The Last Man I Should Want Eight months ago, Rafael Costa kissed me like he’d been waiting years to do it. The next morning, he told a reporter I meant nothing to him. Now he’s sitting in my locker room, wearing my club’s shirt—and asking for a second chance. We’re supposed to compete for a starting place. Instead, he’s saving me breakfast, falling asleep beside me on away trips, and making it increasingly difficult to remember why I promised to keep my distance. I can handle him being my rival. I’m less prepared for how much I like having him as my boyfriend. Especially when there are cameras everywhere—and neither of us is particularly good at keeping our hands to ourselves.

Jamie Parker has one rule for surviving his job: never argue with Alexander Sterling, the coldest, strictest CEO in Manhattan. Unfortunately, Jamie breaks that rule almost every day. When he finds an expensive black-and-gold fountain pen, he has no idea it's mysteriously connected to his terrifying boss's most sensitive sensations. One innocent bite during a board meeting sends Alexander into a panic. One careless touch makes the untouchable CEO lose his composure. And when Jamie finally discovers the truth? His workplace nightmare becomes dangerously entertaining. But beneath Alexander's icy exterior lies a man who has never learned how to love, while Jamie's playful defiance begins turning into something neither of them expected. Between hilarious office battles, forbidden attraction, stolen kisses, and a corporate conspiracy threatening to tear them apart, one question remains: **Can the man who controls everything survive falling in love with the one employee he can't control?** A hilarious, steamy, slow-burn M/M office romance filled with irresistible chemistry, unexpected tenderness, and a happily-ever-after.

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.

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.

Daniel Hale had forty billion dollars and no idea who would stay if he had nothing left to offer. So when his housekeeper’s three-year-old daughter found him lying on the sofa, he kept his eyes closed. “Mr. Hale, are you dead?” He expected her to run for her mother. Instead, Lily dragged a dining chair across the marble floor, climbed onto it, and touched his cheek. “You’re not dead, Mr. Hale. You’re sad.” Then she gave him the one thing she never slept without. Daniel’s foolish little test should have ended with an apology. Instead, it brought him into a life of crooked pancakes, bedtime negotiations, and late-night conversations with Maria Torres—a woman who refused to be impressed by his fortune. For the first time, he wanted someone to stay. Then an unopened letter from his late mother revealed that his family and Maria’s shared a past neither of them knew existed.

Maya Perry spent six years helping build a company that now wanted to erase her. Minutes before a $950 million acquisition, her CEO fires her in front of the buyers. Security waits by the doors. Another executive stands beside a presentation stripped of Maya’s name. They expect the Black engineer they kept out of the spotlight to leave quietly. Instead, Maya asks one question. “Has your team verified that Blackidge owns the foundational Cascade Shield patent?” The buyer puts down his pen. Because the patent is hers—and Maya never signed it away. Now the executives who wanted her gone need her signature. But as their offers turn into threats, Maya discovers that stealing her work may be the least dangerous thing they’ve done.

Addison Bishop has a verified invitation, her name on the place card, and every right to sit at the gala’s VIP table. But the CEO’s wife takes one look at the quietly dressed Black woman and decides she doesn’t belong. Vivienne Kincaid crushes Addison’s name card, claims her seat, and orders security to remove her. Around them, wealthy guests watch without intervening—until a terrified executive rushes across the ballroom. The woman they just humiliated holds the final approval for their $2.9 billion investment. Now Vivienne’s husband wants a private conversation. His lawyers want to contain the damage. And Addison wants answers. Because the more they try to explain away what happened at that table, the more they reveal about the company she was supposed to trust.

Victoria Delacroix slapped me in front of thirty wealthy guests and ordered security to throw me out. She thought I didn’t belong in her family’s luxury boutique. She didn’t know I already controlled the company. One phone call ended her evening. An old sketchbook changed everything I thought I knew about my father. He was a Black tailor from Queens who died believing his greatest opportunity had ended in failure. But the designs that made the Delacroix name famous carried his handwriting. Her family had taken his work, denied him payment, and erased his name. Now her father was offering me two million dollars to keep it that way. He should have asked what I wanted before putting a price on my silence.

Ethan Vance arrives at a luxury hotel carrying his sleeping daughter and a crushed bouquet of roses for his late wife. The receptionists see his wet jacket and decide he doesn’t belong. They refuse to help. They dismiss the housekeeper who offers his daughter a blanket. They have no idea he owns the hotel. One phone call exposes their mistake. But before Ethan can take his daughter upstairs, the manager produces an envelope in his dead wife’s handwriting—addressed to Ethan and the housekeeper he has just met. He came to remember the woman he loved. Now he must discover the part of her life she never shared.

For nine years, Catherine “Cat” Bennett kept the clients happy, the projects moving, and her shrinking team afloat. Then HR offered her a sixty percent pay cut. Same accounts. Same responsibilities. Less than half the salary. Her boss knew she was a single mother. He knew she had a mortgage and a son who needed asthma medication. He expected her to sign. Cat cried in her car instead. Then a former colleague called. Their biggest competitor had been trying to recruit her for years—and its CEO wanted a meeting. By the time Cat returned to give HR her answer, she had a signed offer in her bag. Her boss had prepared for an employee who couldn’t afford to leave. He hadn’t prepared for what losing her would cost.