French Braids Near Me

This is Nikolai and Elara’s daughter, Nova’s love story from Love me or Break me. -------------- Eighteen, unfiltered, and painted in chaos—Nova Volkov doesn’t follow rules. She rewrites them. Daughter of Elara, the design queen, and Nikolai, the Bratva legend, Nova is a storm in designer boots with a paintbrush in one hand and sarcasm on her tongue. She’s untouchable. Unapologetic. Unhinged. And absolutely adored—especially by her mafia father, who gifted her an art gallery under someone else’s name. Because, you know, privacy. Then she meets Andrew. A quiet barista with kind eyes and a tragic past, Andrew is everything Nova isn’t—soft, gentle, real. He doesn’t care about her last name. He just wants to design beautiful spaces and breathe without looking over his shoulder. She falls. Hard. But just when Nova thinks she’s found something untouched by her bloodstained world, the truth surfaces: Andrew’s parents died in a fire set by none other than her father. Now he can’t look at her without seeing flames. And she can’t look at herself without feeling like the villain. Can love survive the sins of a family? Or will the fire that brought them together… tear them apart?

Adam is an ordinary teenager who transmigrates into the body of François Boucher, a French soldier during the Seven Years' War. With no system to guide him and no knowledge of the historical events of this period, he must navigate this new life and struggle to survive. Travel through time to explore this period alongside him and many other characters, both friends and foes.

A stalker romance

He narrows his green eyes at me as he leans back, folding his arms across his chest, "We're really going to do this again, aren't we?" "What do you mean?" I ask, annoyed. "This little game where you pretend to hate me, when I really know you're just in love with me," he replies, smirking. I scoff and roll my eyes, "In love?" I laugh loudly, "With you? No. I loathe you." Hating Jordan Gallagher was just so easy... "It's not that I don't believe in love. I just don't think it's meant for people like me."- Jordan Gallagher “Sometimes the people who hurt us the worst are the ones we need the most.”- Elyse Gates

"Run again, and I’ll break your legs. You think I won’t love you in a wheelchair? Sweetheart, I’ll carry you, push you, and still fucking worship you—so stop running." --------------‐- She craved a quiet life. He craved her. Elara never wanted chaos. She never expected to fall into the hands of Nikolai Volkov—a ruthless Bratva king with ice in his veins and fire in his touch. One night was all it took to bind her to a man who doesn’t ask. He takes. Now she’s caught in a world of violence, secrets, and seduction. He says he’ll protect her. But what if the person she needs protection from… is him? He’s possessive, dangerous, and utterly obsessed. And when it comes to Elara, letting go was never an option. In a world built on power and blood—can love survive? Or will Nikolai Volkov be the one to destroy her completely

Zhou Yichen is the kind of CEO everyone fears — distant, demanding, and impossible to please. Beneath his cold exterior lies a man burdened by expectations he never asked for, struggling to connect in a world that feels too loud and fast. Zhao Xinyi, known to most as Yiyi, is fierce, determined, and fiercely independent. She’s fought hard to be heard in a company where her voice is often drowned out by power and privilege. When a crisis forces them into close quarters, their war of words reveals cracks beneath the surface — pain, vulnerability, and hopes neither expected to share. But misunderstandings and pride keep them apart, threatening to undo the fragile bond they’re building. Can two wounded souls find a way to trust, to forgive, and maybe even to love? An enemies-to-lovers romance about fighting for what matters, even when your heart’s the battlefield.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” -Sir Arthur C. Clarke Real-world cutting-edge tech products take the stage!

Some betrayals come from blood. Some salvations wear a killer's face. At 23, Abelia Kingston was supposed to inherit power, not survive a murder plot. But when her own brother tries to kill her for the family throne, she’s left broken—physically and emotionally. Her savior? Neil Nemo—her best friend, a cold-blooded assassin who was originally hired to end her life. After Cain Kingston breaks his promise, Nemo turns against him and rescues Abelia from the brink of death. Now, with a shattered spine but a fire burning stronger than ever, Abelia joins forces with the one man she shouldn’t trust. Together, they plan revenge—but emotions blur lines, and desire begins to cloud judgment. As old enemies rise, hidden heirs return, and blood relatives reveal darker motives, Abelia must face the most brutal truth of all: In this world, the people who save you can also destroy you. Will she take back her legacy… or lose herself in the process?

Thin cracks began to spread across the sky, like threads unraveling the vast heavens. From those rifts emerged strange creatures — from a distant world, carrying a mysterious power no one fully understood. Humans learned to survive, then learned to fight back with that power. Mira lived an ordinary life until a shadowy figure stepped out from the void — awakening a quiet flame within her, urging her to seek answers to the unknown. Mira never truly knew what she was searching for. Inside her was only a vague, unnamable feeling, ignited by that shadowy figure. A cold emptiness gnawed at her heart, yet it was that very void that pushed her forward — forcing her to confront herself: who was she, did she truly long for anything, or was she just running from the emptiness itself?

this is the story about a young man named sonorous michaelson, sonorous michaelson the son of Lucifer himself is caught up in a war that has been going on since the dawn of humanity. Sonorous michaelson has the ability or power known as "god's eyes", which grants him the ability to do practically anything he wants, destroy the universe, create a universe, destroy or create matter[matter mulnipulation on a grand scale]e.t.c.The one of its downsides is that he does not know the true length of his ability and it causes great strain on his human body, let's see how this story unfolds and the many obstacles sonorous michaelson will face in the future.

TOMTMO When 20-year-old Alex discovers a mysterious book, he's pulled into shifting worlds that blur fiction and reality. Guided by pages that write themselves, he must navigate twisted timelines, unfinished stories, and choices that ripple across the multiverse. The book isn’t just telling a story—it’s waiting for him to write it.

