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Saints & Scars | Ongoing by booksbydiv
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"My brother's going to kill us if he finds you with me." Saint's expression didn't change. "I know." "So why do you keep showing up?" I ask, sighing. His eyes found mine. "Because you're here." ✦ ✦ ✦ Eleanor Hayes has known exactly who she wanted to be since she was little: a surgeon. Growing up with one of New York City's most respected surgeons as a father made the dream feel less like a possibility and more like destiny. Saint Huxley is the kind of name people at Crestwood Academy know long before they ever meet him. As the son of the man behind one of the world's largest private banking empires, he should have been polished, disciplined, and respectable. Instead, Saint is reckless, volatile, and impossible to ignore. By day, he's the boy teachers keep an eye on and students know better than to provoke. By night, he disappears into the city's underground, stepping into illegal boxing rings where bruises heal faster than reputations. Eleanor has spent years staying as far away from Saint Huxley as possible. His reputation alone is reason enough, but the fact that he and her older brother, Rafe, can barely stand to be in the same room only reinforces the rule. The problem is that the line between hate and something else is a lot thinner than Eleanor ever expected.
Promises We Never Meant by booksbydiv
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One house. One twisted family. Anora Gray. She was...everything. She was a princess. She grew up in a wealthy family. Obviously, she had her own secrets, her own troubles, but she never let that affect her. Matteo Reed. Where do I even start? If it was possible, he would've walked with a bright warning sign. He was the disappointment of the family. The one who you never expected anything from. Anora once thought Matteo was her forever. Wild, reckless, and thrillingly unpredictable, he was everything she wasn't- and everything she thought she wanted. But danger and immaturity don't build a future, and when their love burnt out, she walked away, leaving him and the chaos behind. Months later, fate took an unexpected turn. She met Matteo's brother, Luca- the steady one, the kind one, the man who offered her the stability and tenderness she never knew she needed. Slowly, love blossomed again, this time safer, deeper... and lasting. Now, she's engaged, and a new life with his brother is only months away. But the past doesn't stay buried. To keep family peace, the boy she once loved- the same boy she left- is forced to help plan the wedding. With every shared moment, old wounds reopen, unspoken words resurface, and a dangerous question lingers: Did she really choose the right brother... or the safe one?
HIS FORGOTTEN WIFE  by lost_intranslation11
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[A MARRIAGE IN TROUBLE ROMANCE] [ON HOLD] Previously known as- DAYAREE Dheer Raiyanni was now a billionaire, but was he always? Dheer built his empire from the scratch when he has no one but the girl he loved and the money he lent from her father, chewing his pride. Money changes man But, can money change love? Vanika waits in silence, in love and at home that no longer feels like theirs. She watches him build skyscrapers while their marriage crumbles floor by floor. Dheer, still shackled by his old insecurities and buried pride, doesn't see the boundaries he keeps establishing in their once cherished relationship. Can two people who gave each other their everything, find their way back, before the boundaries trap them amidst its hold?
Mr BadBoy And I | COMPLETED  by mkayyxamyy
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» I'll play you like a toy; I'll kiss you like you've never been kissed before; I'll make you moan as loud as you can, and you will love it ≪ ◆ ◆ ◆ Impatient. Shy. Quiet. Fragile. Inexperienced. All these words describe only one person, Chantelle Richards. She was raised to be a good girl, to stick by the rules and to never get into trouble with either the law or people. She promise herself and her Dad and brother to always stay good and never get into trouble. She sets herself for her senior year of high school. But unfortunately, doesn't have a good start or year, when she curiously bangs into the towns rebel. Rebellious. Cocky. Trouble. Player. Dangerous. Sarcastic. All these traits add up to one person, Ace Martinez. His glaring eyes, his annoying smirk, his bold tattoos, his rough grips and deep mysterious voice. His actions and his amazing charm with the ladies. All had Chantelle worried and unsure about her safety. He was the devil's son, the son of a huge sinner. He was bad for Elle, everyone in the whole world knew it. Yet there was something there always pulling her in, not letting her go or leave the sinner. But why couldn't Ellie just leave him alone? Why couldn't he stop showing up, unexpectedly? One thing is for sure, once she finds out who he really is.. Love might of blinded her to much for her to leave. ©2017, Mkayyxamyy - Link for trailer is in my bio -
𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗬. by souldepiction
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River has finally built the life he once prayed for. Despite all he's accomplished, one prayer remains unanswered, finding the woman he's meant to spend forever with. When his Mother, Mayor Tempest, latest city project places him on a path that unexpectedly crosses with Tru's, River quickly learns that the life God has planned for him may be far greater than the one he envisioned for himself. A heartfelt urban romance about love, purpose, family, and trusting God's plan, even when it unfolds differently than you imagined.
𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙮 𝙑𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨 by TaurusInkBby
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Once upon a time, she wanted something soft. Something safe. But softness doesn't survive in the boroughs, and safety doesn't pay bills. So, she traded fairy tales for champagne rooms, heartbreak for hundred-dollar bills, and love for leverage. No man. No distractions. Just money stacked high enough to make the pain quiet. Then he walks in. Dark skin. Nice beard . Ice on his watch. The kind of presence that hushes a room without saying a word. He doesn't look at her like the others do. He studies her. She gives him the usual slow grind, whispered fantasy, fingertips teasing just enough to make him ache. It's business. It's always business. Until he doesn't slide the usual cash and let her go. He wants a day. Not an hour. Not a private room. A day. And the way he says it makes it sound less like a question... and more like a decision. Rumor has it he's the biggest kingpin in New York. Noemie built her empire on control. On never needing a man. On never letting one see past the body, past the performance. But this one? He sees the hunger. The ambition. The girl she used to be. Noemie has to decide: Is he her biggest payday yet... Or the beginning of the kind of love that costs everything?
His little swan 18 +) by stvraustray
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when young isabella is kidnapped by the mafia to repay her fathers debt with marriage to the dangerous Italian mafia don she makes it her mission to make his life a living hell for ruining hers. #Age gap #dominantxsubmissive #mafia romance
𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐔𝐬 by Ellemmiah
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(Completed✨) Layla Sterling came to Oceancrest College carrying her family's name and the pressure to make their new Sterling Coffee shop succeed in a town who hates outsiders. At first, things seemed fine, especially after she met Mason Demore, the charming local with a grin and a thing for making her laugh. But everything changes when they discover their families run next door rival cafés. Mason is the golden boy of Anchor's Roast, the heart of the town, and to him, Layla suddenly becomes the face of the outsiders threatening his home. To her, he's infuriating, stubborn, and impossible to ignore. What starts as a spark turns into a rivalry that burns through gossip feeds, fake smiles, and late-night arguments that feel a little too much like honesty. In a town where everyone is watching, Layla has to decide if protecting her family's image is worth losing the one person who makes her feel real. ________________________________ Tropes: ~College town / coastal setting 🌊 ~Rivals to lovers ☕️❤️ ~Slow burn 🔥 ~Small town gossip 🗞️ ~Emotional healing & self discovery 💡 ~Complicated families 🧑🤝🧑 ~no smut ❌
just tell me why by emilyhugo04
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Emily is a young, sunny, extroverted girl who lives her life peacefully between going out with her friends, school and work. But what will happen when she realizes that perhaps, deep down, after a long time, she is starting to like the boy she has only defined only as an acquaintance since childhood?
ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴅᴀʀ by niyafterdark
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"I love you Kieonna, I want you and only you."