Rule number one: Don't look at her. Rule number two: Don't cross the line. Staying in her father's guest house was supposed to be simple, but Frank is finding it impossible to keep his eyes off Nora. He watches the way she hides behind her clothes and tolerates a guy who doesn't deserve her. Frank knows he's out of line. He knows he's too old to fall into this trap. He just doesn't care anymore.

When Damage Control is hunting you for the technology you helped create, Spider-Man entrusts your safety to the last man you'd ever choose as a roommate: Frank Castle.

Working the night shift means Y/N is used to strange things happening after dark-but the mysterious man living across the hall might be the strangest yet.

New life in New York, Stellar knew that a fresh start away from London would start new opportunities, she would be more confident, more bold, more hardworking, more fun! And yet when she finds herself dragging emotional and physical baggage from back home, she meets her first challenge, and she won't be one to back down. - Jon, mechanic in Brooklyn, he's gone long enough in his life not trying to please anyone, how? Not letting anyone close enough, what's the point? He's very happy with how things are right now, mostly peaceful But when a very opinionated British girl needs his help a random night in New York, he wonders if he'll ever see her again, better not, that weird tightness in his chest when she speaks can't be good.

When she comes home for summer, the one man who makes her feel safe is the one she can never have-her father's best friend, Frank Castle. Older, scarred, and fiercely protective, Frank tries to keep his distance. But in the hazy heat of long summers and stolen moments, forbidden desire begins to unravel them both. A slow-burn age-gap romance thick with tension, tenderness, and dangerous temptation. TW: heavy smutt, swearing, alcohol, cheating mentioned, age gaps, sex, slight violence.

Was he always this undeniable ?, maybe he should have been considering he's your dads best friend yet something about him brings you to him every time .

For nineteen years, Annabella, known by everyone as Bella, grew up with two men she could always rely on: her father, Henry, and Zaack, his father's best friend... Ever since her mother passed away from cancer when Bella was only five years old, Zaack had always been there. Protective, reassuring, almost like a second father. Then, overnight, he left. Two years. A military mission classified as top secret. No calls. No explanations. During his absence, Bella went through the hardest moments of her life, and the person she needed the most was no longer there. Today, Zaack is finally back. But their reunion is nothing like what they had imagined. Between anger, wounds, guilt, and secrets, the years have changed everything... especially them.

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.

You, Y/N Brown, a 21-year-old girl, left your hometown Gatlinburg in Tennessee to live your dream life in New York as a brand manager. Now that you have been away for 4 years, you already have your own company with two big contracts. However, during an October morning, your mom is calling you. This call will change everything. Indeed, she is announcing to you that Asher, your beloved brother, has been missing since September. At this news conference, the world is crumbling beneath you, but you don't think twice and decide to come back to your hometown. For your family, for Asher, and to find him back. But it was without expecting the arrival of a police officer, Jon Bernthal, who would turn your life upside down. With his deep brown eyes and his impressive but attractive aura, Jon Bernthal will become a pretty important part of your life; as much in terms of relationship as for the mystery around Asher. Between strong emotions, revelations, unexpected love and tensions, Y/N does not expect what will happen to her upon her return to Gatlinburg. Or even the evolution of her risky and forbidden relationship with Jon.