"Really, you can make your own decisions? You are a very attractive woman, who is drunk and alone in a bar. You know how easily you could be taken advantage of," He starts to step towards me, "You know how many men want what's mine," I step back with every step he takes in my direction. I soon find myself caged in his arms against the wall. Deja vu much? "You were in the room for a second and all those disgusting men were eye fvcking you." My breath hitches. Our position and his words cause a blush to heat up my cheeks. "Well they can't touch you. Only I can touch you." ~~~~~~~~~~~ After a few years of marriage Isabella decides it best to pack up and leave. Her husband Aiden Jackson isn't the same person he was and neglects her to focus on his blooming business enterprise. Isabella knows his work makes him happy but she also know she isn't happy with this lifestyle. So she decides to pack up and leave while he is working. Aiden is heart broken and regrets letting her leave his grasp. He vows to find her and make her his again. Now a few years his business has grown and he also has one of the most deadliest reputations in the underground mafia world. And now that he has enough power and influence he is going to reclaim what is his and never let her go.

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

In the desert, an instant turns life into death and hate into love. In the desert, everything is different. Boundaries break down, and you find yourself doing things that you would never, ever have imagined. Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier? WINNER of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD in the Wattys 2016 Sequel to Robert Thier's #1 Hit 'Storm and Silence'