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Soft Boundaries by 1d_football5
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Vivienne Blackwood is a thirty-four, a seasoned therapist in a quiet corner of London, known among colleagues for her composure and precision. Her office, filled with worn books, calming scents, and muted tones, is a sanctuary for those seeking healing. Yet, beneath the calm surface, Vivienne hides her own fractures, a dissolved engagement, a strained relationship with her mother and a creeping sense of emotional isolation. Nova Sullivan is twenty-one, an art student who hides behind humour and vibrant scarves. She enters therapy reluctantly, encouraged by a friend after her anxiety and panic attacks grow too heavy to manage alone. Outspoken but fragile, Nova wears her emotions openly, the opposite of Vivienne's pristine restraint. When their sessions begin, Vivienne sees Nova as yet another complex case. However, as weeks stretch into months, their conversations start to touch something deeper, curiosity, understanding, and a wounded recognition they share. Vivienne finds herself seeing the world anew through Nova's passion and raw honesty. Nova, in turn, feels seen for the first time by someone who listens without judgement. But desire is dangerous in the therapy room. As the line between care and connection blurs, both women must choose between professional integrity and the undeniable pull of something real. When Vivienne ends their professional relationship to preserve her ethics, their story doesn't end, it transforms. Trigger Warning: This story contains themes that may be distressing to some readers which may include discussions of mental health and panic attacks, emotional dependency and blurred professional boundaries, references to anxiety, depression and family conflict, mild references to alcohol use and past trauma and power imbalance due to therapist-client dynamic. This story is an 18+ book. Highest Rankings: #1 in Client #1 in sapphiclove
BALL 4 ME (COMPLETED) by DiamondHearts01
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JACE I didn't get here by accident. Rookie of the Year. Two-time Offensive Player of the Year. Two-time All-Star. Everything I've built has been for one thing: an NBA title. When I'm traded to a championship-ready superteam, it finally feels within reach-even if I walk into a locker room full of tension and resentment over losing their star. Then I meet Ava Phillips. She's the team's publisher, responsible for holding the franchise together in the media. I'm supposed to stay focused, but the more we're forced into each other's orbit, the more she becomes impossible to ignore. Somewhere between late nights, pressure, and lines we shouldn't cross, basketball stops being the only thing I care about. Then everything changes when Ava tells me she's pregnant. Now the season I've worked for my entire life is colliding with a future I never planned-and for the first time, I don't know what winning really means. ⸻ AVA I've built my career on controlling narratives for the New York Ballers-two championships, a winning culture, a perfect image. Then Jace Rhodes arrives. He's everything the league expects: talented, focused, untouchable. And everything the city doesn't want. I'm supposed to manage his reputation, not fall into it. But after one mistake that breaks every rule, I'm left hiding a secret that could destroy everything. I'm pregnant-and the father is no other than Jace Rhodes. Now I'm caught between my career, the franchise I built, and a man I was never supposed to want. And the hardest part isn't the media storm coming-it's what happens when Jace finds out.
When the Frost burns (VALE ELITE #2) (COMPLETED) by DiamondHearts01
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SALEM If it isn't one thing, it's another.The Order of Vale is spreading their influence.More and more people are rallying behind the destruction of the founding families power.And my supposed half-cousin is behind it. My next problem:Bianca Kingsford. My fiance who I had no intention of marrying.Weve been enemies since we were childhood and not much has changed.Well a lot has changed but not with Bianca. For instance my father has found himself remarried.A wife and two children I didn't know he had.All at the worse fucking time And I thought it couldn't get any worse. BIANCA A Kingsford must follow through go a contract. We honor our word. We protect the family. We preserve the legacy. Even when it costs us everything. And my contract? Marrying Salem Sinclair, the princess of darkness itself. My enemy. My opposite. The girl who's made it her personal mission to ruin my life since we were eight years old. The town calls it unity. A strategic alliance. A necessary move to stabilize Vale. A Kingsford must follow through. Even if it means marrying the darkness itself.
