Morgan Ashford: I built Ashford & Co. from the ground up and turned it into an empire. Not through kindness. Not through compromise. Power is taken, and I took mine without hesitation. I expect obedience, demand perfection, and punish weakness. That's why my company thrives because in my world, fear keeps everything in line. Aleah Coleman: Graduating was supposed to be the start of everything. Instead, I'm drifting, searching for a job and a place where I belong. People say I'm too soft, too easy to take advantage of and maybe they're right. But one encounter can change everything.

Hazel Clarke is starting her first year of university majoring in english, after many past years of overcoming her mental health, books and literature was one thing that kept her grounded. She's never been confident in her own skin but new beginnings and new friendships may change this. Elizabeth Taylor cold, strict, secretive professor gets ready for her 4th year of teaching at willow university. Professing in English is hard but beth overcomes this by not letting anything or anyone cross her. Believing this is a usual year she keeps her head held high, until she meets Hazel who tests her ability to keep things professional. Hazel wants to know about her mysterious teacher, will she enjoy what she finds? What's Elizabeth Taylor's weakness? TW⚠️ mental health, age gap, self harm.

Lily Evans thought moving to a new city would mean freedom-a chance to finally stand on her own. Instead, she finds herself overwhelmed, thrown into the middle of a semester she can barely keep up with. Then she meets Professor Angelina Williams. Cold, exacting, and impossible to please, Williams seems to take a particular interest in Lily's every mistake. Their encounters quickly turn into a quiet battle of wit and will, neither willing to give in, neither willing to look away. What begins as friction becomes something harder to ignore-an attraction neither of them wants to name. So they don't. They set boundaries, keep it simple, keep it physical. No feelings. No complications. They said it meant nothing. Until it doesn't. #1 saphic #1 teacher #1 fxf #1 vibes #3 bitter (slowburn) (wlw)

Lucia never expected english literature to change her life. It was just another required class-another lecture hall, another set of deadlines, another professor she planned to quietly survive under. But then she meets her. Professor Vivienne Marrow. She's thirty-two and the kind of woman who speaks in perfectly measured sentences and looks at you like she already knows every mistake you've ever made. Strict doesn't even begin to cover her. Lucia is twenty, messy in all the ways Vivienne is not. Too curious. Too easily affected by a voice that says her name like it means something dangerous. She doesn't realise it at first, the way her thoughts linger too long after class, the way Vivienne's gaze always finds her in a room full of students. And she certainly doesn't realise she's falling for a woman who should be completely off-limits. But Vivienne notices everything and the more Lucia pushes forward, the more Vivienne begins to slip. Because some lessons aren't written in books. And some boundaries are only there until someone dares to cross them

"Bella's story is one of love, jealousy, and possessiveness. As she navigates a complicated relationship with two powerful and protective women, Freya and Lily, Bella finds herself torn between the affection of her devoted girlfriends and the meddling of those around her, including her best friend Lana. With her health at risk, Bella learns to stand up for herself and embrace the love that surrounds her-while keeping her heart and her boundaries intact." My 3rd 📝

"I don't really like your attitude, 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥." she says, her accent flowing like water through her words. "I didn't know we were on a nickname basis, 𝘝𝘢𝘭." I retort. She walks over to me, every step deafening. Fuck my ears are definitely heating up. Her hand finds my chin. "What's the matter? Cat's got your tongue? You can at least look at me." I swallow any feelings I was just feeling. Because I can't. I can't enjoy this. I smirk. "You sure do like touching me." I let my hand come up to her arm and slowly trail my hand down. Leaving goosebumps as I go. I stop at her hand and remove it from my chin and pull her closer to me. She leans over the desk I'm sitting at, our lips just inches apart. Her eyes flicker down to my lips and she bites her lip before licking them. My heart starts pounding in my chest. I lean in and her eyes flicker back to my eyes and she steps back. "Not a chance." she shakes her head. __________________________________________________________ Robin, known as bird, has a problem. She hates being alive. She's angry at the world for taking away her person. Her mom. And her last goal before she ends it all is to get through high school. However, one of her teachers is not making it easy, not at all. This year is her dreaded year. Last year of school and last year alive. How could her mind ever change? This book goes through the mental challenges of Robin and maybe an unexpected love forming? #1 in mommyissues

