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❝𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐞.❞ A hundred concubines lived in Emperor Sylvos' inner court - the heart of his thorned fortress. With a cruel ranking system, only favored concubines had the honor of meeting with His Majesty. And only the woman able to bear him a child could become empress. Raine Stjorme had climbed the ranks to the top. And after praying each night, she was finally with child. Yet all this was rewarded with the cruelest of fates. Murdered by the man she loved, Raine cursed Emperor Sylvos with her dying breath. She cursed his whole court as they snickered at her final moments. And her curse had taken root. Now, Raine awakens three years before her destined death, on the fateful day she first encounters the emperor. Armed with this second chance, she vows to make him fall - and to bring his empire down with him. But when faced with the tyrant who claimed her heart, could she still follow through? ✦✦✦ 𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙎 𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙇𝙐𝘿𝙀𝘿: -𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 -𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 -𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙮 -𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 -𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 -𝙑𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 -𝘽𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙁𝙈𝘾 -𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨

College football star Reid Donahue's comeback is documented by sports media head Jo Lawrence, but as sparks fly between them, Jo must navigate both her career ambitions and growing attraction to the reserved athlete. *** When college football superstar Reid Donahue is ready for a comeback following a gruesome injury, the university tasks their head of sports media for a season-long piece on Reid's return to glory. Jo Lawrence knows that doing this piece is her in for a post-grad job at ESPN and is determined to make her way through a notoriously male-dominated industry. But Reid - reserved and withdrawn since his injury - is making things difficult for Jo at every turn...including the wind sprints her heart seems to do every time he looks at her across the football field. *** [2024 WATTY WINNER] [Wattpad HQ pick January 2025 & June-July 2025] [6x featured story] [18+] Copyright 2023-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

Conrad Rosser is a Beta's daughter in a society where each rank is matched within itself. Werewolves are creatures of habit. They stick to what they know, and they don't venture from it very often - why would they? Fate takes the guesswork out of it all, and Conrad is okay with that; until it shoves her with an Alpha who's none too happy about breaking tradition.

I spent twelve years loving Mason Hayes. Twelve summers. Twelve birthdays. Twelve years of almosts. The problem wasn't that he didn't know. The problem was that he did. He just never realised what it was costing me. When Mason arrives at our annual lake house vacation with a girlfriend on his arm, I finally understand something I should have learned years ago: Sometimes loving someone isn't enough. So I leave. And for the first time in his life, Mason has to figure out what it means to lose me. A grovel-to-HEA romance about unrequited love, heartbreak, and finally choosing yourself.

When supermodel Audrey Willows finds herself in bed, a fateful morning next to billionaire Jonathan Ryder, with pictures of their night together all over the internet, she and Jonathan are forced to take the biggest decision of their lives; enter a fake engagement to clear their names. ***** Audrey Willows has it all; fame, beauty, and a career most women dream of. But when a scandalous photo of her in bed with the enigmatic billionaire Jonathan Ryder hits the tabloids, everything she's built teeters on the edge of ruin. Determined to protect their reputations, Jonathan proposes a bold solution: a fake engagement. He's a man of precision and order, not one for romance or complications, especially not with a woman like Audrey. But as the world watches their every move, pretending to be in love starts to blur the line between act and reality. What begins as a strategic cover-up slowly unravels secrets, challenges past wounds, and forces both of them to face what they truly want. Can a lie built to fix a mistake become the truth they never knew they needed?! Updates: Tuesday and Friday

What Elena Lockser wanted was to secure a job in Aiden Inc, which was her dream company and nothing else. She encountered Aiden Crooks, the CEO, also, the man she had been running from all her life, as her interviewer. Aiden Crooks, aside from being the CEO of Aiden Inc, he was an Alpha werewolf, and a single father. He never believed in a second chance mate until he met Elena in his office. Will they get the true love they deserve when obstacles arise to drive them apart?

