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"Get the fuck out of my apartment, Niko. Or I swear to God, I'm calling the police."
My heart was beating heavily in my chest, and his heart was beating even harder from the way he was breathing, like he was about to turn into the Hulk.
He grabbed my wrist, his grip firm, yet unyielding. "No, you won't," he growled.
"Test me," I whispered, though my body betrayed me as heat pooled where it shouldn't.
His fingers slid up mine, brushing over my knuckles, until he snatched the phone from my hand and tossed it carelessly onto the bed. "I'd rather taste you," he smirked.
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Shelby Stein thought her art degree would launch her into a dream career, but instead she's stuck waitressing in a dead-end diner, drowning in bills, burnout, and a cosmic level of bad luck.
Then one night, a freak accident leads her to an envelope containing VVIP tickets to a concert by Creatures of the Night, one of the biggest and wildest rock bands on the planet.
These tickets will change the course of her and her roommates' lives forever.
What should've been a simple girls' night out spirals into a wild ride of questionable choices, chaotic detours, and the most bizarre online transaction imaginable.
And tangled in the center of the madness is him-the band's dangerously magnetic lead singer, Niko. The man Shelby keeps colliding with in all the wrong (and very right) ways. Their chemistry crackles, their paths keep crossing, and resisting him becomes impossible.
But when Shelby finally discovers who he really is and how deep she's already in... will she run from the fire, or walk straight into it?
When Arianna marries billionaire Zach Price to save her family, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who'd always consider her a second choice. An unexpected turn of events brings the couple closer together, but can a marriage based on lies and deceit ever survive?
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When Arianna's older sister, Olivia, decides to run away on the day of her wedding, Arianna is forced to take her place to save her family from ruin. But her new husband is angry, heartbroken, and seems to hate her guts. The cold, elusive billionaire Zach Price has never quite struck Arianna as the kind of man she'd want to spend her entire life with. She was more than content with her sweet, thoughtful boyfriend Noah, but when circumstances force them together, Zach and Arianna's hearts get entangled in a way she never saw coming. As the couple grows closer, they must battle the demons of their past and of the lives they left behind - especially when Olivia returns and decides she wants Zach all for herself.
Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual abuse, and mentions abortion and miscarriage.
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Cover designed by Ren Tachibana