Examples Of Nitpicking In A Relationship Novels & Stories

His best friend...His muse...His fantasy...Billionaire photographer Noah Caldwell has spent ten years biding his time for the chance to tell his best friend Raven Crowne the truth. He wants her. With the threat that brought him to her in the first place finally behind him, they begin a hot affair he's only dreamed about. And reality is far better than fantasy. Yet beautiful Raven has her own dark history, one he's trying desperately to release from her. But as their passion deepens and turns into more, his past rises up from the shadows to claim one last victim…and Noah could lose the only person he can't live without.Kelly Moran is a bestselling author of enchanting ever-afters. She gets her ideas from everyone and everything around her and there's always a book playing out in her head. No one who knows her bats an eyelash when she talks to herself.Kelly's interests include: sappy movies, MLB, NFL, driving others insane, and sleeping when she can. She is a closet coffee junkie and chocoholic, but don't tell anyone. She's originally from Wisconsin, but she resides in South Carolina with her three sons, her two dogs, and a cat. She loves hearing from her readers. www.AuthorKellyMoran.comA "Must Read" on USA Today's Lifestyle blog!Exposure is created by Kelly Moran, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Kara Baxter has only two things in life she held dear - her virginity and the house she grew up in. The bank has foreclosed on the house and Kara was scrambling to find someone who can help her redeem it. Her boss at the hotel, the billionaire Nico Bernardi, offered to help, but the repayment he was asking was unpalatable to Kara. He wanted her to be his mistress. Kara refused. Her virginity is not for sale. But why did she end up in an underground auction with her virginity as the major selling point for her market value? Then, to her horror, Nico bought her. In just one night, Kara lost the two things she held dear in her life. But she was a fighter and she will show this mob boss that he may buy her, but he can never buy her love. Join Kara as she navigates her way as the mistress of the mob boss and becomes entangled with his quest for justice and truth as she fights for her own survival and love in BOUGHT.

In which a billionaire boss is willing to do just about anything to keep his unsuspecting personal assistant, just that; his.

Eva Knox thought she had it all, a rich boyfriend, an amazing job and a comfortable place to live. That was until she crashed in on her long term boyfriend cheating on her. Her world is completely shattered and she has to start all over. ​ Eva, while completely devastated, takes on a new life but it comes with a rule. She must not fall in love with her extremely handsome and talented billionaire boss ;Sterling Tempest, who is too hot to handle. But as their bond grows while denying the pangs of lust, Eva is faced with a power that could only bring an inevitable grim fate if they pursue their thirst for passion. ​ Will the power of true love pave a way for Eva to finally be with the love of her life? Or will it spell doom for her by forces greater than her?

She has nothing left. Only a mountain of bank debts, a past that haunts her, and an ex-boyfriend who didn’t just break her heart—he dragged her into total ruin. He is the most powerful man in the country. Adem Sahenk is cold, calculating, and lethally attractive. But there is one dangerous detail: he is a married man. Defne Sabanci is no fool. She has felt her new boss’s burning gaze from day one—a look that scorches her skin and defies her morals. But desperation has a price, and when the threats from her past come knocking at her door, Adem offers her a way out that feels like a dream… and a nightmare. The proposal is clear: become my mistress. Adem promises her financial freedom, absolute protection, and the chance to become the woman she’s always dreamed of being. But in the world of the Sahenks, nothing comes for free. His only condition is as dark as it is intoxicating: she must be capable of leading him to ecstasy. Trapped between the need to survive and the desire for a man who doesn’t belong to her, Defne will discover that to reach ecstasy, she must first heal the scars of a love that destroyed her. In this game of power and seduction, there is only one rule: Love me or leave me… before we are both consumed by the sin.

