𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝟣 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓛𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓞𝓝𝓢 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈🐆🤍 **** Serena Monroe has never had the luxury of falling apart. Scholarship student. Overworked. One bill away from losing everything she's fought to build. Survival has always been the only plan. Asking for help was never an option-not from a world that never offered her any. Then she meets Dante Bianchi. Heir to an Italian dynasty built on power, reputation, and quiet violence. The kind of man who walks into a room and everyone else remembers their place. He offers her a deal. Simple. Temporary. Nothing real. But Dante Bianchi doesn't lose control. And Serena Monroe was never meant to be controlled. She challenges him. He studies her. And somewhere between lies, power, and a contract neither of them fully trusts they stopped pretending. Because money can buy loyalty. It can buy silence. It can buy almost anything. But it can't buy Serena Monroe. And Dante Bianchi has never wanted something he couldn't have... until her.

And now, I'm walking away-leaving behind the only man I shouldn't love.

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.

Paris, the city of love-yet for me, love has never come easily. My name is Sophie Marchand. I never imagined my path would lead me here-working side by side with Nicholas Deveraux, the powerful CEO of Vinci Group. All my life, I fought to rise above the loneliness of my orphaned childhood. I studied harder than anyone else, worked tirelessly, and built a career with one dream in my heart: to someday have a stable family of my own, a life where I was never alone. I never thought my beauty would open doors faster than my lawyer degree. With my professionalism and my looks, opportunities often came my way. That's how I found myself here-Nicholas's personal assistant. At first, he was my boss. Handsome. Poweful. Charismatic. I told myself I would keep things professional, that I would never blur the line between work and personal life. But the more time we spent together, the more his gorgeous blue eyes lingered on me, the more his charm wrapped around me, the weaker my resolve became. Finally, when Nicholas offered me a secret relationship-temporary, exclusive-I should have said no. I knew it could end in heartbreak. I knew there was someone else - his former girlfriend from a wealthy family, the woman his world expects him to marry - the woman he promised to wait for her to come back. And yet... I couldn't resist him. The temptation... Now, every stolen glance, every hidden touch, every whispered promise ties me closer to a man who may never truly be mine. When that woman returns, will he cast me aside? To him, am I only a lover in the shadows? I've survived being alone before, but this time... will I have the strength to protect my heart? Because the ache of belonging to someone... is sometimes stronger than the will to let go.

Christian Hendrix's story (straight out of Coffee And Papers) * * * His heart was broken by the rejection from his one true love and now, a possible way surfaced for him to grow out of that pain. There was no thinking twice. He accepted the proposal and now, he's about to marry the only child of a business tycoon except, she's no ordinary person. Twenty-three-year-old Harieth Gryffin was a woman dazzled by the materialistic features of this world. A total opposite to his first love. A living epitome of your typical blonde heiress. Shopaholic, carefree, sassy and child-like attitude. A date was fixed and the media fully informed but it seems the Gryffins are up to something a little sinister behind the cameras. * * * My husband, whose heart belongs to another. * * * "I..." "You seem to have forgotten why you're standing here in the first place... Perhaps, I should remind you. We're getting married tomorrow just because I wish to see my family's company progress further. Therefore, because of the money. For future reference, there's no need for you to act like a wife. Don't ask me questions relating to my personal life and don't try to get close to me. I don't like you now and I definitely won't like you in a few months." With that, he walked away, leaving me to reminisce on his harsh statement. A crazy chuckle escaped my lips as I try my best not to feel affected by his words. Definitely, I've heard worse. * * * I won't call this book a sequel because it can be read as a standalone.

