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Sizzle & Spice

Sizzle & Spice

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So maybe Hannah Cameron is the sort of girl who makes a beeline to the bathroom when she sees her ex-fiancé with his hot model girlfriend. And maybe she is the sort of girl who lies about being in a relationship to avoid her family's disappointment that her life isn't going precisely how she wanted. But she definitely isn't the sort of girl who makes out in a bathroom with a man she just met. Until Axel Kline. World-renowned celebrity chef Axel Kline who doesn't have the decency to tell Hannah how famous he is before sticking his tongue down her throat and changing her life forever. Because something about him gets to Hannah. Maybe it's his blatant arrogance or that head full of hair he can't seem to stop running his fingers through. Whatever it is, Hannah can't get enough. And Axel, as a chef, is more than capable of giving her the spice she's been missing.…

Green Card

Green Card

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Piper Clark married her best friend. And no, not in the way brides always say at their wedding. She married Lucas Vega because he needed a green card. Days before graduation, Piper's college best friend, Lucas, discovered he was being deported. Everything he had worked for, everything he dreamed of, would come crumbling to the ground unless someone intervened. So Piper did.Six years later, they are living separate lives, having hardly spoken to one another since that fateful courthouse wedding all those years ago. But then a call from ICE has her on a plane, heading back to California and her husband, a man who traded his glasses for an Armani suit and his lithe form for a six pack. Now, they've got to put on the show of their lives and pretend the past six years have been nothing but marital bliss. But something new is brewing between these best friends and Piper is starting to wonder if she's acting at all.…

Fated

Fated

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"Don't date a vampire. Don't even think about a werewolf. And, for God's sake, no humans."Well. She was 0 for 2 then.It was one of the only clear pieces of advice her father had ever given her. And she had disobeyed it. Twice.Now she found herself fated to a human. But war was coming. There was no time for love. And yet...…

The Lie of My Life

The Lie of My Life

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This is Carter.It's become Ava Collins' mantra since she met him in college. A way to remind herself that she isn't like all of the other women falling at his feet for just one night with him. A reminder that she can ignore his rogueish good looks and infamous history with women because she knows the truth of the man beneath.This is her brother's roommate. This is her coworker. This is her best friend.But after a decade of cuddled-up movie nights and building a business together, there's something new developing in this friendship - lies.She had never lied to Carter before, not once. But ever since a missent text message had sent her running to his apartment for an unexpected night with the city's most accomplished playboy, lying was all she seemed to be able to do around him. Lies about their friendship, about the new benefits that came along with it, and about just how much she was allowing it to affect her heart. Because, though Ava would never admit it, she was pretty sure she was falling in love with her best friend.But she couldn't be. After all...This is Carter.…

In The Pocket

In The Pocket

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Recently blacklisted from her chosen career field, Reagan Rollins finds herself in a role she never expected; as player relations manager for the Los Angeles Chargers Football Team. Though grateful for the opportunity and eager to start her new job, she quickly discovers that a career in the male dominated field of sports may not be an easy path for a young woman to navigate. Then, there's the fact that the star quarterback can't seem to keep his eyes off of her. Liam Oliver is everything your average NFL Franchise quarterback is expected to be. A man who throws for hundreds of yards a game, charms the reporters, and then heads out on the town with his model flavor of the month. He's outspoken about his disinterest in steady relationships with a documented past of the playboy lifestyle. So why would he ever spare polished, professional Reagan Rollins a second glance? She does her best to ignore his pursuit, convinced it's nothing more than harmless flirtation but, when Liam Oliver makes an announcement that shocks the sports world to it's core, she finds it much more difficult to deny his feelings. Or to ignore her own.Steam-o-Meter Rating: 🔥🔥🔥…

Dill My Pickle

Dill My Pickle

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Elliot Taylor had it all: million-dollar home in Hollywood, dream career, and a smoking hot famous fiancée. But you never really know what you have until you lose it. All of it. Newly single and homeless, Elliot decides on a fresh start in Nashville, Tennessee, home of country music. He snags a job at a major law firm and begins the process of starting over. But then Addison Harris enters his life, desperate for his legal expertise to save her ancestral farm. She walks like trouble, talks like trouble, and he can't shake her. But this hot shot West Coast lawyer came to the country to escape his problems, not to be chased down by a wild cowgirl. Engaged in a love-hate relationship with his firm's "No Dating The Client" policy, Elliot starts to feel out of his element for the first time in his life. And he isn't the only one. Because Addison Harris' confident façade is just that: a façade. And behind that façade is a broken woman who isn't so certain she believes in love anymore. Or that she deserves it.…

StormTorn

StormTorn

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Hudson Green asked "This your first hurricane?" Like most guys might ask "You come here often?" And somehow, it worked for him.Wren Daniels wasn't looking for an extremely hot, soaking wet bad boy when she ran through a literal hurricane to escape her cheating long term boyfriend but that's what she found with Hudson. Trapped in an abandoned stairwell long enough to ride out the storm, they find common ground. She doesn't want advice. He doesn't want to give it. So they have an understanding.But trauma bonds strong and, even after the storm has passed, Wren can't shake Hudson and she's torn about whether or not she even wants to.…

The Trouble with Cheer Camp

The Trouble with Cheer Camp

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Kate Peterson is out to prove a point: that her school's queen bee doesn't get to turn the cheerleading squad into an army of air-headed lipglossed bullies.So she starts a rival squad with the aim of beating the Cougars at their own game. But that means a competition and competition means she'll need some muscle.Good thing the school's star quarterback owes her a favor.But things get a little messy when meathead meets megaphone and Kate realizes this dazzling jock is much more than she bargained for.…

Make It Two

Make It Two

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A Story of Stress, Love, and Cold Brew.This was written for the #TimsColdBrewStories Writing Contest.…