​He has one rule: protect her 24/7 and keep his distance. ​Frank Castle is mature, cold, and disciplined to a fault-the family's most trusted bodyguard, an unshakeable presence. She is stubborn, defiant, and determined to test his every limit. ​By day, their relationship is strictly professional. But once the lights go out, forced proximity and heavy silences begin to chip away at Frank's iron restraint. ​Some lines should never be crossed. Especially after hours.

Mila never planned on moving to Willow Creek. After leaving the city behind, desperate for a fresh start. The small town where everyone knows everyone. Secrets spread faster than wildfire. She wanted to stay out of the firing line. Until she met him. Sheriff Jon Bernthal is older, respected and entirely off limits. He spent his life protecting the people of Willow Creek. Keeping his distance from anyone who might complicate his life. Mila is the exact complication he didn't need. Jon is the exact type of man Mila was trying to avoid. Will they keep their distance?

After losing MJ-and the rest of the world along with her-Peter Parker is desperate for one impossible thing: to be remembered. When a strange object in a forgotten little shop promises him a single wish, Peter doesn't ask to undo the past. He doesn't ask for his old life back. He only wishes that someone, anyone, would remember who he was. And somewhere across New York, someone does. Frank Castle's girlfriend wakes with memories she shouldn't have: Peter Parker, Spider-Man, and a life the rest of the world swears never existed. She becomes the only person who can look at Peter and see more than a stranger-the last living afterimage of the person reality erased. Peter finally has what he wanted. Someone remembers him. But an afterimage is supposed to fade. Hers isn't.

Mr Jacob's was my dads best friend. He was forbidden. Older. I couldn't like him. Yet he was all I ever thought about. All I ever craved. I needed him. Please be aware there will be dark themes in this book , that some people could find triggering. This is also a slow burn. Starting where willow is only 12 years old , I wanted to show flashbacks of willow growing up alongside Quinn as a family friend. Absolutely NO romantic/ intimate dynamics take place until the fmc is 18/19 years old.

*inspired by Jon Bernthal* Everything becomes complicated for River Sharma, a 21 year old small-town girl, when she becomes attracted to her boyfriend's father. And she has a feeling he knows... In order to move forward, she must face the consequences of her teenage decisions.

lyra never expected a small audition to change her life. at twenty-five, she was broke, unknown, and almost ready to give up on acting. then she landed the role of sierra, a nineteen-year-old girl who falls for the legendary frank castle. opposite her was jon bernthal. he was married, a father, and nothing like the intimidating character he played on screen. they became friends almost immediately, and their chemistry was impossible to ignore. soon, the whole world wanted them together. edits. interviews. rumors. stolen glances. everyone was convinced there was something between them. except lyra and jon. because sometimes, the line between acting and reality isn't as clear as you think. and maybe everyone else noticed it before they did.

Brooke, known as Lacey on the stage, is a 21-year-old stripper with no family and barely enough money to survive. She's used to being on her own. Until she meets Frank Castle. What starts as a chance encounter quickly becomes an obsession, pulling Brooke into a dangerous world she never asked for.

** Jon Bernthal fanfic ** **Older man trope** Naomi thought graduation night would be the beginning of her new life. Instead, she catches her longtime boyfriend cheating, gets blackout drunk, and ends the night with a bruised cheek and a broken heart. When her father's stern, older best friend, Jon, comes to her rescue, Naomi's life takes an unexpected turn. Forced to stay under his roof while her fathers on a work trip, she quickly learns that Lawson has rules-and she's determined to break every one of them. He's supposed to be the man protecting her. She's not supposed to start wanting him. And neither of them is prepared for what happens when the lines between them begin to blur.

Allie has lived next door to Jon for as long as she can remember. He's always been just... there, the quiet house beyond the fence line, the man who keeps to himself, the one who never quite joins the rest of the world. Now she's freshly twenty-one, and everything feels different. He's thirty-five, a retired actor who left Hollywood behind for a quieter life, and he still doesn't belong to anyone, or at least that's what he seems to want people to believe. But distance has a way of changing shape when you've spent years growing up just out of reach of someone.

Abigail was cheated on by the boyfriend she was supposed to marry soon, so she went to stay with her father Michael at his vacation house in Miami, which he shares with a former Marine colleague, Julian Miller (Jon Bernthal), a cold and distant man she immediately finds herself falling for. Abigail's life is about to change.