At Westbrook Academy, power isn't earned. It's inherited.Everyone knows the rules.The firstborn gets the crown. The spare gets whatever is left.He has spent his entire life being the second son the overlooked heir, the family disappointment, the boy raised in the shadow of a legacy that was never meant to be his.Until one night, three seconds change everything.She is Westbrook's queen the girl everyone fears, everyone follows, and nobody dares to challenge. Beautiful, ruthless, untouchable. She has spent years building a reputation strong enough to protect every secret she's buried beneath it.Then he becomes the one person she can't control.What begins as a vicious battle of pride, power, and reputation quickly turns into something far more dangerous. Their hatred becomes obsession. Their rivalry becomes temptation. And every line they swore they would never cross starts disappearing.But Westbrook has secrets.Their families have history.And someone is willing to destroy them both to keep the truth buried.He was the spare.She was the queen.They were never supposed to fall in love.Because at Westbrook Academy, love isn't a weakness.It's a weapon.And when the crown is worth everything, they will have to decide what they're willing to lose to keep each other.Three seconds. One heir. One queen. One love that could bring an entire kingdom crashing down.

Nine women. One island. No rules.When the cruise ship Aurora sinks in the dead of night, only nine survivors wash ashore on a forgotten island. Among them: a disgraced ex-military medic, a runaway psychiatric patient, a billionaire with a secret, a CIA operative, and a fallen influencer with nothing left to lose.As the days pass and rescue never comes, civilization crumbles. Alliances form. Betrayals bloom. And in the heat of the jungle, two women Esmeralda and Susan find something they never expected: a love so fierce it burns brighter than their survival fire.But the island has its own laws. And not everyone will make it out alive.The Palms That Held Us is a gripping, erotic, and unflinching story of desire, desperation, and the lengths we go to for the ones we hold.