"𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐧." ▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎ Alaska Hades had six older brothers, a loving father and an abusive mother. She was hiding away in the shadows, fearing that her mother would hurt anyone else as well if she didn't keep her mouth shut. But after a horrific accident, Alaska was blamed for something she had never done and was sent to a boarding school for delinquents. Away from her family, away from her home, away from everyone she had once loved. After five years of dealing with the betrayal and pain on her own, Alaska was forced to return to her old home. With a dysfunctional family, new family additions, her mother's death, familiar faces of old friends and a certain bad boy in school, that everyone warns to stay away from, Alaska is in for a time like no other. Will her family ever find out the truth? And if they do, will it be too late? Or will she become their Little Sunshine again? - 𝙉𝙊 𝙎𝙀𝙓𝙐𝘼𝙇 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏! 𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵; 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩; 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦; 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Due to sad circumstances Elisabeth is forced to move into her estranged father's house and to her surprise she learns that she has three older brothers. This is not all. Turns out her family is rich. Her father is a badass prosecutor, her oldest brother is a diplomat and the twins are successful athletes. In other words, Elisabeth's family is perfect while she is a mess. In her new house she feels out of place and lonely. She doesn't fit in. Her perfect father and perfect brothers are too busy to make time for her at the beginning. But things are about to change.

I wanted a baby. I really, wanted to have a baby... It wasn't an option of wanted one right now, given my super-hot boyfriend already knocked me up... I was going to have a baby. I just had to tell him... Need to tell him. Enter the problem. My stepdaughter. I loved her. She hated me. Absolutely normal. She was daddy's little angel and could do no wrong in his eyes. She didn't want a sibling... Like she had a say in it. Back to my super-hot builder boyfriend, more correctly, my super fine baby daddy. I had to drop the B-BOMB. Shouldn't be too hard, right? Ugh, maybe... We weren't not trying to get pregnant, but we weren't trying either. We were just having a lot of sex. Great. Mind-blowing sex! Legs shaking... kind of sex! I thought he'd be happy about it.. I thought she'd get over it.. I thought maybe after nearly eight years together, he'd put a damn ring on it. You see my point? Tantrums. Fighting. Tears. One hell of a night later, and no one seem to have seen my point.

22-year old Claire Delaney's life turns upside down following the death of her beloved father, Mark Delaney, who happens to be the CEO of Delaney Corp.- one of the most successful hotel chains worldwide. She thought things would go back to the way they were once her older brother took over the business...but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Mark's last dying wish? Marry off his daughter to the owner of Weston Hotel Group, in order to maintain the partnership between both thriving companies and prevent any competition. Can Claire possibly seek love in an arranged marriage, or will she be forced to spend the rest of her days with a total stranger? Read to find out.

Hearing she has four months to find a potential husband, get engaged and everything set for a wedding in order to keep her current position as CEO, Lucienne 'Lucy' Harrington has her work cut out for her. In the business world, she's known as a fierce and cold-hearted woman but those characteristics disappear the minute she steps out of her office and into the real world. Once a part of the dating community, Lucy learns that not everyone can keep business and private separate. When the truth hits that it's hard to find love when people are hungry for money or intimidated by women like her, Lucy tries a different approach. One that will bring its own struggles and problems. In the world of dating, nothing is as it seems. Will Lucy make her deadline and be able to find real and genuine love, or will she have to resign from her position as a CEO?

Mari Hansen ran away from home at 15 not being able to stand her radically religious family anymore and was desperate to be nothing like them which lead her to living on the streets subjecting herself to drugs, alcohol and prostitution going down a road straight to an early death when her pregnancy saved her life. Clean and sober since then, she would do anything to provide for her even if it's selling her body to do that. She went from the bad streets where she was beat up to an agency for high priority clients. Now 24 with a 7 year old daughter she wants out of the life she's known nearly 10 years so she can do anything else, already knowing that one day her daughter would have to know the truth. So she studies while Lalexia is at school when she gets a new client that her boss thought only she could handle. Shawn Sorci left home as soon as he could and never went back. He was off to basic right after graduation. He dedicated his life to the Army and in 9 years he had served a good portion of that overseas. He volunteered for deployments and his leadership qualities shone through as he was promoted to Sergeant First Class shortly before his latest deployment, which he didn't know could possibly be his last. Part way in they were ambushed and he was lucky to make it out with a couple gunshot wounds while some of his men never made it out. Now on medical leave while he recovers he's irritable, frustrated, angry and not wanting to admit he was suffering from PTSD. He needed to let off some steam and that's where Mari come in. He didn't want some fake experience because he really didn't care so when he tells her to speak her mind she becomes the most infuriating and sarcastic woman he's ever met, putting him in his place on many occasions much to his amusement. For once in his life he feels a fierce protectiveness for someone other than for the men he served with but she wants nothing to do with that, to her he's a client and nothing else.

