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  • blood of Two dons by mili7b
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    She has lived hidden for eleven years, never allowed outside, never told the truth about her father. Her mother is famous. Her past is dangerous. And the secret she's hiding could destroy two mafia empires. Born from betrayal and a single night of manipulation, the girl carries an impossible truth in her blood-she belongs to two dons. One American. One Italian. Rivals who have no idea their legacy lives in the same child. When the truth begins to surface, it won't just expose a secret. It will start a war.
  • Fatal Conclusions (Book 3, the Fatal Trilogy Series) by Shelby_Painter
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    With Alyssa stuck behind enemy lines and the fate of the pack hanging, tensions are higher than ever in this final installment of the Fatal Trilogy. ***** Book 3 begins right where Book 2 left off, with Alyssa captured and brought to the top pack's lair in Montreal. Unsure of Daimon and the rest of the pack's fate, Aly has no choice but to start finding ways to free herself and her baby from the grasps of the top pack and their leader, Pablo. Meanwhile, what's left of Daimon's pack scrambles to come up with a plan to rescue their girl and take down the top pack for good. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual activity, and mentions rape and sexual abuse, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren T
  • Rivals  | Formula 1 by f1povs_1
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    She told herself it was nothing. But nothing doesn't look at her like that. Nothing doesn't get under her skin like him. Elena Carter just made history: the first female driver in Formula 1. But behind the applause, the grid's a battlefield. Her brother wants her seat. The press wants her weakness. And Henry Wilson? He just wants her undone. He's the worst kind of distraction: Smirking in the paddock. Whispering in her ear. Protecting her when no one else does, then pretending it meant nothing. She should be focused. But every time he leans a little too close, She forgets that she came here to prove. And when rivals get too close, someone always gets burned. It's just the question: When?
  • Silent Sins by cleofarlyn
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    When a fire takes everything from Mia, her parents, her home, and the life she once knew, she is adopted by her mother's best friend, Jules Kingsley. Moving into the Kingsley mansion should be a fresh start, but her new brother, Damon, has other plans. Damon is ruthless, possessive, and impossible to avoid. He's made it his mission to remind Mia that she doesn't belong, and their hatred for each other burns brighter with every interaction. But living under the same roof means there is no escape, no distance, no way to keep the lines from blurring. He wants control. He wants her submission. He wants her, no matter how wrong it is. And the more Mia resists, the more his obsession grows, twisting every fight into something darker, every stolen glance into a game neither of them can win.
  • The Mercenary's Maid by caramela2025
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    She feared him more than anything-until he became the only place she felt safe. After escaping years of abuse, Lina found a fragile kind of peace scrubbing floors in a mercenary's mansion. Quiet, invisible, and broken, she kept her head down and her voice lower. Especially around him. Killian. He kills for a living. He is a powerful, cold-blooded mercenary, a wealthy man who built his empire off blood, fear. He owns a powerful private military company that operates in the shadows, answering only to the highest bidders. He commands killers, closes deals, and never makes mistakes. Until her. A glance. A flinch. A wound she tried to hide. And suddenly, he was watching her closely. Quietly. Like she was a puzzle he didn't mean to touch... but couldn't stop obsessing over. Killian: "You blush like that again, and I swear I'll pin you against this wall just to see how deep it goes." He didn't know how to be soft. She didn't know how to be wanted. But in a house full of violence, he saw her. And he started to change. And soon, she was everywhere in his mind.
