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Dunk

Dunk

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When Gracie is humiliated after following her best friend's brother to college and finds he's moved on without her, she grows closer to his rival--the captain of his basketball team--the infamous Kalen Rush, and suddenly Gracie wonders just what lengths she'll go to in order to prove she's not the fool who fell for her best friend's brother's tricks. However, Gracie soon realizes Kalen is connected to a dark part of her past, and it won't be long before it all blows up in their faces.A New Adult Enemies-To-Lovers Sports RomanceUPDATES EVERY SUNDAY…

Spotlight

Spotlight

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When superstar Kade Hendrix steals Ivy's song, she falls into his world of public scrutiny-and his arms-just as the rest of her world falls down around her.Ivy is sure superstar Kade Hendrix won't notice his number one fan in the crowd of his intimate concert, but what happens when her childhood idol begins singing one of her songs that she submitted for his consideration--and pretends that he was the one who wrote it...There's a reason they say never meet your heroes. ***Ivy Bennett is just trying to get over her crush on her off-limits guy best friend when she is forced into superstar Kade Hendrix's world of managers, publicists, stylists, Non-Disclosure Agreements and intrusive paparazzi--all because he decided to steal the songwriting credits to what is proving to be his biggest hit of all time. Coaxed into a flimsy alliance where she takes a job as his primary co-writer, Ivy and Kade are caught up in a whirlwind of emotions--most of them hate--but somewhere along the way, romantic lines are blurred and Ivy isn't too sure that crush she had on Kade ever really went away.Will Ivy forgive and forget the terrible behavior of the one person who was her inspiration for writing in the first place, or have the bridges already been burned?Follow Ivy and Kade on their journey from strangers to enemies to something neither of them can put into words in his world of extremes in the spotlight.…

Swish

Swish

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{Free story 1 paid bonus chapter} Virginia hates her school's basketball superstar, but Eli Shepherd is hoping to change that, one basket at a time. ***Virginia takes a job at her college's basketball gym where worlds collide and attraction runs wild between her and the school's captain of the basketball team- NBA Draft hopeful Eli Shepherd. Trying to keep her father's celebrity status as a retired basketball legend is a hard secret to keep, especially when her dad invites Eli over to train him- at her house.While deadly secrets threaten to tear apart the only family she has left, Virginia must search for answers while guarding her heart against the greatest threat it has ever faced- Eli Shepherd. 🚨COMPLETED🚨*This story is FREE but there is one Paid bonus chapter!WARNING: Mature scenes and themes. Read at your own risk.…

Rebound

Rebound

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*FREE WITH PAID BONUS CHAPTER*After being dumped by her boyfriend, Elodie Shepherd resigns herself to loving her older brother's best friend from afar, just like she always has, even though he only sees her as his best friend's immature kid sister.But what happens when the dynamics between them shift once he learns of her feelings for him? Will her toxic family's return spell trouble for her hopes of a romantic future with her first love? Or will the meddling of a certain deadbeat father and overprotective older brother shatter her heart far more than loving Matthew from afar ever could?🚨🚨🚨Mature🚨🚨🚨***This is a FREE story with one paid BONUS chapter at the end***Completed*Sequel to Swish, can be read as standalone*…

Rivals

Rivals

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Cassie gets revenge against her cheating ex with his biggest rival on the football field with MVP Carden Blake--but their tragic and turbulent past makes for a conflicting reunion. ***Carden Blake was a bully. He wrote Cassie off as a nerdy bookworm the moment he set eyes on her in first grade, and kept that opinion of her all throughout school until they went their separate ways--but they attend colleges three miles apart from each other.He ruined her family's life.While he became a football prodigy and was winning awards for his achievements, Cassie was at her brother's bedside after his spinal injury. While he was attending parties and hooking up with every girl he could find, Cassie was getting cheated on by her best-friend-turned-ex boyfriend.And when their paths cross after the fateful night where everything falls apart, she makes a decision that will impact the rest of her life. Because Carden is her ex's biggest rival, and its time for Cassie to finally take her revenge. "Don't get sad, get even." -T.S.Book 1…

Fame

Fame

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Felicity has a secret, one that would make her college roommate extremely jealous - she knows one of the hottest stars in the music industry: Sawyer Reeves...or rather, she knew him, as they used to be best friends. She would never forgive him for stealing the fame that was meant to be hers. *****When Sawyer Reeves was signing his name on a lucrative record deal, Felicity was mourning the loss of her brother. When Sawyer was playing sold-out arena shows to thousands of adoring fans, she was attending therapy sessions to cope with the trauma she'd experienced. Felicity vowed to never touch a piano again, and to never forgive Sawyer for betraying her - no matter how close he tries to get to her heart.[[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]Cover designed by Ray Gardener…

