She ran away from home with nothing but a broken heart and a car that barely made it. One fight, one night, one decision...and everything changed. Desperate for somewhere to stay, Avery answered an ad for a room and ended up moving in with Rhett...a tattooed, cold, pro hockey captain who thrives on control, discipline, and dominance both on and off the ice. Commitment isn't in his vocabulary. Neither are second chances. He's chaos in skates and trouble in leather jackets, sharp edges wrapped in muscle and attitude, and he makes it painfully clear that he doesn't want her in his space, in his routine, in his carefully controlled world. They clash from the start. Power against defiance. Fire against gasoline. Too similar. Too stubborn. Too damaged in different ways. She's soft, but not weak. A good girl who knows how to party, dance, and forget the world when the music gets loud enough. He's adrenaline and aggression, fueled by late-night games, bruised knuckles, and a hunger for control that doesn't turn off when the crowd goes home. Closed off. Possessive. Allergic to feelings. Living together becomes a dangerous game of boundaries, tension, and lingering looks that last a second too long. Every shared space feels like a challenge. Every accidental touch feels like a dare. Neither of them are willing to admit that the pull between them burns hotter than any fight on the ice...or that surrendering might be the one thing Rhett fears more than losing. But the past doesn't stay buried forever. Her mother returns to haunt her, reopening old wounds. And just when Avery starts to feel safe...just when it starts to feel real...Rhett does what he does best. He runs. Because falling is easy...but staying is the dangerous part. Warning: May contain profanity and sexual content.

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Souls dance when bodies tangle. Rowan Demir has always admired her brother's best friend. From childhood they all became close, along with her best friend and created their own sort of family. Now years later, for the first time since high school, she's seeing him. Barefoot with mascara running down her face and standing in the building that he owns. Getting reacquainted with a super hot version of the boy she used to drool over as a child, is not what Rowan meant when she said she wanted a fresh start in the city of her dreams. But maybe it's what she needed. The only problem, he's still an asshole and has many, many, many more secrets to keep.

Hate was supposed to protect me. But it never did. The night August Hayes shattered my brother's skull, he shattered something in me, too. One year later, I'm not the girl I used to be. The girl who was naive enough to ever want him. Now, he's back on campus, clinging to his last chance. Mandatory therapy, or he doesn't graduate. And I'm the unlucky intern assigned to his case. He's violent. Dangerous. A walking reminder of all the damage done to my family. I'm supposed to help him manage his anger. But instead, I keep wanting to see what happens when he loses control. They say healing is supposed to be messy. But they never said it could feel like this. Hate was supposed to be easy. But it never is. Some scars you can't see. And there are some scars that you just can't stop touching. - Updates every Friday! Enemies to lovers Bad boy x good girl Dark sports romance Forced proximity Brother's enemy MMA Tensionnnn Forbidden Started: October 23, 2025 Finished: February 13, 2026

He looks like he might close the space between us. He looks like he wants to. My brain supplies a dozen sane exits. My body refuses every one. He looks as if he might kiss me. So I do something- exactly the kind of crazy I'm proud of but later I regret. I bite him right on the shoulder. He's in a tank, and my teeth definitely sink in. "What the hell?" he jerks back with a sharp laugh, stumbling slightly. "Did you just bite me?" "I panicked!" I defend, a little too quickly. "You don't have to mark me when I'm already yours, Swan." he says. Excuse me? "What!?" I blink, nearly tripping over my own foot. "What did you just say?" He shrugs, all cool and composed, "I'm already yours." he repeats, like it's nothing. Like it's not the verbal equivalent of a punch to the stomach and a kiss to the soul. My jaw drops. "Are you- are you okay?" "Perfectly," he says, then taps his shoulder. "Just sore though." ✧𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.✧ ✩Amara Fontaine, a 24 year old ballerina. She was light, grace, and everything golden. A ballerina with a heart too kind for the cruel world. But even the brightest stars can be swallowed by the dark. 🜲Xavier Hayes, a 27 year old boxer. He was ruthless, untouchable, and everything dark. A man who never let anyone close-until her. But love makes even the strongest men bleed. Tropes- Boxer X Ballerina Enemies to Lovers Touch her and 🔪 He fell first and she fell harder Possessive and Obsessed MCs Nicknames and Banter Betrayal and Revenge [THIS IS A CLOSED DOOR ROMANCE!]

