"Our love was a case we both lost." ... Naomi Carter, a fiercely intelligent lawyer with a near-perfect winning steak of 97% cases won. The only times she ever loses is to her husband. She's sharp, controlled, and commanding in the courtroom, but behind closed doors, she hides a woman who's never truly learned to love. Nathaniel Carter is a ruthless prosecutor, relentless in his pursuit of justice and impossible to read. Driven by a fierce need for control, he struggles to keep his own life from unraveling. He's the one man who knows his wife's weaknesses and exploits them with a quiet intensity, stirring both her frustration and desire. Their marriage is a constant battleground, scarred by a shared tragedy neither can overcome. Join these two broken souls as they fight to protect themselves while craving the one thing they fear most: each other. #1 in bwwm #1 in blackwoman #1 in enemies #1 in grief #1 in childloss #1 in pregnancy #1 in brokenmarriage #1 in loverstoenemies #2 in darkromance #1 in sexscenes #2 in mentalhealth

Six-year-old Mei Lin watches her village burn and her parents die during a border skirmish Imperial scouts collect orphans for the Shadow Guard program, where children with potential are trained to become elite protectors of the Emperor Many years later, Shadow 9, as she is now called, is selected by the new emperor to enter his harem and keep an eye on his concubines.

In rain-soaked Dublin, Aoife begins to unravel the life she thought was hers, discovering that love, identity, and belonging are not given - they are claimed. *** Aoife Brennan planned the perfect night to celebrate the life she thought they were building together. But when the clock strikes midnight, she discovers that some truths don't come crashing down - they unravel, quietly. Set in the rainy corners of Dublin, The Placeholder is a story of love mistaken for fate, and the quiet ache of being someone's almost.

When Stella was given a choice her senior year of high school to choose between the man she thought she loved and their unborn child... the choice was simple. Now a single mother of a beautiful five year old girl, life was finally starting to look up. Recently graduating college and starting a new job, life throws another curve ball her way and Stella's forced to go to the man she hates most in this world in hopes to save her little girl. When Stella's at her lowest, a handsome stranger decides to introduce himself. Will he be good for Stella and her daughter or will he be just another disappointment?

❝𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚.❞ ╰┈➤ IN WHICH a professional volleyball player and a supermodel found themselves living in the same house all because their son wants it that way. ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Post-Timeskip ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Canon Compliant ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Mature Contents 【 牛島 若利 】 ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── 𝗨𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗝𝗜𝗠𝗔 𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗦𝗛𝗜 𝗫 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗: 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗: 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 Haikyuu ©Haruichi Furudate LITTLE EAGLE (and Ushijima Aren) ©ASTRAGAZER- --

𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

Nadia Washington spent majority of her life in an overly strict household, being the last child, her parents wanted to protect her from the world and keep her home as long as possible. One day, Nadia decides that she no longer wants to live that life. She wants to be free, experience the world, and make her own choices. So, she packs her bags and moves to New York to live with her sister, Celine. Nadia hopes in doing so, she'll be able to discover herself and experience things in life that she has missed out on. Hunter Reece is the starting Quarterback for the New York Giants, chasing a Super Bowl ring. After a tough Super Bowl loss which resulted in what he calls a "failed rookie season", he decided that he needs to block out distractions as they are what's keeping him from his goal. From that moment on, he lived and breathed football. Hunter has made it clear he wasn't looking for romance. However, love can come at you at the most unexpected of times and he's about to find out just that. ⚠️ Mature Audiences Only ⚠️ -------- Highest ranking: #2 Romance Highest ranking: #1 General Fiction (09/13/18) ----------------- © 2018 Summerdreamin / N.A. Mills All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except as provided by U.S.A. copyright law.

Analeigh Kerrigan is chasing her dream of becoming one of the best figure skaters in the world. Zach Crawford is already living his dream of being the best ice hockey player. Their paths collide unexpectedly. But they have a lot of things in common. They both live on the skates. They both love the sound of their skates sliding against ice. And they both know the pain of falling down on the ice. Analeigh hides more than she shows to the world. She's a mystery and Zach sees her as a challenge. He wants to get her to open up her petals and bloom for him. And Zach Crawford is known for loving a good challenge.

The gang think of a plan but when it goes wrong, and Katara is left to die. Zuko saves her and looks after her. They learn about eachother and begin to fall in love. Im terrible at descriptions. Im sorry. Also please excuse the fact that the writing is terrible in the begining. It gets better later in the book i promise. I started writing this as my first book and had no experience 😅