Unspoken Tension

Held Light, Held Close follows Celeste Bradbury, a quiet, disciplined young woman who arrives in New York to work with the world-famous band Luminous Riot. Raised in the hush of convent halls and foster homes, Celeste has learned to survive by moving gently, listening closely, and building her life out of small, steadfast rituals. But the music world is loud, chaotic, and unkind—especially under the sharp eye of Paul Logan, the band’s volatile lead singer who meets her composure with relentless mockery. As weeks turn into months, Celeste maintains her quiet routines, her faith, and her dignity despite the storm around her. She becomes a still point in the band’s restless orbit—an anchor none of them expected, and a mirror that reveals what each member is running from. Through rehearsals, touring, backstage politics, deadlines, and private battles the world never sees, Celeste’s presence begins to shape the group in ways that defy explanation. The House She Built is a story of chosen family, slow-burn transformation, unspoken tenderness, and the quiet power of a woman who refuses to break—even when the world demands it. It is about the sanctuary we build within ourselves, and the imperfect people we let inside.

Tristan is an alpha, strong and silent, with control over everything around him, he only screws omegas, everyone knows that, he is a perfectionist, everyone knows that, Dylan Harper is the only assistant he tolerates, everyone knows that, but what everyone doesn’t know is Tristan is the Alpha under Dylan’s sheets. Dylan is just a beta, kind and invisible. When they’re forced together by work, tension builds between them, but Dylan knows his place. Alphas don’t look at betas like him. There’s no room for dreams or hope. But after waking up one day with an Alpha under his sheets, Dylan starts to wonder if he’s been wrong about everything. Will he remain just a shadow to Tristian, or is there more to his story? ••• Tristan’s breath was steady, but I could feel the tension in the air between us. I stood too close. My fingers brushed against his arm, just enough to make the heat between us undeniable. “Don’t…” he murmured, his voice a low growl that sent a shiver down my spine. But I didn’t move away. I couldn’t. His presence was too much, too magnetic. My body hummed with a hunger I didn’t know how to quiet. His eyes locked with mine, intense, searching, like he knew what I was feeling before I did. “You’re too close,” he whispered. I stayed silent, caught between the urge to pull away and the need to be closer. His breath, warm on my skin, made it harder to think. “Do you intend to trigger your heat again, my pretty little thing?” He breathed out and I could have climaxed right there and then.

Une romance brûlante, interdite et chargée d’une tension sexuelle intense… 🔥 Sofia, 19 ans, étudiante sage et rêveuse, retourne chaque été dans la maison de vacances familiale en Californie du Sud. Un refuge ensoleillé, rempli de souvenirs d’enfance… et de Lui. Pedro. 49 ans. L’ami d’enfance de son père Javier, cet homme charismatique aux origines mexicaines, divorcé, taiseux. Il l’a vue grandir, l’a portée sur ses épaules quand elle était petite, l’a toujours appelée « mija » avec cette voix grave qui fait vibrer quelque chose en elle. Mais cette année, plus rien n’est innocent. Depuis six mois, Sofia ne pense qu’à lui. À sa peau cuivrée sous le soleil, à ses mains calleuses, à ce sourire rare qui la fait fondre. Elle sait que c’est mal. Dangereux. Interdit. Il est l’ami le plus fidèle de son père. Il pourrait tout détruire. Pourtant, quand elle descend de la voiture et qu’il la regarde… vraiment la regarde pour la première fois…. Que quelque chose a changé. Entre les barbecues au bord de la plage, les nuits chaudes, les regards volés et les silences lourds de tension, la tentation devient insupportable. Jusqu’où iront-ils ? Qui découvrira leur secret ? Et quand la passion explosera enfin… pourra-t-elle survivre à la trahison ?

Elena Cole lives a quiet life, working hard to survive and care for her sick grandmother. After a chance encounter with Adrian Voss, a powerful CEO, one night changes everything. Weeks later, she discovers she is pregnant. Shocked and afraid, she decides to keep it a secret, convinced that a man like Adrian would never accept her or the child. Fate brings them together again when Elena unknowingly begins working within Adrian’s corporate world. Adrian is drawn to her, sensing something familiar, but her guarded behavior frustrates him. Meanwhile, his family pressures him into an arranged relationship with Sophia Laurent to secure business alliances. As Elena struggles with her pregnancy, small clues begin to surface. Her grandmother hints at a hidden past tied to wealth and legacy. At the same time, Adrian faces internal threats from his own brother and board members who question his leadership. The tension escalates when Elena’s pregnancy nearly gets exposed during a workplace incident. Adrian becomes suspicious and starts investigating her. Their relationship becomes a mix of emotional tension, attraction, and mistrust. The turning point comes when Elena’s identity is partially revealed: she is connected to a powerful lineage that ties directly into the Voss empire. Her child is not just Adrian’s—it represents the future control of everything. When the truth finally explodes, Adrian feels betrayed by her silence, while Elena feels cornered and powerless. Family conflicts intensify, leading to corporate battles, emotional confrontations, and dangerous schemes to remove Elena from the picture. In the final arc, Adrian must choose between power and love. Elena must decide whether to trust him or walk away forever. Through trials, betrayal, and growth, they come together to protect their child and rebuild trust, securing both their family and the empire.

