"You know it's against the law to lie to a police officer, right, Miss Mills?" Silence hung like a thick smoke as Lane's tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth. Officer Casey's tone hadn't changed, but something in his gaze had. "I don't know what you want me to say, I'm sorry." Lane's voice was close to a whisper. They passed a gas station she didn't recognize. The inside was dark, like it had been closed for a long time. Lane's chest tightened. Something felt very wrong. "Where are we going?" She asked finally, voice tighter than she meant it to be. That earned her a sharp and fleeting glance, the corner of his mouth turning up like he was in on a joke she wasn't. "Don't worry. I'll get you where you need to go." ~ All Lane is trying to do is survive in a world that's already failed her. After a childhood spent bouncing between homes, a steady job, a place to lay her head, and a beater to take her from Point A to Point B were the small things she'd fought for. Lane was trying -- she really was. Her life was finally hers, and she intended to keep it that way. But of course, as the saying goes, "Men plan, God laughs." All it took was a glance. Lane froze. And then she ran. It wasn't supposed to be her problem. But the moment those eyes caught hers, she was thrust into a world she'd always tried to avoid. And she'll have to do more than stay quiet to make it out alive. ________________________________________ Completed ✔️ _________________________________________ PREVIOUSLY 'THE PRICE OF SILENCE' Title changed 06/09/2026 Highest Rankings: #1 - Resilience {08/06/2026} #1 - Witness {08/22/2026} #1 - Captivity {08/25/2026} #4 - Faith {09/10/2026} #11 - Hope {09/15/2026}

After three silent years of secretly loving Rei Saionji, the cruel and untouchable boy everyone feared, Miyu Aizawa is ready to graduate and leave her feelings behind. But Rei has been watching her too. When his obsession turns into captivity, Miyu is forced to confront the truth: what he calls love is possession, and what he wants from her is not her heart, but her surrender. After she escapes and leaves him shattered, both must rebuild their lives separately-until six years later, a Tokyo advertising project brings them face to face again. This time, the music must learn how to let go. Award: 2nd Place - Romance Category, Treetop Writer Awards 2026

"You either play by the rules, or you die." Grace Ridley's main purpose in life is soccer. She plays on the field like her life depends on it, but what happens when her life literally hangs in the balance? A threatening note is left outside her dorm. She feels someone watching her during soccer practices. Soon she learns she has to choose between playing by the rules or playing with integrity. Appleton Hall, the prestigious university in Boston, is the place where every soccer protégé, competitive academic, or rich kid of private billionaires wants to be. But danger and secrets are hiding within the beautifully haunting Appleton Hall. _________________________________ UPDATES ON THE 1ST and 3RD FRIDAYS OF THE MONTH. Add to your library and keep reading if you enjoy: ✨️short thrilling chapters🤯😏 ✨️dangerous secret societies🤐💣 ✨️a sweet romantic subplot💋💌❤️‍🔥 ✨️a fierce, strong female lead🌟⚡️🔥⚽️ DISCLAIMER: This is an unedited first draft. I am sharing this so I keep writing forward instead of getting stuck with perfectionism. I want to build this story with community to hear what's working and what needs strengthening. You are my beta readers, enthusiastic fans, and constructive critics who get to witness the good, the bad, and the ugly of writing a story I absolutely love! I'm so excited to go on this journey with you! Trigger Warnings: Violence: mild thriller violence, blackmail, murder/threats/fear. Romance: kissing, handholding, flirting, longing, and attraction - nothing explicit. Language: No explicit language Age: 15+ _________________________________ Rankings: #1 in #unedited (8/22/26) #1 in #firstdraft (8/22/26) #1 in #sportsfiction (9/8/26) #5 in #secretsocieties (8/22/26) #8 in #cleanromance (8/22/26) #24 in #university (out of 69.9k stories!!!😱) (9/9/26)

She spent four summers pretending she wasn't in love with him. Andrew Pierce was her brother's best friend, the boy next door - literally. Off-limits, oblivious, and completely unavoidable. By the time he finally noticed her, Anne had already learned to stop waiting. But some tides don't care about timing. Summer Tides is a slow-burn romance about childhood friends, adjacent beach houses, and the dangerous business of falling for someone who has always felt like home - across four summers, one ocean, and everything left unsaid.

A woman who spent years running from her past collides with the man who never forgot any of it. This is a romance about trauma, faith in the midst of violence and corruption, and the redeeming power of love. About people caught between the lives they inherited and the ones they're fighting to choose. Can we break the cycles we were raised in, or are we forever shaped by the habits forced upon us? 𓆩❤︎𓆪 "You make me go crazy sometimes," he whispered, mint and heat brushing my face. "Am I really that bad?" I asked softly. "No," he rasped, low and honest. "I am." 𓆩❤︎𓆪 !!FULL BOOK SYNOPSIS AND TAGS INSIDE!!

Althea was trapped in a life she never chose, forced into a foreign city to study medicine while burying the one dream that truly mattered. But the universe wasn't done playing with her fate just yet. She never expected to step into a dangerous new world-and she certainly never expected him. Damien Hargrove was lethal, guarded, and entirely out of reach. He had built impenetrable walls around his heart, ruling a world where survival meant feeling nothing at all. Until Althea. She became his breath, his ultimate weakness, and the one obsession he refused to let go. He knew he was poison. He knew loving him would drag her into the shadows of blood, crime, and betrayal. And still, he chose to burn them both down. Wrapped in a web of deadly missions, silent longing, and buried secrets, the line between duty and desire vanishes into thin air. One wrong move will expose them. One touch will destroy them. In a world where every single heartbeat is a gamble... will loving each other save them, or tear them to pieces? © All Rights Reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously..Do not copy or repost my work!!

At eighteen, Sophie Miller leaves Texas for New York to meet the older sister she only recently discovered. She hopes the city will give her pieces of the past her mind refuses to remember, but New York teaches her quickly that blood does not always mean love. The only bright spot in those days is Marco, a beautiful stranger from a world Sophie was never meant to enter. After everything falls apart, Sophie leaves for Britain and Ashborne College, an elite school where power hides behind perfect smiles and kindness can look like weakness. She wants to start over and study painting, but the past follows her farther than she expected. Can Sophie survive the pressure of a world that was never made for girls like her? This story contains mature themes and emotional trauma.

Four years ago, Jacob JJ Harrens kissed me on the blue bench at Pine-Hollow Pond, called me little Lou, and left Brookside Lane before I could decide if it meant everything or nothing. I spent the next years pretending one summer could not follow me around like a secret I was too embarrassed to admit I kept. Then JJ comes back after his father's death - older, quieter, impossible to read - and suddenly the boy I tried to forget is standing too close, remembering too much, and making every almost feel dangerous. With school two weeks away and Sarah asking questions I am not ready to answer, I know JJ did not come back for me... so why does it feel like he remembers the same story?