Forced Proximity

Tallowridge Pack: Wanting Me Is a Crime

Fated MatesRejected MatePossessive AlphaForced Proximity

He tells me I’m nothing to him. My pulse doesn’t believe a word. I came to Tallowridge with a bag, a fake name, and a man’s promise to find me. The pack lets me clean the wolf pens for cash. Their alpha, Rhett, looks at me like I’m a stain and a meal at the same time. Then he says the one thing that could ruin me: not his mate. Not ever. But he keeps me under his roof. He growls when another man smiles at me. When he touches me, his hands shake. I want him to choose me without shame. I’m scared he’ll call it a mistake again. There’s a rule in this pack. No mates. No softness. No claims. Rhett says he’ll send me away before he breaks it. But someone from my old life is at the gate, and Rhett is not the man I thought he was. He calls me his mate. I don’t know if that means rescue or one more cage.

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My Secret Triplets

Secret TripletsRevenge ComebackFamily BetrayalHidden Children

My father turned me into the invisible hand behind Dessin Perfume House. My stepsister Roselle took credit for my formulas and smiled for the cameras. At the launch that should have been mine, my father called me his hired help. One storm trapped me with Evren Sarre, the corporate heir whose signature was on our biggest deal. I gave him one night I thought I could bury. I left with three children he never knew about. Six years later, I return as Brenna Wynn, the perfumer every luxury house wants. My triplets are my whole world. Evren wants me under Sarre's roof and under his rules. He still shields Roselle, the stepsister who lets everyone believe she is his woman. My family stole my mother's name and my formulas. I will take back both. He can offer me his power and his protection. He cannot buy my silence or my children. This time, the world will know who made the scent. And Evren will learn what he never knew.

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The Cruel Alpha's Flood Mate

Fated MateEnemies To LoversPossessive AlphaForced Proximity

I’m Aria Flint. I run a salvage shed on Tern Quay and hide my adopted brother, Oren, from pack law. Alpha Galen Mire opened the sea gates two years ago and drowned my parents. I have hated him every day since. Then a wreck throws us together on the same rocks. One touch, and the mate bond hits like a second flood. He says I belong to him. My wolf says yes. My heart says never. Galen controls the island’s medicine, food, and the only safe place Oren can sleep. He can make me stand beside him before the pack. He can call it a claim. He cannot make me call it love. This is a dark, steamy werewolf romance. The bond wants my body. I want my freedom. Every time he touches me, hate and want breathe the same air.

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The CEO's Hidden Gatekeeper

Boss And SubordinateProtection As PossessionSlow Burn ObsessionWrong Side Of Power

I run the night desk at Marsh Tower. I decide who reaches the top floor and who waits below. Nobody looks at me. That is how I stay safe. My brother is missing. My mother forgets my name a little more each week. I take extra shifts, pay the care home, and keep my mouth shut. Then Coren Marsh sees me. Not my badge. Me. He watches me handle a blackout and does not look away. I make one bad call and expect to be fired. He keeps me. He moves me closer. He builds walls around me and calls it work. Every wall makes me safer. Every wall makes him harder to leave. He says he protects what is his. I need to know if he is building me a way out or a cage—before I stop wanting the door.

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Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

Swapped At BirthRejected HeroineMafia RomanceFalse Sister

Renata Sartori was swapped at birth and raised in the shadow of the girl who took her name. Her family knows the truth. They still chose Fiorella. They gave Renata’s childhood engagement to Fiorella, then told Renata to serve drinks at the party. When a man drops bleeding at the family dock, Renata saves him with skill she was told to hide. Saverio Vescari sees it. He is a mafia boss with blood on his hands and a need only Renata can fill. He offers her a bargain: his protection for her work. Renata says yes on her own terms. She will not be owned. Inside Saverio’s world, she learns her hidden skills are worth more than her family’s name. Her old world starts to panic. They thought they could throw her away. Now they need her. Saverio watches her like she is rare. Her family wants her silence. Renata wants them all to learn what happens when the rejected daughter stops begging.

