Bathroom In The Shining

His tie hung loose, his eyes darker than sin. The scent of whiskey lingered on his breath as he leaned closer. “Tell me to stop,” he murmured, the words brushing against my skin like a dare. “You’re drunk,” I said, staring into those grey eyes as my heartbeat filled the silence. He smiled faintly, his gaze trailing from my hair until it fell on my lips. “Drunk,” he whispered, his thumb grazing my mouth as if testing how soft it was, “but not blind. You want this as much as I do.” ----- After her husband’s mysterious death, Mara Lawson becomes the center of a scandal threatening to destroy the powerful Lawson empire. Elias Lawson, her late husband’s twin, is everything she should resist—dangerous, magnetic, and forbidden. David Hale, her ex-lover, the man who walked away once and now wants forgiveness… and another chance. Between the man who broke her and the one who could ruin her, Mara is caught in a web of passion, guilt, and secrets that could shatter them all. Because in the Lawson world, love is never pure—it’s just another sin waiting to be punished.

After my father passes away, my mother—now married into the wealthy Hawthorne family—brings me to live with them. Everyone laughs, saying I'm being groomed to become either of the Hawthorne brothers' bride. Even I start to believe it. But later, when I try to marry one of them, both reject me. The older brother says, "I'll need to marry for business one day. Why would I marry her?" The younger one scoffs. "She's older than me. Who'd want an old woman?" But the very next day, the two of them propose—together—to my assistant. I instantly become a joke. After that, I call my mother. "Mom, I'm willing to marry into the Grant family."

After agreeing to a marriage alliance to save her family from bankruptcy, Jessica goes to Las Vegas for her bachelorette party, but the next morning she wakes up in bed with an older arrogant but undeniably sexy man who tells her they got married the night before. He wants to keep her but she has to go back to marry her fiancée in order to protect her best friend’s secrets. But how can she marry her fiancée when she is already married. And what happens when her sexy one night stand comes to claim her and she finds out he is her groom’s uncle!

“You are mine Bella, you have always been.” Ian said to me binding my hands tight behind my back. His hard breath beat my skin. Even a cold Alpha like him has his wild side. I gasped for freedom from his grip. I am his and he is mine. Our heavy heartbeats created a beautiful rhythm together. “You love me. You love only me.” He whispered to my ears. *** After a life threatening accident in the woods, Bella meets the cold and seemingly heartless Alpha of the silver city pack – Ian, who saves her life by transferring his life-force bead into her. Bella has to live in the pack and pretend to be Ian’s mate for a hundred days while she healed.

Sofia thought she had already seen the worst… until she caught her boyfriend cheating on her inside his car. Humiliated and determined to forget that pain, she gives herself over to a night without rules with a mysterious and seductive man. What she doesn’t imagine is that, the next day, she will discover he is much more than an irresistible stranger — he is her ex’s father, the richest and most dangerous man in the country… and the head of a ruthless mafia. The more she tries to stay away, the more he pulls her into a world of luxury, danger, and temptation. And now, she must decide: give her ex-boyfriend a second chance or let herself be dominated by his father.

“Five million dollars may have bought my chains, but it didn’t buy my loyalty — and it definitely didn’t buy my heart. I never dreamed my life would come down to a transaction of hundred million dollars. But my father’s betrayal puts me at the mercy of Adrian Costa, the ruthless Sicilian, head of Cosa Nostra whose name makes the mafia world quake with fear. Including me. He bought me in an auction and then made me his wife. Saying no to him is not an option. He is dark and dangerous. I have done underhanded work against him using my hacker identity, CIPHER. I have to escape his gilded cage before he finds out my alt identity. Each of our battles ignites a deadly game of power and lust. As secrets unravel and Adrian’s enemies close in, I find myself faced with the ultimate dilemma: Will I fight for my freedom, or will the king I hate become the one man I cannot live without? ***** “You think you can outrun me, Elena? You're wearing my ring on your finger.” I don’t flinch, meeting his gaze with defiance. “So what? I don’t belong to you.” He leans in, his lips brushing against my neck, sending a shiver down my spine. “You don’t, yet. But I can make you. Do you want that?" I swallow hard, my pulse racing. “Don’t flatter yourself.” Adrian chuckles darkly, his hand lingering on my waist. “Trust me, I’m not the one who needs to be flattered.” ***** # Dark Mafia Romance #18+ #Hacker Female Lead and Italian Mafia Lord # Touch her you die #Marriage contract # He falls first #Fast Paced #Strong FL and ML #A Not so cute Pet (Oh he is cute. Don't go by his looks) #HEA

