"Do they not say that a good friendship builds on a ground of lies?" I joke, lightening the mood immediately as his green eyes glint in humor and a smirk falls on his familiar lips. "Do you kiss a lot of your friends, love?" The underlying tones threaten to provoke a blush on my cheeks, but I get myself together. Smirking at him, "Well, of course, is that not the norm?" *********** Dakota Moore is the perfect example of a beautiful disaster. Her wisdom is ready to knock anyone down, her self worth is an exact replica of the way her father raised her, and her pain so intense it screams over every building. She refuses to show anyone what's going on behind closed doors, especially when her lovely father gets the traumatic news that he has an incurable disease. Elijah Black is the spur of the moment kind of guy, he's the one no one ever settles with because of his angry outbursts and rude ways. Even though he throws everyone off, except for when they want sexual advances, he still can't help but feel enthralled by the freckled girl who's hiding so many secrets behind a fake smile. As they clash and try to reject the obvious rush, will they accept their attraction, or is everything just too much? After all, how can two ruined teenagers manage a youthful love without destroying themselves in the process? Highest Rankings: 1st place in #beautiful 1st place in #flirt 1st place in #featured 1st place in #problems 2nd place in #hot 2nd place in #heated 2nd place in #slowbuild

[BOOK2] ***** I want her. I want her more than I've ever wanted anything. But I can't have her. Because the moment I admit that out loud, the moment I risk everything we've built, I could lose her. And losing Isla? That's not an option. ******* Isla Brookes and Theo Dwyers have been inseparable since childhood-always there for each other, always just friends. Though, things start to change and everything starts feeling different. The stolen glances, the quiet tension, the way his heart pounds whenever she's around. Isla's the last person to realize the truth: she's falling for the one person she can't afford to lose, and Theo's determined to stay in her orbit, even if it means watching her slip away. But some connections are impossible to ignore. As they stumble through missed moments and growing feelings, they'll have to decide if risking their friendship for something more is worth it. Because with love this deep, waiting isn't an option forever.

"I pray that the last time I said goodbye was not meant forever." *** Growing up with a single parent with not much money to spare wasn't particularly easy, but Kayla never felt like her life was anything less than amazing. Her father loves her dearly, she has two amazing best friends, and she helps out at her family owned bistro while still managing to do well in school. What more could she ask for? Everything was perfect. Until the night her entire life came crashing down. The night of the accident. Kayla is forced to move in with her aunt who she hasn't seen since the young age of two. With Kayla's life breaking at the seams, she struggles to cope with her overwhelming sorrow. On Kayla's journey towards self- forgiveness she takes a risky leap towards love. She soon realizes that he will either save her, or be the cause of her reckoning. *completed

[COMPLETED] "That wasn't very nice, was it princess?" He asked in a husky voice and I stuttered, trying to form words but failing. His lips leaned in and started to trail softly down my neck. I tried to hold in my moan as the light feeling of his lips in my skin continued until he pulled back abruptly. "Sorry princess. Not today." He finished before walking out of the room, leaving me in a daze. Madison Thompson isn't your typical 18-year-old. She attends Sea City High School in Florida and her temper and attitude always gets the better of her. But her strange encounter with school badboy and star quarterback, Noah Johnson, who has a bad past, puts her on edge as well as her little secret is slowly rising from the ashes. Seems like the typical storyline...right? She's falling, in more ways that one, and doesn't realise it, but will Noah help her see there's more to her life than what she makes it out to be? WARNING! - Contains strong language, triggering topics (i.e abuse, violence etc.)

[2022 WATTY WINNER - GETTING PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2025] Noah Archer dates girls for two weeks and then moves on-but none of his exes seem to mind. Skyler Fox can't figure it out. When her best friend becomes Noah's latest "victim," Sky decides it's time to expose him. Her plan? Be the next girl he dates. Charming and confident, Noah accepts Sky's unexpected dating proposal. Beneath his reputation, Noah is searching for something real, driven by a secret. Each short-lived relationship is his way of chasing a connection before it's too late. Sky sets out to expose Noah, but the closer she gets, the more she starts to question her motives... and her heart. As their two weeks unfold and Noah's secrets begin to surface, Sky is forced to confront the one question she never expected: can she be the one to break his two-week streak? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For fans of contemporary, humorous, clean teen romance by Beth Reekles, Sarah Dessen, and Jenny Han comes a debut YA novel about uncovering secrets, challenging first impressions, and discovering that love-and people-are far more complicated than they seem.

