Rule No. 4: Don’t. Fall. For. Your. Best. Friend. Simple, right? Except when your best friend is Alessandro freaking Pierce—captain of the basketball team, heartbreaker by reputation, and chronic violator of personal space. He wasn’t just trouble. He was temptation dipped in cologne, with a smile that said I dare you and eyes that didn’t take no for an answer. Summer Jacobs knew better. She had a boyfriend. He had a girlfriend. But none of that mattered when he looked at her like she was the only girl in the universe who’d ever mattered. They were supposed to be platonic. Just friends. No heat. No spark. No late-night thoughts about what if... And yet, one stolen moment changed everything. One kiss. One heartbeat too long. One secret she couldn’t take back. Rules were made to be followed. But breaking this one? What if crossing the line meant losing him forever or what if loving him meant breaking her own heart? * * * “Alex, move back,” she huffs, backing into the wall. “Stop doing that,” he growls, eyes darkening. “What?” she snaps, trying to ignore how close his body is. “That thing you do with your lips,” he mutters, gaze dropping to her mouth. “Stop sucking them like that.” Before she can respond, his fingers are already tangled with hers—and then his mouth is on hers. Soft. Hard. Urgent. Wrong. “This is wrong,” she breathes out, barely managing to push him back a fraction. “We’re both dating other people…” He doesn't flinch. Doesn’t blink. His voice drops, low and dangerous. “Then break up with him.” A pause. “Because you belong with me.” Who needs rules… when breaking them feels this damn good? Best friends don’t kiss like that… right?

Anastasia Greene spent sixteen years trapped between hospital rooms, tutors, and overprotective parents.When she's finally declared healthy and starts attending a real high school, she discovers something far more terrifying than epilepsy:falling for Landon Grett.Landon is everything Anastasia isn't. Popular, confident, admired by everyone. According to her friends, she doesn't stand a chance of catching his attention.Enter Asher Lake.Landon's best friend.The last person Anastasia would ever ask for help.Loud, reckless, and impossible to ignore, Asher offers to teach her everything she needs to know about attraction, confidence, and seduction. Determined to win Landon's heart, Anastasia reluctantly agrees.But the more lessons she takes, the harder it becomes to remember who she was trying to impress in the first place.Because somewhere between stolen glances, endless arguments, and a boy who sees through every one of her insecurities, Anastasia begins to wonder if she's been chasing the wrong golden boy all along.

Catherine Young has it all—cheer captain, the perfect body, and the hottest boyfriend in school, Asher Davies, the soccer star everyone wants. But her perfect life shatters when gossip explodes across campus: Asher cheated with the new transfer blonde, Jennifer White.Heartbroken and humiliated, Catherine drowns her pain at a bar and somehow ends up at her best friend Alice’s house… only Alice isn’t home. Her nerdy, quiet younger brother, Dominic Marion, is.One night of vulnerability turns into the biggest scandal of the year. When Alice finds out—and the rumors spread like wildfire—Catherine is forced to face Dominic in public and pretend to be his girlfriend.But the more time she spends with him, the more she begins to see that the shy, awkward boy she once ignored might just be hiding something rare… something real.Maybe diamonds really do come from the rough.

Emily Duke has never had it easy. Cast out and deprived of her inheritance by her stepmother, she was raised by her maternal grandfather alongside her younger brother, Kevin. But life dealt her another cruel hand when Kevin was diagnosed with a heart ailment. Desperation drove her to make a choice she never thought she would—accepting an engagement to Noah Valencia, the older Valencia brother, a man known for his power, wealth, and unyielding control.Noah Valencia—the formidable business tycoon every woman dreamed of marrying, and yet, the one man Emily could never bring herself to love.Then came Nicholas.The younger Valencia brother. The reckless one. The womanizer with sin in his smile and danger in his touch. He lived by his own rules, lingering where he shouldn’t, saying things that burned too close to truth.Emily knew he was trouble—she could feel it in the way his gaze lingered too long, in the way his words made her pulse betray her. But something about Nicholas Valencia was different. Maybe he wasn’t just the gambler and the wild heir everyone thought he was. Maybe there was something deeper—something she wasn’t supposed to see.And yet, every teasing glance, every reckless word, every forbidden touch drew her closer to the edge of something she couldn’t escape. Torn between duty and desire, between the brother she’s bound to and the one who makes her forget herself, Emily Duke stands at the brink of a dangerous choice.Because every time Nicholas’s large, calloused fingers graze her skin, she starts to wonder—was it ever really Noah she was meant to marry?

Sofia Carson has never been a rule-breaker—until her second year in college. Desperate to pass Professor Lucien Drake’s impossible test, she risks everything by breaking into his office to steal the answers. But when she’s caught red-handed, what she expects is expulsion. Instead, she’s met with something far more dangerous: a cold, unreadable stare and a chilling offer that could ruin her forever. Lucien Drake is more than just a strict professor. Beneath his intimidating exterior lies a dark power and a secret agenda—one that draws Sofia deeper into a game where trust is a luxury she can’t afford. As the lines between punishment and desire blur, Sofia must decide how far she’s willing to go to survive—and what she’s willing to lose in the process.

Lisa was forced to grow up the night everything fell apart. She stopped feeling. Stopped hoping. Started rebelling. It was easier to drown in chaos than face what hurt. And then came Blake. Her college mate. The one who looked at her too closely. Too softly. The one who made her feel something when she swore she couldn't. He was quiet but bold in moments that mattered. What started as a joke turned into something else. A game. Who would fall in love first? “I dare you to kiss me,” he said one night, breath warm against her skin. “You wish,” she laughed, tossing back a full glass like it could burn away whatever she was feeling. His eyes didn’t flinch. They roamed her face like he was memorizing it. “Can I kiss you?” Her eyes snapped to his. “You’re crazy.” “I know.” His hand brushed her chin. Their lips nearly touched— But to Lisa, it was just part of the game. She didn’t mean to break his heart. Didn’t even notice when she did. Blake never told her how deep he'd fallen. He stayed silent. Stayed in the shadows. And when she let herself fall—for someone else— He vanished. And only then, in the emptiness he left behind, did Lisa feel it. The ache. The regret. The truth. But it was already too late. She broke a heart she never knew was hers to begin with. Would there be a chance for Blake and Lisa to complete their story that ended before it even began?

Louis Trevor, shy and fragile guy get saved from bullies by underground fighter Andrea Ryder. To repay her for the favour, a night of steamy encounter can't just be all they will ever share or will his green eyes be enough to make her stay when her world was so different from his. Andrea lost both of her parents and as she believed, her uncle was partly responsible, her thirst for revenge is all that keeps her going until she met him. Someone she wanted to live for. Someone she could die for.