Twenty-two year old Eliza Jane Hernandez is still hunted by the heartbreak from five years ago, because she didn't give his twenty million dollars demand. She never know that her relation with her suck money-grabbing ex-boyfriend was a lie. After five years of that bitter end relationship, she still wasn't able to be healed. Instead she decided to marry a man who know's nothing about her background being a billionaire heir. She married Clarence Garmet, younger son of the garmet family. The son who was become a center of coaxing, mockery, criticism, and brickbat because of his uselessness. What will happen to their life inside the Garmet mansion? How did Eliza Jane Hernandez continue to leave in that hellish life at the hands of the overbearing family? Will she comeback and retrieve her billions? Or choose to stay with him till the end?

Diana Flames was a normal lovable woman till she lost her husband on their wedding day, unable to show her innocence to his parents, Diana fled from Georgia to a small town in Ohio. All she wanted, was to start all over, and mourn her loving husband in peace, but the peace didn’t last long, Diana had gotten a job at the wrong place, a club owned by Mafia gangsters; unknown to her. Simon King, a retired soldier who got involved with the Mafia was grieving with revenge because his wife was killed by the Mafia due to his inconsistencies. Diana and Simon met at the nightclub, two people who had lost what was most precious to them, found comfort in each other, but Diana Flames was wanted by the owner of the club, his son also wanted her, and so did one of the most notorious Mafia killer in Ohio. How would Simon protect this new feeling he had with so many obstacles in his way? How would he deal with his wife’s revenge and falling in love at the same time? Would Diana accept the feeling she had towards Simon, despite just losing her husband? How was she going to get off the moguls coming for her? Find the answers as your journey into this book..

What are the odds that you are dared to send a random text to a stranger? And, what are the odds that the stranger happens to be someone you would never have imagined in your wildest fantasies?Well, the odds are in Chloe's favor. A text conversation which starts as a dare takes a one eighty degree turn when the person behind the screen turns out to be the cockiest, most arrogant, annoying asshat. Despite all this; the flirting, the heart to heart conversations and the late night musings are something they become accustomed to and something which gradually opens locked doors...but, that's not all. To top it all off, the guy just might happen to be in the same school and have a reputation for a overly skeptical identity..."What are you hiding?""An awesome body, beneath these layers of clothing ;)"But, who knows what Noah is really hiding and what are the consequences of this secret?Cover by my girl @messylilac :)❤️

I stared down at the contract, a wave of defiance bubbling up in me. I turned back to him, meeting his gaze head-on. "I never asked for your help," I said, "I would've found a way to save my mother on my own. You may think you own me, but I'd rather die than marry you." A slow smile crept across his face, a smug, knowing look that sent a chill down my spine. He knew exactly what I was thinking, as if my resistance only entertained him. "Look at me," he commanded. I reluctantly turned back, locking eyes with him. His face had shifted, his expression darkened, and for the first time, true fury was etched in his eyes. "I’ll count to ten," he said, "If that contract isn’t signed by the time I reach ten, I’ll make the same call I made to pay those bills. Only this time, the instructions will be different. Your mother... your sister…they’ll both be gone." He took a breath, settling back as if the threat were a mere matter of routine. "So… ONE!!" I swallowed hard, my heartbeat pounding in my ears. Could he be bluffing? No, I'd seen him kill before, seen how casually he turned life and death into sports. "FOUR," he counted. My hands started to shake. What could I do? If I signed, I'd be bound to him forever, trapped as his wife. But if I didn’t... my mother and sister’s lives hung in the balance. "SEVEN." I closed my eyes, fighting the panic rising in my chest. He wouldn’t do it, I told myself. He couldn’t be that monstrous. But even as I thought it, the doubt crept in. I wasn’t sure. Then, he hit "TEN" himself