Formerly known as love, baby daddy ❝You love me back?❞ I asked, he looks at me and caresses my cheeks, he lays a kiss on my forehead and smiled at me. ❝I loved you from the very day you stole my heart, keep it because it's yours, Star❞. During their wild college years, Augustus "Gus" Costello and Indigo Evans shared a passionate night that changed their lives forever. When Gus leaves for California to chase his dream of becoming a professional hockey player, Indigo discovers she's pregnant. Determined and resilient, she raises their daughter, Aurora, on her own, while Gus's career takes off in the spotlight. Years later, fate intervenes and brings Gus back to town for a charity event. A chance encounter with Indigo reignites long-buried emotions, and Gus is stunned to learn he has a daughter. As he grapples with the revelation, old feelings for Indigo resurface, blending guilt, regret, and longing. Caught between his demanding career and the desire to be a father to Aurora, Gus must navigate the complicated path to reconnect with Indigo and build a relationship with the daughter he never knew. In a story of second chances and enduring love, Gus and Indigo confront their past mistakes and discover if the spark that once burned brightly between them can ignite again.

Layla Campbell • four years after her boyfriend dies she's left to raise her three year old by herself. Her job allows her to provide everything necessary they may need, but she won't allow herself one thing: love, which goes against the promise she made. Lorenzo Romanoff • struggling with finding his reason to keep going and stop drinking. The day he meets his brothers lawyer and her little boy that changes. He finds his reason to resist temptation. ••• "I don't want you to leave me." His fingers stop brushing my hair when my confession leaves my lips. "I don't want to leave you, but I have to. I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry." I grip his hospital gown and let out my silent cries as my body shakes. His arms tightens around me trying to comfort me, he knows nothing can. He's dying, and nothing is going to stop that. ••• "I do that a lot, you can't fool me." He says in a softer tone. I clear my throat and look away, the way he's looking at me's making me feel like he can read me as clear as a book, "Do what?" He gets closer to me making my eyes flicker to him, "You don't have to pretend Layla." For some reason it feels though as if I should whisper, "Who said I was pretending?" "Your smile," he murmurs, his eyes drop to my lips making a frown settle on his face. "It's so beautiful when you smile," his finger runs along my bottom lip, "but this one? Darling, this one is fake."

Emilia Morelli's world shatters when she's told her mother has died. Left with no family, well at least none that she knows of, she's pulled into a system that sees her as just another case. She's alone and unsure of herself. But far away, there are men who have been searching for her. Men who share her name. Men who are feared by the world. They've spent years looking for the little girl who was taken from them. Now that they've found her, they'll stop at nothing to bring her home. Emilia doesn't know them. She doesn't know the truth. And she has no idea that her life is about to change forever.

"I didn't ask for this, Hero. I didn't ask for any of this." Nora Johannes was poor. That was one way to describe her. She was poor in the means that she lacked everything a normal teenage girl in her town wouldn't: a stable home, a loving family, and friends to gossip the night away with. Nora lacked the norm. Hero, on the other hand, did not. Hero Woods was the norm. He created the trends in Hillcrest Memorial and roamed the halls in confidence: he was also the person who brought all of his five, trustworthy friends together. Nora had enough. Hero had it all. But what if 'enough' was no longer sufficient? What if Hero's 'all' became too much? What if their all was never enough? Achievements: #7 in Heartbreak #5 in Badboy #10 in Trauma

❝𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣❞ - 𝘽𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 Pain as been the only thing that's been constant in her life, ever since her father left her. Her mother became a typical alcoholic and she was left to fend for herself. She's the typical bad girl who doesn't let anybody walk over her, except her mother. She's constantly getting into fights and being suspended, and when she gets home she always has to face the wrath of her mother. 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳 Schools Typical Bad boy, he hangs out with his few friends and doesn't talk to people other then them. His parents abandoned him when he was a kid and grew up on the streets, eventually the streets became his home. He began Streetfighting at the age of 12 and became the unbeatable champion at The Sinners. So what happens when they meet for the first time when Bailey gets expelled and has to exchange schools? Book 1 of the Bennett Series Started 1/20/22 Ended- 4/19/22 91,539 Words

|𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆| - arranged marriage - slowburn - plot twists 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈 always knew her fate was to marry rich - to save her family from poverty, even if it meant sacrificing herself. But when her abusive father sells her to the powerful Alvarez family, she realizes she hasn't been promised to a wealthy heir... she's been sold to the mob. Yet, for the first time, Adora tastes freedom away from her suffocating home. In a mansion full of rules, danger, and shadows, she clings to her independence - even when it puts her at odds with those who now control her future. 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐎 𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐙, the reluctant new head of the Spanish Mafia, has been raised to care about nothing but power. But he despises the bloodstained world his father built. He only finds solace in books - the one place he can breathe. When Adora enters his world, fiery and unbroken despite her past, Santiago discovers someone who understands him in ways no one else ever could. But in a house where loyalty is currency and secrets can kill, their connection might cost them everything. Is it possible for two enigmatic people to fall in love? Or perhaps their fate lies within the world around them. Ranking #2 in immersive - 20/11/25 #4 in spanishmafia - 10/11/25 #6 in flirt - 10/11/25 #8 in freedom - 10/11/25 #9 in poor - 10/11/25 #9 in darkacademia - 10/11/25

Marley Stone has always been sheltered, kept close, quiet. Her five older brothers are everything she's not: powerful, brave, untouchable. In their world, loyalty is law, and secrets are better left buried. But when cracks begin to splinter the glossy surface of their world, Marley starts to notice things she was never meant to. Lies buried in protection. As the truth unravels, Marley must decide: protect the brothers who raised her, or confront the darkness they've tried so hard to hide. Highest rankings: #1 in dysfunctional family #1 in sibling rivalry #1 in thriller #1 in teen romance #1 in crime

Eden Lane has never been in a relationship before. In fact, thanks to her overprotective older brother, she's lucky if she even gets to have guy friends. Jagger Gray is her brother's best friend of over ten years, so they're not exactly unfamiliar with one another but nor are they friends. If anything, they saw one another in passing and that was it. Since before they even met, Jagger was well aware that Eden was strictly off limits. Of course, he's never seen her as anything but his best friend's little sister, so that was never a problem. That is, until he returns home after being gone at college for a few years, and temptations begin to arise between the two of them.

"You're going to pay for that." I whispered to her, making sure to graze my mouth across the spot that makes her breath hitch. When I saw her remain unfazed, I leant behind her and switched on the shower... causing a small gasp from her beneath the chilling water. Placing both hands either side of her head, I leant into her and hovered my lips above hers. Neither of us moved until she finally breathed the words that made my knees weak. "Oh, just fuck me already." ~~~ A plane journey was all that stood between Rebecca Brooke and Ashton Miles. One hour and 20 minutes in the sky was all that it took for her to arrive at her perfectly planned summer in France. However, falling for her 'Bestfriend's Brother' and 'Brother's Best Friend' certainly wasn't on that plan. Suddenly her whole month away, that she spent caught up in steamy romances with Ashton, began to feel so right. Yet somehow, so surreal... ~~~ ••🦋MATURE SCENES🦋- she a bit smutty ;) ••⚠️WARNING⚠️ ~this starts off as you average romance but nothing is as it seems~ ~~~ ~BEST TAGS~ #1 in brothersbestfriend #1 in childhood #1 in bliss #1 in holidayromance #1 in jealousy #1 in hotness #2 in boyfriend #4 in badboy #4 in player #6 in handsome #11 in badboylovestory #12 in mature #20 in brothers #28 in crush #34 in steamy #35 in teenfiction •Started 22nd December 2020• •1k Reads 28th December 2020• •10k Reads 7th January 2021• •100k Reads 20th May 2021•

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥, 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. ◇─◇──◇─◇ In the unforgiving underworld of organized crime, Isabella's innocence is shattered when her father's past catches up with him, leading to his brutal murder at the hands of a vengeful Mafia Don. Yet, instead of meeting the same fate, she finds herself entangled in a web of darkness, where innocence becomes a distant memory and survival means embracing the very brutality that once stole her innocence. As their paths converge, the lines between victim and villain blur, revealing the harrowing truth that sometimes, the greatest monsters are born from the ashes of innocence. And if Isabella was a monster, Aleksander was even more dreadful than her. ◇─◇──◇─◇ - Dark Romance - Mafia story - Explicit sexual content - Mental health issues - Violence, blood and death - Age gap ◇─◇──◇─◇ Previous rankings: #1 for olderman