Hollis Sharpe doesn't know that she's being watched. Coveted. Hunted. Violated. She doesn't know that cameras track her every move inside the walls of her grandmothers old Victorian house, that eyes are on her wherever she goes, that her keychain that finally turned up after being misplaced for a week now held an advanced tracking device able to ping her exact location down to mere feet from anywhere in the world. She doesn't know that she's been watched while she slept, and ate, and showered. She doesn't know that there's an imminent plot to steal her away in the dark of night, with no witnesses, to a place where her free will is to be siphoned away and tied to another with no hope of escape. Hollis Sharp doesn't know any of this. But she's about to.

I was an orphan. He was a billionaire. He adopted me to hide his money, and for six years, he didn't even know my name. But when I turned eighteen, the cold, apathetic monster finally looked at me. And he decided he wanted to play with his investment. I thought I could survive him. I thought I could make him love me. But in Julian Thorne's world, you don't get loved. You get owned. Dark. Taboo. Unhinged. Enter at your own risk.

Amina wants a baby-on her terms. No romance. No strings. No father involvement. But instead of going the clinical route, she picks the one man she despises: Lukas. Why? Because his genetics are perfect. His record is perfect. His health is perfect. His brilliance is undeniable. And he has a type of raw dominance that she thinks would produce a strong child. So she sets a formal business meeting. Slides a contract across his marble desk. States her intentions with no emotion. He laughs first. Then he reads the contract. Then he looks at her-really looks at her-and says: "If you want my child, Amina... you're not getting it in a cup. You're getting it the natural way." She refuses. He smirks. But Lukas has waited years for this door to open. And he knows exactly how to bend her resolve. Eventually, she agrees-strict rules, boundaries, a timeline, and an exit clause. She believes she can keep her heart out of it. But she has just stepped into his game. And Lukas? Lukas doesn't intend to give her just a child. He intends to have her. Completely.

|18+| Taylor was supposed to be the one thing Finn could never have. Then desperation made them onlyfans partners-and feelings made everything messy. ... Finn has spent years pretending he isn't hopelessly in love with his best friend. It's a game he's gotten very good at playing. Smile when Taylor talks about girls. Ignore the way his heart races whenever Taylor throws an arm around his shoulders. Pretend friendship is enough. Then everything falls apart. Cut off financially and drowning in college expenses, Finn is desperate for a way to stay afloat. What starts as a quick solution soon becomes a secret life he's determined to keep hidden-especially from Taylor. But secrets never stay secret for long. When Taylor accidentally discovers what Finn has been doing, ignoring the revealed secret should be the obvious choice. Instead, Taylor asks to join him. With his sister's medical bills piling up and no other options in sight, Taylor convinces himself it's only business. Just a way to make money. Just a game. No feelings. No complications. No chance of ruining the friendship that means everything to both of them. The problem is that the longer they play, the harder it becomes to remember where the act ends and the truth begins. Because Taylor's touches don't feel fake. His jealousy doesn't feel fake. And the way he looks at Finn definitely doesn't feel fake. For years, Finn dreamed about Taylor wanting him back. Now that it might actually be happening, he's terrified of losing the one person he can't imagine living without. After all, every game has winners and losers. And neither of them is ready for what happens when somebody finally changes

Tasha Clarke is twenty-seven and stuck. What was meant to be a temporary job at a golf club has stretched into years of serving drinks, forcing smiles, and enduring the leers of men twice her age. With her best friend Nyla's wedding on the horizon, Tasha can't help but feel left behind. Nyla has love, stability, and a future. Tasha has routine and a gnawing hunger for something more-something dangerous enough to make her feel alive again. Across the ocean, 30 year-old, Ignacio Montoya prepares to step into Seattle for the first time in years. His empire stretches across continents, claiming cities like New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles in blood and power. But Seattle remains unscarred-a weakness he intends to remedy. On the surface, Ignacio comes as a best man, to toast the wedding of his oldest friend. Beneath the tailored suit, however, lies a predator's intent. He sees Seattle not as a city of celebration, but as prey. Ignacio Montoya is a storm-silent until he breaks, relentless once he does. While Tasha aches for change and Ignacio charts his conquest, fate coils their paths together. What begins as a wedding celebration will unravel into something far more dangerous: a collision of hunger and power, yearning and control. When the storm finally reaches her, Tasha Clarke's life-and Seattle itself-will never be the same.

