He let out a slight shrug, "Putting you to death was not what I was pointing towards. After all, it is merely the mouth that talks." I shivered, as I blinked naïvely, "Humph! A-And are there methods to silence this alone?" I huffed. He snapped his arrogant, coldly-heated gaze in my direction, and my insides clenched, as I noticed his deep, powerful ocean orbs snap down to my... lips. He then snapped his gaze away, fixing his right wrist watch as his deep, authoritative voice came: "Many, trust me." ~~~~~~~~ Fate has a weird hobby of slamming us right in the face about things we so took for granted. My name is Charlotte Thorne. Never claimed to be special, never cared about that. I grew up behind the pages of my books and in the different worlds of my love and romance novels. The world, as I knew it, consisted of my humble yet happy family, my studies, hobbies, friends and a potential perfect love story I was supposed to live. Now what happens when the world, as I knew it, turns out to be mostly a lie I've lived in for a long time? I conclude a simple golden rule: Love is pure, illogical crap. And so, long story short: with my nëw rules, a strict vow, a new family, fresh job, and on top of all those, a cold and arrogant Rickard Ellington Conway as my employer, guess I have a whole lot to deal with in this fresh new world of mine ─which'll get rather interesting... Book I of the Charlotte's Story Series. Trigger Warning: This story may contain scenes/content of violence, vulgar language, etc. that might be triggering to some audience. Genres: Romance • Drama • Action • Thriller ©️ 2016 Athenas

Short story submission for the Five Years Since Collaboration Contest Juliette has made a life for herself in a new city and established herself in her career. A morning walk brings her to her knees with grief. Can she find a path to recover from her past?

Gray Matthews spent every summer of the last ten years at Camp ArrowWood... it was the highlight of his summer. Three years he's been a summer counselor at his beloved camp, and every summer is better than the last. With his friend Ryan by his side, it's set up to be the best summer of his life. Violet Woods has grown up knowing that being a counselor at her uncle's camp in the mountains of Colorado was always on her bucket list. When she's finally old enough to spend her first summer as an adult on the training staff, she never expects to meet a certain green-eyed counselor the night before camp starts. Will secrets exchanged under the moonlight change the course of their lives? What happens when Violet has to return home early, leaving Camp ArrowWood behind for five long years? Short Story entry for the #FiveYearsSinceCollabContest Prompt: New Adult It's been five years since a few friends' lives became irrevocably intertwined at a summer camp. Now their paths have crossed again and they must come to terms with what happened that summer. Complete, but I reserve the right to revisit these characters in the future.

[Leaving Nov 11th] "No, no. I want you to crawl. Hands and knees, Ms. Nielson." . . . Aubrey Nielson gets more than she bargained for when she accepts a position as a tutor for the three children of a wealthy, British businessman. Augustine Montgomery has become closed off after the death of his wife and has grown distant from his children. While attempting to mend the family's relationships, Aubrey finds herself falling into a much more provocative position with the widower. Cover designed by Regina Dionela © 2021 E.M. Wilson, All Rights Reserved

THE RED HOUSE; [The red house] // Where men with money, fuck women of beauty, and laugh at the rest of world. ~~~~~~~~~~ Meet Matthew Walker. A man whose entire world had just fallen upon him. The women who he thought of as his 'the one' has left him all because he made a few mistakes. He turned his back on his career and isolated himself. ~~~~~~~~~~ "What is this, a Whore House?" "Not just a whore house, Matt! It's heaven on earth! It's got it all: strippers, whores, hookers, heck, and even some porn stars live there. It's like a hotel. They let you stay there, pick a girl and get it on as long as you want." ~~~~~~~~~~ There Matthew meets a women who turns his world upside down, Feather Grace Heart. Funnily enough her sweet name doesn't suit her at all. She's wicked, mischievous, naughty and down right trouble. But she's exactly what Matthew never knew he needed. But there's one problem. She's a prostitute. And one with a decision to make. And he doesn't know how to feel about that once he starts falling for her. Feather has her own secrets that has Matthew on his toes all the time. Is it lust or love? ~~~~~~~~~~ He leans closer, and our faces are inches apart. “I don’t want to complicate your decision,” he whispers. “You already have.” He kisses me so softly, it’s like a breeze on my mouth. Then I close my eyes and reach for him, letting him ease me back to the ground. His hands close over my face, holding me as we kiss, my heart beating so hard I can feel all my pulse points throbbing. This is so different, so different from anything I’ve ever imagined. I just want to lie here forever, holding him, trusting him. I smell fresh-cut grass, and the scent of something soft and musky that will always remind me of Matthew. Closing my eyes, I wrap my arms around his neck and sink into our kiss, dizzy with the pure bliss of it. ~~~~~~~~~~ [ story has sexual content, erotic scenes ]

Who knew that there was a guy that liked to work out at midnight? A hot guy. A hot, naked guy. But above all else, who knew that Gwendolyn Wilmington of all people would be the person to see him first... and not call him out on it? After coming home from a night of partying in the middle of the night, Gwen happens to pass by the exercise room on her way up to her apartment, spotting the previously mentioned guy. But, as she goes to bed that night, she tries to erase him from her mind. She tries to forget she ever saw him in all his glory, but it is to no avail, and she can't get him out of her head! So what does she do? She goes back to take another look. *Mature content* Read only if you can handle it, plox. I don't want to be the reasoning of corrupted innocent minds.

What happens when you your life doesn't turn out how you planned? What happens when you run into the man you thought you were meant to marry? MATURE CONTENT

Kara Hawthorne refuses to fall in love until the brooding Cameron crashes into her life. He burns for her like no other. But the past doesn't forget and the biggest sacrifice of his life awaits. ***** Spitfire Kara Hawthorne is a hardworking twenty-one-year-old college student with a smart mouth who wants nothing more than to save her family's auto shop. But her life is thrown into a whirlwind as her intense attraction for the dangerous Cameron Saint Laurent becomes all too consuming. Cameron has revealed his painful memories to Kara, but she knows there is more he refuses to tell her. Cameron's past is clouded in mystery and is darker than even he knows. Will Cameron conquer his demons and claim Kara's heart, or will he let the darkness of his past destroy him and lose his chance at love forever? Book 2 in the In Love Series [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana