**ALL ALONG** Lizzie Harper has spent the last three years convincing herself she's perfectly happy being Brandon Carter's best friend. Sure, he's ridiculously handsome. Sure, every girl on campus seems to want a piece of him. And sure, her heart does an embarrassing little flip every time he smiles at her. But Brandon is her best friend. Her safe place. The one person she can always count on. When a drunken kiss at a college party changes everything, the line they've never crossed suddenly disappears. Now stolen glances turn into lingering touches, jealousy becomes impossible to ignore, and the feelings they've both buried for years are impossible to hide. The problem? One wrong move could destroy the friendship that means everything to them. And Lizzie isn't sure she's brave enough to risk losing him. But Brandon is finally done pretending he only wants friendship. After all, how do you stay just friends with the girl you've loved all along? *College romance • Best friends to lovers • Slow burn • Jealous hero • First love vibes • Emotional tension • Happily Ever After*

"Your body belongs to me now-every curve, every breath, every sound you make. I'll leave no inch untouched, no part of you unloved, to remind you that you'll never belong to anyone else." ========== To protect his inheritance, Christian Blackwood, an arrogant and self-centred billionaire, is forced to take a drastic step: hire a surrogate. Olivia Carter has never needed anyone. But with her brother's life hanging by a thread and medical bills piling up, she's willing to do whatever it takes to save him-even if it means signing her body over to a stranger. Christian's proposition is crazy, strange, and exactly what she needs. The terms of the contract are clear-a baby, no emotions, no entanglements, and absolutely no love. But from the moment Olivia steps into Christian's life, sparks ignite. She's everything he didn't expect: fierce, vulnerable and utterly captivating. Christian can't stop himself from wanting more-more of her touch, her laughter, her heart. But Olivia knows better than to fall for a man like him. With secrets, desires and a ticking clock threatening to tear them apart, Christian must decide: protect his heart or risk everything for the woman who's become his obsession. ========== Update days: Monday, Wednesday And Friday Happy reading:))

A 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐬 novel. Can be read as a stand alone. ~ "𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝." ~ Vincent Rossi never survived himself. The world calls him the Don's Butcher. Capo. Killer. Monster. A man built from violence and sharpened by it. He carries ghosts like scars beneath his skin, and every drop of blood on his hands has only made the silence inside him louder. Then he sees her. Azra Sorrentino is everything he isn't. Brilliant. Defiant. Unbreakable. A woman forged in cruelty who somehow emerged with her heart intact. She should hate men like Vince. Instead, she can't stop looking at him. What begins as fascination becomes obsession. What begins as safety becomes temptation. Because beneath Vince's control lives something dangerous: a possessiveness capable of destroying them both. And beneath Azra's independence lies a secret that could unravel everything she believes about herself. The deeper she falls into Vince's world of soldiers, blood debts, and buried sins, the more impossible it becomes to tell where salvation ends, and ruin begins. Because the greatest lie Vince Rossi ever told wasn't to the police. Or even himself. It was believing he could protect Azra from the chaos when he was the chaos. And when the truth about her past finally comes for them, both will discover that love is far more terrifying than violence. In a world ruled by monsters, saints don't survive. They become monsters too. ~ -HEA/No OWD -Romance/thriller -mature scenes (18+) -AGE GAP (26F and 39M) -DARK STALKER ROMANCE -stripperxmafia I DON'T OWN THE COVERS.

"𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚." Olivia groaned and crossed her arms, standing her ground. "Don't tell me what to do. You're not my dad." Amusement filled Santino's gaze as he stood up, abandoning the papers he desperately needed to read and sign. Yet, all that was forgotten as her bewitching lips protruded. "I might not be your dad but," a midnight lock of hair was pinned behind her ear, "I can be your papi." Shuddering, her body drew closer to him, betraying her mind. "You're sick." Taking the nape of her neck, Santino leaned down, his lips brushing against her ear. "Yet you still dream about my touch, don't you, principessa?" ❦ When Santino Adriano discovers that the Bratva has betrayed their neutrality by secretly working with his family's enemies, he's determined to send a brutal message that cannot be ignored. His target? The Bratva kingpin's sister, Olivia Morozov-a sheltered girl who knows little to nothing about the dark underworld her family controls, having been shielded from the darker truths of her family's empire her entire life. Fresh out of boarding school and blissfully oblivious to the power struggle boiling beneath her feet, Olivia is suddenly whisked away from everything she's ever known and thrust into a world where loyalty is weaponised and power is the ultimate prize. As secrets and long-buried lies unravel around her, she realises she's caught in a game where the unrelenting fight for power holds more value than human lives-including her own. Santino is cold, calculating, and relentless - everything Olivia should fear. Yet, she is intrigued by by his deadly nature. The line between fear and attraction is thin, and like a moth to a flame, she seeks him out, unafraid of the burn it may cause. She's never known anyone like him-an older, dangerous man who makes her question everything she thought she knew about desire. Olivia just didn't expect her captor to be so handsome.

