Vivian Whitmore looked at the elegant Black woman standing in her father’s boardroom and decided she didn’t belong. First came the questions. Then the insults. Then Vivian slapped her in front of everyone. Amina Diop didn’t slap her back. She picked up her phone. “Hold tomorrow’s funding release.” Vivian had no idea she had just struck the founder of Diop Capital—the firm her family’s company desperately needed. But Amina had come to that meeting with questions of her own. Millions of dollars were unaccounted for. Someone had been approving payments for work nobody could produce. And the man standing beside Vivian had just recognized her. He looked terrified. Not because of the slap.

Lucian Bennett has spent his entire life fighting with Sebastian Hayes—the arrogant, infuriating childhood bully who always knows exactly how to make him cry. Now, at twenty-one, Lucian is forced to move into Sebastian's luxurious mansion. And Sebastian, now a wealthy, dangerously handsome architect, seems determined to make his life miserable all over again. Their days become a battlefield of ridiculous pranks, heated arguments, unexpected punishments, and stolen moments that leave Lucian blushing. But when one reckless prank sends Sebastian to the hospital, Lucian discovers a devastating secret: the man he's hated for years once risked his life to save him. And that isn't the only thing Sebastian has been hiding. Behind every cruel tease, every protective gesture, and every lingering glance lies a love that began long before Lucian understood what love meant. Now Lucian must face one terrifying possibility. **What if the boy who always made him cry is the only man who can make him truly happy?** A heartwarming, passionate M/M romance filled with childhood rivalry, secret devotion, jealousy, emotional healing, irresistible chemistry, and a happily-ever-after worth waiting for.

My stepbrother spent years making me feel like I didn’t belong. Falling in love with him was never part of the plan. Nate Mercer is ten years older, impossible to read, and about to marry someone else. I’m supposed to congratulate him, smile for the photographs, and finally get over the man who never wanted me around. So I stop waiting for him to come home. Stop finding reasons to knock on his door. Then Nate starts knocking on mine. He notices when I leave. Asks who brought me home. Admits he misses me. But wanting me in private isn’t enough—not while another woman wears his ring. And this time, I won’t stay just because he asks.

After twenty-six years of marriage, Sarah Mitchell thought she knew exactly how the rest of her life would look. She was wrong. When her husband walks away for what he calls true love, Sarah loses more than a marriage. She loses the future she spent decades building. Heartbroken and forced to start over in a small North Carolina town, Sarah begins to rediscover the dreams she abandoned long ago. Then she meets Daniel Brooks—a widowed former firefighter who sees her in a way no one has for years. As Sarah learns to build a life of her own, the man who left her begins to realize the truth: Some mistakes cost far more than you ever imagined. And sometimes the woman you took for granted is the one you'll never get back.

I got blackout drunk with my **five roommates**. The next morning, I woke up alone in a hotel room—with red marks on my neck and no memory of what happened... Then Ethan admitted he was gay. Noah said my waist felt “just like last night.” And Mason asked if he’d disappointed me. So… which one of them knows what really happened?

For two years, I visited my son’s grave alone. Then I found a little girl there, clutching a worn teddy bear and waiting for a promise he could no longer keep. Her name was Piper. She said Wyatt had saved her life—and promised to ask me to bring her home. I had never heard of her. But the photograph she left behind was real. So was my son’s handwriting on the back: “Dad, this is my sister.” Finding out who she was meant reopening everything I had buried with him. My failed marriage. His final morning. The questions I had been too broken to ask. Then Piper showed me a note claiming his death wasn’t an accident. Someone had kept this child hidden. Someone wanted the truth to stay buried. And I had already promised her I would come back.

After twenty-six years of marriage, Sarah Mitchell thought she knew exactly how the rest of her life would look. She was wrong. When her husband walks away for what he calls true love, Sarah loses more than a marriage. She loses the future she spent decades building. Heartbroken and forced to start over in a small North Carolina town, Sarah begins to rediscover the dreams she abandoned long ago. Then she meets Daniel Brooks—a widowed former firefighter who sees her in a way no one has for years. As Sarah learns to build a life of her own, the man who left her begins to realize the truth: Some mistakes cost far more than you ever imagined. And sometimes the woman you took for granted is the one you'll never get back.

Ghost survived black sites, torture, overseas wars, and six years of becoming something less human and more useful. Founder of BLACK VEIL. Mercenary captain. A ghost story in tactical gear. The kind of man people called when they needed a building cleared, a body retrieved, or a problem buried so deep it stopped having a name. He was silent, brutal, untouchable. Even his own men feared him. As for someone like that— Nyra Quinn, underground mechanic and illegal street racer, had one very professional opinion: “He looks like he buries people in wet cement for stress relief.” Then one day, Ghost watched her steal a motorcycle outside a bank and chase down a robber through downtown LA traffic like she’s starring in her own action movie. He’s in the middle of a sniper assignment when it happened. One second he’s calculating wind direction. The next? Nyra tackled the guy off a bike, draged him into an alley, and started beating him with her helmet... He forgot his target existed for six seconds. For the first time in eight years. ... Later, Nyra worked under the hood of BLACK VEIL’s armored SUV while six armed mercenaries stood around like emotionally constipated furniture. She didn’t look up. > “Does your boss come with a user manual, or is the mask supposed to explain the whole personality disorder?” The garage went silent. Because no one talked about Ghost. Not like that. Not in front of him. Ghost stood beside the vehicle, skull mask turned toward her. After a long pause, he said, > “Nyra.” She rolled out from under the engine with a wrench in her hand. > “What?” His grey eyes lowered to the grease on her cheek. Then to her mouth. Then back to her eyes. > “Come here.” Nyra narrowed her eyes. > “If this is a murder thing, I’m charging extra.” Ghost’s voice dropped lower. Rougher. > “I lost focus on a job today.” Nyra blinked. > “Congratulations on having a human experience?” His men stopped breathing. Ghost didn’t move. > “Because of you.” Nyra stared at him. The wrench slipped slightly in her hand. Across the garage, Kane muttered, > “We’re all completely fucked.” ① Emotionally repressed masked mercenary captain × sunshine chaos mechanic ② He kills people for touching him. She touches his mask and asks if he’s hiding scars or feelings under there. ③ Slow burn / touch-starved antihero / found family mercenaries / black humor / “she makes the monster hesitate.”

