She's always wanted her forbidden stepbrother. He wants her to fake date his best friend. Freya Zilinski has one secret she's never confessed: she's been in love with her stepbrother, Grey, for as long as she can remember. Seven years ago, just before he left the country, they kissed. Their parents caught them in the moment and Grey left the next day, claiming he had to further his studies. Now he's back. Freya is determined to make him see her, to make him admit what they both felt all those years ago. But Grey has other plans. Instead of returning her forbidden feelings, he asks her for a favor she never saw coming: pretend to date his reckless best friend, Miles Kreeve. Two can play at that game. What starts as a fake relationship spirals into dangerous territory: old wounds reopen, jealousy flares, and the truth about why Grey really left threatens to shatter everything. A toxic, forbidden romance full of tension, betrayal, and slow-burn obsession-perfect for fans of twisted love stories, fake dating gone wrong, and the kind of stepbrother romance you can't put down.

Eighteen years ago, a woman vanished with her newborn son. She left behind a powerful husband, three sons, and a criminal empire known only as The Shadows. Everyone believed she had abandoned her family. The truth was far more dangerous. Determined to save her youngest child from the life that consumed the rest of her family, she erased his identity and disappeared. For eighteen years, Noah lived an ordinary life. Then his mother died. Now strangers know his name. Powerful men are watching him. And a family he never knew existed has finally found him. Three brothers claim he belongs with them. The Shadows claim him as blood. And someone within the organization wants him dead before long-buried secrets come to light. As Noah is pulled into a world of loyalty, betrayal, and violence, he must uncover why his mother fled-and what she was trying so desperately to protect him from. But the deeper he digs, the more one question haunts him: Was his mother hiding him from The Shadows... Or hiding The Shadows from him? In a world built on secrets, trust is a luxury. And love may be the most dangerous secret of all.

(18+) forbidden Daddy's wife Some roads you were never meant to come back from. Some roads change everything. Olivia never expected to end up on her stepson's lap for the drive to the beach cabin. With the car packed full, she had no choice but to sit on eighteen-year-old Lucas in the backseat while her husband Richard drove up front, completely unaware of what was happening behind him. The rough roads. The constant bouncing. The forbidden heat that built between them with every mile. By the time they reached the cabin, the lines had already been crossed. And once they started, neither of them wanted to stop. What began as a reckless secret on the way to the beach soon took over their home. Quiet nights. Open doors. A husband who saw enough to understand and chose not to fight it. Olivia kept telling herself she would end it. She never did. Then one careless afternoon left her pregnant. Two days later the test confirmed it. She went to her husband's bed one last time so the dates would line up, then watched him smile with real happiness when she told him they were going to have a baby. Some secrets are too dangerous to tell. Some roads only lead one way. And some debts can never be repaid.

She paid him $500 and never looked back. Turns out he wasn't the escort, and he's spent five years looking for her. 💍🖤 Maya Sterling had one night to lose everything on her own terms. She never expected the stranger in that hotel room to become the father of her son; or for their reunion, five years later, to happen because their four-year-old ran straight into him at an airport and asked if he'd be his daddy. Now there's a marriage that isn't supposed to be real, a truth she still hasn't told him, and a family who finally, actually wants her. And once Damian learns what hers did to her, there's a reckoning coming. The Stranger I Married: a secret baby, marriage-of-convenience romance about the difference between being disposable and being chosen. 🩶

The Eden Collection - Book Two In Book 2... We follow Rory and Aidan as he keeps his promise of 'One Night' But will one night be enough for Rory... or Aidan? This Novella is for 18+ Eyes Only. The Eden Collection will be a series of Novella's each with its own story and different characters.

"The Stripper and the Mob Boss" ❦ A sickness of Anastasia's sister leads her towards a huge debt. When her friend comes to her with a solution that would make her go from rags to riches, Anastasia immediately accepts even if that meant stripping. Everything was running smoothly until she was met with the scary notorious mafia leader, Valentino Romano. Valentino was a man with no emotion, but when he was met with Anastasia, he knew that he wanted the blonde gorgeous stripper---at no matter what costs. ❦ "You're not allowed to touch me. It's against Mr. Romano's rules," she said, her back towards him. Her long legs were on full display with her high black heels only making them appear longer. "You must be new. What's your name?" He chuckled out, licking his lips. Valentino grabbed her hips, turning her towards him as his eyes settled on her breasts. Slowly, his eyes trailed up to meet her eyes. "Anastasia. Who are you?" she asked, fear clear in her eyes as she stared. He smirked. "Mr. Romano. Now, open your legs.""

State of Affairs ⚖︎ "You missed a talking point on page four, Governor," I said, sliding the briefing file across his heavy mahogany desk. Tennyson didn't look at the file. His dark eyes stayed locked on my mouth, completely devoid of the golden-man charm he'd just fed to a crowd of thousands. "Lock the door, Milan," he murmured, his voice low and exhausted. "You have a press briefing in ten minutes, sir. And your wife is waiting in the lobby." He stepped around the desk, invading my space until the scent of cedar and expensive bourbon swallowed me whole. His hand brushed my waist, his thumb pressing possessively against my hip. "I don't care," he breathed, his facade finally shattering. "Lock the damn door." 🏛️ To the world, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 is untouchable. He is the state's golden man, a devoted husband, and a man with a spotless reputation. Everyone worships the ground he walks on. Everyone except his executive assistant, 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐚. Milan has a strict two-year plan: survive the Governor's temper, secure her recommendation letter, and catch a one-way flight to Washington, D.C. Her job description: hand him his black coffee, fix his crooked ties, and treat the most powerful man in the state like a normal human being. But her immunity is exactly what breaks him. Behind the heavy oak doors of his office, Tennyson sheds his perfect mask. He is cynical, ruthless, and spiraling into a dark, desperate obsession with the only woman who doesn't want anything from him. He becomes addicted to her warmth and slowly to her. As late nights at the office blur into a secret arrangement, Milan thinks she has the situation under control. But she doesn't know that Tennyson's public life is a PR lie. She doesn't know that the Governor has absolutely no intention of letting her go. 'Cause what the Governor needs, the Governor gets.

In the glittering shadows of Chicago's skyline, Mia Thompson's perfect marriage was nothing but a beautiful lie. For two years, she endured her husband Alex's pathetic cheating and endless web of lies each discovery met with desperate denials, tearful apologies, and broken promises that never lasted. Trapped by family pressure to "pray through the common cheating" and stay for the sake of vows, Mia watched her soul slowly die. Until the night his powerful cousin Marcus Reed the man who owned the company Alex worked for confessed he wanted her. What started as suspicion of a loyalty test became the most intense, forbidden passion of her life. Now, as family and society brand her a homewrecker for choosing the cousin, Mia faces explosive confrontations, public shame, and Alex's final pathetic pleas. But she's done being the victim. This is her revenge. Her awakening. Her unapologetic truth. "Yes... I did what I did."

I gave Marshall Kane nine years of my life. Nine years of late nights, scraped-together bills, and raising our son Liam alone while telling him his father was "working hard for us." I waited. I believed. Until the day I saw Marshall on a crowded street with his hand on another woman's waist his wife of six months. That same night, the divorce papers arrived. Heartbroken and desperate, I pulled myself together for Liam. No more waiting. No more excuses. Then Gabriel Sterling crashed into my world. Rich, devastatingly handsome, and dangerously persistent, Gabriel didn't just offer me a job , he saw me. The real me. The woman who had been invisible for years. His intense gaze and quiet protectiveness make my pulse race in ways I thought were long dead. His daughter and Liam bonded instantly, pulling us deeper into each other's lives. But Marshall is watching. And he doesn't like what he sees. The man who threw me away now wants me back. Too bad I'm no longer the woman he left behind. Some second chances are worth fighting for. Others... are worth burning everything down for.

I was the perfect wife for twelve years. Smiling through the cold nights, the missed anniversaries, and the silence that swallowed our marriage whole. Dominic was powerful. Busy. Untouchable. Until the photograph shattered everything. My husband leaving a private clinic with another woman... and a little boy who carried his name, his eyes, and the tenderness he never gave me. Receipts. Payments. A birth certificate. Years of lies folded into proof while I stood beside him in diamonds, playing the fool for his family, his empire, and his reputation. They all wanted me quiet. His lawyers wanted my signature. His mistress wanted my life. But betrayal doesn't break a woman, it sharpens her. I'm done being the perfect wife in the photograph. Now, the man who silenced me for years will learn exactly what happens when I finally speak. A marriage-in-trouble romance of lies, power, revenge, and the fire that rises from ashes. Warning: High angst, slow-burn justice, and a heroine who stops begging and starts burning it all down.