Aaliyah Johnson is in her final year at Magnolia State University, where she's balancing a scholarship, an art degree, and the pressure of not knowing what comes next. Elias Carter, the university's baseball captain, seems to have everything figured out, except his own heart. When mutual friends and a poetry club bring them together, sparks ignite in the most unexpected ways. She's brilliant and blunt; he's disciplined and mysterious. But between classes, practices, and the expectations of everyone around them, connection becomes the one thing they can't plan for. From strangers to friends to something far deeper, their story grows with every season, rooted beneath a magnolia tree that sees it all. Autumn brings sparks: "I'm curious about you, but I don't even know why yet." Winter, closeness: "You calm me when I didn't realise I needed calming." Spring, love: "I've known for a while... I just didn't want to ruin it." Summer, uncertainty: "Even if everything changes, you've changed me already." Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the images used both on the cover and throughout the story.

'Please,' I begged, tears streaming down my face. Adrik's gaze never wavered. 'Kiss me,' he repeated. My lips trembled, my heart heavy with fear." Tears streamed down my face as I stared at Adrik, his expression unyielding. "'Please,' I begged, my voice trembling. Adrik's gaze never wavered. "'Kiss me, and I'll feed your mother,' he said, his voice devoid of emotion. ************************************************* My dreams had always been clear: excel academically, attend Yale, land a fulfilling job, find love, and build a happy family. I longed for a peaceful life, filled with joy and stability. But then, a monster burst into my world, shattering my aspirations and claiming me as his own. His presence cast a dark shadow over every aspect of my existence, transforming my once hopeful dreams into a never-ending nightmare. His grip was unyielding, and I found myself trapped in a living hell, where my dreams seemed forever lost. The life I once envisioned was now a distant memory, replaced by a reality that was both terrifying and suffocating. #1 -forced relationship 31/10/2024 #1 -manipulation 17/11/2024

A family of three women living in the small (fictional) town of Jenepsi, Kansas struggle with life daily, being that they are African American in an extremely racist southern county, pre Civil Rights era. But the struggle doesn't end there. Josephine Davis is the mother of two young women, Dolly and Tessa Davis. Tessa, although sweet and adorable as can be, was born with a mental disability that keeps her extremely child like. She has been in trouble four times with the law for consistently stealing candy from the town's local bakery. Tessa's older sister Dolly is a true hero, she is strong, brave, and Tessa's main care giver. Instead of the court system taking Tessa from her family due to her fourth misdemeanor, Dolly signs the dotted line, offering voluntary housing to wounded soldiers from battle to keep her sister from being sent to an insane asylum. Although the plan seemed nice in the beginning, being that it would keep the family together. When Bill Skarsgard, an injured soldier moves into the house sooner than expected, things begin to get much more complex.

"I love ya, Vea. But Lolli, you're somethin' I'd like to taste too." _________________________________________________________________ Collin Xavier Westle, a sweet mannerable man from the south, falls deeply in love with, Vea Lee Brown, a native of the island, who was paid to spend the night with him. He then asks her to pretend to love him the next morning for the rest of the month before his arranged wedding. When she has to cut their deal short, he willingly pardons her to test their feelings since she confessed to loving him too. When he gets back to his hotel room, he's taken away from the country without his consent, and the very moment he realizes this. He runs back to his beloved Vea. But ended up not finding her. Vea falls in love with her best friend who helped her throughout her toughest times and the two are inseparable. But then Collin finally returns thirteen years later and he wants... no needs Vea. And boy did thirteen years change a man. ~Also this is a rough first draft, so it's rather quick paced with some time skips.~ Sex is literally in chapter one. Like a whole sex scene. So yeaaaaaa, enjoy you horny fucks STATUS: COMPLETE (rough draft) Started: December 21, 2020 Ended: January 19, 2021 Word Count: 65,000 - 70,000 HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 - blackwoman (31/12/2020) #1 - jamaica (31/12/2020) #3 - darkromance (28/12/2020) #9 - relatable (06/01/2021) #15 - intimate (19/01/2021) #2 - gxbxg (04/08/2021) #1 - afterdark (03/12/2022)

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 BEFORE YOU READ You absolutely MUST read That Boy Is a Monster before starting this story. While A Gentleman's Cage can be read as its own story, reading That Boy Is a Monster first is essential to fully understand the characters, the world, and everything that lies beneath the surface of this book. 🩰🩰🩰🩰🩰 At twenty-two , Beatrice Medici has already lost the only life she ever wanted. Once a rising star of the ballet world, she leaves Milan behind and disappears into Valdiluce a forgotten town hidden among rain, fog and old money where she takes the only job she can find. Then she meets Elia Bianchi . Thirty-two. Elegant. Powerful. Impossibly composed. The kind of man who opens doors for you with one hand while making you wonder why you were never given the key. Elia offers her a place . Then a favor. Then another. And somehow, without ever asking her to stay, he keeps giving her reasons not to leave. There is something unsettling about him. Something she can't name and shouldn't want. Because in Elia's world, nothing comes without a price. And the closer Beatrice gets to the man behind the perfect manners, the harder it becomes to tell whether she's being protected... or slowly being trapped. Some cages are made of iron. Others are made of temptation.

