Willa Liu is an expert at keeping things simple. Her life is ordered, her books are alphabetized, and her relationship with the effortlessly cool Iris Shaw is strictly casual. A perfect system designed to protect her from messy feelings. The system, however, did not account for Bartholomew. When Willa's demonic cat, a creature who considers affection a personal insult, melts into a purring puddle for Iris, it shatters Willa's carefully constructed walls, leaving her with a dreadful realization: in a relationship with no strings attached, she might be the one who is hopelessly tangled.

When an assistant to a multi-millionaire CEO of a fashion magazine agrees to a fake dating deal, she doesn't expect to find that there may be more to her boss's cruel heart than she thought. ****** Working for a brutal boss was the last thing Alaina wanted to do, but the high salary is too hard to resist. When an unfortunate situation pushes CEO Mylène Seydoux to move in with Alaina, both their worlds are disrupted as rumors swirl around them. And one way to deal with that problem? Stage a fake relationship with a hefty bonus. Alaina accepts the deal, but things become complicated when the money is not the only thing that is irresistible. Mylène Seydoux's reputation as a cruel, workaholic CEO precedes her. Moving in and striking up a fake dating deal with her mousey assistant is not part of her plans. To make matters worse, that same pretty, sassy sunshine of an assistant manages to stir up feelings that Mylène has kept buried deep for years. Love has become off-limits to her when she has enemies who are waiting for the right moment to strike. Fake blurs into reality as their dating deal slowly combusts into a passion neither one of them wants to escape. Will they be able to handle each other's worlds for a chance at something real? Or will the secrets that taint both their pasts be too much for them? **** My boss is staring at me as if I'm her last dinner. "Merde, you look so fucking beautiful, amour." A smile tugs at the corner of her red lips. "And you're even wearing a red lace bra. Have you prepared for this moment, naughty girl?" I lick my dry lips. "And what if I have?" She smirks. "Then I love that." She beckons me with her finger. "Come here." Swallowing the lump in my throat, I walk to her. Until I'm standing right over her. And even when she's sitting, the power wafts off her in intoxicating waves. She truly is the Devil's Mistress. And I'm ready to burn in hell. Banners by @-DeeIsDead-

[3x featured] Do you ever wonder if you are merely a wanderer in this world, lost forever and waiting to be found? Julia was suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, which left her socially isolated as her friends abandoned her. When she's finally starting to get better, her father decides she needs a fresh start with her mother in the US. New beginnings are hard, especially when the boy she likes is giving her mixed signals, her friends are his rivals, and the boy who does give her the right signals is his nemesis. Struggling with her physical and mental health, one thing is for sure: life doesn't always go as planned. Featured on the Romance Ambassador's reading list, Young Love (14-07-2022) Featured on the YARomance Ambassador's reading list, Semester of Love (23-10-2022) Featured on the StoriesUndiscovered Ambassador's reading list, Be THAT Girl (04-01-2023) Completed © Copyright All Rights Reserved

UNHOLY VOWS, SAINTLY GHOSTS, AND SINFUL SECRETS Saints and Sinners, an infamous student tradition at Covington Academy that makes or breaks one's experience at the prestigious academy for the wealthy, exclusive and infamous for scandals and gossip, which tend to spread on the school's social media app, Gemini. Victor St. James - a Saint beloved by all - went missing during an annual charity gala, where Saints would be hunted by Sinners. His town and school had no idea what happened to him, mourning his loss like it was their own. Except five people do. Five people know exactly what happened to Victor St. James. And they aren't the only ones. Someone knows all of their secrets and isn't afraid to expose them to get what they want. As they draw the five into a twisted game, the winner will take it all, and the five students have to decide how far they're willing to go to protect their secrets. BOOK ONE / SAINTS AND SINNERS ATONEMENT SERIES @ROSEDTHORN / STARTED 2025 © @rosedthorn

With years of stories to be told, Cassandra and Beatrix learn how to take their time. ***** Over a hundred years ago, Cassandra Hisako and Beatrix Huaka'i stopped aging, though time didn't end. In fact, time ceased to exist in a way they understood at all, and after a few unintentional missteps around the decades, they finally realize the extent of their newly discovered abilities, and their feelings for each other.

All Jos Clarke wanted was to check a box on her therapy-curated bucket list -- not trip headfirst into the world's most inconvenient one-night stand in the form of Niko Costa: a witty bartender with an entirely too frustrating way of flipping the script and making casual feel anything but. (full summary inside) © j toussaint. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED achievements: #14 in adultfiction (13 september 2025) #37 in realisticfiction (16 september 2025) #17 in therapeutic (23 september 2025)

Finn Thompson wants to be more than his addiction. After facing the truths of his past and attending rehabilitation, he's ready to get back on his feet, finish his final year of university and fight for the one thing he destroyed-his relationship with Maya. She's the girl who never judged him for his terrible mistakes, the girl he let close to his heart, the only girl he'll ever love. Maya might have loved Finn once, but she refuses to let him in again after what he did. Especially now she has a new priority and their daughter, Skye, must come first. Finn doesn't remember the last conversation they had and he certainly doesn't remember hearing Maya was pregnant, but now they have a two month old together and he missed it all because of his alcoholism. Navigating being a father and trying to win back the woman of his dreams, while trying to pass his final year and stay sober isn't going to be an easy ride, but he's willing to put in the work. His life has already hit rock bottom and now he's prepared to do everything in his power to find home with the two girls of his dreams. Except earning back her trust is going to be more difficult than he realised. 18+

𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀, 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙘'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨. With her thirtieth birthday looming, no romantic prospects, and a dream of motherhood slipping away, she's down to one last, desperate option: a decade-old pact made with her estranged childhood friend, Silas Beckett. The problem? Silas is now a superstar baseball player with a playboy reputation, and their friendship is a distant memory. Still, he agrees to their clinical, business-like plan: have a baby through fertility treatments, co-parent as best friends, and keep their hearts strictly out of the equation. But through sterile waiting rooms and late-night hormone shots, the old intimacy that once defined them rekindles into something deeper and far more dangerous. As the line between platonic and passionate blurs, their carefully constructed plan begins to fail in more ways than one. When they're left with nothing but failed treatments and inconvenient feelings, they have to face the fact that what they really want might not be a baby, but each other. But is a love born from a broken contract enough to build a new dream on?

[SEQUEL] Hugo never thought a sexuality crisis would be on the cards for him. Seriously, him being anything not straight was never even really something he'd even thought about. That was, until he kissed his best friend and it should have meant nothing but well... did this type of thing come with an instruction manual? Alex just wants to keep his best friend. Does he have feelings? Maybe. So far he's managed to ignore them. Conceal don't fucking feel as the Disney obsessed dickhead would say. But hell, he had feelings for Hugo of all people? Seriously? What the fuck universe? After winning nationals, Hugo starts acting weirder and weirder, Alex has no idea what to think. Usually, weird is normal for Hugo. They both struggle to reconcile their rapidly fading friendship. Then, well... Shit happens, and Hugo and Alex are forced closer than ever. It's a whole thing. Seriously. IMPORTANT NOTE: this is a continuation of head over heels, it picks up where the story left off, only from Hugo + Alex's povs :) I would HIGHLY recommend reading head over heels first.