WARNING: Contains spoilers, so read 'Lady Samurai' first! Shizuka is the daughter of Lord Takeda. She is proud and independent. She wants to be respected for who she is. But that's not easy being half Japanese - the daughter of an important Imperial minister and an infamous Westerner. She is a highly skilled warrior, but also a beautiful woman who breaks hearts just by smiling. But she dreams of true love, of feelings as strong as those shared by her parents. Then she is torn between two men. One is a potential political ally. The other is her heart's choice. As Japan descends into chaos of civil unrest her whole family might be in a mortal danger. Will Shizuka choose to follow her duty or her heart? Will she prove herself to others, and, more importantly, to herself? If you, like me, found it quite difficult to abandon Lottie and her family at the beginning of their great adventure, you might find yourself wondering: 'what happened next?' Well... Here is what I imagined might have happened... Cover by AI

'The Last Samurai' meets 'Shōgun', meets 'The King and I'... For years she believed herself to be cursed. Every time she grew close to someone they were taken away from her, paying the ultimate price. And now the curse struck again... Lottie has been falsely accused of her uncle's murder. She must escape or she will hang. It's 1854 and America's lawless West is not a place where a lonely woman can count on justice. Then, by the turn of fate, she is given a chance to revisit Japan and seek the people who raised her. In Imperial Japan, divided between isolationists and modernists, she finds an unexpected love and a new sense of belonging. She also finds someone else. Someone from her past... What will she choose? Where will her loyalties lie? Cover design by More Visual Ltd.

As a gambler's daughter, Frances was resigned to spending her life masquerading as a boy, learning how to shoot a pistol and fight with a sword. Constantly moving from town to town, it was far safer than being a girl. But when her father dies suddenly, she must pack her bags and return to England, to search for the family she has never met. Hoping to find her place at last, the last thing Frances expects is that she will need to continue the masquerade - or risk her life and her heart. A light-hearted regency romance.

When Boston's beloved quarterback Oliver Park gets his heartbroken a three weeks after losing the AFC Championship, he feels like the new year is off to a rough start. However, things begin to take a turn after Oliver visits his sister during a closing shift at the Boston University library and he meets Ariel-- a girl who seems to be the first to really knock him off his feet. Oliver thinks he'll never see her again, but Ariel will collide his worlds like no one else. Highest Achieved Ranks: #1 in Football #3 in New Adult #2 in Sports #2 in Romance

Penn State University. Home to the craziest sorority girls, most obnoxious athletes, and a girl that yearns for a boy that she can't have. Sage Williams is the girl that nobody had noticed in high school. She was the youngest out of her siblings. She had the perfect family, the most amazing best friend- but the one thing she never had? Him. Blaise Beck-Day hasn't been this nervous in years. Not since he moved to the states and met the weird girl who befriended caterpillars. His favorite thing to do was make people smile, eat macaroons, and kick a ball around. And then he met her. The girl who he was about to ask to be his girlfriend. Read to find out. BOOK NUMBER FOUR IN THE PENN STATE SERIES.

COMPLETED Penn State University. Home to the craziest sorority girls, most obnoxious football players, and a girl who never wanted to be there in the first place. Ellie Webber hates Penn State. But she is only there because her twin brother is there and her grandpa is the football coach. She reads books to try to find herself in a fictional world where she doesn't have to face her own reality. She hated Penn State- until him. Reese Joseph is the quarterback. He's a people pleaser and the people love him back. However, they only love him for what he lets them see. Trying to fall out of love with a different girl and trying to run away from the truth, he pushes himself to be the best at football. He wants to be in the NFL. The problem? He sucks at English and he needs to pass the class to be eligible to play. What better way to pass class than with an online tutor who knows nothing about you? What happens when they actually do know each other? Read more to find out. BOOK NUMBER THREE IN THE PSU SERIES.

Seymone Ibarra did not have a good childhood but she had a better life as an adult. All she ever dreamed of was to finish her Masteral degree and work somewhere in Europe and enjoy her life. There is just one complication. She is a royal princess. And not just any royalty but one with a very powerful gift. And because of that, she has to contend with a lot of people who would want to use her for their benefit, enemies masquerading as friends, friends who will have to adjust to her change of status, and a lot more complications. As if being a student is not stressful enough. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luis Valentine, Leone's friend and the head of his legal team. Like his two friends; he possesses a handsome stoic face and the built to go with it. Unlike other redheads, he is cool under fire and is always dependable no matter what. But when he was ordered to be the princess' new personal chef and her legal advisor; the cool-headed lawyer looked reluctant to accept it. Let us just say, he does not know how to handle how headstrong she was or how much her feisty nature stirs his baser instincts. He also hides an interesting secret that will affect his budding relationship with the young princess... Find out how two different people found common ground despite their different origins and learn how love can endure..... [WARNING! MATURE AND RATED 18+ NOVEL] some chapters contains some graphic sex scenes and swearing. Please read at your own risk.

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

❝Writing was the love of my life until I met you.❞ • • • Christopher Wells is a screenwriter and accomplished novelist. Being a New York Times best-selling author of steamy and controversial books, he is praised by women all over the world. Leslie Quinn thought she knew everything about being pushed to her limits until she begins working for him as his editor. Full of demands, he breaks the fantasy she has of him being a man of carnal chivalry. It's all pitchfork and fire until Leslie unknowingly becomes the main character in his latest book, all the while trying to bring his taboo acts written on page to life. But that becomes a challenge in and of itself with how surprisingly pure he is. | Achievements | #1 - books (01/31/22) #2 - good guy (11/19/21) #2 - author (01/07/22) #3 - journalism (12/23/21) #3 - steamy (8/31/22) #10 - poetry (12/13/21) #10 - paparazzi (01/12/22) #30 - strongfemalelead (2/16/21) [The fourth book in the Hollywood series.] All rights reserved @Zanzan112. Copyright 2021-23. ***TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHOR'S NAME ZANIELLE HART in 2026*** Socials: Instagram: authorzaniellehart TikTok: authorzaniellehart Website: zaniellehart.com

Zia Knight is a great chef and owner of multiple well-known restaurants and cafes around U.S at the age of 22 years old. However, not wanting to be in the limelight she hides her identity and pretends to be a worker than the owner of her businesses. Her passion in cooking has occupied most of her time and social life but now she wants to make a change. Her overprotective family members are now busy with their own businesses and life, she wants to take this opportunity to open up and start her social life. Ashton Lombardi is a 26 year old well-known billionaire for his successful achievement in business world. He is known for being a ruthless and merciless CEO. He intimidates many but respect those he deemed worthy. He loves only a few including his parents, younger twins siblings and his God son, Derek, who is a son of his old best-friend. Read and follow how the two meet and began their love story.