❀ FEATURED ON WATTPAD'S EDITORS' PICKS LIST ❀ [The Closer is intended for readers with an appetite for the dark and sexy. Read at your own discretion.] "What about that no fucking colleagues policy, huh? The one you so haughtily rubbed in my face?" The way to wound my heart is through my pride. The bastard knew that. But the look in Hans' eyes told me this wasn't a game to get me all riled up. "If your office ethics involve you getting into Tim's pants, then why don't I get to play too?" His hands flew down to my legs, tickling the bare skin on my legs and shocking me into stillness when I felt him pull up the corners of my dress till they were bunched up at my waist. "You can't," I breathlessly whispered as he forced my legs apart. One hand sauntered up to my neck, resting at my collarbone while the other snaked between my legs, parting my thighs until he had all of me resting at the tip of his fingers. "Is this cause of him," he growled, his finger dipping into my heat just slightly, circling the entrance, "or me?" He sounded so needing, so deprived. It turned me on knowing that I was the one making him feel this way, that despite being the one thrown up against a wall, I had the ultimate power over this man. "It's...It's you." I gulped and met his eyes. "It's all you." ● What happens when an unstoppable, hard-hitting business woman meets an unmovable, chauvinist, and utterly exhausting heir to a multi-million empire? Disaster, of course. For Tris, Hans Castellan proves to be more than a challenge of the heart and of the body. For Hans, Tris Henderson turns out to be a woman worth fighting for, despite a rocky start and more than a few broken hearts. Then again, no one said closing this deal would be easy. ● © Beatrice Manuel, All Rights Reserved

| Highest rank #2 in Mafia | Currently Rewriting/Editing Feb. 2020 Rebecca was finally ready to start her life. She had just graduated from college, had a great job at the hospital in the city and a gorgeous apartment that was across the hall from her best friends. Everything was falling into place. When she goes out to celebrate and ends up drunker than she ever had been before, she is saved by the handsome and extremely sexy Vincent, son to the Capo, who takes her home. What will happen when she wakes up alone the next day. Will this be the typical one night stand?

Melissa Crawford thinks she's just a regular teenage girl. She goes to school. She has friends, boy problems, homework...you know, the typical teenage angst. But she couldn't be more wrong, for Melissa Crawford is not a mortal. Her adoptive mortal mother refused to give her up and hired a witch to erase the enchanting Faery child's memory, not realizing that things aren't that simple. You see, when she was a little girl, Melissa promised herself forever to her Leannan Sidhe (mate), a Fae Prince, and a promise to Fae is sacred. When the Fae Prince comes back to claim what's his, nothing will get in his way. "Mortals are so arrogant. So utterly narcissistic to think that they are the only intelligence in this world, to believe their realm is the only realm, their way is the only way. "Many of you believe us fairies only exist in little kids' fairy tales. We are so much more than that. We exist, living in the Realm just a blink away from yours. A few wrong turns in the park or the forest and you're there. We sometimes walk among you, and you're not even aware of it. Believe me, we exist. Across the globe, your kind calls us and our realm by different names...but as William Shakespeare once said- a rose by any other name..."

This is the 2020 Edited and Revamped version of The White Wolf. Vastly different after chapter one, and I am trying to update every Friday! ☽✣☾ Sydney Watkins is just an average girl trying to make her way through high school with her journalistic and artsy friends. When Sydney and her friends pull a prank on the lacrosse team to commemorate their senior year, Jaycen Ward's attention is suddenly locked on her. Searching for her missing phone in the forest, Sydney is confronted by a mysterious stranger. After biting her and leaving Sydney for dead, she could not prepare herself for the world wind of chaos she was about to be pulled into. ☽✣☾ Jaycen Ward is a not so average guy. He is the soon to be alpha of the Red Mountain Pack, one of the most well known guys in school, the captain of the lacrosse team, and he's just found his human mate-Sydney Watkins. The only problem is, well she's human. That's until he finds one of his sworn enemies has bitten her, triggering a war between his army of rogues and Jay's pack. ☽✣☾ Now together Sydney and Jay have to stop their enemies from not only destroying Jay and his pack, but Sydney too. Together they have to defeat a crazed wolf and his followers, while building up their new found relationship as friends first, let alone mates, as well as run a pack, and help Sydney adapt to her new life as a... ☽✣☾

Let's pay a game of whose life is worse. Yours or mine? And I can guarantee I will win. Having to be on the run from your mate is one of the hardest things I have done. Turning my back on friends just to protect the two people that mean the world to me. Plus having a secret identiy. Lying to people about being royalty. It even goes so far that I'm in a feud with my brother who hates my estranged mate which by the way he wants nothing more than to see him killed and will do anything necessary. Even start another war, which we barely survived the last one. Ian's Army is big, but Mason's is bigger. A mixture of hybrids and vampires is nothing more than a massacre. To add on to the chaos my son is technically the rightful owner of the throne and has to fight my brother for it. Not to mention y daughter is part vampire and could possibly be a leader to them. But it's ok. I'm handling it. Going to need a bottle of the strongest alcohol you have. Mom of the year definitely goes to me.