She hired Dahlia to take care of her kids. Not to crawl under her skin, not to make her feel again, and most certainly not to fall in love with her. Scarlett Romano, mother of two. A woman carved from ice. Cold, powerful, ruthless, and engaged to a woman who looks perfect on paper. A decision made for the sake of legacy, image, and the future of her children. Love? That's a luxury she gave up a long time ago. But then, Dahlia shows up like a crack in her perfect foundation. She's soft where Scarlett isn't. Bright where Scarlett is guarded. Her children have learned to adore her. And Scarlett- despite herself, begins to crave her. To need her. But Dahlia? Dahlia is breaking. She's unraveling. Because she was never meant to belong here. She isn't who she claims to be. She didn't take the nanny job for the paycheck, or the kids. She took it because her father is holding her brother's life over her head. She's not a nanny, she's bait. A spy. A pawn in a game she doesn't want to play. Planted inside Scarlett's home to find weakness, to expose secrets, and burn it all from the inside out. What she didn't expect was the warmth of the children. She didn't expect them to start feeling like hers. She didn't expect Scarlett's rare, shattering softness. And she sure of hell didn't expect to fall in love with the woman she was sent to ruin. Now, Dahlia's caught between two impossible choices. Between the family she's beginning to love...and the family she's so desperate to save. And if the truth ever comes out. She won't just lose her job. It won't just break hearts. It'll ruin everything.

When order meets chaos, what could possibly go wrong? Augustine Solaris thrives in chaos. Margaret Addison lives by order. When Augustine realizes the woman she can't stop thinking about is her psychology professor, curiosity turns into something far more dangerous. Between lingering glances, bold questions, and a tension neither of them dares to name, Augustine finds herself drawn to a woman who feels strangely familiar - and impossibly off-limits. Some attractions are unexpected. Some are irresistible. And some blur every boundary you thought you could keep.

Anita," her angelic voice calls to me. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Her soft, delicate hands caressing my face, sparkling green eyes grounding me from the dark past I wish I could forget. "You're safe, it's okay." I bring my hand up, running my finger over the mound of scar tissue. The constant reminder of that night. The raised bump covers the bullet fragment embedded in my sternum. She takes my hands as more thunder rumbles and tears roll down my cheeks. "Breathe Anita," she says in a soothing whisper. My lungs were burning with the need for air and it was then that I realized I'd been holding it. I take in a gasping breath and recall the first time my eyes met her green eyes. My sister had been lifted off me and my eyes opening had startled her. The first time she touched me gave me strength to hold on. I held her hand tight, trying to tell her what happened, but couldn't get enough breath to form words. Sitting in the present going through the same as I had five years ago. "They were all found, Anita. They can't hurt you anymore. It's just a storm. All the doors and windows are locked, the alarm is set. It's just you and me." "Will you keep the light on tonight, please?"

Gxg agegap mafia slow burn Barely eighteen and alone in the world, Linnet witnesses a brutal dockside execution by the infamous crime queen Ms. Donatello, and is taken into the heart of her deadly empire. What begins as captivity turns into twisted protection as Donatello secretly shields Linnet from the cartel's rising suspicions while maintaining a cruel facade to stay alive. For six months, Linnet becomes Donatello's hidden pet, servant, and handpicked protégé, trapped in a mansion built on violence. But beneath Donatello's cold authority lies a dangerous truth: she is an elite undercover agent, infiltrating the cartel from the inside for over a decade. As the cartel hunts for the "rat" sabotaging their drug operations, Linnet uncovers whispered threats, staged torture, and growing corruption closing in on them both. Donatello fights to dismantle the empire while keeping Linnet alive and in private, their bond deepens into forbidden affection. When the authorities begin to surround the cartel and the truth teeters on exposure, Donatello must choose between finishing her mission... or saving the only person she's ever let close.