Tan 45

He's the city's most sought-after bachelor, a billionaire CEO with a cold heart. She’s an artist facing challenges, extremely self-reliant and allergic to commitment. Their lives intersect when a shocking rumor connects them, compelling Damien Sterling and Ava Rossi into a false engagement to protect their reputations. Damien must convey an impression of stability to obtain an important business deal. Ava requires the financial stability that Damien's proposal offers, enabling her to concentrate on her art without the looming risk of eviction. Their agreement is simple: fake it until the deal is done. Nevertheless, the lines separating fiction from reality blur as their deception becomes evident. The simmering desire they tried to ignore bursts into an intense romance, endangering their carefully constructed fronts. Nonetheless, Damien carries a concealed truth, a past trauma that makes him wary of love. Ava's past carries a hurtful secret that may ruin their delicate bond. As a merciless competitor endangers Damien's business and Ava's past resurfaces, their pretend engagement turns into a perilous situation. They have to determine if their love is genuine enough to endure the deceptions, the treacheries, and the high-stakes world they inhabit. Entangled Affair tells a tale of unforeseen romance, concealed motives, and the bravery to gamble everything for a shot at eternity.

"Why is a young girl like you destroying her kidneys and liver?", I heard that deep husky voice behind my ear and I froze on the seat. He was forbiddenly inches away from me and his breath was against the back of my neck. Who was he? Whoever he was. He had the guts and I wasn’t ready to tolerate nonsense. "You....." , My mouth fall open the moment I turned to look at the atranger who was behind my back. As unbelievable as it was, he was fucking hot. Just a glimpse of his dirty blonde spiky hair , a nice chiseled jawline , pink lips and eyes that had a mixture of dark blue and light grey made my mouth fall more open. Honestly l had never seen such eyes. l felt mesmerized , they were damn beautiful. He didn't look young , he was something like 45 to 50 but good lord he was so hot. Realizing that I was checking him out, a smirk appeared on his face. "Is there something a young beautiful girl like you, wants to forget so badly?." He whispered and I shuttered as I leaned back into his chest. Yes It was there. I want to let go of my past. But I didn't reply him. "I can let you......", "Go on, make me forget him" , l cut him off short in mid sentence. I didn't know what was wrong with me. Yes I was drunk. But just one night with a stranger.... in fact an experienced old man. It is not wrong. Is it?!

A young boy found himself always speaking with a man in his dreams, little did he know his life would change drastically as he opened his body to the man who identified himself as his true self and the destined on to save the supernatural realm of Zelda Ocarina.

Scarlett Knowles, a single mother, finds herself entangled in a web of love, betrayal, and family drama when she crosses paths with the enigmatic billionaire, Cameron Grayson. Will she be able to navigate the complexities of their relationship and find true love amidst the chaos? *** “Let me at least buy you a drink?” he offered. She turned around to face him squarely, “Are you trying to get me in your bed?” she blurted out. She regretted the words as they left her mouth but there was no taking it back now. She held his gaze, even though she wanted to recoil in shame. Her resolve strengthened when she saw the reaction the words elicited out of him. He almost spat out his drink. The arrogance with which he approached her had depleted, he avoided her gaze. “I thought so…” she turned around and began nursing her drink. She signaled to the bartender for a refill. Suddenly, she felt hot air at the nape of her neck. “Yes, I was hoping to buy you a drink, to lure you to my bed and ruin you in ways you would approve of.” His deep baritone voice sent shivers down her spine. She sucked in her breath. Goosebumps spread all over her skin.

I had heard about Jax Jones from the thousands of rumors circulating about him, ranging from being a killer to a mobster, even the possibility of him being a sex whatever; but I knew it wasn't true. Behind his cold looks, there was something hidden.

