Anna Rafferty left New York two years ago to find herself. Not because she was running. Not because she was afraid. But because somewhere between the violence, the secrets, and the trauma that changed her life, she'd lost herself. For two years, she built a life on her own terms. She traveled. She healed. She learned to preserve things most people considered beyond repair, restoring rare books and forgotten stories while trying not to think about her own. Because some trauma isn't dealt with. It's buried. Returning to New York was supposed to be simple. Be closer to her family. Purchase the rare bookstore she'd fallen in love with years ago. Continue building the future she'd fought so hard for. The only complication... Julian Mercer. The powerful, devastatingly handsome and infuriating Don of New York, a man she should stay far away from. A man her sister can't stand. A man she hasn't seen since the night she left the city. Unfortunately for her, Julian Mercer has never forgotten a debt or Anna. What starts as a favor quickly becomes stolen moments, lingering glances, and a connection neither of them seem capable of walking away from. The problem? Julian is a man built from secrets and Anna has spent the last two years burying her own. When a string of brutal murders rocks the city-random, violent, and seemingly unconnected-every road somehow leads back to one person. Anna. As detectives begin circling, asking questions she can't answer and digging for secrets she can't share, Anna finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and a past determined to drag her back. And the closer the danger gets, the harder it becomes to ignore the man she's spent two years trying to forget. Because Julian Mercer has always been dangerous. The difference is that now Anna has something to lose. Not her safety. Not her freedom. But her heart.

(BOOK 1 Of the QUEENS OF CHAOS SERIES) Isa Valen doesn't believe in restraint. Two weeks ago, she did champagne, a sinfully accented stranger, and a night so consuming she ran before sunrise. She doesn't remember his face. She doesn't remember his name. But her body remembers the way he made it burn. When her sister runs to New York, Isa follows without hesitation. New city. New job. New distractions. Then she meets her boss. Erik Orlov. Billionaire. Bratva Don. A devastatingly gorgeous tattooed man built from control and violence wrapped in tailored suits. The first time he looks at her, something tightens in her chest. The first time he steps close, her pulse betrays her. She doesn't recognize him. He recognizes the curve of her mouth. The sound she made when he touched her. The way she ran. The night she can't remember is the one he hasn't stopped replaying. Now she works beneath him - in his office, in his space, in his world. Every glance lasts too long. Every accidental touch feels deliberate. Every breath between them feels charged. And Erik Orlov does not chase. He claims. Enemies circle his empire. Loyalty fractures. Power shifts. But none of it unsettles him like the woman sitting across his desk, pretending she doesn't feel it too. Until two pink lines appear. Because the only thing more dangerous than their chemistry... Is the secret growing between them. And this time, he won't let her run.

She runs a luxury beauty lounge. He runs routes in the NFL. When soleia Carter and Jeremiah smith cross paths, neither is looking for love - but the chemistry? Instant. She's not impressed by status. He's tired of women chasing his name. But the more they collide, the harder it gets to stay in their own lanes. Because some games aren't played on the field... and hearts don't always follow the rules. 🥇#1 in athlete 🥇#1 in latto 🥇#1 in black fiction 🥇#1 in Atlanta 🥇#1 in entrepreneur 🥇#1 in Jeremiah smith 🥈#2 in romance fiction #4 in urban fiction

Janeisha "Neisha" Bambi has always survived by keeping a low profile. She don't get caught up in the kind of business that comes with bodies, secrets, and street names that echo. But all it takes is one night-one favor for her best friend-to slide her straight into the orbit of Seven "Saint" Carter. Saint is discipline wrapped in menace. A man the streets don't just respect,they fear. The type Neisha promised herself she'd never look at twice. He doesn't chase, beg, or explain. Yet somehow, he does all of this for her. And when that calm, unreadable gaze settles on Neisha, her careful world starts to crack. Now Saint's patience is running out, Neisha's defenses are falling apart and the pull between them is starting to feel less like a choice and more like fate. He's trying to shield her from the life he lives. She's trying to decide if loving him is salvation or self-destruction.

Paige Monroe is your typical girl, she loves luxury and the finer things in life. Travis Prescott, on the other hand, is her polar opposite-a rugged country man who values simplicity and hard work. When their worlds collide, sparks fly in more ways than one.

