What do you call a 26-year-old woman trying to make it as an artist in a world run by deadlines, AI, and luxury branding? Someone who's barely making rent, still hasn't had her first kiss, and has been hopelessly in love with the same boy since she was sixteen? You call her Piper Collins. Once the quiet girl who loved her friend in silence, from airport meet-cutes to high school popularity. He was her person, her safe space... just never hers to keep. Now, ten years later, fate threw them back together. He's no longer just Nick-he's Nicholas Verlice, heir to a business empire and her new client. Their friendship is starting to look a lot like something more. And Piper's only rule? Don't fall for him again. But with every stolen touch and lingering glance... that's getting harder to remember.

"Keep fighting me, Principessa, and I will throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself." Gianna Vitale thought the fall of her father meant freedom. She was wrong. Now living under the iron-fisted protection of her brother-in-law, Don Alessio Gravelli, she is the mafia's most protected-and isolated-princess. But the walls of the estate can't keep every monster out. When a brutal kidnapping attempt leaves her childhood bodyguard dead, Alessio assigns her a new shadow: Adriano Santano. He is thirty-one, built for war, and lethal in a way that terrifies her. To him, Gianna isn't a person; she's an assignment. A high-maintenance liability he has to watch 24/7. But Adriano isn't just a bodyguard. He is a man with a secret agenda, laser-focused on a goal that has nothing to do with saving her life. He is playing a dangerous game, and Gianna is the pawn he didn't expect to want. Every forced touch, every late night, every moment he stands between her and death blurs the line between his duty and his desire. He is the only thing standing between her and a bullet. But who is going to protect her from him? ~~~~~~~ **TROPE LIST:** 🛡️ Bodyguard x Princess 🤐 Grumpy x Sunshine 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity (24/7 Protection) 🔥 Slow Burn & High Angst 💔 **"He's lying to her"** **Rating:** M for Mature (Explicit content, violence, dark themes 🔞) !!!!!!!! BOOK 2 of the What We Hide Series. Timeline: 2 Years after the events of Book 1-- What the Blood Conceals. (Can be read as a standalone, but interconnected characters/spoilers for Book 1 are present).

'So tight,' he said, watching my face. 'Right there, isn't it?' I couldn't answer. He crooked his fingers against it again, again, again, relentless, while his thumb found my clit and pressed tight circles. The sounds coming out of me weren't mine. High and broken, spilling past my teeth like I couldn't hold them back. "Shhh, baby," he said. "Don't wake them up." So I but my lip so hard, to suppress my moans. ──── ୨୧ ──── He's the heir to the billion dollar business. She's the maid's daughter. And she's the one girl he was never supposed to notice. Lana has spent years avoiding the Beaumont family and everything their name represents. Until her mother gets injured, forcing Lana to take her place inside the mansion and directly into Neo Beaumont's bedroom. He's arrogant. She's unimpressed. But the longer she's in his space, the harder it becomes to pretend there's nothing between them. A simple touch becomes a consuming addiction. The second his hands slide over her hips, restraint shatters. Intoxicated by her heat, desperate to taste her until there's no going back. One kiss undoes them both, turning secret late night touches into something deeper. She was sent to clean his bedroom, but Neo has no intention of letting her leave his bed. They're playing with fire in a house built on arrogance. Because if his cold, unforgiving family catches them, Lana could lose everything before she reaches her goals. And it can tear both their worlds apart. 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑/𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 : ❥ mature/sexual themes/smut ❥ alcohol references ❥ language ❥ mild violence ❥ tension started- August 21st , Finished August 28th Copyright all rights reserved

A childhood accident changed Arabella Sinclair forever. After years of therapy, rehab, and struggling to fit into a world that never quite understood her, she finally gets a second chance at life when she starts college. Then she meets Prescott. He's charming, protective, and everything she never knew she needed. But while Prescott falls in love, Arabella becomes obsessed. As secrets, betrayals, and dangerous choices threaten to tear everything apart, Arabella must confront the darkest parts of herself before they destroy everyone she loves. Psychos in Love is a gripping psychological romance packed with twists, heartbreak, obsession, and a truth no one sees coming.

