[thewattys2025 SHORTLIST] "You're nothing. Just a sad, pathetic girl hiding behind your books. Maybe if you weren't so weak, you wouldn't be such an easy target."-Ethan "I don't care what you think of me, Ethan. I never have."-Mira

There's a thin line between good and evil. Good. Azalea Blanc in one word. Although she is constantly surrounded by crime, she never lets it alters her kind ways. When her job is to deliver food daily to all of the locked-up criminals in the crime capital of New York, she's used to seeing the darkness that can lay within people. Evil. Reese Ricci in one word. He rules the world of crime, killing and smiling in the color of red. By no means is he a kind man. He's ruthless, dangerous, and heartless. That is until he gets captured and thrown into a cell, and a certain girl enters to give him food. While Azalea tempts him into the light, Reese tempts her into the dark. And Azalea quickly realizes, Evil might just taste better than good.

Heartless assassin Aero Black can't be bothered to remember the names or faces of his victims. After getting a hit on Hailey Romano, he thinks it should be his easiest hit ever since she's best friends with his younger brother. His dead heart becomes his biggest enemy as he gets to know her pure one. Kind, sweet and caring - she's the complete opposite of him. But there is nothing the assassin loves more than money, and knowing he'll get millions of dollars for her death if he kills her within a month forces him into a decision. Money, or potential love?

❛❛I spy with my little eye, a little lie.❜❜ Catherine Moore's courage to leave a cruel and abusive Maxwell Kelvin led her to the unforgiving streets with no roof over her head. Just when things couldn't get any worse, fate deposited her at the doorstep of her ex-best friend's brother-in-law, Adonis Nicolaides. Can Catherine trust him enough to reveal her terrifying past and the monster husband she is running from? Or will she keep her lips sealed and put both of their lives at risk? In a game of hide and seek with the truth, one thing's for sure: secrets don't stay buried forever. But little lies always come back to bite... BOOK 3 Of The Tattoo Artist. Started: 25/07/22 Finished: 28/08/22 BOOK COVER BY: typinchapters on insta!!

||completed|| "If loving her is a weakness, I am only a weak man." - Massimo Giordani Massimo Giordani. Even thinking about him sends shivers down your spine. A cold blooded killer and leader of the notorious Ace Mafia. He stops at nothing to get what he wants and that's exactly what happens when he meets her. Isabella Martínez. The innocent girl who just wanted someone to love her the way that no one did. But, when she meets him, she gets more than she bargained for. It's not as easy as you think, having people try to end their catastrophic love. Will their feelings for each other overcome it all? Or will the pressure and harm done, physically and mentally, chip away at the remaining cracks forming between them, until it's too late. This is their story. *** Highest Ranking: #1 in amore #1 in mob #1 in boss #1 in stripper #1 in italian #1 in don #1 in gangs #2 in maid #7 in mafia #8 in mature [unedited]

Roman Blackwell is a ruthless mobster who would do anything to get the one woman he can't have - his best friend's wife, Scarlett Hill. *** Scarlett Hill. A dutiful wife to Detective Thomas 'Tommy' Hill, the cheating husband working as a crooked cop. She not only has to deal with her husband's affair, but also the constant burning stares from her husband's so called best friend. Their childhood friendship blurring the lines between justice and corruption. Roman Blackwell. A ruthless and merciless 'trigger man' for the Irish mafia. He takes what he wants without question, and nothing gets in his way. And what he wants is power, money and his best friend's wife! When tragedy strikes... Scarlett's comfortable world gets turned upside down. Will Scarlett's resilience pull through? This story is filled with danger, corruption and obsession in this tempting gritty dark romance with a touch of mafia!

Maria Diaz had always suffered at the hands of the men in her life. But when she murders her father and husband, she decides it's time to take matters into her own hands. She creates a hit list of every man who has ever hurt her or her mother, determined to make them pay for their sins. What she doesn't realize is that she's being watched. Damien Kingston, a skilled detective with a dark past, is shadowing her every move. But as he gets closer to catching her, he begins to realize that there's more to Maria than meets the eye. She's not just a cold-blooded killer; she's also hiding something - something that every man on her hit list wants. As they play a dangerous game of cat and mouse, Damien and Maria find themselves drawn to each other in ways they never expected. But can their love survive when the truth about Kingstons past is finally revealed? Will Damien be able to protect her from the men who want her dead? Or will their passion be their downfall? BOOK COVER BY @typinchapters

{FIRST BOOK IN 'THE GIRL IN THE HOODIE' SERIES} {2014-2018} A girl moved to California two years ago. No one knows what she looks like. All they know is that she wears a hoodie. *~*~*~* "HOLY SHIT, NOAH! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU LET THE TROLLEY GO?! COME BACK! OH MY FUCKING LIFE, FIZZY DRINKS UP AHEAD--" BANG FIZZ POP "...am I dead?" I'm suddenly grabbed by the back of my hoodie and pulled up from the ground and out of the mess of the opened bottles of fizzy which had exploded when the trolley and I crashed into them. My hands instantly go to my hood and I sigh in relief to find that it hadn't fallen off through all of that. I turn my head and look the the employee who's holding me, his face completely red and the vein in his neck throbbing. "Wassup, dude?" I smile sheepishly. *~* {HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in Funny #1 in Sad And #1 in Cancer apparently }

Flirting with a patient is fine . . . as long as it doesn't go further. . . . Sabine is a talented nurse starting her dream job when she meets her newest, flirtatious patient, Ziggy. When Ziggy receives a life-changing diagnosis, he turns to Sabine for help to make it through. As their relationship turns to dependence, Sabine tries to maintain her professionalism enough to support him while he fights for his life. . . . Trigger warnings: This story contains uncomfortable depictions of a serious illness and contains mature content including language, sexual situations, and drug references. Intended for mature audiences only. ©2020 E.M. Wilson, All Rights Reserved

They say the best things in life are unexpected but so are the worst things. Especially the worst things. Lucas Cage has been blissfully ignorant to the harsh forthcomings of the world. Who can blame him? Growing up in a successful, millionaire family where legendary boxers are your blood has made him untouchable. His bold words, uncaring attitude, and cunning behaviour have always been forgiven by those who love and despise him alike. He's the devious boy that grew up into a malicious man even though his heart is in the right place. But what happens when tragedy strikes in his only known weakness: his family? His world as he knows it is turned upside down in the most unforgivable way and now he wants vengeance. He wants to hurt the way he's been hurt. And what better target than the only girl who's ever wrecked his heart? Olivia West has no idea she's become her former best friend's latest prey but that doesn't mean she's not ready for him. Because she wants her vengeance too and she wants it from the boy who shattered her heart all those years ago. She used to be his saviour but now she's his enemy and she plays the part disturbingly well. There's just one problem: devastation arises and threatens to rip both their families apart, something that's much bigger than the two of them. Their rivalry must be put on hold or they'll break under the weight of the world. For the first time in years they need each other, whether they like it or not, and discover that hate isn't the only passionate emotion that flares between them. But will they survive this unexpected path, or will they crash and burn? *Spin-off to the original FIGHTER'S DEN series. CAN be read as a stand-alone. Reading the original series is encouraged but not necessary. RATED 18+* All rights reserved to TheFeveredBookaholic.