Contemporary Romance
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Diavolo by uxecila
Diavolo
uxecila
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Elyse, a trauma surgeon who owes a debt to the mafia, finds herself in an arranged marriage with infamous mafia don Alessandro and discovers unexpected love as they navigate his dangerous world together. ***** Dr. Elyse Romero is used to dangerous house calls. Ever since her father's debts to all the wrong people fell to her, she's been the doctor on call for the mafia, and at this point, she's lost count of how many criminals she's had to heal. But when a handsome stranger is brought to her apartment in the dead of night, Elyse knows this assignment won't be like the others. There's no doubt in her mind: if he dies, she dies too. But it turns out surviving the night is the least of her worries. Her new patient is none other than notorious mafia don Alessandro Vitale, and he's not done with Elyse just yet. Presented with an offer she truly can't refuse, Elyse is forced into a new kind of danger and it turns out she's only scratched the surface of this criminal world. After all, when an angel saves a devil's life, there will be hell to pay. Book One in the Devil's Playground Series. Content Warning: This story contains mature sexual content and themes of crime and violence.
Paint Me Saved ✓ Book 1 by wanderedwriter
Paint Me Saved ✓ Book 1
wanderedwriter
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{18+} 🏆 WATTYS 2023 SHORTLISTED ROMANCE Zemira Ford knows a thing or two about paparazzi and being under the limelight. What she does not know is how to use it to save her father's failing business. Not until a certain media mogul proposes an engagement of convenience. She will do anything to protect her parent's legacy, even if it means sacrificing her happiness and entering into a loveless marriage. Sgt. Leonardo Brenton believes love only happens once and everyone should get their chance. When his younger brother decides to marry a stranger for her business, he finds it difficult to reason - especially since hiding the truth about their steamy encounter. With lies being exposed and threatening families' reputations, Leo and Zemira find themselves working together. When old wounds are bled open and secrets spill, ripping them apart and putting their love to the test, Leo and Zemira must decide. Is it worth opening one's heart to love someone, and be saved in the process? Or love, like all things perfect, only happen once. Book 1 of the Redeemed by a Soldier series. 🏅Awards~🏆AMBYS 2022 WINNER - New Adult 🏆 Contemporarylit Ambassadors shortlist - The Fall Awards 🏅Shortlisted in the NA Romance awards. Featured~ ✨ Romance ✨ Profile Mental Health ✨ NA ✨ Contemporarylit ✨ WattpadSpiritual ✨ Dangerous love ✨ Wattpad ESL ✨ Action ✨ Wattpad Military Fiction ✨ Stories Undiscovered - March 2022 ✨ Bullying Prevention ✨ Chicklit India ✨ Come and sit with us ✨ LY ✨ Wattpad After Dark ✨ Wattpad Romance India ✨ Wattpad Literary Fiction ✨ NA Romance ✨ Wattpad Fusion ✨ Wattpad Multicultural ✨ Humor ✨ FreetheLGBTQ ✨ Badass Reads ✨ Wattpad Series ✨ Newly Written Books ✨ Books Got Talent ✨ New Adult reads The story contains PTSD and assault references. Reader's discretion advised.
The Author and Her Bodyguard by AuthorCassidyKate
The Author and Her Bodyguard
AuthorCassidyKate
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Highest rank #14 LOVE--- Twenty-two-year-old Laliana Summers can hardly believe it when she becomes a famous author. But the dream slowly becomes a nightmare when a mysterious stalker breaks into her home. This person knows everything about her, and soon being in the spotlight becomes Laliana's own personal hell, with nowhere to hide. --- Forced into a decision that leaves her with no privacy, Laliana is stuck with a bodyguard to watch over her until the stalker is found. And this particular, breathtakingly handsome bodyguard is proving to be a terrible distraction for her ability to focus on writing. ---------------------------------------------------- ▪️FEATURED on @crime's Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @TeenFiction's "Funny Bones" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @NA "Reads of the Month" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @NA "Hold my Wine | Chicklit" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @ContemporaryLits's "Contemporary Romance" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @PsychologicalNovel "Triggering Romance" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @NewAdultReads "Featured" Reading List! ▪️FEATURED on @WattCliches "Beating Hearts" Reading List! ---------------------------------------------------- Copyright- @AuthorCassidyKate Cover created using CANVA PRO Started- 03/31/2021 Highest Ranks: ❊#1 in Relationship - 11/08/2021 ❊#1 in Comedy - 01/14/2022 ❊#4 in Chick Lit - 07/19/2021 ❊#1 in Bodyguard - 08/16/2021 ❊#14 in LOVE - 02/07/2024 ❊#6 in Young Adult - 02/29/2024 ❊#3 in Love Story - 02/07/2024 ❊#41 in Romance - 08/13/2021 ❊#9 in Humor - 08/29/2021 ❊#5 in New Adult - 07/31/2021 ❊#1 in Contemporary Lit - 05/31/2021 ❊#10 in Author - 06/02/2021 ❊#1 in Secret - 09/08/2021 ❊#1 in Crush - 10/02/2021 ❊#2 in Life - 04/28/2022 If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad, you are at risk a malware attack.
