She was the loudest voice in the room. She was the professor who hated noise. Neither expected the other to become the one thing they couldn't silence. In the world of architecture-where every line, shadow, and structure hides a secret-an exuberant student and her guarded professor slowly find themselves drawn together. What begins as irritation becomes fascination... and what they build in silence may change them both forever.

When Esmerelda Harlow steps into the musty halls of Winston High as the new history teacher, with a reputation for being a bitter and arrogant professor, whispers of her arrival ripple through the school. Students are wary, until the reckless student Cameron Monroe allows her interest to morph. Cameron, the school's untouchable rebel with a reputation for detention and carelessness, with a game of causing disturbances. To her, Esmerelda Harlow is just another target-a seemingly uptight woman with strict rules and an aura of authority begging to be challenged. But when Cameron tries her usual antics, she's met with something entirely unexpected: resistance. Esmerelda is not an easy mark. In fact, she's more than Cameron bargained for. Cool-headed and emotionless. Every sarcastic remark is met with calm but devastating wit. Every act of defiance earns a punishment so perfectly tailored, it leaves Cameron seething-and strangely fascinated. Esmerelda sees through Cameron's rebellious exterior to the restless mind beneath it. Cameron, for all her bravado, finds herself caught in Esmerelda's gravitational pull-her intelligence, her poise, and her charm. But Esmerelda isn't here to play games. She's here to teach Cameron a lesson she'll never forget, one that will leave them both questioning the boundaries of power, desire, and control. In the end, it's not just Cameron's life that Esmerelda will upend, -it's her own. In a town where reputations are everything, what happens when two unstoppable forces collide in one university?

Elizabeth/Ms. Wilson 30 University professor during the day, HOT mafia boss bitch at night Lily Smith 23 Student who (eventually) is so unbelievably smitten for her Ladies, it's got the age gap, the teacher x student, mafia boss, enemies to lovers, tension, slow burn, "who did this to you", "touch her and I'll kill you", stargazing where one admires the actual sky and says it's beautiful while the other one agrees yet her eyes are only on the girl beside her, angry love confessions in the rain, tooth rotting fluff and the HOTTEST sex ever. And so much more. It's got every single trope I know my desperate little loves need ;) ~ ACTUAL SUMMARY: Lily hates her. She hates that smug look on her face when she walks into the classroom like she owns the place. She hates the smirk that appears on those devastatingly beautiful, plump, soft looking lips whenever she catches Lily's eyes ogling her. She hates her cold, commanding tone. Her to-die-for body. Her breathtaking hazel eyes. The way she sounds so hot when speaking French. The way she rests her pen between her mouth while she reads over exams which ignites a burning jealousy in Lily of said pen between sinful lips. So yeah, Lily very much hates her. It doesn't help that Ms. Wilson is the meanest, coldest bitch to ever set foot on earth and is hell bent on making Lily's last semester unbearable. But in between their heated arguments, shared glances, and mutual feelings of hatred, lies secrets neither of which are prepared to unravel. Ms. Wilson. Her university professor during the day. But the leader of the most deadly mafia at night? Could she get any hotter? Ehem I mean terrifying? As they both become apart of each other's lives without meaning to, lines begin to blur and feelings rise to surface. But along with the million other reasons why Lily SHOULD walk away, only one makes her heart ache unbearably. I surpassed my word limit so I guess you'll just have to read and find out what ;)

❝It's okay to feel it all. It's okay to feel it half. Or nothing, nothing at all. The moon isn't always full.❞ -ventum ღ Life was an infinite ocean of unexpected, sometimes too heavy to carry on weak shoulders. After those eighteen years of existence she already knew too well the bitter taste of deception, loneliness and desertion, hence the wall she learnt to build all around her. Until someone forced themselves into her life and heart. But this love was forbidden and they both knew it. (gxg; teacherxstudent) (this needs to be deeply rewritten but i'm awfully lazy atm ahah)

Devon Raines was a fan of one night stands and pure lust. Romance was never in her future, she was done with that. She didn't even believe love existed anymore. So how does she explain how she feels about her latest one night stand? How can she explain how she smiles when she sees her and hates when other people flirt with her? How can she explain anything that's been going on since this girl wormed her way through Devon's giant walls and into her heart? How can she explain what Sara Bradock has done to her 'perfect' life?

Isabella Fernandez is a 21-year-old from the UK with Spanish roots. Known for her bubbly yet shy nature, and is an ambivert. After three years at university and a Degree in Law, she begins her apprenticeship at Romano & Co Ltd, a prestigious law firm owned by Alessandra Romano. Alessandra is a 32-year-old Italian-born. She is cold,serious and distant. As they spend more time together in the office, Isabella begins to experience unfamiliar feelings towards Alessandra, challenging her previously held notions about her sexuality. Despite her usual indifference with subordinates, Alessandra feels drawn towards Isabella. What will happen when a shy, *straight* girl meets an assertive and dominant woman?

If I needed to, I'd break every bone in my body just to feel her love. It's so soft and pure. It's not something you just throw away. She's not someone you just throw away. - Stella Perez.

At forty-five, Professor Loredana Dove has built her life on control. Keeping her colleagues at arm's length and her students at a distance. At home, her marriage to an absent, quarrelsome wife is crumbling, leaving her to raise their five year old daughter in quiet isolation. She has convinced herself she needs nothing more until Romina Maple crashes into her classroom. Nineteen smart, and reckless, Romina is the youngest in her year. To her classmates she's the loud, infuriating party girl; to herself, she's struggling with mental health, taking care of her three year old brother and the only responsible adult in a house run by aging grandparents, her defiance masks hunger, her insolence disguises fear. Their lives should never touch. Yet hunger recognizes hunger. What begins as irritation morphs into fascination, into a closeness neither woman knows how to resist. Boundaries blur. Rules splinter. And both must face the truth: some desires do not starve quietly, and some silences can undo a lifetime of control. Our Shared Solitude is a story of two women who should have walked away yet found themselves consumed by the one thing they were never meant to want.

Billie didn't plan on noticing her best friend's friend. But then Athena walked in-older than her, hot, and magnetic-and suddenly, pretending not to care is way harder than it should be. Because it's one thing to deal with late-night music sessions, inside jokes, and the usual chaos of friendship. It's another thing entirely when the new variable in the equation is someone who makes you rethink all your rules. And Billie's starting to realize: some problems are way too tempting not to have.

One is cold as ice. The other - fire that never burns silently. Amelia Harrington - successful, flawless, uncompromising. She's the cold, impeccable, ruthless owner of a law firm and a teacher with merciless perfectionism and rules that no one is allowed to break. Alexandra Sawyer - young, fiery, ambitious. A lawyer pursuing a master's degree in English teaching. She believes the heart matters more than cold calculation - and she's not afraid to prove it. Their first meeting is a random argument in a coffee shop. The second is a surprise exam - where Amelia holds all the power. And uses it. It should've ended there. But where ice meets fire... there's always steam. And this story is all about it. Two women who can't get along - and can't stay away.