Sage Draven’s life goes up in flames at her own engagement party—her boyfriend dumps her in front of the entire wolf pack, sneering that she’s “she’s as bland as white rice.” Then her best friend drops the real bomb: she’s been sleeping with him for six months. They’re “true mates.” Blessed by the Moon Goddess. And Sage? Just the pathetic human stepping stone. Humiliated and shattered, she drowns her sorrows in a high-end bar—and falls into bed with a devastatingly handsome stranger. One night of insane chemistry later, she learns his real name: Kael Thorne. Her ex’s boss. The most feared Alpha CEO in the city. And now… the father of her baby. Desperate and hiding her pregnancy, Sage accepts a bizarre job offer from Kael as his executive assistant. Working side by side, the heat between them is impossible to ignore. When Kael discovers the truth, he makes her a shocking proposal: become his fake mate to silence his family’s matchmaking, and he’ll provide for her and the child. It’s just business. Until it isn’t. But Sage carries an even more dangerous secret. She’s not a nobody. She’s the lost heiress to the Moonhaven Luna bloodline—worth billions, hunted by enemies, and tied to a prophecy she never wanted. When her true identity explodes into the open, everyone who rejected her comes crawling back. Her ex. Her former best friend. Rival packs. And the killers who murdered her parents. Now Sage must decide: Is the ruthless Alpha worth the fight? Can this fake bond become something real? And will she rise as the Luna Queen she was born to be—or be destroyed by the wolves at her door?

Vivian Cole has always believed that the law is built on truth. As the brilliant personal assistant and junior lawyer to the formidable Damien Blackwood, managing partner of Blackwood & Vale, she's determined to make her mark through hard work, integrity, and unwavering ambition. Everything changes when a woman presumed dead for four years walks back into the firm carrying secrets capable of destroying powerful people. Within hours, a violent attack forces Vivian into hiding alongside her enigmatic boss, the mysterious Clara Whitmore, and Roman Ellis—a ruthless attorney from a rival law firm whose fearless approach to life is as dangerous as it is irresistible. As they race to unravel a conspiracy rooted in the infamous Morrison case, hidden betrayals, corrupt alliances, and a traitor lurking within the legal world threaten to destroy them long before the truth can be exposed. Caught between two extraordinary men, Vivian finds herself pulled in opposite directions. Damien offers the safety of unwavering loyalty, quiet devotion, and a love that protects. Roman awakens the reckless side she never knew existed, tempting her toward a passion fueled by risk, ambition, and dangerous desire. With every secret uncovered, the line between justice and revenge begins to blur, and Vivian must decide whether to follow the path that feels secure... or the one that could cost her everything. In a world where trust is fragile, love is complicated, and betrayal wears the face of a friend, the most dangerous attachment may not be to the truth—but to the people willing to risk everything for it.

When her hot, overbearing, but charming boss gets a hold of her diary, and offers to grant her greatest wish for a child, Twenty-two-year-old Felicity Graham is furious, and hesitant. For one, he's her employer. Two, she wonders if he truly loves her, or if his offer is just based on his father's pressure on him to produce a heir. — Cold, reclusive Shawn Colby has hit a dead end. Undeniably New York's most eligible bachelor and a well-known business tycoon, he could have anything his heart desired. Women, cars, numerous houses if he wanted. When his overbearing father demands that he settle down and produce an heir, Shawn can't think of anyone else but Felicity — his calm, sweet personal assistant. When he gets hold of Felicity's diary, and finds out that her greatest dream is to have a child of her own, he propositions her. But Felicity is furious, and hesitant. Besides being Shawn's assistant, she's close to his family as well, and is aware of the pressure he's under to bring forth a heir. What happens when a business trip up-turns their lives? Can Shawn prove that he truly loves her for her, pressure aside?

Estela Bridge is a reserved, perfectionist young woman. Fresh out of university, she lands her first job as a sales manager at the prestigious luxury car company “Plus One.” There, she must work directly with the CEO, Sam Hill—a dangerously sexy 28-year-old notorious for his charm… and hiding a dark secret: he’s a werewolf, a beta fighting to claim the alpha title. After a curse binds her fate to his, Estela is thrust into his world—a realm of shadows, power, passion, and forbidden desire. Mark, the reigning alpha, wants her as well. And though Estela’s heart wavers at times, deep down she knows who it truly belongs to. Yet Estela carries a terrifying secret of her own… one she hasn’t discovered yet. And when it awakens, no one will be ready. Includes explicit spicy scenes.

She had always feared the opposite gender. Her dislike rooted in trauma, her heart shaped by the pain inflicted on her by someone who wasn't female. For years, she ran from those fears, convinced that one day, they would consume her; then she met him. He was everything she despised yet wanted. A mirror of the chaos she tried to escape, yet the calm she never knew she needed. His presence stirred the storm inside her, but still soothed it. She hated the way he made her feel; vulnerable and weak. And in the wreckage of her guarded heart, he planted something dangerous/; hope, that she may run from her fears no longer.