Staring at the garden doors, waiting for her to walk in after her first shift, the doors swing open and I stuck in place at the sight, her long beautiful blonde curls cascading down the front of another Alpha's chest, her face buried in his neck, her tan legs wrapped around his waist as her body lays against his back. I stumble backwards, I can't breathe, my wolf growls in my head, "MINE!" Looking in the rearview she's waving her arms and jumping up and down in a white t-shirt. I know what she wants, and I'll need to go off grid until I can convince my wolf to take the rejection. I scream, "STOP, COME BACK!" as I watched as the small red taillights disappear into the darkness. A tear rolled down my cheek as I turned and looked at the pack house, my wolf howled in my head, "MATE, GO AFTER HIM NOW!" This isn’t how I imagined my 18th birthday would go. I return to the Alpha Academy in Denver, only to find him gone, I steal his car and now sit at a crossroad, my wolf stirs, "go east." I sarcastically laughed, "really and you know this how?" She giggles, "his wolf will direct him back to the last place he scented you, he's heading back to NY." I arch a brow, " we'll track our Alpha, and hear his explanation." Following the path of bloody bodies, in the dodgiest bars, I know I'm on the right path but finding a young girl with his scent all over her, crying in a car outside of one, not what I was expecting. He did it to her too, captured her heart and walked away, just like he did me. Now I want a rejection not an explanation.

I slept with my boyfriend’s twin brother, a Mafia don. One wild, drunk night, I gave in to him at his family’s masquerade ball, only to discover too late that the man who held me was not Nikolai my loving boyfriend. It was his twin Kieran Petrov, the feared don of the NY Mafia. A cruel man with blood on his hands, now I hold a devastating secret. I’m pregnant and I have no clue which of the brothers is the father. So when I decide to come clean to Nikolai and get closure before I leave the city, I find out a grave secret. Nikolai had been cheating on me with my best friend for years. So I run away, leaving it all behind and going into hiding. However, the Petrov family has enemies, does that want the only heir of the family dead. But Kieran tracks me down, he brings me back and present me with a deal I can’t refuse. Marry him and receive protection or stay where I am and die. I should hate him, in fact I do, he had known I was his brother’s girlfriend and still went ahead to make love to me. But I have no choice, I signed the contract and become Kieran’s contract wife. It was just for protection, nothing else, at least that’s what I think

What can this woman sacrifice for love and family? She was Naneth Reyes, with a nightmare past. Her aunt Lora raised her. She grew up to be an intelligent, brave, and beautiful woman. But abused by her uncle Deme when she was a child and she was forcedly married to Robin, an illegitimate son of Tan’s family. She was the legit daughter of the owner of the company she works with and falls in love with the guy which turns out to be her enemy. Her stranger friend Kyla, help her when she was down and teach her to be strong. Until Naneth meets Gio Reyes, an arrogant son of the owner of a private company. Gio meets Naneth on an occasion and she didn’t know that Gio has the connection in their company. Gio had a best friend since high school and college, he was Dominic a kind and generous man. Not knowingly that the four of them become a team for a mission which that mission leads them to become an enemy. Naneth continued her goals to solve the puzzle of what she discovered. She wanted to find out who was the main reason for everything that happened in their lives. Will Gio fall for Naneth? What was Naneth's secret? What are the secrets behind each character?

(This story is book one of heart of stone series or can be read as a standalone)Eighteen years ago, a mother sacrificed her baby to Lucifer in return of the baby safety.The mother died during the birth, Lucifer accepted the sacrifice, and he’ll be back to claim what he owns. Nova, a depressed half-wolf, half-human girl. On one lonely night she decides to end things, she'd end up in hell, but even real hell can't be as bad as her life. That until the king of hell scolds her, and tan her bum claiming her as his. This is a ddlg/cgl/SFW story, be warned! Apologies for any misspelling or grammar mistakes.

In a drunk mistake Akiaya gave her first time to a stranger, all because the man she loved was marrying her cousin. What will she if he pursue her after this accident?~~~~She was startled, Akiaya was a young woman of refinement that would never sully her pristine reputation in something as irresponsible as a one night stand. Akiaya attempted to leave the comfort of the warm bed without being noticed only to have her wrist grabbed by the man. Her body stiffened at the touch. Glancing back her eyes roamed over the sculpted tan honey brown skin of a man. Her eyes finally met with his deep grey hues and they were staring at her. His voice was melodic to her ears. The smile he bestowed upon her made her heart flutter a familiar thrum from the night before. "You weren't going to leave without a good bye right?"Her cheeks flushed a pale pink. Her voice came out in a stammered whispered. She couldn't face him, with a mix of shame and desire swirling around in her, "I-I um I've never you know I.. this is just unbelievable. I did something with a stranger." She covered her face in her hands, her shoulders dropped. He moved his hand towards her shoulder giving it a gentle squeeze. He understood what she was trying to say.~~~~A story with twists and turns. Will they end up together and happy? or will they miss their chance at happines?