After getting attacked one summer night, 19-year-old Elle Russo doesn't want to be weak anymore. Deciding to get a self-defense teacher sounded easy until it ends up being the guy she hates most from her childhood. Elle is known for her sweetness, but he brings out her venom. Nico Cross is very quiet and to himself. The only time he speaks is to make sarcastic remarks or tell people to shut up. With a gaze that makes you shiver, most people choose to not speak a word to him. Hating each other and seeing each other everyday isn't a good mix. They push each others' buttons and hate nobody in the world more than they hate each other. But as time goes on, they both soon realize, Sometimes you hate something to keep yourself from loving it. ---------- "Why would I be scared of you?" I asked. "What are you gonna do, kill me?" He leaned forward, and I could feel his breathing against my skin. I whispered, "I think you want to kiss me."

Book One : USC series 18+ Ayanna Heart Reeling from betrayal of her ex, Captain of the basketball team for UCLA and longtime boyfriend. She decides to go to a party to release some much needed steam. What she didn't expect was to make a deal with Carson Addams, Captain of the USC basketball team. Carson Addams Carson has a reputation to uphold , Captain of the basketball team and USC's most eligible playboy. His number one goal is to make it to the NBA. What happens when he sleeps with the captain of the rival teams ex ? Beating the Buzzer ----------- "Does your boyfriend know that you are here ?" he asks raising the bottle to his plump lips. My eyes followed the bob of his tattooed throat as he swallowed, " Ex- boyfriend." I corrected. "And what I do now is none of his business." "Good to know ." he says before walking off into the crowded living room. Before I could process what just happened Sade came into the kitchen ," Come on Ayanna. It's time to play dirty Jenga." Oh great - the game that is a USC tradition. The game that has brought people together and torn them apart. Ranks: #1 USC #1 Sports Romance #1 College Student #1 Friends #1 College Romance #1 Cheating IF YOU COPY MY BOOK I WILL REPORT YOU

All Greyson Rhodes (secretly) wished for was for one of his sons to play hockey just like him. What happens when it's his daughter that follows in his footsteps instead? Meet Aspen Rhodes: The first girl to be on a college men's hockey team. Only, she's living two lives. One revolves around hockey, and the other revolves around music. Just like Aspen, hockey player Theodore Nolan is living one life that revolves around his favorite sport, whereas the other revolves around the piano. The two annoy each other too much to see that they are living the same lives. Until one night, when they get stuck in the little bookstore where they practice, that all changes. What starts out as friends with benefits, turns too much, much more. (BOOK 1 IN THE 'RHODES LEGACY SERIES') (#1 in cellist) ~ 1/16/2023 (#1 in musicalromance) ~ 1/16/23 (#10 in cello) ~ 1/16/23 (#105 in piano) ~ 1/16/23 (#3 in pianist) ~ 3/1/23 (#549 in sports) ~ 1/16/23 (#540 in eroticromance) ~ 1/16/23 (#26 in maturescenes) ~ 1/16/23 (#188 in sweetromance) ~ 1/16/23 (#468 in sportsromance) ~ 1/16/23 (#25 in guyfallsfirst) ~ 1/16/23 (#56 in collegehockey) ~ 1/16/23

[wattpad editor's picks, nov-dec 2023] After a one night stand in Monaco between a fallen from grace championship surfer and an up and coming Formula One star, the two are sure they'll never see each other again...but what happens in Monaco doesn't always stay in Monaco. [extended summary inside] [10x wattpad featured story / featured on wattpad's sports romance reading list / wattpad's litfic, romance, mental health, chick-lit, humor, and contemporary lit profiles] copyright 2020-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]

Candice Woods is not your normal freshman. She's a survivor of a dreadful past that she'll do everything in her power to conceal. Her earthshaking dreams are her motivator, and love is her absolute enemy. Until her life gets turned upside down the moment she meets The Folks- a group of related rich students - and she finds herself being sucked into their den, and to her horror, she starts falling for the worst of them, Dylan Evans. Dylan Evans is your ultimate bad boy. After his girlfriend's death, he becomes a walking corruption. Relationships are his least interest, much less love. The moment Candice forces herself into his life and starts breaking his rules, he's determined to diminish her walls, only to find himself pulling her inside his. And both of their worlds morph into blues. *This book includes explicit language and content. © 2017 by Raghdanezzat/ Raghda Nagy All rights reserved.

