~complete~ Charlotte is as sweet as a strawberry. She's the kind of person who will drop everything just to help you, just to put a smile on your face. She's as sweet as the sugar that constantly runs through her bloodstream, and as excitable as the rush that comes with it. And then there's Benjamin, who's as sour as a lemon. The last thing on this Godforsaken planet he wants to do is acquaint himself with her. While Charlotte is kind and caring, he's rude and vulgar, while she's friendly and innocent, he's crass and mean. So how in the hell is that going to turn out?

After unknowingly saving a mafia boss from a botched bank robbery, Kiara accepts an offer to work for him as a translator, not realizing love may become part of the package. ***** Though Kiara Payne may be a genius when it comes to languages, what she knows of the real world largely comes from books and movies. But after foiling a robbery on her first day as a bank teller, Kiara finds herself thrust into a world of danger, her life resting in the hands of the infuriatingly sexy Italian mafia boss Milo Di Vaio. In exchange for her safety, Kiara agrees to serve as Milo's translator, accompanying him across Europe as he tries to clean up the mess his late brother left behind and save the reputation of the Di Vaio crime family. Cold, ruthless, and sinfully beautiful, Milo is hard to resist but even harder to love. As tensions rise and secrets are spilled, Milo and Kiara are both forced to question everything they thought they knew. Does love outweigh loyalty? And if so, is it worth dying for? [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes and violence

To create. That's what Gianna Alexie wanted to do ever since she was a little Gia. After graduating college, the woman vowed to create a book for the world to love, though she knew she'll be needing help. Help came in the form of her mentor, Keenan Travino, a man more than a decade her senior with thin patience, a love for cigarettes and bourbon, and as many issues as the clever tricks up his sleeves. - COMPLETED BUT UNEDITED - 1ST DRAFT - PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE

"So... you don't tutor, huh?" • • • Fate has a funny way of being a bitch. Cassandra Berry thought she was done with a certain mathematical genius, after having just spent one whole summer in his alluring, pleasurable company. When time ran out and reality snapped back, however, all she was left with was a broken heart and a scholarship to a prestigious college. Now, months later, the last person Cassandra expected to walk into her college was the very same man she left behind last summer. The same man who swore on one solemn thing in his life; that he would never tutor. The same man now destined to be her new professor. As time progresses and schemes, secrets, and old friends and foes alike come out to play, it wasn't hard to predict that things other than numbers wouldn't add up. - Even to a mathematical genius. *This book is a sequel to The Mathematician and cannot be read as a stand-alone. But whatever, it's up to you, do what you want.

Warning-Rated Mature 18+ There is no such thing as a perfect marriage, every marriage has its ups and downs. Aubrey and Cruz Garcia will soon learn the honeymoon phase doesn't last forever. When they hit a rough patch, he feels it's best for him to go out -of- town on a business trip to New York. One evening, feeling frustrated and angry, he goes to the hotel bar, he will learn what a bad idea it is to involve alcohol while feeling frustrated and angry. When a beautiful and mysterious woman catches his eye, he starts up a conversation that leads the two of them up to his room. It doesn't take long until their clothes are being ripped off and tossed onto the floor. Never in his worst nightmare could he imagine a few months after being back home to work things out with his wife, his worst nightmare will show up wanting more of him. Him being married having a family means nothing to her. Her primary focus is getting what she wants, and she wants him at all costs. When he learns about her horrifying and disturbing secret, it shakes him to his core. He realizes his entire family is in danger, and it's all his fault. A disturbed mind never allows for empathy or compassion- It can't be reasoned with, and it tends to live in its own twisted reality. Second Best Title-THE DARKNESS OSCAR'S AWARDS Second Best Blurb-Blue Awards

Ambrose. The name is not only feared, but shunned and reviled. He's a monster sentenced to a life of desolation and loneliness, and no one but his tormentor knows his whereabouts - at the bottom of the ocean. A creature of the sea cursed because of one simple mistake... Mari. Her life was a small happy bubble until it's popped by the finding out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her - just as the cruise ship she's on starts to sink! She's sure that death is near until she drowns upon an underwater cave...and a hulking man with swirling eyes. Seeing a chance to escape, Ambrose forces the terrified Mari to help them both, but not before ultimately changing her life...and her legs. Their worlds turning upside in the matter of minutes, Ambrose is on a mission to clear his name and Mari's on a mission to return to land. But how can she do that when she slowly starts to fall for the dangerous, damaged man who only wants to be free...and heal her own heart in the process? THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE

Book 2 in the SCU Series. This is the sequel to "Stuck in the Middle." Gabrielle Johansson's childhood best friends, Chris and Charlie Richardson belong to the most infamous mobster family in the world. Known in their underworld as the 'Blue Kaiser' and the 'Blonde Lycan' for their brutal and ruthless history, their ledger runs red with blood. Her Irish ex-boss, Michael Beaumont, runs one of the most elite and dangerous mobster family businesses the world has ever seen. With clients from national military all over the world, his weaponized drugs rival the nuclear bomb. And they're all in love with her. Did I mention that the Richardsons and the Beaumonts absolutely hate each other? After surviving a kidnapping from Australian BloodHound leader Liam, Gabrielle finally not only learns the truth about her friends and her boss, but even darker secrets about her past. She'll either cope with them or take them head on regardless of what the collateral damage is.

The first book in the SCU series! This is a reverse-harem book. ~ Love. Money. Success. Gabrielle Johansson has just attained all three as one of Los Angeles' most hard-working and successful young, black professionals who has just gotten her residential, is on her way to becoming one of LA's best surgeons, and is engaged to world-renowned artist Damian DuPont. All that seems to change when she gets a phone call that Steve Richardson, beloved friend of the family and father of her childhood best friends, Chris and Charlie, passed away. She takes time off from her job to help the Richardson's prepare the funeral arrangements. Upon her return back to rural Pennsylvania she is overwhelmed with memories of her childhood, family and friends. In an attempt to rekindle old friendships, Gabrielle is forced to face old buried feelings for the Richardson brothers and finds herself constantly succumbing to repressed desires. But what are her childhood best friends really hiding? She soon finds herself in the cross-hairs of a toxic feud involving intense violence, dishonesty, love, and unthinkable betrayal.

As he took one last step closer, his muscles made direct contact with every fragment of my body, and I could feel my skin become ten times warmer. "I shall keep my word for you, as a car is waiting down for you and a cloth change has been prepared." He placed his left hand beneath my chin, arcing it up slightly and running his thumb quickly over my lower lip in the process. "But prior to leaving," I felt his right hand shift at that, as it moved to make contact with my.. my bare thigh. Either his long and well-steeped index and middle fingers moved, tracing up the side of my thigh and beneath... his thin shirt... "I have one last task for you." ~~~~~~~~~ 'Pain re-creates humans; shaping them differently as they try to adapt to it.' They say. Suffering yet another shock following her parents' separation, Charlotte now has to pick her broken pieces again and move on with her life. She has developed even further aims now -besides living a loveless, peaceful and happy life, she wants revenge. Between family bond, friendship, and love, the young, innocent, and naïve Charlotte will struggle to achieve her new aim while trying to keep her position as the perfect secretary of the one and only Rickard Ellington Conway! Follow Charlotte in her final journey, delving into the depth of human bonds, and enjoy her story -Charlotte's Story. Book III of the Charlotte's Story Series. Trigger Warning: This story may contain scenes/content of violence, vulgar language, and sexual scenes that might be triggering to some audience. ©️ 2018 Athenas