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The Double-Tap Accident by nikki20038
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Book 1 of The Accident Series. cover by @/fleanr on instagram [PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THERE SHE GOES] Have you ever accidentally liked an Instagram photo of the captain of your university's varsity volleyball team? From three years ago? A guy you have never spoken to in your life? Jaiyesimi 'Jaime' Okusanya can relate. As a second-year biophysics student at Herringway university, Jaime is trying to do what every person at university is as well: survive. Especially as she tries to fulfill the requirements to obtain a research position at Dalhousie Laboratory. But when she accidentally likes Aven Montaque's Instagram picture after noticing him twice over a few days, she attempts to survive her fascination with the hot and cold fourth-year criminology student who's aspiring to go to law school. In a coming-of-age story of romance, friendships, drama and mottos, Jaime discovers that her priorities are about to shift. And Aven Montaque might become one of them.
Vixen by StripperPoleVibes
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The only family vixen has ever known are the Santiago's. These are the only people she would die for, and be herself around. Now if someone were to mess with that, she will bring them hell. To her, they are the only ones that matter. β€’πŸ‘»β€’ "Thank you my love," I could hear him pour all his emotions into the last word. Love I responded the only way I knew how; I kissed him. Feeling his soft lips against mine, I knew I could never let someone hold me as he does, let someone kiss me like he does. He has my heart. And that's dangerous. Breaking the kiss, we just sat in silence. Seeking comfort in the fact that we had each other. Forever and always. β€’πŸ‘»β€’ *fast pace* [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]
Asylum by Nadia_Alexander
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At the pinnacle of her career, orthopedic surgeon Ava King conquers the lucrative medical field of London. A wild and intimate night with competitive Formula One driver James Ellis ends with Ava being stood up. The rejection leads her straight into the arms of the enigmatic surgeon Gabriel. Ava plays with fire as she can't forget her strong connection with James, but can't resist the jealous and possessive Gabriel, either. What follows can only be called a harrowing series of events. Ava wakes up in the hospital, but as a patient, forcing her to revisit her traumatic recent past. ----- It's like I'm in an asylum but I'm the one in a straitjacket. Insane with lust, I try to break free from his clutches. My body and mind languish in utter turmoil. One part wants and allows him to do whatever he wants with me. The other part desperately tries to convince every ounce of its being to cry, scream for him to stop, and run for the hills. Before both brain and limb are crippled in ecstasy, the turmoil starts all over again. ***This story has themes of drug use, sex, sexual abuse and violence. If these themes are triggers, rather skip.
π“πˆπ‹π‹ 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 πƒπŽ 𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 - πŸπŸ–+ by averymarinoxo
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- π”ππ…πŽπ‘π†πˆπ•π„π π’πŽπ”π•π„ππˆπ‘π’ πŽππ„ -A second-chance enemies-to-lovers mafia romance- 'Till death do us part' was so much more than a vow for them It was Keira's refuge, Nikolai's sanity, and their redemption. Keira fell hard, they loved harder, but her secrets were closing in, and when she died in his arms, he'd hoped he did too. Except he never could have imagined that the wife he'd been morning for eight years was alive. He wanted to break her for ruining him. She vowed to fight him for it. However, they didn't consider that it was no longer about them. They had enemies who were waiting, empires built on blood, and in their passion filled games they forgot that all it would take was one breath for both of their lies and deciet to catch up, and destroy everything they weren't ready to lose all over again. ♀ β™‘ β—‡ β™§ CopyrightsΒ© 2020 @averymarinoxo All rights reserved. Warning: This story is a dark mafia romance. It contains substance abuse, explicitly sexual scenes, and violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Till The Clock Strikes Gone by iyahartwrites
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❝In class, you said I reminded you of someone. Who is she?❞ ❝My wife. You remind me of my wife.❞ ━━━━━━━━━━ When an accidental time travel brings twenty-seven-year-old William eight years back to the past, he gets a chance to change his future and undo his marriage to the wife he never loved - the one who loved him too much. But landing at the doors of her nineteen-year-old self, he is met with someone who is extremely different from who he has always known her to be and he ends up falling in love with her. The catch? Eliza Scott hates him. Thrown into a race against time, William is left with two choices - win back Eliza's heart and go back to the same future which he left behind or forget Eliza and go back to a future where she is no longer his. [FEATURED BY @Romance]
