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The Darkest Entanglement by ilove4va
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"If I fuck you Serenity, nobody else ever will." Serenity: The anniversary of our greatest loss should have brought us closer. Instead, it exposed cracks I didn't know were there. Secrets I didn't know needed to be uncovered. Then messages from an unknown number, started to unravel truths I could not unsee. The man I thought I knew has been living another life... and I was never meant to find out. Then my father gave me a choice that wasn't one at all: marry Etherio. A man cold. Dangerous. And beautiful in ways that feel like a warning. Etherio: I didn't ask for a wife. I asked for justice and marrying his daughter is the perfect way to get close enough to ruin him. But the more I'm around her, the harder it is to remember she's my enemy. When Serenity's past resurfaces, she's forced to confront the secrets she thought were buried forever. Cryptic messages from an unknown figure reveal shocking truths about her late husband, threatening to destroy the fragile life she's built. As she navigates this treacherous landscape, Serenity's father demands she marry Etherio, a man she barely knows, in a loveless arrangement that ignites a fiery tension between them. As they're forced to live together, Etherio's ulterior motives slowly give way to a deepening attraction to Serenity's complexity. But his growing feelings are tainted by the fear that she'll betray him just as she did her first husband. Torn between desire and revenge, Etherio must confront the darkness of Serenity's past and the secrets she's keeping.
FIGHTING FOR LOVE (The Tide of Power and Desires) by Jhaylove21
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In a world where loyalty is tested and hearts collide, Fighting for Love tells the story of two inseparable best friends-Jaxon and Cristian-who find themselves torn apart by one unexpected twist: falling for the same girl. When Jemmy, the mysterious , captivating and strong willed new girl, enters Willowridge College, she becomes the epicenter of attention. But what begins as friendly teasing soon spirals into an emotional battleground. For Jaxon, it's about conquest and pride. For Cristian, it's about something deeper-he sees a light in Jemmy that speaks to his shadows. As tension builds, loyalty cracks, and betrayal simmers beneath the surface, the boys are forced to choose: brotherhood or love? In Fighting for Love, friendship is fragile, love is war, and only one can win the girl-without losing everything.
dangle by averykwrites
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When opposites attract and temptation lives next door. * After life throws Fallon Davis a curveball, she finds herself living in a dingy apartment, single-parenting her 3 year old son, and working at the dive-iest dive bar in town. College seems like an impossible dream from a lifetime ago. And dating? What's that? Hunter Kensington has had everything handed to him. Elite boarding schools; college tuition paid in full; and a cushy job waiting for him at his father's billion-dollar mining company. Sure, his secret aspirations to play professional hockey never panned out, he can't stand his backstabbing friends and family, and he's in a toxic on-again/off-again cycle with his ex. Everything is fine, because he numbs his brain with all the distractions money can buy-until his father cuts him off. When Hunter finds himself living in the same rundown apartment complex as the cocktail waitress he met at the bar, sparks fly... then ignite. Fallon is attracted to her handsome, athletic neighbor but knows she'd never get serious with a trust fund brat. Hunter is intrigued by his gorgeous, jaded neighbor but knows they're from different worlds. Fallon has walls, and Hunter has issues. Neither's had any reason to change... until now. Cover designed by Anastasia Wright
Afterglow by kristentaylor16
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When Kate returns home to boarding school, she must fend off her ex-boyfriend who is now dating her sister and her childhood bully desperate to learn her newfound secrets. *** An Enemies to Lovers Romance: When Kate is forced to move back home to boarding school only to be confronted by the school's infamous bad boy and her childhood bully, she is quickly reminded of the reasons she wanted to leave so desperately in the first place- her cheating ex boyfriend being one of those reasons. However, Kate finds herself put in multiple precarious positions with Lachlan and faces questions about their quick changing relationship. Tortured with past family secrets and the question of her parentage and the danger that accompanies that knowledge, Kate is in more peril than ever, and this blooming romance between her and a boy who used to make her life a living hell isn't helping with her confusion and fear. Can she push past the reservations she holds against Lachlan and truly let him into her heart to face the danger together, or will they be forever stained by the afterglow of the traumatic past and damage that she refused to share with anyone besides herself?
