Rory Costa knew two things with absolute certainty. One, she hated her mother and two, her home town was not going welcome her back with open arms. Not after she left it behind. Not after she left behind everyone she cared about. Her family. Her friends. Her boyfriend. Now, two years later, she's back to where it all started. She wanted nothing but to get through senior year with no problems, but problems always had a way of catching up to her- whether she wanted them to or not. [don't read this if you're looking for something cringe-less and amazing bc it's not. it's a mess. please, i'm begging you. you've been warned] cover by bayports

She came to South Grove to disappear. He never expected she'd be the one thing he couldn't ignore. After fleeing an abusive marriage, Lily Carrington has reinvented herself in the quiet beach town of South Grove, North Carolina. With a new name, now Ellery Townsend, a secluded cottage by the ocean, and a dream of opening her own bakery, she's determined to build a life that's finally hers. No past. No lies. No one looking too closely. Cash Connolly is a grumpy, guarded CPA with no patience for complications-and no shortage of women trying to change his mind. But when a quiet, stubborn baker walks into his office needing help with her books and pretending she knows what a profit and loss statement is, she throws off his rhythm in all the wrong ways. And maybe all the right ones. But Ellery's past isn't finished with her. As sparks fly and trust builds, the truth she's worked so hard to bury comes back with a vengeance. And when the man she thought she escaped finally finds her, it will take everything-including the one person she never expected-to protect the life she's just begun to believe she deserves.

An age-gap forbidden romance between a lawyer and her father's best friend-the one man she was never meant to love. ❄️ Snow Noelle Season was born to win-Harvard Law star, rising associate at New York's most ruthless firm, and the daughter of a legal legend. But when she walks into her first lecture, she's blindsided by the man at the podium: Henry McClean. Her father's best friend. Her lifelong mentor. Now, her professor. He's twenty years older, brilliant, untouchable-and the one man she's sworn never to want. But late nights at the firm turn boundaries into temptation. Every sharp word, every stolen glance, every impossible command blurs the line between duty and desire. Snow has a fiancé. Henry has a wife. Both have everything to lose. In the city where ambition is currency and love is liability, how far will they go before the first rule they break is each other? ⚠️ Content Warning & Disclaimer ⚠️ This story explores a forbidden romance between a married man and his best friend's daughter. It includes themes of adultery, secrecy, betrayal, and complicated power dynamics. Please note: • This is a work of fiction written for dramatic and emotional exploration. • I do not condone or romanticize infidelity or affairs in real life. • The choices these characters make are flawed, messy, and human-but not meant as an example to follow. This book is intended for mature readers (18+). Reader discretion is advised.

[COMPLETED] There are two things you can count on in a small town, bad weather and boys who can make your heart thump faster than a horse's hooves 🌻🌻🌻 Beatrice was used to her relatively quiet life, but then she met Keaton and her life flipped upside up. Smiling came easier, laughing felt smoother. Being with him was easy. Until it wasn't. For 3 years, Beatrice had managed to keep her secret to herself. Perfectly content with the life she was leading, away from Keaton, and away from Coaster. But when her mom gets injured, Beatrice must face her long lost love and decide once again how things are going to work out. 🌻🌻🌻 My beautiful cover was made by ABrunetteGirl here on Wattpad! Status: Completed Sequel: Sins of the Father

❝ You gave me a reason to keep going when I didn't want to❞ - She was powerful. He was unstoppable. Together they were a force to be reckoned with. Fem OC x Johnny Storm (Fantastic Four: The First Steps)

Book 1 As the adopted daughter of one of Switzerland's shipping magnates, Mia agrees to a marriage of convenience meant to secure a powerful alliance. What begins as a strategic union slowly becomes something deeper until her stepsister returns and cracks start to appear. One overheard conversation threatens to destroy not just her marriage, but the family she fought to belong to. Book 2 Mimi Vollenweider never meant to fall for the two men in her life. Growing up side by side, their bond was filled with laughter, memories, and moments that became something more. Now, as adults, the stakes are higher. Both men are loyal. Both see her. And both are waiting. Between love and danger, Mimi must decide, even though choosing one might mean losing the other forever. And sometimes, the heart does not speak in clear answers. Book 3 Leon and Liam Vollenweider were born into legacy. The heirs of a shipping dynasty that built half of Europe's trade routes, they now command an empire their parents once ruled. Ruthless in business, magnetic in presence, they move through Zurich's elite with effortless control, their bond unbreakable and their desires aligned. Carla Choithram belongs to a different world of privilege. The daughter of a family of billionaires, surgeons, and scholars, she carries the mark of rebellion that her name cannot hide. To her family, the Vollenweider twins represent everything forbidden. To Leon and Liam, she is the one thing rare enough to share. When their worlds collide, passion ignites and lines blur between loyalty and desire. After all, in their world, who would dare love two men and risk becoming the scandal everyone whispers about?

Avery Argent has her life together and she's thinking if she should continue being a hunter with her father Chris Argent or go off to college and be a normal teenager even though she's not exactly a normal teenager since everyday after school she fights supernatural creatures that lurk in beacon hills but what she didn't know was that the supernatural creature she had to fight this time was a teenage boy with a pretty face and amazing hair that was the devil in disguise but what caught her off guard the most was that she had discovered that she has feelings for him so she hid them away and pretended they weren't there Will these feelings be hidden forever? Or will she come undone and tell him? The story of Theo Raeken the devil and Avery Argent the stubborn girl "We both know you like me, even if you hide it" -Theo Raeken "Shut up Raeken" -Avery Argent

➸ in which Evelyne di Marco falls in love with her fiancé's best man who proves to be a formula 1 driver ❝ before you came into my life, I missed you so bad ❞

Liam Smith is in Texas for the funeral of a fallen comrade. He proudly serves his country and would do anything for a fellow Marine. What he doesn't expect is the beautiful blonde sister his friend left behind. She's classy and strong, but he can see right through her brave facade and into her wounded heart. Juliet Pines hates seven letter words. She's been hurt by them too many times in her eighteen years. She's barely holding it together at her brother's funeral when an attractive Marine catches her eye. He might be charming and a temptation that would be hard to say no to, but at the end of the day he is still belongs to the Marines. Liam offers to help Juliet carrying out her brother's last request, putting the two of them in close quarters for an epic road trip. Can he show Juliet that not all seven-letter words have to be so painful? He's hoping he can burn up her seven-letter list with a little passion and a whole lot of romance.

'I don't like that falling feels like flying 'till the bone crush' As the reigning victor of the 65th Hunger Games, Finnick Odair is no stranger to adoration and attention. But when he finds himself inexplicably drawn to Genevieve Coppergrove, district four's female tribute and his own protégé.