Bella Vance travels to Italy to reunite with her brother after years apart. Instead, she steps into a hidden world of mafia power, control, and silence. Her brother works under Alessandro De Luca—a feared mafia boss who does not believe in love, attachment, or emotional weakness. He lives a life of control, violence, and temporary pleasures, keeping women at a distance emotionally despite their constant attention. But Bella is not supposed to stand out. Yet she does. And in Alessandro’s world, being noticed is never harmless. It is the beginning of something dangerous.
College was supposed to be a fresh start. For Belle, it turns into something else — chaotic nights, messy friendships, toxic relationships, and feelings she doesn’t fully understand. When she meets a group of senior boys who seem to run everything, her world shifts fast. Especially when one of them starts getting a little too comfortable around her.
Bella Moretti left Blackwater Cove at 14 when her family relocated to Italy for her father’s career. The move changed everything. While Bella and her older brother continued growing up in Italy, the life they left behind in Blackwater Cove slowly fell apart—especially for Nathan Hayes. Before leaving, Bella promised Nathan she’d stay in contact. She didn’t. Years passed. Nathan lost his father to cancer. And the boy Bella once knew turned into someone colder, quieter, harder to reach. Now at 20, Bella returns home for Christmas expecting nostalgia. Instead, she finds Nathan still carrying the wound she left behind. And worse? A part of him still belongs to her.
Belle Valenti thought Brookhaven was just a memory—soft, distant, something she outgrew. Until her parents bring her back for one last summer. Back to the beach house. Back to her mother’s best friend. And back to the Carter brothers—Alex and Eli. The boys who once treated her like a princess. Now they look at her like something else entirely. And Belle? She still thinks they’re just the same boys she left behind. She has no idea… They’ve been waiting.
Belladonna Reyes Calloway only wanted one thing when she entered Beaufort College: survive graduation quietly. Too bad the universe sent Aurelian Beaufort into her life. Arrogant. Rich. Hockey-obsessed. Annoyingly attractive. The entire college worships him, but Bella can’t stand him — especially when he keeps reminding everyone she only got accepted because of her father’s friendship with the principal. But when Aurelian’s grades drop so badly that his father threatens to bench him from hockey permanently, he’s forced to ask the last person he ever wanted help from: Bella. Now they’re stuck together after classes, during weekends, and in private tutoring sessions filled with arguments, tension, and way too much eye contact. And the worst part? The more Bella gets to know the real Aurelian Beaufort… the harder it becomes to hate him.
One coffee accident. One terrifying CEO. One completely ordinary girl. After accidentally spilling coffee all over billionaire CEO Nicholas Vaughn, Hailey Hart assumes she’ll never see him again. She is wrong. Days later, he walks into her coffee shop. Then he comes back. And back. And back. Now Hailey is trying to figure out why one of the most famous men in the country suddenly knows her usual lunch order, remembers every little thing she says, and keeps showing up wherever she is. Nicholas Vaughn has built an empire. But winning over the girl who lives in Apartment 4B might be the hardest thing he’s ever done.
Belladonna Moretti always gets what she wants. Pretty face, cherry red hair, expensive perfume, and a dangerous reputation — Belle knows exactly how to make people stare. So when Ryder Knight refuses to give her attention, she immediately becomes obsessed with getting it. Ryder is older, colder, dangerous. A tattooed biker with grey eyes, a black Ducati, and a personality that screams stay away. He barely talks. Barely reacts. And somehow, that only makes Belle want him more. Between late-night parties, biker races, jealousy, tension, and reckless decisions, Belle slowly realizes Ryder isn’t just another game for her to play. Because the more Ryder tries to stay away from her… the more obsessed he becomes.
Arabella Fleur Whitmore built a life that felt like her own—quiet, independent, and filled with flowers. At twenty-one, she runs a small flower shop she poured everything into, far from the expectations of her wealthy family. Her world is soft, predictable… safe. Adrian “Ryder” Valentino lives the opposite. Raised in a boxing family, he’s spent years surrounded by discipline, violence, and silence. He doesn’t do attachments. He doesn’t believe in anything that feels too gentle to last. They weren’t supposed to cross paths. But one unexpected encounter is enough to shift something neither of them planned for. She’s everything he avoids. He’s everything she’s never known. And somehow, they don’t walk away.
" He was raised to become perfect. She was raised to survive. " 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝. Allie Reyes doesn’t believe in love. Not when she spends her nights dancing beneath neon lights at Velvet Room and her mornings pretending to be a normal college student. Love is messy. Temporary pleasure is easier. Then Elias Whitmore walks into her life. Quiet. Rich. Intelligent. Untouchably perfect. The kind of boy who should stay far away from girls like her. But Elias can’t stay away. Not after seeing the loneliness hidden beneath Allie’s reckless smile. Not after realizing the girl everyone judges is the only person who’s ever made him feel alive. Now he’s sneaking into clubs, lying to his family, and wanting someone he was never supposed to touch. A slow burn forbidden romance filled with obsession, tension, secrets, emotional chaos, and a good boy yearning for the one girl capable of ruining him.