Blooming Flower ✔️ by SVTSwrites
Blooming Flower ✔️
SVTSwrites
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An official Wattpad Fresh Read! (Oct 2021) Being best friends, Manish and Ashwini have been through everything together. They've brought out the best in each other, been there for the worst, motivated each other through the toughest of times, and faced the roughest of situations. As they move into their careers, Ashwini is convinced that nothing can tear them apart. However, when an offer for Manish surfaces that could lead him hundreds of miles away from home, Ashwini realizes the possibility of her friendship with Manish being doomed. With that in mind, this flower has to discover how on earth she can live without her sunshine. Award honors: The Novella Awards: Winner The Romance Fiction Awards: Honorable Mention Featured on the following profiles and reading lists: @Wattpad: Fresh Reads @WackyWriters: Our Judges' Favorites @FreeThePOC : "New Adult" and "Featured" @NARomance : "A Little Bit of Everything" @ComeAndSitWithUs : #Multiculturalism- Diversity is good for all @generalfiction : Finding Love : Romance @BullyingPrevention: Diversity Advocate @CommunityTeam : New Adult @NA : The timelines: General Fiction @Romance: "Love Bites" @StoriesUndiscovered: Stranger than Fiction Cover by the amazing @EmilyGJillian Highest rankings: #99 in shortstory #3 in problems #5 in novella #89 in bestfriends #112 in heartbreak #3 in prequel #307 in family #121 in relationship #54 in indian #87 in jealousy #49 in generalfiction #26 in slowburn #224 in newadult #404 in drama
The Desire Variable - Vol. I by DarlaCassic
The Desire Variable - Vol. I
DarlaCassic
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When Andy starts a complex and steamy love affair with her new boss, she discovers there's more to his arrogant facade than she originally thought. • - • - • - • - • - • - • - • Having secured her dream job at Kelex, a company she's long admired, Andrea "Andy" Walker is more than ready for the next phase of her life. Her career is taking off, she loves her new city, and her colleagues have welcomed her with open arms - including sweet, boyfriend-material Oliver. Everything is perfect, except for her new boss, whose sole purpose seems to be getting under her skin. Alexander "Lex" Coleman is cold and arrogant, but also brilliant and movie-star handsome. To Andy's dismay, it isn't long before she finds herself more affected by him than she'd like. Contending with feelings she's never experienced before, Andy knows it's only a matter of time before temptation wins out. She's playing with fire, but maybe Lex is worth the risk of getting burned. • - • - • - • - • - • - • - • Previously a Paid Story. Featured in many lists, and with two sequels shortlisted for the Wattys 2022! [[Word count: 250,000 - 300,000]] Book 1 in the Binary Hearts Series. Previously titled Between the Lines.
