The wedding was supposed to seal their power. Instead, it detonated everything. Now Sorin and Bruno are in hiding, reeling from a betrayal that left blood on the altar and secrets buried in ash. But survival doesn't come easy when you're still learning how to trust the man you were forced to marry-- especially when he refuses to let you out of his sight. Franco was only supposed to guard Sorin. But her best friend, Macy? She has a way of pulling him off course. Sharp-tongued, reckless, and far too tempting, she's a distraction he can't afford-one he can't seem to stop chasing. Every glance feels like a dare. Every argument, a step closer to something they both pretend they don't want. Back in Chicago, Amari Stravelli is trying to restore what their father nearly destroyed. Cold. Controlled. Haunted. He's keeping the family afloat, but beneath the surface, something darker stirs-and when it breaks free, the city won't be ready. Power. Passion. Payback. The war is just getting started. Trigger Warning! -Dominant/Submissive Relationships -Aggressive Sexual content -Some sexual assault (don't worry the asshole gets what he deserves) -Smut -Sexual Content in general -Knife Play/Weapon Play -Violence

DO NOT READ DESCRIPTION IF YOU DID NOT READ BOOK ONE ********************************SPOILERS******************************** Amira survived her first semester at Valor Academy. Her elements did not. Stripped of Earth and Air, left with only a dying ember of Fire, and exiled by the father she never knew she had, Amira returns to an academy already whispering about what happened on Harvestfest. Only a handful of people know the truth. Drax Umbranox took her powers. Amira took his hand. Now Drax is bound by a blood promise he cannot explain, forcing cruelty into every space where tenderness once lived. Amira cannot forgive him, but she cannot escape the unbearable tension still pulling them together. Every stolen glance feels like betrayal. Every moment of protection raises another question neither of them can answer. Then the shadows begin watching her. As violence spreads through Valor and the Council tightens its control, Amira uncovers poisoned loyalties, buried bloodlines, and a fate tied to the future of Portalios itself. Someone inside the academy is feeding Solen Umbranox information, and the darkness gathering around Amira may be the only power he cannot steal. To survive Semester Two, Amira must trust the people she once pushed away, build a family from fractured loyalties, and decide whether the boy who destroyed her might also be the one willing to burn the world to save her. Her elements are gone. Her rage is not.

Alex Baker, a guarded photography student determined to keep her distance from athletes, has to play a dangerous game of casual passion with the campus's biggest hockey playboy in order to get him out of her system without falling for his charm. ------- Alex Baker is in a catastrophic dry spell, and frankly, she's over it. She knows exactly what she likes, but no guy on campus seems capable of delivering-until she crosses paths with Jaxon Cross. ​Jaxon is Northridge University's hockey golden boy, though his real reputation has absolutely nothing to do with the ice. The rumors about his bedroom skills spread faster than campus gossip, painting him as the ultimate, unforgettable sin. But behind the cocky smirk and the heavy praise is a guy secretly suffocating under the shallow image everyone forces on him. ​Alex detests him on principle. Jaxon is addicted to the fiery, sharp way she looks at him-like he's the worst mistake she could ever make. ​But when Jaxon overhears her brutally venting about her lackluster sex life, he offers her a deal that makes her blood run hot: a strict, no-strings-attached hookup pact. No emotions. No expectations. Just pure, unadulterated pleasure. ​Curiosity wins. But the second Jaxon touches her, the boundaries blur. ​Because Jaxon doesn't just satisfy her body-he wrecks her mind. Between tangled sheets and breathless midnight confessions, he shows her a sweet, protective side no one else gets to see. Suddenly, the player who was only supposed to be a temporary fix is becoming an addiction she can't quit. ​Alex swore this was just a game. Jaxon is ready to change the rules. And now, she has to decide if she's brave enough to risk her heart on the one guy she promised herself she'd never love. This is the second book in the Northridge Series.

Four years ago, Clara made the hardest choice of her life. After one reckless, passionate night with Killian-the ruthless and terrifying Supreme Alpha of the Shadow Pack-she ran away. She didn't run because she hated him. She ran because she was pregnant, and a fragile human carrying an Alpha's heir would never survive the deadly politics of his pack. Now, Clara lives a quiet, invisible life in a remote human town, doing everything she can to protect her four-year-old son, Leo. But Leo isn't a normal human boy. The Alpha blood in his veins is too strong. When Leo's early, uncontrollable shifting abilities accidentally trigger a supernatural border alarm, it draws the immediate attention of the local werewolf enforcers... led by none other than Alpha Killian himself. Killian is colder and more dangerous than Clara remembers. He doesn't recognize her-she has spent years using witch hazel to mask her scent. But the moment the lethal Alpha locks eyes with the little boy who shares his piercing grey eyes, his inner wolf goes completely feral with sudden, obsessive protective instincts. Killian doesn't know the boy is his. He doesn't know the terrified mother is the girl who vanished from his bed four years ago. But he knows one thing: he is never letting them go. And when Killian finally discovers the truth, the entire world will burn for keeping his family from him.