Cade Parkinson preferred his life in black and white. And when a spoiled heiress barged in and started spreading colors to it, he didn't like it one bit. He doesn't want anything to do with her. Even with his efforts of fending her off, she seems to be having fun messing with his rigid timetable. He figured she will eventually tire of coaxing a smile out of him every waking day. While waiting though - for her to get back together with her jerk of a boyfriend - he finds himself willingly taking her in and forgetting he has knees every time she charms him with a sweet smile. He then realizes Kathie Lewis deserves more - someone better. And he can't for the life of him stop wanting it to be him. Note: This story is previously entitled You, At Last

"Are you serious?" He asks. She nods. "As a heart attack" she responds. A slow grin forms on his face. "You're telling me. That if I beat you in a fight... you'll let me leave?" He asks. She nods, giving him a warm smile. "I won't take it easy on you, cause you're a woman" he says. "I would be insulted if you did" she responds. **** Sora Itsuki 27 years old. A professional MMA fighter. He lives and breathes his job and that's his main focus and nothing else. But after getting seriously injured in a fight, he is forced to take a break. Before he can get back to fighting, his trainer puts him onto a new activity to improve himself. Ballet. Nova Lux 27 years old. A professional ballet dancer. When Itsuki is dropped on her doorstep like a shivering kitten, by an old friend, she has no choice but to take him on. But there is something about his attitude that she can't stand. So she snaps it. And she snaps it hard.

[ Book 1 in the Alabama Football Series ] The only thing Autumn Lewis has in common with Cade Butler is their love for football. Cade is projected to get drafted to the NFL, but his coach threatens him with suspending him a few games unless he brings up his calculus grade. Autumn isn't the happiest to tutor him, he's too sarcastic, too arrogant, too cocky. But what happens when they begin to spend most of their free time together? When the lines of help and lust begin to blur Autumn wonders if this is just a fling or will it turn into the real thing? After a toxic relationship, college junior, Autumn is ready for a great year. She's confident, beautiful, and smart and this year she is going after everything she wants and deserves. After spending her summer back home with her dad and rebuilding her confidence, Autumn returns to campus where she signs up to be a calculus tutor. Highest rankings: #2 football #2 sports romance #1 college student #5 athlete #2 university

Love and the scales of justice hang in the balance when Maren finds out that Caleb, her new beau, is defending the person out to kill her. ***** 25-year-old Maren Cole has never felt more different. As a person with Autism in a fast-paced city－trying to survive day by day is an uphill battle. Forget about dating. Forget about marriage. Maren's goal is to keep everything in her carefully constructed world in check. When she meets the arrogant, hotshot lawyer, Caleb Allan, the last thing they both expect is to get lost in each other. And soon, feelings the two can't contain begin to take the lead. Maren, however, is the only witness to a crime that could wreck the course of Caleb's career. Will Caleb choose the career he's worked so hard to achieve over this unexplainable and undeniable pull on his heart? Is love really worth it after all? [[Winner of Watty's 2019 in Romance]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

Book One || Coast to Coast Kiana Brooks and Devontae Carter have two things in common. 1. Wanting to pursue their careers. 2.Romantic relationships are not worth risking it. As a part time waitress and full time psychology student. Kiana Brooks has her mind set on one thing. Graduating college. After being put in ICU due to nearly losing her life because of an abusive ex boyfriend, she has no interest in anything besides her academics. Devontae Carter knew from the moment he learned how to dunk an orange, Spalding basketball that is his destiny was to carry on the Carter family legacy. After suffering third-degree burns from his previous relationship, he knows better than to let anyone get too close for comfort. Needing to secure his spot into the 2021 NBA draft , Deondre can't afford to let himself get distracted. After his dream was so close to being taken away once before, he knows that no relationship is worth the trouble or the time. His only intention is to prove himself the best in the one thing he's ever known: basketball. However with their history and with the sexual tension building up, how can they stay true to their promises of not wanting a relationship after one drunken, passionate night together? After they both were unlucky in love, will they risk it all in hopes of having it all? [dual pov]