Ivy never expected to fall for her brother's best friend-especially not after everything she'd been through. Shipped off to live with the father who never wanted her, Ivy spent years learning how to survive. But when she returned home broken and bruised, it wasn't her family who saved her. It was Tyler. Her protector. Her safe place. Her Daddy. Now living under the same roof, Ivy and Tyler navigate a fragile, healing love rooted in deep trust and the softest, sweetest version of dominance and submission. Tyler gives Ivy everything she never knew she needed: gentle rules, bedtime snuggles, and unconditional care. In return, she gives him her heart-and her whole self. But the past never stays buried. When a ghost from their history reappears, it threatens everything they've built. Together, they'll face old scars, reclaim their power, and prove that love-especially the kind that's chosen every single day-is the most healing force of all.

Elliott was like most boys. He has bright yellow hair, with even brighter green eyes. He has two arms. A head. A heart. But he learned early on just how crushing the world can be to you. How it can easily Fuck with you. How it can leave you broken and bruised with nothing with barely a beating heart. So maybe he wasn't like most boys... What happens when he's shipped off to yet another Boys Home. And how long till he's shipped off to another? ------------------------------- 1st book: Binding 2nd book: Intertwining 3rd book: Longing -------------------------------- *NOT MY STORY* This was originally posted on AO3 by PandaReal

"People aren't always what they seem" That was the last thing he said to me. That was the day I lost my best friend Abigail (Abby) Mitchell's brother Wesley committed suicide in front of her when she was 14. In high school, she buried her nose in books as some sort of escape from reality. Abby is now 20 She starts receiving letters from her brother post suicide with all his thoughts and feelings leading up to that day. But she finds out the real reason that was behind it. The one and only Caiden Baxter. Luckily, Caiden goes to the same college as Abby and she plans to ruin his life the way he ruined hers Will her plan work out? Well, you just have to read to find out

Twenty-five years ago, a fatal accident on Mount Everest shattered the bond between Ethan Mercer and Caleb Wright. Once inseparable climbing partners, they went their separate ways in the aftermath ─ Ethan returning to the mountain year after year, Caleb abandoning it entirely. Now, decades later, fate reunites them on Everest as part of the same expedition. Older, estranged, and burdened by survivor's guilt, they are forced into close proximity with each other ─ and with the memory of the girl they failed to save. As the climb grows increasingly perilous and the altitude strips away their defenses, long-buried truths begin to surface. When the past reveals itself, Ethan and Caleb must confront what survival has cost them ─ and whether some losses can ever be left behind.

Aayansi Di Luca The girl who is born after 6 generations in Di Luca family but she was fighting with her demons alone . The girl who has 7 brothers and a father but she as well as them doesn't know about her . What will happen when suddenly her family comes to know about her and wants to take her Italy with them After knowing about her family will she able to give them a chance or not? Will she told about her demons to her family? Will they able to save her ? (# on 1 at Italian mafia on September 17 2025)

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.

•ＳＹＰＮＯＳＩＳ• 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊 isn't your typical ordinary teenage girl. In fact, 'ordinary' is the least word to describe who and what she is. She is a master of stealth, a virtouso of violence, and a deadly assassin known in the underworld as Velvet Viper. Feared by many, no one dares to cross her path. She is considered a devil in her own right. One day, Valentina stumbles upon a truth that shatters her entire existence: she has a family, a revelation that could ignite chaos and destruction. Despite this revelation, both sides have kept secrets from each other, secrets that, once revealed, will leave them in utter shock. The question remains: will they ever open up and confront these hidden truths, or will they forever remain concealed in their own shadows? _________________________________________

Katerina Vassiliev has always felt out of place. At a young age, she knew that the path her brother wanted for her was not it. A strained relationship with her family was not something she wanted, but it was the only way to get away from the clutches of her brother. What happens when the Russian Assassin is hired by the one and only Luciano Montecinos, leader of the Spanish Mafia. What will happen when two people with strong personalities clash? No matter how much they try somehow they end up together. Can they break each other's barriers, or is it a recipe for disaster. *STANDALONE*

Amalia Romano has been putting her heart back together, piece by piece after her high school boyfriend broke it four years ago, when he left the city with his mother and little sister. Amalia thinks she'll never see him again until she does at her friends bachelorette party. Only she wakes up the next day in his bed, but disappears before he wakes up and spends the rest of the day ignoring him before the journey back home. But then things start coming back to her from their drunken night: laughs, jokes. Oh, and their walk down the aisle in a Las Vegas chapel before they were married by an Elvis impersonator. As soon as she realises that she's married to the boy who unknowingly broke her into a thousand pieces when he left, she wants to divorce him. But an opportunity comes up for her to advance her business, however it's a club strictly for married ladies. He agrees, but the real question is: will this fake marriage transform into a real one? COVER CREATED BY @sugarhighstoned

Philophobia (n.) is an overwhelming and unreasonable fear of falling in love, beyond just a typical apprehensiveness about it.