I cannot stay here long. I have stayed too long already. The town has started to know my shape. Her father knows my strength. Marcy knows my silence. Petals knows my face well enough to draw it. That is danger. A smart man leaves before roots form. A weapon does not grow roots at all. "What do people call you?" she asks softly behind me. Subject 249. Asset. Animal. Monster. The Russian word one guard used before I broke his jaw. A memory of a black-haired man snapping something over my shoulder with blood on his hands. Mikhail. Alexei. The name Alexei sits somewhere deep, but it is not reachable. Not fully. It feels like a locked door. It feels like a man who died at twenty-one and left me wearing his bones. I cannot give her that name. Not when I do not know if it is mine. Not when saying it might wake things that should stay asleep. So I choose the one I have used at the docks, the one written on no paper, the one old fishermen can pronounce without questions, the one that feels borrowed enough to abandon. "Nicholas," I say. Her voice is careful. "Nicholas." My hand tightens on the curtain. The name sounds different in her mouth. Less fake. That is dangerous too. "Nicholas," she repeats, softer this time, like she is testing the shape of it, like she is sketching it in the air. I let the curtain fall and turn back toward her. She is watching me with tired eyes, frightened but curious, still in pain, still too cold, still too beautiful for the small room. Every time I look at her, the plan changes. That is the problem. Before the store, I was leaving before deep winter. Before the drawing, I was leaving within a week. Before the snow, I was leaving tomorrow. Now she is here, wrapped in my blanket, her ankle in my bandage, my name in her mouth, and tomorrow feels impossible in a way I do not understand.

~𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐛 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬~ "I'm Harley Quinn, nice to meet cha!" #1 in futa #1 in Psycho Started: September 6th, 2021 Ended: January 26th, 2022

Esme Alarie did not mean to fall into the hands of Vivian Thorne...but she did and there was no regret #1 in Vampire 01/11/2026

Short love stories of BWWM of forbidden and rival love stories. (18+)

Seraphina Esposito is a mafia queen.. cold, ruthless, untouchable. At twenty-five she rules an empire built on fear, wielding power like a blade and believing feelings to be nothing but weakness. Love, family, softness.. those are luxuries she's burned out of herself. Or so she thought. Then comes Elowen Morgan. Beautiful. Too emotionally intelligent. Kindhearted. Too pure for a world like hers... and yet, impossible to ignore. With honey-brown eyes that see too much and a quiet defiance behind her smile, she unsettles everything Seraphina thought she knew. Seraphina doesn't do love. But desire? Obsession? The urge to claim what should never have been hers? That, she can't seem to resist. What happens when a woman who feels nothing meets the one person she can't stop feeling?

A story of heartbreak, healing, and the love you never saw coming. Zarra Reynolds had it all figured out-until the man she trusted most shattered her world. After eight years together, James Moseley wasn't just her partner-he was her friend, her lover, her future. But when he suggested opening their relationship, Zarra's heart whispered no... and her instincts were right. One night changed everything. Blindsided by betrayal, Zarra stumbles-literally-into a stranger in a stairwell while trying to escape the wreckage of her love life. He's sharp-tongued, stoic, and unexpected. But behind that steel gaze lies someone who sees her in a way James never did. Now, on the verge of her 50th birthday, Zarra is forced to start over. Between therapy sessions, painful memories, and quiet mornings alone with her coffee, she never expected to feel anything for anyone again. But that stranger? He keeps showing up in her thoughts, in her life, and maybe, just maybe, in her heart. What if the love that heals you comes after the one that broke you? For fans of second chances, slow burns, and fierce women who choose themselves first.

"You are my first, only and last love. And I'll never letting you out of my sight." Jules finds herself in trouble when she snitched on a gang that had killed an innocent man in Italy. She then found that she has just pissed off one of the most powerful man: Leone Monte, the leader of the Sicilian Mafia! Despite how ruthless man is by , keeping her in Italy, Jules's life is spared. However, Jules will have to agree to be the mafia's leader arm candy for the purpose his own personal gains until he will let her go home. As time goes on, Leone desire for Jules grows and his desperation for her bubbles form the surface. Jules will have to find a way to survive under the mafia's clutches.

Carla has never had a boyfriend and she hates all the days of the week, especially Tuesdays. She wakes up grumpy every day and believes she's therefore unlovable. But, one Tuesday morning spent in Dante's presence and she wants to believe otherwise. He's straightforward, albeit a bit rude, tells her she's beautiful in a sultry Spanish accent, and he knows how to cook. Carla doesn't know it yet, but on this fateful Tuesday, she will learn what it means to truly live, love, and cry. All in that order. Dante has a dangerous past and she's about to partake in the most epic battle of her young life. • • • • • He suddenly grabbed the sides of my face with his hand, fingers squeezing into my cheeks until my lips parted like a fish. He turned my head to meet his glare. "Shut your fucking mouth, cariño. Or should I use my cock to help you? You are full of backchat and it's causing my Spanish blood to boil." "Shut me up then," I gritted. "I'm starting to wonder if your threats are real." • • • • • COMPLETED [Mature] "I love this book 😩" @LuvBlackwomen "Miss author, you eat up EACH AND EVERY chapter 👏🏾👏🏾!! You really put ur whole bookussy into the details and descriptions 😫😫" @kittyxxxtravaganzaa "At this point saying I love this book is just stating the obvious. Definitely going in the favorite list." @hereforthesuperb This is book one in the Daybreak series. Add it to your library and never miss a bonus chapter. © 2022 Lady Altagracia. All rights reserved.

[ COMPLETED ] Elijah West and Aliyah Pryce have something in common: They have both been hurt before. Aliyah Pryce plans weddings. That's one thing she was absolutely sure about doing. She loved the idea of love so when she plans an amazingly beautiful wedding, she expected for it to go to plan. Except, the groom just so happens to be her ex-highschool sweetheart and the bride happens to be her highschool best friend. An orthopedic surgeon, Elijah West has gone through his life at one hundred miles per hour, no breaks and no time-outs. He's also recovering from a break up with his long-time girlfriend, Gianna Williamson. That's how he ends up at the bar down the street from his apartment, a glass of whiskey in hand and a beautiful woman sat beside him. They're both, immediately, thrust into a world of confusing emotions and complicated feelings. But you know what Jordin Sparks says, One Step At A Time. COPYRIGHT © MIDNXGHTSUN 2020

"Do you fear me?"he asked "No"I said calmly "You know I'm the most dangerous man in country"he said arrogantly. I looked at him and said "My mother taught me never to fear no one but God." 20 year old Emerald "Emmy" Jackson takes a once in a lifetime trip to Italy where she wants to explore the romance capital of the country Florence what happens when she meets a handsome cold man. Dangerous mafia leader 27 year old Frediano Benza never loved anything and anyone barely even his own family until he meets his chocolate queen in his hometown. **BOOK HAS SOME SPELLING AND GRAMMAR ERRORS!!** ********* UNEDITED!!*********