In the imperial court of Heian Japan, words are everything — and nothing is ever said plainly. When a lady-in-waiting begins delivering the Empress's secret poems to a nobleman, she discovers the brilliant replies belong not to him but to his sister, a woman hidden behind a borrowed name for sixteen years. Their correspondence becomes two conversations layered inside one. A romance written entirely in ink and metaphor — between two women who can never meet. Until they must.
When Kiko confesses she's been in love with her stepsister Rin for six years, everything changes. The kiss that follows sends Rin spiraling—not with horror, but with recognition. As Rin reexamines every moment of their shared history, she begins to understand that what she'd called sisterly love might be something else entirely. Now they must navigate their feelings while living under one roof, knowing their parents may have suspected all along. A tender exploration of first love, identity, and
A Beastly Roommates Story Due to circumstances, a human man and a minotaur woman are forced to move in together and discover more than they ever expected, even thought possible.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire… Or in the case of 23-year-old Vincent Hargrove — out of a tragic past, into an unfaithful marriage. When it gets to be too much he runs away. Isolated in the woods hoping against hope that time will heal all wounds. Isolation in the deep woods of central Oregon he finds peace in solitude. As he develops a small parcel of land left to him by his grandparents he gets along with minimal human contact, until a desperate foreign woman crosses his path. / (Reviews)
Arielle Hawthorne lives for illegal street racing. Fast cars, high stakes, no attachments. Nate Carter races the same streets with reckless swagger and infuriating charm. Rivals by choice and partners by necessity, they’re forced together as rival crews and the police close in. Their chemistry is dangerous, their trust fragile, and falling for each other may be the riskiest move of all.
Steve Anderson knew it was wrong to fall in love with Maria D'Amato, his patient who was twice his age, but it happened and before he knew it, his life spiraled into directions that he never realized existed. There were secrets they withheld from each other, and one of those secrets cost Maria her life. Now Steve must find a way to protect her daughter without falling in love with her, too.