*Formerly His Desire* "You think you want me, but I don't think you could handle what I would do to you." His stare is relentless. I smooth my hands down over my nightdress, feeling his words glide across my skin. "I could..." "I'm not sure I would be the kind, gentle lover your sweet Caspian would be," he warns quietly. ----- As a Princess, Kiva is always in danger. So much so, one night, her home is broken into, where it is revealed her attempted killer is her mate. Before she has a chance to speak to him, he vanishes into the night. For her protection, a dark and dangerous mercenary is ordered to keep guard of her, and as time passes, Kiva finds herself desiring him more and more. All while trying to find her elusive mate, and deny feelings for a man who may lead her right to the truth.

𝙐𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙉𝙀𝙏𝙁𝙇𝙄𝙓 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡɪɴ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ, ᴅᴀɴ ᴍᴏʀᴏʙᴏꜱʜɪ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴄʏɴɪᴄᴀʟ, ɪɴꜱᴇɴꜱɪᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛʀɪᴄᴛ ᴍᴀɴ. ʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ɢʀᴀʏ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʟᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ʀᴀʀᴇ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛᴏʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʀᴍᴛʜ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀɴ ᴜɴᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛʀᴜᴅᴇʀ. ɪɴ ʜɪɢʜꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ, ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴘᴀᴛʜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴍᴇᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ʀᴇᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ... ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴀɴ ᴍᴏʀᴏʙᴏꜱʜɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ? ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ʜɪꜱ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴀʟʟʏ, ʜɪꜱ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ,... ʜɪꜱ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ʟᴏᴠe.

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. . . . . . . . . . . We've all heard the tales of good and bad, the tales of innocent deceit and her hero, the tales that despite their nature, show us the beauty in contrast. But it's the tales of pure evil that get swept under the rug. The tales of deception, where cruelty is rewarded. The tales that have you questioning who the real villain of the story is. There's a simple philosophy to most thing in life; two wrongs 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 make a right. So what ensues when you put two of the worst kinds of people together? Loyalties transfer, lines blur, and hatred ignites complete chaos. She's cunning. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. She's dangerous. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. She's evil. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. Or so that's what we're told. The devil is always worse. But maybe, just maybe, she's the devil in disguise, playing his advocate... . . . . . . . . . . - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. - 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧. - 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞.

A Steamy, Small Town Romantic-Comedy Rated mature for explicit smut and language. Love forged in winter never withers... A sudden blizzard cancels Emilia's holiday plans. Stranded in her apartment, a string of bad luck ensues and complicates her day even more. Just as her festive spirit threatens to fade, her handsome neighbor, Lucas Sinclair, offers her a warm place to stay until help can arrive. With no other options, she reluctantly accepts his invitation to share his home for Christmas. As the snow piles up outside, Emilia discovers there's more to the grumpy man next door than she assumed. Their playful banter and a series of unexpected mishaps bring them even closer. Emilia must confront her growing attraction and decide if she's ready to embrace the surprising romance blossoming amidst the chaos of their winter wonderland. --- While this book starts at Christmas time, it's not a Christmas book. After chapter 10, it moves through the seasons. Dual POV. Heavy on the romance, lighter on the smut. There are three smut scenes and those chapters are marked with a fire emoji. Grumpy/BroodyxSunshine. He's Scottish, She is American.

[WATTYS 2025 HONORABLE MENTION] 🔥Rated R for mature sexual content and graphic language 📚For fans of You've Got Mail (and underwear kinks) OR as one reader put it: "A yuletide story of what happens when his package gets shoved in her box by mistake." *** Zoey Franklin's post-college life is a mess. She's jobless, newly single, stuck living with meddling parents, and forced to hang out with her parents' friends, the Londers (AKA complete strangers), for Christmas. The only thing maintaining her sanity? A flirty, banter-filled text exchange with a mystery man, sparked by a package mix-up. Tristan Londer is finally going home for Christmas for the first time in forever. While he hoped for some much-needed quality time with his family, instead he gets a house full of strangers taking over his space. Especially that one stranger--the one with the voice, and the eyes, and the sass, who's claimed his bedroom as hers for the trip. Even though Zoey Franklin is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen, he can't stand the entitled princess. Good thing he has his mystery woman to text with late at night. If there's anyone who can turn his mood around, it's her. *** Cover co-designed by @LNRoberts1 and myself

As war erupts between the Greek and Sicilian mafias, the powerful Accardi family must fight to protect their empire. Accardi Obsession unravels a dark, multi-POV mafia story charged with forbidden chemistry, explosive family tensions, and an arranged-marriage pact that turns sworn enemies into something far more dangerous. *** The Sicilians trusted them. The Greeks tried to take their empire. Now, the balance of power hangs by a thread. In the third season, the Accardi family faces their greatest war yet - one that will test loyalty, love, and blood itself. Costa and Millie are fighting to protect the family they built together, even as war threatens to tear them apart. Rocco and Alessia are learning what it means to be married in a world that can take everything from you in seconds. And when a new marriage alliance is proposed, one Accardi makes the ultimate sacrifice, and enemies become lovers... or whatever you call it when hate gets complicated. There's a war brewing, a wedding on the calendar, and at least four people pretending they're not in love. The Accardis are back. Pray for whoever stands in their way.

-Preview... "Ahem! Now that the last of our new first-years has been sorted, let us formally welcome them to-" 𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, "Ugh. Can't even get through this stupid ceremony without some mutt causing a racket..." 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝗔 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗿. Coughing, a woman pushed her dark brown wolf-cut hair from her face, her glasses slightly askew. "Hah...! What the hell... a box? Who puts a person in a-" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘴.

Vivien never thought her favorite mafia novel would become her prison-until she woke up inside it, trapped as the villainess fiancée who was supposed to die. She wasn't the heroine. She was the cruel woman who tormented Alina, the girl sold to Dante Moretti. A woman hated by everyone... and killed by the man she was promised to. But Vivien remembers every page. Every betrayal. Every heartbeat before her death. Determined to rewrite her fate, she avoids Dante and Alina, hoping to stay invisible. Only Dante doesn't look away. His icy gaze follows her like a predator's hunt. The cold, ruthless mafia king becomes dangerously obsessed-with Vivien She was never meant to be loved. Now she's his only desire. And in his world, obsession never lets go. At this point she wasn't running from the plot But his obsession.. ⚠️I claim this book is mine. If u didn't liked the storyline then please don't read. Don't be rude. Thank you⚠️

• 𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓲𝔁 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓭? • Nerd Gojo x fem reader Slow burn Smut Fluff English is not my first language so please keep that in mind guys!

"you weren't supposed to mean anything." but does anything go according to plan in the world of jujutsu? a/n: i'm really bad at writing fight scenes. IM SORRY.