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He was hired to protect me— But no one warned me what he'd do to my heart. Savannah Cole has always lived under lock and key—thanks to her billionaire father, her life is a carefully curated cage of luxury, expectations, and constant scrutiny. So when he hires a brooding ex-soldier to guard her from a vague but "serious threat," she’s more than annoyed. She’s furious. Ryan Carter is the last man she expected. Quiet. Intense. Unshakably controlled. Nothing like the charming, elite suitors she's used to manipulating. Ryan doesn’t flirt, doesn’t flatter, and most maddening of all...

On the surface, Crescent Key is paradise—an island of glass villas, hidden wealth, and invitation-only perfection off the coast of Florida. But beneath the polished calm lies a world where intimacy is currency, and every desire has a price. When Dylan and Maya Porter arrive from Atlanta, they’re chasing a dream of luxury and success. He’s a struggling architect hoping to design the island’s next landmark eco-resort. She’s a wellness consultant with a growing online following—and a secret craving for reinvention. Their marriage is loving, playful, and open to possibilities ...

The truth didn’t save them. It changed them. In a world protected by secrecy, power always comes with consequences. After the events that nearly tore reality apart, the Occult Division is still standing—but barely. Cursed artifacts are resurfacing. Impossible deaths are leaving no evidence. And the boundary between legend and modern life is beginning to fail. As history itself turns hostile, the Division must contain threats that were never meant to exist in the present day. This is not a story about heroes. It is a story about what comes after survival. The Occult Division operates in ...

In a quiet, upscale suburb, Diane Whitaker appears to have the perfect life — a beautiful home, a stable marriage, and a reputation beyond reproach. But beneath the surface, she’s slowly drowning in routine, silence, and longing for something she can’t quite name. Everything changes when the house next door is rented by four vibrant Black college students — bold, brilliant, and unapologetically alive. What begins as polite curiosity turns into fascination, then temptation, as Diane is pulled into a world that challenges everything she thought she knew about desire, identity, and ...

What if the life you love still leaves room for the life you once dreamed of? At her 20-year high school reunion, Sarah believes she’s simply revisiting the past. A successful marketing director, devoted wife, and mother of two, she’s built a life she’s proud of—steady, loving, and secure. Yet returning to the old gymnasium awakens something she thought she’d long outgrown: the unanswered question of who she might have been. Marcus, the former star quarterback and ultimate symbol of teenage longing, is no longer just a memory. When paths cross again, old feelings resurface ...

In a city of neon lights and broken promises, Luna is nobody’s savior. She’s a sharp-tongued sex worker with scars of her own, fighting just to survive another night. But when a client reveals herself to be Inanna—once worshipped as a goddess of war and desire, now a fallen angel stripped of power—Luna’s life is ripped wide open. Demons walk the streets in borrowed flesh. Cults whisper in back rooms. Forgotten gods claw for a way back into relevance. And Luna, against every instinct, is dragged into the war no one else can see. Armed with fragments of divine power and a ...

New Orleans, 1930s—where jazz drips like honey through the humid night and shadows whisper with the voices of spirits. Evelyn Harker, an English anthropologist, arrives to study Vodou with a detached academic eye. But when a midnight ceremony in the swamp binds her to the goddess Erzulie-Damballa, her careful world unravels. The bite of a sacred serpent awakens powers that blur the line between passion and possession. Lucien Duval, a charismatic Vodou priest, feels both drawn to and terrified of Evelyn. As her senses sharpen and the goddess within her stirs, desire binds them together ...

A marriage built on perfection. A summer built on heat. One reckless choice that shatters the illusion of control. In The Pool Boy Makes Me a Hotwife, a forty-two-year-old suburban woman finds herself suffocating inside the life she once worked desperately to achieve. Her house is flawless. Her cul-de-sac is silent. Her swimming pool is engineered to perfection. Her marriage to Mark—steady, prosperous, and orderly—has become a place where nothing truly happens anymore. Set during an oppressive mid-July heatwave, the novel opens on a landscape of cut grass, chlorine, and asphalt—...

One broken engagement. One wild city. One forbidden symbol that changes everything. When Claire Whitmore leaves her cold, conservative life in Boston for the sun-soaked chaos of Miami, she isn’t just running from a failed engagement — she’s chasing something she can’t yet name. At her new job in a trendy branding agency, Claire is introduced to a vibrant, sexually liberated world where she feels like an outsider... until she notices the symbol. A Queen of Spades charm hanging from a necklace. A tattoo on a woman’s thigh. A glance exchanged across the room that says: We know. Drawn...

