Stay Away from Pleasure
- Reads 382,771
- Votes 12,563
- Parts 55
Everybody loves a man with a dark past, but just how dark...
In Manhattan, New York, Liz Cheslaw is the only female on the marketing team in a successful company.
Suddenly, her boss gets transferred and Matthew Legato arrives on the scene to take his place. The misogynistic Mr. Legato carries a repulsive secret from his past and believes that a woman shouldn't have an important job like Liz does, so he tries to get rid of her.
Since Liz has been working there for over a year, she has created quite a name for herself, so Matthew gets closer to her and has to go to extreme lengths to get rid of her... Even if it means seducing her.
But what happens when he tries?
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Surviving Kontantine (Completed)✔
#3 in the Undiscovered writers awards for chicklit genre #107 in Chicklit 20 December 2016 #9 in Undiscovered SAMPLE ONLY. To read the story in full visit or download the Dreame app. Thank you so much for the support. You won't regret it. He was her first love and he promised her forever... Vanity Rose fled her home town a week after she had caught her husband cheating on her. Abandoned, neglected and ripped to shreds, she was determined to leave the past ghosts behind where they belonged. After two years of settling into her new life in a new city and molding herself into Glam Magazines most prestigious Editor, a promotion for Editor-in-chief is finally up for grabs. The only thing standing in her way is an exclusive with Limelights new head of directors and Glam's future owner. The promotion was as good as her and everything was falling into place, until she is cornered in a room with him. Five years of establishing a foundation, and building a wall around her heart, only to have it crack at the first sight of him. Her dear old cheating husband who makes it apparent he wants her back! What happens when fate pulls one of it's cruel joke and forces two tormented souls to work together? Can she choose sanity over love and finally be free of him? Or will she risk it all just to be that girl he betrayed back in Reagan Field?Complete
The Mafia And His Queen
• Roxie is running away from her past with her seven year old daughter. After moving to a new city, she ends up meeting Damon, the Boss of the American Italian Mafia. Will he help her escape her troubled past or bring more trouble to her future? * Book One In The Mafia Series * ________________________________________ Started - November 14, 2019 Completed - March 3, 2021Complete
Four Walls
It doesn't matter how she ended up in this four-walled room. What matters is she gets out. ***** After a night out in New York City, Liliana Rossi wakes up in a windowless room with no recollection of how she got there. And she's not alone. The dark and tattooed Mateo Aguilar is also held captive. As the two struggle to survive and hatch an escape plan, they also struggle with growing attraction toward each other, facing Lili with the biggest question yet: is Mateo the reason she's here, or the one who's going to save her? ✨ Wattys 2018 Shortlist & Featured Story ✨ Content warning: this story references themes that readers might find triggering, including drug use and sexual assault. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]] Cover designed by Stefanie SawComplete
His Surprise Escort
Katie is desperate. After she walks in on her boyfriend cheating on her she falls into a downward spiral. For some reason, she is glad to be rid of him but now she feels like her parents were right, that New York wasn't good for her. Luckily her best friend Anna comes up with just the right plan to make Katie happy again. But when she finally finds something good, trouble comes knocking. Can Katie survive with the man of her dreams or will they be pulled apart by cruel intentions?Complete
Son of the Boss
⟡ ⟡ ⟡ His eyes seem to glaze over as something unsettling flashes across his face. I don't know what it is but I know I can't concern myself with it now. I can't care anymore. I have to let him go. "No..."He trails off and looks at me. "She..." "Goodbye, Alessio." I turn away from him and feel my heart squeeze in my chest. He doesn't call after me or try to stop me this time. I'm walking away from Alessio Romano. And this time, I'm the one breaking his heart. ⟡ ⟡ ⟡ Olivia Moore is your average 17-year old girl with a bright future ahead of her and a dream of becoming a big time artist. She loves her little life in New York and has been blessed with what she considers to be a great, fulfilling life. Things change when her father accepts a new job and relocates them to beautiful San Diego. She plans to keep her head low and in her books during her last year of high school but something catches her eye. Alessio Romano is quick to come into young Olivia's life and flip it upside down fast. She can't help but find herself falling head over heels for the beautiful, dark haired Italian teen lurking around the school halls. Her new friends quickly fill her in on the rumors surrounding the Romano family, but she is eager to discover his secrets herself.Complete
Blood and Honor