Vivienne Moretti never wanted to work inside a maximum-security prison. But after being personally selected for her exceptional talent in psychotherapy, she finds herself walking through the gates of Italy’s most feared correctional facility. A place filled with killers. Monsters. And men who have forgotten what humanity feels like. Her most dangerous patient is Niccolò Marchetti. Twenty-eight years old. A serial killer whose crimes still haunt Italy. Covered in tattoos and surrounded by rumors darker than death itself, Nico is a man nobody dares approach. Nobody except Vivienne. What begins as mandatory therapy sessions slowly turns into something neither of them can explain. Something dangerous. Something forbidden. Because while Vivienne is trying to understand the monster… The monster is becoming obsessed with her. And monsters don’t know how to love. They only know how to possess.
Kaiden Walker never cared about love. As the captain of Chicago’s NHL team, hockey has always been his only priority. Until Angelina Bennett walks into his life. Beautiful. Brilliant. Untouchable. And unfortunately for him? She’s his coach’s daughter. Angelina Bennett grew up around hockey players her entire life, so she promised herself she would never fall for one — especially not a famous NHL captain with bruised knuckles and way too much confidence. But between late-night arena visits, press scandals, hockey fights, stolen moments away from cameras, and tension that refuses to disappear… The line between hate and obsession slowly starts disappearing too.
When Delilah Carter returns to Willowmere after nearly a decade away, she expects judgment. What she doesn’t expect is Liam Callahan. Her first love. Her greatest mistake. The boy whose heart she shattered when she left town without saying goodbye. Now he’s a successful doctor with a fiancée, a guarded heart, and enough reasons to hate her. But Willowmere is a small town. And some memories refuse to stay buried. Especially the ones waiting by the lake.
He has ten days to make her fall in love with him. The problem? Emilia Sullivan hates his fucking guts. She’s a brilliant Fine Arts student who’d rather spend her nights painting than flirting with men. She’s convinced relationships are a distraction, and she’s perfectly happy keeping everyone at arm’s length. Jackson Carter is the exact opposite. He’s Maplewood’s hockey captain, resident heartbreaker, rich as hell, and completely convinced he can make any girl fall for him. So when his friends dare him to make the one girl on campus who supposedly hates men fall for him in ten days, Jack accepts. The rules are simple: Make Em fall in love. Ten days. Then break her heart. Easy. At least, that’s what he thinks. Because Em isn’t interested. And somewhere between annoying her, making her laugh, stealing her coffee, showing up at her diner shifts, and accidentally learning things about her that nobody else knows… Jack starts forgetting that this was supposed to be a game. And Em? She’s starting to wonder if the biggest mistake she could make isn’t falling in love— but falling in love with him.
Sienna Romano came to Italy for one summer. She wasn’t looking for trouble. Unfortunately, trouble was driving a fucking motorcycle. When eighteen-year-old Sienna nearly gets run over by Alerico Santoro, a dangerously charming Italian street racer, she immediately decides she hates him. Rico feels the same way. Probably. Because somehow, the arrogant American girl keeps showing up everywhere he goes. The garage. The streets. His races. His nightmares. She’s sunshine. He’s a fucking storm. She’s rich. He’s barely holding his life together. She doesn’t speak Italian. He refuses to stop flirting with her in it. And somewhere between late-night arguments, dangerous races, family secrets, and stolen moments under the Italian summer sky… Sienna starts realizing that maybe the boy she was warned about isn’t the most dangerous thing in Valerosa. Maybe falling for him is.
Five best friends. One impossible dream. And one girl who’s been standing beside them the whole time. As senior year comes to an end, a group of lifelong friends spend every waking moment chasing their dream of becoming a famous band. Between garage rehearsals, disastrous gigs, beach bonfires, and questionable life choices, they’re determined to make people remember their name. But for Scott Hayes, surviving senior year might be harder than becoming famous. Because he’s been in love with Sophia Bennett for four years. And she has absolutely no idea.
You weren’t meant to stay. Sent away from the life you knew, to a quiet town that never asked for you, you find yourself trapped between expectations and something you refuse to feel. Then there’s him. The farmer’s son. Too warm. Too patient. Too persistent. He looks at you like you belong here. You don’t. No matter how many times he tries, no matter how gently he speaks, no matter how much he cares— You push him away. Because people like him don’t fall for people like you. And people like you don’t stay. …right?
Eleven years after losing everything, Kelly Hart returns to the town that she left Her daughter doesn’t know her. The family she once loved wants nothing to do with her. And the only person willing to listen is Ryan Walker—the bartender with haunted blue eyes and the best friend of the man Kelly lost. As buried truths begin to surface, Kelly must fight for a place in her daughter’s life while navigating an impossible connection with the one man she should never want. Some mistakes leave scars. Some loves never disappear. And some people deserve a second chance.