"Hey," I get her attention as I sit closer to her. "We're doing everything we can to find this mob okay? You'll be out of this situation in no time." "And what if something bad happens," she looks at me wide eyed with those beautiful eyes of hers. Can never forget the colour. Hazel with little bits of green inside them. "Nothing bad will happen." "But something bad always happens to me. I have such a bad feeling about all this and my gut never lies to me," her voice cracks at the end. "It's life and death. Nothing ever good comes out of that." A lone tear slides down her cheek and she shuts both her eyes tightly, her palms squeezing the fuck out of her thighs. I quickly grab one of them so she can stop hurting herself and put pressure on my palm instead. "I need you to stop crying and go rest now. I think that would be best for you." "But..." "No buts. I know you're a strong independent woman that really needs to solve this and find out what's going on but stop okay? I'll take care of it." "Pinky swear?" She sniffs as she holds out her little finger and I find myself smiling at her. "Of course." I wrap my finger with hers. What happened next really surprised me. *** Liya Abrechtt, a popular girl at college, starting her career, straight A student, everyone loves her, her life is practically normal. Until it isn't. When her father gets his hands dirty in business, Liya later finds out that there's a gang hunting her down and out for blood due to her father's mistakes. She's the key aspect that they want and they'll do anything to have her. Lysander Arden, boss of the undercover team, working behalf of federal agents. He has one job and that is to protect her. Him and his team have been assigned to keeping the billionaires daughter safe from harms way. It shouldn't be too hard right? That is, until the agent himself completely falls for her and complications meet their way... *** *Warning* This story contains mature themes

After an unfortunate turn of events due to which Avery Marshall is forced to marry the ruthless and notorious billionaire Hayden Knight, she hopes with everything she has that the big bad billionaire will open his heart to a soft and timid Avery. **** Hayden Xavier Knight, a ruthless, domineering businessman is someone that everyone steers away from. Unfortunately for Avery Marshall she's forced to tie herself to him for the sake of her dwindling family business. Left alone at the mercy of the cold and distant, youngest billionaire ever, Avery has to fight and rise above all odds to prove she's much more than she's perceived to be. And so when The ruthless Hayden Knight and sweet Avery Marshall tie the knot, long forgotten secrets come out, masks are unveiled and amongst all the chaos, love manages to bloom. ------- Strings is a heartwarming tale filled with crazy turns and soft cliches (let's face it, is all of ours guilty pleasures) of two souls who couldn't possibly be more poles apart intertwined as their strings latch onto each other.

Ashlynn Wylde. Age 22, about to be 23. She has three friends, two being family. Growing up, she was always told how odd she was. People gave away a lot with their eyes and Ashlynn was desperately avoiding the intimacy eye contact brought with it. After a terrible encounter when she was in high school, she found herself with a scar stretching from the inside of her palm all the way up to her upper arm. After seeing how much her family struggled, Ashlynn is determined to appear normal. During college, she made her first friend who also happened to be her roommate, but she counted it as an accomplishment. Always trying, she would bring her eyes to people's noses or to a space on their face as close to their eyes as possible...hoping...praying that people would never figure out that eye contact made her want to hurl. People were terrible sometimes, but Ashlynn was on the hunt for the good ones. Now, graduating college, she finds herself as the maid of honor for the only friend she managed to make. With this wedding, comes a whole lot of terrible encounters that push Ashlynn out of her comfort-zone. Most of those encounters she'd put in the same file labeled "Rylan Thatcher". A man who desperately wanted her eyes to remain on him. -- -- "Ronnie used to go on and on about how much he adored it when your eyes would focus on him when he was talking to you." His hand ran up my arm, fingers brushing over my scar. He hooked his hand under my wrist bringing it up and around his neck, our eyes connecting for a second. "I get it now." My breath caught as his hand ran along my neck, thumb pressing against my lower lip, parting them. "Under your gaze, I feel like the most important person in the world." He leaned down, his lips brushing mine. My eyes fluttered shut, but he pulled back causing them to open again. A smirk pressed to the edges of his lips as he made his way lower, brushing his lips against my torso on his way down. "Eyes..." Kiss. "On..." Kiss. "Me." 100K+ words~

BOOK 5: Started in Seattle: Aurora Graham, daughter of Fayette and Elias Graham, is a smart girl who dreams of owning her own restaurant. For now, she works at a local shoe store and stays close to home. She didn't expect to walk into her fathers work and come across a handsome man and be attracted to him. As if she didn't think it would get anymore weirder she finds out her mother babysits the handsome mans ten month old baby. Ryder Collins, he is a struggling father to his son Lakelyn. He finds a job as a hockey assistance coach. When a certain someone catches his eye, the last person he expects it to be is his bosses daughter. Not only is she off limits because he works for her father... but Laklyn seems to take a liking to Aurora and never wants her to leave. Ryder has no choice but to see where this ride will take them.

Book 5 of the Diaz series Just his tutor? Just a bet? Or high school sweethearts. Emilia Diaz 17, she always wants good grades, tries her hardest to pass her classes, but gets made fun of for it, she has to tutor the schools player so he can continue playing football, he once made fun of her, will she help him? Or will she ignore him. Ethan Hernandez 18, he's the schools player, the schools bad boy, he constantly gets into fights, he does bets. Yet the money goes to his family, he works for all of his stuff, has to always take care of his sister, has loved Emilia, for a while, he needs her to pass so he can play football, will he accept her help? Or will she be a bet to him. She's only tutoring him What could go wrong? Will he make a bet on her? Or love her? Will she end up heartbroken? Or have her highschool sweetheart. Contains: Mature scenes ED Smut Abuse Minor gore Rankings: #1 in school player #1 in grumpyxsunshine #5 in adore #278 in sad #4 in hatred #16 in highschoolsweethearts #39 in tutor