Enemies to Lovers | Forced Proximity | Slow-Burn GL Charlotte Austin and Engfa Waraha have hated each other since they were kids. Daughters of Thailand's most powerful hotel empires, they've spent years trading insults, stealing each other's spotlight, and nursing old wounds from a gala night neither can forget. Now, their fathers have merged the families-and the companies-forcing the two heiresses to co-CEO a secret luxury resort relaunch in Phuket. Three weeks. One private villa. No escape. Charlotte, the ice-queen perfectionist, wants everything controlled and flawless. Engfa, the charming playgirl with a reputation that precedes her, wants passion, risk, and a little chaos. They clash over everything-from menus to secret bars to the very name of the resort. But late nights, stormy days, and forced proximity have a way of melting walls. One kiss changes everything. Suddenly, the girl you hated becomes the one you can't stop wanting. But with paparazzi lurking, family expectations looming, and old insecurities rising, can two women who've spent a lifetime pushing each other away finally learn to pull closer? A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers GL romance about trust, vulnerability, and finding love in the last place you expected. #GL #EnemiesToLovers #ForcedProximity #HeiressRomance #SlowBurn #ThaiGL

She was ice wrapped in cruelty. She was sunshine hidden behind steel. When Engfa Waraha, the city's most ruthless fixer, collides with Charlotte Austin, the mafia princess who refuses her legacy, their world ignites. Bound by secrets, separated by blood, and drawn together by a force neither can control this isn't a love story. It's a war. And in war, everyone bleeds. What happens when fire meets ice? When the girl with everything to lose meets the woman with nothing left to save? Tropes: Enemies to Lovers | Mafia Romance | Slow Burn | Forbidden Love | Touch Her and Die | Morally Grey Characters Warnings: Violence, mature themes, emotional intensity, morally complex characters

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION The Bro Code says to leave no bro behind... But what happens when you have to choose between love and friendship? ***** Nick Maguire would never betray his best friends, Carter and Austin, by breaking The Bro Code, and he knows they'd never do that either. They've got each other's backs. That is, until Carter's sister, Eliza, returns from Australia. Unfortunately, Eliza is basically incredible, and Nick almost immediately falls head over heels. The two begin to form an undeniable bond that crackles with electricity - and spells a whole lot of trouble. Nick is about to find out that codes are made to be broken. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

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

Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance? *** In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]

SAMPLE ONLY! CHAPTER TAKEN DOWN ON JUNE 29, 2020. BOOK RELEASE ON JULY 19, 2020. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND KINDLE. ~ "I've never been ignored in my life. You're seriously testing my temper," he said with his jaw clenched. I sat there immobile, keeping my face as impassive as I could. "You were the one who started asking unnecessary questions." Unlike all the other girls in the city, Andy Peterson is not one to drool over guys like that popular bachelor, William Maxwell aka Mr. Mogul, no matter how filthy rich, devilishly handsome, and irresistibly sexy he may be. She knows their ilk, and she's not going to fall for their tricks. She doesn't have time for it period. But it seems that fate would have her make time for it, as Andy discovers she's actually working for the last person she'd ever want to work for-Mr. Mogul himself a Wattys2014 Talk of the Town winner! Copyright © 2015 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.

SAMPLE ONLY! CHAPTERS TAKEDOWN ON AUGUST 12, 2020. "I'm having second thoughts about going with him, about this relationship, about him." By some weird turn of fate, Any Peterson is now dating her former enemy, the ever so arrogant but oh-so-handsome bachelor William Maxwell. While every other girl would jump at the idea of having the richest man in the city as a boyfriend, Andy would rather opt-out - if only she had a choice. Needless to say, she felt like kicking herself at first. William Maxwell, Mr. Mogul, is a changed man. Now a happier, kinder, and less arrogant version of himself, he's all the more determined to capture Andy's heart. He is living proof that persistence goes a long way. Getting Andy to agree on dates is no easy feat - at least not if you threatened to fire her ass the first time you met. Just when Andy starts falling for William's charms, unwanted persons from their past resurface, and paparazzi corners the left and right. Can naive, country girl Andy handle the public scrutiny? Will William ever earn Andy's full trust? Even better, will this awkward relationship go into full bloom, or will the circumstances nip that little romance in the bud? This is a sequel to Meeting Mr. Mogul. Read this rollercoaster love-hate romance of Andy and William. Copyright © 2015 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.