Some flames burn quietly... until they don't. Aurora Bellini is the picture of innocence. Quiet. Kind. A law student with a soft heart and a tragic past. When a violent attack threatens her safety, she's placed under the protection of the Vitti family - Italy's most feared crime syndicate. More specifically, under the cold, watchful eye of their heir: Angelo Vitti. Angelo doesn't want her there. Too sweet. Too soft. Too breakable. But there's something about her that unsettles him. Her gentle smile, her quiet strength - it seeps past the walls he's spent years building. He tells himself she doesn't belong in his world. He tells himself to stay away. But he watches her anyway. Protects her anyway. And slowly, against his better judgment - he starts to burn for her. With war simmering between the Italian and Russian mafias, every secret is dangerous. Every glance, every touch, every whisper in the dark... it all matters. Because nothing is ever what it seems. And sometimes the softest things burn the most.

there's a bar in the city, and it just happens to be ran by the Castillo Crime Family. *this story falls between Natalie Young and Sam Castillo, the son of Richie Castillo. This book has not been edited, so excuse any errors.

Hosanna has always wanted to be a foster parent but wasn't sure if she'll be fit for the job. Hosanna Foster a twenty-nine-year-old woman has been working at her own bakery for five years. What she's been praying was finally answered, Hosanna doesn't know why but ever since was a kid she wanted to take care of other kids when she got older. A peculiar looking man enters her bakery one day and gives her that chance. Will she take it?

She just wanted to save her club. He wants to own her.... - Update FRIDAY / SATURDAY / SUNDAY - ✨️summary✨️ When Shakeena discovers that the money to renovate her club belongs to the Dmitriev family, it's too late. Vladimir, ruthless and calculating, demands repayment... with interest. But Shakeena is not one to submit. In a game of manipulation and desire where each confrontation consumes them a little more, she tries to resist this man who is as dangerous as he is fascinating. But can you really resist the Devil without losing a part of yourself?

𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐘 is a guarded and strong willed fashion designer, who's determined, goal oriented, focused and definitely not looking for love, nor did she want it. all for one simple deterring factor. Luck. Which she never had much of when it came down to it. So when going into to her second year of college, she set a strict set of boundaries. No dating, no sexual intercourse- no engaging in anything remotely romantic with the male species, and little to no interaction with men in general. Only focus on the goal at hand- graduating college and moving to New York City afterwards. Now in her senior year and under the same set of rules, everything she once thought she knew about love is tested, when Entering, '𝐊𝐈𝐘𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐀' in the picture, a charming, baking loving, baseball player, with a heart of gold, and the purest form of intentions, he was the literal definition of 'Boyfriend material' -Kind, intentional, patient, and everything Adrian convinced herself didn't exist in this new day in age of men. When the designer gets dragged to a baseball game by her best friend, and is struck in the head during a home run, she meets the charismatic pitcher. Causing the near fatal encounter to merge their worlds, as Adrian is Taken through a storm of emotions experiencing a romance like never before. Can Kiyo get the damaged fashionista to break down her walls, and give her heart to him? will Adrian be willing to take a chance on a new found relationship that all started with a strike to the head, Or will she succumb and crack under the pain of the past trying? This story is a| SLOWBURN COLLEGE ROMANCE!! #1 in baseball player - 12/1/25 #36 in Bwwm 12/9/25 #1 in black author 2/25/26

#1 Ambw🥇✨️ Long chapters + Complete unedited version "You don't get to play me," he growled, hand locked around her throat as he slammed her against the bed. "You take me." Aaliyah thought she could tease Kenji, thought she could control the game. But every move she makes only fuels his dominance, his hunger, his need to own every inch of her. What started as rivalry explodes into obsession, jealousy, and nights so sinful she'll never be the same. And when someone from Kenji's past threatens to break them apart, Aaliyah learns just how far he'll go to prove she's his-and only his. When Aaliyah crosses paths with Kenji, sparks ignite into a flame neither of them can control. What starts as playful tension quickly spirals into an intoxicating mix of passion, jealousy, and loyalty. Between heated encounters, unspoken rivalries, and a love that refuses to be denied, Aaliyah and Kenji must learn if their fire will consume them-or forge something unbreakable. Raw, filthy, and addictive... this is not your typical college love story. ____________________________________________ Also I wrote this book ages ago and its been in my drafts i decided to post it on a whim .. this is the full unedited version!

Twenty four year old Jeanette Sinclair didn't think much of her life when she moved to the small town of woodland falls to become an eleventh grade English teacher at the towns local high school. Her routine of late night assignment grading, slow, relaxing Saturdays, and chore filled Sunday's would soon be turned upside down when a handsome stranger waltzes into town. Elias white was a man with many secrets, secrets he wasn't sure he could share with anyone nonetheless a human until he crossed paths with Jeanette, and that's when his whole world changed. A small town, one chance encounter, and life shattering secrets of a world far beyond Jeanette's imagination. And it all came wrapped in a tall Handsome supernatural package.

When 25-year-old Noelle Costello takes a job as a stripper to pay off crushing family debt, she has no idea the dimly lit club where she dances belongs to Dario Balotelli-a ruthless, obsessive, dangerously controlled mafia don who rules half the city from the shadows. He's been watching her for months. She doesn't even know his name. But when a violent attack at the club exposes secrets she was never meant to hear, Noelle is dragged into Dario's world-into a labyrinth of crime, loyalty, power, and a slow-burning desire neither of them can escape. She is everything he shouldn't want. He is everything she should fear. Their collision is inevitable. And it will change them forever.

A girl who has been hurt before and vowed to never trust a man again. A man who craves a love so deep that it physically hurts but doesn't trust so easily because he doesn't know if girls love him for him or his money. Will Jaxon King and Emily Cooper find love with each other or will their pasts get the better of them.

Zina Fletcher has always been a force to be reckoned with. Armed with a razor-sharp intellect and a scholarship, she's a new student at the prestigious Jackson Academy-an elite world of old money, unspoken rules, and the kind of subtle racism that's more dangerous than any overt insult. As the only Black student, Zina knows she's a walking contradiction in a place that wants to put her in a box. Mateo Cobalt is Jackson Academy's golden boy. He's brilliant, popular, and a legacy student whose life is a carefully planned path to success. He's never had to question his place in the world or the systemic privilege that put him there. But when an academic competition forces the two rivals to become partners, they must confront not only their differences, but the world that wants to keep them apart. As Zina challenges Mateo's naive worldview and Mateo defends her against the insidious prejudice of his peers, their intellectual rivalry sparks an undeniable connection. But in a school where appearances are everything, falling for each other might just be the most brilliant, and dangerous, decision they could ever make.