Flowing silk dresses. Structured suits. Empty, forced vows. Soft, sweet nothings. Whispered caresses. Bittersweet kisses. Blue, blue eyes. This is not a love story. This is ruination. 🥀 Rosaline Beaumont. A name that once graced every tabloid, a face that used to be plastered all over social media. A girl that had all but disappeared. But now, four years after everything had turned to ashes in her grasp, she was back under the ever greedy gaze of the cameras, the watchful eyes of high society thirsting to watch their darling unravel. Standing at a wedding altar not of her choice, Rose was on the precipice of vowing to spend the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew. A deadly gamble. A hopeful new start. But could something new truly blossom, when the clutches of the past were dug so deep? Could she ever truly move on, when she couldn't close her eyes without dreaming of him? And could a marriage really last, when her heart would forever beat for another? 🥀 Completed on July 5, 2025.

[Slow Brew Series 2 of 2] Bea's dream was always to open a cozy, charming little book cafe. My dream-me, Jules, it's my story now, bitches-was to avoid unnecessary stress, talking about my own feelings, and James Hale. So naturally, the universe decided to shove all three onto my lap. Now I'm thrust into managing Beaumont's Books & Brews-aka Bea's pride and joy (aka the haunted mess of a coffee shop we're scrubbing, gutting, and dragging into existence from the afterlife). Which would be great... if she didn't have to share the title of "co-owner" with a walking migraine in designer loafers. James Hale. My archnemesis. My best friend's boyfriend's brother. Also, somehow, my boss. We made out once. It was a mistake. A moment of weakness. A tragedy for the history books. And now he's here. Every day. Breathing my air, drinking sugary, over-creamed monstrosities he dares to call coffee, and always-always smirking at me. I take my coffee black. No syrup. No foam art. No pulling out emotional baggage mid-espresso. The way coffee should be. Just pure, tasteful pleasure-with a bitter finish. Welcome to Beaumont's. May the odds be ever in my favor. [2 of 2: Slow Brew Series] Dual POV | Romantic Comedy | Coffee Shop Romance 18+ for suggestive dialogue, some explicit scenes, language Cover by @Metal_Head14

** @TheWattys 2025 Shortlister in Romance ** **A spicy enemies-to-lovers romance with a fake marriage contract trope.** To rescue her missing best friend, a lawyer must marry her arrogant boss, only to realize her entire life has been built on lies. Can be read as a Standalone. || Book 1 of Fatal Alliances Series ************ Sofia Reyes has fought her way to the top of New York's legal scene, hiding scars she can't fully remember. But just as she's about to claim the promotion for Junior Manager she's worked so hard for, her best friend, and her boss's fiancée, Kiara, disappears. This forces Sofia into a marriage she never asked for; an alliance bound by secrets, contracts, and survival. Xavier Kingston is everything she loathes: ruthless, cunning, and impossibly arrogant. Yet behind his cold, calculating exterior lies a hunger for something real, something neither of them dares to admit. As Sofia navigates their fake marriage, the line between duty and desire blurs dangerously. Their chemistry ignites, but the truths Sofia uncovers: about the law firm, Kiara's disappearance, and her own hidden past, threaten to destroy everything. In a world of billion-dollar deals, betrayals, and forbidden glances, love might just be the deadliest game of all. **Cover image by Freepik**

Can a decade-long friendship survive one impulsive night? What was supposed to be a small mishap, one night, one bed, two best friends too drunk to draw the line, suddenly ignited long-buried feelings neither of them dared to confront. Now, caught between the comfort of the past and the uncertainty of something more, they're forced to ask: Can they go back to being just friends? Or has the fire they thought they'd put out already turned into flames they can't control? Will they hold on to what they've built, or let it all turn to ash?

I ran away because I couldn't bear the thought of staying with someone who had betrayed me. Kayden Hawkins, my best friend and the guy I thought I would marry, knocked up Amber Smith during our high school graduation, so I fled our small town, I fled the heartbreak and pain. Ten years later, I'm back in town, and now everything has changed.

~Her Frost Could Save or Destroy Him~ Lireth Rime-half-elf, half-pirate-carries within her two opposing forces: a voice that can calm the seas, and an icy darkness slowly consuming her. As Sauron's power grows, her connection to the Ring becomes inevitable. Haunted by a past where her kind were hunted for their enchanted blood, she meets the world with cold distrust-especially toward Aragorn, heir of the Dúnedain, who carries secrets of his own. Though he is patient, steady, and seeks no glory beyond healing a broken kingdom, Lireth sees in him just another man who might betray her. But when her powers spiral out of control, freezing rivers and fracturing the earth, she faces a terrible choice: Is her hatred justified... or will her darkness destroy the only ones who could save her? At the heart of this tale burns the tension between Lireth and Aragorn-she, a storm of ice and defiance; he, a quiet force of resilience. As the Fellowship journeys through peril, their paths collide: in fury, when her magic endangers them all; in fear, as both feel the Ring's pull on their hidden shadows; and perhaps, in fleeting moments of warmth, when Lireth realizes Aragorn alone does not flinch from her gaze. ♤♤♤ Will her power be their ruin or salvation? And what happens when a king without a throne meets a pirate who refuses to be tamed? !!!DISCLAIMER!!!: I am not claiming any person in this story as my own. Except Lireth. This is my story and I am writing it for fun. English is not my first language.