I let out a quiet breath as my back hit against the wall, but I didn't move. His sharp light blue ones never left mine, his jaw tightening as he stared at me. And like always, his face gave away nothing. Completely unreadable. For a second, his gaze flickered past me, landing on the guy standing a few feet behind me. Then it returned to mine. He took another step forward until there was barely any space left between us. His hand came up, fingers settling firmly around my neck, not enough to hurt, but enough to make my breath catch. I hated how much I liked it. How the warmth of his hand against my neck made me feel things down there. "I feel like you playing with me, Amara." His voice was low and calm, somehow making the words sound more threatening. "How, Sebastian?" I used his full name on purpose. His jaw ticked again. "Kissing another man tonight?" he asked quietly, his eyes dropping to my glossed lips, lingering there for a second before lifting back to mine. "You serious, Sarai?" A small grin pulled at my lips. "So now you care?" His fingers tightened ever so slightly. "I asked you a question." "And I asked you one first." Silence. The kind that somehow said more than words ever could. Neither of us looked away. I tilted my head, pretending his hand wasn't doing something to me. "I thought we wasn't together." His tongue pressed against the inside of his cheek. "We not." "So why you mad and in my business about who I lay my lips on?" His eyes searched mine, his gaze dropping to my lips again. Then he leaned in. Not enough to kiss me. Just enough that his voice brushed against my skin when he spoke. "Don't test me, Amara." His voice was barely above a whisper. My pulse stumbled. I hated that he could do that. Hated it even more because I was almost sure he knew. And for the first time since I'd met Sebastian Moretti, I couldn't tell if I'd won or if I'd just pushed him a little too far.

Aaliyah never planned on catching the eye of Leo Ramirez. A quiet, brooding basketball player who looks at her like she's trouble & like he'd burn the whole world for her.

She's a gorgeous cheer girl... And you're a geek with acne... That's something no amount of 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 is going to change. Started: 9-17-23 Finished: 11-11-23 Rankings: Wmbw #2 - 10-8-23 Boy #2 - 10-10-23 Cheerleader #1 - 10-12-23 Highschool #3 - 10-12-23 Blackgirl #1 - 11-8-23 Bwwm #7 - 11-14-23 Girlxboy #1 - 11-19-23

Mariah is confident, outspoken, and focused on herself not love. But when she moves into a new apartment and meets Elijah, the quiet white boy next door, her plans start to shift. He's reserved. She's bold. They come from different worlds but can't seem to stay away from each other. What starts as tension slowly turns into something deeper. But falling for someone so different isn't easy and both have pasts that threaten to get in the way. Still, some connections are worth the risk. And sometimes, love doesn't look how you expect it's just painted different.

Recently moving to the west coast, Daniela Parker expected a shift when moving with her mother and brother to Los Angeles. Daniela didn't think she had anything to worry about since her brother is an A+ student, and she stayed out of people's business. But when a known gangster, Enrique González, put his eyes on her, she had trouble avoiding the charming brown-eyed man with a background of violence. *black female lead and latino male lead* #1 in the U.S 4/25/25

Sexual Tension. Everybody misdefines, misuses it. Sexual tension is the tension between two people. But it's only there when both sides are feeling the attraction. If you're attracted to someone, but your attraction isn't reciprocated, that can only be defined as sexual attraction. Now this moment, between Bella and I, proves the sexual tension that has been there since day one. - I pulled him to me by his tie, desperately as he smashed his lips onto mine once again. I could still hear the music coming from the festival. My mind was foggy, my quick movements proved my desperation, and Brian, on top of me, kept reminding me of the situation I was in. All that time, all those months, all those memories and all that dance, it all somehow led to this moment and made us finally explode. I tried to take his tie and shirt off as my hands wandered around the buttons, he was driving me crazy. "Shhhh. Calm down." he said, looking at me with condescending eyes and pushing my arms to my sides. Asshole. What happens if the love between the childhood lovers builds up to hate and sexual tension. Can they deal with these well? Or can they deal with them at all? **Everything except for the songs are owned by me and cannot be used for any purpose! Thank you.**

"𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐦𝐞.". - an enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience, mafia romance - ~~~~~~~~ "Because I can't look at you without wanting to rip your clothes off and fuck you so hard you scream my name, so that everyone can hear that you're my fucking wife. It physically fucking hurts not being able to touch you." My eyes widen at his confession, stealing my breath away. I gulp and with my head held high, "Then touch me." ~~~~~~~~ Nova Ferrara. The ruthless, badass heir to the American Mafia. Axel Romano. The morally grey, careless heir to the Italian Mafia. Being enemy Mafias and ordered by her father, Nova must kill Axel as a plot for power. But when a rat makes that impossible, she's forced to marry him instead. If that isn't bad enough, she has to live with him, share a bed with him, and work with him to defeat the Don of the Russian Mafia. Secrets and lies get revealed, fury is acted upon. Will they break each other like they intend to? Or will something between them make them fix each other instead? A BOOK IN THE RUIN ME SERIES [CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE] BEST RANKINGS: #1 in enemies #1 in one-bed #1 in enemieswithbenefits #1 in badboybadgirl #1 in italianmafia #1 in billionaire

[01/07/2021] - [13/04/2023] "You can't keep going around like a fucking maniac and treating me like shit. That isn't how relationships work," Sophia's voice was havoc as she verbalized her emotions. "That isn't how we work..." Tired, vulnerable and agitated at not only him, but herself. How could she let herself get this far, in such little time? He looked down, ashamed, not wanting to respond. His heart felt like it was beating faster than it should've. "I forgot how it felt to love you." As soon as those words were uttered from Sophia's lips, his world broke apart. Gone, in just a matter of seconds. - - - When Sophia Adam moves to a new town, she wishes nothing more than a boring, new life, to separate herself from her past. Moving meant completing university and getting a clerkship with a judge. Moving meant making refreshing new friends, and meeting a mysterious guy that seems hell-bent on getting to know her. To Sophia, moving to a new town was everything she imagined and more. She just didn't expect her past to follow.

Bianca Romano, a regular 19 year old college student studying to become a nurse, working two jobs to care for her disabled mother. Giancarlo Bartolo, an anything but regular 21 year old soon to be Mafia leader, heartless, cares for no one but himself. What happens after Giancarlo has to save Bianca from his rival Mafia's? Will he finally learn to love someone other than himself? Will Bianca learn to accept the new world she was kidnapped into? I don't warn when there are sexual scenes because I think it ruins the flow of the book. I hope you all enjoy! TW: Abuse, guns, fighting, drugs, sexual scenes, vulgar language