Esther Tomko is hiding a huge secret. Even from her best friend. It is an unwritten rule that siblings of your friends are off-limits. And yet she couldn't stop herself from falling for the charmingly smart volleyball captain Josephine "Josie" Bennet after meeting her at her best friend's house in freshman year of high school. Now, when their last year is just around the corner, she decides she finally needs to move on from her by spending time buried in art and looking for another girl to steal her attention away. However, her plans take a detour when she walks into a room she most definitely shouldn't be in and finds out someone else is also keeping a secret from the people in her life. Who was once unreachable moves up to the same step. Hiding Esther's secret becomes much harder when that one faithful night starts a series of events that bring them closer together. It was all supposed to be just a simple crush. - BOOK #1 in a STAND-ALONE series

When Priscilla walks into Sloane's office, she's just another patient-guarded, broken, slow to trust. Sloane, a dominant and calculating therapist, is used to control. She knows how to push, how to read people, how to get what she wants. But Priscilla is different. What begins as therapy twists into something deeper-an electric pull neither of them can ignore. Sloane tells herself it's about healing, but her control is precise, obsessive... seductive. And Priscilla, under Sloane's careful influence, begins to lose sight of where her pain ends and Sloane begins. Because Sloane isn't just hiding secrets. She's using them. And the most dangerous thing about her is how far she'll go to keep Priscilla close. [ wlw romance between a therapist and her patient. Hold on tight, this a messy-dark romance ]

• Lennox and Jayme are best friends. They have known each other since middle school and have grown with each other since. They know every embarrassing, funny, and important thing about the other. • They don't keep secrets... except that's a lie. They both keep secrets, multiple at that. • Like every secret, they are bound to spill, but what will happen as these two reveal some of theirs? Will it bring them closer together or drive them farther apart?

•|𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄 (Replaced Bride) 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘|• ✦ RITVIKA KAPOOR ✦ A girl who carries the sun in her smile and storms in her silence. She wasn't raised in riches, but she's richer than most-in love, in softness, in strength. A single mother at 24, her heart beats not just for herself, but for her little girl who calls her "Mumma." 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 is her language and 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 her comfort-she loves quietly, endures deeply. Every scar has a story, but she chooses not to tell them, only to live past them. She dreams of love, but doesn't expect it. She hopes for a miracle, yet walks through life with calm acceptance. She is a - ❝ Khud se zyada kisi aur ke liye jeene wali ladki. ❞ ━━━━━━━━━━ ✦✧✦ ━━━━━━━━━━ ✦ VIDYUT RAJVANSH ✦ His presence demands silence. A man built from shadows and steel. Cold eyes, sharp suits, and a reputation darker than the night. He's the kind of man who doesn't flinch at loss, and never looks back once he walks away. A CEO, a name whispered in fear, a heart hidden behind layers of pain and pride. Commitments? He avoids them. Emotions? He shuts them out. Children? He doesn't do soft things-until Tara calls him "Dadda." He doesn't believe in second chances, but somehow, Ritvika feels like the home he never had. He is a - ❝ Mohabbat se door bhaagne wala, lekin mohabbat mein doobta hua aadmi. ❞ ━━━━━━━━━━ ✦✧✦ ━━━━━━━━━━ Join the Journey of RITVIKA & VIDYUT 💗

[Book 2 in the Of Course series] The first time Emryn Ashford held a guitar, she dreamed of a career in music. After headlining the Bi-Con series in Nashville as an out artist, with the help of her talent scout (and newly promoted close friend) Hannah Nelson, her singles have climbed the charts. Now garnering attention from all angles and soaring to newfound heights, things can only go up from here. That is, until Emryn learns of her father's sudden death. Taking a step away from the spotlight, despite the growing fame, it feels like ambition and inspiration somehow slipped through her fingers. Returning to her small hometown with only 3 stop-lights and a McDonalds still stuck in the 90's, Emryn is unsure of where her life is headed. How is she going to get out of this slump, and does she even want to? And, why the hell is Mallorie Rivers playing piano in the only coffee shop in town? Hadn't she set her sights on New York? The last thing Emryn knew, she went running to Juilliard. Mallorie Rivers was done with Eddie Shaffer's shit. Period. And him not showing up, yet again, for their gig, was her final straw. And that's not including the fact that they've been on-again, off-again since they were nineteen. Before that pivotal moment her life changed forever. She loved her piano so much, it was a comfort these days. Keeping her steady, solid and holding together when it felt like the world was trying its best to tear her apart. She's forgotten the thrill of an audience or those wide open spaces where notes echo. Where she was and what she was doing now is safe. And her old dreams? They were simply just that-dreams. And dreams change. But why is Emryn Ashford picking up Eddie's guitar? Didn't she have a concert or a massive crowd of fans to greet?

