after a prank gone terribly wrong, hayden jones is sent across country to caldwell academy, a school for the bitchy, the dangerous and the rebellious. and if that wasn't bad enough, it becomes much worse when hayden is accidentally put in the male dormitory, landing her in a room with the school's notorious heartbreaker, chase everett. [not edited...like at all]

The first time Bryson Bernard walked into Halston Hall University, two girls dropped their coffees, one guy walked into a pole, and someone in the library moaned. I wish I was kidding. 𓍯 When Bryson Bernard transfers to Halston Hall, the entire campus changes overnight. With bedroom eyes, a perfect smile, and a body carved like sin itself, Bryson becomes an instant unhealthy obsession. Girls throw themselves at him. Guys bend over backwards to be him and his best-friend. Professors overlook the rules for him. Pretty privilege is full intact. But Brynn Winscott? She couldn't care less. She's too focused on her studies, until he takes a liking to her. And suddenly, the riot turns on her. The girls who once adored her now loathe her. The guys who tried to be his friend are now stalking her. The campus has turned on Brynn, and all because Bryson seems to want her. As the obsession intensifies, Brynn finds herself caught in a web of jealousy, hatred, and danger. And just when she thinks she can escape, she's pulled deeper into Bryson's world of twisted allure and destructive attention. [18+ Mature Warning] [Smut] [Mentions of drugs, alcohol, etc.]

In the shadowed underworld of Porto Nero, where mafia alliances are forged in blood and betrayal, La Scelta-the ancient Choosing ceremony-forces daughters of powerful families to stand as prizes for the sons who would claim them. Elia Moretti has always been second. Her radiant sister Livia draws every gaze, every promise, every choice-including that of Mateo Ricci, Elia's lifelong best friend and secret love. When Mateo chooses Livia at La Scelta despite his solemn vow to save Elia, her world shatters. Unwanted and unclaimed, Elia faces exile to a "softening clinic"-a veiled death sentence ordered by her ruthless father, Salvatore Moretti. Enter Nico DeLuca, heir to the family's sworn enemies. In a shocking public bid, Nico claims the discarded sister-not out of desire, but cold calculation. He craves Livia as revenge against the Morettis, forcing Elia into a sham marriage: play the perfect wife in public, seduce her sister into abandoning Mateo, and deliver Livia into his bed. "You're a means," Nico tells her brutally. "Not the end." Enemies collide in a marriage of venom and necessity. Nico's savage "honesty" bruises Elia's spirit; his possessive rage ignites forbidden fire. Their first kiss is war in the shadows-rough, hate-fueled, awakening desires neither can deny. As Elia sells Nico's fabricated devotion to Livia, cracks form: stolen touches turn addictive, shared traumas bind them, and Elia's quiet defiance erodes Nico's walls. In a dark alchemy of unrequited heartbreak, enemies-to-lovers obsession, and mafia brutality, Elia rises from the unchosen to queen. La Scelta: The Unchosen is a shiver-inducing dark romance of second choices, possessive dominance, and empires built on broken promises.

For months, Clara has been tormented and treated so poorly it left her crying most nights. The perpetrators? Her two brothers and his two friends, one of whom is supposed to be her fiancé. But after another woman came into the picture they all forgot how much she meant to them, choosing instead to humiliate her on an almost daily basis to amuse this new woman. When she gives up trying to gain their affection back, something unexpected happens. Right before their eyes, she is kidnapped. Her kidnappers? Her three Bad boy school bullies. What will happen when she realizes who they are? What will her loved ones do when she is taken? And why does her heart beat faster whenever they enter her room at night?

Valeria Moretti vanished in a blaze of twisted metal and smoke ...or so the world believed. But the plane crash was her escape, her only path out of a marriage poisoned by betrayal. Two lives torn apart. But one, a woman finally free to choose herself and a love on her terms.