Inheritance of Desire by texasbonnieblue38
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Book 1 of Inheritance Series Banks Mitchell has had a plan since she was sixteen Play soccer at UNC, follow in her mother's footsteps, and love Noah Martinez the way she always has steady, certain, safe What she didn't plan for was Ivy Ivy Martinez has spent four years filing away the memory of one kiss that was never meant to mean anything. Banks called it practice. Ivy called it the moment she understood exactly how much trouble she was in. She watched Banks fall for her little brother anyway and told herself that was fine That she was fine She almost believed it They've been best friends their whole lives. Grew up in the same circle, at the same beach house every summer, around the same kitchen tables and their mothers best friends long before either of them took their first breath. Banks and Ivy were unavoidable in every aspect except the one that mattered most Now they're roommates Same apartment. Same walls. Same 2am silences that stretch just a little too long. Ivy knows every version of Banks Mitchell the girl who laughs too loud, cries at Disney movies and will look you dead in the eye and deny it, and has never once in her life slowed down long enough to feel something she wasn't ready for The problem is Banks is starting to feel something she is very much not ready for Noah is 30 minutes away, finishing his senior year, and texting every night like clockwork. Riley Mitchell is coaching right across campus and already sees too much. And Ivy is right there wild and warm and familiar pretending she isn't waiting for something Banks doesn't even know she's capable of giving One kiss was practice This is something else entirely 18+ | sapphic romance | boyfriend sister | roommates | slow burn | forbidden | college | found family | The Inheritance Series
LEGACY OF FIRE by texasbonnieblue38
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Book 4 of The Legacy Series Madison Cole has two rules Don't mix her personal life with soccer Don't risk her last year of eligibility for anything She breaks both in one night The woman from the bar was supposed to be a one-time thing. A perfect stranger. A memory she'd carry into fifth year and nothing else Then Madison walks onto her field Monday morning and finds that same woman standing there with a staff lanyard and a clipboard Lexi Sterling. Assistant coach. Former pro. The one person she absolutely cannot have Now every practice is a problem. Every look across the field is a risk. Every time Lexi says her name Madison has to remember all the reasons this cannot happen The NCAA would end them both if anyone found out. Madison knows that She does She also knows exactly what it feels like to have Lexi Sterling's full attention And she's not sure she can walk away from that "You're my coach." "I know." "So we can't do this." "I know." "...okay." "Madison." "Give me a minute." 18+ | sapphic forbidden romance | coach/player | one night stand to more | age gap | slow burn | career vs heart | dual POV | Book 4 of The Legacy Series
Threads of Us by supercollide
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After being forced to go Kenna Valentine never thought that the, usually calm, yearly family trip to their lake house with her family would be as conflicting, troubling and confusing as it turned out be.
Under the Same Roof by Smuttttygirl
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Hailey never planned on moving back to her hometown. Since graduation, she's been holding everything together from a distance - working nonstop and sending money home to cover her father's growing medical bills. But when she suddenly loses her job, everything she's built unravels overnight. Desperate to find work closer to her parents and get back on her feet, she turns to the one person she trusts most - her best friend, Grace. She offers Hailey her spare room without hesitation, but there's only one complication. Emily. Grace's older sister has recently moved in with her, freshly out of a relationship that left its mark; and she's nothing like Hailey remembers. Quiet, protective, and impossible to ignore. Living under the same roof turns their familiarity into something far more dangerous, and it only takes one late night for everything to shift. They agree to forget it ever happened, but the problem is, neither of them wants to. It was supposed to be temporary, but the longer Hailey stays, the harder it becomes to ignore the truth: falling for Emily might cost her the one friendship she can't afford to lose.
Until One Of Us Falls by fobynrenty
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Two long-time best friends, Rae and Liv are both single and a little heartbruised when they make a casual pact one night after too many glasses of wine: "Let's hook up. Just until one of us meets someone." What begins as lazy Sunday morning kisses and middle-of-the-night cuddles slowly becomes something they never talk about-but always feel.
LEGACY OF DESIRE by texasbonnieblue38
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Book 3 of The Legacy Series Sienna Martinez has known Liv Williams her entire life. She watched her grow up. Braided her hair before elementary school. Treated her like the little sister she never had. That's why this is so wrong. Liv isn't little anymore. She's eighteen, confident, and moving into the room right next to Sienna's for her freshman year at UT and she's looking at Sienna like she's been waiting for this moment her whole life. Sienna should walk away. Should keep treating her like Harper's little sister. Should ignore the way her heart races every time Liv smiles at her. But they're living together now. Sharing walls. Sharing spaces. And Sienna is running out of places to hide. Harper is Sienna's best friend. Has been since they were born. She trusts Sienna with everything including her little sister. If Harper found out, she'd never forgive her. If anyone found out, everything would fall apart. But Liv knows exactly what she wants. And she's not giving up. "You're my best friend's sister." "I know." Some desires are too dangerous to resist. [18+ sapphic romance | best friend's sister | age gap (22/18) | forbidden relationship | forced proximity | living together | slow burn tension | family dynamics | The Legacy Series - can be read standalone]
Be still by Gulsenofof
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Psalm 46:10 "Be still" After living in France for 10 years with her grandparents, Rachel returns home to San Francisco over the summer. Her family owning one of most succesful companies in the country and wants her to start taking over. What they don't know is that she chose to not follow down their path. And living in a strictly conservative family with a secret that would get her disowned. While being pushed into a christian marriage she meets Alice again. Her mothers long time friend, who she has not seen since being a child. And then there's Sandra. The charming woman with the beautiful smile. Neither of them should be on her mind. They are old enough to be her mother and are women something her family would never approve of. But when Rachel's trip back home gets extended her life get's caught up in a love triangle between her and two women who were supposed to be off limits.