Jolie thought she knew what survival looked like. After her parents died, leaving her stranded in a toxic, suffocating life in New York, it was Dallas who saved her. He threw her a lifeline when she was drowning, but he was too old for her-they were two different people from two different worlds, never meant to last. Desperate to forget her past and Dallas, she found Cole. He was the perfect young man. Sweet, safe, and logical. Armed with her medical education, Jolie buried herself in her work at the local clinic, quickly becoming the town's quiet savior whenever a medical crisis struck. She thought she was building a clean, respectable future based on cold logic. But logic has no power when there was someone else waiting in the shadows of the ranch... someone who completely rewired her mind and ruined every sensible thought she ever had. He is thirty-six years of raw muscle, scarred hands, and terrifying authority. He is a brooding rancher who rules his land with an iron fist, a man the entire county fears to cross. He should be the last man she turns to. He should be completely off-limits. Yet, when his massive hands wrap around her waist, the rest of the world ceases to exist. He is dangerous, forbidden, and the only man who can keep her safe when a sudden, vicious scandal turns the entire valley against her. As a looming threat gridlocks the valley and the tension inside the Calhoun ranch reaches a shattering boiling point, Jolie must use every ounce of her medical instincts to save the very people who want her ruined, while she and Jack are forced to play a high-stakes game against the dark. Some boundaries are never meant to be crossed. But in the dark, rules break. Can a love born from absolute wreckage survive? Or will their Texas sins consume them both?

An autistic boy dealing with a shitty life at home and his own problems meet a handsome gangbanger willing to save and risk shit all for him. Read to find out more. #1 gang life #1 urbanlove

✧☾✧ CONTENT WARNING ✧☾✧ This story contains mature themes intended for adult readers, including: ✦ explicit language ✦ consensual adult intimacy ✦ BDSM‑coded interactions ✦ dominant/submissive relationship structures ✦ "Master & Mistress" title usage within a consensual context ✦ emotional intensity and psychological themes ✦₊˚.⋆｡°✩ Brook has survived a lot... but nothing prepares her for the night her step-mother and step-brothers drag her into a ritual meant to offer her soul to the King of the Underworld so that they stay alive. It should have killed her. He should have taken her. Instead it brought the darkness to light. And of course Hades sees it all. He knows that bringing her to his Underworld as a sacrifice would be a mistake (Hypnos would drag him to the Dream realm and keep him there for as long as he's capable). He also knows that bringing her to his Underworld to be his bride could be worse. Does he care? No. He has no intention of letting her stay in the mortal realm, therefore he has his shadows claim her. His equal. His chosen. His darkness.

Ethan Brooks is the golden boy everyone wants but no one can touch. Sun-kissed blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and perfectly toned muscles that make heads turn - he's the most gorgeous guy in school and now college. Yet behind the popularity, Ethan is painfully shy, timid, and a total nerd who never dated, partied, or drank. With a flawless 4.0 GPA and full-ride acceptances to Harvard, Oxford, and every elite university, he's spending this last free summer relaxing, helping out at his family's cozy bookstore, and staying single... until temptation walks in. Lila Voss - his mother's stunning, confident best friend. Elegant, experienced, and completely off-limits. What starts as innocent late-night talks and "accidental" brushes of skin explodes into stolen kisses, secret midnight meetings, and scorching nights of raw passion. For the first time, Ethan's shyness melts away in her arms. Their connection is deeper than lust - it's tender, soul-consuming love that makes them both feel truly seen. But their affair is dangerously forbidden. The massive age gap. The ultimate betrayal to his mom. One wrong move and everything - family, futures, hearts - could shatter. Will their summer love burn bright enough to survive the secrets, or will the heat consume them both? A steamy, emotional, forbidden age-gap romance packed with heart-fluttering tenderness, explosive chemistry, and the thrill of the ultimate taboo. Mature content. Explicit scenes. Reader discretion advised. 18+

Lily Vega yearned to break free from the gilded cage of expectations and obligations that had long trapped her. Her journey of liberation and sexual awakening leads her to the arms of a masked stranger. Their encounters ignited a fire within her, propelling her to unimaginable heights of pleasure, far removed from the innocence that had defined her. Mason Pavel had been obsessed with Lily for years. Though tempted, he buried his illicit desires out of respect for his friend and to protect Lily's reputation. Seeking distraction, he found himself entangled with a mysterious vixen at a club, leading to unforeseen consequences. But fate, with its twisted sense of irony, revealed the Mason's mysterious vixen of the night was none other than his best friend's sister. Caught in a whirlwind of desire and forbidden attraction, Mason and Lily found themselves entangled in a web of secrets, challenging their loyalties, and forcing them to confront the undeniable truth that what they share goes beyond lust. Find out in the next addictive installment of "The Crestmont Players" - a story simmering with scandalous secrets and sizzling romance. TRIGGER WARNING: This is a dark romance