Dorian Reed lives by reason. A disciplined law professor, his life is ruled by order-until one night he sees something he shouldn't. Diamond de la Vega lives by his own law. Powerful, dangerous, impossible to ignore-he finds Dorian, and instead of silencing him, makes him useful. What begins as blackmail becomes obsession. Caught between fear and desire, Dorian must decide which law to follow: the one in his mind, or the one in his heart.

Dmitri West has always been good at staying afloat. Nothing bothers him, nothing makes him lose his cool - one of the things he's had to learn in order to keep his job as a high school History teacher. When things slowly start to crumble around him, Dmitri tries to remain unbothered, he really does, but things start to spiral out of control, too fast for him to keep up. The tipping point, however? Seeing Tariq Riaz. His ex-boyfriend of two years. - started: october 23rd, 2020. completed: december 31st, 2020.

Part 1: Ethan Sterling can't stop staring at the cute guy sitting in his history class. Chris Davis is tall, dark, and certainly the most handsome guy in any room. So when he starts to call Ethan a friend, Ethan has to decide if staring is enough. Or, if he wants more. _____________________ Part 2: Ethan's life is better than most. He has a job he can stand, friends that he adores, and parents who accepted his sexuality with open arms. But his biggest regret was letting his jealousy ruin the best relationship he ever had. Ethan always wondered what life would be like if he and Chris had stayed together. Now, he gets a chance to answer the question. Because Chris is back in town. And he's looking for Ethan. _________________________________________ (The Other Guy Spin-Off. Stand Alone Book) Date Started: November 15, 2019 Date Finished: December 16, 2022

Miles Hoàng's life is perfect. He has the perfect boyfriend, a nice apartment, and a decent job. And sure, his family still think that being gay is a phase he'll grow out of. And okay, he's still grieving his father who passed over a decade ago. And yeah, maybe he starts having panic attacks out of nowhere. But he has managed to ignore all that thus far. What's to stop him from ignoring it forever? GENRE: general fiction, mxm romance TROPES: hurt comfort MIGHT BRING TO MIND: Please Like Me, I May Destroy You

Ardent Currents - Book 1 An artist who's trauma has driven an important part of his past from his mind meets a loan shark scion who remembers every stolen glance. If you like dark mafia daddies, snarky AIs, heated eye contact, ridiculous levels of "down so bad" longing, spicy tension, and scenes that will leave you checking to make sure no one's reading over your shoulder or in the reflection of your glasses... this one's for you! Jamar Devereaux All I ever wanted was my mother's company, not the dream he stole, not even the time before the accident that took my memories. But now, Mother's crossed the Union's most notorious loan sharks... and what they want as payment might be the end of my life as I know it. Alaric Mako I've hunted him for so long, and at last, I'll finally make him mine. Summary: When his mother defaults on a deadly loan with powerful loan sharks, Jamar Devereaux is forced into an arranged engagement with the son of the most notorious loan shark in the Union, even though he's sure he's not into men. Jamar's fiancé? Alaric Mako: the devastatingly handsome, cold and calculating heir who's spent years watching Jamar from afar. Jamar can't remember their brief past before his accident, but Alaric Mako has never forgotten. To save his mother and himself, Jamar agrees to the proposal. But as he fights to ignore the magnetic pull toward Alaric, he discovers feelings his accident suppressed. Thrilled to have found him again, Alaric Mako woos Jamar the only way a loan shark can-with dogged obsession. In this far off, technology-driven future of corporate dynasties, news-fluencers, and ruthless debt law, will Jamar and Alaric cut through the tension to a happily ever after despite being bound by debt, or will the way they started be too powerful a force to overcome, and bring their end again? Can Jamar and Alaric overcome the suffocating weight of debt and an arranged engagement to find something stronger: chosen love? Read to find out!

𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐱𝐛

"You're scared of me," he accused. Maybe it was the sleep deprivation kicking in, but I shook my head. "No, I'm scared your blood will stain my couch." He blinked a few times and then a shadow of a smile broke out on his face. "I'll buy you a new one." ... A wife who died a mysterious death and a "my way or the highway" attitude, Manolo Raymond was not to be trusted. Anyone with ties to the underworld knew that, which was why Wesley did what he could to stay out of the mafia prince's path. He had one goal: to finish paying off his debt to Manolo's older brother and then never see their faces again. However, his plans were thrown out the window when he returned home one night to find his house broken into and an injured Manolo Raymond bleeding on his couch, demanding refuge.

In which an underground fighter in desperate need of anger management and a snarky mafia boss make a deal with an explosive reaction. ... Some people were born lucky with silver spoons in their mouths and trust funds established long before they were born; others were born with dirt underneath their fingernails, barely scraping by. Twenty-three-year-old underground fighter Linus Ward was used to the latter. Raised in the foster system and bounced from one bad situation to another, Linus learned early on that surviving wasn't a simple task but having his foster siblings did make it a lot easier. However, when Linus' foster sister got caught up in a con gone wrong, what should've been a routine identity switch and a clean getaway ended with spilled blood on her hands and a target on her back. To guarantee his sister's safety, Linus was forced to make a deal with someone as dangerous as the people hunting him: recently-named mafia boss Teodoro Raymond. A paid bodyguard position with guaranteed safety should have been a good thing. Yet, when sparks started to fly and the lines between protection and obsession blur, Linus was left to decide if he was clawing his way out of the world that's always tried to chew him up, or falling even deeper into it.

*Book 6 to the TPS series* Rico has always been fully devoted to his girlfriend, Alysia. So devoted and ready to risk it all for her. So, after years together, he gathers up the courage to propose, even after he has seen how wrong it can go with his own father and mother. The last thing he anticipated was the answer he received, throwing his many years of peace and love down the drain. Walter has always sacrificed his needs for his family. With his mother in the hospital, his father falls further and further into debt to care for her. When his mother finally dies, his father goes down the deep end. He begins to hurt Walter even as his son is attempting to pay his debts for him, selling himself as a prostitute to others.

{BoyxBoy} "Well I need a wife, if you haven't noticed a wedding is supposed to take PLACE!!" Gustavo yelled making me shrink in fear. He's one scary dude. "Where are we going to get a bride?, It's late" his mother said trying to reason with him. His eyes roamed around the room before it landed on me. "What about him?" Gustavo suggested, his eyes boring into mine, making me shrink a little with fear and discomfort. I wasn't scared of him, it was just that I'm naturally a shy person, so obviously someone who was oozing with such aura would make me panic a bit. "He looks just like his sister, the same skin colour, his hair is shorter but we can work with it" he was talking to himself now, but his gaze was still fixed on me. His eyes then darted to his mother who looked the same as my mother, stressed. "Put him In her wedding clothes, mother go tell the priest not to add the kissing part, I want the wedding short and fast" he said before leaving the room. Slamming the door in anger, which made me flinch ----------- Blake has got to be one of the most unlucky people ever, having to be the first person to notice his sister's disappearance to being the only one who can save his parents face from being ridiculed. He has no other choice but to wed his sister's fiancé-who he has a crush on-, will Gustavo decide to take revenge for the embarrassment his sister almost cost him or will he learn to live and love his new husband. ........... Aug 7th- Aug 23rd You guys might not know it, but you guys mean so much to me for the love and support you've given me and my book, thank you so much ❤️🫂