He was her first love. She was his "act of love." Now, a thousand secrets stand between them. Four years ago, Aristia Adams signed away her heart on her husband's birthday. Xavier Maximo didn't want her jewelry, her devotion, or the gift she had carefully wrapped for him. He wanted his freedom. He wanted the woman who had returned from his past. Left with nothing but an engagement ring and a secret growing inside her, Aristia vanished into the mist of Aetheria Crest. Now twenty-eight, Aristia has built a fortress of a life. She is the "Boss Mama" to Arthur and Ariana, her brilliant, wavy-haired twins who believe their father is a faraway superhero. She is the secret powerhouse behind Sweet Symphony, the most successful bakery in the heart of New York City. She has found peace in the silence. She has found strength in the soil. But a symphony is never truly finished. When Xavier walks into her bakery, he doesn't see the woman who raised his heirs in a house on a hill. He sees a ghost from his past working a shift at a register. He sees a woman he thinks he can "save" with the pity she never asked for. As the man who broke her heart begins to haunt her present, Aristia is forced to walk a razor's edge. Will the truth of the gift he never opened finally bridge the gap between them? Or is some broken glass meant to stay shattered? In a story of betrayal, hidden legacies, and the enduring power of a mother's love, one question remains: Can a man who never looked back finally find his way home?

The end of Elena and Julian's marriage wasn't a sudden explosion; it was a slow, bittersweet fading of the light. She walked away to find stillness, settling into the West Village to build a life where her success was her own. She found something more: a positive pregnancy test and a heartbeat that tethered her to the man she had just left.

"You seem to have forgotten who I am," he whispered, caging me in with his arms once again. His stubbled face scratched my cheek as he inched closer with every word. "So I'm here to remind you what happens when you mess with the devil." "Fuck you," I breathed, ignoring my throbbing core. "Strip." ~ 24- year old Anastazi Faye was appointed CEO of Faye Industries due to her father's tragic death last year. Little did she know that the company was having financial issues that caused Faye Industries to be bought out by her rival company, Creed Industries. 26- year old playboy billionaire Nathaniel Creed, the proud CEO of Creed Industries is an evil, narcissistic asshole who thinks the world revolves around him. When his company has to buy out Faye Industries, he is left with the companies mess to clean up along with their baggage. Anastazi has now gone from CEO of her own company to working for the most egotistical narcissistic billionaire as his secretary. Eventually, when the two grow closer as barriers are broken down, Anastazi begins to see the real him. But when his dark secret is unleashed, will she be able to move past the billionaire's secret, or will the damage be too much to repair? *18+ *Includes mature content, slightly graphic scenes and cursing* Word Count: 160,000+

In a world bound by a single, dangerous agreement, 'marriage' is just a mask, and Pearl and Travis are caught in a game where trust is as fleeting as loyalty. _________________________________________ "It's none of your fucking business! You don't control my life, Travis. This isn't real, this ring is just... Isn't real! I won't be faithful to you or nobody!" I exclaimed. "I don't wanna do this" "Of course, you don't " "I don't wanna fight with you! What do you want from me? What do you fucking want? Should I fucking leave?!" He thundered and I paused, his eyes were eminent with rage, my heart beating heavily against my chest. "Tell me, Pearl" he took a step closer. "You're such a manipulative prick! You dragged me into this shit and-" "You hate me" he completed flatly "I hate you so much, I fucking hate you!" I gritted in rage. "Then say it" he urged. "Say it, Pearl. Tell me to leave. There's nothing that could change the way you feel about me." His voice dropped, rough and edged with something raw. "Say it. Should I leave?" His silver eyes pierced through me, sharp and unrelenting, daring me to do what he already thought I would. My breath caught in my throat as the weight of his words hung heavy between us, suffocating in their intensity. We were both breathless, caught in the throes of anger and something deeper-something we weren't ready to name. The room was too small, too quiet, except for the sound of our ragged breathing. "Yes," I finally forced out, my voice trembling despite my best efforts to sound strong. "Leave. Right now."

Essence Summers marries Kaiden Blackwood to save her addict father from prison. A year later, cervical cancer steals her time. Now she has months left, and one desperate wish: That he'll finally love her before she's gone. Would he love her if she died?