Maggie has spent years building a life that feels safe. Widowed and raising two daughters, she has learned how to keep the world steady, predictable, and firmly within her control. Love stories are something she writes, not something she trusts in real life. Tripp Corsair lives in a world built on speed and risk. A veteran NASCAR driver, he knows how to handle pressure on the track. Off it, he's still trying to figure out how to be the father his daughter needs and how to bridge the distance that fame and failure have created between them. When their daughters' friendship pulls them together, a temporary summer arrangement turns into something neither of them expected. Sharing space was supposed to make things easier for the girls. It wasn't supposed to expose the cracks in the careful lives they've built. But as old grief resurfaces for Tripp and new threats test everything Maggie thought was secure, she's forced to confront a truth she's spent years avoiding: safety isn't something you build alone. And sometimes the bravest thing you can do isn't surviving the storm. It's letting someone stand beside you when it hits.

Ten years ago, Cassia Waxman was forced to move away from her hometown-and the only man she'd ever loved-shattering both their hearts in the process. Now a powerhouse publisher with a glittering city empire, a penthouse overlooking the skyline, and every professional accolade she once dreamed of, Cassia has everything... except the one thing she craves most: a child. When a blind Tinder swipe reunites her with Beau, the sparks are instant, the chemistry explosive. What begins as a simple, no-strings agreement-seven scorching days to conceive the baby she desperately wants, and quickly ignites into something far more dangerous. Old wounds reopen. Buried feelings surface. And the walls they've both built start crumbling under the weight of a love that never truly died. Told in dual perspectives, Rekindled is a steamy, emotional second-chance romance about second chances, unexpected miracles, and the kind of love that refuses to stay in the past

When Aria-cautious, composed, and done with playing safe-agrees to a blind date in a shadow-drenched downtown bar, she expects small talk and an easy exit. What she doesn't expect is Rafe: devastatingly magnetic, emotionally guarded, and carrying a storm behind his eyes. Their chemistry? Immediate. Volatile. Dangerous. One glance sparks a current that refuses to fizzle. But behind Rafe's charm is something fractured-something that bites when touched. And the deeper Aria falls, the more she risks burning. As secrets unravel and obsession takes hold, Aria is drawn into a world where every kiss is a dare, every touch a test. Rafe might be the escape she's craved... Or the fire that consumes her. Velvet Heat is a slow-burn erotic romance laced with suspense, dark desire, and emotional reckoning-where lust becomes survival, and surrender may be the only way out.

Can a decade-long friendship survive one impulsive night? What was supposed to be a small mishap, one night, one bed, two best friends too drunk to draw the line, suddenly ignited long-buried feelings neither of them dared to confront. Now, caught between the comfort of the past and the uncertainty of something more, they're forced to ask: Can they go back to being just friends? Or has the fire they thought they'd put out already turned into flames they can't control? Will they hold on to what they've built, or let it all turn to ash?

"I loved a woman who no longer exists, and you're the ghost who took her away." At seventeen, Ethan fell in love with twenty-two-year-old Hannah. But when a tragic accident wiped her memory, leaving her with only her seventeen-year-old self, Ethan's world shattered. To him, the woman he adored was gone, replaced by a "broken puzzle" he could only despise. His revenge was cruel: he seduced the innocent seventeen-year-old Hannah, only to throw her into a legal trap of 'indecent assault' to rot in prison. But Hannah didn't break. After narrowly escaping a prison sentence by pleading mental instability, she's back-and she's done playing the victim. "If I can't have your heart, I'll at least keep your body." In a chilling reversal of fate, Hannah kidnaps the man who ruined her. Locked away in her 40th-floor penthouse, the game of obsession begins again.

[18+] Life has never been easy for me. Starting when I was young up until now. The loss of my girlfriend destroyed me, now another girl is in my life. But things aren't that easy. ***READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED*** This contains dark themes including d3ath, SC, drugs/alcohol, rap3, s3lf harm and more.

"Lie on the bed, Isla Maria Carter. That's my fifth payment" Falling for her brother's rival? Of course not. She'd rather eat dirt. For Isla, it was supposed to be a simple university project: observe, analyze, and leave. But you can't observe a predator like Noah Blackwood without becoming the prey. He's the new captain of the Blackthorns. The golden boy. The trustees' son and the visionary future of the University. But to Isla Maria Carter... he's nothing more than a SON OF A BISCUIT. He's her brother's greatest rival. Her biggest headache. And now? Her mandatory partner. Noah doesn't like being a subject; he likes being the one in control. And he has decided the only subject he's interested in... is her. HE WANTS HER TO FALL FOR HIM. SHE WANTS HIM TO FALL IN A PIT. HE WANTS TO KISS HER. SHE WANTS TO PUNCH HIM. FOR HIM, SHE'S THE CHALLENGE HE NEVER SAW COMING. FOR HER, HE'S THE PROBLEM SHE CAN'T ESCAPE. HE WANTS HER. SHE WANTS HIM-MURDERED. This season's game has officially moved off the field. But the question remains the same, "Who is going to win this match?" Cover by @elaradaven

After my fiancé's betrayal, I moved in with my brother and his teammates to disappear. I didn't expect to become their new favorite target. Silas wants to own me. Beckett wants to break me. They say they hate having me here, but in the dark, that hate looks a lot like hunger. I'm the rookie's sister, the team's distraction, and the only prize they're both willing to go to war for. The season hasn't even started, and I'm already ruined. © 2026 V. Noire. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction created by the author. Please don't copy, repost without my permission.

They were perfect. Untouchable. Inseparable. Lavish parties, lake houses, effortless wealth, but behind closed doors, the illusion crumbles. Secrets fester, addiction hides in plain sight, mania spirals dangerously, and love strikes when it's least expected. In a world obsessed with reputation and appearances, perfection is a trap. Sometimes the only way forward is to let the glass break, and hope the light can get in. // Callum Hayes was always the quiet type, never speaking unless necessary. Instead he watches, calculating, controlled, carrying a legacy that was chosen for him long before he could say no. He wore his silence like armour, his shadow as a second skin. But when it came to her, the weight of it all softened, the darkness easing just enough to let the light she carried reach him. Isla Mercer was raised to be perfect. To be kind, to be composed. She was careful, feeling too deeply and thinking too much, carrying other people's expectations like they were her own. She learned how to hold herself together even when everything around her felt fragile. Until he showed her that some people don't want perfection from her, only honesty. // Isla let out a slow breath, her gaze fixed somewhere past him. "Maybe this is how it was always going to go," she muttered. "Maybe I'm just not meant for good things, maybe it's just fate." "I don't believe in fate," he whispered, "I believe in you." // Tropes: -Friends to lovers -Found family -Coming of age -Rich society -He fell first -Quiet yearning -One bed -Slow burn -"It's always been you" -Miscommunication -Absent parents (And so much more) // #1 in friendship goals 11-1-26 #3 in selfdestruction 3-1-26 #4 in ya 9-1-26