- 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮r 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 🤎

Book One Lucent Uni Series 18+ After deciding to start her sophomore year with a bang instead of a plan, Layla Winslow wakes up in bed beside Lucent University's most notorious playboy-the one guy she can't stand... and her brother's best friend. Elijah Stirling. Hockey comes easily to him. So do girls. But nothing about waking up next to Layla was supposed to happen-especially not with the girl he's spent years pretending to be indifferent about. Except Elijah doesn't see a mistake. He sees proof. That whatever this is between them-the constant tension, the irritation, the refusal to look too closely at each other-isn't dislike at all. It's chemistry. Now Layla is trying to erase a night she refuses to fully remember, while Elijah starts treating it like the beginning of something inevitable. Because where Layla sees an accident she needs to forget... Elijah sees the first real thing he's ever wanted to keep. And he has no intention of letting her forget it.

𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘 was raised to be a shadow. Sit straight, smile when you're spoken to, don't make people repeat themselves and don't you dare draw attention and learn to be grateful they let the deaf daughter stay in the room at all. In Northvalle, perfection is currency. Her sister, Alina, is priceless. Rhea is the problem they keep just out of frame.. .. She's had her eyes on 𝗘𝗭𝗥𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗢𝗩 longer than she'll ever admit. The city's quiet threat. Fixer, the man you call when you're out of options and ready to sell whatever's left of your soul. He doesn't play about what's tied to his name. He doesn't repeat himself and when you keep him waiting too long, he collects more than debt. He's invited into the Lore empire for one reason.. Alina. A marriage on paper. An alliance at the table. Lore influence for Markov protection. Breaking that kind of deal would cost more than money and everyone at that table knows it. Ezra knows what's at stake. But the wrong girl keeps catching his eye... the daughter who was never part of the offer, the one who moves like she's been taught her whole life not to be seen. He should keep his distance. Instead, he starts to toy with the line.. a glance held too long, a touch he has no business giving, secrets in dark corners that would ruin her if anyone ever found out. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⋆ 𐙚 ̊. "We shouldn't be doing this..." "Then stop trembling every time I breathe your name, Malyshka." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⋆ 𐙚 ̊. • 𝘼 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆 𝙈𝘼𝙁𝙄𝘼 𝙍𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mature| 18+ Copyright ©️𝗐𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗆 2025 All rights reserved.

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨; two best friends whose relationship is built on trust, late-night conversations, and a bond neither of them ever questioned. But one-night changed everything. It wasn't a mistake. It was planned, just a friend helping a friend. A line crossed and suddenly the rules between them no longer mean what they used to. Now Ashton can't get Elena out of his head, not the way she looked at him that night, the way she felt around him... and it was at that moment everything inside him snapped. For Elena, it was supposed to mean nothing beyond curiosity, something for her to finally experience. But Ashton is already past the point of pretending.

He only offered silence and smooth turns. But somewhere between late-night pickups and quiet glances in the rearview, a young woman with big dreams finds herself falling for the last man anyone would expect.

Malika Danai is pressure. Friendly, social, and loved by all, Malika thrives in college and is often seen as a mirage - seemingly real and attainable but disappears when approached. She's a party girl to the core. Loves to drink, flirt, and explore with her best friends, Ayana and Isabella. Her beauty is undeniable. With curly black hair cascading over her shoulders and golden-brown skin that glows no matter where she's at, Malika's presence is impossible to ignore. Her dark brown eyes often sparks with mischief, and her full two-toned lips often curves into teasing grins that hints at secrets she rarely shares. Malika excels at a lot of things but she was never the study type. She prayed the night before exams and hoped that her grades would at least give her a passing score and somehow, that always worked. Until now... Her grades are barely holding on- good enough to pass, but not good enough for a sorority like the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA). She wants to join. No she needs to. It's the only way she can prove to her mother that she's worth it. And she'll do whatever it takes. Even if it means casting her pride aside to get help from the boy who loathes her existence. Meanwhile... Theo Sinclair is a weapon. An academic weapon that nobody can beat. Coming from an old money family where the expectations and bars are set high, Theo surpasses them all and is often pushed towards greatness by his family. Yet he has a big flaw: boredom. Because of his uncaring attitude towards everything and everyone around him, Theo is often alone. Deliberately avoiding attention and validation from peers; he thrives in the silence and rhythm of his own scheduled routines. He has only one rule; 'Never let myself feel things I can't control.' To him, parties are ratchet and vile. An enigma vastly contrasting his reverence for solitude, silence, and carefully ordered thoughts. So when he's pushed into an unwanted arrangement, he resents the intrusion because slowly, his rule...

Joelle Jordan is just trying to survive university and her life at home. Bryce Valentine is trying to survive everyone else. Projected first-round NFL draft pick. Campus celebrity. The most watched college athlete in the country. When the two strike a deal to trade study sessions for Bryce and personal training sessions for Joelle's little brother, everything seems simple enough. Then Bryce crosses the line. Now Joelle is trying to navigate a boy who is emotionally repressed, touch-starved, obsessively devoted, and surrounded by more pressure than any twenty-year-old should have to carry. Add the coaches, media attention, NIL deals, scouts, photo shoots, and Bryce's oppressive father. The pressure that comes with being attached to Bryce Valentine is something Joelle is not equipped for. Especially when she starts getting a little too comfortable with the fact that Bryce can't seem to leave her alone.

Matteo is a boy with a reputation, moving back home to take over the "family business." Amira is your star student with a secret: she's one of the best assassins in the world He's obsessed from the moment he lays eyes on her. There's only one problem: she was sent to kill him

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 is an innocent, kind, and unshakable girl that is...until 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝; the Star quarterback, he's untouchable, mysterious and the guy she's tutoring that decides he wants her. He watches, waits, and tests her boundaries. Desire turns dangerous, and obsession doesn't play fair between these two.

Naomi Carter was taught her whole life to stay away from trouble. Pastor's daughter. Church girl. Straight A student. Trouble was never supposed to find her. But one bad decision, one party, and one thing she was never supposed to see puts her directly in the path of the city's most feared man. Now the same man everyone warns her about won't stop watching. Won't stop texting. And definitely won't leave her alone. The problem? Naomi can't tell if she should be terrified of Kai Bennett... Or curious.