Shattered, broken, and scarred by a past no one should ever endure, Serenity's life has been defined by trauma since childhood. Raised by a mother who saw her only as a commodity, Serenity was exploited and trafficked, trapped in a dark, silent world of abuse. The only love she knew came from her father-until his sudden death left her utterly alone, forced to survive a nightmare no child should ever face. At 22, Serenity finally finds the courage to flee, escaping to a new city where she builds a life as an assistant to a powerful CEO. Despite her beauty and charm, her smile hides the deep pain she carries, her brown eyes betraying a lifetime of anguish. Her boss, a domineering man with piercing blue eyes and a magnetic presence, becomes captivated by the mystery of the guarded young woman. As his interest grows, he begins to uncover the scars, both physical and emotional, that mark her body and soul. Through tender care and unexpected adventures, he brings Serenity into a world of simple joys-the things she was denied as a child-and begins to chip away at the walls she's built to protect herself. But even as she blossoms under his affection, her past refuses to let go. Nightmares, panic attacks, and a chance encounter with one of her former tormentors trigger a breakdown, and Serenity finally reveals the horrors of her childhood. In his arms, she finds solace, but her journey toward healing is far from over. Beneath the brokenness, a love is born-but is it enough to heal her?

Have you ever dreamed of finding...the one? Of course you have, we all have. We hold on to that hope that there is an invisible string attached to our hearts that on the other end, our soulmate has the end of the string attached to their heart. We hold on to that hope that little by little that string pulls us closer to our soulmate and one day have our hearts beat as one. The thing about 'the one' is that it is difficult to find them or unfortunately some never meet them but if your lucky and you found them, there is going to be a new set of challenges. But at the end it's all worth it. ~~~~ Meet Nicole Jefferson, a girl that never gave love much of a thought. A gorgeous girl many girls at her school wished they looked like her but she was too humble to believe it. She is a girl that was 'the schools sweetheart' because she had a kind heart. And because of it, people took advantage of it. She is your typical goodie good shoes. A good girl. Meet Nicolas Jones, he is arrogant and cocky. A guy who takes everything for granted. He is the schools most popular and handsome guy. He plays basketball as well as girls hearts. A guy with a dark heart waiting for a light to shine inside him , making him notice all his imperfections and changing them because that light gave him inspiration. He's your typical bad school boy. A bad boy. What happens to the life of two individuals that their strings pulled them together? Nicolas is welcomed to new feelings and realizes things he never realized before. As for Nicole, she is welcomed with many new thrills and excitements that average good girls don't experience because....well, they're good girls. Will she be that light he longs for? Will he be that adventure, thrill, adrenaline and excitement every good girl should experience with her bad boy? Did their heart strings make a good decision in bringing them together? You know what they say.... Opposites Attract.... Like magnets.

𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. Ian never wanted to be a hero. He was a survivor, a Holloway soldier who knew the rules: obey, don't ask questions, and never trust the enemy. But when a mission goes wrong, and he wakes up in the hands of Avalon Wyndam-the cold-blooded prince of a rival family-his world shatters. Avalon is everything Ian should hate. Ruthless. Seductive. A monster in silk. But as the lines between captor and captive blur, Ian finds himself drawn to the devil he should despise. Because Avalon doesn't just want power-he wants Ian. As tensions explode between the Holloway and Wyndam families, Ian must make an impossible choice: betray the man who stole his heart or lose everything he's ever known. In a city built on blood and secrets, love is the most dangerous weapon of all. Chapter published every Thursday :) Available on Inkitt and Royal Road

When billionaire and self-proclaimed heartless Jack suffers his first loss in the boardroom his confidence is shaken. Adding to the flames, he just strike out with the fiery Solana, server at an off the strip club in Vegas. She maybe the first person to challenge him and help him discover deep down he does indeed have a heart. This romance is for you if you like: 💏 Opposites Attract ⚖️ Wrong Side of The Tracks Romance 💋 Sharp Comebacks and Witty Banter 🙍‍♂️ Bad Boys/Villain That Might Deserve Love (You Decide) 💓 Emotional Scars 🔥Slow Burns Worth the Wait About the Book He's used to getting everything he wants. But he never wanted love. Until now. Jack Blackhorne never wants for anything. Or so he thinks. Money's not an issue, influence in the boardroom and the bedroom never a problem. But after losing (ouch!) to his ex-wife, something shifts in Jack's world. When he bumps into a firecracker of a woman in a club, his life erupts. Solana Wilde has never met a situation she didn't have an opinion on or a bridge she didn't like to burn. But all that running is getting tiring. Will the man who lit her latest fire be the one to make her want to stay in one place for once? Part of the Ruby Red Romances Collection but can be read as a stand alone. #rubyredromances

Zora has always been a ray of sunshine-kind-hearted, optimistic, and impossibly resilient, no matter how tough life gets. Whether it's juggling multiple jobs, or surviving on barely enough, Zora meets every challenge with an unshakable smile and a determination to make the best of life. As she steps into college, she dreams of new beginnings and possibilities. But her world collides with Alexander, the epitome of coldness and cruelty. With his sharp jawline and sharper tongue, he's feared and revered by everyone. Ruthless, heartless, and unapproachable, Alexander makes it his mission to break Zora's cheerfulness, vowing to turn her college experience into a living hell. Despite his relentless torment, Zora refuses to let him dull her sparkle. Her unyielding spirit begins to crack the icy walls around Alexander's heart, and he's torn between his desire to destroy her and an unfamiliar warmth she awakens within him. As sparks fly and emotions intensify, both Zora and Alexander must face their own scars and vulnerabilities. Will her unwavering light be enough to thaw his cold, ruthless exterior? Or will Alexander's darkness consume them both?

