What does it feel like, when you've spent your whole life learning how to be small, and someone finally asks you how big you really are? Eighteen‑year‑old Antoinette Collins goes through her days quiet and orderly--following every rule, keeping her old hurts buried deep, never letting anyone see how much noise lives inside her head. She works at a neighbourhood café, attends her classes, looks after the people she cares about, and most days it feels like she's just watching herself live from somewhere far away. Then the calm, steady woman who stops by her counter every afternoon turns out to be Gilliane Fletcher, her new professor. Gilliane doesn't demand or push, but she sees things no one else ever has: the way Antoinette holds herself back, the weight she carries without speaking of it, the parts of herself she thinks are too broken to show anyone. When she asks Antoinette to write down the truth of her life, she doesn't ask for something perfect--she asks for something real. This is a story of ordinary days that slowly change everything: conversations held between orders, gentle notes written in the margins of pages, quiet moments where Antoinette finally learns she does not have to be afraid to be seen. It is about growing into yourself, naming feelings you never had words for, and what it means to meet someone who helps you find your own voice--even when you are still learning how to use it.

| teacher x student | wxw | slow burn | When 19-year-old Lena James enters English Literature class, she expects nothing special. Instead, she meets Ms. Sinclair her cold, sharp-tongued British literature teacher. Elegant, cutting, and unbearably superior. From the very first lesson, the 34-year-old woman seems to take pleasure in dismantling Lena's every opinion with cruel precision. Lena hates her. She hates the condescending red marks on her essays, the raised eyebrow that makes her feel small, and the way Ms. Sinclair lingers in her thoughts long after class ends. But hate this intense has a way of twisting into something far more dangerous. With a strict 15-year age gap and an unbreakable teacher-student boundary, their slow-burning tension threatens to break every rule both in literature and in real life. Some lessons aren't taught kindly. And some hatreds taste too much like desire. "Ms. Sinclair's Secret"

Aria is a simple college student living with her mother and younger sister, who has a heart condition. Their lives take a turn when their savings for her sister's medicine are stolen, pushing Aria to seek desperate measures. Out of options, she sells her body to a wealthy and beautiful woman. What begins as a ten-months-night transaction evolves into something deeper as the woman starts helping Aria's family and showing care beyond their arrangement. However, as emotions blur, Aria must confront whether she's paying with more than just her body-perhaps even her heart. The Professor's Secret

Lucia Bellandi has always been certain of who she is. At twenty, her life is comfortable, predictable, and carefully uncomplicated. She has her friends, her university classes, her part time job, and a future she has never had much reason to question. Then she meets Professor Vivienne Marrow. Cold, intimidating, impossibly composed, and far too observant, Vivienne is the kind of woman Lucia should have no reason to think about once she leaves the seminar room. Except she does. At first, Lucia tells herself it's admiration. Vivienne is intelligent, confident, and everything Lucia wishes she could be. The strange feeling in her chest must mean nothing more than nerves. But the more often their paths cross, the harder it becomes to ignore the questions Lucia has spent her entire life avoiding. Because sometimes discovering who you are means questioning everything you thought you already knew. And sometimes the person who makes you question it is the one person you were never supposed to want.

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏, 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆. " ♡ To Isabella Woods, life was heading in the same expected direction: straight A's, perfection, a normal social life, and stability. The last thing she could have ever expected was a professor who would tear her down and treat her differently from all of the rest. Professor Kloss had no intention of inflating her infuriating student's large ego as everyone had room for improvement. She was content with her life no matter how lonely it felt. She was cold and dismissive the two of them were up for a challenge. Who would break first? Who would overcome and outwit the other? But what would happen when they realized the frustration would grow to something else? Could Isabella melt her? Can Val and Isabella overcome their hate and see each other differently? What happens when Isabella catches feelings for her Professor? Can they overcome the obstacles that stand in their way? *THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. I AM NOT ENCOURAGING FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIPS. ALL CHARACTERS ARE ABOVE THE AGE OF CONSENT*

Olivia moves in with her best friend and learns the transition from school to University is a lot different than what she expected, especially when she meets her lecturer Amelia Roberts. ***Contains strong language and sexual content*** Book Cover by the wonder @HerParamour (Completed)

Isabella had always lived between two worlds. Born in Italy, she grew up surrounded by loud summers, warm nights, and a language that felt like music. At 13, she moved to England, where she learned to start over and rebuild her life without losing the parts of herself she refused to let go. Now 20, she was stepping into her first year at university in London, uncertain but determined. By night, she was the voice of a band playing small venues and crowded bars, creating something bigger than themselves. People saw her as outgoing, creative, and easy to talk to, but Isabella knew there was more to her than what others saw. In the quiet moments, between unfinished thoughts and songs she used to speak what words couldn't, she was still figuring out who she was becoming. Catherine was the kind of woman people rarely forgot, though few ever truly knew her. At 36, she moved through life with quiet control, carrying herself in a way that made spaces feel more ordered in her presence. To her students at the Medical University of London, she was distant, strict, and unreadable. They called her cold, and they weren't entirely wrong. She didn't waste words or offer warmth freely. It was safer that way. Before teaching, there had been years in ICU wards where decisions were made in seconds and carried forever. Though she left that life behind, it never fully left her. Still, in quiet moments, early walks with Sam, books left open on the sofa, something softer lingered beneath her restraint. People assumed she didn't feel deeply. They were wrong. Catherine felt everything, she simply chose not to show it. What happens when two lives built on opposite rules begin to drift toward the same point? They are not meant to intersect, but when they finally do, briefly, impossibly, it feels less like coincidence and more like something already in motion, something neither of them knows how to stop

My boss is cruel, demanding, and determined to make my life miserable. Every shift leaves me wondering why I haven't quit yet. But when circumstances force us to spend more time together, I catch glimpses of the woman behind the sharp tongue and impossible standards. The closer we get, the harder it becomes to ignore the chemistry between us. Falling for my boss was the last thing I wanted-but now, she might be the only thing I can't walk away from. ❤️🏳️🌈

WLW | Age Gap | Professor x Student Bree thought the upcoming school year would be boring and uneventful. But falling in love with her professor proved otherwise. Bree Delaney is a 21-year-old history major who tries to balance between her busy schedule at work, school and maintaining friendships and seeing her family. She didn't plan on adding anything else to her plate. But that was before the new professor caught her eye. Dahlia Callahan, 46, has returned to work after taking a year off to write a book about the feminism movement. She's recently divorced and the last thing she thought would happen upon her return to campus was that she would catch feelings for a student. But even though she's used to planning her life, turns out everything can't be planned. Will Bree and Dahlia accept their feelings for each other? Will they survive a scandal that could bring both of them down? Highest rankings: #1 olderwomen #1 historyteacher #1 womenlovewomen #1 womensfiction #1 txs #2 womanxwoman #7 girlfriend #8 femxfem

The highest rank in the business and the lowest rank in the business. Tee is an executive woman of a high profile company. She's fresh out of a marriage to a man, a man who ran off with his much younger assistant. Tee is struggling to feel sexy and appreciated again after leaving her toxic marriage. She is about to leave the business after 10 years and is seeking something a little rebellious on her way out. Holly is having an identity crisis at 30, new to her sexuality and unsure what is next in her life. She is unhappy in her job and not afraid to take some risks. Including flirting with the hot executive. Some cheeky flirting and an innocent coffee date, turns into wine and more naughty adventures. Can it stay a secret?