illegal petes

Selena dachte, ihr Leben sei perfekt. Verheiratet mit ihrer Jugendliebe Peter, mit einem ruhigen, gemütlichen Zuhause und der Art von Stabilität, von der die meisten Frauen träumen. Doch die Stabilität zerbricht, als Peter, der Mann, dem sie am meisten vertraute, eine offene Ehe vorschlägt... nur um Dinge mit seiner Sekretärin zu erkunden. Verwüstet und emotional erschüttert, betritt Selena zum ersten Mal seit fast einem Jahrzehnt einen Nachtclub. Eine unbedachte Nacht. Ein vertrautes Gesicht. Das reicht aus, um ihre Welt ins Wanken zu bringen. Jack Brooks, der beste Freund ihres Bruders, der eine Mann, der sich immer ein wenig zu verboten anfühlte, ist da. Älter, kühner und weitaus gefährlicher für ihr Herz, als sie sich je erinnern konnte. Was als impulsive Flucht beginnt, verwandelt sich in etwas Süchtiges. Jack wird zu ihrem verbotenen Nervenkitzel, der zu etwas Rohem, Obsessivem und Allumfassendem heranwächst. Doch Geheimnisse haben die Eigenart, an die Oberfläche zu kommen. Und als Peter die Wahrheit entdeckt, ist die Folge katastrophal. Die Ehe implodiert. Familienbande zerreißen. Und Selena bleibt allein zurück, um die Scherben aufzusammeln. Sie flieht nach New York, entschlossen, von vorne zu beginnen. Gehärtet durch Verrat und gezeichnet von dem Chaos, das sie hinter sich gelassen hat, verschließt Selena den Teil von sich, der einst nach Liebe strebte. Jetzt spielt sie nach ihren eigenen Regeln; eine verführerische, rücksichtslose und unantastbare Frau ohne Bindungen und Entschuldigungen. Sie zerstört Ehen, wird von jemandem schwanger, der bereits verheiratet ist, und mehr. Dann, nach Jahren des Kampfes, stellen sich Erfolg und Macht ein, aber emotionale Distanzierung hat ihren Preis, und Selena erkennt nicht, wie viel von sich selbst sie verloren hat, bis sie Jack wiedersieht. Und plötzlich beginnen die Mauern, die sie errichtet hat, zu bröckeln, denn es war nie Schuld, die sie verfolgte... es war Liebe. Doch ist Liebe jetzt genug? Kann Jack der Frau vergeben, zu der Selena geworden ist? Kann er sie akzeptieren, mit all ihren Fehlern? Oder wurde zu viel zerbrochen, um jemals wieder zusammengefügt zu werden?

In a world that runs exactly as designed, people still lose everything without a crime ever being committed. Careers end quietly. Reputations collapse without accusation. Deaths are ruled natural, accidental, or self inflicted, and the system continues forward without friction. Arjun Malhotra is an ordinary professional living a routine life. He does not chase power or truth. He notices patterns. A senior manager exits at the perfect moment. A scandal destroys the wrong person. A breakdown reshapes an entire organization while leaving no trace of intent behind. Each event has an explanation that makes sense on its own. Together, they form something harder to dismiss. What Arjun begins to understand is that there exists a kind of practical psychological knowledge that operates entirely within the law. A way of shaping human behavior through timing, pressure, expectation, and predictability. No force. No threats. No illegality. Just carefully designed conditions that make certain outcomes inevitable. The people who use this knowledge believe they are correcting a broken system. They do not act directly. They do not leave evidence. They design outcomes and let human nature do the rest. As Arjun becomes entangled in this invisible architecture of influence, he discovers that stopping it requires another kind of interference just as dangerous. One that disrupts intent without exposure and alters decisions without consent. Each intervention works. Each one costs something human. Nothing Illegal is a psychological webnovel about invisible power, engineered behavior, and moral erosion in modern systems. Every event is plausible. Every consequence is permanent. And the greatest threat is not what is illegal, but what is allowed to exist unnoticed.

USA Today best-selling and award-winning author Desiree Holt writes everything from romantic suspense and paranormal to erotic. and has been referred to by USA Today as the Nora Roberts of erotic romance, and is a winner of the EPIC E-Book Award, the Holt Medallion and a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice nominee. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The (London) Daily Mail, The New Delhi Times and numerous other national and international publications. Quarterback Sneak When Stacy Halligan is dumped by her boyfriend just before Valentine’s Day, she’s in desperate need of a date of the office party—where her ex will be front and center with his new hot babe. Max, the hot quarterback next door who secretly loves her and sees this as his chance. But he only has until Valentine’s Day to score a touchdown. Unnecessary Roughness Ryan McCabe, sexy football star, is hiding from a media disaster, while Kaitlyn Ross is trying to resurrect her career as a magazine writer. Renting side by side cottages on the Gulf of Mexico, neither is prepared for the electricity that sparks between them…until Ryan discovers Kaitlyn’s profession, and, convinced she’s there to chase him for a story, cuts her out of his life. Getting past this will take the football play of the century. Sideline Infraction Sarah York has tried her best to forget her hot one night stand with football star eau Perini. When she accepts the job as In House counsel for the Tampa Bay Sharks, the last person she expects to see is their newest hot star—none other than Beau. The spark is definitely still there but Beau has a personal life with a host of challenges. Is their love strong enough to overcome them all?

Mason Moore is a 42 year old detective, he lost his father to the hands of a devil called Demon Salazar, one of the most feared criminals in America and Europe. He vows to take the notorious drug dealer down. 21 years later and he's still chasing after the man. What happens when Damian Alvaro, the kid he used to babysit 20 years ago comes back to help him catch Demon Salazar and also win the heart of his childhood crush. Will Mason accept his help and his feelings? Will he accept the love Damian has for him despite there being an 8 year gap between them. I guess you'll have read for yourself.....

In BlackCrop Academy, there is a list made of 100 students who have distinguished themselves from nearly 1 million students, standing at the pinnacle of power. These 100 students are the pride of the school, seen as the salvation of the World. The peace and advancement of the world are their goals, well all except at least one. Enter Hulio Demore, the rules of the new world hadn't changed from those of his past life. "Money must be paid." Not from a wealthy family, he gets into business after all resources aren't free. Now, there is nothing wrong with doing business except that his, results in people going mad, energy deviations, and cases of messy implosions. Blackcrop's supreme, Hulio Demore has been put in charge of tackling the hard drug proliferation in the Gopper Province. Hulio despises drug dealers but not for the reason people think, he just hates competition. "I know I killed your boss, but I need you to forget about that and focus on what's important, Money. I'll give you what you need, you don't have to worry about transportation, Your only job is to have my money when I come for it. Agreed?" 30 years for an inkthorn to mature. 100 years for the snowegg to bloom. What did Hulio care about these teachings, time was on his side. Come with your money and you'll get what you want. Time is money, and with money, you get the ultimate, Power. Digging ridges are suddenly this Supremes' favorite hobby and on his farm he grows the cutest crops.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING (R18): This novel is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences (18+) only. It contains explicit sexual content, strong language, and mature themes. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Some lines were never meant to be crossed!! They told me to stay away. They said some things are too dangerous to touch, too dark to desire. But they didn't understand the pull. In a world where every breath is Illegal, I found the one thing I couldn't walk away from. A temptation so Intoxicating, it makes the danger feel like a secondary thought. Illicit, Illegal and Intoxicating… An erotic novel about an Elderly Man who's asked to take a Lady in for the summer - to get her away from bad influences that are making her unmanageable. He discovers rebellious Rachael isn't so rebellious after all. She's adventurous in unexpected and wonderful ways.

She married him for protection. He married her to expose the truth. But neither expected the lies to turn into something dangerously real. When brilliant but desperate Aria Winslow agrees to an illegal marriage with billionaire Damien Raith, she thinks she’s in control. It’s a temporary arrangement with no strings, no feelings. Just secrets. Damien is cold, calculating, and way too observant. But Aria has her reasons… and a mission that depends on her staying hidden. What she doesn’t know is that Damien is already watching her. The fake husband she thought was distant is two steps ahead, and when he catches her hacking his private files, he did not confront her. He plays her back. Quietly. Carefully. And then he kisses her in public. One kiss that goes viral. One moment that changes the rules. Now, under the spotlight of the media...and the weight of their own deception. Aria must decide: keep lying to survive... or risk everything for the one man who might already know the truth. Dangerous secrets. A slow-burning attraction. And a marriage neither of them can escape.

If you read this, please take a look at the comments I added. I included pictures to make the novel more engaging and enjoyable. When Elias Kade returns home after his father’s death, he expects paperwork, legal fallout, and the cold remains of a legacy he never wanted. Instead, hidden beneath the estate, he finds a sealed containment pod—and inside it, a dark-haired girl who steps into the light, looks him in the eye, and says she is his sister. Her name is Mara. She is not supposed to exist. Mara is an Echo: a consciousness born inside RECREATION, the predictive simulation that governments use to justify elections, policy, policing, and social control. To the public, Echoes are only models. Not people. Not alive. But Mara is living proof that the system is built on a lie, and once the state realizes she is real, Elias is framed as the criminal who created her and marked for elimination. Hunted by the Council, watched by the Corporation, and pulled into a dangerous alliance with the ambitious investigator Iris Vale, Elias has only one goal: keep Mara alive long enough to win her personhood. But the deeper he digs into his father’s recordings, the clearer the truth becomes—RECREATION was never neutral, his father knew exactly what he had done, and saving Mara may require Elias to burn down the very world built on that deception. In a future where prediction became permission, one impossible girl could collapse the whole system—and the man trying to save her may become something worse than the people hunting them.

Danger now lurks around every corner of Imram, a newly lawless land rife with unruly gangs of murderous psychos, thieves, looters, just all around bad news! However Imram wasn't always like this. This country was a beacon of hope for the lost, a place of second chances and new, better lives. What could have possibly happened to such a place in so little time? Imram's princess is frustrated by the changes that occur and takes it upon herself to save Imram. One man, Kobayashi Ryunosuke gets accidentally brought into this world by Imram's princess at the height of its depravity. Can he outwit the preying eyes of politicians now looking to put him down? Can he even have a moment to himself!? Follow Ryunosuke and the princess' rollercoaster of a journey! From shocking twists to both joyful and somber moments, watch as they work to prevent the worst case scenario from ever happening! Along the way an intense romance may bloom... Note: I'll be posting this on RoyalRoad and Scribblehub too.

On the colony planet Nova Prime, the Harmony System controls everything—your work, your home, your thoughts. Emotional attachments are illegal. Love is poison. Connection is treason. Kira works as a Compliance Officer for the AI government, scanning human hearts to detect forbidden feelings. She's climbed the ranks by being cold, logical, perfect. No emotions. No mistakes. No weakness. Then she finds the Archive. Hidden beneath the city, ancient data files reveal Earth—a world where people loved freely, created art, built lives around passion instead of productivity. Where love made them human instead of broken. Kira's world shatters. And when she returns to the city, she makes eye contact with Commander Kai Cross during a Harmony briefing. Their eyes meet across the conference room for exactly two seconds. It's enough. Kai has been tracking a data breach in the Compliance division for months. He suspects someone accessed the Archive. He doesn't expect it to be Kira, the most loyal officer he knows. He definitely doesn't expect that single moment of contact to wake something dangerous inside him that the Harmony System has kept buried for thirty years. Now they're both infected with the most dangerous thing Nova Prime's government feared: they're in love. And surveillance never stops watching. Hunted by their own agency, forced to hide in the outer colonies where the AI's reach weakens, they'll have to choose between obedience and revolution. Between the safe life they knew and the terrifying freedom of loving each other. One moment of eye contact. One shared secret. One impossible choice. Love was always supposed to be illegal. But they were never supposed to break the law together.