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Espresso Shot Through The Heart by -MilaSteele
-MilaSteele
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(12x featured) When alluring bad girl Natalie Holt is forced to be roommates with the sweet Mira Jung, neither of them expect the tension to brew into a steaming attraction. ********* Hot guys. Hot women. Endless tans at the beach. All at the fingers of one beautiful but notorious bad girl Natalie Holt. Her bed is never empty, and even though it's a different person every time, she prefers it that way. But when her third roommate-with-benefits ends horribly, her plans to save up enough money to open her dream dance studio might just go down the drain. So when Mira Jung, the girl whom she resents, offers a free room at her luxury condo, she has no choice but to accept it. Besides, even if Mira irritates her to death, she's still cute... and interesting. Sweet dancer Mira Jung is desperately looking for a roommate so she can be away from her overbearing rich parents. While they're paying for her condo, it was under two conditions: she can't live alone, and she can't live with a boy. With the clock ticking, she invites Natalie to extend her one-night couch surfing into a permanent roommate arrangement. Seems like the worst idea, especially when Natalie is like a roommate sent straight from hell who resents Mira from day one. But Mira is still drawn to Natalie's alluring aura... because she's too damn hard to resist. What if Mira is exactly the right dosage of sweet espresso that Natalie needs? Featured by: @Romance (Serialized Spotlight, LGBTQIAP+, Enemies-to-lovers) @Humor (Romantic Comedy, LGBTQIA+ Humor) @ChickLit (LGBTQ+, Diverse, Romcom, 18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With) @Ambassadors (Hot Encounter, Reads) @LGBTQIAP+ (Hot Encounter Experience) Cover by me
I Walk the Line ♤ (gxg) by complexcrimson
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She remembered her scent. It seemed to verify her aura. Her scent was cherry Coke and cigarettes. The latter one was passed onto her, especially after she had handed her her first cigarette only three months ago. Three months was all it took for her to develop that bad habit, but it wasn't the first nor the only one she developed in that period of time. Now she laid on the roof where she had smoked her first cigarette three months ago, and she glanced over at the full can of cherry Coke sitting on the concrete next to her, almost as if it were mocking her. A dull ache formed in her heart, a hollow, resounding ache that penetrated her deepest core. The sudden burning sensation in her fingers made her realize that the cigarette was burned to its very end, and maybe so was she. -♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤- August is attending Cornell University as a creative writing major, and while at a college party her friends dragged her to much to her dismay, she stumbles upon a gang in an alleyway and sees something she shouldn't have. With her life now in danger, she has to deal with the consequences of that night-which includes the leader of the Blue Porcelain gang, Willow, a tall and brooding woman whose green eyes would put the girl in more danger than being caught in a spiderweb of New York gangs ever could. [tw: violence, sex]
The Persistence of Memory by ScarletteDrake
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A married writer begins a passionate and destructive affair with a tortured artist, not knowing he has loved her since they met thirteen years ago. ***** Eloise Airens sat as a model for an art class thirteen years ago, where a damaged young artist, Aidan Foley, fell in love with her. For him, she was everything. For her, he was just a face in the crowd. But thirteen years later, Eloise's marriage is struggling and she ends up at Aidan's latest art show in New York. He's immediately drawn to her as he's never gotten over his obsession, and she's drawn to him because despite his pretentious art, only he can make her feel truly alive. Despite trying to save her marriage and stay true to her values, Eloise can't escape the pull of the talented, brooding, yet tortured Aidan Foley. Will she stay with the world she knows, or risk everything? And more importantly, will she do so before Aidan tells her about their strange past? [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
She-Devil by mahumwrites
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Carter thought he knew what he was getting into when he was hired as the secretary to cutthroat CEO Faith Becker. Romance may not have been on the agenda, but the line between business and pleasure seems to be blurring. ***** Eager to gain business experience before he takes over his father's company, and to learn from someone who will see him as more than a spoiled heir, Carter Pierce accepts a job working for the most difficult CEO in town. Faith Becker's reputation precedes her, and it's nothing good. Nicknamed the She-Devil of New York, Faith is known for her high expectations, and she's sure Carter won't meet them. But even as they drive each other crazy in and out of the office, there's a chemistry between them that's hard to ignore. Faith may be the most beautiful woman Carter has ever met, and Carter may be the one person who seems to understand Faith as more than a tyrant boss, but romance is completely off the table. After all, they hate each other...don't they? [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos
I Hate You Too by cammie_grace
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When Dallas Cooper stages a fake relationship with her enemy Amara Singh to get revenge on their exes, the last thing she's prepared for is their feud-ridden hatred turning into love. Standalone in the Sunset Scandals series *** Dallas Cooper hates Amara Singh. After their infamous feud over volleyball captain, she'd do anything to avoid her arch-nemesis. So when she's dumped by her first love, only to learn that her ex has moved on with none other than Amara's on-again, off-again ex-girlfriend, things feel like they can't get any worse. Except now Amara and Dallas have something in common. And with little risk and a lot to gain, they agree to a foolproof plan: pretend to be a couple to get revenge. As the unlikely duo spend time together, shocking the whole school with their picture-perfect romance, the line between ruse and real starts to blur. What happens when falling for each other is no longer part of an act? Will Dallas and Amara give in to their undeniable chemistry, or will their hatred-filled past and suspicious exes manage to tear them apart?
The Heartbroken Heartbreaker by SamMadison
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A painful breakup pushes Kyla Evans to get into a fake relationship with the person her ex-boyfriend hates the most: Seth Everett. But what will she do when the game starts to feel too real? ***** Seventeen-year-old Kyla has sworn off love. After getting dumped all too suddenly by her longtime boyfriend Cedric, she becomes convinced that people are never really who you think they are. So when notorious playboy Seth Everett suggests that Kyla fake date him to get back at Cedric, it seems like the perfect plan... as long as she doesn't end up falling for him. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions cancer, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Granted by crimson14
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* Sapphic / Girls' Love (GL) romance-fantasy book * Eris is an immortal being, forced to be a "genie" and grant wishes to humans in exchange for self-preservation while Dianna is an ordinary human woman, leading a busy but mediocre life. A deity's hand plays with fate as these two women meet each other and falls in love.
Montgomery Boarding School (GirlxGirl) by wantingtofly
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All Rosemary wanted was to receive the education she needed to secure a promising future. Not knowing she had just walked into the secret playgrounds of the elite, where they lived out their wildest fantasies. The last thing she wanted was to stand out from the crowd, but she also wanted nothing to do with the shenanigans. And worst of all? She had to deal with her new roommate, the notorious "it girl" who everyone worshiped. Somehow, becoming her full-time tutor and "babysitter". The job definitely didn't come easy when Violet tried every little intimidation to scare and annoy her away. Between the bickering and closeness, lines began to blur but could their stubbornness be bigger than whatever feelings had emerged? Behind the secretive walls, Montgomery was known for its parties, midnight getaways, and not so "legal-friendly" acts. Nothing compared to how it displayed itself to the public eye. Far off from being the most prestigious school as it claimed to be.
A Thousand Moments by AyaBanana530
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Alanna Sky Bauer was involved in a car accident 5 years ago that caused a great misfortune in her life. With everything going round and round and nothing changing, she gets tired of her life and decided to end it after 1000 moments. On her journey to finding the thousand moments, she encounters Astrid Summer Flores, everyone knew Astrid Summer, everyone's friends with Astrid Summer, everyone adores Astrid Summer, THAT Astrid Summer. In Astrid's attempt to persuade Alanna to give up counting those moments and live her life, she fails and decides to join Alanna in counting moments. The duo forms an unusual bond as their story progresses but what would happen after the 1000th moment? Will Alanna finally free herself from her misery or will they find a new path to venture on? TW// Mental Health
Blame It On Bad Luck (Camren) by manhattanProject
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Camila gets stuck with Lauren as a roommate in college and it kind of sucks. cover by @slothtato