like that, two best friends became strangers. Ten years later, they meet again. But nothing is the same. She is no longer the girl who laughed beside him. She is a woman wrapped in silence, carrying a darkness she never speaks about. And he is no longer the boy who once stood beside her. The man who rules an empire, the business world and an underworld built on fear. Merciless. Untouchable. Two strangers standing opposite each other. Two hearts that remember what their minds refuse to forget. But the love they once buried never truly died. It returned slowly. Painfully. Forbidden. And when they finally stopped running from what they had always felt- they chose each other. Even when they knew they shouldn't. Even when the world stood against them. And just when they thought everything was finally falling back into place... came truth. One truth that changed everything. Because sometimes, love can survive distance. It can survive hatred. But what happens when the truth arrives too late? What happens when two people finally realize they were always meant to love each other... only to discover that love was never meant for them? Some stories are written to bring two people together. Theirs was written to prove that sometimes... even love isn't enough.

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥'𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 | 𝟏𝟖+ ✧｡𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬｡ ✧ A Dangerous Game of Love and Power Myra Oberoi, a woman of grace and defiance, was destined for a life carefully orchestrated by her domineering father. But fate, a cruel mistress, had other plans. A sudden twist of destiny forces her into a loveless marriage, a strategic alliance forged in the shadows of a bitter rivalry between her father and the enigmatic Avyaansh Raichand. Avyaansh, a man of ruthless ambition and undeniable charm, has long coveted the Oberoi empire. His obsession with Myra, a pawn in his grand scheme, is a dangerous game of love and power. As their forced proximity ignites a forbidden passion, a battle of wills ensues. Can Myra resist the allure of the enigmatic Avyaansh, or will she become a victim in his dangerous game? After all "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫"

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 | 𝟏𝟖+ ｡ ✧ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ｡ ✧ In the depths of darkness, where shadows reign supreme, Revana Mehra's life is forever changed when she's forced to marry the enigmatic and ruthless Ekansh Malhotra. But Revana has no idea why she's been chosen, or what secrets Ekansh hides behind his piercing gaze. Ekansh, driven by a hunger for retribution, has orchestrated their union with precision, using every tool at his disposal to ensnare Revana in his web of deceit. His velvet touch and whispered promises mask a sinister intent: to destroy Revana's life, piece by piece, as revenge for a past she knows nothing about. As Revana becomes entangled in Ekansh's world of luxury and lies, she begins to unravel the threads of his mysterious past. But with each revelation, the stakes grow higher, and the truth becomes a deadly game. Will Revana survive Ekansh's vengeance, or will she become the next victim of his all-consuming obsession? After all "𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥"

"You want a job here, Victoria?" He asks quietly, and I swallow beneath his grip. It was hard for me to breathe- much less speak. Fear spills throughout my body at the sudden realization that Nico could completely crush my windpipes if he wanted to. One squeeze and my life will be over. He brings me closer to his face and I freeze when his thumb slides down the side of my neck. It startles me, causing my heart to thrash restlessly against my ribcage. "Consider yourself hired." Head tilted, he looks at me closely. "You just signed your life away to me. I hope it was worth it." •••