𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 does not believe in second chances. Not with people. Not with love. Not even with herself. Since her husband's death, she has drowned her feelings in wine and work. Same drink, same restaurant, same routine. Until one day she notices a younger woman and hires her on a whim, telling herself it is nothing more than company. 𝐍𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 does not have time to fall for someone. She is too busy holding down her job, keeping her sick mother afloat while sinking herself. When she is offered the chance to become a private chef for double the pay, she takes it, telling herself it is just work. Just friendship. Nothing more. It is about how some things leave, yes. But some things stay, even when you're sure they shouldn't.

It was supposed to be a simple job. One objective. But then there she was, so sweet and innocent...and vulnerable. I've always been in complete control of myself - unrivaled and unruffled - but SHE puts me off my guard. That just won't do. And with one of the most dangerous Italian crime families after her for collateral, she needs someone to protect her. I figure, two birds with one stone: I take down one of my family's biggest rivals, and I keep her safe...or I could just keep her. She's messing with my head, and I can't seem to think straight when I'm around her. She protests my control and challenges my authority, but it doesn't matter. She has no idea how far my power reaches. She thinks she can take on the most powerful syndicates in the Famiglia on her own, but sooner or later she's going to have to ask for my help. She can try to forget me, ignore the fire brewing between us, but it's too late. She's mine. And I'm going to make her a queen in this den of blood. *** Book 1 in the Den of Thieves series *** Trigger Warning: This work of fiction contains themes and scenarios that may be triggering to some, including graphic adult scenarios, bondage/restraint, and blood play. Some darker themes involve references to abuse and SA (not on page), mentions of self harm (not on page), kidnapping, torture, and gore. Please know your triggers and read with discretion. That said, I apologize for nothing. ~ Enjoy

PROFESSOR ALEXANDRIA GREY is terrifying, untouchable, and worshipped like a queen at the university she owns. She's 6'4 of pale precision, cold elegance, and unbreakable rules. No one dares cross her-until JEALYNN HARTWELL storms in. Jealynn, a rebellious scholarship student with fire in her voice and hatred in her eyes, lives to break every law Alexandria Built. They argue. They clash. They burn. But when a deal between families forces them into an arranged marriage, the girl who swore she'd never submit is now wearing Miss Grey's ring. She's the woman Jealynn hates most. Now she's trapped with the woman she hates most...But hate has a dangerous habit of turning into something hotter... and far more deadly. ENEMIES. WIVES . LOVERS? LET THE WAR BEGIN .. ------- "ENEMIES TO LOVERS" with leather jackets, slow burns, explosive fights, and electric stares. (18+ | Age gap | Dark academia | High tension | Action-packed | Spicy AF)

Esme Merrow thought the most dangerous thing in her life was herself. The way she moved through nights without thinking, let strangers touch her just to feel something, the way she avoided silence like it could expose her. At twenty, her life is messy, loud, and temporary-coffee-stained mornings, reckless decisions, and memories she never fully keeps. She doesn't notice patterns, look behind her and realize someone else already is. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Katarina Ivanova is not a rumor. She is a name whispered in the wrong places. A Russian mafia boss who built her empire on control, precision, and fear. Cold, calculating, and completely untouchable. She doesn't chase chaos-she creates order out of it. When Katarina wants something...she takes it with no hesitation, permission and no way of escaping her. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ So tell me, angel. If a Russian mafia boss decided you belong to her... if she knew everything about you before you even noticed her... Would you fight? Or would you realize too late that you were never free to begin with? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Warnings: 18+,smut, explicit language and sex scenes, torture, sick obsession, drugs, alcohol, invading personal space, manipulation and gaslighting, psychotic behavior, torture, kidnapping, etc. You're reading this on your own responsibility!

| teacher x student | wxw | slow burn | When 19-year-old Lena James enters English Literature class, she expects nothing special. Instead, she meets Ms. Sinclair her cold, sharp-tongued British literature teacher. Elegant, cutting, and unbearably superior. From the very first lesson, the 34-year-old woman seems to take pleasure in dismantling Lena's every opinion with cruel precision. Lena hates her. She hates the condescending red marks on her essays, the raised eyebrow that makes her feel small, and the way Ms. Sinclair lingers in her thoughts long after class ends. But hate this intense has a way of twisting into something far more dangerous. With a strict 15-year age gap and an unbreakable teacher-student boundary, their slow-burning tension threatens to break every rule both in literature and in real life. Some lessons aren't taught kindly. And some hatreds taste too much like desire. "Ms. Sinclair's Secret"

Sienna Lawson, a weary literature student, is entering her final year at Ashbourne University. All she wants is to keep her head down, survive the year, and finally graduate. But the past she's tried to bury refuses to stay silent. It lingers-sharp, relentless-creeping back in ways she can't outrun. Then comes Juliana Blake. Cold. Commanding. Unapologetically intense. The new lecturer for Sienna's favourite subject-and a woman who carries authority like a second skin. Every glance is deliberate, every word precise, every presence impossible to ignore. They are opposites: ocean and earth. But when they collide... nothing stays untouched. Not even their past. //slow burn//age difference//ice skating// profxstudent//