Indépendant(e)

Riley was always considered a normal girl, until one night she gets kidnapped. What happens when she falls in love with the man who took her from everything?

On the eve of his 26th birthday, Luca Virelli, heir to a multi billion dollar empire is set to announce his engagement to a woman he barely knows. It’s a merger of dynasties, a flawless public image, and a life scripted to perfection. There's only one problem: Luca is gay, and no one knows, least of all his ruthless, image obsessed father. Drowning in guilt, silence, and a future he never chose, Luca does the unthinkable: he gets drunk, kisses a stranger in a crowded club, and spends one unforgettable night in a hotel room with him. No names. No faces. No future. Just escape. But fate has other plans. The next day, as Luca meets his fiancée at their engagement party, that same stranger appears, standing calmly at her side. He’s her brother. Asher Hartwell. And he’s supposed to be straight. As worlds collide, desire smolders in the shadows. But love this dangerous can’t stay secret for long. When lies unravel and the cost of freedom means losing everything, family, power, legacy, Luca and Asher must decide: is the wrong kind of love worth everything it will destroy?

Find Him “Somebody has taken Eli.” … Olivia’s knees buckled. If not for Dean catching her, she would have hit the floor. Nothing was more torturous than the silence left behind by a missing child. Then the phone rang. Two weeks earlier… “Who is your mom?” Dean asked, wondering if he knew the woman. “Her name is Olivia Reed,” replied Eli. Dynamite just exploded in Dean’s head. The woman he once trusted, the woman who betrayed him, the woman he loved and the one he’d never been able to forget.  … Her betrayal had utterly broken him. *** Olivia - POV  She’d never believed until this moment that she could shoot and kill somebody, but she would have no hesitation if it meant saving her son’s life.  *** … he stood in her doorway, shafts of moonlight filling the room. His gaze found her sitting up in bed. “Olivia, what do you need?” he said softly. “Make love to me, just like you used to.” He’d been her only lover. She wanted to completely surrender to him and alleviate the pain and emptiness that threatened to drag her under. She needed… She wanted… Dean. She pulled her nightie over her head and tossed it across the room. In three long strides, he was next to her bed. Slipping between the sheets, leaving his boxers behind, he immediately drew her into his arms. She gasped at the fiery heat and exquisite joy of her naked skin against his. She nipped at his lips with her teeth. He groaned. Her hands explored and caressed the familiar contours of his muscled back. His sweet kisses kept coming. She murmured a low sound filled with desire, and he deepened the kiss, tasting her sweetness and passion as his tongue explored her mouth… ***

Connor Lockwood abandons me at the hospital's entrance even though I'm bleeding in the middle of my pregnancy. He insists on sending his client, a divorcée, home. The blood flows down my legs, but he hurries off without another look back. He should've been at the hospital and by my side, but instead, I see him in his client's social media update. It's captioned, "Thank goodness for my wonderful lawyer. Do you know who gets to have hangover soup when they're drunk? Me!" I spend the rest of the night wide awake. The following morning, I calmly dial a number. "Dad, I've made up my mind. I'll return home in three days to take over the company."

R18+ (Romance/Thriller) What Lesley applied for at Maridona Nobles Asylum is the position of a part-time janitress. However, aside from cleaning, she was also forced to cook and care for the most fearsome, violent, and stubborn patient in the hospital called V-03. He was notorious for killing hospital staff, so no one dared to volunteer or clean his ward. She thought it was the end of her, but to her surprise, V-03 was one of the sweetest people she ever met. He was obedient as a puppy and innocent as a child, but only to her. He was also handsome as hell, far from the rumors she heard from the nurses. The more they spent time together, the more they got closer to each other. Until one day, she found out he was not human anymore as well as all the patients in the asylum. What hellish secrets does Maridona Nobles Asylum hold? And what is her connection to all of this? She will do everything to find out and save the love of her life.

