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An alien race cursed for an ancestral sin. Humanity on the verge of extinction after a plague. The Yin-Ra obey their Goddess and seek their Star-Bond mates. Humans accept what the Yin-Ra offer to save their dying bloodline. He is the Eldest Elder, bound by duty and obedience. She is a ceramic artist who would rather count the stars and choose her own fate. He is calm, ancient, and endlessly patient. She is fiery, independent, and determined to make her own choices. Then a fender bender, a spilled beer, and a strange throb in Zale's Star Lines bring them together. To Zale, Hera is the center of his universe. To Hera, Zale is just a surprisingly sweet, overly tall alien who signed up for her pottery class and desperately needs to learn how to loosen up. Zale keeps a secret. Hera refuses to let fate choose for her. But when a bond written in the stars begins to look dangerously like love, they will have to decide what matters more: what they were destined to become, or what they choose to become together. Some bonds are written in the stars. Love is still a choice.

''1944. War broke them. Love rebuilt them.'' In April 1944 , Polish Jewish nurse Lea Karturcz meets William Heath , a young paraplegic soldier. Destined by a miracle to be the love of her life. But Lea's family remains trapped in Nazi-occupied Poland , their fates unknown. A former RAF pilot , William has given up all hope , until Lea walks into his life , one rainy April morning. As Lea's love heals William's wounds & his heart , she discovers that his courage saved the lives of Leon & Rahel , her beloved cousins sent away on the last ''Kindertransport'' train from Holland. When William is rejected painfully by someone he once loved , Lea's love for him is revealed. In the aftermath of war & unimaginable loss during the Holocaust , will their love be enough to heal William's heart and reunite Lea with her lost family? A Heart-felt , Ww2 Romance About Love , Loss , & The Sacred Value of Life! Inspired by the 2012 BBC drama film The Best of Men. Awards & Recognition 6th Runner-up in the De Armoire Awards 2026 4th Runner-up in The Booker Awards 2026 -Best Male Protagonist 3rd Place- Best Inspirational Story in F.LA.R.E.- Ferzareth Literary Awards For Rising Excellence!-2026 New Chapters Posted Weekly! #Thebookerawards Copyright Protected! If you are reading on any other site other than Wattpad, you are breaking the law!

COMPLETED ✅ EDITED ✅ "Just, slip it in nuh." She said caressing my chin. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck! "Tyana-" I started but she shut me up by kissing me again. I started kissing her back and then I felt her hand grip my dick. I groaned into the kiss and I felt her smile. This fucking demon gyal. She started massaging my dick through my swim trunks while still kissing me. Who teach har fi do this? • Tyana lives in Portland Jamaica, she spends her time working in her store and staying home. When she meets Adrian she slowly lets her guard down and begin having fun, but is that safe? Will he break her heart? What dangers will being associated with him lead to and most importantly, what does this rich man want with her? • (includes smutt - which means, a NUFF fucking ina mi book!) Highest Rankings #portland no.1 #store no.1 #montegobay no.1 #storeowner no.1 #explore no.1 #lifechanging no.4

NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED! Read the full story, including exclusive scenes, via the link in my bio! 🔗 He came for a hiding place. He stayed for the cook. Serenity Davidson has no time for strays. She's too busy running the best soul food catering business in Greensboro and keeping her heart in the Dudley neighborhood. As a proud Dudley High alum, Serenity knows how to handle the heat but she isn't prepared for the starving, half-dead man collapsed on her front porch. She does what she does best: she feeds him. He says his name is Kevin. He says he's an unemployed factory worker with "bad asthma." He is lying. He is Lorenzo Moretti, the ruthless Don of the Sicilian Mafia, battered and hiding in plain sight. He intended to heal, exact his revenge, and disappear. But after weeks of Serenity's soul food, her warm bed, and her sharp tongue, Lorenzo realizes he has a new addiction. He's not just going to take back his empire. He's taking the cook with him.

Sebastian wanted an escape. For years, he had treated his mother's basement as a shelter, hiding from a small town that felt like a cheap video game with a predictable script. He was almost done trying to find a reason to stay-until Violet arrived. The Zuzu City girl with the mismatched eyes who didn't play by the rules of the valley. For a year, their friendship consisted of silent observation, shared secrets, and mutual fixation. Until the night Violet vanished without a trace. But three months later, Violet walks right back into Stardew, and claims to have no memory of where she's been. Now, caught between the life he tried to rebuild and the ghost of the only girl he ever wanted, Sebastian is about to realize that whatever climbed out of the Mines didn't return to save him-it came to drag him into the dark.

Sometimes it takes a lifetime to fall in love. Sometimes only a moment is enough. When you look into their eyes and see their soul, you know its real. You know you've found the one. Something similar happens with the Indian model Saanj, who goes to Barcelona for a shoot. An extremely handsome Spanish businessman, Sabil's eyes fall on her and he threatens her to spend three days with him. She hates his guts but couldn't help getting attracted to his handsome face. It doesn't take long for her to understand that, despite his rage at her, she's fallen in love with him. Soon enough she learns the truth about his life. His dark world. Sabil was not ruthless but the dark world he was trapped into had made him ferocious. Falling for Saanj alters his perspective on love. Get indulged into this romantic action story. Their fight against their hearts. Sabil's disputes with his nemesis and bloodshed for survival.

Selene has one mission: to enter the mysterious Wolf Wald and bring back the rare magical mushrooms. Deep inside the enchanted woods, four giant black wolves guard the mushrooms with their lives. They are feared by everyone, and anyone who has ever dared to challenge them has paid a heavy price. As Selene steps into the forest on a full moon night, she finds herself caught between magic, danger, and secrets that have been buried for centuries. While fighting for the magical mushrooms, Selene comes across another supernatural being, someone she has always believed in but never imagined she would encounter in real life. This mysterious being helps her uncover a secret about herself that changes her life forever. Read Wolf Wald to find out whether Selene succeeds in getting her hands on the magical mushrooms and what happens when she discovers the truth about who she really is.

On the flip of a coin, people die around Sin. Escaped from a lunatic asylum and haunted by his dead sister, he must find out why, and discover who is trying to use his power to destroy everything and everyone. ***** Dead, dead, dead. Say it enough times and it becomes just another word. What would you do? Could you kill a killer? Does the death of one appease the deaths of a hundred? What about that hundred against a thousand? What if you had no choice? Meet Sin. No, not that sort of sin, but Sin, crazy as a loon (you ask Sister Moon), and proud of it. Sin locks himself away in an asylum and, every so often, badboy he's believed to be, gets violent. That's only so they'll give him those nice drugs, though. The ones that help him forget. It's a pity they don't work. Sin, you see, has a serious problem. Well, it's not so much his problem, as ours - yours, mine and everyone else's. People die around Sin. He doesn't like it and there's nothing he can do about it. But someone else knows, and Sin has to stop them... and himself... Flip and catch... -- WATTY WINNER!! Includes a special BONUS CHAPTER commissioned for Amazon Prime's Panic, and bonus chapters set in Sin's asylum! Featured on the following amazing lists! *The @fright profile for Top Horror Stories selected by movie The Ring!* *The Top Psychological Horror reading list for The Boy movie!* *The Terrifying Thrillers reading list for The Purge: Election Year!* *The Sinister Stories reading list for movie Sinister II!* *The Best of Thriller reading list for the Unfriended film!* #4 in MysteryThriller #6 in Horror #6 in Mystery #2 in Psychological #1 in Chiller #1 in Psychological Horror on Amazon!

At 34, Clara is just trying to survive. Running a coffee shop and raising her three-year-old son, Liam, is all she has left after her boyfriend died in a wreck three years ago. She hasn't been touched by a man since. She hides her hourglass curves under an apron, but she can't hide them from Dante Moretti. Dante is 25, cold-blooded, and the most feared mafia don in the city. He's spent his life killing to reclaim the empire his uncle stole, and he has no room for weakness. But the moment he walks into Clara's cafe, he's obsessed. He doesn't care that she's older. He doesn't care that she has a kid. He wants to ruin her innocence and claim every inch of her thick, untouched body for himself. Clara knows he's dangerous, but when Dante looks at her, she feels a heat she's never known. He's younger, stronger, and determined to make her his. He'll protect her from his enemies, but who is going to protect Clara from the beast in his bed? "You haven't been touched in many years, Clara? Let's see if I can make you forget his name."