Six years ago, Blanchard Collins packed her bags, boarded a bus to Houston, and never looked back. She left behind her abusive father, the town that never forgave her for speaking her mind, and Rueben Bailey, the boy who broke her heart the night before they were supposed to run away together. Now twenty-four, Blanchard returns home with her five-year-old daughter, Willow, and a dying mother who's asked for one final thing-her presence. But coming home means facing the ghosts she thought she'd buried, including the man she's never truly stopped loving. Rueben "Benny" Bailey did what his family expected. Stayed, took over the farm, and proposed to the girl everyone said was right for him. But when Blanchard walks back into church with a little girl who looks just like him, everything he's built starts to fall apart.

Addison May and Jack Carter share a past that neither of them talks about anymore, the kind of past that still aches if you touch it too closely. Years ago, they were inseparable-young, in love, and full of plans they thought were unbreakable. But everything changed when Jack's mother fell ill. The grief hit him like a tidal wave, dragging him under before anyone could reach him. He turned to drinking, to shutting people out, to numbing himself in any way he could. And Addison, who loved him more than she ever admitted out loud, tried to hold on. She tried until she had nothing left to give. But the lowest point came the night she found out he'd cheated. In that instant, every version of their future shattered. She walked away without letting him explain, without letting herself look back. She swore she'd never trust him again. Never speak to him again. Never, ever let him close enough to hurt her again. Over time, her heartbreak hardened into anger, and that anger turned into something she told herself was hate-sharp, cold, and permanent. Years passed. They built separate lives, avoided the same rooms, the same conversations, the same memories. Addison convinced herself she was over it. Over him. Until now. At their best friends' wedding-surrounded by soft lights, slow music, and too many glasses of champagne-fate throws them right back into each other's orbit. One look across the room unravels her, one awkward "hi" tempts him, and one moment of shared laughter feels dangerously familiar. The night blurs, their walls loosen, and every emotion they buried rises to the surface. And when one thing leads to another... Addison is forced to face a truth she's avoided for years: The past isn't done with them. Not even close.

!!! 18+ ONLY !!! When Elena hands in her notice, she wants distraction - not complications. She's sharp, self-contained, and fiercely uninterested in anything resembling real connection. Then she meets Dante. Brooding, wealthy, and used to control, Dante Romano owns part of the city's skyline - and more than a few of its restaurants. He isn't used to anyone pushing back, especially not someone like her. But Elena doesn't play by anyone's rules - least of all his. What starts as tension quickly spirals into something hotter, deeper, more dangerous. Because neither of them are used to wanting. And neither of them know how to stop.

Serii Joshi never backs down. Reyansh Shah never bends the rules. She's the bold young doctor chasing her dream. He's the ruthless professor who built the trauma unit from the ashes. Working together is dangerous. Wanting each other is worse. Serii Joshi 25. Fresh out of her NEET-PG exam and waiting for the acceptance letter that could change her life - a trauma surgery residency at her dream hospital. She's sharp, intelligent, beautiful, and fearless. Feminine yet messy, stubborn yet soft in ways she rarely shows. At 5'4", she may look unassuming, but Serii Joshi refuses to be underestimated. Reyansh Shah 35. Professor of Trauma Surgery and Head of the Department. The man who rebuilt the hospital's trauma unit from the ruins and turned it into one of the best. Cold, disciplined, and brutally strict with his department - because lives depend on it. But beneath the controlled exterior is a man far more complex than anyone realizes. ~ He pulls her flush against his chest and lifts her onto his desk. "You're playing with fire, little one." She smiles slowly, feigning innocence "I'm being professional professor.... Almost, hmm?"~ Ps- long slow burn :) Disclaimer: I have tried to write this as medically accurate as possible, but there might be some mistakes. Also, this is my first time writing, so please be patient with me. Thank you <3 #1🏅 - surgeons #73 🏅 - gore #87 🏅- blood #6 🏅- junior #29 🏅- desi #19 🏅- romcom #6 🏅- resident #1 🏅- lovestory #1 🏅- doctors

In order to obtain her revenge body after being cheated on by her fiancé, Claire Sheffield has to turn to her now ex-fiancé's biggest rival to train her, and she ends up getting so much more than what she bargained for. ✨ After sustaining injuries from a car crash, Claire lost all her motivation to get back to the gym. When she gains some weight because of it, her overly body conscious, gym rat, power lifting fiancé cheats on her. In search of revenge, wanting to get her body back and better than before, Claire has to turn to her now ex-fiancé's weight lifting rival. Cue Rhodes York, the heavily tattooed personal trainer by day and power lifter by night. Also rumored steroid user. Claire knows all six-foot-two, two hundred and twenty pounds of him isn't a good idea, but he seems to be her only option after her original trainer has to back out. Having Rhodes as her trainer is anything but what she expected as he helps her with something better than revenge.

*TBD*