She craves for love while he only wants a deal, what happens when he serves her with Papers for Roses? • • • Megan Carmichael was living an independent life away from the chaos of her broken family. Kept as a secret growing up because of the danger of being a senator's daughter, she vowed to live her life to the fullest, to love the way she wanted to be loved and to keep herself focused on her career. With her life carefully planned, Megan's world was shaken when a man she never expected to meet offered her a scandalous deal. Page Six's seven times in a row Bachelor of the Year and 2024's Sexiest Man Alive, Wade Simon, was forced to take a nasty turn. Given an ultimatum by his dying father: marry or his mother's company would cease to exist, Wade didn't know what to make of it, but he sure as hell knew who he wanted to play his father's game. And it was the daughter of the man he loathed with a passion. • • • ⭐️ SAMPLE ONLY. Contains Chapters 1-20, the unedited original work. ⭐️ Now available on Amazon through Ebook and Paperback format: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFYBB6HR ⭐️ FEATURED ON WATTPAD'S ROMANCE AND WATTPAD'S AFTER DARK PROFILE Highest Ranks: #10 in Romance. #1 in BDSM #1 in Billionaire. #1 in CEO. #1 in Grey. #1 in Marriage. #1 in Famous. #1 in Rich. #1 in Arranged-Marriage. #1 in Submissive. #1 in Marriage-of-Convenience. WARNING: Typo and Grammatical Errors inevitability.

[Complete] An enemies to lovers, office romance. 🔥 Rated R for mature sexual content and graphic language • 18+ *** Two rivaling company presidents are forced to work alongside each other when their CEOs decide to merge companies. While it's a business move that makes sense given the flailing economy, Lucas and Talia would rather be broke and jobless than be in the same room as each other for more than five minutes. Yet when the coveted CEO position is up for grabs, and the possibility of getting to oversee the other person is thrown into the mix, it's hard not to resist diving right in. Talia worked hard for a shot at the top and she isn't about to let some narcissistic jerk ruin her chances of reaching it. Despite some hiccups in her past, she's determined to do whatever it takes to get there. Likewise, Lucas isn't going to let some smart mouthed woman get the better of him. He has a reputation to uphold and is never one to back down from a challenge. While life is about sacrifices, Talia and Lucas soon realize they may be in for more than they bargained for. Especially when the long days and late nights working together threaten to put not only their careers on the line, but their hearts too.

"Do you still have the same feelings for me?" He gently asks. I avert my gaze and look down at the floor. I want to scream at him and say no. I want him to feel what I felt when he treated me the way he did. But damn it, my heart was telling me otherwise. If anything, my feelings for him grew even stronger despite everything that happened. I don't know if you call it love or not, but I know that the feelings are there. "Yes." I whisper, not looking back at him. -------------------------- Elizabeth Ennis was currently fired from her recent job. Thus now giving her this free time of finally thinking about men that her nagging mother has been pestering her about. Evidently, she found a new job that pays well only to the account of her hot, sexy boss known as Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is a man who likes to get his way and no one should get in the way of what he wants. And what he wants is Elizabeth. But Elizabeth doesn't see the point in being in a relationship with her boss, therefore making things difficult for him. Then comes in Ian Smith. Elizabeth doesn't realize that he's one of the brothers to Mr. Smith and she happens to fall for him. Just like Mr. Smith, Ian is hot and sexy but personality wise, he's the total opposite of him. But dating Ian will cause complications between Elizabeth and Mr. Smith that are life changing.

***THIS STORY WILL BECOME FREE ON JULY 15t!*** Kelsey Harris, a young chef moving to LA, struggles with work, the glamour of the hollywood scene, and a new romance with mega-celebrity Ethan Glenn. ***** Kelsey Harris is heading to LA to begin her new career as a sous chef, and she's excited to work under a prestigious mentor and feed fabulous celebrities. She also meets Ethan Glenn, a movie star with doubts about his career, on the plane. But when she settles in, she learns that her new job is more intense than she expected, and her roommate is acting strange. When they happen to be on the same movie set, Ethan and Kelsey begin to grow close, though their friendship is immediately put under scrutiny by friends and the media. A romance begins, but the delicate facade of Hollywood is slipping, and Kelsey has to decide if she wants to escape the photographers and screaming fans, or if she wants to be with Ethan and put up with the consequences. [[Wattys 2018 Shortlist]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]