Ryan's family dies in a car crash and she moves in with her mom's friend so collage. she has anxiety problems ever since her family's death but keeps it to herself. she doesn't express feelings well; she likes to keep them to herself. she partly blames herself for her family's deaths. her world is rocked by these boys she moves in with. all they seem to do is sports, video games, and hit on as many chicks as they can. she soon meets someone who she has never known she could love much. but how can everyone adjust when a skeleton falls out of the closet? when will the boys and everyone learn what happened to her? how will new love be affected by this? will Ryan ever learn to love and express her feelings again? will she ever heal from her pain?

Every girl needs their world to be rocked at least once. While Aiden Bradford believes he has everything he's ever wanted for his senior year at UCLA, he can't help but feel there's something missing. His world couldn't be more perfect. He's emulated his Uncle Blake, the top NFL Quarterback now retired from the 49ers, in every way but he still isn't happy. His family and friends are his world, Leighton, his girlfriend, is finishing college miles away in New York. So when he meets Riley, his world is rocked in a way he never dreamed. Riley Hudson has always been a good student, a good girl in general. She's not shy or outspoken, she's just there, unnoticed and always in the background. After two years at her local community college she received a scholarship to finish at the university. Now in a dorm filled with three other girls, she's living her quiet little dream of going to UCLA and being the first in her family to get a college degree. One night fate steps in, in the form of Aiden Bradford, the star quarterback, who ends up rocking her world in a way she's never imagined. The Moss Bluff Series should be read first This is the final installments of The Dual Threat Series **Adult content Readers advised - language and sexual situations **

Walls are the foundation of buildings. They keep them tall and strong. They protect what's on the inside, from the cruelty of the outside world. Walls are hard, cold stone. Walls are safe. As my fists fly back and forth, I feel the cold stone under my knuckles. With each hit, my body cools and my face becomes harder. I feel the wall inhabit my body. I feel my muscles tensing as my fists fly quicker. Sweat beads on my forehead and my breathing picks up. I push my hands forward with as much force as I can, the echo of the impact hollering around me. I continue to hit the wall and I close my eyes, trying to ignore the pain --------------------------------------------------------------------- When Noah moves to Chrysler Town High, he wants to stay quiet, observe the world around him. After before, he didn't want to go back to the limelight; he couldn't afford to.

Brielle and Josh have both honed their college love into a lovely marriage, a kind that so many peers of theirs hope for. What happens when a tragic incident threatens to tear them apart. He might not even be aware, neither does she tell him and much rather prefers to keep it to herself, Her husband had become too busy for her Each both showing love silently, differently. Josh is perplexed at his wife growing distance and coldness. And Brie, Brie is constantly breaking her own heart as she realizes that her heart once full of love for Josh is being poisoned by resentment. They realize that their love that once burned red hot is now hanging on a thread. Whether or not they survive this storm isn't certain. It's okay to hope however that they could rekindle their love or find someone better . Find out if their last option to rekindle their love joins them together or breaks them further apart. Can love win over resentment, or has resentment rooted hate?

[BOOK 1] "I won't leave" I whisper, and he smiles, "I know, baby" he says softly, and my lips tug upwards into a smile. "You're the exception" he continued, his tone tender as he pressed a short, sweet kiss to my forehead. I didn't know it then, but I started falling in love with Finn Brookes, we were each other's exceptions. * * * Lily Garcia didn't come to university looking for love-especially not with someone like Finn Brooks. He's charming, infuriating, and a walking complication she doesn't need. But no matter how hard she tries to keep her distance, there's something about him that feels like gravity, pulling her closer with every encounter. Beneath his cocky exterior, she senses the fractures he tries to hide-the same ones she's been running from her entire life. Finn's been through hell, and love isn't part of the plan. He's good at keeping his walls high, locking out anyone who might get too close. But then Lily shows up, and suddenly his carefully controlled life begins to unravel. She's everything he didn't know he was missing, and that scares him more than he's willing to admit. But with their pasts threatening to destroy what they could be, and old friends trying to drive a wedge between them, trust becomes their biggest hurdle. And when a new love interest steps into the picture, everything Lily and Finn thought they were building starts to fall apart. Fighting their demons was never supposed to include each other, but now they have to decide if the risk of heartbreak is worth the reward of finally letting someone in.