coastal-skies

Abby Ryan has her whole life planned out, up until graduation that is. As a journalism student at the University of Southern Washington, she has one goal in mind for her last semester of senior year: secure a scholarship for graduate school. But when a scholarship opportunity arises that requires her to write a feature article on USW's star basketball player and notorious playboy, Tristan Beck, lines start to blur, and Abby soon realizes that staying focused can be hard when you're trying not to fall in love.Tristan Beck has been focused on one thing since he started at USW on a full-ride scholarship: put up the numbers and bust his ass to get drafted into the NBA. With only a semester standing between him and the draft, this is his last chance to impress the scouts. When Abby Ryan, a witty and magnetic journalism student, asks to interview him for an article, he knows the publicity will be good for his career, but when they start spending time together and he realizes that he might want her as more than his typical hook-up- only fashion, he has to remind himself why he refuses to date, and where his priorities need to lie.…

coastal-skies

Josie Guerrero is focused on one thing: getting accepted into the prestigious art studies program within the Art School at the University of Southern Washington. With thirteen weeks to create her sophomore portfolio, she knows she can't afford any distractions, but when an ink-coated basketball player walks into her life, even she can't deny the cosmic ties pulling them together.Micah Costa is just trying to get through his senior year at the University of Southern Washington unscathed. Although, after finding out about his estranged father's cancer diagnosis, his not-so-impressive projections in the NBA draft, and the stress of filling Tristan Beck's shoes as team captain of his three-time NCAA championship-winning basketball team, he's starting to crack under the pressure. Only, he can't drown his worries in liquor like he used to - instead, by a serendipitous twist of fate, it's a five-foot-one, ribbon-wearing art student with paint-spotted hands that begins to ease his mind.…

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Olivia Beck isn't breathing. She hasn't been able to breathe for months - for years, really - but standing at the precipice of it all, she knows she's run out of places to hide from the skeletons in her closet. Cornered and suffocating, she knows she can either turn around and face what's been haunting her or take that next step and freefall until she hits rock bottom. Unfortunately for Olivia, she'd rather risk the fall than come face to face with the ghost of her past.Luke McConnell is broken. A fucked up knee, a poorly patched-up heart, and gaping childhood wounds that carelessly placed bandaids don't seem to be disguising anymore. He's falling apart. But when his Coach mandates him to therapy, he knows he can't ignore his problems with a bottle of 42 and a perfectly executed punch line anymore. He's being ripped apart, stitch by stitch, and fuck if it doesn't hurt. The only consolation? The girl he's been hopelessly in love with for the past two and a half years - the girl he's been expressly forbidden from dating - is seeing the same therapist, and after collecting enough stolen glances in the therapy waiting room, even he can't deny that somehow, when they're standing close enough, their broken pieces seem to fit together perfectly.…