I never questioned the life I was living. A rising ballerina. A penthouse overlooking New York. A powerful, wealthy father, and Kayce. My brother, my best friend. It started with a stranger in the shadows. A man who watched me from across the street, vanishing the moment I looked his way. Something about him felt familiar, like fate pulling us together. And then the cracks began to show. A masquerade ball cloaked in secrets. Whispers of betrayal. My brother's sudden disappearance, and the devastating truth that shattered everything I thought I knew. Now, nothing was safe. Not my family. Not the world I trusted. Not even my heart. There were secrets buried beneath the glittering surface of my life. And that mysterious man in the shadows? He may be the only one who could help me uncover the truth, even if trusting him changed everything. In a world ruled by Blood and Honor, trust is the deadliest choice of all.Complete
Found in Darkness
A crime boss struggles to carry out a vendetta after he falls for the spirited daughter of his enemy. ***** Twenty-two years after his parents were killed, Federico Di Maggio returns to New York with a simple plan: take down the man who betrayed his family. What he didn't plan on was Elenora Borelli, the enigmatic and fiery daughter of his enemy. Reeling from recent heartbreak, Elenora will stop at nothing to find her happiness. But when she finds herself pressured into an engagement with the dark and mysterious Federico, happiness may be the least of her problems. Hellbent on sabotaging the arrangement, Elenora defies Federico in ways no one else would ever dare. Too bad Federico's never been one to back down from a challenge. Especially one that calls to him in the most feral and passionate of ways. With unforeseen betrayals and new rivals, perhaps the real challenge Federico must face is deciding whether to fight his feelings for Elenora or give into them. But even if he chooses to end his long-standing vendetta against her father for mounting sparks between them, there's no guarantee she'll risk her heart on him. *Content Advisory: This story contains coarse language, scenes with violence and mature sexual content. (Word Count : 101,000-111,000) #1 Italian #1 Possessive #46 Family secrets #95 Passion ©2022 LJ RAEComplete
Pretend ~ wlw
What happens when the monster in the house is your new stepsister? Liv Brooklyn's life fractures the moment her mother says yes to a man she barely knows. Nineteen years of familiarity are erased for a stranger, a new city, and a house that never feels safe. The man is almost a stranger. His children are worse. Liv learns quickly that this isn't a fresh start-it's a quiet trap. Torrey Newton is the worst of it. Twenty years old. Cold-blooded. A sadist behind perfect composure. Torrey doesn't raise her voice, doesn't need to. She breaks people slowly, deliberately. She has everything-money, influence, fear-everything except the one thing that still owns her thoughts: the girl who walked away and left her hollow. Maddy Longing. Her name alone is poison. Beautiful in a way that ruins lives. The kind of woman people warn you about after it's too late. To some, she's the cruelest human alive. To others, the most devastating lover they've ever touched. She leaves marks no one can see and scars no one admits to. And somehow, she never really leaves. When Liv meets her, she doesn't recognize the danger-only the pull. Torrey does. Now Liv is living in Torrey's house, breathing her air, and reaching for what was never meant to be hers. Desire turns into rivalry. Rivalry turns into obsession. And Maddy-always at the center-keeps dragging them back into the same dark orbit. Bound by a family they didn't choose and a woman who ruins them both, Liv and Torrey spiral-hurting each other, wanting the same thing, and finding that no matter how far they run, they always circle back. Some loves don't save you. They destroy you slowly-and enjoy it.Complete
#3 in the Undiscovered writers awards for chicklit genre #107 in Chicklit 20 December 2016 #9 in Undiscovered SAMPLE ONLY. To read the story in full visit or download the Dreame app. Thank you so much for the support. You won't regret it. He was her first love and he promised her forever... Vanity Rose fled her home town a week after she had caught her husband cheating on her. Abandoned, neglected and ripped to shreds, she was determined to leave the past ghosts behind where they belonged. After two years of settling into her new life in a new city and molding herself into Glam Magazines most prestigious Editor, a promotion for Editor-in-chief is finally up for grabs. The only thing standing in her way is an exclusive with Limelights new head of directors and Glam's future owner. The promotion was as good as her and everything was falling into place, until she is cornered in a room with him. Five years of establishing a foundation, and building a wall around her heart, only to have it crack at the first sight of him. Her dear old cheating husband who makes it apparent he wants her back! What happens when fate pulls one of it's cruel joke and forces two tormented souls to work together? Can she choose sanity over love and finally be free of him? Or will she risk it all just to be that girl he betrayed back in Reagan Field?
More detailsContent Guidelines