2025 Reading Challenge

On her wedding day, Elena loses everything; her parents, her freedom, and her future when she’s forced into marriage with ruthless Mafia boss Alexandro Di Falco. But when Rafael, the Don’s most loyal man and consigliere, saves her life, their fates become dangerously entwined. Bound by duty yet torn by desire, Rafael must protect the woman he should never want. As secrets about Elena’s parents’ deaths unravel and betrayal festers inside the Cosa Nostra, the two are drawn into a storm of violence, power, and forbidden love. Together, they must decide: surrender to the Don’s cruelty, or risk everything to challenge the empire that could destroy them both

Some pleasures are better read than witnessed. The yearning,the love making and the after care are better off when flipping through pages. The emotions are felt through accumulation of words and wild thoughts that would make your libido skyrocket and leave your body shaking, wanting more and more. Your fingertips bleeding, because it cannot stop flipping pages, and your eyes bawling out, because they cannot stop reading, whether it is a forbidden affair with a bride or a mafia lord who cannot just get enough of his slave. A collection of hundred stories, ten parts each and different narratives to fill up your wet dreams and warm up your skin. WARNING: This collection does not hold back on anything. Everything is raw and unfiltered from the intense lust from kissing to the mind blowing dripping orgasms gotten from impounding and fulfilling fantasies.

Faith White knew better than to stroll on the dark streets, dark streets ruin prepared perfect plans but Alexander Kingston was darkness she couldn't resist back when she was 21 and young, and she is no better now, six years later falling into the same dark green jade eyes. Could she once again stick to her perfect plan or challenge Alexander Kingston in ways, he never thought he could be challenged? Alexander Kingston knew from the first moment Faith White was his but alas, there are things she can not know and things that would end them both but when desire, the temptation is mixed into love. It hard to resist the pull even if it kills you.

Three tests. Three gifts. Three men. Nyra thought her miserable life couldn’t get any worse. She didn’t expect a mysterious aunt to show up at her door with news that her birth mother had passed… leaving her a legacy she never knew existed. She really didn’t expect powers that could bend reality or to rule the hidden world of witches, sorcerers, enslaved werewolves, and the ghosts of long-extinct vampires. And she definitely didn’t expect three dangerously alluring men to challenge everything she thought she knew about love, trust, and lust. This is the story of Nyra… a survivor, a witch, and a queen of the legacy that had been cursed for centuries.

Elias Emerson's life took a drastic turn after he shifted into his wolf. Not knowing what to do, he ran after he was banished from his pack. How will Elias survive from now on and what's going to happen to him?  Ryker green is the alpha of one of the strongest and most feared pack in the US. His reputation of killing anyone who dares to challenge him was known worldwide, making everyone afraid of him. He doesn't have a mate, but that's the least of his problems because he didn't want one.  Find out more on their journey.... All rights reserved.... Written by: princessjody.... Follow me for more chapters on the way....

When silence becomes her only shield, love becomes her greatest risk. Aria Vale has lived in a world without sound for years, hiding from a past that shattered her voice and her trust. She has learned to survive in silence, reading lips, observing people, and staying invisible. But invisibility does not exist in the world of Lucien Blackwood. A ruthless billionaire with a reputation as cold as steel, Lucien needs a wife. Not for love, but for power, control, and a deal that could define his empire. Aria is chosen for one reason. She cannot speak. To Lucien, she is perfect. Quiet. Compliant. Harmless. But he underestimates her. Because silence does not mean weakness. And Aria has secrets that could destroy everything he has built. What begins as a calculated marriage soon turns into something dangerous. Something neither of them planned.

The wedding's in half an hour, and my fiancé's assistant, this woman, just hands me this paper. Rule number one: No physical contact with him outside, not unless he explicitly permits it. Rule number two: Intimacy is to occur only when he initiates it. She is obligated to satisfy his desires at least once a month. Rule number three: He can demand his due at any time, any place, and she cannot refuse. ... After I finished reading this entire two-page contract, I had to fight to keep a smile on my face. Swallowing the fire in my gut, I called my fiancé. "Marcus, what the hell is this?" "What do you mean, 'If he fathers a child, she must raise it, no matter who the mother is'?"

Simone Thompson, the ruling Mafia of Austria, has undertaken the ‘underworld of men’ with her women racketeering organization and unending love for terror and adventure. She seeks revenge against her favorite enemy, but on this quest to quench years of thirst, her heart unexpectedly leaps toward Ashton Walkers, the top Hollywood model and Austria's biggest hotelier. Unlike others who tremble at Simone's power, Ashton dares to challenge her dangerous lifestyle while wrestling with his own burgeoning feelings and the secrets behind his wife's disappearance. Despite knowing Simone can be as lethal as a venomous snake, he steps into her world to solve the riddle starring his wife Alicia as the greatest con-woman. 

Aline’s life plan doesn’t include being the sole female in a pack full of idiot males. When her boyfriend turns Alpha and imprints on her best friend, she learns horror stories are real. When Hunters attack the pack, Aline discovers how far she'd go to cheat fate. Jian, her packmate and secret-admirer, finds Aline naked in the trees, broken by her epiphany. Lending her his shirt and taking her home hardly seems like a life-changing event. But she asks him to stay. Will Aline choose Jian over the imprint she's fated to meet? --- Author's Note: Your reading experience is important to me. For some, certain topics can ruin that experience. Please visit https://laelamoreno.tumblr.com for a list of trigger warnings.

Elena Carter never dreamed she’d walk down the aisle with Alexander Knight, the arrogant billionaire who despised her family. But when fate forces her into a marriage of convenience, she has no choice but to become his bride. What she doesn’t know is that Alexander’s proposal hides a darker truth. Their vows are not about love… but about revenge. To him, Elena is nothing but a pawn in his game of power. Yet the closer they are forced to live as husband and wife, the more Alexander’s icy walls begin to crack and Elena finds herself torn between escaping his trap or falling for the man who swore to ruin her. 💍 A story of betrayal, passion, and a love strong enough to challenge revenge.