The elevator opened probably at my stop and closed again. I could feel her smirking against my cheek, "Wait, did you not tell your friends how you begged me to fuck you?" she asked, chuckling a bit. "No," I said way too fast. "Wait, I meant I didn't say anything because nothing happened, we're going to forget about it," I said, forcing my eyes open and pushing the warmth away. "And if I don't want to forget it?" she asked, moving down to my ear. I gasped as she kissed right below it. "You have to. We..." I trailed off, my head falling back against the wall on its own, "We can't." "Why can't we?" she asked. "We want the same things, whether you're willing to admit it or not," she whispered, then kissing the spot again. "There is nothing to admit. I got over you," I said, repeating what I said last night, even as my body said something completely different. She let me go, stepping back. "Look me in the eye and tell me you're not turned on," she said, looking at me dead in the eyes. We both know I was, but I was definitely not going to say it. "I'm not," I sighed, trying and failing to sound convincing. "You're excuse for last night is that you were drunk. What's your excuse this time?" she asked, that annoying smirk coming back. ---------------------- Emryn and Avani have been best friends since they were kids. A tragic accident separated them, but what happens when Avani returns to work with the chief just to get to Emryn? Will they find themselves where they were six years ago? Will they be able to pick up their friendship as if nothing had happened? Stick around to find out!! ;) Not a slow burn!!! :)

Eight years ago, Renata Vitali disappeared without warning. No explanation, and certainly no goodbye. Amara said goodbye to her at boarding school like everything was fine and by the time she got home for winter break, Renata was just... gone. Her number? Dead. Her socials? Deleted. Like she'd never existed. Amara Morrison learned quickly not to get attached to anything that could leave. In turn, she built something else instead. Control, structure, and a career that leaves no room for loose ends. Now, she's one of the youngest rising attorneys at LA's most ruthless firm. And Renata? Renata operates in a different world entirely. The kind where power is quiet, influence is inherited, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. They haven't spoken since they were seventeen. Until Renata walks into a Century City conference room, drops a multi-million dollar case on the table, and asks for Amara by name. Only Amara.

𝘓'𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘴é𝘥𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘯'ê𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘶é 𝘲𝘶'à 𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘶 𝘮é𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴. ✦ Ester était une jeune femme solitaire, non pas par choix mais par dépit. La seule chose qui comblait sa vie résidait dans la chirurgie. Interne en chirurgie médicale depuis deux ans, elle entame sa troisième année d'internat dans l'un des hôpitaux les plus réputés de New York. Malheureusement, sa joie se dissipe rapidement en découvrant que sa cheffe de service et tutrice n'est autre que l'une des chirurgiennes les plus douées de la région. Cécilia Harris n'était pas laxiste, au contraire, pour elle, la précision et la perfection rimaient avec son quotidien. Elle se fichait bien de ce qu'on disait sur elle : froide et incandescente... C'était là le cadet de ses soucis. Cécilia ne vivait que pour son métier. Pourtant, elle n'aurait jamais dû désirer Ester, si jeune et inatteignable. Elle n'aurait jamais dû fracturer la limite professionnelle qui les tenait à l'écart. Mais l'interdit est toujours plus séduisant lorsque nous pensons n'être voué qu'à la solitude et au mépris. [𝙬𝙡𝙬]

This is a rewrite of my book! With better writing and fixing plot holes. Being written VERY slowly. Sorry In advance!

Some mistakes leave bruises long after the touch is gone. Thalia married young, believing love was supposed to be forever. Now, at nineteen, she's learning what heartbreak really means. A med student surviving on caffeine, deadlines and pure stubbornness falls hard... and breaks even harder. But shattered things can be put back together, if the right hands try. Maybe those hands belong to Artemis Thorne. Artemis Thorne is everything Thalia shouldn't want, cold, unreadable, unpredictable in all the ways people warn you about. A lawyer sharp enough to destroy careers and hearts with the same precision. She built her power brick by brick, wall by wall, until no one could get close enough to hurt her. And then Thalia walked into her office with a broken marriage, trembling voice, and eyes that shouldn't still believe in love. Artemis knows better. Knows she should keep professional distance. Knows this is a girl who needs safety, not temptation. But some things are harder to resist than they should be. Some things feel like a dare. And somewhere between broken vows and whispered confessions, Artemis starts wanting more than she's allowed to touch, something forbidden. Because Thalia isn't just a client. She's the weakness Artemis swore she'd never have again, soft, tempting, and easily to ruin.

In a world built on lies, Sophie thought distance would be enough to keep her safe. But New York has its own way of pulling people back into the dark where secrets don't stay buried, and every smile hides something dangerous. When Sophie is forced into a connection with a Woman she can't quite explain and can't seem to escape. As mystery deepens and trust begins to fracture, Sophie is drawn into a world where love is never innocent, and nothing is ever what it seems. A dark romance of obsession, deception, and fragile desire where the truth might be the most dangerous thing of all.

Two professors. One university. And a rivalry so intense it leaves the campus buzzing and them burning. "I hate that you make good points." "No, you hate that I make them before you." "You've been staring at me for five minutes." "No, I'm calculating how your brain managed to produce such arrogance." "Your handwriting is as chaotic as your reasoning." "And yet, somehow, both still win awards." Professor Lilian Rose is the golden standard. Calm, precise, impossibly brilliant. Her lectures soothe, her students excel. She commands respect without raising her voice. Professor Daisy Oliver? Sharp, unrelenting, lethal with a pen and a gaze. Her exams crush egos, her top scorers become legends, and she wears her reputation like a whip. But when they're alone... the rules dissolve. A library encounter. A mislaid paper. Fingers brushing over ink-stained notes. A flash of heat, of awareness, of want neither of them admits. Every snide remark, every playful jab, drips with tension thicker than any lecture hall. "I hate the way you make me think... and want." "You want it more than you admit." Glances linger. Hands almost touch. Every argument teeters between humiliation and something more intimate. A spark ignites, fierce and undeniable. Their rivalry is no longer about grades or prestige it's about control, surrender, and discovering just how far each is willing to push the other. Exams become excuses. Faculty meetings, battlefields of lust disguised as debate. And behind closed doors? They explore the friction, the heat, the unspoken fantasies that have haunted their every interaction. Brains, bodies, and boundaries collide. Pride fights desire, arrogance battles obsession, and when fire meets fire, only scorched skin and satisfied, secret smiles remain. The war of intellect has become a war of lust. And someone is going to win... or lose... entirely.

What will happen to Hannah Bellamy when the singular light in her life is blown out by her own questionable actions? Will she be able to rise to the occasion and play a beautiful symphony? Or will she allow the Broken Cords silence her forever?

All knew about the Silver Lady. The beloved ex fae queen who was rejected and casted away along with her daughters by her second chance mate after being together for a mere two centuries for not being able to bear him a male heir. While the fae were enraged by this, Astrid simply accepted the rejection and her crown taken from her before she went to the human realm where she has lived for the past seven years with her girls. Getting by, by running a shop. Selling herbs and potions. Her life at the edge of the city of iron was quiet. Even peaceful. Something Astrid never thought was possible for someone like her. But her peaceful life gets shaken when the gods decide gave her another mate. An annoying blond wolf pup centuries younger than herself. A pup who won't leave Astrid alone no matter how much the woman pushes the girl away.