The story follows a person transported to another world as a dwarf named Karma. While living a quiet life in this new realm, Karma encounters Freya, a succubus Demon Lord, who commands him to undertake a seemingly impossible task: assist her in completing her mission in this world. Freya presents Karma with a stark choice—ascend the Sky Tower of Doom to kill her or remain in the tower and love her for eternity. As Karma grapples with this dilemma, he meets Mirai, the world’s hero, who is desperately hunting him to obtain the Black Crystal embedded in his body. Mirai pleads with Karma to sacrifice his life for the sake of humanity and her mission on this planet. However, when Karma refuses, she offers an alternative: she’ll stop attacking him if he agrees to join her and live peacefully in the city of humans. Caught between the conflicting demands and missions imposed by the goddess on both the Demon Lord and the hero, Karma is thrust into a chaotic, nerve-wracking, and relentless adventure that upends his tranquil existence, forever altering his peaceful life.

Some puzzles aren’t meant to be solved. Especially when you’re the final clue. When a cryptic riddle is sent to every phone in the city at midnight, no one takes it seriously—until people start dying. Each victim, a clue to the next, part of a chilling puzzle spelling out a name no one recognizes. Avery Locke, a brilliant but reclusive linguist with a traumatic past and a gift for solving patterns. She's dragged into the investigation when the riddles begin referencing secrets no one but she should know. Paired with Detective Elias Reed, a skeptic with his own ghosts and a college student named Elias with a part yet to be known, they race to uncover the identity of the killer before the final riddle drops—and Avery becomes the last answer. But as the clues dig deeper into her own history, Avery begins to wonder: Is she solving the riddle… or is she the riddle?

They dragged me from a safe life and dropped me into a warzone... One ruled by a man who didn't know what mercy was. ... Dr. Nora Stafford was never supposed to be here. But when a notoriously dangerous gang kidnaps her to save their own, she’s pulled into a life where blood is currency and loyalty is lethal. At the center of it all is Jury White—cold, untouchable, and terrifyingly captivating. He watches her like she’s a puzzle he intends to break open, touch by touch, demand by demand. She’s supposed to be his prisoner. He makes her feel like anything but. She came to stop a man from dying. She didn’t expect to fall for the one who kills.

To me life is like a TV show because most of the things shown on TV are actually taken from our lives, so come watch my life as I deal with school, relationships, friendship and many more (And hopefully one day I'll get my own show)

It's almost her 30th birthday still she hasn't find that right man, she feels shattered and wants to end it all.

Jaune died and gets reincarnated in the world of teyvat. What he expected was to get on an adventure and meet his favorite characters. But it seems like the Heavenly Principles don't like that idea. It seems that Jaune can't be perceived by people. How tragic. What will he do now? ---- This is my first fanfic. I got the idea from Unusual_'s (check his works out) forget me not. It has been over a year since the last update and I wanted to take my own spin at it. The only similarities with the Unusual_'s book is that it start of in fontaine.

To forget all the sad memories and only keep the happy ones. The memories that will never come back. If you were still here, I will ask my self.When, will l be able to let go. - Leighton This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

The dragon shifters are not the only ones in the world. A new breed of shifter was discovered by some human with the legal office of Dragoon affairs. Now the pack has to be divided amongst the Dragoon shifter clans. Iris Cassandra Rossi along with a few members of her pack was sent to Stonefire. Will the two Shifter clans work together or against eachother.

This is a story of a young man that got entangled in superstition and supernatural situations. Unraveling secrets and mystery of his dreams or should I call them visions. Join him on this journey of an adventure.

This is what's left of a nearly untreated star because I was blue Waltzed so bad by the world so he could rape me and my kids and who's ever kids he wanted! Gasoline so bad most people don't even know that we are female not male some people don't even know that one of us exists at all if not two of the three! SVU, Mariska Hargitay You play the part, Olivia’s might, A beacon of justice through the endless night. But it’s been my existence, no end in sight, Hard to get help when no one hears you right. Through screens you fight for those unseen, A captain of courage in a world unclean. Yet here I stand, voiceless and small, Hoping someone will answer my call. Your strength inspires, your heart’s so true, But the battles are endless—what can I do? The shadows linger, the silence stays, Lost in the maze of life’s dark haze. Mariska, Olivia, both intertwined, A hero on screen and in heart combined. Though my cries may fade into the air, Your light reminds me someone cares. they can do it but I can't say the word rape without being banned!

Karen Jones is a hard working lady in her 20s-- good looking, has features in any man's favour and also God-fearing. Denise Adams-- tall, well built, recently divorced. he may be cold but he's got a warm heart. When they met, it was as if God had sent a shower of rain...... But some people don't want the rain to keep falling forever.

Nothing crazy. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing in a fantasy world. Just me.

Two professionals. One fracture. And the slow collapse of the walls they built to survive. Lucas Marlowe built his life around control. In a world of corporate image and crisis strategy, he knows how to stay untouchable—disciplined, invisible, invulnerable. Emily Verrill, poised and unflinching, has learned how to stay ahead by never letting anyone close. They don’t chase power. They endure it. When they’re assigned to a delicate, high-stakes case together, it begins like any other job: calculated, distant, seamless. But structure becomes tension. Tension becomes pull. And somewhere in the quiet—beneath ritual, ritual, ritual—something begins to crack. This isn’t a romance born from spark. It’s a slow surrender built on silence, misread glances, and the ache of wanting what neither of them will admit. For readers who crave restraint, unraveling, and the sharp edge of emotional precision—this is a story of dominance, submission, and the long road to intimacy.