Four years have passed and a lot has changed. Joella is in her final semester of college and she is excited to start her new journey as a young adult in the 'real world'. Her confidence has grown and continues to grow as she finds her way. She's still the same sweet girl, she just speaks her mind more these days. Haden is still his normal cold, dominating self. Only showing his soft side to his one and only Joella. He's spent the past year getting more acquainted with his club Blaze and learning the ends and outs of Cooper Inc. His grandpa (Grandpa Russo) is ready to step down and is placing more pressure on him to step up and take over the 'family business'. The return home is anything but simple. There's still hidden agenda's and resentment for the couple. They escaped their past once, but can they do it again? Will their love over shadow everything or will the stresses of the world tear them apart? This is not a stand alone book. Read The Stepbrother first. I do not give permission for my story to be published or shared anywhere else with out my knowledge.

He kept his hand on my neck and inched closer to me. I turned my head slightly and he took the opportunity to nuzzle his nose in my neck. Taking in a deep breath, his hand slid from my throat and wrapped around my waist. What? I was confused and scared. "You always smell so good." He said, the vibration from his mouth tickled my neck. Suddenly the bell rang. "I-I need to get to class" I whispered and placed my hands on his shoulders and lightly pushed him back. His eyes immediately hardened as he roughly grabbed my neck and slammed me back into the wall. This time his body pressed on mine. "You'll leave when I say you can." He said as his other hand snaked into my hair and gripped it softly. "Did you really think just because our parents are getting married that things would change for you?" Joella Stevens is a straight A student and junior in high school. She's very sweet and soft spoken. Her mother has been dating for a while but she has never brought anyone home to meet her. That is until one man pops the big question. Joella finds herself struggling to stay calm when she learns that her mom's new fiancé is the father to her longtime bully, Haden Cooper. Haden Cooper is a Senior and captain of the football team. He's very handsome and charming but there is a dark/controlling side to him and a hidden family history Joella has yet to learn of. Joella tries to avoid him, but she can't seem to get out of his grasp. Things only start to get more intense once Joella and her mother move in with Haden and his father. WARNING: Some of the content in this story can be a trigger for some. Highest Rankings: #1 Abduction #1 Controlling #3 Bwwm #4 Stepbrother #7 Alphamale #8 WMBW

In a world of cold power and sterile luxury, 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙤𝙫 is the untouchable devil. A ruthless billionaire whose empire drips with blood and billions, he lives by one savage rule: 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮. Skin is poison. Contact is contamination. His body is a locked fortress-until the day his control begins to burn. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘋𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘴. Calm. Graceful. Dangerously composed. The new maid moves through his marble halls like living temptation-soft curves wrapped in a crisp uniform, warm skin that carries the faint scent of lavender and sin. She doesn't cower. She doesn't break. And that quiet defiance sets Dante's blood on fire. His obsession ignites instantly. He isolates her. He watches her every breath through hidden cameras. He pulls her into his private sanctuary and makes her the center of his sterile, suffocating world. What begins as forbidden hunger quickly becomes feral need. The man who recoils from touch now aches to devour her-running starving hands over her bare skin, tasting her trembling lips, burying himself deep inside her slick heat while fighting the revulsion that once ruled him. Every hard thrust, every desperate moan, every filthy whisper of ownership chips away at his sanity. She consents. She surrenders. But she never truly escapes. In the heat of his madness, Dante's touch turns raw, possessive, and devastating. He claims her against cold marble, on silk sheets soaked with sweat, and in the darkness where pain and pleasure blur. He will shatter every rule, ruin his own mind, and lock her in his gilded cage just to feel her come undone around him again and again. She was supposed to be invisible. Instead, she became his addiction... and his only weakness. He will never let her go.

Elara Jones finds solace in silence and sugar. A shy, curvy baker with a softly spoken heart, her world is small and predictable: a quiet office job and a fledgling home bakery where she pours her soul into every treat. She is innocence embodied, and she's content with her simple, invisible life. Kaelan Vance is a king in a world of shadows. A mafia tycoon with a empire of legitimate companies and illegitimate dealings, he commands with a look and takes what he wants. He is a man forged in ruthlessness, his heart untouched... until a glimpse of Elara shatters his control. He isn't just drawn to her beauty; he's captivated by her quiet strength, the peace she radiates, the innocence that stands in stark contrast to his own stained soul. What begins as a fascination quickly spirals into a dark, all-consuming obsession. He must possess her, not just her body, but her heart, her smiles, her very soul. For Elara, Kaelan is a storm she never saw coming. His attention is terrifying yet intoxicating, a whirlwind of danger and desire. He showers her with a devotion that feels like love but looks like madness. He will burn the world to keep her safe and break anyone who dares to look her way. This is a story of two hearts colliding: one learning to love, the other learning to let go. One is a quiet melody, the other a destructive symphony. Can a love built on obsession ever become a sanctuary, or is it just the most beautiful prison of all?

{MATURE CONTENT warning} • • • Life for Chris was never easy. One accident at birth had her falling into a cycle of repeating problems throughout her entire life. Getting placed in the male's lineup in every competition, being assigned the wrong uniform because of her name, etc etc. And now the most recent. Being assigned to a whole men's fraternity in a new close knit, weird as fuck town in the middle of nowhere surrounded by mountains of trees, and all because one administrator was too lazy to check a simple photo. No one said life would be easy and Chris guessed this much while living inside a house that was filled to the ceiling with testosterone. Finding and being chosen for this full expense paid scholarship had been the extent of her luck, now all Chris wanted was to get her degree, live quietly and leave. But...why on earth did this town seem so strange. Why did she hear the sounds of dogs in the middle of the night, why did the men in her frat seem hyper aware with reflexes that went beyond her scope of understanding. Why were the people so fucking weird and why the absolute fuck did she start having those...dreams every night. Dreams that made her wake up hot and sweaty, burning with a desire for something she hardly understood. The answers to these questions were nothing ordinary. Would Chris be prepared? And, after finding out the truth...just what on earth would she do next. ■□■□■ ~~~COMING SOON~~~

Malika Danai is pressure. Friendly, social, and loved by all, Malika thrives in college and is often seen as a mirage - seemingly real and attainable but disappears when approached. She's a party girl to the core. Loves to drink, flirt, and explore with her best friends, Ayana and Isabella. Her beauty is undeniable. With curly black hair cascading over her shoulders and golden-brown skin that glows no matter where she's at, Malika's presence is impossible to ignore. Her dark brown eyes often sparks with mischief, and her full two-toned lips often curves into teasing grins that hints at secrets she rarely shares. Malika excels at a lot of things but she was never the study type. She prayed the night before exams and hoped that her grades would at least give her a passing score and somehow, that always worked. Until now... Her grades are barely holding on- good enough to pass, but not good enough for a sorority like the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA). She wants to join. No she needs to. It's the only way she can prove to her mother that she's worth it. And she'll do whatever it takes. Even if it means casting her pride aside to get help from the boy who loathes her existence. Meanwhile... Theo Sinclair is a weapon. An academic weapon that nobody can beat. Coming from an old money family where the expectations and bars are set high, Theo surpasses them all and is often pushed towards greatness by his family. Yet he has a big flaw: boredom. Because of his uncaring attitude towards everything and everyone around him, Theo is often alone. Deliberately avoiding attention and validation from peers; he thrives in the silence and rhythm of his own scheduled routines. He has only one rule; 'Never let myself feel things I can't control.' To him, parties are ratchet and vile. An enigma vastly contrasting his reverence for solitude, silence, and carefully ordered thoughts. So when he's pushed into an unwanted arrangement, he resents the intrusion because slowly, his rule...

Charlie Rose is tasked with finding the estranged prince of Volontaria by the King himself. Going to the human world, and coming back home finds her with more questions than answers. Now with a ruthless war and an unknown enemy, the brave warrior finds that she might be dealing with something bigger than she'd ever imagined. Magic that was once lost seemed to have return. Feelings she never knew she had intensifies for a man out of her reach. The more she seeks the truth, the uglier it becomes, as she quickly finds that she might be fighting the wrong war and destroying her own kind.

In a hidden wolf community cut off from humans, Luca has always been an outsider with a dangerous secret. When he accidentally tastes the blood of Lulu, a pureblood Luna, their forbidden bond awakens an ancient prophecy and memories of a past life where he once destroyed the world for love. Now humans have resumed hunting gifted wolves, enemies hide within the pack, and old lies begin to unravel. As Lulu fights to protect her people and the wolf fate chose for her, Luca must decide whether he will become the monster history remembers, or the leader who can unite wolves and vampires at last.

When Miss Sunshine comes knocking at Archie Stone's door, it isn't just light she lets in. It's exposure. It's the slow peeling back of shadows he thought were buried too deep to reach. Her smile is bright, almost innocent-but it carries something sharp beneath it. Warmth that lingers too long. Curiosity that presses where it shouldn't. A drug that he can't seem to let go

MAIA RIVERA -- is spending her summer away from the city and the drama back home. She visits her grandparents in a small, picturesque town in the South of France for a few months, hoping for a quiet, peaceful break. However, she doesn't anticipate the town's charming local, who always seems to be around, ready to shake up her plans. MATHIEU LAMBERT -- is gearing up for another typical summer in his hometown, following the routine he'd known since childhood: being the town's go-to helper. The days usually blend together with familiar faces, familiar houses, and the comfort of routine. However, this summer promises something different - a new arrival with a captivating smile threatens to shake up his predictable days.