I dragged my nails lightly over his chest, slow, my eyes locked on his. "You told me I was in control, remember?" My voice dipped lower, sultry, daring. I leaned close enough that my lips brushed his ear. "Then say it, baby. Say you're my bitch." A dark laugh rumbled from his lips, low and sinful, the kind that made my stomach flip. His eyes didn't waver, didn't blink. "I'm your bitch," he said...calm, but hot as fuck. The words rolled off his tongue like he'd been waiting to say them, and God, the way he said it almost made me melt right there.

A gold medalist, newly married, is revealed as a cheater in his post-gold medal win press conference.

Sam needed a wife. I needed a stable for my horses. We agreed to a marriage of convenience, but it seemed to be more. For a while. Until my distant cousin, who was Sam's ex, showed up on our doorstep. And I was no longer convenient.

He left me on a hike in Alaska, three days before a snowstorm. He thought I'd die. I didn't. I thought I knew him. I didn't. I didn't know him at all.

Five years ago, Aria Castellano learned the truth that destroys most people: innocence is the easiest weapon an enemy can use. So she cut hers out. Piece by piece. She left New York to sever every tie that made her vulnerable-family, friends, and the boy she loved enough to become a liability. She traded softness for strategy, hesitation for violence, and the girl she used to be for a woman who understands that survival requires dirty hands and an even dirtier conscience. Now she's back. Not for forgiveness. Not for closure. But to finish the war that began long before she knew she was part of it. Her return exposes traitors, rattles alliances, and forces her to face the one person she swore she'd never see again. And the worst part? It hurts. It shouldn't- but it does. Still, pain is a small price. Because Aria isn't in New York to feel. She's here to win. And she stopped fearing the monster inside her the moment she realized- monsters survive longer.

"You think I have a thing for...licking?" He surmised, amused. Then, thinking better of it, he threaded his fingers through her hair. "I have a couple of fetishes." His voice dropped, heavy with danger. Mia felt a shiver run up her spine, the calm before a storm. "Licking is one of them. I'm sure you can guess my second." The grip in her hair tightened, showing exactly what he meant. "As for my third..." With her gaze forced to the ceiling, Mia could not see, but felt as sharp teeth grazed the curve of her neck. His cold breath made her blood turn ice. "My third is eating little girls who don't stay in their place." __ After being burned by her ex, Mia returns home, only to fall into the dangerous blaze of Samuel Pierce, alpha of the Dark Falls pack. Since high school they've clashed heads, and Mia still delights in testing his patience. But some boundaries were never meant to be crossed, and Mia's about to find out that Samuel's hatred for her hides something far more powerful.

After living living her life until she was old and grey. Poison expert Lihua Lei died peacefully at an old age, surrounded by those she love. Expecting to rest in peace in the afterlife, Lihua Lei finds herself not in heaven, but instead her soul transmigrated into the body of a young 18 year old who died full of hatred and regret. The young girl's name is also Lihua Lei. She is the neglected legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister. Having been betrayed by her half sisters, Lihua finds herself poisoned, kidnapped and left for dead inside a cave for the animals to feast on her dead corpse. Lihua swore a death oath for revenge and found another soul replace her's as her soul starts to fade. "In exchange for giving me your body and letting me live a second life. This grandma promises to fulfill your last wish and take revenge on those who wronged you. To the littlest disagreement to the biggest betrayal, this grandma promises to pay them back tenfold so your soul can rest in peace." Grandma Lihua promised the young Lihua. "This grandma has already lived a life full of hardship and knows the sweet taste of peace, so this grandma isn't afraid to let them know what Lihua Lei's true colors are! This old grandma will show them not to mess with Lihua Lei!"

Nyrelle D'Arvayne died alone in the depths of the Tower.. betrayed by the man she loved, broken by a fate she never chose. Reborn with her memories intact, she awakens on the morning a week before her sixteenth birthday, the very day she is meant to be announced as the future Empress, betrothed once again to Prince Lucien Valethorne. This time, Nyrelle refuses. Haunted by a future where love turned into cruelty and mercy died behind stone walls, she makes a vow: she will never be bound to Lucien again. She asks her father, Duke D'Arvayne, to cancel the betrothal and declares she will marry only for love or not at all. If forced back into that fate, she would rather die. The duke, shaken by her resolve, grants her freedom. Lucien, now eighteen and still crown prince, is left confused and wounded. He remembers the bond they once shared, the same hearts, the same promises, and cannot understand why Nyrelle now avoids him as if he were poison. Despite her distance, he finds himself drawn to her again, determined to reclaim what was lost. But Nyrelle knows what awaits at the end of that path. As the empire moves toward an inevitable storm of politics, power, and betrayal, Nyrelle must rewrite her destiny - without love, without mercy, and without repeating the tragedy that once destroyed her. Because this time, she will not die in that tower.

[COMPLETED] "You're so beautiful." He whispers, his thumb brushing against my bottom lip. "It's a shame you won't be so much when I'm finished with you. I'm gonna play you like a piano, my precious girl." "We shouldn't be doing this Cyrus." I whisper staring up at him. His face hardens and he slips his thumb in between my lips. "Open your legs for me, pretty baby." In which a dominant, thirty year old man, who has never been in a serious relationship, becomes infatuated with a twenty-three year old black girl.

Maisie never expected her quiet life as a schoolteacher to collide with Tucker's - a gruff firefighter carrying more scars than he lets show. But when a call for help brings them together, everything begins to change. On Tucker's peaceful farm, with wide skies and creaking porch swings, Maisie finds a kind of stillness she didn't know she needed. And Tucker, long used to solitude and silence, discovers what it means to be truly seen. Slowly, gently, they begin to untangle the pain in each other's pasts, drawn closer by shared glances, soft laughter, and the growing comfort of something like home. As love roots itself between them, unexpected turns reshape their world - bringing both challenge and grace in equal measure. Together, they learn that family can be something you build with your hands and heart. A moving, quiet love story about healing, trust, and the kind of life you choose - one moment, one morning, one person at a time.