Vincent and Lacey have settled into family life. They started a new business venture while maintaining current businesses. They always put family first. Vincent and Lacey want to protect their children Lexie, Landon, and Valeria, at all costs. A new threat looms in the near distance. An old family friend returns with help to provide protection. When a new enemy emerges, targeting Lexie, it will take everything to protect her. The one thing they didn't count on was a new rule of the businessman. Never go after his family; it doesn't end well. Assigned with a personal bodyguard, Lexie doesn't know that she has. She will have to decide which is more important, her life or her heart. She discovers she has a bodyguard. Will this new type of relationship stay professional? Will it develop into more? Business is business, but love is love. *Sequel to The Business Man's Wife Warning: contains mature themes and sexual content

Kiya's life lacks excitement. However, one day, while she is singing in her dorm bathroom, someone joins in on the other side of the wall. Initially, she is shocked but quickly recovers and duets the rest of the song with him. What could go wrong -- it's anonymous. It surely couldn't be anyone from the hockey team, now could it? ✧✧✧✧✧ Warning this book contains mature topics: ❆ sexual content ❆ vulgar language ❆ alcohol consumption Started: November 17th, 2021 Finished: December 4th, 2022 [word count: 95,000 - 100,000]

"What if the right person is also your Mr. So Wrong?" *** Her lips touched and teased and coaxed him and he felt her touch in every cell and every bone. Soft and supple, her body was around him. Everywhere. She was everywhere. He was hungry for more, but he couldn't break this sweetness. Shy and timid, she kissed like herself. All so innocent, but incredibly passionate. The kiss was gentle, yet also fire. And he couldn't help anymore. He wanted more. He pushed her back gently and her back hit the wall and he pressed himself to her amazing body. "Ah." He thought. "Can I really stay away after this?" "I can't." She thought. ~~~ A guy, a girl, a contract and sizzling sexual tension brewing between them. Is it possible for them to come out of it with zero casualties? ~~~ "I'll give you a place to stay and I'll pay you, all you have to do is to pretend to be my wife for an year, in return. It is that easy." Or is it? With a contract, their deal is filed, signed and sealed with a kiss. Finally, Alexandra will have a home, have someone to back her up in the fight of getting back what is legally hers. Logan will have the revenge he wants against his ex-girlfriend, Stacy. Gambling with the matters of heart is just dangerous. You might hit the jackpot or you will be neck deep in heartbreak. It all depends on the cards that have been dealt to you. And they will both realize it soon enough, when their heart take over their brain. ___

A younger sister cannot wed before an older sister. It's a law of their society, a rule vehemently obeyed by prominent families in the nobility, and it's always been Ella Harrington's buffer. Ella has never been interested in marrying for anything short of love itself. Unfortunately for her, love is a rarity in the marriages of the aristocracy. Fortunately for her, her sister Emily is precisely one year older than her and is the most unpleasant, disagreeable, sulking woman to ever debut in all of England. So Ella may never have to marry at all. A free woman, she enjoys her time on the sidelines and wishes for nothing more. That is, until a tall, dark, and brooding Duke comes to town alongside an old friend of her brother's. Suddenly, Ella finds herself questioning the antiquated marriage order rule as her buffer begins to feel more like a barrier. Not that it matters. The Duke isn't interested in her anyway. Right?

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

When a young data scientist unexpectedly steals the heart of a highly sought after executive, the passion between them could lead her into a whole new world of sexual expression. Standalone in the Professional Restraint series *** After a string of one-sided relationships left her feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied, Ella put her love life on the back burner to focus on her career. But when she is called in last minute to give a huge presentation for her business partner, she not only lands the sought after account, but catches the eye of the handsome COO, Liam. Most attention from men just sets the shy Ella on edge, but somehow Liam is the exception-the magnetic pull between them not only enlivens Ella, but he makes her feel safe. Liam is focused, driven, and extremely controlled in his professional and personal lives. Both his perfectionism and his particular tastes demand it. An experienced Dominant, Liam has rarely considered or found fulfillment in relationships with women outside of the lifestyle, but innocent, guileless Ella sets a passionate fire like nothing else raging within him. Not only is she brilliant and gorgeous, but, in her, he can sense a natural submissive despite her lack of experience. As Ella struggles with having been burned so many times before, Liam wonders if he'd ever be able to reveal the truth and be accepted. Will she be able to trust him, and even if she does, will all of him be too much to handle?

Excuses, Always busy, Always absent, Number switched off, More excuses, Denial, Secrets, Did i mention Excuses? These weren't the exact qualities i hoped to find in my husband. So, i would like to know what the fuck is going on! •Curtis• •~•~•~•~•~•~ Beautiful, Smart, That million dollar smile, Hard working, Beautiful, Goal oriented, Hot, Gorgeous, Did i mention beautiful? But... How do i tell her who i really am? What if she leaves me? I really don't like keeping secrets from her, i do what i do to protect her. Shit, when did i start caring for her so much when i married her for the sake of my job! •Shawn• •~•~•~•~•~•~ Curtis questions her decision after marriage while Shawn's real identity burdens him. *Writing this, I was a bit thrown off at the main points and it sounded a lil bit boring. Skip to Chapter 23 - A kiss and pain. That's the main deal* Started; 28/10/19 ~•My first story, show some love•~ 😊❤

The letters started six years ago, at the time when nobody believe in him, Blake had EJ to motivate him. Having never met his fan in person Blake devices what he considers a fail proof plan to find the boy. However he wasn't counting on multiple people who shared the same initials to apply for the job, nor was he counting on EJ to start publishing the letters in the monthly entertainment colum. Emily Jones had a job up until three months after her college graduation. Jobless and in desperate need for money, she takes her roommates offer to write short stories for her entertainment column, but nothing is as simple as that. And a misunderstanding has her writing letters instead, she wasn't expecting a job offer from Redwood Inc or the fact that she now has to work with the subject of her writing. New cover thanks to Life_is_music1

Nasettia Perstacio had always been one to break under peer pressure, and as a result, her life turned chaotic. Her friends leave her, her brothers and sisters turn on her, and eventually, her mother kicks her out of home; all because of one boy -- Chad McMurray. When Nasettia moves to live with her father on the other side of Melbourne, Nasettia becomes a different person. She learns how life, family, friendships and love are truly meant to be, all thanks to Courtney and her all too-charming brother, Taylor. This story is set in the state of Victoria in Australia, mainly set in a small town to the north-west of Geelong.

Tahlia's born and Taylor's engaged to Nasettia. Two years later, everything seems bliss, but, is this just the calm before the storm? Taylor's cousin moves in, bringing with him secrets that could ruin Taylor and Nasettia forever. As Nasettia lives her life of being a young mother at the ripe young age of eighteen, Taylor can't help but become a little jealous whenever Nasettia speaks to another man. This too could prove potentially problematic. The much-awaited sequel to "Well, that was unexpected", this story hopes to show that not all of Generation Y are lazy-ass drug dealer alcoholics who speed on the road.