Behind Your Walls by iyahartwrites
Behind Your Walls
iyahartwrites
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Runaway Amaya Sommers faces the consequences of faking a relationship with her notorious crush, Carter Bell, in exchange for a place to stay. *** When Amaya runs away to escape her abusive step-father, she finds herself on the path of her school's notorious bad boy, Carter Bell. Desperate for a place to stay, she accepts Carter's offer to be his fake girlfriend in exchange for sharing his room with her. However, the lie comes at a cost when feelings start to develop in unexpected ways. Carter is everything Amaya has been taught to stay away from but more than that, he is impossible to resist. The more she tries to warn him about the dangers of being close to her, the desperate he becomes for her love. The stakes are high but Carter always get what he wants, and he wants her. BOOK 1 of THE WALLS DUET [PREVIEW ONLY. NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON RADISH FICTION]
Love in the Dark (LarssonSiblingsSeries#1) by HTEllis
Love in the Dark (LarssonSiblingsSeries#1)
HTEllis
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Enemies To Lovers Romance. BOOK ONE. In Edward Larsson's world, control meant everything. After his father passed down the family business into his more than capable hands two years ago, he stopped at nothing to get what he wanted. Power, greed and success was his mantra, and nothing would stop him from living it. Until Delilah... Like Edward, Delilah was fighting tooth and nail to make something of her father's business. But for very different reasons. Delilah's father was sick and to afford the healthcare he needed, she had to pull the dying company from the ground to its old ways. So when a chance of a lifetime was thrown her way, she couldn't believe her luck. One she could not afford to ruin. The only problem? Edward wanted in too, and he didn't care who he hurt in the process. PLEASE NOTE: Chapters 40 onwards are paywalled as part of the Exclusive Chapters program Warning: Love in the Dark contains swearing, sexual situations and adult themes. 17+ recommended. Copyright 2017-byHTEllis. All rights reserved.
BEAUTY MARKS by AmariOkito
BEAUTY MARKS
AmariOkito
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Kaede goes through a life change after burnout. She finds a new job where her colleague at the same position is none other than her Ex Marco. The one who left her when she hit rock bottom. To make things worse, one of her Ex's best friends, Dominque, is back after a long absence, and he likes to hang out at their workplace, making the woman think he's a jobless bum. Kaede wants him to stop, but it takes her no time to realize that she's the reason for the man's visits. @ContemporaryLit Fall Awards 2021 longlister.
String the Player by heyennbee
String the Player
heyennbee
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India wins the T20 World Cup! A new name is on everyone's lips: Arya Kondela--the twenty-two-year-old newcomer who hit the winning four. With not much to speak about his background, the media dubs him as cricket's new, mysterious hard-hitter. They couldn't be more wrong. He's not mysterious. Far from it. He's simple, boring and easy-going. But the world doesn't need to know that. When he's not on the field, messing up all his catches, he's at home playing Gin Rummy with his grandfather, drinking whiskey with his father, and letting Stevie the lab sleep on his back. His life has a tune to it and he isn't about to allow some misplaced luck and unwanted fame disrupt all his normalcy. It didn't matter if he never forgave his mother for leaving or if he barely knows his siblings or if he's still stuck on his first love. Problems are made to exist under the rug. But life has a way of throwing curveballs, and sometimes it comes in the form of violin-wielding maestros, rash decisions on roads, and impromptu trips to the Middle East. Times are changing and all Arya can do is buckle up. Life is just getting started.
Love Novice (Completed) Season 1 In Ben and Am's Romance by galarussauthor
Love Novice (Completed) Season 1 In Ben and Am's Romance
galarussauthor
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Tug-at-your-heartstrings new adult first love story. What starts as a bet to avoid cleanup duties at her minimum wage cashier job, wins Amelie D'Amico more than she's ever hoped for. When Ben, a cute customer who always checkouts at her register, finally speaks to her, his interest in cooking make her only more curious. Amelie's always been terrible at recipes and trust, but with each passing day, Ben proves that when the right person comes along to show the way, it's easy. As their friendship grows, he confesses that he's never dated before and asks Amelie to be his relationship coach. Flattered as she is, she should say no. Her love life is a disaster, and she's hardly the best person to assist him, yet she can't resist his smile or his searching blue eyes. Preparing Ben for his first ever date with a woman who clearly likes him seems simple enough, until helping him score his first kiss becomes the last thing Amelie wants to do for her...friend. How could she begin something she's unable to finish? Telling Ben she wants to be more than his buddy wouldn't be a problem if leaving the US at the end of the semester to pursue a PhD in France wasn't her focus. And what will happen to their friends-with-benefits arrangement if what actually stands in their way is not her plan but her heart? NORMAL PEOPLE x LOVE QUOTIENT Tropes: Friends to lovers, matchmaker, fake dating, opposites attract, secrets, first love, ticking time-bomb BOOK 1 IN LOVE IN CHICAGO SERIES OF STANDALONES.