Gentle Touch Crossword Clue Novels & Stories

Aria Mendez never imagined her father’s debts would put a target on her back until Luca DeLuca, the ruthless Mafia Alpha, storms into her life. Tall, cold, and dangerously controlled, Luca isn’t after money alone. He wants her. The moment their eyes meet, something primal snaps loose. Her pulse stutters, her breath catches, and deep inside him, his wolf growls one word: mate. Dragged into a world of power, violence, and forbidden desire, Aria quickly learns she is not just a bargaining chip. She carries a rare half wolf lineage that could shift the balance of every mafia family and wolf pack in the city. With rival clans closing in, rogue wolves circling, and secrets rising faster than sh

Three years after Alpha King Damien Caldwell marks me, Drake Whitaker finally remembers I exist. Turns out he really believes I'll "wait for him forever." Twenty black SUVs clog the private road into Ridgefield pack territory, trunks crammed with moonstone jewelry, old talismans, and rare herbs. Drake steps out of the tricked-out Hummer, wearing a smug smile and clutching a stack of parchment contracts. "Aria," he calls up, like some medieval knight, "I told you once the Silvermoon Coalition was official and Kenneth's supply lines were stable, I'd bring you to my pack. "The High Council finalized five packs yesterday. I came first thing this morning to show you I mean it." I sit in the

**One girl. One mission. One deadly secret coursing through her veins.** Hilda Alegre thought escaping her abusive father was the hardest thing she'd ever do. She was wrong. Sold to a powerful criminal organization, the naive Filipino girl becomes their perfect weapon—not through training, but through a single injection that turns her blood into poison. One remote command, and she becomes a walking death sentence. Her target? Aron Nicastro, the crime boss's own son who dared to defy his father and disappeared into the shadows. But infiltrating the world of exclusive art galleries and elite criminals isn't easy when you've never left your rural village. Disguised as a street vendor,

BLURB I think a lot people don’t understand what romance is. Daniel Prescott is not an exemption, the ruthless billionaire only cares about himself and no other family but when it was time for him to get married. He filled a contract marriage to the Rose Hildegard, a woman that believe in love and flowers Rose who had to compel just for the sake of her sick grandfather’s last wish agreed and signed the papers until their first night and he candidly warned her not to even hope for a marital union. She was trapped in an only sexual relationship even though she owned an empire. What’s left for her? What is left for the ruthless billionaire when he starts to fall in love but she’s

After the death of her stepfather, Julienne is sold by her mother into auction. She ends up in the hands of Don Demonio, a feared Mafia boss who turns out to be her mysterious stepbrother, and he is as dangerous as he is attractive. When he keeps her, it is with a promise to punish her for things she didn't do. He plans to break and use her. And she doesn't know how to escape. Trapped in the arms of a man who absolutely hates her, she is locked in a twisted game of danger and obsession. But just maybe she would soften this cold Don’s heart.

One kiss. One mistake. One secret neither of them can forget. Yubi never imagined her life would change overnight. One week ago, she shared a fleeting, forbidden kiss with a stranger at a party, only to discover the next day that he would become her stepbrother. Now, living under the same roof as Trey, the man who haunts her thoughts, every glance, every touch, every moment is charged with desire. He is tall, controlled, impossibly handsome and entirely off limits. Trey wants her, but he knows it’s wrong. Yubi wants him, and she can’t deny it. As tension, jealousy, and temptation build, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: some desires aren’t meant to be ignored and some mistakes are im

Troy grows up in a blended household that seems flawless, until his tense rivalry with his stepbrother Jayden hides a dangerous attraction neither can deny. What starts as conflict turns into a secret, consuming relationship, protected by those closest to them. But when betrayal exposes the truth, the brothers must choose To save their family’s legacy… or fight for a love the world refuses to accept.

I've been in a three-year relationship with Rosalie Lowe so far. Alas, she's been nothing but courteous toward me due to the fact that she hates physical contact. But on my birthday, I witness the noble and cold-looking girlfriend of mine kissing and hugging another man passionately. Only then do I realize that Rosalie just hates me all this time. At that moment, I decide to set her free and let her stay with the man she truly loves. But Rosalie appears at my wedding and begs me to give her another chance. I just shake my head coldly. "I find women who have gotten tainted by other men filthy."

Restaurateur and self-exiled heir Lucien Lenault's first look at the breathtaking young chef trainee for his trendy Chicago restaurant is a shock. She’s Elise Martin, daughter of a wealthy French fashion designer. She’s also the holder of a secret that could explode his carefully laid plans. Notorious for her flagrant exhibitionism, and for flouting the respectable façade of her aristocratic background, the coquine’s wild streak shocked most people. Not Lucien. He was tempted by it. It was a deliriously punishable offense as far as Lucien was concerned. But taking on Elise is more than a game. She’s a catastrophe waiting to happen, an inferno that’s burned many a lover. Lucien isn’t most

At midnight, the ER receives a pregnant patient with an extremely pale face, and she's convulsing violently at the same time. I lift her shirt on the spot so that I can diagnose her symptoms better. But my wife, Selena Carson, who also works as the head nurse, suddenly berates me angrily. "Do you have any idea that what you're doing is sexual harassment? Can't you spare the patient her pride? "Don't use your treatment as an excuse! I refuse to believe that there aren't any female doctors in the ER at all!" The patient's family members streamed the whole thing live. Soon, everyone was blasting me on the Internet. The hospital forces me to apologize to the pregnant patient. But I decide t