| | Wattys 2025 Shortlist | | Ambys 2025 Grand Favorite | | Iris is the oldest of a group of orphans, working hard and without complaint to help bring in money to feed and clothe the younger children. Everybody knows and loves her. She wants nothing more than a normal, safe life―but war looms on the horizon, threatening her plans. Char is a dragon and a certified troublemaker. He and his brother are a pain in their commanding officer's side and a favorite at parties, especially among the girls. But when Char's familiarity with humans earns him a routine scouting mission, he meets Iris―and finds more trouble than he ever expected. She's suddenly at the center of a war, shackled with a magical amulet she doesn't understand and can't control. He's too impulsive to stay out of the tangled web tightening around her, even if that means lying to his brother and risking his life to keep her out of the hands of a psychotic mage. Nowhere is safe. Nothing is normal. And Iris may hold the power to end the war and save them all. ***** A Song and a Storm: Book One

When investigative journalist Adrianna Torrence, famed for exposing Hollywood's darkest secrets, must hire protection after receiving chilling death threats, she's paired with Reed Redwood-a cocky playboy and heir to an elite bodyguard firm hiding his own dangerous agenda. He convinces Adrianna to pose as his girlfriend to expose her biggest story yet, but Adrianna soon realizes the greatest threat to her heart might be the man she's risking everything to trust. Season 2 of The Bodyguard Club *** Twenty-five-year-old investigative journalist Adrianna Torrence has built her career-and her fair share of enemies-by exposing the darkest secrets of Hollywood's elite. When a string of death threats forces her to seek protection, she turns to Gold Standard Security, the most elite bodyguard firm in the industry. What she doesn't expect is Reed Redwood-a cocky, dangerously charming playboy whose reputation has her questioning everything, including his abilities. But Reed has his own motives. After discovering that his father, the powerful CEO of GSS, is running a blackmail empire, Reed is determined to take him down and reclaim the company. To do that, he needs Adrianna to pose as his girlfriend, trading her expertise for his protection. Drawn by the promise of her biggest story yet, Adrianna agrees despite her frustration with Reed's womanizing charm. But as their chemistry blurs the lines between fake and real, Adrianna finds herself caught between her growing feelings and the dangerous truths they're uncovering. Faced with an impossible choice, she must decide: follow her heart or risk everything to expose Hollywood's most explosive scandal.

This is best read after Zolan Book 3 (The King) *** I'm the descendant of Queen Dee and King Vadnar. My family and I have lived our whole lives on an isolated island. After years of staring at the horizon, I decide to leave. My curiosity leads me to a military camp, where I'm forced to enlist as an Entertainer. I try to lay low. But with The Captain's dark, hungry gaze following me, trouble is bound to find me.

She's a mafia princess desperate for freedom. He's a self-made king with no intention of letting her go. When Sofia Vitale learns she's been promised to a powerful gang leader in Memphis, she decides there's only one option left: escape before the wedding can happen. Malik Jones has spent his life building an empire from nothing. As the billionaire leader of the most successful gang in Memphis, he doesn't need a wife-and he certainly doesn't need the complications that come with marrying the daughter of a Chicago Mafia Don. Unfortunately, a lucrative business deal leaves neither of them much choice. Determined to reclaim her freedom, Sofia refuses to make life easy for her future husband. But the more time she spends with Malik, the harder it becomes to ignore the man beneath the reputation. Because while Malik may be dangerous, he is also patient, protective, and far more difficult to hate than she expected. As tensions rise between their families and old enemies begin circling, Sofia finds herself caught between the life she's always wanted and the man she's never meant to love. Will Sofia risk everything for a chance at freedom? Or will the bargain that brought them together cost them both far more than they were willing to pay?

Brea Lancaster may have been born in the country, but she is a city girl through and through. She is stylish, influential, and loves the excitement that the party life has to offer. When she receives a call from her brother, who she hasn't spoken to in years, she is forced to return to her small country town that she hasn't been back to visit for almost a decade. Glendale is far from the pretty lights and vibrant parties of the city that Brea is used to. Especially the people in town. When Brea runs into-quite literally-her brother's nemesis and childhood friend, Zander, Brea starts to wonder whether everything she has grown up to think of Glendale may not to be true. This is a contemporary romance about a girl learning there is more to life than what meets the eye, and realizing how incredible but terrifying, falling in love is. A steamy, small town, brother's rival romance.

