She built her empire on control. I built my life on small moments. Somehow we met in the middle. She never believed in love. I never believed in control. Somehow, we learned both from each other. A ruthless CEO. A girl who laughs too easily. One crowded café that changes everything.

Stephanie Walker is eighteen, moving across the country from Los Angeles to New York to begin her dream: law school at NYU. A new city, a new home, new friends, new everything. She's excited, but sleepless nights, old wounds, and quiet struggles follow her everywhere. She wants to live like any other college student, to blend in, to feel normal, but life hasn't been simple, and surviving on her own is harder than she expected. Every late night, every study session, every solitary drive home reminds her that life doesn't come with easy answers. Some nights, she leans on quiet habits she'd never tell anyone about, just to make it to morning. Elena Shay is thirty-two, NYU's Dean and a respected law professor. Her life is built on control, precision, and endless responsibility. At work, she's commanding, elegant, untouchable. Outside it, she's soft, warm, and human, but never careless. Elena doesn't date casually; she doesn't waste time or energy on anything that isn't worth it. She's deliberate, certain, and careful... Until Stephanie. Stephanie isn't just another student. She's sharp, captivating, and unafraid to be herself in a way that draws Elena in deeper than it should. Suddenly, the carefully maintained line between professional and personal life begins to blur. The rules, the expectations, the life Elena's worked so hard to control all scream that nothing between them can ever happen. And yet, the pull becomes impossible to ignore. As their worlds collide, Stephanie discovers a side of life she's never dared to touch: warmth, comfort, attention, and desire from someone who sees her fully, not as a girl with a "rough" childhood, but as a woman. Together, Elena and Stephanie fall into chaos, vulnerability, and longing they didn't know they were missing. Every glance, every touch, and every moment carries risk. Risk of exposure, of judgment, of everything crashing down, all shaped by the choices resting in their hands.

Olive Martin had always been a hurricane in a world too small for her. A girl with a million shattered pieces of herself scattered at every corner of her existence. You could see it in her eyes, cold pools that swallowed everything until a dark cold bitterness was all that existed. Nikole Darcelle was a woman who knew power, she had conquered every empire. Yet love? That was the only luxury she couldn't afford, not when the whole world bent to her will with every whispered command. Her insatiable need for control would lead her into a collision course with a small force more volatile than anything she'd ever encountered. Both were disasters in their own, but together? They would either destroy each-other or ignite something much darker than either anticipated.

(18+ READERS ONLY! NSFW CONTENT) What happens when two guarded people, each carrying secrets, are forced into each other's orbit in the most domestic, inconvenient way? Elliot is 22 years old, broke and utterly helpless. Sloane is 43, divorced, and completely loaded How will Elliot and Sloane learn to navigate each other, even when every part of them says they shouldn't? Updates every 2-3 days! You can keep up with the characters via my TikTok @yearningoleander

𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙑𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝘼 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢; 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖, 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙆𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙖, 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙑𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨; 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩? 𝘼 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚. 𝙐𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙑𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙉𝙖𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮? 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙑𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨

Zora was was finally an adult, she was going to take over her mother's company. The mafia princess worked right under her mother's wing when she made a fatal mistake and caused a huge conflict with another powerful mafia. A small accident turned Zora's life upside down.... Was it for the best? or will it ruin her? Sequel to "The Bodyguard" could be read as sperate book.

"Spread your legs for me." I climbed onto the mattress, heart pounding. I lay back and slowly opened my thighs, shutting my eyes tight because I knew how wet I was. The cool air hit my soaked panties, and I felt even more exposed. Andrea leaned down, hovering over me. Her lips pressed a small, almost gentle kiss to my neck. Then she whispered against my ear, breath warm, "I don't know what the fuck came over you tonight, Lalia, but don't ever do it again. Because there are repercussions, sweetheart." Her hands ran slowly down my thighs, fingertips tracing the sensitive skin. "These pretty thighs," she murmured. "Open your eyes, baby," she whispered. I opened my eyes, breathing hard. "Look at them. Look at what's between them. Look at your whole body. Do you see it?" I nodded. "They're mine," she said, voice low and possessive. "Every single limb. Every nerve. Every inch of your body is mine, Lalia. I don't want you to ever think they are not." ..... Lalia Bishop is tired of the pills, the white walls, and the careful way people talk to her like she's glass about to break. Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder after a suicide attempt, she's been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years, cycling through therapists who either pity her, fear her, or grow frustrated with her unpredictability. None of them lasted until Dr. Andrea Cross.

Theia, Queen of the North, ruled with a composure as refined as it was ruthless. Whispers of her name drifted through the kingdom like winter's breath, sharp, unrelenting, and impossible to ignore. She was something far more dangerous, a ruler forged in frost and blood, whose mercy was seldom granted and never expected. Lamia arrived as nothing more than a whisper of misfortune, rescued from a life of cruelty best left buried and delivered into service within the palace walls. Unwanted, unseen, and achingly alone, she knew better than to draw attention, especially from a Queen whose favor could elevate or destroy with a single glance. But courts are treacherous places, where power is a game and hearts are liabilities. For beneath the Queen's polished restraint lies a storm not easily tamed, and Lamia, fragile yet unbroken, may be the only one who dares to stand within it. In a kingdom where loyalty is fleeting and the past never loosens its grip, one truth lingers... Even the most graceful courts are built upon blood.

(This isn't a slow burn, it's a verdict sealed by love.) Objection, Ms. Professor. Alessia Guerrero enters Resian University as a simple professor and unaware that meeting its powerful owner will change everything. Atty. Resia Therese Hernandez is cold, brilliant, and untouchable, until Alessia challenges her control, one glance at a time. Between authority and desire, objections are raised. but the heart refuses to follow the rules.

Hernandez Series #2 DATE STARTED: JANUARY 2026 DATE FINISHED: MAY 2026