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The Crime Boss Wed the Wrong Twin

Fake BrideTwin SubstitutionForced MarriageSecret Identity

I am wearing my twin sister's dress, her name, and her ring. My family sold me to a crime boss to save themselves. Dante Rizzo is not fooled for one second. He tests me at his table, in his car, on my knees. He calls me Bettina while his eyes say Lola. I want to run. I want him to see me. I want to survive the night he stops pretending. He already knows my real name. He has known since the first night. And he is not done with me.

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Don't Tell My Brother

Brothers Best FriendForbidden LoveMafia RomanceForced Proximity

I knew my brother's best friend was dangerous, but my body stopped caring about danger. Veda Sarno keeps her head down and fixes other people's furniture. Then Don Aurelio Varga takes over her brother Hugo's debt and pulls her into his world of private rooms, quiet threats and long looks. He says Hugo is the one line he will not cross. He still watches Veda like he already owns her. Veda has a past that could ruin her. Aurelio has a hold that could swallow her whole. Can she want him without letting him own her?

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Her Fear Is Mine

Bodyguard RomanceForced ProximityWitness In DangerOpposites Attract

Faye Danner sees a woman pulled into a van outside her studio. The police find nothing. Then someone breaks into her workroom and leaves a note with her name. Her family locks down her life. Faye refuses to give up her friends, her art classes, or the small home she built. Her mother hires Gideon Slate, a cold, tattooed bodyguard who sees her as a rich girl with a problem. Gideon was paid to stand between Faye and danger. He was not paid to watch her laugh with her friends, notice her softness, or want the one thing his rules forbid. Now the threat is close, and the line between protecting her and wanting her is gone.

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My Demon Boss

Forced ProximityGrumpy SunshineSlow BurnHidden World

I run lost property at Bellwether Station. Keys, umbrellas, one suitcase that hums. My life is small and I like it that way. Then a man with no ticket and too many teeth wants that suitcase. He chases me through the luggage tunnels. A demon named Ambrose steps out of a staff door, saves me, and takes me under the station to his bar, The Hush. Here is the rule: I can't talk about monsters, and I can't leave until his council clears me. So I make tea, smile at things that bite, and fix the bar's terrible paperwork. My new boss glares at the coffee machine like it insulted his mother. He saved my life, so I should stop noticing his hands. Right?

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A Marriage With No Heart

Contract MarriageNo Love ClauseEmotional Slow BurnArranged Marriage

“No love,” he says. “No lies,” I answer. Thea Bennett needs to keep her mother’s care running. Warren Shaw needs a wife before a family vote. His offer is exact: a private marriage, a no-love clause, and enough money to make her safe. Thea signs with her eyes open. She keeps her job, her room, and her rules. Warren keeps the power. The marriage is real in law and empty in private. Thea tells herself safety is enough. She does not ask for love. She is less sure she can live without it.

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The Bullies Who Own My Nights

Brothers Best FriendsSingle MotherBlackmail BargainProtective Bullies

Dara Moxley has spent years making excuses for Arlen. He loves her. He is hard on her because he wants them to be a family. Then he locks her son in a storage unit and dares her to call it discipline. Her brother’s best friends are the last men she wants to need. Kade, Rhys, and Bode run the Rustline motorcycle club. They used to laugh when she was scared. Now they are the only ones who see what Arlen is doing. Their club can hide her and Cal. Their protection comes with a price Kade sets himself. Kade says Dara is his. Rhys waits for scraps and calls it loyalty. Bode says nothing and watches her like he already knows how this ends. Dara is safe behind their doors, but every door has a lock, and Kade keeps the key. Arlen is still out there. Her family may never believe her. And once Dara belongs to the Rustline men, there is no clean way to leave.

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Bought by the Dragon's Fire

Debt BondagePossessive ProtectorSecret PowerForced Proximity

My father died owing a debt I could not pay. At the debt court, Lysa Mern read my name aloud and made sure everyone knew I was a beggar. I did not beg. I offered my own bond instead of my brother's. The dragon lord Vareth bought my debt before the ink dried. Now I live in his keep, bound to stand near his fire each night. He says he does not want my money. He wants me close. He will not take my answer while I am still trapped, which is the worst kind of honest. I do not know why he chose me. That scares me more than the debt. Some part of me already knows what I will say when the month ends. He says I am his to keep. I have not decided if that is a promise or a cage.