Dunk by kristentaylor16
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When Gracie is humiliated after following her best friend's brother to college and finds he's moved on without her, she grows closer to his rival--the captain of his basketball team--the infamous Kalen Rush, and suddenly Gracie wonders just what lengths she'll go to in order to prove she's not the fool who fell for her best friend's brother's tricks. However, Gracie soon realizes Kalen is connected to a dark part of her past, and it won't be long before it all blows up in their faces. A New Adult Enemies-To-Lovers Sports Romance UPDATES EVERY SUNDAY
Fame by kristentaylor16
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Felicity has a secret, one that would make her college roommate extremely jealous - she knows one of the hottest stars in the music industry: Sawyer Reeves...or rather, she knew him, as they used to be best friends. She would never forgive him for stealing the fame that was meant to be hers. ***** When Sawyer Reeves was signing his name on a lucrative record deal, Felicity was mourning the loss of her brother. When Sawyer was playing sold-out arena shows to thousands of adoring fans, she was attending therapy sessions to cope with the trauma she'd experienced. Felicity vowed to never touch a piano again, and to never forgive Sawyer for betraying her - no matter how close he tries to get to her heart. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Ray Gardener
Rebound by kristentaylor16
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*FREE WITH PAID BONUS CHAPTER*After being dumped by her boyfriend, Elodie Shepherd resigns herself to loving her older brother's best friend from afar, just like she always has, even though he only sees her as his best friend's immature kid sister. But what happens when the dynamics between them shift once he learns of her feelings for him? Will her toxic family's return spell trouble for her hopes of a romantic future with her first love? Or will the meddling of a certain deadbeat father and overprotective older brother shatter her heart far more than loving Matthew from afar ever could? 🚨🚨🚨Mature🚨🚨🚨 ***This is a FREE story with one paid BONUS chapter at the end*** Completed *Sequel to Swish, can be read as standalone*
Heartbreak Roommate by kristentaylor16
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After being cheated on by her fiancé, the last thing Lydia wants to do is room with her brother and his 2 roommates, but what happens when she has no where else to go? *** Devastated by a betrayal by her ex-fiancé and ex best-friend, Lydia Montgomery is forced to leave her home to move in with her brother and his roommate to get back on her feet. All of her plans, however, are de-railed when division 1 football player and her brother's former roommate comes home after an injury to take his room back, leaving Lydia with two options: move out and be practically homeless, or stay in a house with her brother and his two roommates. As she grows closer to Emmett, her secrets are brought to light as well as dangers that appear at every turn, and with his football career hanging in the balance, will their attraction survive the fallout? *Strong sexual content and some triggering scenes* Complete
Spotlight by kristentaylor16
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When superstar Kade Hendrix steals Ivy's song, she falls into his world of public scrutiny-and his arms-just as the rest of her world falls down around her. Ivy is sure superstar Kade Hendrix won't notice his number one fan in the crowd of his intimate concert, but what happens when her childhood idol begins singing one of her songs that she submitted for his consideration--and pretends that he was the one who wrote it... There's a reason they say never meet your heroes. *** Ivy Bennett is just trying to get over her crush on her off-limits guy best friend when she is forced into superstar Kade Hendrix's world of managers, publicists, stylists, Non-Disclosure Agreements and intrusive paparazzi--all because he decided to steal the songwriting credits to what is proving to be his biggest hit of all time. Coaxed into a flimsy alliance where she takes a job as his primary co-writer, Ivy and Kade are caught up in a whirlwind of emotions--most of them hate--but somewhere along the way, romantic lines are blurred and Ivy isn't too sure that crush she had on Kade ever really went away. Will Ivy forgive and forget the terrible behavior of the one person who was her inspiration for writing in the first place, or have the bridges already been burned? Follow Ivy and Kade on their journey from strangers to enemies to something neither of them can put into words in his world of extremes in the spotlight.
All Vampires are evil by youngstory18
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Reese is a high school girl, raised by two vampire hunters. She was taught at a young age how dangerous vampires are and has seen the terror of them first hand. She plays her part well and acts normal, she even has a lifelong friend in Angel who is oddly quiet about her home life. Outside of school she hunts with her parents, determined to kill as many blood suckers as possible. She was given simple rules. All vampires are evil and will always kill given the chance. Angel is a high schooler, raised by her two parents who don't approve of her behavior, even calling her a disgrace. Her only close friend is Reese who is always so secretive for some reason. The two from the outside would seem quite similar except for one slight difference. Angel is a vampire.