As Rose struggles to escape her past, she realizes she can never do so with her son as the ultimate reminder of the rejection and pain she tries to forget. As she tries to lead a life for both of them, she is suddenly forced to face Nick Rollins again, the handsome and fierce alpha that crushed her innocent heart. She doesn't trust him, but as danger lurks, he's the only one who can keep them safe. Is the mate bond enough to save them or will pride cause them to face their biggest fears yet? NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON FOR PURCHASE! The Alpha's Unknown Son: A Shifter Romance https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086HSR4NZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_c2lHEb1QFW16H

Little did he know, her flame couldn't be put out. And little did she know. . .Cristiano always won. ************************************************ Ruthless, cold-hearted Cristiano Russo is out for revenge. He thought she'd fall like a ripe peach into his hands. He'd even planned on it. Nothing and no one was going to stop him from crushing her. His thirst for revenge was too great, vowing to use her heart against her, use her for his pleasure and discard her like damaged goods-broken and disgraced. But what he didn't expect was a burning spit fire that fought him every step of his deceitful plan to ruin her. Jasmine St. James thought he felt the instantaneous connection and the sparks fly as soon as they met during her sisters magical, fairytale wedding. But behind his smooth Italian accent, and charming exterior, she soon discovered Cristiano was a devil in disguise. After a heated, humiliating exchange of words, and her hate for him burning like an inferno inside of her, Jasmine returns to her busy life in England full of outrage, confusion, and wounded pride hoping never to set eyes on his rugged, handsome face ever again. Unfortunately, her problems haven't even begun as he materializes out of nowhere, taunting her at every corner, constantly reminding her of his presence and giving her a taste of hell. And she soon finds out it's all because of her playboy brother Zayn and the mile-long, string of panties and broken hearts he's left behind. Will Jasmine be strong enough to tame the flames of Cristiano's revenge? It's said, there's honor in revenge. It's also said, it isn't as sweet as it tastes. ***His Yasmina is a stand alone, although it's highly recommended you read the others in the series. *** Series spinoffs: His Duchess His Camelia His Hope

⭐️Romance Hot List: highest rank #20⭐️ She is shy. He is brave. She hides in the shadows. He lives in the spotlight. She wished for a fairy tale ending. He wants to grasp life by the horns. Stefan Steel-a former navy S.E.A.L., a hero, and every girls dream. He recently inherits his grandfathers vast fortunes making him one of the most popular, sought after, eligible bachelors in the country. One day he is approached to protect a girl, Camelia St. James. A threat, an enemy, emerges from the ashes to extract his revenge against the St. James family and the prime target is Camelia. Stefan goes undercover and names himself Kent. He changes his appearance and poses as her bodyguard until the threat is eradicated. She doesn't recognize Stefan although their paths have crossed countless times. And both of them are hiding their own secrets, secrets that may alter their destiny's. But nothing will prove quite as complicated as the potent attraction brewing between Camelia and her bodyguard. No matter how closed off she is like the delicate petals of the flower that represent her name, Stefan is determined to keep her safe and peel the many layers surrounding, Her heart...Her body...and Her soul. Will it be too late when she learns the truth? Will she have the chance at the fairy tale she secretly hoped for but never believed would come true? Or will the enemy hunt her down and get to her first? Always be careful what you wish for... Life's greatest lessons are learned at the worst times. Spin-off His Series: ***Can be read in any order*** His Yasmina His Duchess His Hope

Grief-stricken over the death of the boss who was like a father to her, Olivia Bailey is left to deal with the aftermath--the arrival of his dashing but estranged son, Pierce Alexander. But she can't stand him and he doesn't trust her. Will working for the new CEO remain to be an impossible task? *** Olivia Bailey might be plain and boring, but she's content with her current lifestyle, working for the kind but lonely old man who owns Alexander Corporation. But his untimely death flips her simple life upside down. Now, she must deal with his estranged son, the heir to his business empire, together with the growing feelings building up between them. Will Olive manage to bear the pressure and issues cropping up along the way--or is this too much to ask? Disclaimer: This story won The Wattys 2014 People's Choice Award. Cover Design by Ashley Marie Bandy