Is The Sweetest Risk Based On A True Story?

Giselle Stone has been with Jonathan Lawson for seven years, but that means nothing to him compared to the excitement and novelty of being with someone new. She's always considered herself someone who could protect other people's relationships, but Jonathan's heart is one that she can't keep. When she realizes it's over between them, she tells him she wants to call off the engagement. Jonathan's gaze is cold as he confidently says, "You'll regret this, Giselle." Everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself, but the man behind her wraps an arm around her waist. He rests his jaw on her shoulder as his warm breath fans over her. "Do you know what's the most vindicative thing to do when getting revenge on your ex? Marry me, Gigi. That way, you'll be Jonathan's aunt."

“All my life I’ve waited for a love like this, Misha. And there you are… I look at you and I can’t believe you’re mine….” Maxim placed his hand over her belly. His expression was so intense. “And this baby that you carry, ‘amor mio’. This is my baby… OUR baby. I couldn’t feel it more if you had conceived in my bed.” His voice had a husky rasp that made Michela’s pulse pound. “My sweet prince… I didn’t plan on falling in love with you. In fact, everything about you entering my life when you did, wasn’t how I wanted it to be. But now… I can hardly breathe when you’re not around. There’s no one else for me, Maxim. Only you. Forever you.” An honest mistake brought together two lonely people, who knew nothing about each other’s existence, who weren’t meant to be together. Michela ‘Misha’ Roberts, an accomplished lawyer, an eternal single lady, in love with her romantic independence, wanted a baby, but not a man in her life. An IVF procedure granted her wish... Sort of… Misha was now carrying a child, but a mix-up happened in the clinic, and the baby she was expecting was the Royal heir of Massimiliano ‘Maxim’ Federico Arturo di Montbéliard, Prince of Carpathia! Maxim gave up on the hope of fatherhood long ago, but now the fascinating, lonely Prince of Carpathia, will seize this surprise second chance. However, tradition is high on the prince’s agenda, and he'll never stand for an illegitimate child... He must marry the mother of his heir. The fiery Michela is about to discover that royal marriage is a command, not a choice!

One reckless night. One forbidden crush. One playboy who sees her fire. She’s loved her best friend Frank in silence for six years—until the man from her drunken one-night stand turns out to be Eric, the rich, dangerous playboy brother of the woman Frank wants. Eric isn’t supposed to care. He’s the man every girl wants and the one she should stay away from. But when their paths cross again, his teasing turns possessive, his protection turns personal, and his kiss reminds her what it feels like to be seen. She’s tired of being the invisible girl. He’s the man who sees everything she hides. But falling for him could destroy everything she’s ever known.

“I reject you as my mate!” My voice echoed in the hall. Then everything went quiet. Eugene dropped to his knees. He grabbed his chest. His face twisted in pain. The bond broke. He thought I would beg. He thought I would accept his pregnant mistress. He was wrong. I watched him suffer. I felt nothing. Then pain hit me too. My body gave out. I was about to fall, When strong arms caught me. Dark. Cold. Dangerous. Alpha Arnold. The Lycan King. “Put her down! She is mine!” Eugene shouted. Arnold smiled. Slow. Cruel. “Yours?” he said. “She rejected you.” His eyes glowed. “She is mine now.” And just like that… My life changed. Eugene betrayed her. Humiliated her. Left her for another woman. But he never thought she would be taken by the most feared Lycan alive. Now Irene has to choose. Go back to the man who broke her, Or stay with the man who could destroy her. Because Arnold does not give love. He makes deals. And once she says yes… She can never escape him.

Some moments you plan for while most of the good ones, you don’t. Sweet Surrender is a collection of stories about the moments right before everything changes. It’s a storm that leaves two strangers with nowhere to run, a work trip that blurs every line that was supposed to stay straight, a wedding where the wrong person says exactly the right thing. These aren’t stories about perfect people making perfect choices. They’re a little guarded, a little stubborn to the point that whoever finds themselves in situations that make resisting feel pointless and surrender feel like the smartest and easiest thing they’ve ever done. Come in and get comfortable. Don’t make plans for the rest of the evening.

At forty, Lucian Vale has everything a man is supposed to want—a billion-dollar empire, a beautiful wife, two children, and a reputation powerful enough to silence an entire boardroom. Immaculately controlled and brutally intimidating, he has spent twenty years ensuring that neither desire nor weakness could ever rule him.Then Seraphina Laurent becomes his secretary.Fresh out of college, twenty-two-year-old Seraphina appears almost painfully innocent. She is soft-spoken, unfailingly thoughtful, and quick to hide behind a shy smile whenever Lucian looks at her for too long. Yet beneath her sweetness lives a calculating young woman who learned early that innocence is most useful when other people believe in it.Raised in a broken home, betrayed by the mother who chose a predatory husband over her own daughter, Seraphina has survived by studying people, discovering what they want, and quietly becoming indispensable to them. She doesn’t join Vale International merely to answer phones and arrange meetings. She wants money, influence, security—and a life in which no one will ever have the power to hurt her again.Lucian is supposed to be another step in her carefully constructed plan.But seducing a married billionaire is easier than surviving what happens after he begins to want her.What starts with lingering glances and calculated touches becomes a dangerously consuming affair. Behind locked office doors and beneath the polished surface of Lucian’s marriage, desire turns into possession, ambition into obsession, and Seraphina’s perfect mask begins to crack. In a world where love is leverage and loyalty has a price, Seraphina must decide whether she wants Lucian’s heart, his fortune, or the power to ruin him.Because she may be his sweetest temptation—but she has always been her own most dangerous lie.