  • His Balance | Gojo Satoru x reader by MalkaKenobi
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    You've spent your life fixing what others break, restoring balance, healing the flow, obeying orders you never agreed with. Now the higher-ups have a new assignment for you: assist Gojo Satoru, the strongest sorcerer alive. You're the calm to his chaos. The order to his defiance, and maybe, the only one who can unbalance him. ~~~~~~ "You gave too much," he says, smile faint but eyes sharp. "You needed it," you gasp for air. He huffs a laugh-too quiet, too fond. "Yeah... that's what scares me." ~~~~~~ Start: 03.11.2025 Might contain smut in the future, who knows
  • The Long Game by chisomwrites_
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    "π’₯π“Šπ“ˆπ“‰...π“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“Ž 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 π“‰π’½π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒢 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 π“π‘œπ“ƒπ‘”π‘’π“‡." β€’ β€’ β€’ Grace is a sports physiotherapist working for a hospital that hosts the elite athletes of West Hampton. A favor for a friend gets her on the path of being Isaiah King's physiotherapist - the tennis star who suffered a dire knee injury. At first, she's simply dedicated to healing both his body and mind - and perhaps getting him to believe in God- but things get complicated when hearts start to flutter, lines start to blur, and feelings get involved. Feelings that are especially not one-sided. [Clean Romance, Faith-based, Older Woman, BWWM]
  • Behind the Mask by blackrockingchair
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    ||Coach's daughter. Off-limits. Sharp. Quick. Untouchable. And somehow the most magnetic thing I'd seen since stepping foot in Alabama. She was exactly my type. And the worst part? I didn't even know I had a type until right now.|| β€’β€’β€’β€’ BOOK ONE OF A TWO BOOK SERIES - BOOK TWO DROPPING NOW Scout Quinn never planned to fall for Roman Tate. In fact, when Alabama's cocky transfer quarterback showed up, she couldn't stand him. He was arrogant, infuriating-and off-limits as her father's star player. She's thrown into his orbit when she starts working for the ops team under the offensive coordinator, coach Renyolds. Her walls are tall, but if anyone likes a challenge, it's Roman Tate. The season has a way of stripping down the walls she's built from years of grief, starvation, and fear. What started as sharp arguments and late-night confessions turned into stolen moments and a connection Scout never saw coming. Now, with the Tide chasing a national championship and the cameras closing in, Romans mask is slipping-and Scout has to decide if she's willing to risk everything for the man behind it. β€’β€’Strong mentions of EDs + drunk drivingβ€’β€’
  • love in the shadows - AG by lucysx
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    in which angry ginge gets bored, opens his dms and one particular blonde sticks out too him.
  • Love's Dangerous Track||Landoscar by _laravosi
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    > Trigger Warnings This story may contain > NSFW/Mature themes, alcohol use, toxic relationships, intense rivalry, potential (Please remember that this is a work of fiction. The characters and events depicted in this story are purely the product of my imagination and do not reflect the real-life relationships or experiences)
  • Inside - or? AngryGinge13 fanfic by penelopesworld
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    Ally never planned to become famous. A Scottish streamer known for her explosive temper and sharper tongue, she accidentally goes viral after a single rage-filled moment-and two years later, she's traded her mum's house for a Glasgow flat, a Red Bull sponsor, and a place on the Sidemen's newest reality experiment, Inside. Locked in a warehouse-turned-house with eleven strangers and nowhere to escape the cameras, Ally expects chaos, competition, and drama. What she doesn't expect is Ginge-infuriatingly charming, all sharp banter and lingering looks-or Harry, whose easy confidence and attention blur the line between friendly and something else entirely. As alliances form and tensions rise, Ally finds herself caught between playful flirtation and something slower, deeper, and far more dangerous. And when jealousy starts to slip through Ginge's jokes, it becomes clear that not everything inside the house is just for the show. Because when feelings get involved, someone always gets hurt-and the cameras catch everything.
  • Bruised Halo || TK || by tk_bearbunn9597
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    He was a scholarship student with soft eyes and quiet dreams. The other was power, fear, and cruelty wrapped in privilege. What began as bullying that shattered dignity turned into a journey of guilt, growth, and slow redemption. Through pain, silence, regret, and time, two broken souls are forced to confront the damage of the past and the possibility of healing. This is not a love story born from kindness.It is a love earned through change, patience, and choice. β€’ He broke him once & spent a lifetime learning how not to. β€’ From fear to forgiveness, from silence to love. β€’ Not a fairytale. A redemption. A slowburn BL filled with angst, accountability, emotional depth, and a hard-won happy ending-where love doesn't erase wounds, but learns how to live with them.
  • π‡πžπ₯𝐝 𝐁𝐲 πƒπžπ¬π­π’π§π² by etherealwords
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    𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐘 πƒπ„π’π“πˆππ˜ 𓆩♑π“†ͺ α΄€ 𝚜ʟᴏᴑ Κ™α΄œΚ€Ι΄ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ 𓆩♑π“†ͺ She missed her flight and ended up in a foreign land. He had no intention of tying himself to anyone - until destiny did it for him. Zareen, a girl lost in Arabia after Umrah, finds herself in the care of a quiet, guarded man. Taimoor never imagined marrying a stranger, but when circumstances force their nikaah, neither of them knows how fate is gently weaving their souls together. In a world away from home, hearts find a home in each other. This isn't just a marriage. It's something written long ago - 𝐑𝐞π₯𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐒𝐧𝐲.
  • The Day We Agreed Not to Love by kganyamiya
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    On the day they signed the papers, they made one simple rule. No love. The marriage was never meant to be real. It was an arrangement, a quiet agreement between two people who needed something from each other and nothing more. No expectations. No promises. No emotions. Just signatures. They would share a house, a name, and a life that existed only on paper. But living under the same roof begins to blur the lines between obligation and intimacy. Small moments become impossible to ignore. The quiet way she cares for others. The strength she hides behind her silence. The warmth she carries even when she believes no one sees it. He never intended to notice her. He never intended to care. And he definitely never intended to fall in love with the woman he promised not to love. Because the truth about love is simple. You can write rules for a marriage. You can sign contracts. You can promise not to feel anything. But the heart does not obey agreements. And sometimes the most dangerous love begins the moment two people decide it never will.
