You've worked so hard to get your dream job in Paris, you're certainly not going to let your bosses arrogant son ruin it for you.

"You just have no idea." His voice was thick with restraint. "W-what," I breathed. His gaze flicked to my lips as his thumb stroked again. The calloused pad against my soft flesh sent goosebumps down my arms. His once warm eyes were dark as they lifted and bared into my soul. "What you do to... men." His husky whisper weakened my knees. I almost fell but his other hand settled on my hip, pulling me closer to him. "What you do to me," he added on a breath. The hand on my jaw shifted. His fingers left trails of tingles as he slipped them back slowly, under my earlobe and into my curls. *************************************************** As a young girl, Charlotte Avery's favourite pass time was daydreaming about her Prince Charming: Archer Johnson. She never stopped to consider that Archer was her brother's best friend.. Or that he always appeared severely creeped out by her attention. On her 16th birthday, Charlotte received a harsh reality check. Realizing just how embarrassing she had been acting, she swore to never make a fool of herself in front of Archer again. The problem? She is about to head to college and unfortunately it's the same school where Archer is currently the star quarterback. Follow Charlotte during her first year at USC as she juggles new experiences, social anxiety, family drama back home, and avoiding Archer. These are the unintended consequences of an embarrassing childhood crush. *************************************************** Top Ranks: #1 - Hot #1 - Collegeromance #1 - Brothersbestfriend #1 - Football #1 - Brooding #1 - Slowburn #1 - Quarterback #1 - Athlete #2 - Newadult #2 - Player #5 - Badboy #73 - Romance ***************************************************

Britt Port Alexander had the love of her life but lost him way too soon. Since then, she's watched her sisters fall in love as she put her time into raising her two sons and working with the family business. Britt refuses to let grief control her life, but it's a lot easier said than done. Who knew the man who knew her late husband the best would be the man who shows her true love can happen twice? Granger Turner showed up at Port Ranch as a lost kid just trying to avoid jail time. The Port Family became the people he needed and he would do anything for those he loved. He's not used to emotions or feelings, so when he realizes the woman who once loved his best friend might mean more to him than just a friend, he doesn't know how to react. Is it a betrayal to fall in love with your best friend's widow?

*** COMPLETED STORY *** Madeline (Mads) Confee is a performance counselor looking to exit her profession and find something new. When she's begged to take on one last client, she doubts she can help the moody chef, especially based on their early interactions. As Chef Benedict Ruschmann allows Mads to unpack his past, he starts to fall for her. After a night of indulgences, he's ready to forego their professional relationship, consequences be damned. But a crisis of conscience puts Mads in denial about the potential for romance. Yes, Chef is a messy drama centered around Mads and Benedict in the context of court-mandated counseling, problematic family dynamics, and career pressures. Mature content including untimely deaths, sex, mental health, and domestic violence are present. Reader discretion advised. (C) Copyright 2024 - Stella Leigh. The author reserves all intellectual property and moral rights over this work. Violations, including copying or adapting characters or plotlines without Author's permission, will be pursued legally. The story is a fictional depiction. Any resemblance to any actual persons or organizations is purely coincidental.

Eighteen-year-old Iris Howell thought she was living her best life until those two pink lines showed up on the pregnancy test. In a flash, all her future dreams went up in smoke. Ten years later, she's now a single mom to a rambunctious little girl who has become her world. It wasn't easy having to grow up so quickly without the support of her high school sweetheart, but she's doing her best. Dating was the furthest thing on her mind, but her best friend still insisted she sign up for a dating app to see if Mr. Right Now was out there somewhere. Little did she know, one of her first matches would be Monty King, her high school boyfriend's older brother. She can't deny her attraction to him or how he makes her feel, but she knows this is a mess just waiting to happen. Montgomery King may have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but that wasn't the life he wanted to live. He never fit in with the lifestyle his upper-class parents tried to force him into and he never got along with his lazy brother who was more than happy to lazily mooch off the family dollar. He took the first chance he could to join the military and do something better with his life. His years in the military are well done and he's still avoided his family and their money-hungry ways until his company relocates to his hometown. The only good part about the move is reconnecting with Iris Howell, even if she is his brother's ex-girlfriend. Iris isn't looking for a relationship and certainly isn't trying to find herself tied down with another King brother and she has good reason not to. However, Monty is making it his new mission to show her that she was with the wrong brother before.

Lucy Jackett is a broken individual. More than a decade after experiencing a living nightmare, she still dealt with the trauma. While her family dedicated themselves to helping other victims like her, she was just trying to move on and be a whole person again. Just when she was feeling steady on her feet, tragedy struck again. Now she's lost in two traumas, one featuring the man she never quite could get out of her mind. Kameron isn't supposed to bring her heart back to life, but Lucy's heart didn't get that memo. Even when her nightmare past shows up on her front door again, Kameron won't back down. Kameron 'Keys' Plough can work magic with a keyboard, but those skills hardly translate to the one woman that he's always loved. Lucy was off limits for way too many reasons to count, but that didn't stop his feelings from growing each time she walked into the room. Lucy isn't interested in dating though, she never has. Keys won't push her though, he'd rather love her from afar than not have the chance to love her at all. It wasn't until Lucy's past took a front and center spot in their presence that the two of them were finally willing to admit their feelings to each other. Will it be too late?

Tally He found me when I was at my worst. He took care of me, made sure I had a place to live and promised that nobody would ever hurt me again. I knew he was a monster but I didn't have any other choice. So I agreed to be the nanny for his adorable son. What other choice did I have? It wasn't until I met him that I realized this didn't haven't to be my life. TJ She caught my eye right away, but she was off-limits in every sense of the word. I was here for a job, not for a woman. When I finally had the chance to talk to her, I knew I could never leave her behind. She had no idea how much her life was in danger with him. By the time she found out, it was too late.

After her last serious relationship fizzled out and ended in a turned-down proposal, Emory Bishop decided to focus less on relationships and more on her work planning events for the family vineyard. Her very first large-scale event was a success and she decided to reward herself with a hot and sexy night with quite the silver fox. It was supposed to be a one-night stand. It was just a fling to scratch and itch and let go for a few hours. It was all fun and games until that pregnancy test came back positive and she had nobody to blame but herself. Now she's balancing life as a single mom, while still working full-time. If she wasn't already stretched too thin, her infant son is in need of special medical care. The last thing she needs when dealing with all stress is her son's father waltzing back into her life and causing more confusion than anything else.

Cade Mason was the last of the Mason Brothers to not fall for the fairytale of a happily-ever-after. Not that he didn't believe in love, he saw it every day in his parents and brothers. When he is at work at the family-run Mason Jar, he's all business, so when it comes to his personal life, he likes to let loose. This flirtatious playboy is down for pretty much anything, except settling down, that is. Yet when storm of taffeta came barging into his family bar one night, he was throw off-kilter and maybe he didn't know what he wanted after all. Danica Erickson did everything just the way she was supposed. She was a good student, followed the rules growing up, and played her part as the angelic daughter that was the perfect pawn in her parent's plan for her. Her entire life was planned out for her, including an upcoming wedding, but was that really what she wanted? She had one chance to change the course of her entire future, but was she brave enough to take it?