Alessandro Galanti, a mafia boss who has his eye set on Aria Stone. And he'll stop at nothing until she is his.

One of the most powerful man in the world. He was called Octavius. Cruel, coldblooded, and completely unobtainable. The Devil in a Brioni suit. The mere whisper of his name was like lethal poison that burned through the hearts of millions. Penetrating, and clear amber eyes that made grown men weep, and women burned with seduction. Behind the curtains, no one knew what he looked like yet he was always in control. It was a reputation he had fought to establish, one that brought him power, wealth and just about... everything. When a series of unfortunate events lands her into the very strong, powerful arms of Octavius, it was everything she'd been warned about. The beautiful brute, Octavius, moody and controlling in every aspect. She had never met a man as brutal, and stormy as him, someone she couldn't help but sprout wild, random phrases to, and offer hugs. A man that always gets what and who he wants because that's how his life works. Until it doesn't. Until he stumbles into a five-feet angel with the sweetest smile, and adamant about being friends. - preview - "Has any man ever made you so crazy you thought you'd die if you didn't get his cock inside of you? If you couldn't feel his fingers digging into your thighs as he spread you open and devoured you whole? Have you ever come over and over, so hard and so many times you couldn't be sure where one ended and the other began?" His strong, veined hands gripped the backside of my bare thigh, tracing over my skin, itching higher and higher and I could feel a deep ache building inside my lower region. My mouth slacked, at a loss for words, all I could do was whimper softly under his possessive touches. "Answer me." Big, forceful hands caressed my chin, almost gripping my neck, only retracting as I let out a tiny breathless sigh. His dark deep amber eyes were on fire with a carnal sexuality that I had never seen before. "Use your words."

In the shadow of the mountains, Sofì meets Davide a man whose rough hands, dark eyes, and possessive touch leave her trembling . "I own you," he growls, voice low and rough, eyes dark with intent. "Not him. Me."Between stolen glances, fiery arguments, and moments of raw passion, she's drawn to him in ways she doesn't fully understand-but every time he looks at her, Sofì feels both fear and exhilaration.

10. 09. 2022 - #1 in Warriors 05.20.2021- #1 in blackandwhite 05.13.2021- #1 in BWWM, #4 in Mature 05.12.2021- #1 in Mature Themes 04.28.2021- #1 in Vikings 08.08.2020 - #1 in Historical Romance 09.29.2020- #1 in Warriors #1 in Moor #1 in Scandinavia #1 in Morocco Life in the 10th century is cruel. It is even more so for Su'a, a Moorish woman taken from Morocco and enslaved aboard the Viking Ship of Wolfgard The Brute. Outspoken and bold, Su'a struggles to find a way to survive in the foreign male-dominated world of the Northmen. Struggling with his role as a chieftain after the death of his father. Wolfgard finds himself coming to the defense of a strikingly beautiful woman. His instinct to protect her driving a wedge between himself and others, leading to strife and political upheaval. He finds the woman headstrong and willful. But, he is strangely intrigued by her; as her beauty is only surpassed by the strength of her heart. The question is can the warrior be tamed by a flower? Or will she be crushed by the Viking Brute?

12-22-2021 #1 in Celtic 12-02-2022 #1 in mature themes 12-04-2022 #1 in Historical Romance Uncovering a web of lies and deceit, Laird Eòin (Owen) Douglas is made the ninth Earl of Douglas and third Earl of Avondale upon the death of his father William in 1452. He swore revenge on Clan Colville and vowed to prove their involvement in his father's suspicious death. Bitter over his circumstances, Eòin's life changes unexpectedly when he makes a drunken pact with a traveling stranger. Eòin unwittingly finds himself the guardian of an unusual woman named Niamh (Neev). Very much a woman of the modern-day, Naimh Colville is intelligent and self-reliant. She's also bored with the monotony of her quiet life. That is until a stranger appears one-night offering a solution that would solve all of her problems. From there, her world is turned upside down. She finds herself thrust into an unfamiliar world. At the heart of growing tensions between two ancient Scottish clans.