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

Madelyn Chung is one of the best clinical psychology PhD students Harvard has ever seen-the most controversial, too. After discovering a data fraud conducted by Harvard's star faculty, Dr. Charlotte Shelby, her career seems more uncertain, with whispers within the field accuse her as a burdensome whistleblower, betrayals from peers, and awkward tensions between her and the faculty. With a potential groundbreaking research project in the line, she is appointed to work with Dr. Alex Manning, the young neuroscientist who revolutionized several of Harvard's neuroscience research. A life-changing opportunity for Maddie-except, she must deal with the fact that Alex was one of Charlotte's past collaborators, and his career was almost at stake because of her. Maddie has always been careful when trudging through the endless hours of clinical shifts and research while juggling academics. But when she doesn't know if the longing stares from Alex every time he tries to make her life harder are an indication of hatred, or if they mean something else, she starts to feel unprepared. Because Maddie knows she is a falling star, and if she holds onto the fragile trust between her and Alex too tightly, she will only fall harder.

She's survived loss by keeping her heart on lockdown. He's college football's golden boy with everything to lose. One careless lie cracks the door wide open. Rikki has built her life around endurance, grief tucked away, debt piling up, and no room for distractions. Romance belongs to another version of her, before everything fell apart. When she's cornered into producing a date for her dad's wedding, she tells a reckless lie, dragging the past back into her present by naming the one person she swore she'd never need again. A star quarterback chasing a Heisman and a national title, George's talent is undisputed, but his reputation is under fire. One more scandal could cost him his future. The fix is simple: a stable girlfriend. The catch? The woman who could save his career is the girl who knows his secrets best. With the wedding looming and a championship on the line, the clock is running out on their lie. Can either of them afford the final play? *** Updates Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:30pm and Saturdays at 12:30pm

For readers with niche tastes and an eye for the quietly magnetic. This book explores unconventional attraction, and the slow realisation that being taken care of can feel far more dangerous-and far more intoxicating-than being chased. This story is about Olivine and Simon. About age, authority, and the quiet pull of unconventional men. A slow-burn exploration of soft domination, niche desire, and the intimacy that forms when control is offered, not taken.

At Cultura Hill in Seattle, Stella steps into a season of becoming-where independence feels both thrilling and uncertain, and the future begins to take shape one choice at a time. Drawn to warmth, culture, and connection, she's learning that some chapters aren't meant to be rushed. Then there are the two men who enter her world. One is effortless charm and confidence-easy smiles, quick wit, and a presence that turns heads without trying. The other is quieter, measured, and observant-someone who carries himself carefully, as if holding more than he lets on. Set against a vibrant, multicultural campus, Translate Me, Love is a college romance about first chapters, unspoken truths, and the kind of love that reveals itself slowly. He speaks Spanish. The other speaks Persian. But love? It speaks softly-and changes everything. Not everything needs to be translated.

When her therapy app accidentally sends Riley's private confessions to a random British expat - and his to her - what began as a glitch quickly evolves into the kind of intimacy that can only exist between strangers. A slow-burn contemporary romance full of sexual tension, yearning, and feet-kickingly good banter. * * * When a company health initiative forces Riley Markle to download a trendy mental health app, she fills out the onboarding survey without much thought, expecting to get paired with a virtual gym buddy who'll send thumbs-up emojis twice a week. Instead, she gets paired with Joe, a lonely British expat whose wellness concern of Compulsive Behaviors is flagged by the AI system as a perfect match for Riley. Riley resolves to complete her month of check-ins and be done with it - until a glitch in the app sends both her and Joe's embarrassing therapy videos to each other instead of their therapist. Soon, Riley and Joe are talking late into the night, exchanging thirst-trap videos of their weekend routines by day, and thinking about each other constantly. Both are smitten, both are broken, and neither of them knows how to do this without destroying each other. The plan: Limit all communication to the app until after Day 30, then see where things go. But plans change. * * * 🏆 High Rankings: #1 in LITERARY #1 in QUICKREAD #1 in NEWENGLAND #3 in EPISTOLARY #14 in SHORTCHAPTERS (out of 38,000 stories) #87 in ROMCOM (out of 35,000 stories) #147 in ROMANTIC (out of 86,000 stories) Updated November 2025

Marcus never meant to touch her. But the moment he did, something ancient and volatile took root. Reece is disciplined. She's powerful, both as a mage and as a mogul of the wine industry. Marcus is a *decommissioned* sentient weapon. He's emotionally guarded and barely holding himself together after being chewed up and spit out by the military and high magic commission. He isn't even supposed to feel magic, let alone siphon it from Reece and wield it like it's his own. In fact, he was carefully designed to avoid such a scenario. But when an accidental surge binds him and Reece together, it triggers something unprecedented, intimate, and dangerous. *Addictive* even. The government discarded Marcus, but now that he and Reece outclass even the most seasoned of mages and defy the current scientific understanding of how magic works - the feds want their weapon back. It started with an intoxicating spark. It ended with a sobering realization: the new pair can't be apart without unraveling. But being together might be worse. Because Marcus would do anything to safeguard her. War crimes included. And Reece might just let him.

Erotic Fiction Cassia Waxman left Louisiana at seventeen, torn from her first and only love, Beau. He was Creole chaos and Cajun comfort-porch swings, sweet tea kisses, bare feet on warm wood. He taught her what love could feel like. And what it costs to lose it. Ten years later, Cassia has everything she built alone: a high-rise view, her own publishing house, her name in gold. She did exactly what she said she would. It just didn't turn out to be enough. She's reached the age where desire isn't abstract anymore. Where wanting a child feels physical. Urgent. Something she can no longer postpone. Then one night, a name lights up her Tinder. Beau. What starts as a reunion becomes a conversation neither of them planned-about timing, wishes, responsibility. About what they both lost. About what they still want. They strike a deal. No promises. No romance required. Just one week. But deals are dangerous when there's history. And some loves don't stay contained once you let them back in. *Told in Dual POV

Charlotte Jones had a perfect life. She was rich, beautiful, and married to the man of her dreams. Nothing could stop her-until an accident put her in a coma for five years. When she finally wakes up, she realizes the world didn't wait for her. Her life is gone. Her friends are gone. And the worst part? Her husband has moved on. But Charlotte isn't the type to just let go. The past isn't just a memory to her; it's the life she was promised. And she knows one thing for sure: What Charlotte Jones wants, Charlotte Jones gets. Including Mr. Jones...