Sharon’s parents convince her to marry Tom, the only son and heir to a powerful billionaire family. To them, it’s a dream union — a promise of security, prestige, and a future beyond imagination. But behind the lavish wedding and glittering smiles lies an unspoken truth. Tom has no love for Sharon. Bound by duty and family pressure, he agrees to the marriage solely to appease his parents. In secret, Tom and Sharon sign a prenuptial agreement — a quiet pact that their union will last only three years. As months turn into years, Sharon’s heart betrays her. She finds herself falling deeply in love with the man she once viewed as distant and cold. She believes time has changed him too — that perhaps love has found its way into their marriage after all. Then, just when she begins to dream of forever, Sharon’s world shatters. She walked into their living room to find Tom seated a brown envelope on the table. Calmly, he reminds her of the agreement they made three years ago. Sharon is left speechless, her heart collapsing under the weight of reality. What she thought was love was merely borrowed time — and now, it has run out.

Book 1 of the Alpha Logan Series We all heard the stories. Not only did werewolves and vampires exist, but so did soulmates. Not that many humans actually witnessed these things and lived to tell the tale. It was an unspoken understanding in the world. They existed and in return for our blind eye and silence, they let us live. They say that when werewolves find their soulmates they know right away. That once they have seen their mates they would burn the world for them. To protect them. They say that it's even worse with Alphas. That Alphas are extremely possessive and protective of their mates. For me, a human, thankfully I would never find out. At least, that was what I thought. ***************** Airen Carter is an ordinary human girl living her life in the normal human world when a one-night stand changes her life forever. Johnathan Logan is the alpha to a pack of the world's best of most fearless warriors. Traveling the globe the Blood Wolf Pack is one of the largest and most feared packs in the world. Johnathan has vowed to never settle his pack down until he finds his goddess-given mate. What happens when he meets her, but after a night he'll never forget, she runs?

My mate, Charles, commander of the fire brigade, left me alone in the den with our unborn pup after I refused his request to bring his first love, Lisa, and her pup into our home so he could take care of them. Five days later, Charles reached out—claiming he wanted to ease the tension between us. He asked me to deliver the herbs that help with his insomnia to the fire brigade. On the way there, I was in an accident. I mind-linked him, begging for help, but to my shock, he refused. I believed he was training the new werewolf firemen—but the truth? He was in the infirmary, not for duty, but with Lisa and her pup. After losing my pup, I walked away—shattered, betrayed, and done.

Ryan Carter came to Arkwood University to escape his past especially Jake, the possessive ex who blurred every line between love and control. But his “fresh start” takes a messy turn when he clashes with Daniel Brooks: the cold, perfect, student body VP with too much power and zero patience for Ryan’s sharp tongue. They hate each other on sight. But hate has a way of burning too hot and the line between enemies and something else is thinner than either of them is ready for. What starts as tension becomes obsession. And when the past comes knocking, Ryan finds himself stuck between who he was, who he’s becoming, and a boy he never planned to want.

“Panties off. Now. Crawl onto the bed, spread those legs wide, and light every fucking rose. I want your dripping cunt glowing in the candlelight while I decide whether I’m going to edge you until you sob… or pin you down and breed you until you’re leaking me for days.” Welcome to Naughty Empire—a filthy, no-holds-barred collection of pure taboo heat. Step-daddy professors bending innocent students over lecture desks, explosive step-brother reunions where years of tension finally snaps, primal breeding scenes that leave you dripping and claimed, and every dark kink imaginable laid bare. No limits. No apologies. Just raw, pulse-pounding indulgence.

Delaney Thorne does not expect her life to be turned upside down in just one night, by two alpha kings—Kai and Ronan, her father's closest friends. They take her forcefully from her home under the guise of protection and thrust her into a world of power, secrets, betrayal, tension, hatred, love and lust. She finds herself under their mercy, and at the centre of the danger that lurks in and around the kingdom. Torn between rage, revenge, desire and survival, Delaney must choose either to fight the pull of the two kings who are almost her father's age and lose their protection, or surrender her freedom to them. Two Twin Alpha Kings, one girl, forbidden relationship with reckless age gap and they never learned how to share.