The strip of non-tattooed skin fell from his neck down to the fly he unfastened. "Do I scare you?" "No." "I should." . . . After a salacious event makes her want to leave home, Mina takes a traveling nurse position as far away as possible: Tokyo. In a different country with a different name, lies protect her from her past. Placed in an apartment near a Yakuza base, she meets Ryuzo, an alluring and disillusioned member of the criminal organization. As the two grow closer, Ryuzo admits he is trying to free himself of his gang ties. Mina vows to help him, but when she discovers his true identity, she realizes she isn't the only dirty, dirty liar. . . . Content Warning: This story is intended for mature audiences only. This story contains frequent cursing, explicit sexual content, mild violence, and mentions of drug use.

He placed both his hard, and muscular hands over my upperarms, as he pinned me to the wall ─preventing me from moving. Questions shot my mind like a thousand bullets, and I shuddered fiercely. What... What was happening?! God! What's he doing?! An-And... here!!! In front of two-hundred Goddamned people!! He clenched his jaw, as he parted his lips, against mine, and spoke: "Resist me." ~~~~~~~ Charlotte Thorne; innocent, dreamy, and naïve, gets her life turned upside down after she decides to leave her parents' home and enjoy a new space of independence ─New work, new place, new relations, new... Employer ─None other than the business magnate Rickard Ellington Conway. Her story continues on as she dives into the cores of human bonds while she aims for a decent and peaceful life. Accompany Charlotte in her search for a 'loveless' life, and continue to enjoy her story ─Charlotte's Story. Book II of 'Charlotte's Story' Series. Trigger Warning: This story may contain scenes/content of violence, vulgar language, sexual scenes that might be triggering to some audience. ©️ 2017 Athenas

Taylor Vanessa Ryan. Her black leather jacket helps her hide her bruises, each one of them done by her father. She works at a bar as a dance teacher, just to gain cash to get away from her secrets. To get away from the world. All she wants is for everyone to leave her alone. Yet James McDaniels can't stay away from her. Specially when he's drowning in a deal that has to do with her. Bruises, Lies, Stalking, Cover ups, Parties, Hospital trips, Forests, Pole dancing, Running away, and Maybe just a bit of love... 《Carmen's body stopped struggling. The bubbles forming from her air stopped and the water became still. Fred stood there in shock. He was as afraid as me. And I was practically shitting my pants. Taylor let go of Carmen's head. Carmen's lifeless body fell to the concrete floor with a loud thump. Taylor's hands were red even after she wiped them on her shirt. She picked up the gun and kicked Carmen's lifeless body. She took a step towards Fred and I. But I feared my own safety. My gun pointed at Taylor. She stopped walking her face going pale. She looked at Fred then at me. Her lips slowly turning into her usual smirk. "Go ahead. Kill me babe. Shoot me, dead. That way we can both become murders and rot in hell along with everyone in this basement." She took two steps closer. "Stop. I don't want to hurt you." I whispered. 》

Newlywed twenty-two year old Rachel Winters believes she finally has it all . But when things take drastic turn Rachel will be left questioning everything and everyone around her . ***************** Cheated , Betrayed , abused , beaten , raped , homeless . Rachel has been through all . Now she is left with two choices . To mourn over everything she could not have and everything she had lost or turn her back towards all those who wronged her and live for herself for the very first time. With three people desperate for her forgiveness , a crazy stalker and some amazing new friends in her life Rachel has so much to more to explore before she sets herself free.

