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Business and Pleasure (Book 1)  by w1llowrites
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Meet Kennedy, a young woman whose hard work through college has finally paid off with her dream job. Little did she know, this job comes with incredible perks, some of which were never mentioned in the contract. This book does not end on a cliffhanger and is HEA. 6 chili peppers 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ This is an unedited First Draft! Completed 10/11/2023 -under editing
BURNED by unknowndesires101
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Some people cry when they're hurt. Some scream. Some fight back, throw things, beg to be seen. I do none of that. Angle has mastered the art of silence-because she has to. Being a Black woman with anger is dangerous. One outburst and she's labeled forever. So she lets her boyfriend cheat. She lets her friends disrespect her. She swallows her pain, terrified of what might happen if she ever truly lets go. She's not running from people. She's running from the monster inside her. But then she meets Matteo De Luca. Feared. Respected. Obsessively dangerous. Matteo is an Italian mafia boss with blood on his hands and a mind full of chaos. Diagnosed with more disorders than he cares to count, he doesn't believe in redemption-and he's never needed it. Until he sees her. He doesn't want to save Angle. He wants to claim her. He wants her darkness. Wants to peel back every layer she's buried beneath smiles and silence. He wants her rage, her fire, her soul. And in return, he offers her everything: power, vengeance, freedom-and a crown beside him. He wants to make her his Donna. And the world will burn #1bwwm-may 17-2025 #4 split personality may 22,2025 #2 dark romance may 21 2025
His to Ruin (The Hawthorne Legacy # 1) by Eveee_2006
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He's the billionaire heir who has everything. She's the scholarship girl who has nothing. I was content with my quiet life. I asked for nothing and expected even less. Then Adrian Hawthorne set his eyes on me. He decided I was his. His new project. His unwanted obsession. He says he'll ruin me. He promises to tear down my world until he's the only one left. What he doesn't know is that I'm already broken. And he might just be the one to shatter completely. A dark billionaire romance with a possessive hero, a "touch her and you die" vibe, and secrets that could destroy them both. "His to Ruin" is a standalone dark romance novel. It is part of the book series "The Hawthorne Legacy #1" ______ "I'm going to ruin you for anyone else, Lilia. When I'm done with you, the memory of my touch will be a brand on your skin. The sound of my voice will be the only thing you hear in your dreams. You will crave me. You will beg for me." My breath hitched, my entire body frozen in a state of horrified paralysis. He leaned in, his lips brushing against the shell of my ear, the contact sending a bolt of pure, unadulterated electricity through me. "And the best part?" he breathed, his voice a silken, venomous promise. "You're going to love every second of it." He pulled back, his eyes blazing with a triumphant, predatory fire. He had seen the flicker of response in my eyes, the traitorous shiver that had run down my spine. He knew he had struck a nerve. That was what finally broke the spell. Rage, pure and absolute, surged through me, burning away the fear. I yanked my hand back, my palm connecting with his cheek with a sharp, satisfying crack that echoed in the silent aisle. He didn't even flinch. He just stood there, a slow, terrifying smirk spreading across his face as he gently touched the reddening mark on his cheek. "There's that fire," he murmured, his voice filled with a dark, appreciative hunger. "I can't wait to taste it."
The Dons's Wife by WhoDontLoveSmut
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Noelle's quiet life shatters overnight, when she receives a call that her father has died. Once the daughter of a feared crime boss, she's spent the last 5 years trying to outrun her family's shadow, evening changing her name - until the debts her father left behind drag her straight back into the world she swore she'd never return to. To protect her mother from the brutal retaliation of the DeLuna syndicate, Noelle agrees to the unthinkable: marriage to the new Don, Kairo DeLuna, a man as dangerous as he is magnetic. Kairo rules with ice in his veins and secrets in his eyes-known for his lust of sadistic brutality, Noelle is given no choice. Save her mother, or watch the only family she has left face the consequences. Their union is meant to seal a business deal and bury her father's mistakes - yet what begins as an arrangement of power soon becomes a battle of desire, trust, and survival. As Noelle is pulled deeper into Kairo's world of betrayal, bloodlines, and revenge, she must decide whether her heart is her greatest weakness... or the weapon that could change everything.
𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫  by celcstal
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"that's, uh, because he's your father." ________________________________________ sixteen year old natalie jenner gets pregnant by jack gilinsky. after her pregnancy, he doesn't feel committed to be a father. she decides to leave her home (los angeles) with out anyone knowing. she doesn't contact anyone until sixteen years later. when she comes home she doesn't get the best welcome home, that a boy she still loves is engaged with her bestfriend. +lowercase intended copywrited © -grvsyon highest ranks #6 jackgilinsky #1 gilinsky #1 johnson started; april 25, 2018 finished; january 3, 2019
Her secret  by pinkwrites
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SEQUEL TO HIS SECRET (can be read as a standalone but highly recommended to read his secret first) It's been four years since Amira walked away from Brooks Whitmore-and the life that nearly swallowed her whole. Now twenty-eight, she's graduated from cosmetology school, raising her daughter, Alina, and building a future of her own. Stronger, sharper, and unwilling to be anyone's secret again, Amira swears her past is behind her. But when a man she's casually seeing drags her to a political event, Amira finds herself face-to-face with Brooks for the first time in years. Only now, he's married. Only now, he's on the verge of the Vice Presidency. And only now, the truth about Alina threatens to surface. Brooks has everything he was raised to want-power, status, Margot on his arm. But behind closed doors he's colder and haunted by the woman he let slip away. What happens when their worlds collide again? When secrets can't stay buried? This time, Amira isn't the girl he left behind. She's a woman with something to lose.
His Secret  by pinkwrites
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Amira Hart was never meant to be part of the story. Not the public one, anyway. But behind every polished legacy is the girl no one talks about-the one who was loved in secret, then left in silence. For two years, Amira and Brooks Whitmore IV lived in that silence. He was the President's son, raised for cameras and campaign trails. She was the woman he chose when no one was watching. Their worlds were never meant to meet. The cards were stacked long before they kissed in the dark. Now, two years later, a wedding invitation arrives. His name is on it. So is hers. Told in fragments and flashbacks, His Secret is a quiet storm of a love story-about memory, erasure, and the women history tries to forget.
Third Down | BWBM | +18 Short Story by sjpwell
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Love was never the problem. Trust was. Iris Khan doesn't do second chances. As a dedicated rugby player and top computer science student, she's built a life that doesn't rely on anyone. Especially not Christian Montas; the relentless, cocky defensive lineman who stole her heart two years ago and let her down just as fast. She thought she was over him. Thought she had buried every last feeling. She was wrong. Christian has never stopped wanting Iris. He's spent years waiting for his shot, and now, in their final year of university, he's not wasting it. This time, he's proving himself in every small way, every single day. But Iris isn't making it easy. She keeps him at arm's length, convinced that letting him back in will only end in heartbreak. Just when she starts to believe in him again, Christian's past resurfaces, forcing him to confront the one thing he swore he'd never let touch his future. And instead of leaning on Iris, he shuts her out completely. Now, the walls she had started to tear down are back up; stronger than ever. If Christian wants to win her back, he has to do more than chase her. He has to fight for her. For them. And Iris? She has to decide if she's willing to take the risk... Because in both love and (Canadian) football, you only have 3 Chances . YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ DESIGNING FOREVER TO READ THIS!
Off Record | BWWM Short Story | 18+ by sjpwell
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Aria Khan is ambitious, outgoing, and doesn't date. Reid Bouchard is focused, introverted and doesn't date She met Reid Bouchard before she ever stepped into the locker room as the team's new intern. Back when he was just a hookup. Now, he's a name in her notes. A history of anger buried beneath a quiet shell. Reid is raw, brilliant, and breaking and Aria can't help but care. But she also can't fix him. That's not her job. So when she makes a decision to save the both of them, doe it ruin them or make them stronger? Does the sex, the connection, the love get thrown away? If the love they knew they had was real, can it wait? Can it stay OFF RECORD?
Blood & Buttercream by JazzyNewmeWashington
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Some stories are carved in violence. Others are frosted in secrets. This one is both. Set against the backdrop of mist-covered hills and shadows that never quite stay buried, Blood & Buttercream is a tale of sharp tongues, forbidden glances, and the kind of love that doesn't ask permission. At its center is a woman who builds beauty from broken things-and a man who's never known softness that didn't come with a warning. There's no safe way to touch power. No clean way to love someone drenched in it. But once fate sets the table, everyone must eat. This isn't just a romance. It's a reckoning wrapped in silk and gunpowder. Welcome to a world where loyalty is sacred, family is everything, and love... love is the most dangerous game of all.