SHE WAS NEVER HIS TO SELL In Mumbai, everyone has a secret. Some hide it behind a smile. Some behind a false name. And some behind the wheel of a taxi. Urvashi trusted Raaja with her life. So when he brought her to Kamathipura and left her at Kashi Kaki's kotha, she believed his promise. "Do din baad main tujhe lene aaunga." And he came back. Urvashi ran into his arms, crying, relieved that the man she loved had returned for her. Raaja smiled. Kashi Kaki smiled. Because Urvashi didn't know the truth. Raaja hadn't come to take her home. He had come to complete a deal. Meanwhile, on the other side of Mumbai, Sachin is just another tapori taxi driver from the basti. A fixer. A man who can arrange almost anything-illegal maal, settlements, safe routes, hiding places-and somehow keep the police from getting too curious. His latest job? Transport Rakesh Malhotra, a powerful Seth carrying gold, drugs, antiques and enough illegal business to make half of Mumbai nervous. Sachin's job is simple. Find Seth a secluded place near Panvel. Arrange everything he needs. Keep him safe. And disappear when his guests arrive. Because Sachin has one rule- He'll deal with anything. Except the business of selling women. What he doesn't know is that the same night he's carrying Seth and his illegal empire through Mumbai... A girl is being prepared for a transaction. Two people moving through the same darkness without knowing the other exists. Until one night... their paths finally collide. what happens when two strangers, both living behind lies, realize they've been fighting the same war from opposite sides? In a city where everything has a price... love may be the most dangerous risk of all. She was never his to sell. But someone is going to pay the price. And the night everything changes is only the beginning. Read to find out what happens next.

She was their princess. Then she became their shame. At seventeen, Aadhira was accused of a crime that tore her family apart. Overnight, she lost her home, her reputation, and everyone she loved. Seven years later, she returns as the bride of Arjun rathore. To her family, she is still the girl who ruined everything. To her husband, she is an unwanted responsibility. But while everyone is busy judging her, Aadhira is hiding secrets of her own. The past isn't over. The truth isn't dead. And someone should have made sure she never came back. • misunderstood daughter • arranged marriage •secret identity •cold fml × indifferent ml • strangers × life long partners •strong fml × strong ml

Smoke Moretti Jones rules the city like a king wrapped in gasoline and fire. Tattoos crawling up his throat, blood on his knuckles, and a reputation that makes grown men step aside, Smoke is the kind of danger parents warn their daughters about. He's reckless, violent, and completely untouchable-until Piper Styles crashes into his world. Piper is perfection wrapped in pearls. Straight-A student. Pre-law golden girl. The daughter of the city's most respected judge. She follows every rule, smiles politely, and hides behind the image everyone expects her to be. But beneath her polished exterior is a girl suffocating under pressure, desperate to feel something real. When Piper witnesses a crime tied to Smoke's underground empire, she becomes a target overnight. The only person capable of protecting her is the one man she should fear most. Forced together, their worlds collide in a storm of obsession, secrets, and temptation. Smoke is darkness incarnate, and Piper was raised to run from men like him. But the deeper she falls into his dangerous life, the more addicted she becomes to the chaos-and to him. He calls her Angel. She calls him toxic. Neither of them can stay away. But in a city built on lies and revenge, loving Smoke Jones comes with a price. And Piper may lose far more than her innocence if she lets the monster under her skin win. my

"You ran, sunshine. Seven fucking years, an ocean, a quiet little life. You thought distance could cure you of me. Sweet thing - I'm the disease. And I don't want the fucking cure either. I took the throne so I could put every camera and every satellite on this planet between you and your next breath. I'll burn London to find the street you live on. I'll tear the Crown off my own head and use it as a key. And when I find you - and I will find you - you can wear that quiet little life like a Sunday dress. I'll peel it off you one slow inch at a time. With my teeth, if I have to." - Asher Rowan _____ To the world, Asher Rowan is the Crown Prince of England - the most photographed man on the planet, with three centuries of bloodline and the entire British intelligence apparatus at his back. To Athena, he is just a boy who read books to her at the back of a public library when they were sixteen. She walked away from him seven years ago. Clean breakup. Calm voice. A lie she swore would die in her mouth. She built a small life in London - paint on her wrists, sunshine in her smile - and told herself she made peace with him. She is about to open her phone, and the world is about to show her his face. He took the throne for one reason. To find her. He expects her to be afraid. He expects her to run. What he does not expect is that the sunshine girl from that library never stopped being his. That she did not leave because she stopped loving him. She left because she loved him too much to let him carry her. He built an empire to hunt her. He took a throne to claim her. And he will burn it all down to drag her back into the only ordinary life he was ever allowed to live. _______ "The Royal Prince | 18+" is the special edition of the "Princes of Ardencrest" Series. {Can be read as a standalone}

