Desire. Sin. Lust. They crawled through his mind like a self-inflicted curse, warping his thoughts, reshaping his body, staining whatever remained of his soul. Jeon Jungguk had mastered the art of disdain. Everything that crossed his gaze was met with the same cold disgust. To him, humans were disposable - touched like rubbish and forgotten just as easily. And love? Love was nothing but a drunken haze, something that burned hot and died quickly, leaving no room for anything real inside him. Park Jimin was everything Jungguk was not. Strength lived quietly beneath his delicate frame, a subtle power that revealed itself only in glimpses. He turned inward often, reaching for pieces of himself he hadn't yet learned to name, always craving a sense of purpose, a fullness no one had ever given him. He longed to become something-someone-with a heart that beat fiercely enough to be felt inside and out. Jimin was softness wrapped in warm flesh, a soul scented in gentle vanilla and quiet yearning.

Being the son of a preacher, 26 year old Shawn Carter's life hasn't been the most interesting. His everyday life involved mostly church. All that suddenly changes when he meets a special someone with a lifestyle the exact opposite of his.

The story is about Malia and Liam.

"Do I mean nothing to you?!" He spat out the words, his voice laced with fury. "What are you talking about?" I strained against his iron grip, my cheeks flushing with the exertion to escape him. He remained seated atop me, swiftly snatching the joint from my grasp. After taking a drag, he blew the smoke in my face before leaning down to kiss me again, his hands firmly on my wrists. My resistance began to weaken, the pleasure of his lips on mine dissolving my determination. Sensing my surrender, his grip eased as I reciprocated the kiss. He leaned into me, his lips hungry and hands ready, as if expecting my defiance to resurface at any moment. Eventually, he pulled back, his hands still clasping my wrists. I lay there, my heart racing with a mix of irritation and bewilderment. What was he doing?? ~*~ Upon graduating high school, 18-year-old Adam's life is turned upside down when he's cast out by his parents, only to find refuge with his sister and her husband. But refuge turns to turmoil as he's ensnared in a forbidden affair with the handsome older man. With every stolen moment, Adam's anxiety mounts, caught between desire and the guilt of betraying his sister. As Adam struggles to sever the toxic ties, Dominic's manipulation tightens, threatening to unravel Adam's world. Can Adam break free from the suffocating grip of secrecy and desire, or will he remain ensnared in a web of lies? 'Dive into Temptation' is a riveting coming of age story with love, betrayal, and the pursuit of liberation. Word Count: 208,562 Words Adam is 18 Dominic is 29 or mid 30s idk ⚠️Trigger Warning ⚠️ This story tackles the difficulties of toxic relationships and the challenges of leaving such situations. It will contain sensitive content, including sexual assault, physical abuse, gaslighting, and adult grooming. Please proceed with caution. This is a psychological thriller with romance and explicit sexual scenes.

London, 1800s. The capital buzzes with anticipation. After years abroad, the young prince has returned-handsome, arrogant, and at the ripe age of twenty-two. With the royal bloodline on everyone's mind, the court demands a queen, and a dazzling debutante ball is summoned to find her. As the daughters of nobility scramble for silks, rouge, and powdered curls, one young woman stands apart. Arabella, a clever, sharp-tongued nurse from humble roots, has no dreams of tiaras or titles. But when her mother-renowned for her pastries-is summoned to bake for the palace, Arabella agrees to help, unable to let her family miss out on the generous royal coin. It was supposed to be simple. Bake. Serve. Leave. Until one accidental moment... And one entitled, self-serving prince... Throws Arabella into a scandal neither of them saw coming. In a world ruled by etiquette, wealth, and secrets, what begins as an unfortunate mishap might just set the stage not only romance- but murder, heartache and treatury.

Could you sacrifice it all? And still have more to give? Just a favourite story of mine written by @datordona !!! Check out her page for more

"𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙞 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩...𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨" 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴... 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘭𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴... (𝙡𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙭 𝙤𝙘) (𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙭 𝙤𝙘!) (𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢: 𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙩) 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧; 𝙞 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨

A story in which a king becomes infatuated with a young girl who is supposed to serve solely as the queen's womb.

**SOUTHERN SECRETS SOCIETY: THE SEDUCTION** *Some secrets don't stay buried. Some desires should.* In Loveall, Arkansas, everybody knows how to smile, how to pray, how to keep quiet, and how to bury a truth before it has time to breath. Jolie Alise Betancourt is a gifted young Black artist with a scholarship dream to free her from her sleepy town, strict parents, and one rule drilled into her bones: never trust a man with a devilish smile, too much money, and too much power. Then she meets Stephen Benjamin Collier. Ben is a respected white attorney with a beautiful brown brick house, a broken past, and a conscience that knows better than to want the teenage artist who steps onto his porch looking for yard work and leaves with his attention. He tells himself he is helping her. Guiding her. Protecting her. But desire has a way of dressing itself up like salvation. As Jolie's talent pulls her closer to the future she deserves, Ben's world begins wrapping around her like velvet and barbed wire. Every stolen glance becomes a warning. Every quiet conversation becomes a confession. Every rule Jolie was raised to obey starts cracking under the weight of what she feels for a man who knows he should walk away. But Loveall is watching. Behind church smiles, kitchen gossip, old money, racial lines, and Southern manners, something darker has been moving for years. Young women have vanished and malice continues to lurk around for its next victim. When Jolie's eighteenth birthday opens a door neither she nor Ben can close, their secret calls maliciousness by her name. Their feelings become Evidence. Leverage. Dangerous. Because in the Southern Secrets Society, love is never just love. It is power. It is scandal. It is a trap waiting for the wrong person to tell the story first. **A Southern Gothic romantic suspense filled with forbidden desire, small-town secrets, interracial tension, buried murders, and a love story that could ruin everyone it

Drew remembered the little girl who befriended him when no one else would. He remembered her long braids and her cocoa butter scent. And when he found her again, he swore to never let go. He made a silent promise; that no matter where he went or what he was doing, he'd always come back to her.