Understanding Gender Bending An exciting bedroom activity for the adventurous couple In and out of your bedroom

Emma has always lived by her own rules. Fiery, fearless, and insatiably curious, she’s a redhead whose passions burn brighter than most. Her quiet life with Tim, her devoted boyfriend, seems steady on the surface—but beneath it lies a hunger she can no longer ignore. When Emma meets Jamal, a confident and magnetic stranger, a spark ignites that will change everything. Drawn into a world of temptation and raw desire, Emma begins exploring the fantasies she’s kept hidden for far too long. What starts as a thrilling encounter soon becomes an awakening—of her sexuality, her power, and ...

She believed everything was perfect—her marriage, her home, the life she and her husband had built together. Then someone new arrived, bringing excitement she didn’t know she missed. Suddenly, what was safe felt stifling, and what was forbidden felt irresistible. Caught between loyalty and desire, she makes choices that shatter trust and silence the comfort she once relied on. The weight of guilt threatens to break her, and the distance between her and the man she loves grows impossible to ignore. But in the darkest moments, hope flickers. Admitting mistakes, seeking truth, and opening ...

She’s a soccer mom by day. A scandalous blogger by night. And one steamy secret could blow her whole life wide open. After a messy divorce and years of putting herself last, 39-year-old Amy Callahan is ready for a change—just as soon as she figures out what that means. Between PTA meetings, soccer practices, and trying to keep her wine nights from turning into therapy sessions, Amy feels invisible. Until one impulsive night, she starts a secret blog: Silk Sheets & Sidelines, chronicling her misadventures in dating, desire, and rediscovering her wild side. To her shock, the blog goes ...

A dark urban fantasy Six months ago, Luna burned the gate between worlds and stopped a demon invasion. The city survived—but survival isn’t healing. Power doesn’t vanish. It waits. Now, something ancient is stirring beneath the cracked streets and flickering neon. Bodies are turning up hollowed-out and marked with twisted sigils—clues in a ritual that leads to one terrifying conclusion: the Hollow Throne, a forgotten relic built to imprison a god-killer, is waking. And it wants out. Luna thought she was done with gods and monsters. She was wrong. Armed with a blade, fire in her ...

Even the damned can be saved — but at what cost? When the FBI’s most secret task force confronts the rise of cursed relics and ancient demonic powers, Special Agent Quintin Dale stands at the edge of darkness. Blessed—and cursed—with abilities no human should possess, Dale and his partner Martin Finch belong to The Occult Division — a classified unit buried deep within the Bureau, charged with investigating supernatural crimes the public can never know about. Each artifact they encounter twists the innocent into monsters and tempts even the faithful to sin. But when echoes of past...

A raw, intimate coming-of-age story about love, longing, and the lies we tell ourselves to feel whole. At twenty-one, Lena Hart has perfected the art of pretending. Between classes, parties, and fleeting hookups, she wears confidence like armor, convincing everyone—including herself—that she’s in control. But beneath the laughter and late nights lies a quiet ache for something real. Then she meets Adam Monroe, a thoughtful engineering student who sees her differently. With Adam, Lena finds safety, kindness, and the rare feeling of being truly known. Their relationship steadies her ...

Emily and David appear to have it all—a successful marriage, enviable careers, and the perfect life on the surface. But beneath the polished exterior, passion has faded, and Emily’s demanding executive career leaves her yearning for something more. When she crosses paths with Jake, a confident and magnetic businessman, her world ignites in ways she never expected. Their secret encounters awaken a hunger she can no longer deny. When David uncovers the affair, his world shatters—until Emily makes a shocking proposal that changes everything. Drawn into her world of temptation and ...

Some lines should never be crossed… unless temptation makes them irresistible. At St. Elizabeth’s Academy, English teacher Victoria Hart is known for her intellect, elegance, and unshakable discipline. But beneath her perfectly composed exterior lies a woman who’s buried her desires for far too long—until Jacob, a brilliant and rebellious senior with a poetic soul and a dangerous charm, walks into her classroom. He's everything she shouldn't want—too young, too bold, and far too aware of the tension simmering between them. But as their encounters grow more intense, Victoria finds ...

What happens when curiosity becomes obsession—and obsession becomes self-discovery? Victoria Langston is a young woman navigating life in a vibrant, multicultural city, where every street corner hums with possibility. Quiet, thoughtful, and always observing, she begins keeping a private journal—one that soon becomes a space for her most personal thoughts, desires, and fantasies. Drawn to the charisma and mystery of the Black men she encounters, Victoria finds herself captivated by the unexplored aspects of her own attraction. When a chance meeting with a stranger named Elijah leads to ...

When Lauren DeWitt’s luxury car breaks down in the wrong part of town, she doesn’t expect her whole life to follow. Polished, professional, and perfectly put-together, Lauren lives by the rules—until she steps into Southside Customs, a gritty auto shop run by a man who plays by his own. Marcus is everything her world isn’t: raw, rough, and utterly unapologetic. The more Lauren tries to resist the pull between them, the more drawn she becomes to his strength… and to the heat simmering just beneath the surface. As her comfortable suburban life begins to unravel, Lauren is faced with...