I cupped her face, planting a soft kiss on her beautiful lips. "Don't ever run from me, baby," I said softly, letting my thumb trace her jaw. "I love the chase." Her jaw tightened, her hands coming up to try and move mine. "Stop calling me baby, Ezra," she snapped, eyes flashing. I couldn't help but grin, dropping my voice to something low and dark. "Ohhh, now my baby has a problem with me calling her baby?" She shot me a glare, but I just tucked her hair behind her ear, pressing another kiss to her lips-gentler this time, lingering. "You don't get to tell me what to call you, baby." I leaned in closer, brushing my nose against hers. "You're whatever the fuck I call you."

Ocean Allister is a twenty-seven-year-old from New Orleans. She moves to California with her close friends for a promising job offer, little did she know her boss would be one of the most desirable men in Los Angeles. Luciano Lombardi already carries the world on his shoulders. A heartbreak and betrayal left him to care for four other people apart from himself. He puts his family above everything, and what happens when a new addition to the business steers his head somewhere else. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ "I'm aware that I was being overbearing" he breaks the silence. "Mhm, it's fine" I keep my head against the window, ready to take off. "If it's fine... why won't you look at me?" He sighs. I know he is right. So I face him, he is closer than I thought. My nose almost brushes his in the motion. My stomach twists with butterflies and my fingers itch to do something. I remember our little kiss vividly, my lips felt tingly even after. His lips were like no others, soft and the perfect fit against mine. This time around I'm not the one initiating it. Luciano doesn't let a beat pass until he kisses me.

Lucinda has always been a meek, submissive young woman, and she's in for a loop when she is thrusted into the pack Alpha's home. She hadn't anticipated being considered let alone selected as his bride, yet her fate ensures that she's mated to one of the meanest, cruelest Alphas known to their species. He's unhappy with her, but left without much choice, as his time to expand his bloodline is running out - and at this point anyone will do. Lucy is the only eligible woman who doesn't cower or argue when he tells her what to do. But perhaps the reserved, foreign woman has much more to her than he initially thought. Braxton may be in for far more than he anticipated when he took Lucinda's hand in marriage. Please leave comments! I read every one and they help my writing improve! This story features mature themes, including some graphic sexual content, which will be indicated with a ~, for future reference! TRIGGER WARNINGS: (parts of the text will be marked to indicate sensitive material): This story features mentions of trauma, grief, PTSD, different forms of abuse, mass murder, etc. If this bothers you or may be too overwhelming, this may not be the book for you. Thank you! Please enjoy! ☺️💜

Sienna Carter has spent years building her reputation as one of the sharpest CFOs in the industry, keeping Dalton Enterprises profitable despite its reckless, womanizing CEO, Logan Dalton. She knows his type-charming, arrogant, and completely allergic to commitment. But when her overbearing family pressures her to settle down and Logan's mother demands he find a wife, an unexpected solution arises: a fake relationship. What starts as a strategic arrangement soon blurs the lines between business and desire. As staged dates turn into lingering touches, and feigned affection sparks something real, Sienna and Logan are forced to question everything they thought they knew about love. She vowed never to fall for a man like him. He swore he'd never want more. But when the fake engagement starts feeling too real, will they walk away-or risk everything for love?

"lust sells, solyse. it's a powerful tool, and both of us are benefiting from it." ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Solyse Reyes, a captivating performer, dreams of leaving the club scene to make a name for herself. When high-profile photographer Theo Sullivan spots her, he admires her strength and confidence, offering Solyse a chance to model for a luxury lingerie brand. As Solyse garners attention-both positive and negative-her connection with Theo deepens, complicating her personal life. As her influence rises, Solyse must confront her values and beliefs. Can she balance her ambition with her desire for love, or will one scandalous photo ruin her career and confidence as a whole? ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ Highest Rankings ☆ #1 in Promote #1 in Model #4 in Industry #3 in Stripper #3 in Confidence

"It is very easy to strip off all clothing and delved into a sexual encounter with an attractive person, people do it all the time.. yet opening up your heart, allowing your vulnerability to show, your fears that bothers you, your futuristic dreams that you have, your goals that you want to encounter...that is what I call an evident, sexual encounter between two open souls." Concenta Canali, an assassin and an explorer by heart was sent on a mission to find the one and only notorious Italian Don, Aureliano Aveni, who have been missing for twenty years. Deep within the jungles, the job was very much hard to do but when driven by determination, she allowed herself to press on and when she founded the Don, words could not express how undecided she was at his rare dark eyes and his unfamiliarity that brushes across her very core of rationality...

Aaliyah never planned on catching the eye of Leo Ramirez. A quiet, brooding basketball player who looks at her like she's trouble & like he'd burn the whole world for her.

JACK MORETTI. With more enemies than friends, he makes ruthless decisions in the name of protecting his wife. After being apart from her, he realizes one thing-he'd follow her to the end of the Earth and that's exactly what he did to get her back. Having already an unhealthy obsession for her, it grows when people threaten her safety. SELYSE MORETTI. Faced with the realities of her forced marriage, she attempts to make things work with her unideal husband. He has a cruel hold on his territory and his name is feared by many. His cold nature begins to fade away and she sees the man he is behind closed doors-passionate, protective and most of all, nurturing. As love blossoms in their relationship, his enemies quickly become hers. • Interracial @dojahenshaw SEQUEL TO DEBT

Janeisha "Neisha" Bambi has always survived by keeping a low profile. She don't get caught up in the kind of business that comes with bodies, secrets, and street names that echo. But all it takes is one night-one favor for her best friend-to slide her straight into the orbit of Seven "Saint" Carter. Saint is discipline wrapped in menace. A man the streets don't just respect,they fear. The type Neisha promised herself she'd never look at twice. He doesn't chase, beg, or explain. Yet somehow, he does all of this for her. And when that calm, unreadable gaze settles on Neisha, her careful world starts to crack. Now Saint's patience is running out, Neisha's defenses are falling apart and the pull between them is starting to feel less like a choice and more like fate. He's trying to shield her from the life he lives. She's trying to decide if loving him is salvation or self-destruction.