He burned her. But another placed a gun in her hands and taught her how to aim. ------------------------ Evelyn Hartwell creates beautiful dresses for a living, but she somehow always finds herself in the ugliest corners of Brickhaven. Smoke-filled speakeasies. Alleyways with blood on the walls. All because she can't stop sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She's soft-hearted, naive, and impulsive. And in a city ruled by two rival crime families, these can get a girl killed. Her Aunt Clara tries to keep her safe, hidden, quiet. But Evelyn has never been good at keeping her head down. One reckless act of kindness goes terribly wrong and shatters everything she thought she knew. A gun is raised. A name from a past she never knew is spoken. And the life she knew goes up in smoke. Her aunt is lying. Her past is wrong. And two powerful families suddenly want her under their protection...or control. Evelyn finds herself pulled into the gilded, dangerous world of the Crowe family. They say she's safest with them, but Evelyn is done being caged. And the Crowes make it impossible to breathe. Dominic - warm smile, passionate devotion, a seductive kind of danger that feels like falling. Sebastian - cold eyes, steady hands, a quiet command that crawls beneath her skin. Both hiding things. Both watching her. Both wanting to keep her in their grasp for reasons she can't decipher. Caught between warring families, two men who could ruin her, and a past she never knew she inherited, Evelyn must decide what she's willing to give up: freedom, heart, or life.

Elena Mitchell never expected her first psychology internship to change her life. A first-year student still figuring out the theories in her textbooks, she's suddenly thrown into the deep end when she's assigned to UCN Rehabilitation Center. Specifically, to one patient: Tommy Reeves. Tommy is around her age, but everything about him feels older: jaded eyes, sharp sarcasm, and walls built brick by brick from a past he refuses to talk about. He's recovering from alcohol dependence, though no one's sure he really wants to. Cold, closed-off, and clearly not thrilled to be assigned a student intern, Tommy makes it clear he doesn't believe in help, or people. But Elena isn't there to fix him. She's there to understand him. What begins as reluctant, tense sessions slowly unfolds into something messier, deeper, and far more dangerous: connection. As Elena navigates her professional boundaries and the unexpected pull of emotion, she finds herself caught between what she knows and what she feels. Helping Tommy means confronting her own buried fears, and loving him might mean risking everything. Set in the quiet corridors of a rehabilitation center and the loud chaos of two hearts trying to heal, The Internship is a raw, emotionally-charged debut about first love, trauma, recovery, and the fragile line between helping someone and saving them. [A story with a plot twist]

Lyra Mallows has always known the rules: stay out of trouble, keep her grades perfect, and never, ever fall for a "bad boy." She's mastered straight A's while still finding time to escape into a book. But staying away from her brother's best friend, Alec Foster... that might be the hardest rule of all.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭. Her clothes cling too tight and her attitude runs too sharp. She laughs too loud, wears too much yellow, carries far too much confidence for someone they think should take up less space. What most never notice is that it's all deliberate. A bright, blinding performance. A kind of noise meant to keep the world from hearing the quiet way her heart is breaking.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙." Milaydie Lucero is sent to Rutherford Academy in hopes of finishing high school with a prestigious dance scholarship that she spent her life working for. The last thing she needs is problems or boy drama. Reed Maxwell is the school's notorious bad boy. No one dares approaching him, scared that what they heard about him is true. He keeps to himself and focuses on basketball. He attracts problems and doesn't like girl drama. What happens when Milaydie crosses path with the biggest problem himself? Soon enough, their past catches up to them. Secrets get revealed, true colors are shown and hearts get shattered. - "𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦, "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨," 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦," 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳." - ❆[Book 1 in the "Unloved series" but can be read as a stand-alone.] 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ©𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝.

Sade is running from a domestic violent marriage. She decided to go back to a home that she doesn't feel comfortable being in. With all of this going on she even ran into an old friend, but they didn't necessarily end off on great terms.

Layla Harding thought that her life was pretty complete. A college junior, she had the internship of her dreams in Los Angeles, two best friends that always managed to pull her out of her shell, and a bright future ahead of her. Sure she had some rocky family history, but who didn't? Yet, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing, something that would make her whole. On a seemingly normal night of clubbing, Layla accidentally witnesses the elusive Hunter Michaelson commit a crime, and she soon becomes the target of his interest. Hunter can't let her go free, now that she has information that must stay quiet. He intends on keeping Layla under his control to hide his secret, but he soon realizes there is much more to this alluring angel. Layla wants nothing to do with the dangerous criminal that is Hunter Michaelson, but over time, she comes to notice the man underneath, and lines begin to blur. Could they make each other whole? 3/17/21: #5 in chase 5/12/21: #4 in chase 5/16/21: #1 in chase

When Charlotte is left devastated by her boyfriend's infidelity. She finds herself persuaded into a night out with her friends. In which she meets a charming man who protects her at an unexpected moment. After trying to forget the night even happened, she's only left with a life changing surprise. Where she comes to learn her one night stand was no other than New York's ruthless billionaire Nate Crawford. Nate Crawford was a grumpy asshole, who'd rather spend his life fucking any girl in sight than settle down. But when Charlottes panicked at his feet he's at a loss for what to do he found no other options. Nothing scared him, or nothing did, until her. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, LIKE AT ALL 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 <𝟹 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸 ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ Highest Rankings #1 Wattpad #117 Romance #143 Love

[ 18+ COMPLETED high school romance] Lina Andrews has always been a bookworm; she loves to read, and she loves to learn the depth of what lies behind the words-hence, why she's always found with her nose in a book. Even with how much her brother, Brooks, had always made fun of her for it, she didn't let it ruin her spirits. Lina thrives during school hours-taking whatever English courses she can get her hands on, working in the student council with her best friend Avrey, and getting lost in music. But her home life? Her home life is a secret she carries alone, even from her brother, who's the football star of the school. Hayden West is Brooks Andrews best friend; complete opposites, which baffles Lina as to why they're friends in the first place. Lina hates Hayden, who's the social outcast/badboy of the school. And since Lina has always showed disinterest in Hayden, Brooks had no reason to worry about them hooking up. Not until Hayden catches Lina in the midst of running away from her problems-and everything changes. Can Lina let go of the worst first impression she had of Hayden? Or will her pride and insecurity get in the way of their passion? All Hayden knows is what's his, and he's not going to stop until he gets it. And Lina isn't gonna give in that easily. ** this book will contain possible triggers, as well as mature content. Read with caution ** Completed on 7.21.22 ✨highest rankings✨ #2 in steamy!! #2 in eroticromance!! #5 in brothersbestfriend!! #7 in enemiestolovers!!