Down-on-her-luck Aubrey gets the job offer of a lifetime, with one catch: her ex-husband is her new boss. *** Aubrey Whitlock's life is turned upside down after her divorce, leaving her an unemployed, broke, and single 29-year-old. A chance meeting with her ex throws her for a loop again when he makes her an offer: come work with him as his assistant. Now a self-made billionaire, Bryce Roberts is just as infuriating-and good-looking-as he was the first time around. Their marriage was disastrous, but their chemistry is stronger than ever. Will they ever mend their relationship, or will it be nothing more than a heated game of seduction? And what will happen when Bryce discovers the secrets Aubrey has been keeping from him after all this time?

"Stop it, Dax." I wouldn't meet his eyes, I couldn't. His hot breath trailed up my neck, his soft lips ghosting over the exposed flesh. He chuckled when my back arched involuntarily, my cheeks flaring hot and pink. "It's Officer Rivera, to you." His deep voice rasped quietly in my ear. "Besides, you don't want me to stop, Princesa." "If you don't stop, I'll-" "You'll what?" He interrupted, smirking against my jawline. "Call the police?" Jane Kingsley is a Veterinary Medicine major at the University of California-Davis. If she isn't at school, she's either working or lounging around the house she shares with her best friend, Vivian Tyler. Everything in Jane's life was getting back to normal, almost boringly average. But then Officer Daxon Rivera moves in next door. Flirty, sexy, and a total asshole: Officer Rivera is everything Jane wants to stay away from. But can she? -Mature Content within- Ranked #32 in Romance [2-1-2018]

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Lyra Warner has spent her entire life trapped between two impossible choices-live under the ruthless control of her father, the Supreme Commander, or risk everything to escape. When an unexpected betrayal forces her hand, she runs, aligning herself with the very people she was raised to see as enemies. But trust doesn't come easy. Not for Kenji Kishimoto, who sees right through her carefully crafted defenses. And certainly not for Lyra herself, as she fights to outrun the weight of her past-and the strange, unexplainable force stirring inside of her. There's something about Lyra that doesn't add up. Something lurking just beneath the surface, waiting to ignite. But with war looming and secrets unraveling, she has no time to question it-not when the world is forcing her to decide who she really is before it makes the choice for her. I don't own any of these characters except for my OC🫶🫶 Trigger Warning: This book contains themes of emotional and physical abuse, mentions of sexual assault, eating disorders, and intense emotional distress. It includes scenes of violence, shouting, trauma, and self-destructive behavior. Reader discretion is advised.

Join Me - An Aaron Warner Fanfiction I have known duty longer than I have known freedom. I have worn expectation like a second skin. I have been alone. But I was not always. Before her, before this, before I became Commander Warner, there was a time when my life was not only my own. I was given a wife. A contract. A partner. Mara was never meant to be more than an obligation. But she was- She was everything. Sharp mind. Steady hands. A quiet strength that rivaled my own. She met me as an equal, fought me as a challenge, stood beside me as if it had always been meant to be this way. We built something together. Something neither of us expected. But war does not make room for softness. And love does not always win.But it's about time it did.I will stop at nothing to regain what I lost however brutally I might have to play. This is the story of before. Of what was lost. Of what still lingers. Of what will be retrieved.

Some memories can't be buried. Some connections can't be broken. Y/N doesn't remember much before Hawkins - just flashes of something darker. But when strange things start happening around her, and an old shadow begins to stir beneath the town, she finds herself pulled into a world she never asked to be part of. Then there's Will Byers - quiet, kind, and haunted. Somehow, he's the only one who seems to understand what she's going through. And maybe, just maybe, she understands him too. Together, they'll uncover secrets neither of them saw coming - about their town, themselves, and the invisible thread tying them together. ------------------------------- Will byers x Fem reader (slow burn!!) Disclaimer: All characters, settings, and plot elements belong to the Duffer Brothers and the creators of Stranger Things, with the exception of the original character Y/N and her family. This book is the first of the series (this was also written years ago!) Enjoy ;)

The story takes place in ancient China. The day my elder sister was appointed Crown Princess, I volunteered to marry the sickly General Wei Shuhan. All of the capital laughed, saying I was picking up the trash my sister didn't want. On our wedding night, I smiled lightly at my coughing, blood-stained groom. "General, do you know you've been poisoned by three strange toxins?" When he gripped my throat, I spoke even more shocking words: "I wish to make a deal with you-wipe out my family for me, and I'll cure your poison and extend your life." By the flickering candlelight, his eyes turned crimson. "And if I refuse?" I brushed my hand across his chest. "Then the general will have no choice but to enter the underworld as a virgin." Later, when the poison flared up, he pressed me against the medicine vat, his burning breath brushing my ear. "The third poison... could it be a love curse?"

Jace Kingsley thought he could humiliate his "nerdy" wife and walk away. He was wrong. Sophia Warren used his betrayal as fuel. Now, she's the one in charge, and Jace is about to learn what it means to be left behind.

My Husband Is a Psychopath I am Anya Frances Von Hemsworth, born into power, wealth, and a life of freedom I had no intention of surrendering. But my parents had other plans. My marriage was arranged long before I understood what the word promise even meant- and the man waiting at the end of that promise is Nicholaus Henrik Vlatislov, a rising Soviet Army General... and the future President. I was Mischief. Reckless. Chaos. He was Discipline. Silence. Control. We were never meant to mix-until we were forced to. And marriage to him? It was supposed to be political. Practical. Not the beginning of my own personal nightmare. Because Nicholaus Vlatislov is not a normal man. One night, I saw him standing at the end of the hallway- his uniform soaked, his face dripping with blood. He smiled at me... that slow, terrifying, predatory grin. I blinked- And he was gone. Was it real? Or am I slowly losing my mind inside this cold, suffocating mansion? My life after the wedding becomes a prison made of marble and silence. No parties. No alcohol. No friends. No chaos. Just a dangerously calm husband who watches everything... and ignores my reckless acts as if he's waiting for me to break. But the more I try to escape him, the more I realize something horrifying- Nicholaus isn't ignoring me. He's studying me. Because the General of the Soviet Army did not marry for politics. He married for possession. Obsession. And for reasons darker than I'm prepared to understand. And now... my heartbeat doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to my husband- the psychopath I was forced to love.

"There will be no divorce, ever. So think before you say yes." His view fixated on her. "I've already said yes." Her voice and eyes were dim, too much for anyone to not notice. "I'm a cruel man so don't you dare humiliate me if you get cold feet and try to-" "I won't run away. I never go back on my word. Yes, means yes." The softness in her voice was making him furious, she wasn't meeting his eyes and he wanted to stay calm. ••• Dur-e-Shahwar Salman had been asked for something that had perished her self respect and desires. She'd never known how to 'unlove' someone. Now she wanted to.