Reading List One
6 stories
𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 by exotic_dandelion
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VALENTINA[COMPLETE] [EDITING] Valentina Acker is no stranger to darkness. Raised in the underbelly of a city where power is currency and loyalty is fragile, she has learned to wield her beauty like a weapon. But when she crosses paths with Scarlet Blossom-a ruthless, enigmatic crime queen with secrets buried deeper than her own-she finds herself caught in a dangerous game of dominance and desire. Scarlet is used to control. She takes what she wants, when she wants, and no one dares to defy her-until Valentina. She's a temptation she should resist, a risk that could unravel everything she's built. But the more he tries to push her away, the deeper she falls into her intoxicating pull. In a world where trust is deadly and love is a weakness, Valentina and Scarlet must decide if they can survive each other-or if their passion will consume them both.
Better Without You  by SGHarper
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After a painful breakup, Arjan thought he had left his past behind. Starting fresh in a new place, he begins to heal with new experiences and a new connection. But as time passes, old memories resurface, and Arjan must confront what he thought he had already let go of.
Windless storm by Verse_and_texts
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They were never meant to fall in love. Bound by a silent pact and the need to escape, Chitra and Aditya's story begins with a compromise and unravels into something neither of them saw coming. Amid hushed farewells, unspoken desires, and memories that refuse to fade, their lives drift apart-until fate strikes without warning. "I just wish things could have been different."
Bed of Lies by chelsy_lea
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They broke her trust. They broke his mind. But when the past claws its way back, survival isn't enough - vengeance demands blood. Victoria learned how to stay quiet. Grief became her shadow, guilt her constant companion. It whispered in her ear that she should have been the one to die instead. Not her mother. Never her mother. If she had, maybe her father wouldn't have walked away, leaving them to fend for themselves. But silence is a fragile shield-and when the past resurfaces, dragging her into a world she barely escaped, she realizes staying quiet won't save her this time. Xavier learned how to disappear behind scars, behind rage, behind the monster his past made him. Forged by cruelty, built by betrayal, and fueled by rage, he became the kind of man other monsters feared. Scars became his armor. Violence, his language. He doesn't believe in mercy-only vengeance. Especially for the man who made him this way. Victoria was everything he had been taught to avoid - soft yet unbreakable, damaged yet defiant. She had the kind of pain that mirrored his own, a past carved into her bones, a war waged behind tired eyes. She saw through him in ways no one else had ever dared, and he hated it. Hated her. Because she made him feel. He was chaos wrapped in quiet fury, a storm threatening to consume everything in its path. And yet, when she looked at him, she didn't just see the monster - she saw the man who had once fought to hold on to his soul. But love between two broken people is never easy. It's volatile. Cruel. A constant push and pull, neither of them willing to surrender, both too damaged to truly hold on. The closer they get, the more dangerous the stakes become. Yet, for all the ways they fought against it, they kept coming back to each other.
Loving Reign by shemaskedit
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"What started as a lesson turned into a feeling I couldn't ignore; you taught me more than I ever knew I needed." ****** Twenty eight year old Dr. Reign Hassan is everything eighteen year old Sofie Amira Wright isn't: confident, a little rough around the edges, and unapologetically herself. As the new lecturer at Sofie's uni, Reign doesn't expect much beyond the usual routine, until Sofie catches her attention. Shy, smart, and with a quiet intensity that draws Reign in, Sofie becomes more than just a student to her. Sofie has always felt out of place, but there's something about Reign that makes her feel seen in a way no one else ever has. As their friendship deepens, the line between admiration and something more becomes harder to ignore. But with the age gap, the student/teacher dynamic, and the danger of their feelings being discovered, they both know that what they have isn't something they can just act on. "Loving Reign" is a Nigerian themed sapphic romance about discovering who you are, falling for someone you never expected, and trying to figure out if love is worth all the risks. Reign and Sofie will have to decide if their connection is worth crossing the line, or if it's a secret best left untold.