Alpha Nolan, The Blind is a fiery romance novel that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Natalie and Nolan are two very different individuals who are drawn to each other in spite of their differences. Natalie is a headstrong girl who doesn't believe in the idea of being tied down with a mate so early in her life. Nolan, on the other hand, is a blind Alpha who is in search of his one true mate. When they meet for the very first time, there is an instant spark of attraction between them. However, their differences soon come to light and they find themselves embroiled in a heated argument. Nolan is determined to make Natalie his and doesn't hesitate to use cruel tactics to make her bend to his will. Natalie, on the other hand, is stubborn and refuses to be a submissive mate. It seems like their relationship is doomed right from the start, but fate has other plans. As Natalie and Nolan navigate their turbulent relationship, they discover secrets about themselves and each other that will change the course of their lives forever. Will Natalie and Nolan's relationship crumble under the weight of their differences? Or will they be able to find a way to make it work? Find out in Alpha Nolan, The Blind - a gripping tale of love, destiny, and self-discovery.

"You slept here?" George asked. "Yes, I…um,” Irene gulped, licking her lips and making a quick calculation in her mind on what to say, “I um…I was feeling hot when reading, so I decided to take a shower and might have fallen asleep after it. You just woke me up, have-have you been standing here? Um what's up, are you ready for work?” She asked while getting up to put on her nightwear. George watched her then sighed, “Irene, can I ask you something?” His eyes was burning red, and he was bitterly angry which was showing on his face “Why did you do this to me, what have I done to deserve the betrayal from you, What haven’t I done for you, what else do you need from a man i’ve not given to, why didn’t you tell me you want to be a model, why do you chose to let me know this way, do you want a divorce?” Irene and George had met in school and fallen in love, then their relationship had led into a beautiful marriage where she had been most happy until she had miscarried two pregnancies. Down and broken, George had decided to make her better by hiring a cook who would bring all her online delicacies to their dining table for her. But who would have expected that her one night of mistake would not only change her but would fill her beautiful marriage with lies? How is she to avoid her sins despite knowing it was wrong and still craving for it? How would she face her darling husband and tell him her darkest secret? But even though the sin was addictive, she had no idea what other secrets lies between, waiting to shatter her heart.

[GirlXGirl]- English True or False? Can you prove the ugly rumors wrong if it's actually true? Arisa Gail Valentine made it a mission to keep the evidence of her sexual affairs away from Quinn Blackburn, the new transfer student, and the target of her lust for her senior year. But what if playing with her is not something she used to expect compared to those she had played with? As lies brought them together as well as it can set them apart, will they able to hide the true deception in their hearts? Or let each other erase what was written in their painful past? ... »This is an LGBT-themed story. Read at your own risk.«

He is the most cold and domineering man in the entire empire, never getting close to women, but an accident bound him to her in marriage. During the day, he's cold and irritable, but at night, he holds her tightly, backing her into a corner with a mix of dominance and tenderness, whispering soft demands and kissing her lips as if he wants to engrave her into his very soul. “Baby, tell me you love me.” “For the rest of your life, be only mine, alright?” Once a man who looked down on everything, now his heart and eyes are filled with only her.

Her father had just received a promotion. Then she discovered he’d moved across the country. She wasn’t happy finding this out. With her mood spoiled as school is starting soon, she never expected that she’d bump into the hot linebacker on her first day there. She wouldn’t escape his clutches so easily when she befriends a girl. Later, she’d been told something very unexpected about that guy. The future is on her mind all the time, and she’s already looking for them. When she encounters the linebacker again, she finds out his name. She also discovers he got everything he’d want: a hot girlfriend, a fantastic football team, great friends, a future career. It hits home harder that she got none of that. No boyfriend, no friends to speak of... and what career? Though her new friend is making life better. When she’s invited to dinner, she discovers things about this linebacker she never knew. She realizes she got her very own Cinderella moment because of this unexpected dinner. A dinner that will change everything for her future...