The Lonely Girl

The Lonely Girl

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When Cami moves in with the 2 most popular guys in school in a new foster home placement, she realizes that her tragic past just might make it so that she will stay lonely forever. ***Cami has been lonely since her life was destroyed five years ago and she ended up in foster care, bouncing around from house to house with no set direction--until she ends up at Hartingrove Academy, where she meets the enigmatic player Colton, and his best friend, golden boy football star Parker. The boy's feud threatens to make Cami collateral damage as she finds an unlikely ally in the outcast brother of her crush--Grey Hartingrove--who just might have even more demons than her. But when her home placement is changed and she finds herself living in Grey and Parker's house, the lines of romance become even more blurred.Faced with insurmountable obstacles in her home and social life, Cami realizes that, in the end, she might just be truly alone after all.…

Afterglow

Afterglow

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When Kate returns home to boarding school, she must fend off her ex-boyfriend who is now dating her sister and her childhood bully desperate to learn her newfound secrets. ***An Enemies to Lovers Romance:When Kate is forced to move back home to boarding school only to be confronted by the school's infamous bad boy and her childhood bully, she is quickly reminded of the reasons she wanted to leave so desperately in the first place- her cheating ex boyfriend being one of those reasons. However, Kate finds herself put in multiple precarious positions with Lachlan and faces questions about their quick changing relationship.Tortured with past family secrets and the question of her parentage and the danger that accompanies that knowledge, Kate is in more peril than ever, and this blooming romance between her and a boy who used to make her life a living hell isn't helping with her confusion and fear. Can she push past the reservations she holds against Lachlan and truly let him into her heart to face the danger together, or will they be forever stained by the afterglow of the traumatic past and damage that she refused to share with anyone besides herself?…

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

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Raven Collins has an enemy: her best friend's twin brother. The only problem? That very same twin brother blames Raven for his twin's death, as well as the rest of her town. While she struggles to uncover the truth surrounding Adam's mysterious drowning, she also has to fend off budding feelings for her high school tormentor, but when he decides to join her in the hunt for answers, their connection becomes all the more real. While the romantic lines become blurred and they are faced with more questions than answers, can Raven control her heart long enough to find out the truth of what really happened to her best friend, or will she be consumed with the undercurrent that threatens to drag her, and everyone else, down right along with her drowned best friend?Trigger Warning: mild language, mild sexual content.…

Heartbreak Roommate

Heartbreak Roommate

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After being cheated on by her fiancé, the last thing Lydia wants to do is room with her brother and his 2 roommates, but what happens when she has no where else to go? ***Devastated by a betrayal by her ex-fiancé and ex best-friend, Lydia Montgomery is forced to leave her home to move in with her brother and his roommate to get back on her feet. All of her plans, however, are de-railed when division 1 football player and her brother's former roommate comes home after an injury to take his room back, leaving Lydia with two options: move out and be practically homeless, or stay in a house with her brother and his two roommates. As she grows closer to Emmett, her secrets are brought to light as well as dangers that appear at every turn, and with his football career hanging in the balance, will their attraction survive the fallout? *Strong sexual content and some triggering scenes*Complete…

Royally Flushed

Royally Flushed

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When a broken Malia meets playboy Prince Louis at boarding school, past secrets emerge and a dangerous threat against the monarchy arises, but as they grow closer will their bond survive or will it be destroyed in the plot against the reigning family? ***Malia Spencer jumps at the chance to get away from her evil stepfather after her mother's death and finds herself situated at a nice prep school for the exorbitantly rich and famous in England after her aunt on her mother's side rescues her from America. Little did she know, though, that she was among royalty. Enter Prince Louis: the sexy and enigmatic bad boy player of Wilmington Prep that stumbles into her life without warning, opening her mind to his sarcastic remarks and smart ass ways. She realizes that he's someone she will have to endure if it means staying in England and as far away from her step father as possible. But what happens when the complexities of his royal life interfere into her own, digging into her past and the tragedies that accompany it?Will she be able to pick up the pieces of her heart or will it forever be royally flushed?…

Rejected Revenge

Rejected Revenge

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Training to become an elite warrior after her soulmate brutally rejects her, Violet Caldwell meets the king of all wolves-and joins him in his quest for justice on the brink of a surging war. ***Violet Caldwell was adopted, and the secrets behind her birth family rise as she leaves her community of werewolves behind to train to become an elite warrior and discover the secrets they left behind-but it is only when she meets the king of all wolves, Julian Andonov, and feels an inexplicable connection with him that she realizes her past might just hold the key to the rising war that's threatening to tear down the ancient monarchy forever.Trigger Warning: some explicit language and sexual content, instance of unwanted sexual advances.…

Rejected Princess

Rejected Princess

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Davina's soulmate rejects her, but he has no idea she is his future queen. ***Davina Andonov is a werewolf, but she is also an Oracle-blessed by the Moon Goddess to see the future, and has been kept under lock and key her entire life in her family's castle, but when her parents decide it's time for her to find her mate to help her rule, she finds her soulmate-and he brutally rejects her. Torn between her heartache and her duty to the throne, Davina uncovers damaging secrets of the past, and Davina's gifts of sight wreak havoc on the kingdom that will have repercussions for the future of her rule, however long-or short-may she reign. ***Sequel to Rejected Revenge ***Can be read as stand alone novelTrigger Warnings: mild language, mild sexual content.…

