When a bubbly track star meets a grumpy Dutch baller... A college sports romance between two polar opposites.

What happens when two people who take care of everyone finally get taken care of? Zara Mitchel talks with her hands, laughs with her whole chest, and walks into a room like she owns the light. She has spent years being the dependable one, the oldest daughter, the problem-solver, the woman everyone calls when something goes wrong. Between building her career in New York's fashion industry and carrying the weight of her family's expectations, she doesn't have time for distractions, especially not a charming hockey player with observant eyes and a touch that makes her forget her own rules. Connor Whitfield prefers quiet to crowds and actions to words. As a professional hockey player, he's used to pressure, responsibility, and putting everyone else's needs before his own. Then Zara crashes into his life, all confidence, warmth, and sharp insight, and suddenly she's the only person he can't stop thinking about. They collide by accident and become something neither of them planned and both of them crave. The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore what's growing between them. What begins as friendship turns into longing, stolen moments, and a connection neither of them expected; and in the soft glow of New York nights, control slips first... then clothes... then every rule they swore they'd keep. How long can two people who are already acting like they love each other pretend they don't? Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the images used both on the cover and throughout the story.

Javier Solis knows how to leave a mark, both on skin and on the heart. The oldest of six, he grew up surrounded by love, laughter, and art, and now he pours all of himself into the tattoo shop he owns. Navy Jones has spent her life holding everyone else together. The middle child of a big family, dependable and quiet, she became a teacher not just to guide children, but to give the care she's always given others, even when no one gave it back. On New Year's Eve, Navy walks into Javier's shop for her first tattoo: a lotus placed close to her heart. One night, one tattoo, one choice, and suddenly two lives collide in ways neither expected.

She was infatuated with a boy who was mysterious and dark, holding the most reliably darkest of dark secrets. And yet, aware of the warning signs in front of her, she still decidedly trespasses. ✧ ∞ ✧ Chaos, chaos, and more chaos. That was the life of Aurora Brown. While studying in the world of fashion full-time, working part-time in a hardware store and attempting to take care of her monthly rent, Aurora's life just kept getting wilder by the minute. Starting her third year of college, Aurora has just about had enough of her hectic life and was more than happy to skip to the good part. Adoring a college-star basketball player boyfriend on her arm---who is becoming less interesting and more obnoxious by the day---Aurora also now has to fit in another class in order to pass her finals this semester. A business studies class that appears to take place at nightfall. Among all the other things in her own drowning universe, Aurora recently encounters a mysterious boy she's never seen before, who happens to be attending her new night class. With the aura of something dark, but appearing to have something darker hiding behind a pair of even darker eyes, she was utterly and utmost intrigued with this man. And, as sad as it seemed to be, she couldn't help but feel the dead stars in her soul finally illuminate with a flame. Something almost 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚.

At seventeen, I was just another foster kid....until Carlos Salazar made me believe in forever. A reckless smile. Dangerous charm. A touch that burned. For one fleeting moment, he was everything. Until the night he left me broken. Now I'm twenty-two. An assassin. My world runs on blood and contracts, not love. The girl he knew is buried.But the cartel doesn't care about scars, and fate doesn't care about promises. My new assignment? Protect the man who ruined me. He doesn't recognize me. I remember everything. The lies. The scars. The night that turned me into this. Carlos wants the sweet girl he lost. But someone else has already seen the woman I've become...sharp, dangerous, untouchable. In his world, softness is a liability. He doesn't promise comfort. He promises survival. I swore I'd never love again. But between the man who shattered me and the one who offers no mercy at all, my heart becomes a battlefield. And when the truth finally bleeds out, all that's left are sinners.....with watercolour eyes. -Really slow burn(kinda) -Dark romance -Assassin FMC -Enemies to lovers -Love triangle -Obsession

You're not supposed to want your best friend's brother. Skylar knows that better than anyone, yet she can't seem to ignore the way Damian looks at her. He's calm, a little intense and watches her as if he's physically unable to look away. He's wanted her from the moment she was introduced as his sister's best friend- and when an accidental text is sent his way, everything changes. Those stares grow longer. His need for her intensifies. Skylar can feel it, and with temptation thick in the air, she no longer knows how to stay away- even if staying away was the only thing she was ever supposed to do.

When a suburban Black girl meets a hard life Hispanic boy.

Age Gap Mafia Romance - 18+ ݁⋆⭒˚.⋆ Lily Black was born into power, violence, and blood. Alongside her twin brother, Tiger, she has spent her entire life training to inherit the Black mafia. But Lily has demons of her own. The recent attempts on her life have only made things worse. Theodore Arrow was never supposed to return. After nearly dying more times than anyone can count, Theo was sent to Europe to live a life far from the mafia that nearly destroyed him. Ten years later, he is back. And Lily Black is nothing like the girl he remembers. When another assassination attempt drags Theo back into the dangerous world he tried to escape, he realizes two things very quickly. Someone wants Lily dead. And staying away from her and the world he was pushed away from might be impossible. WARNING: this book contains mature themes, such as blood, violence, torture, and sex.

BOOK II of the "Kings and Queens" series. This CANNOT be read as a standalone but I can't stop you from coming here first. Just don't blame me for your confusion. Suited for an audience 18 and older. Read at your own discretion. * * * GABRIEL DÍAZ was presumed dead. After a disastrous explosion in his home that left next to no survivors, his rival was sure that the Díaz empire was to crash down with him. The only problem is that he has been out of the loop and stuck in a six-month coma. While he has remained the same, his entire world has drastically changed. Gabriel needs to make a plan to save his wife-the mother of his unborn child. But one night in the wrong location sends him spiralling when he finds himself standing in front of his wife...and she's nothing close to the woman he knew. VANESSA MORALES. After the loss of her husband, she swore to have her revenge on everyone who killed him. But the more she digs herself a rabbit hole of new information and unexpected twists, she realizes the organization is much darker than she thought. She is forced to make alliances with enemies and become a puppet on strings in the last resort to avenge her beloved. Except her next target turns out being a man she had worked with in the past-Vincenzo Del Rossi, the King of the Italian Mafia.

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐦. . . . There are things you're taught not to do. Rules you're told to follow. People you're meant to forget. Flora never planned to end up here, but after one too many mistakes, her life dives for rock bottom. Now, she's trapped in a world she doesn't understand, haunted by a past she can't outrun. And at the center of it all stands the boy she'd sworn to forget. What once was fate, fractures into an illusion and twist into something dangerously evil. They were kids together. Friends together. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵. She's new. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵. She's fresh meat. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. What happens when they reunite? Secrets unfold. Chaos runs free. And the line between love and ruin sharpens into a thin blade, as history proves to repeat itself in its cruelest form. A girl. A boy. And a mad house that feeds on sin. There's no place to hide here. You can run, but you'll never get away. "𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺." 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