What was left behind by jw_writing4fun
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29 year old Sarah Collins is still hurting over something that happened almost 4 years ago. When David Morris, the person she blames for it all shows up back in her life, she is forced to try and forgive and move on. This story is rated mature. This book contains the following mature themes: death, sex, substance abuse and swearing. Started 5/13/20 Completed 11/8/21
1. Elysium | βœ“ by chrltt-t
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βπ’Žπ’π’– π’π’†π’Šπ’‘π’†π’Šπ’”.❞ (you're missing from me.) ━━━━━━━━━━ π’ƒπ’π’π’Œ 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’–π’π’…π’†π’“π’˜π’π’“π’π’… π’”π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’” Iva Laurent lost her parents when she was eight. Sold to the black market by her only relative left on this earth, she was later bought at a high price by a mysterious man named Harod. He promised her shelter, food and family. Yet, little did she expect to be pulled into a world beyond her imaginations as she trained to be a cold-blooded assassin who kills without a single blink. Cruel as it may be, the choice was not hers to start with. She devoted herself to the hunt without a care for the world until a chanced and magnetising encounter with Jaxen Evrard, whose presence simply toppled her life off balance. Unfortunately, her rigidly controlled life was not the only thing being messed up, his appearance also struck fast into her unguarded heart. How long would Iva stay behind the glacial front that she had put forth? And could she accept someone new after a heart-wrenching past love that nearly destroyed her? ━━━━━━━━━━ 05.10.20: Completed | βœ“
How to choose the one by TheLittleLees
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How are you supposed to be able to choose the one? Or is it even actually a choice? When she moved across the world to attend her dream college, Ellis expected a world of change. She planned for the work load, new experiences and pushing herself beyond her narrow comfort zone. She didn't expect to fall for two different guys, for very different reasons. How do you make a decision between chemistry or love?Passion or perfection? Her best friend said to make a list, that the person she is meant to be with will tick all the boxes. Not just some. It all sounds so simple, until you have to choose between your heart and your head.
Beyond Hope by MartaIsa85
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Sixteen-year-old Hope Thompson claims she doesn't know much about life, and she's ok with it. Her plan is to go with the flow while eating lots of chocolate, dancing until her legs fail, and don't let her mother lock her in a tower (she firmly believes this is a real possibility). ... until that night. One event can change a lot of lives, but no one changed as much as Hope. Deciding to start over, she thinks she found her goal in life: follow all the rules she once tried to escape, and strive for perfection. When the challenges of adulthood arrive, Hope has to make decisions, share her space, start a job while, of course, getting everything done... perfectly. The last thing Hope needed to complicate her life further... was love. Having two men battling for her heart? That seems far too difficult, especially because, despite appearances, there is no perfect choice.
MILO [PUBLISHED] by lizaalewis
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After unknowingly saving a mafia boss from a botched bank robbery, Kiara accepts an offer to work for him as a translator, not realizing love may become part of the package. ***** Though Kiara Payne may be a genius when it comes to languages, what she knows of the real world largely comes from books and movies. But after foiling a robbery on her first day as a bank teller, Kiara finds herself thrust into a world of danger, her life resting in the hands of the infuriatingly sexy Italian mafia boss Milo Di Vaio. In exchange for her safety, Kiara agrees to serve as Milo's translator, accompanying him across Europe as he tries to clean up the mess his late brother left behind and save the reputation of the Di Vaio crime family. Cold, ruthless, and sinfully beautiful, Milo is hard to resist but even harder to love. As tensions rise and secrets are spilled, Milo and Kiara are both forced to question everything they thought they knew. Does love outweigh loyalty? And if so, is it worth dying for? [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes and violence