She's So Gone

She's So Gone

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When Caroline returns home to find both her crush and the bad boy next door want to be with her, she's determined to keep her secrets from ruining everything. ***** Caroline Rogers is back. Having left behind her life to attend a prestigious musical academy the last three years, Caroline returns a whole new person, determined not to be weighed down by the scars of bullying that plagued her before. Her best friend and life-long crush is there to welcome her back, and he might finally return feelings for her. If only she could trust him again after what happened in their past. And when one of her former bullies, captivating bad boy Kieran, starts trying to connect with her in the wake of betrayal, Caroline is left confused over who she can really trust in this town, and how far gone she is from her past.Content and/or Trigger Warning: Not suitable for readers under the age of 13. There will be some mature language and sexual themes present.[[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]…

Songbirds & Sirens

Songbirds & Sirens

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Josephine's voice kills any man who hears it-except for the assassin sent to capture her for the king that's been chasing her all her life...but what happens when he decides he doesn't want to hand her over and keep her for himself instead? ***Josephine Raphelia is a Siren who has been running from the King of Valencia her whole life, and when the day finally comes that she is taken captive by who she believes to be one of the king's guards, she soon begins to realize that nothing is as it seems in her world. The people she once thought she could trust are filled with secrets and betrayals and as she meets new allies along the route to her freedom, she unravels the plots in her life while also trying to cling to a family she never knew but will fight with her last breath to protect. It is only when a god of old enters the fight and challenges her feelings for her captor that Josephine realizes this is much bigger than she ever could have realized, and soon finds that she might be the key to unlocking the answers of her freedom, and the freedom of her people, once and for all.*A Dark High Fantasy Romance*…

drown on you

drown on you

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* ON HOLD * Drawn to her dangerous neighbor after he returns home, Audrey loses her memory of the night her best friend goes missing during a storm, but not all is as it seems in this cozy little beach town as she recovers bits and pieces of that night, throwing her into the path of the bad boy outcast everyone keeps warning her to stay away from. And in the wreckage of the storm, her best friend is missing.The more she unravels, the less she understands. What happened the night of the hurricane, and what will Audrey lose in her pursuit of the truth when all is revealed?A steamy beach romantic suspense thriller where all is not as it appears in this sleepy coastal town. -Steamy romantic thriller/suspense-Mature romantic scenes-Some violence…

Beat Of My Heart

Beat Of My Heart

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Holly Vickers didn't care about superstar Sebastian Jennings, she certainly never thought she'd ever meet him in person, either. She was a normal seventeen year old girl in high school just looking for a fun night out to escape her hectic life and decided to go to a concert with her best friend. Little did she know her life would change the moment her eyes connected with worldwide superstar Sebastian Jennings-singer, actor and international heartthrob. Did Holly have what it took to make sure that Sebastian didn't rewrite the tune of her life to the beat of his heart?***We stared back at each other in a heat filled moment, and as I looked into his piercing green eyes I felt myself being lost in his stare. He licked his lips and leaned down towards my face, and I felt his breath fan across my cheeks as I saw him close his eyes, lips desperately close to my own. I was about to lean in and close my eyes as well until I heard a piercing scream run through the hallways."SEBASTIAN JENNINGS!"***SATIRE! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK***…

Lover Dearest

Lover Dearest

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"It was like electric shocks sparking all around my body. At first touch, it was a light brush of skin on mine. That little touch almost overwhelmed me. Almost.I deepened the feather soft kiss, craving his electric touch. Tingles shot through my arms and thighs and I felt a thrill I had never felt before, not even when we had kissed before. Because now there was a chance that we could actually be together. For real this time.He responded immediately, reaching down and picking me up in his arms. We stumbled back until my spine hit the wall and I gasped in pleasure when his lips left mine and started moving down on my neck to my collar bone. He sucked on the sweet spot at the point right behind my ear. I writhed in his arms, wanting and needing so much more.He used the wall to hold up my weight and grabbed my arms and pinned them above my arms, only enticing me even more. I could hardly breathe, his tongue swirling magical patterns in my mouth and on my skin. I wouldn't be able to stop if he tried to go any further. I don't think I even wanted to."***************************************************Kristen has always felt drawn to the storms that brew in her life. But none have ever made her try to walk into a tornado, until now. Tethered to the living world by only her family and a strange man appearing as a shadow, she drifts away from reality and becomes engulfed in searching for the answers of her life. Torn between two worlds and two men vying for her attention, Kristen's decisions only become that much more important. But she finds out all too quickly that the answers she so desperately craves are more dark and haunting than she could ever have imagined, and it is only the beginning.…

Dear Death

Dear Death

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Cassie can see and speak to ghosts-so what happens when her ex-best friend dies and can't cross over to the other side?Go on the emotional journey as Cassie tries to decipher her own grief through helping others through their own in this short story about love, loss and moving on.…

sinful

sinful

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When Lara stumbles upon the secret world hidden by her college fraternities, she is assigned a body guard to make sure she keeps quiet. The only problem? He's more interested in making her his than actually making sure she stays quiet, and the journalist in her isn't about to go down without a fight.A college bully romance-- Coming February 14, 2024…