He grabs my wrist, pulling me towards him, so hard that I hit his chest. He puts his other hand gently under my chin, forcing me to look up into his gray eyes. He lowers his mouth to my right ear, and coldly whispers, "You know I've killed people, right?" I look up into his dark eyes, and say with a slight chuckle, " You're lucky I'm not working your case." ---- Amara DaCosta, recently passing the Bar exam, is starting her job at Lincoln's Law Firm, one of the biggest Law firms in Chicago. One day, Amara and her new partner, Isabel Lopez, are assigned to one of the most complex cases the firm has seen, and ever since then, her life and career have been in danger. Luciano Costello is what one would call, the Black Swan of the Costello Family, one of the most dangerous families in Chicago from Sicily. He doesn't want to be feared because of who his family is. He wants to be feared because he is a cold killer. Don't misunderstand him though, unlike his family, he only kills those who harm his clients. He is a bodyguard, after all.

When Sheriff's daughter, Maisie, is about to lose her grandmother's bakery, she enlists the help of four delinquents who are seconds away from prison.

A bullied girl meets the popular new student. ***** "Still saying that you're perfectly okay?" Max whispers. I'm surprised to hear that his voice is shaking. "I'm going to find who did this to you." ***** One time, I was the most popular girl in school. All the students in Royal Heights, the school of the richest, knew me as the pretty Luna Klein, daughter of a famous superstar and a well-known billionaire. But the next thing I know, I'm an outcast. Just because of a complicated thing called love, everything turns 180 degrees. Now, I'm the girl that everyone hates. I've lost all my friends. I've lost my best friend. And I've lost the guy that I adore. All I can do now is to ignore the bullies and to survive each day quietly, hoping that I don't attract too much attention like before. Everyone in my school starts to call me loony Luna. Or lunatic, their favorite nickname. Then he suddenly arrives. Max Cooper, the new student who just got here from Australia. Insanely good-looking and smart, topped with his impressive family background, Max easily becomes everybody's favorite, especially the girls'. Disastrously, of all the other things he can pick, Max sets his eyes on the most forbidden and despised thing in Royal Heights. Me. Even though the whole school hates that idea. But pushing Max away is like trying to tame a wild lion that has just been released from its cage. Max is unstoppable. My mother once said that if a guy is really into you, he will pursue you no matter what. I think I know now how it feels. I just don't know how to handle my heart. Because every time his piercing eyes land on me, I feel like my heart is going to burst out of my chest. ***** THE KLEINS SERIES BOOK #2 © 2021 Anya Jayvyn. All Rights Reserved.

"Little Valerie," said Kai, bending closer to me. "Are you blackmailing me into dating you?" He didn't seem particularly disturbed by the notion. In fact, he remained completely amused. "Yes?" Kai grinned. "Very mafia of you. I'm weirdly kind of into it." *** When Valerie Williams discovers that her long-term boyfriend is sleeping with her best friend, she devises a revenge plot to get back at them both. But when she asks bad boy Kai Delaney to pretend to date her, she never thought her heart would be on the line. *** Self-proclaimed pessimist Valerie Williams is definitely your glass-half-empty kind of girl. However, Valerie is surprisingly optimistic when her (ex) boyfriend cheats on her with her (also ex) best friend. Valerie doesn't believe in holding grudges; she believes in getting even. Which doesn't seem easy, until her boyfriend's least favourite person and her best friend's long-standing crush, the sarcastic, cocky and popular bad boy extraordinaire Kai Delaney crashes, quite literally, into her life. When Kai accidentally hits her car with what is practically a monster truck, and can barely afford to cover it, Valerie has an idea. If Kai agrees to pretend to date her, for long enough to make her boyfriend and best friend regret their actions, Valerie will give him the duration of their scam to pull together the money to pay her back. Revenge is a dish best served fake. [150,000-200,000 words]

Avery's senior year is turned upside down when a kiss with her older brothers' best friend ignites a forbidden relationship tangled in danger, heartbreak, and family secrets that could destroy everything. *** "Aiden..." I shake my head, eyes fixed anywhere but the gorgeous man next to me. His hand grips my chin tightly, just enough to make me avert my eyes to his. "You know you want this as much as I fucking do. I want you to be mine. I want to be the one to hold you and kiss you the one you go to whenever you're happy or fucking sad. But let it be me, let me fucking show you that it should be me." He glares, jaw tensing. ...... ©hessaherophinelove

he had thought all this time he was mixing honey in whiskey to keep his eyes shut, when it was she who helped him sleep. * dedicated to @wifidoesnotsleep, who's kind words made this story into a reality. first in the spectrum trilogy.

nepenthe nɪˈpɛnθiːz/ noun something that can make you forget grief or suffering. * Everyone needs something to take the pain away every so often, and for him, that was her. copyright 2020

i was falling in love with language. * following Texting Him. early updates on Inkitt.

❝what was your first clue?❞ * Copyright © 2017 -#1 under the tag 'dialogue' 22/11/18

Aubrey Adams is used to getting anything she wanted, and making everything to her way. All that is changed when she's forced to get a job as a nanny for Miami's most wealthiest and powerful family; the Ross's. Anthony Ross just had to be insanely attractive, but is it worth wrecking a "happy" home? A/N: I advise this book to mature audiences; almost every chapter contains explicit content (sexual scenes, bad language, violence, etc)