Nineteen-year-old Charlie has a lot going on. A lot of pain and trauma, but also a lot of ambition and a strong will. All she really wants is to study, get a degree, and eventually make more of her life than her parents ever thought she could. But when her boyfriend cheats on her and her new professor starts messing with her head, her life starts to fall apart. Will she manage to escape her demons and get her life back on track, or will the whirlwind in form of her professor test her patience to the limit?

When quiet, introverted Rilei Hunnerfer gathers the courage to confess her feelings to Kia Murenta,the school's most adored, untouchable girl,she already knows the answer will be no. But nothing prepares her for the humiliation that follows, or the heartbreak she has to carry alone. What Rilei doesn't know is that her confession doesn't end anything. It starts something. Because Kia Murenta, perfect, polished, and straight,or so she claims,can't stop thinking about the girl who ran crying in the rain. The outcast who shouldn't matter. The girl who suddenly won't even look at her. And the more Rilei pulls away, the more Kia can't help but fall apart. Rejection may have been the beginning, but obsession is what comes next.

Disguised as a prostitute for a buy-bust operation, Police Officer Cieanne Villareal thought she was ready for anything, until the mission collapsed and she was sold at a secret auction. Her unexpected "savior" was not a man, but a woman who paid millions to own her. Known only as Yvonne, she is beautiful, powerful, and terrifyingly unreadable. Now trapped between duty and desire, Cieanne must face the truth: freedom may no longer be in her hands, and the most dangerous enemy... might be the woman who refuses to let her go.

One girl, haunted by demons she never asked for. One girl, holding onto a dream with bleeding hands. One girl, clinging to a life she never was supposed to survive. One girl-and one infuriating woman she was never meant to meet. Aurora Winters, 18, soft-spoken and sweet like spring rain, begins her second last first day of senior year. The wreckage of a car crash last Christmas stole what little safety she had left-leaving her in the bitter care of an aunt who never wanted her and a man who only knows cruelty. Bruised, quiet, alone and unraveling, Aurora is trying to survive the storm. But survival becomes complicated when a certain woman enters the picture. Valentina M. Harlow, 37, new to this part of town, new to the school, old to the weight of the world. Once a sweet girl who ached to be seen, now a woman shaped by silence and cold resolve. Sharp-tongued, guarded, emotionally untouchable, manipulative and entirely disinterested in attachments. She is the oldest daughter who walked away-from blood and businesses, from love, from everything that broke her. It's been seven years since she last let herself feel. And she likes it that way. Until Aurora. What begins as uneasy glances and sharp conversations becomes something far harder to ignore. Valentina sees the pain in the girl's eyes. The bruises beneath the surface. And suddenly, the woman who feels nothing is faced with a choice: walk away as she always has, or reach out-risking everything. This is a tale of longing and danger, where hearts shatter, wounds heal, and reopen. Again and again. A story of two women who were never meant to orbit, yet crash into each other anyway. A story of it all. Of longing that feels like ruin. Of aching that feels like home. Of broken things that refuse to stay broken. A slow unraveling, a dangerous pull. A love that could save-or destroy-them both. Maybe they'll piece themselves back together. And set the world on fire, together.

Kenna Gabri is nineteen and a senior. Her life isn't perfect. Her mom passed away from a horrible accident. Her dad was never there. It's just her brother and herself alone in the world. She has her best friend by her side, that knows everything about her. But she has a deep secret that she has been keeping inside for years. But what if it finally escapes? Will she be able to face the truth? Or will it come crashing down?

Amara Alonso is 22 years old and is in her final year studying English literature at NYU. She's smart, kind and gentle, she always has been. But she carries a quiet sadness that most don't see. After losing her mother and sister in a tragic car accident 8 months ago, she was left with an alcoholic father who she blames for their death. She promises herself to push through her last year of college but soon falls into a cycle- skipping classes, tear-stained eyes, and an empty stomach. Emilia Zayed is a 29 year old creative writing professor. Emilia is poised, intelligent and emotionally guarded. She keeps everyone at arm's length- students, colleges, friends, and especially family. She doesn't trust people and shows no intention to. She shows no interest in anybody around her, until a soft brown eyed girl enters her lecture with a look of hurt deep in her eyes that she can't seem to stop thinking about. Emilia notices Amara's writing first. There's something about her work-so raw, so aching, so lonely. It touches something in Emilia she thought she'd buried. Never has a student's piece of writing made her feel this way. They shouldn't get close. They can't get close. But they do. And it's slow, quiet, and deeply emotional. It's Amara showing up during Emilia's office hours not just to talk about writing but about life. It's Emilia realising Amara needs more than feedback-she needs someone who sees her. And it's Amara finally finding someone who doesn't leave. The two form an unspoken bond they can't explain. It's forbidden in the eyes of everybody else. But they can't help but feel softer around each other. Will they ever act on it? Will Amara's hurt or Emilia's closed offness prevent them from ever truly opening up and giving in?

Set in the prestigious Ravenshore Academy, an elite all-girls boarding academy where only the brightest and most accomplished students are accepted, Miss G is a beautiful, confident, and admired professor, adored by her students especially the academy's influential student leader. But when a new student named Althea arrives, everything begins to change. Miss G becomes fascinated even obsessed with Althea's beauty and independence. This obsession leads to manipulation, and tragedy. She wants to win Althea's heart, and she wants Althea's attention it should belong to her and her alone. MISS G'S OBSESSION ----------------------------------

Seraphina Esposito is a mafia queen.. cold, ruthless, untouchable. At twenty-five she rules an empire built on fear, wielding power like a blade and believing feelings to be nothing but weakness. Love, family, softness.. those are luxuries she's burned out of herself. Or so she thought. Then comes Elowen Morgan. Beautiful. Too emotionally intelligent. Kindhearted. Too pure for a world like hers... and yet, impossible to ignore. With honey-brown eyes that see too much and a quiet defiance behind her smile, she unsettles everything Seraphina thought she knew. Seraphina doesn't do love. But desire? Obsession? The urge to claim what should never have been hers? That, she can't seem to resist. What happens when a woman who feels nothing meets the one person she can't stop feeling?

SLOWBURN • PROFESSORXSTUDENT • WRITTEN IN TAGLISH #1. PSYCHE SERIES