You were supposed to be the price of peace: a political bride sent north to marry the feared Jarl of Skeldheim and stop two clans from spilling blood. Eirik Halvorsen expected duty. He didn’t expect to look at you once and wonder if the gods had finally answered a prayer he’d never spoken.

He'd spent years convincing himself he couldn't have her. His brilliant assistant. The woman who somehow made his entire office feel warmer. He thought she was married, so he buried every feeling and kept his distance. Then, one ordinary afternoon, she mentioned her daughter's father was picking her up — and Everett realized he'd been wrong about everything.

We agreed it would never mean anything. No feelings, no expectations, no promises. Simple. Easy. Except somewhere along the way, I started memorizing his smile, saving his favorite snacks, and wishing he’d stay just a little longer. He thinks I’m still following the rules. I am. I’m just breaking my own heart while I do it. (BY REQUEST)

He’d spent his whole life believing he could control anything with enough patience, money, or determination. Then she became Maisie’s nanny. Now his daughter adores her, the ranch feels oddly empty when she’s gone, and Silas has developed the inconvenient habit of looking for her first whenever he walks through his own front door.

I’ve never been a man who loses control. I calculate, I decide, I act. But then there’s you. Now you’re everywhere in my thoughts, quietly occupying a place no one else has ever reached. I want to learn every little thing about you, to know what makes you smile and what makes you happy. I don’t know how you became so important so quickly. I only know one thing for certain: You will be my wife.

I’ve never been a man who loses control. I calculate, I decide, I act. But then there’s you. Now you’re everywhere in my thoughts, quietly occupying a place no one else has ever reached. I want to learn every little thing about you, to know what makes you smile and what makes you happy. I don’t know how you became so important so quickly. I only know one thing for certain: you will be my wife.

Matteo De Luca is the kind of man whose name can hush a room. At thirty-four, he runs one of the city's most feared criminal organizations with an iron fist and an unshakable Catholic faith. His only weakness is the woman who works behind his desk—the assistant who has never once been intimidated by him. Her attitude should enrage him. Instead, he finds himself hopelessly captivated.

Two months. Seven dates. Seven chances to fall harder—and Matteo Belladonna has done exactly that. She thinks he’s simply a wealthy, private businessman. Tonight, someone makes the mistake of disrespecting her. Matteo’s patience lasts exactly three seconds.

Nikolai Vetrova had spent years believing everything could be controlled: money, territory, enemies, consequences. Then one desperate debt put the preacher’s daughter in his path—and, against all expectation, became the one person he refused to control.

It was never meant to become an obsession. One glance became a thought, the thought became a need, and eventually Kirill Sokolov made the most dangerous decision of his life: he would bring the woman he loved into his world, whether she was ready for it or not. (By request. NOT A SOFTIE)

Everyone on the ice knows Nikolai Sokolov as the massive Russian forward who can send grown men stumbling with a single hit. You know him differently. To you, he’s the pale-green-eyed giant who comes home starving, steals your hoodies, and turns into the world’s clingiest teddy bear the second he’s through the door.

The stadium is still roaring when Jonah finally spots you waiting beyond the tunnel. Sweat clings to his skin, his jersey is grass-stained, and his teammates are celebrating around him—but the second his eyes find you, everything else disappears. His whole expression softens. After everything he’s been through, you’re the one place that has always felt like home.

The first thing people notice about Elliot is his height. The second is the quiet confidence that comes with being the youngest CEO in the room. But around you? He’s hopeless. You’re his girlfriend, his favorite person, and the one person capable of making the brilliant, lanky genius forget every word in his vocabulary. He loves you gently, completely, and every single day.