Sold to the monstrous Blackfang Alpha to save her starving pack, Lyra expects a quick death. Kael Draven is a ruthless warlord who wants her only for power—until his wolf scents something ancient in her blood and refuses to let her go. Hunted by kingdoms and marked by forgotten magic, Lyra uncovers a deadly truth: she is the last Lunar Queen. Now, she must choose her fate—goddess, ruler, or the mate of the most dangerous Alpha alive.

She built an empire. He was just a dad with a toy plane. Neither expected their lives to collide at 30,000 feet… When exhausted tech CEO Evelyn Harrington accidentally falls asleep on a stranger’s shoulder mid-flight, she braces for humiliation. Instead, she finds kindness—and a connection that will take her from a boardroom in L.A. to a hospital bedside in Chicago. Nathan, a single father racing to a job interview, hides a quiet fear: his little boy’s fever has spiked, and he’s not there. Evelyn has no reason to care… until she does. A small act of compassion leads to a choice that will change three lives forever.

When a billionaire inventor is abandoned by her attorney moments before a life-changing trial, the last person anyone expects to save her stands up from the back of the courtroom—a quiet courthouse janitor with a forgotten past as a brilliant lawyer. As corporate greed collides with truth, one man must decide whether to stay invisible or fight for justice one last time.

James, a widowed single dad barely holding it together, made a quiet joke at his CEO's birthday party: “Maybe I should just marry her and solve all my problems.” He never expected Katherine Morrison—brilliant, intimidating, untouchable—to hear it. Even more shocking? She replied, “What if I say yes?”

Bennett Hale can make an entire city lower its voice. But when his dying mother needs him, he sends doctors—and stays away. Then he comes home early and finds Clara Reed, a young housekeeper, crying as she gently shaves his mother’s head. His mother is laughing for the first time in months. Clara knows the woman behind the medical reports. She also carries a grievance Bennett knows nothing about: eight years ago, his family promised her mother money that never arrived. As the truth draws them closer, Bennett begins looking for Clara every time he comes home. But she needs to know whether he wants her out of guilt—or because he’s falling in love.

Everyone in Manhattan knew better than to touch Charles Whitmore without permission. Four-year-old Lyla straightened his tie and promised to make him walk. When a wealthy guest demanded that the barefoot child be thrown out, the feared Mafia boss sent the woman home instead. He expected Lyla to ask for money. She wanted a cookie. Then a gold watch slipped from her pocket. Charles recognized it immediately. He had given it to his younger sister before she disappeared twenty years ago. Now a little girl was standing in front of him with his sister’s watch—and a letter from her mother.

Peter Hayes thought Graham Schroeder was the perfect roommate: immaculate suits, sharp wit, expensive taste—and absolutely no romantic potential. They were both bottoms. They had decided that made them safe. For three years, they shared coffee, borrowed clothes, and dismissed every almost-kiss as a joke. Then an ill-advised confession changed everything. Now Graham wants Peter close, but refuses to call it love. He offers tenderness in private, then takes it back by morning. And when Peter discovers a side of Graham reserved for another man, their carefully maintained arrangement begins to unravel. Peter wants more than stolen moments. Graham would rather lose control of anything than admit who already has his heart. They built a home around the promise that they would never fall in love. Neither knows what to do now that the promise is broken.

I spent three years chasing Grant Whitmore. Three days after he finally agreed to date me, he woke up in a hospital bed and asked who I was. I knew he was lying. So I smiled, introduced myself as his assistant, and handed in my resignation. My recovery plan was simple: return to the bar I half owned, wear something devastating, and stop organizing my life around a man who couldn’t admit he wanted me. Then Noah Ellis needed a place to stay. The younger dancer was sweet, handsome, and very good at making breakfast. Giving him the guest room seemed harmless. Until a dance lesson ended with his hands on my hips and a question I desperately wanted to answer. Now my ex wants another chance, my houseguest wants to kiss me, and I’m beginning to suspect the shy one has been pursuing me all along.

Jamie Bennett had a perfectly good plan: embarrass himself at the engagement party, let his childhood rival reject him, and escape their families’ matchmaking. Adrian Hayes agreed. Then he stood up, applauded, and announced he’d fallen in love. Now Jamie is married to the most infuriating man he knows, with a two-year agreement and one very clear warning: don’t expect love. Fine. Jamie can handle that. What he can’t explain is why his supposedly indifferent husband remembers his favorite dessert, finds increasingly flimsy reasons to linger beside him, and arrives at a party he claimed he was too busy to attend. Then a handsome young musician takes an interest in Jamie. And Adrian’s performance as a husband who doesn’t care begins falling spectacularly apart.

Ethan Cole offers a struggling caterer’s daughter a million dollars to make him walk. His wealthy guests laugh—until ten-year-old Lily tells him she saw him standing the night before. Ethan has spent eighteen months hiding his rehabilitation, grieving his brother, and shutting people out. Lily refuses to be intimidated by his money or his temper. Then she recognizes the silver medal beneath his collar. Her late father left something for Ethan. What begins as a cruel joke becomes a promise—and an unexpected bond between people learning how to live with the ones they’ve lost.