Delia Prescott is a best-selling author hiding behind a pseudonym. To the world, she's the wild-child daughter of a powerful publishing empire wasting away her inheritance. In reality, she's the highest grossing author that saved the family name. Running a thriving bar and chasing inspiration across the world (and across the bar), Delia's determined to live life on her terms, even if it means hiding the truth from everyone she loves. Gabby Andrews has spent years carefully building walls around her heart, trading risk for safety after too many painful cracks to her heart. She's convinced love is a story for other people, choosing to stick within the walls she's built and the emergency department where she works. Until she walks into Delia's bar and meets a woman who makes her wonder if she's been hiding from her own unwritten story and potential happy ending. Gabby feels like a story Delia was always too afraid to write: vibrant, kind, and alarmingly real. Is Delia ready to step into the light, and finally write a story under her real name, and is she prepared to announce to the world the true identity of her pen-name? Is Gabby ready to make the leap and try for love one more time and be her honest self in the process? Will her work schedule cause another rift in her chance of connecting to someone again? Maybe in finding each other, there is a story they never knew was there to write... together.

Liberty Fierro is used to living on her own terms, partying recklessly all night and doing it all over again the next day. But when one night goes horribly wrong, her mother steps in with an ultimatum: 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱. Monroe Leclair's reputation as a therapist is as infamous as it is dangerous. She's calm, calculating, and hiding secrets that no one in their right mind could possibly guess. As the lines blur between healing and obsession, Liberty has to wonder if Monroe is saving her, 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮.

Alexandria finally landed a job away from her family influence, after she used a random girl to get out of an awkward situation, how will things develop when she starts her new job as a teacher only to find the stranger she used as one of her students

Athena Castillo, a member of a prominent mafia family is forced to take over for her father. Despite going against him any chance she gets she must take over no matter her want to have nothing to do with it. Athena lives her life as she wants with no care. That is until she meets her roommate, Stella Campbell, who changes her. Deven Thorne, best friend to Stella Campbell and self made millionaire. She enjoys her life as much as she can. She is the life of the party but can also be the one to burn it all down. She lets no one control her. When things get flipped upside down Deven comes face to face with the one person who matches her fire. Will things come crashing down when fire and fire meet? *The first part of the story is told in the POV of Stella (Athena's roommate) and Athena*

When Virelai Chun steps back into Miami's gritty glamour after years away, it's not just to sip eggnog and deck the halls. It's to take over for her father, Dorian Chun. And Miami's gangs are no longer the rough illegal crowd they used to be... 𝙉𝙤. They've found a way to make themselves into Miami's elite, pulling strings in the city's most glamorous circles. Schools, politicians, you name it, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘵. And in Miami, you need them to like you. If they don't? Better hope you make it through the holidays. For Virelai, returning to Miami means facing Mazin Moretti, someone she left behind along with any memories of the past. But somehow old heartbreaks and bitter memories still manage to crash over them both like a winter storm. Especially with every holiday event, late-night meeting, and stolen glance only adding fuel to the fire between them. This only leaves Virelai in a city strung up with flashy holiday lights and packed with 𝘴𝘰 much fucking past baggage. Miami's darker side is glistening this Christmas, and Virelai is about to find out that power, passion, and betrayal are gifts 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. So spend your Christmas playing with fire... 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙. [A Christmas Dark Romance & Sequel to Corrupted]