[Leaving Nov 11th] "No, no. I want you to crawl. Hands and knees, Ms. Nielson." . . . Aubrey Nielson gets more than she bargained for when she accepts a position as a tutor for the three children of a wealthy, British businessman. Augustine Montgomery has become closed off after the death of his wife and has grown distant from his children. While attempting to mend the family's relationships, Aubrey finds herself falling into a much more provocative position with the widower. Cover designed by Regina Dionela © 2021 E.M. Wilson, All Rights Reserved

You're a lifestyle journalist assigned to the parenting and maternity beat-usually reporting on postpartum health or new-mom survival hacks. But this month, your editor has a new pitch: Fatherhood in Focus-a special feature on high-profile single dads navigating the impossible. Your first subject? Jacob Markström, veteran NHL goalie for the New Jersey Devils, who unexpectedly became a solo parent overnight. It's been a quiet storm behind the scenes. His wife left nearly a year ago without warning, just weeks after giving birth to their second son. Since then, Markström's been parenting Clark, a rambunctious two-year-old with the sass of a teenager, and Elias, an 11-month-old who still wakes up crying every night, alone. You don't expect Jacob to agree to an interview. He's infamously private-his press presence has been limited to post-game clichés and muttered goalie speak. But when your email is returned with: "One hour. Don't push." -you find yourself driving to a quiet neighborhood in Hoboken, recorder in hand, heart bracing. What you find isn't what you expected. Jacob is guarded. Gruff. Tired in the way only single parents are. But beneath the stubble and tension is a man trying desperately to be everything for two small boys. A man who cuts apples into shapes for Clark's lunchbox. A man who holds Elias against his chest during naps, arms wrapped protectively around the only thing he has left. You come looking for a story. But you stay for something else-something softer than you thought Jacob Markström was capable of. Because maybe, just maybe, behind every grumpy goalie is a man hoping someone might choose to stay. *Updates every saturday :) *

[𝗦𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦, 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝟭 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧] After getting out of her comfort zone and navigating the turbulent waves of first love, Lia DeMarco finally feels like she's on the right path. But her blossoming clarity is shattered when a New Year's Eve party turns into the worst night of her life, throwing her into a riptide of pain and confusion. Struggling to keep her head above water, Lia begins to spiral and push away those who care about her most, drowning in a reckless life detached from her own. But no one recognizes pain quite like Nate Miller, and nothing will stop him from bringing the girl he loves back to shore. ────────────────────── FRIDAY UPDATES Contains mature themes, read intro for details Highest ranking: #4 Realistic #7 Young Adult

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

Eles começaram buscando saúde. Mas encontraram muito mais: tesão, prazer e uma conexão que só cresce a cada treino. Uma coletânea de contos eróticos onde um projeto fitness virou um projeto quente.

Ella Reyes didn't plan to write an album about the worst heartbreak of her life. But when Luke Hughes-the boy who once held her heart like it was temporary-chose someone else in an airport, Ella did the only thing she knew how to do: She turned the silence into songs. Her debut album became a wildfire. A breakup story wrapped in poetry and pain. And Luke? He became the boy behind the lyrics-hated, dissected, mythologized. But heartbreak doesn't always stay finished. When Luke returns, quietly and unexpectedly, Ella is faced with the version of him she never wrote about-the one who's grown, who listens, who stays.

When college student Kasey Whitton takes a job babysitting for single dad Jian Li, she doesn't expect to fall in love with the newborn baby -- or with Jian. ***** Love is the last thing on Kasey Whitton's mind when she agrees to take an overnight babysitting job to help support her struggling family. But as her business relationship with single dad Jian Li slowly develops into something more, Kasey is surprised to find herself falling in love with him despite his hot-and-cold attitude towards her -- and the fact that she has a long-term high school boyfriend. Will her growing feelings for Jian and his newborn son be enough to convince her to risk everything stable in her life? Or will Jian's fear of commitment -- and his belief all the women in his life are cursed -- be enough to keep them apart? [[Best Diverse Story, The Fiction Awards]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

When a headstrong football player and a fiery young kinesthesiologist are forced to work together-despite the fact that they can't even stand to look at one another-sparks will either fly, or burn everything down around them. Maverick Parker is the last person Bailey Nicholson would ever fall for. Even if it weren't for his rivalry with her younger brother Sam, the hotheaded star player would still get on her last nerve-even if he sets that nerve aflame in the process. But when the two find themselves unable to tear themselves away from each other, upending everything they'd thought they wanted, it's anyone's game-and they're both playing to win. As they wrestle with deep-seated insecurities, family secrets, and an enemies-with-benefits relationship that is quickly becoming something more, Bailey and Maverick will need to learn to trust each other on and off the field and fight for what they have, or risk fumbling a love that's worth everything. Book Three of the UNC Series