💋 Story Description: She wanted love. She found the mob. Elisa, a fierce and guarded nursing student raised by her grandmother, has never known real love - only the ache of longing and the sting of abandonment. But when her grandmother is murdered in a brutal gang shootout, Elisa finds herself in the arms of the man she believes pulled the trigger: Luca Moretti, a powerful, cold-blooded mob boss with a past soaked in secrets. Trapped in his sleek, dangerous world, Elisa wants revenge. Luca wants control. But desire doesn't ask permission. As enemies close in and truths unravel, the line between hate and hunger blurs. She should run. She should fight. But when the heart is at war with the truth, nothing is safe - not her body, not her soul... and definitely not her heart.

Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance? *** In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]