With an opportunity of a lifetime to make her entrepreneurial dreams come true, Thea finds it getting increasingly harder to hide her attraction to her boss, Aiden Steele - not knowing that the man under all the cold layers has a secret worth millions of dollars to hide. *** It doesn't matter if she's sitting on an idea that could earn her millions, Theodora is struggling to make ends meet. That is until she meets Aiden Steele, CEO and asshole extraordinaire. An entanglement of enormous proportions creates a problem that won't be easily fixed, and her time to shine finally arrives. Right there in her tiny apartment, Aiden offers her the deal of a lifetime. Half a million dollars is not an easy sum to say no to and Thea is thrust into a life of meetings, luxuries, and office politics. Working in close confines with the magnetic genius isn't as easy as it sounds, and Thea soon realizes that trying not to fall for him is even harder. The more time they spend together, the stronger her affection for Aiden grows. Right when she allows herself to let go of what has been holding her back, a treacherous secret threatens to blow up everything - be it their blooming romance or their business arrangement. Never make deals with the devil, they say, but what if the devil has a charming smile and deep brown eyes? ** FEATURED IN @NA "HOLD MY WINE - CHICKLIT" READING LIST [05.10.2021] HIGHEST RANK #12 IN CHICKLIT

Natalia Fuller has had a difficult upbringing in her early adolescence but she has learned to come out strong. As a result, she has a wonderful full-time job as an assistant to a successful CEO with whom she has a fascination with since starting at the company. His name is Xander Reed, a young billionaire who is constantly in the public eye and has a beautiful wife. Despite having a successful life, his marriage is a difficult one with his wife being an alcoholic and constantly out, Xander can only hope that he can salvage his marriage. However, one fateful night Xander is drunk and being his assistant Natalia takes him back to his penthouse but Xander has other plans with her. In the next couple of days, Natalia has tried constantly to forget that night spent with Xander but, she receives news that could change her life. Knowing this Natalia has the choice to keep it a secret from others or to tell it. What will she do? Read on to know what happens.

He startled me when his hands gripped my hips pulling me into his body, my hands resting on his warm chest. I looked up to find him staring at me, but something was different, his bluish orbs sparking with lust. He leaned down until our noses touched and I stopped breathing, only to hear him say, "Mine." Serena had a rough start in life, even more so with her father as the Alpha of the pack. For seventeen years she had no choice but to follow the rules specially when her life was already decided. However, one night, a man and the first look they shared, were all it took for everything to change and her future to become threatened. Now with the responsibility of becoming the next Luna, her hot-tempered father and the unexpected man, Serena will have to make an important choice that will not only risk everything she has worked so hard on, but losing the only person that makes her feel completely alive too...

After flunking Nationals, Serena is determined to prove herself to her family and ex-boyfriend by securing a spot on her college's elite swim team, with no choice but to ask her bitter rival and town heartthrob, Wesley, to train her. *** Serena Murphy has always been the girl from the wrong side of the island, especially after her father abandoned her to build a perfect life with his new family. Determined to prove herself, she sets her sights on her college's elite swim team, but without a trainer, she doesn't stand a chance. That is, until a reckless bet leads her to one of the most high-demand coaches and her ex-boyfriend's rival, Wesley Pierce. Serena and Wesley's late-night training sessions quickly become heated, and as Serena battles for her spot, old wounds resurface - her father's betrayal, her ex's new relationship with her high school bully, and Wesley's own family secrets. When tempers explode and fists fly, Serena is forced to ask herself: is Wesley just another rival or the only one who truly sees her? Set against sun-soaked shorelines and stormy summer nights, Making Waves is a steamy sports romance about rivalry, redemption, and falling for the last person you should.

Shorter chapters so don't let the amount of chapters keep you from starting this story. Joey Lattire was offered to a man at a young age. Knowing this she was caught off guard when she met and fell deeply in love with Hudson Engle. Joey is free-spirited, beautiful and popular while Hudson becomes Quarterback and they became the sweetest couple in their high school. Hudson came to town at seventeen and swept Joey off her feet but there was one huge problem. A marriage contract. After many years of separation and a huge secret kept from Hudson, can they find their way back to each other as adults? https://www.wattpad.com/677863854 Copyright © 2020 by Grace Madden All Rights Reserved.

For five years, Sienna Cole and Adrian Blake have been enemies. As one of New York City's most sought-after wedding planners, Sienna spends her days creating happily-ever-afters. As a successful divorce attorney, Adrian spends his days watching them fall apart. Their offices are directly across from each other. Their arguments are legendary. And their hatred is very public. When a video of one of their explosive fights goes viral, a reality dating show offers them an opportunity neither can afford to refuse: pretend to be a couple for three months and compete for a $500,000 cash prize. The rules are simple. Live together. Go on dates. Convince America they're in love. Win the money. Easy. Except somewhere between the fake kisses, forced proximity, family dinners, and one-bed hotel rooms, the lines begin to blur. Because pretending to be in love was never the problem. The problem is that it might not be pretend anymore. And when the contract ends, they'll have to decide if what they built was all for the cameras... or if they've accidentally found the one thing neither of them was looking for.

