In the glittering cutthroat world of corporate power, Victoria Hartley is untouchable, a cold, ruthless CEO who lets no one past her armor. Until her new assistant, Lucy Bennett, walks into her life and starts cracking every wall she's ever built. What begins as charged silences and lingering looks erupts into something deeper, darker, and far more dangerous. Late nights. Stolen touches. A hunger neither can deny. But as jealousy, old wounds, and powerful enemies close in, Victoria and Lucy are forced to confront the ultimate choice... protect the empire or burn it all down for each other.

Celeste Raines has built her empire on control. An Academy Award-winning actress and Hollywood's most enigmatic star, she knows better than anyone that desire and discipline don't mix - not in an industry that thrives on scandal. She lives by one rule: never blur the line between work and real life. Then Rowan Hart walks into the audition room. Bold, magnetic, and unafraid, Rowan is everything Celeste has tried to guard herself against. She's new to the Hollywood machine, but her raw fire lights up the screen - and when she's paired with Celeste for the film of the year, the chemistry is instant, undeniable, and exactly what the studio wants. But what begins as rehearsed intimacy quickly bleeds into something dangerous. Every stolen glance and unscripted touch threatens to unravel Celeste's carefully crafted walls - and reveal a truth she's kept hidden from the world, and from herself, for far too long. In a city where secrets are currency and desire can destroy, Celeste and Rowan must decide: will they stick to the script, or risk everything for the one thing neither of them can fake?

When Carmen Cruz finds herself in competition with her ex-girlfriend Briar Sutton for the school play, the last thing she expects is for their on-stage rivalry to spiral into a second chance at love. Standalone in the Sunset Scandals series *** After a whirlwind summer fling turned messy breakup, Carmen Cruz thought she had left Briar Sutton in the past. But then they're unexpectedly reunited when Carmen learns she'll be competing with her ex for the lead role in the school play. Unresolved feelings quickly turn into a heated rivalry. And then their drama instructor throws the pair together to rehearse and Sunset Scandals stirs up drama, leaving Carmen to wonder if their undeniable stage chemistry is just an act, or something deeper. But Briar doesn't date, and Carmen promised she'd never give Briar another opportunity to break her heart, right? Will fate give them a second chance under the bright stage lights, or is history doomed to repeat itself?

Amanda left this university empty-handed, heart shattered. Back then, there was no support - only silence. She didn't reach for her. She turned her back and walked away. Five years later. Amanda returns - not as a student, but as a name everyone knows. Forbes covers. Headlines. Rooms that fall dead silent the second she walks in. Amanda is the one who clawed her way up from nothing. They invited her to answer the questions of those who've never learned how brutal it feels to fall. And there she is, front row. The one who once made Amanda doubt everything. The one who lost the right to ask - yet still aches to hear the answer. But this time, Amanda owns the stage. And all her attention belongs to the woman who once turned away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🏅7 «Advocates»

a true love story of a moody blonde and woman who is willing to do anything to her. Quinn Blue and Zoë Hassan have never been your stereotypical couple-taking things by the book, one step at a time. They've always been the people to take five steps forward then slowly step back. From having a baby before they were married to getting married, divorced, married, annulled, engaged, and then finally married-for real this time. Quinn is the moody blonde to Zoë dominant demeanour, they balance each other out perfectly. At least until things go sideways and suddenly they're back at square one: they don't know each other anymore. Zoë knows she wants Quinn but does Quinn want the same? Can she take Zoë back and forgive or is she just too stubborn to do so? ✳︎✳︎✳︎ "It's never going to be the same Zoë, I think it's best you leave." I said to her. "I can't leave Quinn." She said with a softer voice than she's ever used. "It hurts to be without you...please baby, just let me prove that." "I can't Zoë, it hurt too much." I said as I backed away from the porch and into the house again. "Goodbye Zoë."

Amara Alonso is 22 years old and is in her final year studying English literature at NYU. She's smart, kind and gentle, she always has been. But she carries a quiet sadness that most don't see. After losing her mother and sister in a tragic car accident 8 months ago, she was left with an alcoholic father who she blames for their death. She promises herself to push through her last year of college but soon falls into a cycle- skipping classes, tear-stained eyes, and an empty stomach. Emilia Zayed is a 29 year old creative writing professor. Emilia is poised, intelligent and emotionally guarded. She keeps everyone at arm's length- students, colleges, friends, and especially family. She doesn't trust people and shows no intention to. She shows no interest in anybody around her, until a soft brown eyed girl enters her lecture with a look of hurt deep in her eyes that she can't seem to stop thinking about. Emilia notices Amara's writing first. There's something about her work-so raw, so aching, so lonely. It touches something in Emilia she thought she'd buried. Never has a student's piece of writing made her feel this way. They shouldn't get close. They can't get close. But they do. And it's slow, quiet, and deeply emotional. It's Amara showing up during Emilia's office hours not just to talk about writing but about life. It's Emilia realising Amara needs more than feedback-she needs someone who sees her. And it's Amara finally finding someone who doesn't leave. The two form an unspoken bond they can't explain. It's forbidden in the eyes of everybody else. But they can't help but feel softer around each other. Will they ever act on it? Will Amara's hurt or Emilia's closed offness prevent them from ever truly opening up and giving in?

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?

Professor x Student | WLW It wasn't one moment that pulled them apart, but a quiet accumulation of almosts, of missed chances, of words that never found their way out. Nearly a year passes before Lyn and Claire see each other again. A year spent learning how to carry an absence that never truly felt like one. A year of pretending that distance could soften something that, in truth, only settled deeper under the surface. And now, standing here again, it doesn't feel like a fresh start. It feels like something unfinished asking to be answered. Not about what happened before. Not about who was right or wrong. But about what still lingers between them, and whether they're brave enough to face it this time, without turning away.

Nineteen-year-old Charlie has a lot going on. A lot of pain and trauma, but also a lot of ambition and a strong will. All she really wants is to study, get a degree, and eventually make more of her life than her parents ever thought she could. But when her boyfriend cheats on her and her new professor starts messing with her head, her life starts to fall apart. Will she manage to escape her demons and get her life back on track, or will the whirlwind in form of her professor test her patience to the limit?

When Evelyn begins her senior year, the last person she expects to see in her classroom is the mysterious woman she met while working at the diner. Ms. Hartley quickly realizes there's more to Evelyn's life than she lets on, and what begins as concern slowly turns into a bond neither of them expected. But some connections come with consequences-especially when they cross a line that should never be crossed.