Ariana Romano and Adriano Russo were once inseparable. Childhood best friends. First loves. Each other's entire world. Then one day, Adriano disappeared without a single goodbye. No explanation. No warning. No second chance. For ten years, Ariana learned how to survive without the boy who shattered her heart, building walls around herself and burying the memories of the only person she ever truly loved. But fate has other plans. At a prestigious Mafia Gala, beneath glittering chandeliers and watchful eyes, Ariana comes face to face with the ghost of her past. On a secluded balcony overlooking the city, Adriano Russo reappears after ten years-and he's no longer the boy she once knew. He's dangerous. Powerful. Feared. And determined to win her back. As old feelings resurface and enemies emerge from the shadows, Ariana and Adriano find themselves caught in a deadly game of loyalty, betrayal, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. But some wounds don't heal. Some promises are impossible to forget. And some loves are worth fighting for. Can Adriano earn Ariana's forgiveness after a decade of silence? Can they protect each other when danger lurks around every corner? Or is it already too late for the love that once felt destined? In a world ruled by the Italian Mafia, where loyalty is everything and trust can get you killed, Ariana and Adriano are about to discover that their story is far from over. Because sometimes your first love becomes your greatest weakness... and your only reason for survival.

Kane Alvarez is perfect cop in an imperfect world that doesn't know what to do with him. Alina kimov is disaster with a pulse. walking chaos with a witty comback. He's hunting the city's most lethal killer. He just doesn't know how close they already are. Three people. One chasing. One being chased. One caught in middle. Love or survival- You cant have both...

COMPLETE 18+👀read at your own risk She was the youngest mistake. The quiet one no one defended. The girl born too small to matter. At nineteen, she has learned how to disappear-how to shrink herself between cruel words, favoritism, and a family that never chose her. Except for one brother who visits too rarely, love has always been something she watches others receive. He is everything she is not. Powerful. Untouchable. Feared. At twenty-five, his name bends the world to its knees. Violence listens when he speaks. Wealth follows his shadow. He was raised to rule, to command, to never soften. Until her. She does not belong in his world. She is too gentle. Too innocent. Too breakable. But once his eyes land on her, the world that ignored her no longer exists. And for the first time in her life- someone chooses her.

At Blackwood High, everyone knows one rule: Stay away from Hunter Blake. He's the boy teachers fear and the one students whispered about in the hallways. Dangerous. Mysterious. Untouchable. Ava Carter only wanted a quiet life at her new school. Keep her head down. Avoid trouble But the moment Hunter looks at her, everything changes. Suddenly Ava finds herself pulled into a world of secrets ,rumors and a darkness surrounding Hunter that nobody dares to talk about. The closer she gets to him, the more she realizes that Hunter Blake is hiding something far more dangerous than anyone imagined. But the real question is ... What happens when the most dangerous boy in school becomes the one person you can't stay away from?

Shortlisted in Muse Awards. "He thought he was the hunter. He didn't know she had nothing left to lose." Trapped within the dark, looming walls of Vaelhorst Palace, Aethelgard is a captive surrounded by enemies. Her survival depends entirely on the mercy of Malakor-a ruthless, hyper-vigilant Dark Lord whose very name strikes terror across the kingdoms. Separated from everything she knows by the treacherous, ink-black waters of The Mourning Tides, escape seems completely impossible. But Malakor underestimates the girl in his shadows. Before sending her to the Dark Lord, the sinister witch known as Pale Marrow ripped away Aethelgard's emotions, leaving her completely hollow. Malakor expects a terrified prisoner, but instead, he faces a mind completely untethered by fear, panic, or mercy. As a dangerous, slow-burn game of wit and proximity unfolds between captive and captor, the lines between hatred and curiosity begin to blur. Aethelgard must use her cold, emotionless clarity to dismantle Malakor's court from the inside-before the magic fades and her feelings come rushing back. A dark fantasy romance filled with royal intrigue, psychological tension, and a toxic power dynamic that will burn down an empire.

𓇢𓆸 ꜱʜᴀʜᴍᴇᴇʀ ᡣ𐭩 ʟᴀɪʙᴀ "Wo humare wo neighbour hai na, jinke paas wo safed kutta hai, americano skomo dog.." "American Eskimo," he corrected lazily, a small smile tugging at his lips.