𝐈𝐙𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐈 has everything a girl her age could want-beauty, popularity, and the kind of confidence that makes people follow her lead. But beneath the perfect image is a girl who pushes people away before they can get too close. Guys come and go, rumors follow her, and she never lets anyone see the cracks in her armor. The only person who's ever really known her is 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐆𝐀-her childhood best friend, the boy who once made her laugh until her stomach hurt, the boy who grew up into a man with trouble written all over him. Corvin's life is tangled in a world Izora has spent years avoiding: the streets, the gang, the constant risk of losing himself to violence. And though he has a girlfriend, 𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐎𝐎, it's no secret that his eyes still linger on Izora. Izora can feel the pull-between the boy she grew up with and the dangerous man he's become. Between the safety of keeping her distance and the risk of letting herself care. Loving Corvin might mean breaking down the walls she's built and stepping into a world she swore she'd never touch. And the closer she gets to him, the more Izora has to decide: is he the one person who could ruin her, or the only one who could save her?

Upon turning eighteen, Mallory Carter is thrust into an arranged marriage with a man she passionately despises. After enduring months of emotional abuse, she decides to run away in pursuit of a fresh start. But fate takes an abrupt turn a couple years later when she captures the eyes of Hunter Sionis, an affluent businessman who develops a sinister obsession with her. Forcing their proximity, Hunter hires her as a live-in a nanny when she finds herself in a financial struggle, leading to a professional relationship that becomes something deeper. Little did Mallory know of the demons that hid behind Hunter's ocean eyes or his twisted game that she unknowingly became a part of until it's too late. She belonged to him, only him. She was Hunter's Prey. ─────────────────────────────── I fail to suppress the whimper that manages to escape my lips. "So scared," he whispers. "Yet so fucking wet." "I...I'm not wet..." He leans in, the tip of his nose trailing along the side of my face as his grip around my throat tightens and he lifts me off the mattress by my neck. He slides his free hand into my panties, depositing two fingers into my core. The coolness of his rings prompts a loud moan from me before he pulls them out. "Liar," he growls, glossing the seams of my lips with my own arousal. "Now, open your mouth, bambi." ⚠ TW: This book is a dark romance containing mature themes such as graphic violence, murder, mentions of abuse & self-harm, strong language, age-gap relationship and explicit sexual themes. Reader discretion is advised. Copyright ©2024. Jourdon Patron. All Rights Reserved

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 --- 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 @𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. --- 𝐎𝐑 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟐𝟑/𝟕/𝟐𝟑 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝟑/𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟑

Amalia Romano is sixteen years old now. Still a dancing prodigy, she lands herself a photoshoot for a magazine that'll help her get to where she wants to be. It seems like everything's going perfectly fine. Her grades are booming, she has a nice circle of friends and her family adore her. She's content, happy and finally safe where she is. Nothing can go wrong. That's what she thinks until Archer King, the typical bad boy, enters her life--brown hair so dark it's almost black, almost always obscured by his motorcycle helmet. Tattoos he's definitely not allowed embedded into his skin, and a careless attitude that clashes with hers. After a messy mix up in school, she decides to ignore him.. until she gets assigned to work with him for a project that'll make up a large chunk of her final grade for the year. Not only does she have to put up with him, but she also has to hide him from her family, since he's the exact type she's always been warned away from. She also has to juggle more than one relationship in her already hectic life. [COVER BY @sugarhighstoned]