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Don't Buy My Heart

Transactional RelationshipPower ImbalanceFamily SacrificeForced Proximity

“Sign it,” he says. “You can hate me after.” Caleb Dune works nights at Sorrel Tower and keeps his sister Elsie alive with every extra shift. He has no time for Lucien Sorrel, the cold CEO who treats every problem like a line item. But when Elsie’s transplant fund is denied, Lucien makes an offer Caleb cannot afford to refuse: money for the surgery in exchange for Caleb moving into his penthouse and his bed. Lucien is trapped by boardroom duty and a family that wants him controlled. He tells himself the arrangement is simple. Then Caleb’s pride gets under his skin, and the shame after every touch makes the want sharper. Caleb can survive being bought. He cannot survive Lucien starting to care. What happens when the man with all the money is the one hiding his heart?

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That Photo Was Never for You!

Mistaken SextBoss AssistantPublic HumiliationBest Friend Betrayal

“You sent that picture to me on purpose,” Dominic says. “Did you think I wouldn’t look?” I sent my boss a photo meant for someone else. By morning, the whole company had seen it. My best friend stood beside my ex and called me a liar. Dominic Castellan kept me near, but he looked at me like I was playing a game. He made it clear he was in charge. His mother and the woman he should marry called me trash. He said I was his, then refused to say why. I told myself I hated him, and my body kept proving me wrong. One cold night, I stopped pretending. That should have been the end. Instead, he wanted more, and I wanted to be chosen, not owned. Can I clear my name without losing the only man who ever made me feel wanted?

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The Bellandi Claim

Arranged MarriageRunaway BridePossessive HeroHidden Identity

“You ran from me.” “I ran from a contract.” Zara Moreau has spent six months hiding under a false name, opening locks and planning a life no one can sign away. Renzo Bellandi, heir to a crime family, finds her opening his safe and locks her in his penthouse. He says the marriage contract still stands, and he wants the truth she stole. He watches her like she is his. His hands turn gentle when he thinks she is asleep. She wants freedom. He wants revenge. His need for her will start a war.

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Claimed Hostage

Accidental HostageFake EngagementPossessive HeroForced Proximity

Winnie Brask only wanted to drop off a rescue dog. One wrong door puts her in the middle of a mob meeting and in the arms of Don Renzo DiCarlo. Renzo is cold, controlled, and too dangerous to touch. Winnie is broke, mouthy, and holding proof that could bury him. He should make her disappear. Instead, he tells the whole city she is his fiancée. Now she lives in his house, wears his ring, and sleeps one wall away from a man who watches her like he already owns her. His enemies smile at her. His family tests her. Renzo says the engagement is only for protection. The way he looks at her says otherwise. When his people try to send her away, Winnie refuses to go. She is not done with Renzo. And Renzo DiCarlo does not let go of what is his.

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Fake Bride, Real Claim

Arranged BrideFake PregnancyPublic ClaimJealous Rival

Darcy Kerr restores rare books and keeps her family’s failing bindery alive. Her mother pays the debt by selling Darcy as a bride to a collector. Darcy refuses in front of everyone, even when it costs her home. Lachlan Crowe is a billionaire with a family-chosen fiancée and a one-night history he cannot forget. When Darcy appears at his engagement gala, he publicly claims her as his. Now Darcy is playing Lachlan’s fake bride in his penthouse. The pregnancy is a lie. The ring is a deal. His protection feels too much like ownership. His fiancée Seraphine is smiling, and she knows exactly where to hurt them. Can Darcy stay free when the whole world thinks she belongs to him?

Chapter 1 free · 24 published · 1 to come

The Visitor List

Forced ProximityPossessive ProtectorBad Boy CriminalEnemies To Lovers

Romy Brannock has no money, no home, and a bruise she hides under her sleeve. When her best friend signs them up for Redgate's companion program, six months on prison grounds looks like a way out. Then Romy meets the man she is matched with. Jett Corso is a maximum-security inmate with a hearing in six months and a reputation that makes the whole block go quiet. Romy is the clean, quiet companion his file needs. The program says she cannot refuse. He says he will keep her safe. But what does his safety cost? And what happens when the only man who can protect her from everyone else decides she belongs to him? He will protect her. He will own her. And he will not let her go.

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