She hears all the locker room talk. She helps when the guys drink too much before a game. She tapes them up when they're injured. And in return, they watch her back. While most students spend their time partying, Lily spends her free time working. But her job as the assistant athletic trainer for the PSU football team comes with the benefit of being friends with every player on the team. Except the entirely too cocky, reckless, and charming golden boy of the team: Vincent Bradshaw. When they aren't spouting insults at one another, Vincent and Lily are doing everything in their power to avoid each other. That is, until Vincent gets injured.

how far would you go . . . for someone you love? ♔ Levi steps forward, placing himself between me and Jack. Like he's protecting me from him. But I don't need protecting, certainly not from Jack. "Who do you think you are, dude?" Levi spits, getting in Jack's face. "Look, Scarlett was just helping me out with a proj-" "I'm not your dude," Jack bites, and I want to tear my hair out of my head. This is going downhill very fast. Jack turns to me. "Scar, we need to talk," he says lowly. Then loud enough for Levi to hear, "So can you please get this kid to leave." "Hey, you don't get to come in here and start ordering her around," Levi says harshly. "You don't control her." "And you think that you do?" Jack spits. ♔ When Scarlett moved off to college, she hoped to start anew and find her way in this world alone. Two problems. One: her older brother goes to the same college, and it seems like he's everywhere, keeping her from doing everything she hoped to do as a college freshman. Two: her brother's devastatingly handsome best friend also seems hell-bent on ruining her college experience . . . but in a different way. Their paths keep crossing, and Scarlett is reminded of the powerful attraction that they've both ignored for far too long. Not to mention, a new face begins to occupy everyday Scarlett's thoughts. When Scarlett is paired with an allusive, darkly handsome stranger for a film project, her world begins to open in ways she never thought possible. But as his mystery unravels into dark secrets, she wonders if she's falling a bit too hard. Before long, Scarlett is forced to realize that balancing the hearts of two boys at once just might result in the breaking of her own.

**completed** HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 IN FICTION #1 IN SLOWBURN #1 IN COLLEGE Penn State University. Home to the craziest sorority girls, most obnoxious football players, and a girl that's trying to dig her way out of her parent's mess. Naomi Black wants nothing more than to focus on her studies this semester- nothing else. She doesn't have room to mess up, she doesn't have time to party- she wants a life she couldn't have before. Matti Williams is your average college guy. Booze, boobs, and blondes. What makes him not so average is the fact that he is suspected to be the number one pick in the NFL Draft. Being the Quarterback at Penn State has its perks, but what happens when the Quarterback title doesn't work on the one girl he wants the most? Read to find out. BOOK NUMBER ONE IN THE PSU SERIES.

Madelynn Wells couldn't wait to begin her college years at California State University, she'd been grasping at the idea of complete freedom for so long and now she finally has it. Living in an off campus apartment with her best friends and attending continuous parties every weekend, so far college was racking up to be everything Madelynn had expected and more. When she meets the captain of the swim team, Ashton Miller, in the very house her best friends' twin brother lives in, she can't deny the instant sexual chemistry the two share. But fooling around can only go so far until the lines begin to blur and feelings get hurt. (this is a dual point of view story) book one in the csu series.

| Complete | REWRITING + ROUGH DRAFT | Riley Greene was all set for her summer vacation with her college boyfriend, Kevin. With her bags packed and passport ready, she was excited to go sight-seeing through Hawaii. All her plans came crashing down when Kevin decides to end their relationship...the day after graduation. A heartbroken Riley is unable to resist the invitation to spend the summer with her best friend Samantha and her family at their beach house. Sam just had one rule: NO DATING ANY OF HER BROTHERS. Riley agreed without hesitation. After all, she had no plans on even looking at another man right now. That is until she meets Joey. Known as the womanizer of Sam's brothers, he can charm anyone. When he sets his sights on Riley, it unleashes an erotic connection neither of them saw coming. Lost in a passionate affair of secret rendezvous and stolen kisses, Riley is battling with two things: the craving for Joey's touch and the fear of betraying her best friend. How far will they go? Rankings: #9 - romance out of 1.5 million stories (March 2020) S/n: the main purpose of this story is drama. Some scenes may not be dramatic to you, but it's a story. That's the point. Beautiful cover by: Thegraphicdistrict on Instagram! I'm sorry guys. This is the very very ROUGH DRAFT. I did not edit. I will get to it when I have more time.

