Adeline LaGrange. Thalia Maral. The two clash the moment they meet. Faith vs science, warmth and ice. But the more their worlds collide, the more something quiet and dangerous begins to bloom between them. As secrets inside the church unravel, Adeline is forced to question everything she was raised to believe. She must choose between the faith that shaped her and the woman who is slowly undoing her heart. Some desires don't feel like sin at all instead they feel like salvation.

Esther Matthews is a 23-year-old grad student, trading creative dreams for lab code. But when she posts one song online, she doesn't expect it to go viral. And she definitely doesn't expect it to catch the eye of Jasmine Watts. Jasmine Watts is a 30-year-old actress, singer, and producer, and Esther's longtime celebrity crush. Esther has admired her from afar for 6 years, but now, Jasmine is the one watching her. Drawn in by Esther's quiet radiance and sincere smile, Jasmine offers her an opportunity to be part of a summer film project that her production company is creating in London. For Esther, it's a second chance at the creative life she thought she left behind. But what begins as admiration quickly turns into a fierce, unexpected connection. Esther grapples with confusion about her identity and fear of rejection. Jasmine battles her own restraint, terrified of mixing business with the feelings the young creative inspires. The film may wrap. The summer may end. But for Esther and Jasmine, it's only the beginning of something that neither of them could ever dream of.

Liana Flores was a sweetheart nothing more than a ball of sunshine , when Liana is faced with having to find a new job for her daughter a opportunity falls right into her hands. An office job cant be that hard right? work for someone do paper work go home. but oh was she completely blindsided - Vivienne Binachi was the complete opposite ruthless ceo of her company never believing in love. all she needed was a new assistant someone to do her work watch out for things she needed thats all. but when Liana comes into Vivienne's life she no longer can keep up her cold act she was captivated by her new young employee. secrets unfold,death comes close can she still be saved?

Mariah Jade Grey is 21 years old, freshly graduated, and trying to figure out what comes next. She's stylish, sarcastic, and guarded- always has been. After losing more than she ever talks about, she's learned not to get too close. Love doesn't stay. People don't stay. So she keeps herself safe: with ambition, independence, and the quiet ache of something missing. Kyra Reyes is 30 years old, the kind of woman with a camera in one hand and someone new on her arm- easy, unattached, free. Nothing ever sticks: not the girls she leaves tangled in her sheets, not the art that never quite feels finished, not the whispers about her being a player. But when it comes to Mariah, everything sticks. Every glance. Every laugh. Every moment that isn't supposed to mean anything, but somehow means everything. As their best friends build new lives and the city around them quiets down, Mariah and Kyra find themselves circling each other, drawn together by late nights, unspoken truths, and the weight of everything they won't say out loud. It's there in the way Kyra looks at her. It's there in the way Mariah never quite lets her go. And when the silence finally breaks, it changes everything. What they have isn't just friendship. But it isn't love. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Almost. But is almost ever enough?

Being known around town for pastries are a perk, usually a lot of people know you so your presence is spread around. Therefore when comitting crimes.. It takes a whole other turn. It becomes an unyeilding curse at the sight of everyone. So they prescribed me a psychologist...Although I didn't think anyone could out-craze me-turns out, she did. Dear god how I laughed when I found out she was a bigger lunatic.."

Fresh out of college, Nora Hawthorne has one simple goal: savor a carefree Italian holiday before "real life" begins. Dragged into a glittering boutique by her friend, she collides-literally-with a woman who seems carved from steel and secrets: Victoria Rossi, the millionaire and the CEO of her own company, and whose name is whispered with awe and fear. Victoria is cold, commanding, and impossible to read-and yet, something in Victoria's gaze softens when it settles on Nora. Nora tells herself it was nothing. A strange, fleeting moment she'll never have to think about again. Until fate intervenes. She discovers that she's been hired at Victoria's company, forcing them to meet again. Can the warmth of one heart melt the ice around another? Or will the feeling Victoria felt towards Nora be able to tear down her walls before they even have a chance to crack?

Best Psychiatrist, Doctor Annabelle got a call on Christmas from a friend telling her that as a Christmas favor he wanted her to take in a new patient and help the girl, personally "you have to accept that something is wrong before you try to fix it" i say in a soft voice "i don't need to be fixed. I'm perfectly fine" "if you are perfectly fine then why are your nails digging into my flesh drawing blood" "I do not need your help. Not in that sense but you can fuck the depression out of me Doctor Annabelle"

A trip to Fiji with her dismissive boyfriend and his alluring mother lands Valentina into the most unexpected romance of her lifetime. ***** College student Valentina has been at a standstill in her relationship for three years, so when her boyfriend invites her on vacation to Fiji with his estranged fashion designer mother, Val can't think of anything worse. Mothers-in-law are notoriously one of the most dreadful aspects of a committed relationship, right? But nobody prepared Val for the aloof, refined Diana, who at first seems to absolutely detest her but soon warms under the tropical sun. As a unique and steamy connection sizzles and the two begin sneaking around, Val wonders if she's finally found the love she's been looking for in the most unexpected of places. But can their spark last, and is it worth what it will cost them? WARNING: This story contains mature themes such as depictions of domestic abuse and coercion that may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

Their lips met, slow, trembling, but certain. Leighton melted into it, every fear, every ache, every hidden part of herself folding into the warmth of Amber's kiss. She knew she shouldn't be doing this. But It didn't feel forbidden anymore. Leighton pulled away. "Amber, we can't-" "Kiss me like its not a sin" And so she did. It felt right. So, so, so fucking right. How could something that felt this good ever be wrong?

"If you wanted me to fuck you, all you had to do was ask," Tazmin said, her raspy voice lowered as she drew one of her hands up the inside of my thigh. I clenched my jaw, "I didn't," I gritted, even if we both knew it was a full-faced lie. Especially with me bent over her desk with my hands held behind my back. "Oh so this..." she trailed off, suddenly running her fingers along my damp underwear, "Is all for someone else?" I drew in a deep breath, feeling the needy ache between my legs grow as she caressed her fingers back and forth against my covered core. "Anyone else," I forced out tightly. ♤ There's a delicate balance between law and order. And Milena Azhari fought ruthlessly for that balance as a defense lawyer, who is on the brink of achieving her lifelong dream... Making partner at her law firm. But she quickly gets lured off track, dipping deeper into the criminal world she once assumed she understood, until it all crumbles away from the surface. Milena's number one priority was always her family, but that quickly lands her face-to-face with her demons and the corruption that binds them. How far is she willing to go for her family? More importantly... how far is she willing to blur the lines of everything she once fought so hard for?