Arabella Boyd has finally escaped the violence of London. She waitresses. She pays her own bills (mostly) on time. Her criminal father is out of her life, on the run, and out of her mind. But violence knows where she lives. The men her father is indebted to know where she lives too. Cold-eyed, armed, and impossible to read, Nikolai Vaz is exactly the sort of man Bella knows to stay away from. Unfortunately, he's also the only thing standing between her and the people hunting her father down. The deeper Bella gets dragged into the criminal underworld she tried to escape, the more she realises one terrifying truth: Nikolai Vaz might be the most dangerous man she's ever met. And she's beginning to feel safest when he's near.

Penelope Longhurst needs a fresh start, and Tobias Ford needs a distraction. A no-strings attached arrangement seems like the perfect solution, until the publishing powerhouse starts falling for the one woman determined not to stay. With Tobias battling the fallout of his ex-wife and Penelope hiding from a dangerous man from her past, their temporary arrangement may become the one thing neither of them can face walking away from. BOOK TWO IN THE EMERSON PUBLISHING HOUSE SERIES *** Penelope Longhurst is so over having to look over her shoulder. After everything she's been through, the last thing she needs is a relationship, especially with her boss. But when the pressure of starting over becomes too much to take alone, a no-strings arrangement with Tobias Ford seems like the perfect escape for her. As one of the most influential men in publishing, Tobias has enough on his plate. Between running a successful publishing house that's now under threat and dealing with the fallout of a bitter divorce, commitment is the last thing on his mind. A casual relationship with his intelligent, beautiful assistant is supposed to be simple. It isn't. The more time Tobias spends with Penelope, the harder it becomes to keep his feelings in check. For the first time in years, he wants something real and lasting. But Penelope is keeping secrets. While Tobias is falling in love, Penelope is hiding from a dangerous man who's determined to drag her back into the nightmare she fought to escape. And when her past finally catches up with her, she's got nowhere else to run. So Tobias must decide how far he's willing to go for the woman who was never supposed to matter to him. What started as a one-time fling is about to become something far more complicated.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. At Blackwood Academy in Switzerland, legacy is earned long before graduation and perfection is expected long before arrival. She moves like she's untouchable. Popularity, attention, a boyfriend, everything exactly as it should be. But perfection comes with pressure. A life measured in expectations that never ease, only tighten. A father who expects excellence, a future already mapped out for her, and a past she would rather leave buried. And some nights, an empty feeling hurts less than a full one. He's the new guy. Quiet. Broody. The kind of presence people feel before they see, and choose not to approach. Control is the only thing that ever made sense. Long before this place. Long before her. Then she starts appearing everywhere. Lecture halls. Corridors. The spaces he used to have to himself. Like chaos has decided to learn his rhythm. And for all his control, there are things he has never learned until her. Now the girl made for chaos might be the one thing capable of undoing everything he's built... or becoming the only thing he can't stop watching.

When Eleanor Dahl's life is endangered by her drug lord father's greed for power, she is forced to accept help from an elusive, handsome stranger who might just drag her deeper into the underworld. Lie to Me coming soon. Add this to your library and get notified when it's available for you to read. *** Eleanor Dahl has been desperately trying to escape the clutches of her drug lord father and cut all ties with the underworld. So when her greatest chance at freedom shows up in the form of a masked man from a mafia family, she has no choice but to take his deal--be a double agent for him, then leave his world behind. As her father's greed for power endangers her life and that of her loved ones, she becomes the mafia's pawn and sparks ignite with her masked stranger. With lies piling up and danger lurking around every corner, Eleanor has to decide what matters the most to her. Freedom, loyalty, or an unexpected love that's bound to destroy her.

"You're going to let me fuck you like a good girl?" he asks and leans down, "Because you are, aren't you? A good girl?" . . . Elena Amoretto has always been smitten by the one and only, Ares Aetos. For three years, she's adored him from afar. Admiring the god of war and falling deeper into her obsession. While Ares can't seem to stand her. Where she's infatuated with him, he merely acknowledges her existence. While being the center of the spotlight herself. As the front woman of the rising band Icarus, Elena has to face the world while struggling with anxiety. To make matters worse, Ares is the drummer of the band rivaling hers, Dopamine. And just as fate would have it, his band and hers are touring together. She's supposed to hate him. But how could she? When all she does is drown in the blue of his eyes and willingly dies at the ruthless hands of Ares? The god of war who brings her down on her knees while she blissfully falls into his melancholy.

Rhett Jaggar is Boston's hottest underground fighter. He has the body and the winning streak to prove it. He trains like a mad man, with more discipline than a monk. But even he can't keep his attention in the ring when a brunette distraction shows up in his boxing gym.
Ava Young had it all. The fancy house on a hill, a successful businessman father, an adorably decorated off campus apartment, and a group of fun-loving college friends. That is, until her father's company is exposed for embezzling. She has no place to turn but her childhood best friend's couch and a new, strange life filled with underground fighters. Including the intimidatingly sexy, Rhett Jaggar.
These two opposites may come to find that they have more in common than they realize...but will it be a harmless attraction or end in a dangerous addiction? 
Read as a standalone fighter romance. Part of a series of standalone fighter romances including Against The Ropes and Below The Belt. Complete at 75,000 words. #1 #fighter / 8.1k stories #1 #desire / 11.4k stories #8 #romance / 1.7M stories #5 #sports / 17.1k stories #1 #darkromance / 5.5k stories #1 #dangerous / 11.6k stories #3 #contemporary / 10.9k stories #2 #boston / 2k stories

Her nights are his to please until the debt is paid. (extended synopsis is inside) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Updates from summer 2023 || HEAVY SEXUAL CONTENT! PROCEED WITH CAUTION||

After an unexpected ceiling collapse sends her apartment into chaos, Madelaine Grayson ends up living with her brother - and dangerously close to his tattooed, way-too-charming roommate. He's off-limits... but resisting him might be impossible. *** When Madelaine Grayson's bathroom ceiling caves in, it's not just drywall that crumbles. It's her entire world. Forced to move in with her brother, she finds herself swept up in the chaos of his new protective attitude - especially when it comes to his tattooed roommate, Noah Laurier. Noah is the epitome of perfection: sweet, hot, and embedded into every thought Madelaine has. But he's forbidden, and the closer she gets, the harder he is to resist. Well... what her brother doesn't know can't hurt him, right? *** "Matt's sister, I presume?" He walks towards the couch and my eyes widen. He's tall. I thought I was tall but this man could tower me, and when he reaches a hand towards me, there's an intricate clock tattooed on the back of his hand and his fingers have bones tattooed over them. This man is not human. He's tall and angular and dripping with sex appeal. This man is hot. Capital H, capital O, capital T. I don't think I've ever seen a human being so attractive. All I can think about as I force myself to keep my eyes on the screen is the feel of his jaw beneath my hand, and it takes everything in me not to look

WARNING‼️This book contains abstruse topics such as Dark Love, Toxicity, Abuse, Violence etc if you are not comfortable with the above please feel free to swipe past this book. A man with a drive for blood gets lost in the eyes of a woman with a simple life. Their foreign but not so different worlds come clashing together when he claims her as his. He just can't seem to stay away or get her out of his mind. He couldn't say it was driving him insane because he already lacked in that department. He didn't care what it would take, he wanted her and he would have her.