DISCLAIMER: This story is completed, however it is unedited. I wrote this story when I was very young, and it is reflected in the work. If you are looking for the edited version of Love, Emma as seen on my Instagram or Facebook, this is NOT it. . . . . . . . . . . "E-Emma? It's okay y-you know. I-I'm used to i-i-it." "You shouldn't have to be, some people disgust me, the nerve of them." "I can't blame t-t-th-them, I m-mean l-l-l-look at m-me." He sounds so defeated, even though I can tell he's trying to hide it, so hurt and broken and utterly defeated. And that, to me, is absolutely heartbreaking. Whipping around, he bumps into me, clearly not expecting my abrupt stop. "I am looking at you, and you're beautiful Nathan Walker, beautiful." There's tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat the size of a basketball, and my eyes are burning, and my heart hurts but it's so fast, pounding a beat against my chest---because he should know. People like Nathan deserve to be told how unequivocally, unconditionally, completely beautiful they are. . . . . . . . . . . Emma Dawn is a sixteen year old girl in the big city of Toronto who befriends her school's social pariah, Nathan Walker. Outcast for his looks, Nathan's a very quiet, very gentle, giant, but everything's not that simple; the tough guy one might assume him to be is nothing like what he actually is, not with his stutter, continuous insecurities, and his social anxiety. While their friendship develops, both at school and at his families Italian-style Cafe, Emma slowly starts to tear down his walls, finding herself deeply caring for the boy she finds behind them---a boy so caught up in his life's worth of ridicule, he has no idea of how beautiful he is. Read on into the story of Emma and Nathan, where she helps him come to terms with his anxiety, breaks his insecurities, and every other social standard set to define something beautiful. . . . . . . . . . .

After Wrenley Callison catches her costar-boyfriend in bed with someone else, her only plausible choice is to leave L.A. and join her friend, the newly married Duchess of Aurelia. Living in a castle with the new royal as well as her husband, the Prince, should be exactly the getaway she needs to figure out her life. However, what she doesn't account for is a certain bodyguard who seems to despise her from the first night they meet. If that's not enough, her slowly changing feelings for the grumpy protector are sure to make things more complicated. Matteo Wright is a pretty simple man. He likes control and structure and doesn't exactly enjoy when either of those things are messed with. The man lives his life for his job, which includes protecting the crown and his best friend who wears it. What he doesn't need is some American actress who likes to push all of his carefully planned buttons. Especially with the way he starts to crave the extremely irritating woman in a way that's surely not healthy and the exact opposite of controlled.

Dark. Twisted. Obsessive.(Too Dark) Arina was meant to disappear after the night at the pub. Instead, she became the possession of a man the world has never seen-Raian Vyner. Cold. Wealthy. Deadly. And now, hers. Trapped in his mansion, bound by silent threats and suffocating control, Arina must survive a love that feels more like captivity. "You don't escape a Vyner. You surrender." - Raian In a world where love is a weapon and obedience is survival, how long can a heart endure when it beats beneath his shadow? ⚠️ Reader Disclaimer: This story contains mature, dark themes including psychological manipulation, possessive behavior, emotional control, and morally grey characters. It is intended for a mature audience who enjoys intense, twisted romance. Read with caution. ----------- 🏆2 in #forcerelationship 🏆 1 in #cage 🏆 4 in #crime 🏆1 in #maturethemes 🏆 1 in #manipulation 🏆 3 in #dark 🏆 1 in #shadowlove 🏆2 in #possessive 🏆1 in #obssesse 🏆2 in # manipulation 🏆 1 in # billionaireromance

Isaac pulls back, his eyes burning into mine. "Look at me after I kiss you" he says, voice low and rough, like he's fighting for control. I nod, breathless, cheeks flaming. "Are you shy?" he asks, a teasing lilt in his tone. I shrug, my voice barely a whisper. "I-I don't know what to do. It's my first time kissing someone." Isaac's eyes soften. He smiles-a slow, dangerous smile that sends another shiver through me. "It's also my first time, Mila" he says, voice warm and low. My head snaps up, eyes wide. No way. He's too good at this. "It can't be" I say, disbelief colouring my voice. He leans closer, lips brushing my ear. "Just because it's my first kiss doesn't mean I don't know exactly what I need to do to make you feel good, sweetheart." Heat blooms in my cheeks, spreading down my neck. My hands tremble as they rest on his chest.

I cupped her face, planting a soft kiss on her beautiful lips. "Don't ever run from me, baby," I said softly, letting my thumb trace her jaw. "I love the chase." Her jaw tightened, her hands coming up to try and move mine. "Stop calling me baby, Ezra," she snapped, eyes flashing. I couldn't help but grin, dropping my voice to something low and dark. "Ohhh, now my baby has a problem with me calling her baby?" She shot me a glare, but I just tucked her hair behind her ear, pressing another kiss to her lips-gentler this time, lingering. "You don't get to tell me what to call you, baby." I leaned in closer, brushing my nose against hers. "You're whatever the fuck I call you."

Devil's Reach Ranch - Book 1 (A Chicago Heirs Spinoff) Sienna Mancini is the dutiful middle daughter who has kept a low profile throughout her life. She's New York Mafia royalty and knows that her days of keeping that low profile are numbered. Myles Dettori is a reckless party boy rancher. When Myles's family forces him to grow up by participating in an arranged marriage with Sienna as part of their alliance, he's less than thrilled. Sienna, however, sees it as her chance to potentially escape. Both are in for surprises. TW: Explicit sexual content, violence, alcohol/drug use

The ring is on. The radios are live. And the town is hotter than ever. Sage Woodson-almost-Stapleton thought surviving a car crash and taming Liberty Creek's grumpiest Fire Captain was the hard part. She was wrong. Now, she's the Chief Nursing Officer of a hospital facing budget cuts, she's planning a wedding with a mother who thinks "glitter" is a color, and her fiancé, Captain Connor Stapleton, is working overtime to catch an arsonist targeting their town. The honeymoon phase is over. The power struggle has begun. But they aren't the only ones bringing the heat. Chloe Woodson has taken over the 911 Dispatch center, and she has a voice made for sin and an attitude made for war. Her favorite target? Lieutenant Javier Ramirez. Javi likes his fires contained and his women manageable. Chloe is neither. Their radio arguments are the town's favorite form of entertainment, but when the headsets come off, the friction between them turns into a different kind of spark one they are desperate to keep hidden from Sage and Connor. With a serial arsonist closing in on Station 1 and secrets piling up in the Woodson house, the squad has to pull together before everything they've built goes up in smoke. New couples. Old enemies. Same massive trucks.

She ran from a monster... straight into the arms of a dangerous stranger. Wren Vale is twenty-one, bruised, and alone. After a lifetime of shrinking into the shadows to survive, she flees one night with nothing but what she can fit in her beat-up car. When her car dies on a rain-soaked road, she stumbles into the territory of the Shadow Legion MC - and into the path of their president. Knox "Ghost" Harlan is an ex-Navy SEAL turned biker: tall, inked, silent, and lethally protective. One look at the trembling girl with haunted eyes and fresh bruises, and something dark stirs inside the man who never lets anyone in. He should send her away. He doesn't. In the fortified heart of the Shadow Legion compound, Wren is safe from the world outside - but not from the man who has decided she belongs to him. A dark, possessive MC romance full of raw obsession, scorching tension, and a love fierce enough to heal even the deepest scars.

In the frozen wilds of Midnight Peaks, a broken rogue omega named Josie - scarred by rejection, assault, and years surviving alone - stumbles into the territory of the feared and respected Alpha Dominic. He should kill her on sight. What starts as captivity and raw terror slowly becomes the only safety Josie has ever known. Dominic, haunted by his own darkness, fights every instinct to become the mate she deserves - gentle when she needs it, feral when anyone dares threaten her. But the past isn't done with them. Old enemies resurface. A rival female schemes from within. And when Josie's greatest nightmare returns, Dom will burn the world to ash to keep his little wolf. A dark, primal, deeply emotional werewolf romance about healing the deepest wounds, reclaiming power, and discovering that the scariest monster can have the softest heart.

"Tell me you don't want that," his darkened eyes clashed with her dazed ones, "Say it, and we'll stop right now. Tell me, and I'll go." Silence hung in the air, the distant hum of passing cars and crickets fading into the night. "Cause I have every intention of making you my wife, the mother of my kids, my everything. I want that. I want you. Understand?" Her eyes welled up, and her lips trembled as she swallowed hard, then nodded quickly, "I want that too." "That's what I thought, baby." ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ Cerise Rowan liked to keep things simple. Her days were a steady loop of sleep, eat, study, repeat. She told herself she valued comfort, though in truth, change terrified her. With change came anxiety, and her mind, already a delicate balance, struggled to cope. Her favorite S-words: sleep, solitude, and snacks, were enough to keep her "mild" disorder in check. Until another one entered her life. Well... two. If you count sex. ♡ Saint Novak lived by two rules: stay comfortable and take each day as it came. With his intimidating presence and (mostly) emotionless exterior, he wasn't exactly easy to get to know. He didn't waste time on dead ends, keeping his life decisively organized. People and things included. But Saint's problems were far from "mild". For years, he believed he had nothing to lose. Now, he's learning what it means to have goals, to want more, and to keep what's important to him close. So what happens when he walks into his parlor and is greeted by a new face? A very pretty face. One that stirs desires he didn't even know he had. Well, one taste of her is more than enough to set a few more goals.