He's a duke. She's a servant. They've been friends since childhood, but their hearts have always defied the rules. When Anastasia Michaels leaves Yorkshire with a secret that could change everything, Henry Sutton believes he's lost her forever. Years later, she returns-older, bolder, and hiding a truth that could shatter them both. Forbidden love. Passion that cannot be denied. And a past that refuses to stay buried. Can they fight for the love they were never allowed to have? ***Contains mature themes and explicit scenes. Please enjoy responsibly and do not replicate this independent work.***

They say the sea takes what it wants. And when it wanted her, it sent him. Sereya Vale has always felt the pull of the ocean. While studying the dying reefs off the coast, she's dragged beneath the waves-and into the arms of Elian, the last prince of a fading underwater kingdom. He saves her life, but their meeting stirs an ancient bond neither understands. The sea begins to awaken, whispering prophecies of rebirth and destruction. To save his kingdom, Elian must choose between duty and desire... and Sereya must decide whether love is worth drowning for.

After losing her parents at the age of twelve, Thandi spent years running-from orphan homes, street predators, and the crushing weight of poverty. Through it all, her big sister was her shield. Her hope. Her last thread of innocence in a world determined to strip it away. But when violence rips her sister from her life, Thandi's fragile world crumbles. Alone and helpless, she is sold into the hands of the De Luca family-the most feared mafia dynasty in the world. In the dark halls of power, cruelty, and desire, Thandi's stolen innocence echoes in every shadow. And survival may cost her the last pieces of the girl she used to be.

Some relics belong in a museum. Others should never be found. Jordan Buchanan has worked her entire life for a chance to curate a major exhibit-one rooted in myth, history, and forgotten civilizations. But when an unmarked crate arrives containing a strange, unidentifiable disc, her carefully ordered world begins to unravel. The artifact hums with a presence she can't explain. Strange visions flicker at the edge of her mind. And someone-or something-is watching. Across the city, ancient forces long hidden are beginning to stir. Some want to protect her. Others want to use her. But all of them know one thing: the moment she touched that relic, a path was set in motion. One that could awaken powers better left buried. And Jordan? She's about to learn that some truths were never meant to be unearthed.

*Reader Warning: Extremely Explicit Content* Jewelry designer, Vivienne West suffers from career suicide. Every time her big break comes along, she does something to sabotage it. In an effort to revive her floundering career, she pays the back taxes on a mineral rich piece of property out West. Out West, Vivienne quickly realizes life is equally as hard. All alone with nothing to show for all her hard work she's close to throwing in the towel until she meets the man of her dreams. Only thing, he's cursed.

⚠️WARNING⚠️ *This is a SLOWBURN novel, things will start off slow then pick up as the story progresses.* Princess Nyelle of D'Avalon faces betrayal within her palace, leading to her appointment as envoy to the critical Realm Summit. Her mission: secure alliances to preserve her kingdom's future. Thrust into a world of masked diplomacy and hidden agendas, she navigates the treacherous waters where alliances serve as weapons and romantic entanglements threaten stability. Across the negotiating table stands Prince Kaelen of Caelora, a figure both feared and respected, who is already betrothed to another. Despite this, an undeniable connection forms between them, complicating Nyelle's efforts and intentions. As tensions escalate and secrets come to light, they discover that their bond might hold the key to more than just personal desires.

In Fontenot, Louisiana, where the cypress keep their own counsel and the graves remember, Solene Boudreaux comes home. Soft-spoken but razor-bright, the eighteen-year-old can hear and answer the dead, a gift that cost her father his life and drove her mother north to Chicago in the vain hope of quiet. Now Solene returns to begin college, to help in her family's funeral home, and to learn the boundaries of a power that refuses to be sedated. The dead greet her like kin. One of them, an ancestral spirit with unfinished business, fastens to her shadow. Beauragard "Beau" Andrews is Fontenot's golden myth: twenty, blue-eyed, the town's favored son with a smile that opens doors and a legacy that opens vaults. He is also the Chosen, host and reincarnation of a forgotten European god whose seven hungers are beauty, fertility, magic, wealth, prosperity, war, and madness. The god wears Beau like a well-cut suit, whispering strategies, sharpening his charm, and marking Solene as the vessel required to continue its line. As campus lights dim and the bayou fog rises, Solene's days knot into a private war: the ancestor tugging her toward reckoning, the town's courtesies masking old cruelties, and Beau's courtship, tender one breath, terrifying the next, conducted under the god's gaze. Desire becomes a trapdoor. Visions thicken in the air. Family histories surface like bones in rain-soft earth. To survive, Solene must master the dead who claim her, confront the living who would use her, and choose whether to break a dynasty older than Fontenot itself or be bound to it, body and soul.

Aria Hailey Hamilton always knew she was different born with powers and an instinct for danger. But she never imagined her magic was a birthright, or that her parents were once banished from a kingdom veiled behind an ancient Mist. Raised in the human world, Aria fought supernatural threats in secret, unaware that every battle brought her closer to a destiny long kept from her. Lorenzo Giovanni was forged in fire and blood, king to one of the most powerful and feared Italian mafia dynasties. Cold, calculating, and loyal to a fault, he lives by the code of Omertà, building an empire of fear and control. Love was never part of his plan until he stormed into her world with the aim of a collaboration to keep his mafia stable. But love is never safe not when old enemies watch from the shadows, and both their worlds begin to blur. As Aria uncovers her true identity and is summoned to face a royal trial in the Mist Realm, she must choose between the life she's built with Lorenzo and the fate she was born to claim. Meanwhile, Lorenzo finds himself in a deadly power struggle within the mafia one that could cost him everything if Aria doesn't return. Two worlds. One impossible love. And a war neither of them saw coming.

Reached over 5,000 reads thank you who have read this book. Italian Mob Boss of the 1920's and a beautiful black woman from the south lives combine when it's forbidden. He is a dangerous man as she has a voice of an angel.