"You're different from what I expected," she said softly. "How so?" he asked, glancing at her. "I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare." He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that." OR Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.

Elena Parker is in her second year in college, she stays with her roommate Laura at the girl's dorm. Most of her time is spent reading Stephen King's books or watching documentaries. She never had a boyfriend and never thought of love, but what happens when someone crashes her world and rules all at once. . . . Adam Rutherford, an English literature professor with a dark past. His failed experience in relationships made him stay away from women, getting betrayed by the one who thought was his true love eight years ago, made him promise to never trust a woman. But his promises and rules get broken when he meets his student Elena Parker. . . . Elena's father has a huge debt to be paid and in order to save her father's bookstore, Elena agrees to the deal that Adam proposed. They marry each other on paper, each of them for a reason, but will the deal stay on paper? or fate has other plans? . . . Sparks of admiration and love arise between the teacher and his student, a marriage deal, dark secrets, and a forbidden love that spread in the midst of university walls. . #1 in forbidden #1 in literature #1 in contract #2 in henrycavill #4 in contractmarriage (on sep 2021) #9 in agegap #10 in teacher #18 in romance

*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?