The Falling Effect: When you do something that causes something else to happen (i.e. you fall down, you scrape your knee. Or you have sex, you get pregnant) Greyson Rhodes: a 27 year old tall, muscular, hot but arrogant, NHL hockey player, rich of course, and total fuck boy. Evelyn Lynch: a 5 foot 6 beautiful brunette, extrovert, book lover, 26 year old, owner of a bakery... and carrying NHL hockey player Greyson Rhode's baby? ~ What happens when a drunken one-night stand causes a lifelong accident? Greyson Rhodes First comes love, then comes marriages, then comes a baby in a baby carriage. That's how it goes right? Wrong. Notorious f-boy and pro hockey player Greyson Rhodes, doesn't fall in love, he doesn't get married, and he definitely does not have a baby in a baby carriage, or so he thought. Evelyn Lynch Evelyn wasn't the type of girl for one-night stands, but after a bad break up 4 months ago, that all changed. Living with Florida's most known playboy hockey player is one thing, falling in love with him, even though your father forbids it, is another... (BOOK 1 IN THE 'MIAMI MAVERICK SERIES') started: 7-23-22 completed: 10-19-22 edited: { #66 - baby } ~ 10/18/22 { #8 - onenightstand } ~ 10/18/22 { #1 - nhl } ~ 11/10/22 { #28 - pregnancy } ~ 10/18/22 { #57 - babydaddy } ~ 10/18/22 { #5 - hockey } ~ 10/18/22 { #1- nhlhockey } ~ 10/18/22 { #2 - hockeyplayer } ~ 11/19/22 { #17 - mature } ~ 1/6/23 { #1 - truelove} ~ 1/26/23

❝ my life is just mamma mia ❞ ━━ madison gardner finds her mom's journal she kept the year she was pregnant with her, while unpacking boxes after they arrive in chicago and searches out for her father eventual!oc x oc chicago p.d. s1 book one in the seclouth series Published ━ may 2024 Completed ━ Story Status ━ ongoing Cover Made By ━ me

Skates, Secrets & Baby Kicks Gracie Sage Swan has spent her whole life avoiding chaos. At just twenty-four, she owns the most loved bakery in the city, lives in a cozy house with her little sister and dog, and stays far away from the drama surrounding her twin brother's famous hockey team. Especially Holden Lopez. Cold. Arrogant. Untouchable. Captain of Team USA. And Freddie Swan's best friend. Holden is everything Gracie knows to avoid - a heartbreak waiting to happen wrapped in broad shoulders, dark eyes, and a dangerous smile. But after one reckless night celebrating a championship win, their worlds collide in a way neither of them can undo. Four months later, Gracie discovers the truth: she's pregnant. Terrified of losing everything, Gracie struggles to tell the father - only for Holden to accuse her of trapping him and Freddie to nearly destroy their friendship with one punch that shakes the entire team. Now trapped between public scandals, family loyalty, and feelings neither of them wanted, Gracie and Holden are forced into each other's lives whether they like it or not. But somewhere between late-night cravings, stolen glances across the rink, protective brothers, chaotic teammates, and the tiny heartbeat that changes everything... the ice around Holden Lopez begins to melt. And for the first time in his life, the captain who feared love might finally be ready to fight for it.

❨ ✧∘ଂ ࿐🔪👻 ཾ.ミ ❩ ━━ ❛ 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐄 ❜ | 𝐴 𝘚𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘔 𝐹𝐴𝑁 𝐹𝐼𝐶𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 ❝𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. ❞ ─[⁂] ; 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. [𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐱 𝐅𝐄𝐌!𝐎𝐂] ©SINISTER-HORROR | 2021 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐄

"In order to save you, I have to erase your existence from Irminsul." The world forgot her. He forgot her. But no matter how many times fate tears them apart, her heart keeps finding its way back to him.

WILL BE TAKEN DOWN [COMPLETED] Evangeline Kingston, an 18 year old, knows nothing of the outside world after having been confined to the walls of her home her whole life. All she's ever known is her fathers abuse towards her and her mother. For her, it's normal. Tobias Moretti, 21 year old mafia leader, makes a deal with Evangelines father after realising he's unable to pay his debt off. The deal is that Evangeline is given to Tobias in order to rub away his debt. Without hesitation, her father does so, throwing Evangeline into a crazy world she knows nothing about. Learning about the normal world is hard enough but Evangeline must learn about the mafia world if she wants to take her father and all of his contacts out. Tobias is cold, calculating and a perfect mafia leader. Evangeline is the opposite. She's innocent, kind-hearted and curious. Will his cold heart shut her out for good or open up to her forever? The real question is will Evangeline open up to Tobias about her past and accept the mafia life or will he eventually let her go for good? - "I'd give you the world if you asked for it, darling." "I'm not asking for the world though. I'm asking for ice cream. But it's nice to know what you'd do for me." - "You're really pretty." "Shut up," he grumbled. "You always say that." *Highest Rankings* #1 in trauma #2 in Arrangement #6 in Enemies to Lovers #6 in Mafia Life