She was hired to plan the wedding. Not to become the bride. When the billionaire groom's fiancée disappears hours before their lavish wedding, wedding planner Zara Cole is offered an impossible deal: wear the dress, walk down the aisle, and save the family's reputation. It's only for show. At least, that's what everyone promises. But after the vows are exchanged and the cameras capture every moment, Zara discovers there's no easy way out of a marriage to the powerful and frustratingly handsome Ethan Sinclair. Now trapped in a marriage neither of them wanted, Zara is counting down the days until the runaway bride returns. The problem? When she finally does, Ethan isn't the one ready to let go. A fake bride. A real marriage. And a billionaire who suddenly wants his accidental wife to stay.

She was the light he never wanted... and the only one who made him see again. Rowan Cassius Argyros once had everything-success, charm, and a future as bright as the sun. But when an illness stole his eyesight, it didn't just take away his vision. It shattered his trust, hardened his heart, and left him convinced that love had no place in his world. Enter Harmony Noëlle Sinclair-a nursing student with a heart too soft for her own good, whose laughter feels like light itself. She's determined to see the good in everyone, even the brooding man who hides behind cold words and dark glasses. What begins as routine check-ups slowly turns into late-night walks, café encounters, and an undeniable pull neither of them can resist. For the first time in years, Rowan feels something stirring-hope. Desire. Maybe even love. But opening his heart again means risking the pain he swore he'd never endure. And Harmony? She'll have to decide if she's strong enough to break through the walls he's built, even when he pushes her away. A story of healing, second chances, and the unexpected ways love can teach us to see again.

💖2022 WATTYS WINNER IN NEW ADULT CATEGORY!💖 "You know what this reminds me of?" he asked. I shook my head, feeling the rush of our jump stir in my belly. "Being on stage?" "Roses," he said. "When we ended up at the bar where your parents met, and you got me roses, I thought it was fitting. We never would've gone in there if I didn't run out of gas. You know the saying, stop and smell the roses? I thought I would help you slow down and appreciate life. And here you are doing it for me. I guess whenever we're together, we'll always be smelling roses." 🌻🌻🌻 Nora's determined to be more independent, but if she were honest, she's terrified of the idea. For the last four years, she's ran her family's restaurant and raised her younger siblings well. But with high school over, she fears she may do it for the rest of her life. Then she meets local rockstar, Wren. He's the town's resident heartthrob, and after a year of touring, he's desperate for a break. But when he sets out to make the album of his career, he can't seem to find inspiration. Wren's dreams have given him the independence Nora craves, but she believes dreams are a luxury she can't afford. He wants to prove her wrong. When Nora agrees to be his muse for the summer, he promises to make her dreams come true. No matter how big, small, or completely ridiculous, he will fulfill them all. But as Nora gets further away from her comfort zone, she yearns for her old life back. While her family offers her security, Wren offers her freedom. When her checklist is complete, she'll have to decide which one she can live without. 🔥HIGHEST RANKINGS🔥 🏖 #1 for #Summerfling ✊🏿 #2 for #BIPOC 🪂 #5 for #Bucketlist

Aaliyah never expected a late-night hospital shift to ruin her life. One glance from Luca-the city's most feared mafia boss-and she becomes his newest obsession. Cold. Violent. Untouchable. Luca is the kind of man people pray they never meet. He rules Chicago through fear, bloodshed, and power, and nobody dares question him. Not rivals. Not cops. Not even the men who work for him. But when he sees the shy black nurse with soft eyes and a gentle heart, something inside him snaps. He watches her. Follows her. Learns everything about her. And then he takes her. Not to save her. Not because she's innocent. Not because she needs protection. He takes her because he wants her. Trapped inside Luca's dangerous world, Aaliyah quickly learns that obsession feels a lot like love when it comes from a man willing to burn cities down for you. The deeper she falls into his darkness, the harder it becomes to remember she was ever supposed to escape. Because Luca doesn't let go of things he claims. And he already decided she belongs to him.

Zoe is a girl who'd never run into a problem in her entire life. Her close friends and family joke that she's been born lucky and so far they haven't been wrong. After using that luck to receive a very well paid job working for a devilishly handsome Italian boss, Marco de Luca, she notices some things out of the ordinary that most bosses wouldn't allow at the workplace. While she works for him, he notices something as well...that the rumor about her luck might not be too far fetched. Follow the two in this story as Zoe tries to figure out what secrets her boss has been hiding and he tries to figure out what secrets she can help him uncover. (Warning: story contains mature language, smut scenes, and violence)

" cause girl your perfect, and you deserve it " ‼️STAND ALONE BOOK FROM NEEDED ME SERIES ‼️ still the same series though 🤍

Gay werewolf best friends romance mxm (MATURE!Smutty) (NOT mpreg) ⚠️🔞⚠️ (trigger warnings) Kai and Shadow have been best friends forever, but not long after their eighteenth birthday, they notice a change in their wolves. Omegas are treated like literal bitches of a pack. They get bullied and treated like trash as others force them to submit and do their dirty work. Most wolves are beta but after they have reached the age of maturity, their wolf can change to an alpha, or worse, an omega. Omegas are rare, but one teen finds its happens more often than one would think, when a day hanging out by the river, leads to his best friend holding him down and biting his neck. One became omega. One alpha. These best friends know they must keep the secret and the only way to do that is through a very gay ritual of sorts... Can they fool everyone? Or will their dirty little secret get out? *PLEASE READ!! *this story contains mention of sexual assault* dark themes** BE WARNED!!there are a like 2 BI SCENES! (mxfxm) that I've noticed pisses everyone off so be warned about that. This IS A GAY romance with almost all mxm. The bi scenes are like two scenes probably lasting three chapters, nothing serious, I'll hold your hand through it 😙

She died betrayed. Killed by the people she trusted most-her husband Ryan, the son of a feared mafia family, and her own sister, who stole her life without remorse. But death wasn't the end. Kayla is reborn at twenty-four with one goal burning inside her: revenge. This time, she's not soft. She's not naive. She's cold, calculated, and ruthless enough to tear down anyone who stands in her way. Her sister will pay. Her husband will regret ever touching her life. And the empire that once swallowed her whole will learn her name in fear. But revenge has consequences. When Kayla crosses paths with Matteo Moretti-the powerful, dangerous, and devastatingly attractive mafia don who even his enemies don't speak of lightly-her carefully built plan begins to unravel. Matteo is not like the men she knew before. He doesn't follow rules. He is the rule. Cold, possessive, and terrifyingly protective, he sees Kayla as something he refuses to let the world take from him. What starts as protection turns into obsession. What starts as revenge turns into war. And what starts between Kayla and Matteo becomes something neither of them can control. Because in a world built on blood and power... love is the most dangerous weapon of all.

Auriella Devereaux appears to have it all - beauty, a successful career, and a marriage to one of New York's most successful men, William Devereaux. However, it's all a facade. Auriella is living a lie. There was once a time when William's name was wrapped around her heart and she looked at him with nothing, but love, but that was before he broke her heart. Years later, he proposes an offer to her that she can't refuse, and the next thing she knew she was signing a contract. She signed herself to him and agreed to publically be his. Auriella agrees to be his wife for 18 months, but she can't seem to stop thinking about the reason they broke up in the first place. Will Auriella survive her marriage to the most frustrating man alive and finally get answers? Or will she have to deal with the consequences of breaking her contract with him? COMPLETED 10/29/25

Zina Fletcher has always been a force to be reckoned with. Armed with a razor-sharp intellect and a scholarship, she's a new student at the prestigious Jackson Academy-an elite world of old money, unspoken rules, and the kind of subtle racism that's more dangerous than any overt insult. As the only Black student, Zina knows she's a walking contradiction in a place that wants to put her in a box. Mateo Cobalt is Jackson Academy's golden boy. He's brilliant, popular, and a legacy student whose life is a carefully planned path to success. He's never had to question his place in the world or the systemic privilege that put him there. But when an academic competition forces the two rivals to become partners, they must confront not only their differences, but the world that wants to keep them apart. As Zina challenges Mateo's naive worldview and Mateo defends her against the insidious prejudice of his peers, their intellectual rivalry sparks an undeniable connection. But in a school where appearances are everything, falling for each other might just be the most brilliant, and dangerous, decision they could ever make.