"Evelyn, there's a reason employees aren't close with their bosses If they do their job well, they have to put the corporation first...It's the boss's job to keep them in line, constantly supervise them, and order them around, so it's only natural most people don't like that, and therefore them. Do you understand?" "But we get along, don't we?" I asked tentatively, not trying to give away how much I believed there was something deeper between us. "Most, Evelyn." "I'm sorry I don't follow." "You don't mind being looked after, complying, or put in your place...In fact, I think you like it." ........................................... When the enticing, elegant, confident, woman who caught her eye at the bar turns out to be her boss's boss can she hide the depths of her inappropriate attraction?

"The desire to isolate myself was no longer as strong, because if I were to be alone, I would no longer be able to feel Anastasia's touch." ____________________________________________ Lilli has been fighting a losing battle for far too long. She has been consumed by emotions and thoughts she can't escape; she's been a prisoner to her mind for longer than she can remember. She can't find a reason to stay, but just as she is about to jump, a stranger saves her. This stranger, Anastasia, convinces Lilli to hold on a little longer, and to fight a little bit harder. But there is only so much someone can do to help another see the beauty in living again, so can Anastasia help Lilli save herself, before death steals her away? ____________________________________________ PLEASE CHECK TW'S

When working at a failing high end restaurant in New York, Mariah Breaux knows every corner about scraping by. But when an unknown event is thrown at the restaurant by a notorious mafia, and she is asked to cater for their upcoming event for a large sum of money who is she to decline? Little did she know the event was to welcome the families new leader of the mafia, their daughter, Nova Casper.

Four couples. One story. A family. This book is a tender collection of bonus chapters that takes you back into the hearts and homes of the Bennett family. Told from different points of view, this short novella offers a glimpse into the future of each couple: Mia & Luna, Summer & Willow, Aurora & Camille, and Millie & Harper. This book is a love letter to longtime readers: quiet moments, new milestones, and the kind of love that lasts. Please note: this novella contains major spoilers for all four books. It's meant to be read after you've finished their stories.

Watty Winners Reading Event: Read like a winner 🔥 The year's Watty Award-winning stories just got even better. From December 4-14, the more you read, the bigger the rewards: 📖 30 mins = 1 entry to win 150 Coins 💫 60 mins = 1 entry to win 1 month of Premium 15,000 readers will score epic prizes. Start reading and see how high you can climb. When a scandal forces hockey star Amelia Bennett into a fake relationship with guarded photographer Harper Lane, neither expects the headlines, or the feelings, that follow. What starts as a PR stunt begins to spark into something real, threatening to expose more than just their hearts. *** She's the world's best hockey player. She's a heartbroken photographer with nowhere else to go. And they were never supposed to fall in love. At 24, Amelia Bennett is the most talented hockey player on the planet-chaotic, impulsive, and the last Bennett standing without a ring on her finger. After a very public scandal threatens her sponsorships and reputation, the team's PR crisis plan is simple: clean up her image fast. Step one? A fake relationship. Something that should be easy, right? Harper Lane has no interest in fame, or falling for another golden boy-or girl-with a spotlight stitched into their skin. After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating, she's sworn off chaos and charm. But when her best friend Audrey begs her to stay with Millie temporarily, Harper finds herself in the middle of a media storm-and somehow agreeing to pretend to be Millie Bennett's girlfriend. It's only for the cameras. Just long enough to fix Millie's image. Just enough to keep Harper's ex boyfriend off her back. But fake smiles turn into real moments. Cold shoulders warm under shared blankets. And the girl Harper was warned about-the reckless, beautiful mess, is nothing like the one who makes her tea when she's anxious and kisses her like she means it. In a house built on secrets, one accidental love story is about to mak

This book may NOT be reproduced, reposted, copied, or translated in any way unless you receive permission directly from the author. Camille Rousseau is used to the pressure. As the daughter of a legendary figure skater, she's spent her entire life striving to be the best-pushing herself harder, faster, and farther. But when she's forced to share the ice with Aurora Bennett, Camille's world is turned upside down. Aurora doesn't just glide on the ice; she owns it. Confident, competitive, and effortlessly talented, Aurora is everything Camille hates-everything Camille fears she'll never be. The two are rivals, both driven by the weight of family expectations and their burning need to be the top athlete. But when fate and the rink force them into close quarters, the animosity between them begins to shift into something neither of them can control. Trapped together, their forced proximity ignites a firestorm of tension. Camille can't decide if she wants to throttle Aurora or kiss her. Aurora's confidence rattles Camille's composure, and every touch on the ice sends sparks flying. But as they push each other to new limits, they find that their rivalry is just the beginning of something much deeper, more complicated-and far more dangerous to their hearts.

This book may NOT be reproduced, reposted, copied, or translated in any way unless you receive permission directly from me. Willow James only wants two things in her life: freedom from her mother and success with her music. The winter showcase her university pulls together can give her that. A once in a lifetime opportunity, she gets in, but with the small twist that she has to write a song for someone else, someone the entire world seems to know about. Everyone, but her. Summer Bennett grew up in a loving house, with loving moms, big loving family and everything a child of a famous music producer and a hockey player can get. Aside from her family, dancing is Summer's life, or that's what everyone says and what she believes, until she's selected to participate in a Showcase. She's forced to spend time with someone she doesn't know, but at the same time, she feels like she wants to know her. Two different worlds, will the stars align for them?

Mia Parker has always had a hard life, born and raised in the USA, now she's trying to start a new one in Canada with her daughter. She's not ready to fall in love or date anyone, she's focused on her daughter and making life a little bit easy for them. What she doesn't expect is the new coach of her daughter's hockey team to become her friend and maybe... something more? Luna Bennett has had skates on her feet since she was two years old. She's a professional hockey player, focused on her life and hockey. She wasn't looking for love when she found her and now she can't let her go. She won't. A WLW Hockey Romance. This book may NOT be reproduced, reposted, copied, or translated in any way unless you receive permission directly from the author.

Who knew that being stuck in detention and extra mandatory swim practices with each other would bring two rivals together? Louie Monroe has learned that working hard for what she wants, not what others want from her, is the way to go. She's one of the best swimmers on the team and couldn't care any less about any of them and their hateful comments. And she definitely doesn't care about the team captain. Winter Montgomery, the swim team captain, also known as the ice queen, works hard to make sure she's perfect. Her grades, her swims, her whole life revolves around the expectations nobody gives her other than herself. The 'go-with-the-flow' girl and the perfectionist stuck together as punishment? Nothing could go wrong...

• Fortuitous; happening by accident or chance rather than design. • Saylor gets a job offer in her hometown, which she gladly accepts. She misses her hometown, her family, and especially her best friend, Hadley... but what will happen when Hadley's sister, Emerson, also moves back to town? • The two may discover they have more in common than they ever thought possible as well as be forced to process some underlying feelings they thought they buried.