Antagonists to Lovers | Forbidden Romance | Julie Stevens just wants a simple life, but the brooding, intensely handsome and mysterious fighter named Joey Ryder, turns her entire world upside down. It doesn't help that she's had a crush on him-through the TV screen-for years...but he doesn't know that. Yet. FEATURED @StoriesUndiscovered for the month of July 2022 FEATURED @Romance on Wattpad ... Sports therapist, Julie Stevens, reconsiders her taste in men when a brooding, legendary MMA fighter walks into her small-town gym. The fighter needs a team to prepare him for the brutal, winner-takes-all Warlord tournament. Meeting him person, she learns that he's crass, difficult, and even hostile... But she can't turn him away, as this is the break that the gym needs. Not only does she have to deal with the fact that Ryder was her celebrity crush for many years, but she also can't catch a break with the grumpy fighter. Every encounter seems to go wrong... and then, one day, it doesn't. Ryder's walls peel back, piece by piece, until the complicated warrior reveals a man who loves hard, and unequivocally. But Julie signed a contract with the gym's main coach stating that she'll never cross that line. They both know it, but they can't stop throwing looks as strong as his punches. Will Julie risk losing the gym that she holds up in her brother's honor? What will she think when secrets are dragged out of Ryder's shadows that he'd much rather keep hidden? ... Friendly for all readers who enjoy a steamy, tension filled romance with drops of humor. Knowledge and/or interest in MMA not required. ... AWARDS: 🥇1ST PLACE The Carnival Awards -- Romance 2020 🥇1ST PLACE in Boba Awards - Romance 2022 🥉3rd Place ROMANCE Besties Award 2020 🏆Best Cover for Carnival Awards 2020

Star quarterback, Sage Jenson, is back for another great season. The pressure is on to keep up the hard work to eventually make it to the NFL. Sage plans to continue his ritual, "One blow, then you gotta go," during his junior year; no strings, no relationships, and no commitments. When the shocking news about the USC football team enrolling in a couple of ballet lessons to improve, "Speed, Agility, and Vigilance." He realizes it will be a helluva a lot harder to follow his ritual with a certain brunette dancer nearby. Dancer, Nessa Easton, is finally back at the University of Southern California for another school year. This year for her dance class, Nessa has to deal with the extra dose of testosterone due to the additions of, you guessed it, football players. So, when there was an opportunity to be awarded extra credit for pairing up with a new student and guiding them, she takes the bait. However, it is hard to be strictly professional when notorious panty-dropper, Sage Jenson, catches your eye. highest rankings: #5 - #college updates frequently | Romance 2021

Evangeline Carter wants nothing more than to make it through her final year of college in one piece figuratively and literally. With a messy ending to her long-term relationship, the task of getting over him deems harder than she thought it would be. With her future up in the air, and one last semester standing between her and graduation. She feels like everythings slowly slipping out of her reach. Letting her insecurities get the best of her leads her to question her worth. Wanting to feel something--anything, she turns to the most unattainable guy on campus seeking the one thing she never thought she'd consider--a rebound. Jaxson Reed has had to listen to the doubter his entire life. An NCAA champion and a First Round draft projection had everything seemingly falling in his favor or so he thought. When an injury in the NCAA tournament sets him back and leaves everything he's worked for in question. • E X T E N D E D D E S C R I P T I O N • Start: 06/22/20 End:

Hoping for no distractions during her senior year of college, Ryan finds herself in a whirlwind romance following a one-night stand with the last person she expected: the star wide receiver of the football team. ***** Ryan Collins only has two goals: to get into medical school and avoid football players, thanks to her ex-boyfriend and their nasty breakup. But after a one-night stand, she's torn between a notorious wide receiver and the dream she's starting to question more each day. With the NFL draft quickly approaching, Carsen Blake has a lot more to worry about than just football. Managing an alcoholic mother, a stubborn coach, and his grief after his father's passing, Carsen has to convince the one girl he's liked for years that he's worth more than a one-night stand while also proving to himself that he is more than everyone's expectations. Book One of the UNC Series Content warning: This story contains an instance of mild self-harm, themes of addiction and mentions of emotional partner abuse

He was completely and utterly oblivious to everything that he had caused and she absolutely hated him for that. [UNEDITED] [DUAL POV] TW: eating disorder recovery