  • Pretty Little Captive by peachesmommy
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    Marie Clayborn thought the worst mistake of her life was trusting her father. She was wrong. Now she's tied to a chair in a cold warehouse with a knife under her chin and a ruthless New York crime heir staring down at her like he already owns her. Her father owes a debt he can't repay. And Marie is the collateral. But instead of killing her, he offers a deal. A contract. A fake engagement. A life lived under his control until the debt is paid. Refuse... and she dies. Accept... and she belongs to him. The problem? The longer Marie stays by his side, the harder it becomes to tell where the contract ends... and something far more dangerous begins.
  • KARTHA: CODE RED  by barbarablabla
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    One scalpel. One lie. No way out. Dr. Elara Vance was the "Ice Queen" of Nordenheim-until the President of Kartha died after her operation. Now, the world's finest surgeon is the world's most wanted fugitive. Trapped behind closed borders, her only hope is Kaelen: a man who rules Kartha's shadows and treats human lives like currency. Elara thinks she's using him to escape. Kaelen knows he's found the ultimate leverage. In a city of predators, the surgery has just begun. And this time, she isn't just cutting skin-she's cutting ties with her own humanity. "In Kartha, silence isn't a choice. It's a survival instinct."
  • Adhira - His Forbidden Obsession  by _Priyakshi_
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    Adhira Rajput was never the type to be noticed. Quiet. Observant. Unreadable. Until Professor Rudransh Malhotra started watching her a little too closely. He was disciplined. Respected. Untouchable. A man who never crossed lines. But some lines blur on their own. It started with longer glances. Then unexpected concern. Then a silence between them that felt louder than any confession. She was his student. He knew the rules. So why did he feel like she was slowly becoming his favourite mistake? And the bigger question- Why did it feel like Adhira wasn't as innocent as everyone thought? Because the moment Rudransh Malhotra noticed Adhira Rajput... it was never clear who started watching first and sometimes, the professor isn't the only one with secrets to hide.
  • Elliet's Summer With The Lockwood Boys by Aries_Zodiak64
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    Elliet Watson is finally turning eighteen - and this summer was supposed to be familiar. The same shared beach house in Santa Monica. The same long rides. The same private stretch of sand she's grown up on with the Lockwood brothers. Timothy is safe. Sweet. Her best friend. The boy who shares her age, her thoughts, and the comfort of never pushing too far. Vincent is the opposite. Unreachable. Cold. A professional jackass who challenges her at every turn. He's the one person who refuses to let her stay comfortable - and the one person she can't stop trying to understand. With four words, they define each other: They challenge each other. Alice Lockwood has always been a second mother to Elliet, her mother Becca Watson's closest friend. The house is filled with history and the illusion that nothing ever changes - until this summer. Because small moments don't stay small. Lines blur. Feelings surface. And Elliet is forced to choose between the safety she's always known and the challenge she's never been able to resist. Which team are you on? Safe... or challenging?
  • Embers in Silk. by Dark98Phoenix
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    Peace between Viremont and Thornvale was never meant to last. For decades, the fire-bound rulers of Viremont and the thorn-crowned sovereigns of Thornvale have stood on opposite sides of a fragile truce - their borders tense, their histories bloodstained, their hatred inherited like a law. So when the two kingdoms announce a Binding Ceremony between their heirs, the world calls it unity. The courts call it strategy. The kings call it necessary. Lucien Viremont, her to flame, has been raised to believe that love is weakness and Thornvale is the enemy. Controlled, calculated, and dangerously powerful, he is prepared to endure a political marriage if it keeps his kingdom strong. Seraphine Thorne, princess of a rival crown, has been taught that Viremont burns everything it touches. Graceful, observant, and far more powerful than anyone realizes, she agrees to the binding not for love - but for survival. The ceremony is meant to fuse their magic. It does something far more dangerous. It binds their souls. As court tensions rise and old wounds reopen, stolen glances turn into secret meetings, balcony confessions blur into forbidden touches, and the line between alliance and betrayal begins to disappear. Because if the kingdoms discover the truth - that their heirs are no longer pretending - Peace will not follow. War will. And this time, it will burn from the inside out.
  • Enemies To Lovers  by shareefinsaan26
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    Y/n: I Hate you Mr. Kim Taehyung. Taehyung: You hate me enough to let me kiss you babygirl. It will be college time story where first they hate eachother but then end up loving each other crazily.