Aenwyn, the Mistress of the High Seas, once a feared and powerful figure, possessed the rare ability to glimpse into the future. But even her visions could not prevent the treachery that led to her capture and the devastating loss of her people. Imprisoned for centuries, she was forced to watch the world move on without her, helpless against the tide of fate. Until Sollel, the Mistress of Flame, broke the chains of the Mistress of the High Seas, freeing her from her prison, Aqua Terra. Now, armed with vengeance and guided by her prophetic visions, the Mistress of the High Seas sets sail on a perilous journey. She seeks to reunite with those she lost and wreak havoc on the ones responsible for her grief. Storms will rage, tides will rise, and nothing will stop her from enacting her revenge. But with each step toward retribution, the future becomes uncertain, and the Mistress of the High Seas will soon discover that some sacrifices may never be undone. [ BOOK 3 OF AZITERA: YTHER'S QUEEN ] UPDATE DATE: TO BE ANNOUNCED CECELIB | C.C.

Just as Celeste is on the brink of giving birth to her and Theo's twin sons, a new and unanticipated enemy of the Draven pack strikes with fury. Word that Theo is the Moon Goddess' True Alpha--a legend come to life--spreads throughout and beyond their continent, but a foreign Alpha an ocean away, disagrees. Season 3 of The Dark Alpha

"I don't think you want your whole neighbourhood to see what is going inside the car." Ryan purrs in my ear. His eyes glow with an evil glint that sends a shiver down my spine as he sneers, "Or do you?" I panic and look at the source of my fear, where my dad is standing in the balcony and my neighbours not-so-casually staring at the shady black car parked in the street. Though the glass is thick and dark, I wonder what part of the inside is intriguing them. "Are you into exhibitionism?" My eyes sprint at him. Ryan lowers his head. Keeping my eyes locked at him, he takes the small bump of my erect nipple in his teeth that pierces through my tee, and slowly bites. A sharp prickly pain surges through my body, and my hips jerk in the air as I gasp loudly. "Ahhh!" Everything feels hot and tingling. Wet and wetter. "Do you like it when people watch?" He whispers sultrily in my ears. "Does it excite you?" . . . Emara Stone.. She was never meant to get this close to the guy who has warnings written all over him. But he was her inspiration to write a book on bad boys. And like it is said, if you knock on the Devil's door.. Don't be surprised when he opens it wide. 🌶️ MATURE SCENES 🔥 . . . Highest Ranks #1 Funny #1 RomCom #1 DarkFantasy #1 Twist #1 Enemies #1 Jealousy #2 SexScenes #2 LoveTriangle #3 Comedy #3 HOT #3 Flirt #5 Adult

[THIS BOOK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON AMAZON] "You think you have what it takes to handle the likes of me, sweetheart?" he whispered, a sardonic smile plastered on his lips, "you don't." ---------- Cold and cruel. That's who the Alpha of the Creston Bay pack was known to be. Greyson Otaire ruled under a strict dictatorship, knowing that the protection of his pack would always come first. After he was forced to abandon his lands from the threat of the Rogue King, it was time to head back. Only now, he would return to his lands with his mate, Natalia Hemmings, by his side. Greyson had sworn off the idea of mates, given up on the entire constitution of it, and after what happened in his past, he knew that not having a mate was best for everyone involved. But now he found her, marked her on sight, and was stuck with her. As hard as he fought to stay away from her, and as much as he tried to protect her from the demons of his past, the pull between them was too strong. Will the cold last forever or will his mate be able to burn through the wall of ice? __________ HIGHEST RANKINGS #1 in Small Town of 10.2k stories #40 in Moon Goddess of 3.9k stories #247 in Secrets of 109k stories #58 in Mates of 41.5k stories #356 in Black Writers of 383 stories #94 in Cliffhanger of 10.2k stories __________ FROST is Book Two of the Animal Instincts series and contains scenes and characters originally mentioned in the first book, Ignite. I've written it so it can be read as a stand-alone novel, but feel free to read Book One to get a good grip on the characters and settings. It is also a slow burn where you'll enjoy possessive mates, scarring secrets, troubled pasts, unexpected betrayals, and so much more! If you loved book one, you'll love this one ;) Excited yet? Click 'Start Reading' and enjoy ;) _____________________________________________________ © Ashleigh Reeds 2024. All rights reserved.