Aaliyah never expected a late-night hospital shift to ruin her life. One glance from Luca-the city's most feared mafia boss-and she becomes his newest obsession. Cold. Violent. Untouchable. Luca is the kind of man people pray they never meet. He rules Chicago through fear, bloodshed, and power, and nobody dares question him. Not rivals. Not cops. Not even the men who work for him. But when he sees the shy black nurse with soft eyes and a gentle heart, something inside him snaps. He watches her. Follows her. Learns everything about her. And then he takes her. Not to save her. Not because she's innocent. Not because she needs protection. He takes her because he wants her. Trapped inside Luca's dangerous world, Aaliyah quickly learns that obsession feels a lot like love when it comes from a man willing to burn cities down for you. The deeper she falls into his darkness, the harder it becomes to remember she was ever supposed to escape. Because Luca doesn't let go of things he claims. And he already decided she belongs to him.

Joelle Jordan is a socially awkward scholarship student barely surviving her home life and college. Bryce Valentine is the king of Mifflin University. Projected #1 NFL draft pick, campus obsession, and a walking pressure cooker. When Joelle offers to tutor Bryce in exchange for training sessions for her little brother, the arrangement seems simple enough. That is until they start sleeping together. Now Bryce can't seem to let her go. And Joelle has no idea how to navigate someone like Bryce. Emotionally repressed, overstimulated, possessive, and despite the fame... profoundly lonely. Add the coaches, media attention, NIL deals, scouts, photo shoots and Bryce's enigmatic father. The pressure that comes with being attached to the most watched college athlete in the country is not something Joelle is equipped for.

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In the heart of a quiet town, nestled between the scent of fresh paperbacks and whispered stories, a love story begins not with a spark-but with a stare between the shelves. Serenity Chrissy Young is 18. Confident, vibrant, and grounded in her dual heritage of Vincentian and Nigerian culture, she finds peace in books, joy in cooking, and purpose in helping others. Working at the local library, surrounded by stories, she's written her own through self-love and strength. Her favorite thing? That moment when a reader finds their perfect book. Leonardo Mario Garcia, 19, keeps to himself. Life hasn't been kind-he's struggled with loneliness, anxiety, and feeling like no one really sees him. But books were always his escape. And music, especially J. Cole's raw truths, helped him survive. He never believed in fate. But he did believe in libraries-the only place he didn't feel out of place. What happens when a girl who believes in second chances meets a boy who never thought he deserved one?

LIMERENCE (n.) the state of being infatuated with another person.

After the tragic death of her foster parents, Stella was sent away to a boarding school for troubled teens, a place she called home for seven long years. Now she's back, but things arent the same as they were before. To make matters worse, Stella finds herself stuck living with the one person she loathes more than anything else. Dimitri Presley. Read First ⚠️ This is an age gap romance , I wrote this when I was still impressionable and at the time I wasn't correctly thinking about the ramifications this book could have on other young and impressionable girls. So just so you all know this is purely for entertainment purposes and I genuinely hope you all enjoy this book that I spent a very long time making

there's a bar in the city, and it just happens to be ran by the Castillo Crime Family. *this story falls between Natalie Young and Sam Castillo, the son of Richie Castillo. This book has not been edited, so excuse any errors.

I opened my mouth maybe to say it was okay, maybe to ask something but the words died when he suddenly leaned across the console, cupping my face between his large, calloused hands. "I missed you," he murmured, almost like he hated admitting it. Then his mouth crashed onto mine. I gasped, his lips fierce and claiming, his body crowding into mine as if he needed to consume me. His kiss wasn't soft it was hungry, demanding everything I had to give. . . . Issa Andrews is beyond excited to start her first semester at Redwood University. Naïve, bright-eyed, and full of hope, that's how most would describe her. She has dreams of her own, goals she's determined to chase. But when a certain boxer crosses her path, will everything she's worked for come crashing down?

Noelle's quiet life shatters overnight, when she receives a call that her father has died. Once the daughter of a feared crime boss, she's spent the last 5 years trying to outrun her family's shadow, evening changing her name - until the debts her father left behind drag her straight back into the world she swore she'd never return to. To protect her mother from the brutal retaliation of the DeLuna syndicate, Noelle agrees to the unthinkable: marriage to the new Don, Kairo DeLuna, a man as dangerous as he is magnetic. Kairo rules with ice in his veins and secrets in his eyes-known for his lust of sadistic brutality, Noelle is given no choice. Save her mother, or watch the only family she has left face the consequences. Their union is meant to seal a business deal and bury her father's mistakes - yet what begins as an arrangement of power soon becomes a battle of desire, trust, and survival. As Noelle is pulled deeper into Kairo's world of betrayal, bloodlines, and revenge, she must decide whether her heart is her greatest weakness... or the weapon that could change everything.

Kyomi is a single mom, to a little girl, named Raya. Everything takes place in the 5-story apartments they live in. Well the daughter meets a certain friendly neighbor. She decides her Mama needs a friend, but will it end up as more than she dreamed? #12 on the bwwm list 8/15/25 #15 on the neighbors list 11/11/25 #2 father-daughter list 11/11/25