♚ ♛ ❝Beloved. My beast growled. I quickly sprinted in the scent's direction impatiently to see my beautiful beloved and Queen. The scent lead me to a cell that is used for werewolves, silver bars, wolf bane enhanced smoke machine etc. I looked inside to see a small petite girl sitting curled up against a man, a sudden possessiveness came over me as I watched him hold her close. I sniffed the air again to calm down smelling a Rogue wolf scent mixed within, I suddenly remember the two Rogue wolves that trespassed onto my land last night. My Beloved is a werewolf.❞ ♚ ♛ Copyright © 2019-2020 ♚ ♛ COMPLETED ♚ ♛ Note: This book will be thoroughly edited later on, so consider this a first draft.

Valtor has escaped the icy prison of the Omega Dimension, but his heart no longer burns for conquest. Instead, a deeper hunger drives him: to uncover the truth about Domino's destruction after his imprisonment. Disguised as a professor, he infiltrates Alfea to seek answers from Headmistress Faragonda. However, he never expected to cross paths with Bloom, a fairy whose very soul blazes with the same Dragon Flame that made him powerful... *** I'll most likely be removing EotL from Wattpad in the near future, and Archive of Our Own will become the only place where you'll find my works. So if you want to read, or reread, this story later on, you'll be able to find me on ao3 under aurealya.

He left a mark I never asked for. Now he wants to finish the piece. Amina Westbrook didn't choose motherhood. But when her younger sister dropped a baby and disappeared, Amina stepped up, raised that little girl as her own, and never looked back. Seven years later, the past comes tatted, cocky, and fine as hell-standing in the grocery store with the same hypnotic eyes her daughter sees in the mirror. Santiago Vega. Zuri's father. The man who left before he ever knew she existed. Now he wants in. He wants time. Forgiveness. A chance to be a father. And every time he shows up with that deep voice and soft smirk, Amina hates how badly she wants to let him. Santiago isn't just showing up for Zuri-he's showing up for her. Fixing things she didn't ask him to fix. Dropping money in her hand like it's his right. Touching her like he already knows how she breaks. Amina's been holding everything together for so long, she doesn't know how to let go. Doesn't know how to want someone who actually stays. But Santiago stays. Through the attitude. The boundaries. The sparks that keep catching fire. And when he finally gets his hands on her? There's nothing soft about it. Now she's spiraling in his sheets, clashing with him in front of her family, and falling harder than she ever meant to. Because Santiago doesn't just want to play daddy. He wants the whole damn family. And this time, he's not leaving until he has them. Ink Don't Lie is a gritty, emotionally charged, standalone romance about second chances, found family, and the kind of love that refuses to walk away.

December 18, 1993, Alice Cullen ran through the forest in search of something. Something that had been calling out to her for a long time, a child. But, she was no ordinary child. She was a Banshee. Her Aunt believed the child to be cursed, but Alice thought otherwise. Rescuing the child was no easy task, but as time went on, it became easier. Now living in Forks, Mavis Hale tried to live as normal a life as possible. But the fears of her past creep up on her, and the legends of the Banshee cause the Cullens to fear for her. Was Mavis Immortal like the rest of them, or would she fade with time? However, when Bella Swan enters the picture, everything changes. The fears of the future seem insignificant with a pack of newborns on the way. In preparation for the night, Mavis finds comfort in a person she never imagined, Paul Lahote. Twilight Movies: New Moon Eclipse Breaking Dawn pt. 1 Breaking Dawn pt. 2 I do not own Twilight, all credit to the directors and writers. I simply own Mavis and her storyline.

"If you want to discover parts of yourself that you never dreamed of, if you want to feel pleasure and pain dance together in ways you didn't know was possible, if you want to truly let go, I will give it all to you on a silver platter. I will accept your gift of submission, and gift you with my dominance in return." Heather Reid has always had a craving for something beyond what her previous boyfriends could offer her. She keeps her life neat and tidy, with her blossoming paralegal career, pristine apartment, and affluent social circle. So why does she feel the desire to let loose and give into her deepest darkest fantasies when she's with Matteo at Club Allure? Matteo Graziano doesn't do romance. He does sex, excitement, and passion, moving on once the thrill dies down. So why on earth does this little blonde woman light his every nerve on fire- and why does it feel like it's never going to fade away?