Dying from a curse that marks his skin with spreading darkness, Sin Blackbriar-the last heir to a fallen noble house-stumbles upon Ivy, an innocent village healer whose light magic could be his salvation. Recognizing that her rare power might save him, Sin begins a careful seduction, intending to use her power to break his curse before disappearing. But as Ivy's gentle touch begins to heal more than just his physical wounds, Sin faces the one thing his years of calculated manipulation never prepared him for: genuine feelings for the woman he intended to use. With his enemies closing in and the curse growing stronger, Sin must choose between his survival and her safety-and for a man who's spent his life using others, love might be the most dangerous magic of all.

(Book #2 of the Sinners Of Dark Series) She was known for her beauty in the dark underworld of of New York, a seemingly docile angel in the form of a nightmare. He was ruthless, cold and far worse than the men she knew in the Cosa Nostra-His reputation alone sent chills through the city crime circles. I once thought marrying a made man would be the worst fate, but being drawn to one was far more treacherous. It was a debt to be settled, a price to be repaid. Sold in exchange for my cousin. My body, mind, and soul given to the most terrifying man ever known. A marriage born from violence and betrayal. I had expected an fifty-year-old boss who wanted my so-called purity in payment for his service, planning to keep up the facade of a fake smile and tight dresses yet I wasn't prepared for the six-foot tall, dangerously handsome pakhan, a man known for killing men with his bare hands. I hated him. Not just because he was lethal, but because he made my heart race, his low, gravelly voice sinking into my bones, offering me everything I knew I couldn't accept. - preview - "He was quiet for a second, pinning me with his intense gaze. "Don't go looking for trouble you can't handle." "How do you know what I can handle?" I shot back. He raised a brow in question. His voice was soft almost deceiving when he spoke. "You can't handle me, lisichka." "I haven't tried." "You won't get the chance."

In a primal world that favors the strong and punishes the weak, Aria knew that her family's pack would not survive long when her father's health began to fail. Her fears come to life when the Intonat Nocte Pack attacks, demanding that they surrender or face a slow, painful death. Desperate to keep his family alive, Aria's father bends the knee and offers his loyalty- and his beautiful daughter- to the enemy. Although terrified of the infamously cruel Intonat Nocte Pack's alpha, Aria prepares to give her body and soul to this unknown man. As the final bargains are being struck, however, Fate decides that her life and her heart belong to another... Since a tragic attack at the age of five rendered him disfigured and unable to speak, Malik contented himself to a life in the shadows. Ashamed of what he'd become, he forsook his birthright to lead and instead honed himself into an infamously ruthless warrior, blackening his heart to mirror his monstrous appearance. Now serving as his younger brother's prized weapon, Malik strikes fear into the hearts of all who cross the Intonat Nocte Pack. And yet, when Fate ties his life to a young woman with a heart as beautiful as her appearance, Malik must step out of the shadows to claim her as his own. After a lifetime of loss, he will not allow anyone to steal her from him.

"You think you have such a smart mouth, don't you?" She said, so sweetly. So quietly. So deviously. I crossed my arms, the muscles in my arms jumped and strained against the sleeves of my red shirt. "I don't think. I know." "Ooh, poor boy. Suffering from brain injury already. It's alright. I'll let you live your disillusionment." Unable to take it anymore, I bite out. "What are you doing?" "I'm sorry?" "You are acting like I didn't touch your pussy last night." • • • Top naval aviator Zaid Edris has weathered every storm, both in the skies and on the ground, with unwavering precision and strength. A man defined by his principles, his family has always been at the core of his existence. Recently, they've been pushing him toward marriage-something he's never given much thought to, preferring solitude and the quiet chaos of his career. But there's one thing that could make even the most disciplined man falter: Rose Anderson. She's a relentless force of trouble, a cunning troublemaker who knows exactly how to push all his buttons and turn his world upside down. Fierce, untamable, and perpetually infuriating, Rose has always been a thorn in his side. The problem? She's his cousin. Now, caught in the pressure of family expectations and a magnetic, stormy connection with the one woman who drives him insane, Zaid finds himself in a battle he never saw coming. And for the first time in his life, he's not sure if he's fighting for his peace-or for something much more dangerous. (First book of D-Series) Completed.

"You will come with me to Sicily." Those were the words the handsome but dangerous stranger tells her one bright afternoon outside the campus just when her summer break from the university is about to start. Haven Pierce knew she never laid her eyes on this man with vicious aura around him before. Maybe there was only some sort of mistake but the man insist that he is now her new guardian since her father died recently. Santi Marchesi doesn't have time to babysit this opinionated girl who has a say on everything but this pink-haired woman is left in his care. In his chaotic and deadly world as a Mafia this woman has no place in his life. He can take down enemy in no time but he needs to be vigilant as far as this woman is concern. Because if he's not careful she will surely be his downfall.

Black Knight Book 2 Can love find its way back to the person who longs for it? Five years have passed since that night. Kaidon has closed up and become a ruthless assassin after Alice's death, aiming solely to take over and destroy the cult that took his precious people away from him. But when a mysterious new assassin appears in the Order, he finds himself unusually drawn to her. She is her look alike, but Ariel Ford is not Alice, the red head is her cousin, and what's more, she is engaged to Seydon Cross. Meanwhile, Alex having joined the Order, still remains puzzled as to why no one remembers about Riannon Cross and sets out on his own investigation. A web of mysteries gets woven around our new generation of assassins, and there is one person central to this all. Who is this hidden knight of the chess board?