(Undergoing another rewrite [even the rewrite is. Going to try and publish this]) What would you do if someone said they were dating you when you weren't? What if that person was famous? What would you do to handle the situation? What happens if that someone offers you something you have always wanted? Amy Chambers never thought ruined party plans would lead her to trouble. After agreeing to let her sister through a party and change her style, their plans are quickly ruined by the arrive of their parents. When they head to the airport to pick them up, they find themselves stuck in a sticky situation with an international pop star named Jason Chae. Jason claims that Amy is his girlfriend and tries to get himself out of his own personal issues. Amy then goes to Jason and tells him to tell the truth about them not being an item. Jason gives Amy only two options and those options are: 1. Be his 'girlfriend' until he has everything settled. 2. She can try to sue him and risk losing in the court of law. Amy decides that since Jason is the one who lied, she doesn't have anything to lose but that is far from the truth. As Amy and Jason pretend to be a couple, things start to change. Things start to become complicated and their feelings for each other begin to change as soon as two people pop into their lives. All Amy knows for sure is that nothing good comes out of a lie.

Darren dropped the note addressed to the "Prince Charming wannabe" and announced "Well then Cinderella, I propose a game. If I win, you must come away with me. If you win, I leave and never return. The game itself is this: I have to find you."

Arius is the Prince of Egypt, the future Pharaoh. Everyone knows how great of a young man he is and he is respected by all of Egypt. However, he hates his father and because of this, his trip to becoming the next Pharaoh becomes a hundred times more difficult. Chione is a slave that works at the Pharaoh's palace. She has nothing, except for a loving grandfather who she was sadly separated from. But there is only one thing she wants, and that is to get back at the Pharaoh for killing her family. It doesn't take too long for these two people's lives to come together, and when they do, it doesn't take them too long to realize that they are breaking Egyptian laws and putting both their lives at risk. It is a forbidden love that could never last... For he is the Prince and she is merely his Slave.

Lizzie Henderson struggles to stay sane after her beloved Michael is murdered by a gang of patrollers led by her dear friend, Josiah Walsh. Unable to forgive Josiah for halting Michael's escape in such a brutal manner, and tormented by the thought of what he has done, Lizzie pulls away from him and focuses on educating the children Michael left behind. When her father dies, leaving her lonelier than ever, Lizzie accepts the courtship of her childhood friend, Derrick LaPoint, the son of a rich planter. Derrick charmed Lizzie at her first debutant ball with his easy conversation, graceful dance moves and fine clothing, but will marriage to Derrick brink Lizzie the companionship she seeks, or will it only compounds her problems? This book is the sequel to "Reckless Lives: A Tale of the Old South", and features many of the same characters, including Josiah, the hardworking sharecropper, Lizzie, the only child of a plantation owner, and Derrick LaPoint, the man who can charm just about any woman into bed. There is also Scarlett, the resourceful and ambitious field hand whom Michael married. And Patsy, the houseslave Mr. Henderson regards as a trusted adviser and friend, and who serves as Lizzie's mother. New characters include two courtesans, a traumatized houseslave, and a fieldhand who becomes one part of the first official interracial marriage in Horry County, SC.Follow the characters lives as they intersect and dovetail into each other, and as the unexpected consequences of their choices unfold.

Wild and willful Victoria Colton had only one desire: to go to Africa and travel the world in search of adventure. Disrupting her plans comes an ultimatum from her guardians, weary of Victoria's hoydenish ways. By the end of the London Season, Victoria must find a husband or her inheritance will be withheld. Finding himself in the same boat as Victoria, Gabriel Sinclair must find a wife or the Hawthorne title is passed to incapable relatives. Having spent half their lives detesting each other, they are now suddenly united with one common goal in mind: to remain unwed, even to each other.

When Katra was six years old her father married her to Arne. She grew up knowing his name and having flashes of him in her memories. Now he is back and ready to claim the child he left. Arne had returned from making new trade. His child bride is now grown and it is time to claim his bur. When Arne rides into the courtyard he is surprised to see the young child who showed promise of beauty grown into more then he thought could ever be. Arne is Jarl ready to claim his bride. A warrior ready to claim what is his. Katra is a princess. A shieldmadien. Arne has no idea of the fierce wife he will face. Yet in the forest there is a dark force that will the see the couple fall so that he may claim the shieldmadien as his. Will he win?