Ronan Morozov, the ruthless pakhan of the Bratva, needs a wife. Years ago, at a ballet performance bathed in light and music, he noticed Ivory Grace Bennett. One dance was all it took. From that moment on, he watched her quietly, patiently, from the shadows. Ivory's father owes Ronan millions. When Ivory's father cannot repay it, he offers the only bargaining chip he has left. His daughter. Ronan accepts without hesitation. What Ivory doesn't know is that the marriage was never about the debt. From the moment Ronan saw her dance, he had already claimed her as his. And now, he intends to make sure she knows it. _________________ #23 - eroticromance out of 17.1k (7/16/25) #11 - darkromance out of 65.9k (8/31/25) #8 - criminal out of 24.5k (8/31/25) #4 - ballet out of 6.34k (2/28/26) #66 - love out of 2.53mil (3/11/26)

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. Book One: Tantalization Book Two: Enticement (upcoming) explicit smut in my very dark books, be aware of what you're reading.

The year is 2024, and Heather Tremblay, an American English teacher from Pennsylvania, is simply floating through life a year after her husband passed away from a freak accident at work. Deciding she needs a mental, physical, and spiritual rest, she seeks the solace of the pine forests of Maine. However, while there, wind, a car, and a tree work together to send her back in time and to a whole other country: England, 1918. There, she will encounter some of the most challenging trials in her life: a gangster family in need of someone to simply listen to them, questions about what is truly right and truly wrong, and the act of moving on from what she once knew. Through research, experiences from her past, and a family that does not seem to leave well enough alone, she may just be able to tackle all of that over time and with a little bit of whiskey.

Amelia Garner is a small-town bakery owner with too much sweetness in her heart and too much flour on her hands. When an anonymous order for twelve Christmas cookies arrives, she thinks it's just another delivery. But behind the wrong address and a guarded stranger's door, Amelia's life begins to change, one cookie at a time. ♡ A Christmas story about love, healing, and the gentle magic of kindness. Twelve cookies. One winter. A love that melts the cold. _______ #1in christmas #1in december #5 in cookies #9 in kindness #1 in bakery #3 in simple

Willow Creek, First Responders Series Book 1 She's a Time Bomb. And I Lit the Match. **My new laugh-out-loud, romantic, ROMCOM.** Kylie's trouble. She always has been. She's also the only person who's ever made me forget I was supposed to follow the rules. I should keep my distance. She's unpredictable. Sharp-tongued. Way too hot to be trusted. And if she finds out what really happened that summer? Everything between us could explode. But every time she looks at me with those creamy, chocolate-colored eyes-- I wonder if I'd burn for her all over again. *** KYLIE: Community service sucks. Being supervised by Killian Moody? Worse. He's grumpy. Gorgeous. Zero fun. I swear he's made of granite and unresolved issues. But beneath that badge is a man who looks at me like I'm fire and he wants to burn. Too bad I'm starting to want it. KILLIAN: She's a menace. Kylie Everhart walks into every room like she owns it-and then sets it on fire. And maybe that's not just a metaphor. There's a file with her name on it. A date she doesn't remember. And the look in her eyes tells me she's close to finding out everything. I should stay away. But every time she pushes my buttons, I come undone.

Knight x Princess In a kingdom ruled by fear and tradition, lies a knight and a princess. A knight, cloaked in armor and rumor, wearing a mask that hides a soul weighed down by sorrow and hatred. A princess, being swallowed by expectation, overlooked by those too loud to notice her pain. When fate binds them in an arranged marriage neither of them chose, it is meant to be a sentence. A punishment for her, a strategy for him. But behind guarded eyes and sharp silences, something begins to stir. He sees the quiet fire in her that no one else bothered to notice. She sees the man behind the blade, the one who bleeds and the one who hides. In stolen glances. In late-night conversations and lingering silences. She begins to see the man beneath the steel. He begins to hear the voice behind her silence. But love is dangerous in a world like theirs. Because secrets are buried deep within the castle walls. And neither of them truly knows the other's past... or what their union is truly meant to ignite. He was forged to destroy. She was taught to endure. Together, they may either save a kingdom...or burn it to ash. When sword meets silence, when fear meets fury... what will be born of it? What destiny awaits when the fearsome knight's fury meets the silent strength of the quiet princess? Together, can they rewrite the fate that neither could face alone? *note~i do not own any pictures/images that are uploaded throughout the entirety of this book...all rights go to the rightful owners*

Estelle wishes to die. She has spent the last decade of her life sleeping on the streets of the city, hunting alley rats for food and desperately struggling to survive her life of isolation. But she can't suffer any longer, so she decides that she's going to hike up the mountain, find the tallest cliff at the top, and gracefully fall to her death. But the mountain was forbidden. Long ago, hunters had run back to the city screaming of monsters and ghosts - bleeding with ugly wounds that were evidence of blades and steel. And the female hunters slowly began disappearing in the dark woods, the men claiming they were kidnapped by the shadows. The mountain was a death sentence. Except that was exactly what Estelle was looking for. But her plan takes a dark turn when a lighting storm forces her to find shelter in a cave. And she is not alone. She finds out there are creatures that have lived under the mountain in secret for centuries, creatures that are desperate for a mate. And here she was, alone in a cave with one. He is kind to her, he feeds her, he ensures her safety. And he demands for her sweet surrender. ----------------------------- Monster Romance 18+

Born with the ability to see echoes of the past when she touches objects, Bria Smith has made it her life's mission to use her gift to solve mysteries for others. When confiding to her partner about her abilities ends her career as a detective, she becomes a private investigator, finding freedom in the ability to work outside of the limitations of the law while doing her best to stay out of the way of her ex-partner. But her past and present collide when the most recent case she's hired to solve drags her into the dangerous world of the supernatural, and puts her in the crosshairs of the most feared supernatural species, the Andariens- specifically, the sinfully, sexy Cian Bastion. Now, it's not just a murder she has to solve but a centuries old mystery, and the deeper she digs, the more she realizes she's at the center of it all.

'You really impressed me today." he says pacing back and forth in front of me. "Thank you." I say standing at attention my chin up but fear building up inside me. "Who else knows?" He says stopping suddenly and facing his back to me. "Just you, my mother and brother." I say gulping. "Good, and i would like to keep it that way." . . . . "I need you to tell me everything." --------------xxxx----xxxx-------------- Living in a world where fairies, dragons and other mystical creature exist together with humans, Alex is her family's only hope. When a war wages between the two worlds she steps into the shoes of her dead father to try and provide for the family by fighting for the humans. But she's got a dangerous secret she need to keep. And what happens when the person hell bent on winning this war finds out?

The world is ruled by a tyrant King. The Old King was killed and with him the magic that coursed through the world was sealed away. Dawn Rentradie, a human girl, is sent to Eastmaw to collect a tome that triggers a sequence of events that places her in the path of a Fae warrior named Hunter. Follow Dawn, as she uncovers the secrets of a world just out of reach but all around her. Turns out magic wasn't just a children's story. Genre: Young adult, High Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Fae Folklore