At Kingsley University, Seraphina Beaumont is known for her soft style, quiet personality, and effortless beauty. She keeps her life simple — classes, fashion, and staying away from drama. Tyrell Scott, the basketball star with braids, brown eyes, and a calm but playful attitude, lives in a completely different world filled with friends, parties, and chaos. They were never supposed to connect. But one friendship changes everything… slowly.
Everyone knew Zach Caldwell. The hockey prodigy. The future NHL star. The boy with the perfect family and the perfect life. Everyone thought he had everything. No one knew he was slowly destroying himself. When Gina notices the boy she loves becoming distant, angry, and unrecognizable, she discovers the truth Zach has been hiding from everyone. He’s addicted. What follows is years of rehabilitation, relapses, disappearances, broken promises, sleepless nights, shattered trust, and a family desperately trying to save the son they refuse to lose. Sometimes addiction doesn’t just destroy one person. It destroys everyone who loves them.
Kayla Moretti, a 21-year-old orphan raised by her grandmother, finally lands a job as the personal assistant of New York’s infamous CEO, Leonardo De Luca. Everyone fears him. Everyone respects him. No one understands him. Until Kayla. As late nights, business trips, accidental touches, and stolen glances begin to blur the line between professionalism and something far more dangerous, both find themselves trapped between duty and desire. But Leonardo is already married. And some feelings were never supposed to exist.
She left Bellamy Cove without saying goodbye. Nine years later, she’s coming home. Lena Marlowe thought she had finally moved on from Bellamy Cove—the little coastal town where she grew up, fell in love with strawberry candy, and spent her childhood with two boys who were practically her whole world. Nathaniel Brooks. Christopher Hayes. Her two best friends. Her two almost-brothers. The two boys who loved her. At sixteen, Lena ran away after discovering the truth. Now she’s twenty-five, successful, engaged in a completely different life, and convinced those memories don’t matter anymore. Until she sees them again. Nate isn’t the sweet boy who used to play guitar for her anymore. Chris isn’t the reckless kid who used to drag her onto his motorcycle anymore. And the friendship between them isn’t what it used to be. Nine years changed everything. But apparently, not their feelings for her. Because coming home was supposed to be temporary. Falling for the same two boys twice wasn’t part of the plan.
Three best friends. One robbery. One mistake. Avery Brooks, Harper Collins, and Quinn Carter have been inseparable since childhood. Each woman is drowning in problems they can no longer afford to ignore. A failing marriage. A custody battle. A daughter who desperately needs life-saving surgery. With nowhere left to turn, they rob the supermarket Harper works at, believing it’ll solve everything. Instead, they accidentally steal hundreds of thousands of dollars belonging to notorious crime boss Enzo Moretti. Rather than putting bullets in their heads, Enzo gives them another option: Work for him… or die. Now the three women must launder money, transport illegal shipments, lie to everyone they love, and survive a criminal empire that only gets darker. The deeper Avery falls into Enzo’s world, the harder it becomes to remember who’s really the villain. Because monsters aren’t always the ones holding the gun. Sometimes… They’re the only ones who make you feel alive.
Evelyn Parker returns home after years studying medicine in Italy, expecting a quiet winter break before leaving again. Instead, she finds herself living with her father’s hockey team under one roof — including their captain, Asher Hayes. Soft-spoken. Gentleman. Dangerous without trying. The kind of guy who never stays attached to anyone. Until her. Now stuck between late-night rink practices, chaotic teammates, unresolved grief, and a boy carrying more pain than anyone realizes, Evelyn slowly becomes the one thing Asher can’t seem to walk away from. And that’s a problem. Because she’s the coach’s daughter. And Asher Hayes has already broken enough rules.
Everyone at Maison Étoile fears Annie Laurent. She returns from Paris with a flawless reputation, impossible standards, and a stare sharp enough to stop conversations instantly. Everyone fears her. Except Zack Rivera. Unfortunately for both of them, they’re about to become coworkers. A strict perfectionist who lives for discipline. A charming troublemaker who refuses to be intimidated. Between fashion shows, company scandals, family expectations, and endless arguments, the last thing either of them expects is to fall in love.
“ You wear the crown like it does not suffocate you.” Princess Elara of Valerith never wanted marriage. Not at nineteen. Not to a prince she had never met. But with her father dying from illness and the kingdom demanding an heir to the throne, she is forced into a political marriage with the infamous Prince Cassian of Aetherwyn — a cold, arrogant prince who would rather be anywhere else than beside her. Two kingdoms. Two unwilling hearts. One throne that could destroy them both. A slow-burn royal enemies-to-lovers story filled with tension, betrayal, power, longing, and undeniable sexual tension that grows every time they are forced into the same room… whether they want it or not.
