When Barbara, aka the Ice Queen, agrees to fake-date Ryan, their relationship unexpectedly develops as they struggle to move on from their past. *** Barbara Owens is known as the Ice queen for her cold personality and ruthless business morals. When she agrees to a blind date as a favor to a friend, the last person she expects to see is Ryan Davies, and the last thing she expects to hear is a fake-dating offer. As their relationship develops and their feelings grow past friendship, their past catches up with them. Will their love be able to weather the winter storm? *** A reverse grumpy X sunshine story of love, family and healing.

Daphne lives with her brother Mark on the streets. A chance encounter with Nathaniel tangles their lives together. As Daphne tries to make a life for herself and her brother, feelings brew between her and Nathaniel. But when old secrets about Daphne's life come to light, will Daphne trust Nathaniel to help her fight the monsters from her past? Or will she chose to run away once again? This is a homeless girl's journey to find herself and love, escaping the past and the streets. Trigger Warning: This book contains elements of physical and sexual abuse, panic attacks, and references to drug use and rape.

The story of young girl being born by the rape of her mother and struck with her 4 brothers as her mom died giving birth to her. Being neglected and pleading for love for her brothers. She is now fed up. Now only 9 months to turn 18 she wants to move out early so asking permission from his eldest brother was the last thing she wanted to do. Join in her journey of her from being no one to becoming someone. Will her brothers let her go or make her stay? Read to find out!

Alessia has never spoken a single word in her life. Stolen as a child by a ruthless gang, she grew up in captivity, taught to believe that pain was a lesson and obedience was survival. Forced to work as a servant, she endured years of mistreatment, never questioning the twisted reality forced upon her. Despite the cruelty, she remains kind, her innocence untainted-but dangerously unaware of the true depths of evil in the world. Until the night she escaped. Lost in the dark streets of Naples, she collided into Matteo De Luca, the cold and merciless head of the most powerful mafia family. Matteo is a man feared by all, a king in the underworld where blood and loyalty rule. He has no patience for weakness. No room for softness in his life. But when he sees the mute, trembling girl looking up at him with wide, trusting eyes, completely unaware of who he is, something inside him snaps. She doesn't fear him. She doesn't know he's a monster. And for the first time in his life, Matteo feels the dangerous urge to protect instead of destruction.

Ariana Feilman an FBI special agent was just assigned a new case to protect a billionaire. She doesn't know why her boss - Jack Penn - gave her the job for a rank lower than hers, but she's sure he has a reason. She can't wait to find out what the not-so-secretive job is all about. Jace Black recently found out his step-brother's not-so-secretive plan of getting rid of him to have their father's company. He told the one person he could trust, Jack Penn, Director of the FBI, and his best friend. Now Jack has assigned his best agent to protect him. How would Jace feel when he realizes who Jack has assigned to protect him? Will Ariana still protect him when she finds out the truth? Will they part ways unattached after her job is done?

After the murderous death of her parents, Hazel Daniels has been set on autopilot; living her life as silently and painlessly as possible. Rarely leaving her house and patiently awaiting to plan her parents' funeral, all Hazel wants to do is wait for all the chaos around her to disappear. That is, until her autopilot is jolted off by a man; Nathan Summers, a detective who has been given the task to put the Daniels murder case to rest. Pushing aside her anxiety and doubts, Hazel breaks every routine she's ever known and throws it away for the chance to help solve the mystery of who murdered her parents and finally, maybe, feel normal again. And our entire story begins with a simple cup of coffee. ✦ rankings ✦ #13 in hipster #22 in coffeeshop #154 in mystery #447 in murder - competed ✧ aug. 26, 2016

For Chrissie Hill, turning thirty is enough of a nightmare. But to hit the big 30...and wake up married? To a man she'd never met or seen before that morning when she finds him on her couch. Race insists they have been married for two years...and he has the proof, but can she make herself believe him? Suffering from an unusual bout of amnesia, Chrissie slowly comes to accept this man in her life -- and the life she didn't know she lived. Love, marriage and happiness had never been sweeter for two people. However, true love doesn't just drop out of her dreams onto her couch...she must go a little crazy first.

Allie Winters is the CEO of one of the most profitable fashion lines in the world. But with that comes its own Gucci-level baggage. Between work, fashion shows, and sleep, she has little to no time for romance. Until she starts to get mysterious love letters. --- Teaming up with her incredibly attractive driver, Tate Dalton, who irritates her to infuriating heights, she tries to piece together the clues that will lead her to love. But when someone leaves a bloody message at her fashion show, love is the last thing she can afford to think about. ---------------------------------------------------- ▪️FEATURED on @Wattpad's Homepage "Work Days, Billionaire Nights" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @WattpadExplorer "Work Days, Billionaire Nights" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @StoriesUndiscovered's "Plain Janes? Not These Ladies" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @GirlBossINC's "Badass Babes" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @NewAdultReads Reading List! --- Copyright- @AuthorCassidyKate Cover created using CANVA PRO Started- 08/13/2021 Highest Ranks: ❊#1 in Crush - 04/03/2023 ❊#16 in Love Story - 04/21/2024 ❊#3 in New Adult - 03/30/2022 ❊#3 in Chick Lit - 03/30/2022 ❊#15 in Humor - 03/30/2022 ❊#6 in Driver - 11/09/2021 ❊#2 in Fashion - 07/30/2022 ❊#28 in Secret - 10/20/2022 ❊#61 in Life - 10/20/2022 ❊#86 in Comedy - 11/27/2023 ❊#116 in Relationship - 07/30/2022 ❊#823 in Love Story - 01/11/2022 ❊#377 in CEO - 03/30/2022 ❊#402 in Betrayal - 07/30/2022 If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack.

With the help of a smooth-talking cowboy, a broken ballerina battles physical and emotional trauma to get back to the barre, and maybe find love in the process. No more daily routines. No more barre warm-ups. And no more ballet. After a devastating injury, Adeline Vaughn's career is over. Having no other choice, she uproots her life and moves to Kentucky to live with her aunt. But the welcome party that greets her is not what Adeline expects- nor the spark that ignites between her and a certain cowboy. As she rebuilds her life, Adeline struggles with her compulsive tendencies and deeper wounds she isn't ready to confront, that is until Quinn Daniels with his slow smiles and southern charm steps in. Adeline soon finds herself the subject of this blue-eyed charmer's desires, but can he connect with Adeline as she fights to break the chains of her past? Flashbacks. War. And loss. Life on the ranch is busy for Quinn Daniels but no matter how much he puts on his plate, his past comes back to haunt him. He has a sister and friends who support him, but it isn't until a darlin' ballerina sashays into his life that Quinn sees the peace he needs so desperately. But Adeline Vaughn is not like any woman he has ever tried to lasso before. It will take all his southern charm and a huge amount of patience to claim the timid ballerina's heart. But will she want him when she learns about the hidden demons he battles? A shy ballerina's life shattered in an instant. A rugged cowboy haunted by his past. Will the two be the answer to each other's pain? * # 1 in Chicklit 5/22/21 # 1 in Ballerina 5/31/22 # 1 in Horses 5/22/21 # 1 in ContemporaryRomance 5/29/21 # 1 in Ranch 5/29/21 # 1 in OCD 5/29/21 # 1 in Country 6/3/21 # 1 in Ballet 6/20/21 # 1 in Cowboy 6/25/21 # 1 in PTSD 6/26/21 # 1 in Injury 8/2/21 #11 in Love 1/25/22