When Evelyn begins her senior year, the last person she expects to see in her classroom is the mysterious woman she met while working at the diner. Ms. Hartley quickly realizes there's more to Evelyn's life than she lets on, and what begins as concern slowly turns into a bond neither of them expected. But some connections come with consequences-especially when they cross a line that should never be crossed.

Francesca Grey thought she'd finally escaped the perfect little town that never really knew her. Three years in Los Angeles taught her how to breathe again - how to be invisible, free, and entirely her own. But when an invitation arrives for her father's wedding - to a twenty-one-year-old woman she's never met - Frankie finds herself driving back toward the life she swore she'd left behind. What she doesn't expect is for the return to stir everything she thought she'd buried - memories of her mother, the weight of who she used to be, and the quiet ache of belonging she's never quite found. And then there's her. Someone unexpected. Someone who sees her in the way the town never could - not as who she was, but who she might still become. In a town where every face remembers her past, Frankie must decide whether home is a place she escaped... or a person she's just beginning to know.

Willow Cherrydale is the perfect definition of walking sunshine. Energetic, funny, always ready with quick joke. An ambitious girl with big dreams of an architecture carrier. Now in the final chapter of her academic studies at Columbia University in New York. Her current focus: Interior Architecture. Until the day she walks into the wrong classroom - or unfortunately, the right one. Professor Ashcroft's classroom isn't just a room. It's better known as a battlefield. Clinical, cold and infamous across campus, she's know as "The Devil in Disguise" or "the Ginger Executioner." In her course, you don't just have to master the material - you have to survive her judgment. Will Willow be able to break through the walls Ashcroft has built? Or will she become just another student crushed by the weight of that relentless judgment? [wlw] [slowburn] [professorxstudent]

Amara Monroè learned long ago that closeness comes with a cost. Her life is built on structure, silence, and the kind of distance that keeps old wounds from splitting open. Cold lectures, sharp rules, and an unapproachable reputation-it's easier to be feared than to risk being hurt again. Madison Laurent is everything Amara is not: bright, stubborn, endlessly sweet, and unafraid to argue her point until she's heard. She's the student who lingers after class, the one who meets Amara's cutting words with laughter, the one who sees through the walls Amara swore no one would ever breach. What begins as irritation turns dangerous, because Madison's sunshine feels too much like hope, and hope is the one thing Amara promised herself she could never afford. It's wrong. It's forbidden. Amara knows she should walk away. But Madison has a way of making even the darkest rooms feel like home... and Amara isn't sure she has the strength to leave.

Luna Aelia Robles had it all, beauty, brilliance, and the kind of poise that made people turn their heads. The eldest daughter of a powerful business magnate, she carried the name "Robles" like both a crown and a curse. When she entered Westbridge University, the country's most elite institution known for producing topnotchers in Law, Medicine, and other prestigious fields, students from across the nation dream of studying here, where brilliance is both a standard and a challenge. Aelia was determined to make her own name, to excel in Law, to prove that her achievements weren't built on her family's wealth. But fate had other plans. Fate takes an unexpected turn when Aelia crosses paths with Professor Gracie Green, the university's most sophisticated and feared woman. A brilliant mind, a multimillionaire, and a symbol of power and grace, Professor Green is as untouchable as she is intimidating. Her reputation precedes her cold, untouchable, and known for breaking egos as easily as she breaks hearts. Students whisper her name with both admiration and fear. What begins as a simple student-professor dynamic slowly unravels into something deeper, something neither of them expected. Underneath the tension, the sharp glances, and the unspoken defiance, a dangerous attraction starts to grow. As Aelia and Gracie find themselves caught between admiration and desire, both are forced to confront a truth they've long ignored, the confusion of wanting something society told them they shouldn't. In a world where perfection is demanded and appearances mean everything, desire becomes the most forbidden lesson of all.

Yeah not that one... Devin, a 21 year old repeated offender, is given two options after her last offense. Prison or therapy. With a painful and traumatic past following her dreams, she finds opening up to be the hardest thing she's ever had to do. But when court appointed to therapy as a "second chance", she finds herself falling hard and fast for her no nonsense taking therapist who just wants to help her. With trauma, pain, and an untreated bipolar disorder fighting her everyday, how will she battle the hurt and the need to just love within her...and will it be her downfall?

There are rules in Vale's classroom. Olivia's about to break every single one.

When ex-military and no-nonsense security expert YN is reluctantly recruited by retired bodyguard Julius to protect global icon Beyoncé during his leave, she expects a spoiled diva and a temporary headache. What she doesn't expect is the quiet bond she forms with Beyoncé's daughter Blue, the tangled power dynamics with Queen Bey herself, and the slow, burning tension that turns professional distance into something far more dangerous.

Azalia Gray can feel her insides being eaten alive. She's made the mistake of falling hard and fast for someone she's destined to not have. It feels wrong to crush on somebody not only twice her age, but also the mother of the toddler she nanny's. But don't fret Azalia, you're not the only one struggling with irrepressible feelings. **This story is mature, containing lots of smut and dark aspects. Read at your own discretion**

*Spin off from 'Love and Touchdowns'* Jay Mitchell is a Navy SEAL Master Chief and a history maker. The first female and first intersex team leader in SEAL history, she is known for precision, control, and a reputation that leaves no room for weakness. On missions, Jay is untouchable. Off duty, she keeps her world locked down tight. Her past taught her how to survive, not how to trust. The only people inside her walls are her Bravo Team, her second-in-command Sonny "Tex" Quinn, and Danny, a retired Marine sniper who owns Dead Center, an elite gun range where Jay trains and finds rare moments of calm with her rescue pit bull, Gunner. Everything shifts when Kim Kardashian walks into Dead Center. Preparing for an FBI role, Kim wants real tactical training and specifically asks for Jay. Jay wants no part of it, but against her better judgment, she takes the job. What begins as strictly professional starts to blur as Kim proves she is tougher, more determined, and more real than Jay expected. As training pushes them both past their limits, Jay is forced to face the walls she built to survive, and the possibility that connection, healing, and love might still exist beyond the battlefield.