In a world where love and hatred collide, Burning with Fire tells the story of two childhood friends bound by fate yet torn apart by a devastating misunderstanding. She was his world. He was her closest companion. From their childhood days spent together, he silently loved her, doing everything in his power to protect and support her from the shadows. But when a malicious lie manipulates her into believing that he has betrayed her, she turns her back on him, unable to trust the one person who has always been there. Now, fate forces them together in a contract marriage. Her brother lies on the brink of death, and the only way to save him is to marry the man she loathes. For the sake of her brother's life, she agrees to the arrangement, not knowing that the man she believes she hates is the one person who would burn down the world for her. He is a ruthless CEO-cold, commanding, and unrelenting. To the world, he is untouchable, a man who can have everything. But for her, he is willing to sacrifice it all. Soft only in her presence, he vows to make her his, to prove that his love for her is as fierce as the flames he is willing to ignite. But as the fire of desire and resentment burns between them, will she ever come to see the truth of his feelings, or will her heart remain cold forever? In this tale of love, lust, and vengeance, Burning with Fire explores the boundaries between love and hate, trust and betrayal, and the all-consuming power of passion. ---

"You can call me Mistress Deanna. And by the time I'm done with you, you'll be begging me like a dog to end your misery. Six days, Baron. That's all it'll take to break you... completely." ********************** Deanna Willy was only six years old when the fires of Ravenskull City consumed her life. Her family, wrongfully branded as whistleblowers against Mayor Arnold Hayes, was hunted down and executed in cold blood. Their home was set ablaze, leaving nothing but ash and agony in its wake. But fate had other plans for the young girl. Dragged from the inferno by General Valkra, a cold and unrelenting leader of The Obsidian Veil-a secret order of female assassins forged from the embers of vengeance-Deanna was raised in a world of blood and brutality. Trained mercilessly under Valkra's watchful eye, she became the deadliest weapon in their arsenal, honing her pain into a blade sharp enough to cut through even the most powerful. Now, Deanna has her target: Billionaire Baron Hayes, the heir to the man who destroyed her family. But killing him would be too simple, too kind. Deanna has other plans. She'll break him, body, mind, and soul, and make him beg for the release of death.

[18+ ENEMIES TO LOVERS COLLEGE ROMANCE] In which two competitive culinary students get under each other's skin in all the right ways. * * * ʙᴏɪʟɪɴɢ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ (ɴᴏᴜɴ): ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴏʀ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ᴏɴᴇꜱᴇʟꜰ. Summer Westley and Ashton Banks have three things in common: they both attend the same culinary school, they both want to be the best, and they both drive each other completely crazy. A determined spitfire of a girl and an arrogant devil of a boy, thrust into a storm brimming with conflict and craving right from the bitter beginning. Fighting each other, their hunger, and the ghosts that haunt their past and present, Summer and Ashton soon realize that pushing down emotions can only last for so long until they boil over. And sour first impressions can leave the sweetest of aftertastes. ────────────────────── Contains mature themes - read intro for details 📚Featured on reading lists: @TeenFiction - Friend/Foe to Love, 18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With @Romance - Enemies/Friends Highest rankings: #1 Slow Burn #1 Drama #1 Enemies to Lovers #1 College Romance #3 Young Adult #3 Chemistry #3 Fiction #6 College #7 Love Story #10 Mature #12 Feelings #13 Steamy #17 Love #19 Teen Fiction

"How could I ever trust someone again when the world had already let me down?" I whispered to myself, standing at the edge of the city, my bag packed with everything I had left. My heart ached for a future that seemed uncertain, one where love felt impossible. But that was before I met him. Before Nathan Anderson, the boy who would challenge everything I thought I knew about myself." -------------- Pia has always kept her heart guarded, shaped by the scars of her past. Forced to leave behind a small town and a life full of struggles, she's now in a world where everything feels foreign-luxury, expectations, and the constant pressure to succeed. At 18, she's determined to prove that she can make it on her own, even if it means keeping everyone at arm's length. Nathan is everything Pia isn't popular, confident, and effortlessly charming. At 18, he's the star of his school, his future already planned out by a life of privilege. Yet there's something about Pia that intrigues him, something that makes him want to know her beyond the walls she's built around herself. The more he observes her, the more he feels drawn to a side of her he can't quite understand. As their paths cross, emotions stir, and what started as a simple connection becomes a tangled web of uncertainty. Can Pia open up to someone who seems to have everything, or will her past keep her from embracing the future? And for Nathan, can he break through her defenses, or will his own fears stand in the way? "Fate brought them together, but can they hold on when everything else pulls them apart?" Trops Slow burn ✓ Love at first sight✓ Possessive✓ Protective✓ Opposite attract✓ Enimes to lovers ✓ Obsessed with her✓ Burn down the world for her ✓ She saw first he fall harder✓

𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. Luna Ramirez has spent the past few years running from her father's past, his debts, and the shadows left behind. Sweet but not naive, she's just trying to survive in a world that keeps taking. But when she unknowingly steals from the wrong man, she's pulled into a game far more dangerous than she ever imagined. ---- 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢 Cold. Calculating. Merciless. As the most feared leader of the Italian mafia, he rules the city through blood and power. Betray him even by accident and you're as good as dead. Tracking Luna was supposed to be just another job. Use her. Erase her. Move on. But Luna doesn't cower. She doesn't beg. And for the first time in his life Damien hesitates. With enemies closing in and secrets unraveling, he'll have to choose 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫.