Coming of age

A slow burn romance with an age gap between a billionaire Dominant and a young submissive. FIRST BOOK IN THE BRAVE TRILOGY. SYNOPSIS: Maya Valentine had the perfect plan for her future. Graduate from medical school. Build a successful career. Have her life completely under control. Life had other plans. When her family is pushed to the brink of ruin, Maya realizes that some battles can't be fought alone. Desperate to save the people she loves, she accepts the only solution available: an arrangement with an older man who is as powerful as he is dangerous. A man who is used to getting everything he wants. Including her. Mature. Wealthy. Dominant. He offers Maya exactly what she needs. In return, he asks for something she never imagined giving away. What should have been a simple arrangement soon becomes a dangerous game of power, submission, and desire. And the harder Maya tries to resist, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the undeniable attraction between them. Because some debts cost far more than money. And in the end, the greatest risk may not be losing her freedom. It may be giving her heart to the wrong man.

One childhood crush. One unbreakable rule. One mansion where every hallway feels like a trap. For fifteen years, Leighton Hayes has loved Noah Knight from afar, the untouchable older brother of her best friend Chloe. Now twenty-three, broke, and freshly homeless, Leighton has nowhere to go but the sprawling estate of the man who once barely noticed her. Noah remembers her all too well. The billionaire who built an empire from nothing has spent the last six months trying to become a better man, and the shy girl in oversized hoodies who just moved into his guest wing is the most dangerous temptation he’s ever faced. Chloe’s single rule was always clear: her friends are off-limits. Especially to Noah, the reformed Playboy who used to burn through supermodels and headlines. But late nights, shared secrets, and one stolen shirt ignite a fire neither of them can extinguish. What begins as whispered confessions and almost-kisses explodes into a secret affair neither wants to end, even as the lies stack higher. When Chloe discovers the truth, the betrayal threatens to destroy the only family each of them has ever known. Leighton must decide if love is worth losing her best friend. Noah must prove he’s finally ready to risk everything for the one woman he swore he’d never touch. Some rules are made to be broken. Some hearts refuse to stay forbidden.

Aurora Valentine wishes she could just escape this world and leave everything behind. Tormented, bullied and harassed on a daily basis, she lives in the mercy of her treacherous, gambler and alcoholic father who loves to abuse her. Her fellow students in high school despise her for no reason and she is often harassed at her work. The only thing holding her back is her five year brother, Riley, who her mother had entrusted to her on her deathbed. But things take a turn for the worst when the school’s biggest bully and bad boy, Caleb Blackburn, suddenly takes an interest in her. Suddenly, the boy who used to be her tormentor had turned into her protector, attracting the attention of not only other allies, but jealous classmates that want her gone forever. But how can she accept the fact that the boy who had tormented her all through high school was suddenly obsessed with her? Will she give love a chance or will she end up just like her mother, broken and destroyed and six feet under.

Rafael: I’ve survived the military. Sniper. Killer. The best they ever trained. But nothing prepared me for him— Captain Maxwell Santos. My boss. My enemy since childhood. The man who thrives on control, rules, and cold perfection. He hates me, and I breathe to make him lose it. Until one night, he did. With his hand on my throat and his breath on my skin. Now, hatred burns into something else— A hunger I can’t extinguish. He says I’m reckless. Disrespectful. But every time he looks at me, his pupils tell a different story. I used to kill for the country. Now, I’d kill for the way he says my name. And if he ever tries to leave me— I’ll make sure no one has him but me. ____________ Maxwell: I built my name on discipline. No feelings. No weakness. And then Rafael Gotti walked into my agency— cocky, beautiful, untamed. Too young. Too savage. The boy who once kicked my pride now challenges every rule I ever made. He’s a problem I should destroy. Instead, I’m inviting him in.. He looks at me like he knows I'm falling for him. Like he’s daring me to cross the line I swore I never would. He calls me Captain with a smirk. I call him mine in the dark. And now he's breaking down all the walls I built up. I tried to keep them high. Protecting the secret that I don't want anyone to know.

A helpless woman, cheated on by her husband, after being broke and heartbroken, finds love and support in a man much older than her. A millionaire gentleman, who will not only give her a shoulder to cry on but will also make her feel the most loved and desired woman in the world. Join me in following this intense story.

Imagine you’re a 27-year-old Luna of one of the toughest and most fearless werewolf packs. You didn’t ask for this life. At just 20, you were suddenly chosen to lead. And for the past seven years, you’ve trained, fought, and worked harder than anyone—winning every battle thrown your way. But something’s been missing. Something every werewolf is supposed to have by now—especially a female Alpha. Your mate. Since turning 20, you’ve waited—waited to catch that special scent, to feel that pull. But every year passed slowly. Your best friend found hers. Others did too. And even though you stay busy leading your clan, deep down, you still crave it. Crave him. Then finally, after winning one of your hardest battles yet, you catch it. His scent. Faint—but real. Your mate is out there. Finally. The next morning, you leave the woods with your bodyguards, following the scent with your heart racing. You imagine your Alpha—your match. Your wolf. But it doesn’t lead to the battlefield. Or a pack. Or a warrior. It leads to a college. To a classroom. To a boy. Not a wolf. Not even an omega. Just a human. A nerd. Tap the book to know your next step!

"Who's R.D?" I saw the surprised expression on his face. "Why do you have it? Who are you going to give it to?" I asked one after the other, while he seemed to have been doused with cold water. "Are you cheating on me?" softly, but emphatically I added, but his lips remained sealed. My forehead furrowed, my palms clenched. "I'll ask you again, Lucas..." I stepped closer to him and placed the necklace I was holding on his face. "Are you having an affair?"

Gabriella Adams is a normal teenager living her life, but obviously there has to be someone who is always in her way, irritating the hell out of her. Hayden King  Her mortal enemy But all that is about to change in ways she didn’t expect. ****** "I hate you". He said. "Definitely not as much as I hate you," I countered back with a scoff, p*ss*d. Who the hell does he think he is? "good ". He responded, causing my head to snap back towards him, and before I could put him in his place, I felt the softness of his lips against mine, knocking my breath away.

"Everyone wants to kill, Rosie Mae...just not everyone has the balls to actually do it." :::::::::::::: Rosie Mae is in an easy going relationship with Blake, someone she thought was the love of her life. The one. As wrong and seemingly impossible as it is, could it be that her boyfriend's serial killer brother, Eric is the real love of her life? Or maybe it's even Eric's right hand man, Cory who just so happens to always be there for her after a rocky start to their "friendship." Eric has a massive plan, one that will effect each and every person in this story separately. All because of Miss Rosie Mae. Because of his relentless pursuit to make his brother's girlfriend his...his right hand. After secrets are revealed and revelations are made...will Blake take Eric's left hand? Or will he leave it empty, turning his back on his own brother and his own girlfriend? Will everyone go along with Eric's plan or will they question him? Engulf yourself in the lives of Rosie Mae, Eric, and Cory in this never ending web of lies and deception. Read from all three points of views, the mind of "innocent" Rosie Mae, the murderous Eric, and the sweet but evil Cory...to find out just how dark their romances get and just how nasty their crimes become.

Five years ago, Bella Clarke walked away from Luke Harper, whose family fortune had crumbled to nothing. Five years later, they cross paths again, and Luke, harboring deep-seated resentment, humiliates and exacts his revenge on Bella. In a twist of fate, both Bella and Luke's current girlfriend are kidnapped. Faced with a harrowing choice, Luke unhesitatingly saves his girlfriend, while Bella and the child she's just conceived plunge into the icy river below. The frigid waters pierce her to the bone, and as despair envelops her, Bella closes her eyes, her heart giving way to resignation, "Luke, this time, I truly don't love you anymore." The truth of the past surfaces, and Luke realizes his grave mistake. Learning of Bella's engagement to another man, he races against his injuries to stop her. Grasping Bella's wrist, he pleads, "Can you not get engaged to him?" But Bella, releasing herself from his grip, walks resolutely towards another man, her words echoing behind her, "Luke, I don't love you anymore."