Paris Wills is a dreamer. His father always said he got it from his mom, an artist who was unlike any other. Her virtue was painting, and Paris' is poetry. No matter where he is, Paris finds inspiration for his poems. In the summer after his sophomore year of high school, Paris finds his biggest inspiration yet, one to overshadow his mom's untimely death. Paris has met Grayson Pierce, the new boy next door, who is not only friendly but also incredibly cute. With his blond waves and charismatic smile, Grayson has found a new place in Paris' heart. Still, Paris cannot help but wonder if his budding love for Grayson is merely one-sided. For now, Grayson's only friend is Paris. Yet, when school starts again after the summer, will he stick around? In order to ensure that Grayson stays, Paris must make one of the most difficult choices of his life. Should he play it safe and ignore his romantic feelings or take a chance and let himself bathe in color? 💕 Featured on @BACommunity "LGBTQ+" reading list. 💕 Featured on @BullyingPrevention "LGBTQIAP+ Pride" reading list. 💕 Featured on @ComeAndSitWithUs "#LGBTQIAP+ - I am who I am" reading list. 💕 Featured on @cupid "Love Conquers All" reading list. 💕 Featured on @CupidsBookClub "Eros" reading list. 💕 Featured on @CupidsBookClub "Cupid's Arrow (Summer 2020 Edition)". 💕 Featured on @FreeTheLGBT "Coming of Age" reading list. 💕 Featured on @Romance "Young Love" reading list. 💕 Featured on @YA "Love, Actually" reading list. 💕 #1 in poem (out of 151K stories). 💕 #1 in gaycharacters (out of 229 stories). 💕 #3 in teenager (out of 33.1K stories). 💕 #3 in cupid (out of 3.2K stories). ⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ This story depicts loss, grief, drug addiction, depression, and suicide. Read at your discretion. © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR. That's what people say. But for Derek, love is a war and nothing is fair. Derek used to lived the sweet life, but then, his parents went bankrupt and the life he used to know disappeared. His world was turned up side down. For the sake of his parents and the sake of saving face in society, Derek was suddenly engaged to a brooding, tall, and handsome man that went by the name of Haden Parker-Smith of Smith Enterprises. A man Derek never thought he'd have to ever associate with. He's hot, then he is cold. It's giving Derek whiplash. Especially when Haden's actions seem to contradict his words. Did they have chemistry or was this just a game? Were the kisses just lies, or was Derek actually falling madly in love with Haden. What is a boy to do, when the man they're engaged to is a complete asshole who just can't seem to let him go.

Olive "Olly" Marks is seventeen, about to be homeless and desperate for his parents' affection. This desperation drives him to be the perfect child he feels they deserve, but after failing time and time again, he gives up. He isn't the son they want. His hair is too long, his features are too soft and he had never once experienced the joy of a playing a sport, how could he be the source of their pride when everyone else thinks he's a girl the moment they see him? Three weeks before his birthday, he meets a homeless man and impulsively invites him over just to have some company. What he doesn't expect is that meeting him once is not enough. As their trust in each other grows, Olly's world begins to unravel. He starts to realize that it was never 'his' world to begin with. There is so much he doesn't know about the city he had spent ten years of his life in, so much he doesn't know about the parents that are so cruel to him, so much he doesn't know about himself... [TW: violence, abuse, self-harm] ©OllyWesely2017

Aden was lonely. Quiet and sheltered, he liked to stay out of trouble. Living in his own little bubble. And being dragged to a club, and waking up in the bed of a stranger just wasn't his cup of tea. So why was he okay with this specific stranger?

Jakob Raje Buenavista is the province's most elusive bachelor-handsome, composed, and utterly uninterested in fame. Raised in a lineage of old wealth, Jakob chooses the scent of earth over champagne, the quiet of the ranch over the roar of the city. He's every woman's fantasy, yet he remains untouchable-rooted in tradition, wrapped in mystery. Then comes Crushette Miracle Ishie Sandoval-loud where he is quiet, dazzling where he is modest. A diamond in the glittering world of city socialites, Crushette is groomed for the spotlight and destined for politics, with a name that commands attention and a confidence that could spark a war. And now? He's been promised in marriage-to a stranger from the countryside. They weren't meant to meet. They weren't meant to marry. But fate-and family legacy-have other plans. DATE STARTED: 02-26-21 DATE FINISHED: 08-12-23 EDITING STARTED: 04-26-25 OFFICIAL COVER: IEC Creations (under editing)