#1 in Romance - 07.01.2021 Forced to be around each other because their best friends just happen to love each other, Nicole and Blake must learn to be civil with one another for their sakes. However, being civil might be asking too much of the two of them - when the word didn't really exist in either of their vocabulary. She's a loudmouth, no filter whatsoever when she speaks and hates egoistic men. He's childish, also has no filter - especially when flirting - and oozes confidence like it's his birthright. They were so similar and yet so different, but oddly perfect for each other. Mostly, they were really just a recipe for disaster. This is the story of their turbulent journey. A spin-off to "Back to You"...

When Natara's hired as secretary to a notoriously difficult-to-work-for company heir, she is determined to succeed at her job, no matter the cost. ***** When high school graduate Natara lands her first job as a secretary at Vicecorp, a local multimillion-dollar business, she can't believe her luck. But when she learns she's the direct secretary to a troublesome company heir who doesn't want a secretary at all, succeeding at her first job grows difficult. Thrown into an unfamiliar world with stuck-up front desk ladies, deceitful coworkers sabotaging her at every turn, and drawn to the sexy, frustrating, and moody boss she's supposed to hate, Natara faces a scary question: Can she survive in the adult world? (A completed new adult drama, romance, and slice of life book. Includes themes like depression, anxiety, suicide, racism [including a censored racial slur,] cheating, sex, lying, manipulation, and smoking.) (© 2018 Sonic_Books All Rights Reserved)

✯Sequel to A beautiful mistake ✯ Can be read as a Stand-alone novel A fun fact about redheads. Did you know they derived their fierce temper from the Scots who are known to be descendants of the Celts who coincidentally were notoriously vicious warriors? For Seth Sandoval Cervantes, Jessica Davis was the same nonetheless. She hated him for reasons unbeknownst to him and quite frankly he hated her too. When Seth's fiance Tessa Urquillo decides to call it quits on their relationship, Seth can only draw one conclusion, Jessica Davis must have poisoned his fiance's mind. A game of pool, a bottle of Jack Daniels and a broken heart is all it takes for Seth to come up with a nasty idea. An idea that ends up saving him and destroying him all the same. --- "Yeah easy indeed. Maybe while we are at it, I'll kidnap her, take her to one of my islands in the Philippines and force her to like me in thirty days", he said sarcastically. "It's actually not a bad idea if you think about it",Lance laughed. "It's not a bad idea at all",Seth repeated which made Lance glance at him with a rather suspicious look. Oh yes, Seth Sandoval Cervantes had made up his mind one that involved kidnapping Jessica Davis and spending a whole month with her until she changed her mind and liked him. "As they say, the way to a woman's heart is by impressing the bestfriend" "No one says that... --- Secrets are revealed, hearts are broken, past and present collides in this fiesty game of love and hate. IMPRESSIVE RANKINGS #1 in possessive~ 12/1/2023 #1 in arrogant ~ 12/2/2023 #8 in new adult ~ 4/5/2023 #3 in slowburn ~ 4/5/2023 #1 in hot ~6/5/2023 #1 in humor ~ 6/5/2023

SEQUEL OF SURRENDER - FINISHED 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄, 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐒, 𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐋, 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ♚ "He's the danger I should run away from, yet I've never felt more alive." ♚

When a new master criminal comes on the scene, Detective Decker is tasked with catching him. A catch that will make his career. But when the criminal turns out to be clever, beautiful and a woman that leaves him a little startled upon a chance first meeting, Decker will have to tuck his attraction away and get the job done... but that doesn't mean he won't enjoy the chase first...

Six years ago, Siddharth lost the woman he thought he'd never stop loving. Now she's back. Niya is successful, untouchable, and raising a little girl who means everything to her. She has built a life no one can shake. Until Siddharth walks into it. As old memories begin to blur with new realities, Siddharth finds himself drawn not only to the woman he once knew, but also to the child who somehow feels strangely familiar. With a past neither of them wants to revisit, a future neither of them expected, and a man who has become an irreplaceable part of Niya's world, one thing becomes painfully clear: Some stories don't end when people walk away. They wait.

Lenni has been running for months, constantly moving and never putting down roots. When she runs into a face from her past, halfway around the world from home, will she finally be able to stop running, or are old habits too hard to break? This is a story of one woman's fight for survival, and the bikers who may make or break her. Contains lots of swearing. Warning: May contain triggers for suicide, domestic abuse, rape and mental health issues. Please don't read if these make you uncomfortable. Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.