Love isn't always gentle. Sometimes, it's cruel. Sometimes, it's obsessive. And sometimes, it's dark enough to ruin you. Mia Romano was born into silence, and the world ensured her suffering for it. As the mute daughter of the Chicago Mafia's consigliere, she was treated like a defect, a flaw to be erased. With no voice, she felt invisible at least in the ways that mattered. She was mocked, mishandled, and used. In her own home, she existed only when her father needed something to break. And even then, he didn't hesitate. Not once. By twelve, she understood the weight of fear like a second skin. She learned how to survive by shrinking, how to disappear without moving. But monsters have a way of sniffing out the quietest prey. Remo Vittorio was the worst kind of monster. As the Capo of Las Vegas, his name was spoken only in whispers, if at all. He didn't rule with fear; he was fear itself. He built an empire on blood and silence, a storm that came without warning, an executioner who didn't flinch. Men twice his size bowed to him. Entire families vanished under his orders. His mercy was a myth. He felt no guilt. He didn't believe in love. But the first time he saw her, fragile and wide-eyed, a porcelain doll surrounded by wolves, something inside him cracked. Not softened. Not healed. She was terrified of him, and that only made it worse. Because Remo Vittorio didn't know how to love gently. He only knew how to keep. And once something was in his grasp, he never let go. An angel was given into the hands of the devil himself.

𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐄 is pretty sure her new neighbor is a serial killer. What else could explain his antisocial behavior, creepily minimalistic apartment, and that inhumanly emotionless demeanor? Not to mention the bloody body parts that have started showing up. It's too bad she's not scared of him. Or his unveiled threats on her life. But an emotionally scarred gangster on the run -- riding the brink of insanity and followed by a host of trouble -- is a lot more than she could've bargained for. 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐎 is beyond redemption. Capo of the Romano crime family, the sociopathic Prince of Chicago, hell wrapped in a designer suit. He exemplifies cold precision and perfect control. His job has always come easily to him for the very same reason that his name is feared widely: he's incapable of emotion. But something horrifying and sinister is beginning to happen to him. And it turns out that pesky slipping sanity is the least of his concerns. Because his new neighbor is a ray-of-sunshine wildcard dipped in beauty like he's never seen, and she won't leave him alone. Worse, he can't decide if he should kill or protect her. Massimo doesn't count on Vivienne being the first person to look at him like he's human. Or demons from his past coming back to haunt him. Much less a new threat looming on the horizon. Or love. Especially not that. ♛ Deviant Prince is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, dark mafia romance. WARNING: this story gets very dark. You must check the CW in the intro. [ Book 2 in the Romano Brotherhood Series | COMPLETED ✔ ]

[ LEINA ] His eyes are brown, not green. His hair is dark, not blonde. I repeat the facts like a refrain, desperate to convince my heart to slow down. He is not my father. He is not the men from the penthouse. But the shaking won't stop. I hate that he's seeing me like this... trembling, vulnerable, stripped of my steel. I'm gripping his coat as if it's the only thing keeping me from falling into the endless pit of my memories. He knows now. He knows I'm tainted. If he decided to kill me right now, there would be no fight left in me. For the first time in my life, I am completely, terrifyingly at someone's mercy. [ ENZO ] Seeing the panic in her eyes makes my blood turn cold. My gut twists-a sickening reaction I can't explain. How is she doing this to me? I wrap my arms around her, holding her with a desperate tightness, like she's something precious that might shatter if I let go. It's a nightmare. This is the woman who has held bombs and knives with steady hands. To see her-my Dove-shaking in my arms is a reality I can't stomach. We are supposed to be enemies. But right now, all I want to do is burn the world down until I find the person who did this to her. MATURE CONTENT WARNING #1 IN #abusivefamily #DARKROMANCE

Read it who knows? you might fall in the ditch it creates in the heart;) Meeria Dominico daughter of Andrew Dominico the Spanish Mafia boss.. Had an incident at one of their clubs involving the Russian Mafia resulting in worsening the rivalry between the two families. In order to prevent a bloodshed an alliance is formed through an Arranged marrige between Meeria and Killian King the new heir to the Russian Mafia Killian has quit a reputation for being cold blooded immature and a total flirt with an image of troublemaking playboy who does what and who he wants whenever he wants and doesn't hesitate to get rid of anything that comes his way. The complete opposite of Meeria who finds herself following her family's every command no questions asked one being this marrige. Meeria has to marry a complete stranger whom she thinks of as just another prison for her to rot away in. Her dark life is about to get a whole lot darker. And what about Killain? what does a man who hates being controlled do with a women who has no control ? when he's forced into his older brothers shoes and a marriage with the daughter of the family whom murdered the only person he cared for? WARNING! this story will contain mature content including the following: language abuse murder threat ect..

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae After single mom Sophia overhears the love of her life, Grey, call their life "exhausting," her world shatters. She walks away, forcing the tattooed, man who adored her and her son to embark on a relentless journey fighting for a second chance to become the husband and father they deserve.