Lanea Pastele has grown up with Kirk Davenport since high school. They were lucky to get through high school and college alive, but that's what their help did for each other. After going their separate ways unintentionally after college, Lanea is a wedding planner, and Kirk is engaged. Will Lanea be able to plan the wedding and watch her best friend and the man she loves marry another girl? Or what will Lanea have the heart to say?

[friends to lovers] After having her heart broken, Lisa has sworn off men and now spends her time growing her business while living a celibate/single life. But when a charming vet with a heart of gold barges into her life, she'll need to decide if she's ready to open her heart and risk having it broken again. ... Bakery owner Lisa has sworn off dating after having her heart broken by the same man twice. Leaving a past full of bad choices and meaningless relationships behind, she now puts all her time and energy into making her bakery the best one in the city, all the while embracing the celibate/single life. The last thing she expects, though, is to have her plans shaken by Thomas, a charming vet with a golden heart and eyes full of mischief. He's got wanderlust in his blood and is trying to make the world a better place. She needs roots and stability to feel sane. He says life is simple, and that love is everyone's ultimate goal. She says he's a dreamer and that love will always find a way to mess with you. They have nothing in common besides the attraction that sizzles every time they are together. They say they're just spending time together and hanging out. They say they're just friends. But what happens when the lines of their friendship get blurred and they're forced to analyze how they really feel for each other and what they really want from life? **NOTE: This is book 2 in the 'New Beginnings Series' and can be read as a standalone.**

Roxanne Mabini, a twenty-five-year-old single mother of twins joined a speed-dating event just to have fun and get speed-dating checked off her bucket list. She wasn't looking for anything. She merely played along, stayed open-minded without expectation. That was until the devastatingly handsome bartender named Aloysius "Wish" Gregorio stepped up and filled in for the lack of male participants and mesmerized Roxanne more than she'd ever expected. Literally, he is every girls wish. Finally, she meets a man who shares her interests. But will a girl whose heart has been shred in pieces learn to trust and love again? When Chris drops back into her life, Roxanne's first love and the father of her children, old flame reignites. He's been waiting for the right timing ever since he was forced to leave her and now he has to win her back. Will the power of chemistry and strong connection be enough to fight the old flame that is once again burning bright? Roxy must make a big decision: which is more important, to provide a complete family to her children or her heart's desire to be with someone to share her life with?

When Helena finds a phone on the night train, she decides to text the first number in the list of contacts in order to figure out who it belongs to. ***** Helena Santos hasn't had the easiest life. At twenty-one, she's the legal guardian of her teenage sister, in the final year of her nursing degree, and working night shifts at her small-town's local bar. And things get a lot more complicated when she finds a phone on the train home and decides to text the first number in the list of contacts, in hopes of tracking down its owner. That contact? Adam Bauer; the charismatic, sweet, and refreshingly honest older brother of the person who lost their phone. As the two continue talking, they can't ignore the chemistry and growing feelings between them, but life is never that simple. To make things work, Helena and Adam need to juggle a troubled sister, a meddlesome ex-boyfriend, and one fat lawsuit - all intent on keeping them apart. [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains swearing, mature themes, and sexual content.

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❝I never should've kissed you, because I fell in love with you.❞ Noura Safar is living the perfect life, right? She works at an elementary school as a teacher, she has amazing friends and a loving boyfriend. Everything seems to be working out just right until he walks back into her life. David Crawford returns back home after having spent years abroad, excited to introduce his fiancée to his family. Was he foolish to think he wouldn't run into her? With the chemistry between these two still sizzling hot, will they find their way back to each other? © 2017 stayready/Vanessa Lawson

"You have a boyfriend?" He asks me. "Yeah, I do." "What a shame. We could've had some fun," his tone sends a shiver down my back. +++ Spencer is 20 years old. She goes to Paris with her best friend in dreams of becoming an author. The whole perfect idea of collage is changed when she finds out that she has a dorm mate named Niall Horan. Spencer hates Niall from the start, but feelings begin to change. Love is a strange thing. How much is Spencer willing to risk to find love? Will Niall finally allow someone in his life, or will his bad past screw everything he ever wanted up? Copywrite @justthatgirl1120. Stars Lucy Hale as Spencer.

| N O T • E D I T E D | _______________________________________________ Ariel Carter, 17 years old, dark brown curly hair, wide blue eyes, bags under her eyes, a particular set of friends, an above average student of Brooklyn Woods Highschool. But that's where average ends for Ariel. She's had a rough past, her parents left her when she was just 3, she lives alone and her aunt poses as her legal guardian, and one of her biggest secrets, she was the best case of insomnia. The incident 2 years back has left Ariel nothing but bruises and broken pieces, she took 2 long years to build a wall, never to let anyone else in, in fear of getting her heart broken again. But all this changes, when a certain someone comes into her life, making her boring, mechanical life into chaos, but the surprising past is, this chaos makes her life... Enter Alex Storm, 17 year old, dark brown hair which almost seemed to be black, chocolate brown piercing eyes, at 5'12 he stood tall and proud. He was a shy, introvert kid since his early days, had a selective group of friends. But one thing about him that don't many know, infact no one except his mother and his best friend know, is the fact that he suffers from ADHD, ever since he joined kindergarden. Join Alex and Ariel, in their journey through high school, heartbreaks, friendships, hardships and a deep secret that Ariel has been keeping to herself, since the past 2 years. What happens when just as Alex starts to break her walls, her past comes hurling back at her, will she run away just like she did the last time, or will she face it head-on with Alex by her side? _______________________________________________ Highest rank in Short Story: #94 as on August 1st, 2016.

On the WATTYS 2017 SHORTLIST and Featured in COSMOPOLITAN!!! A Wattpad featured story with LOTS OF STEAM! A new life, new friendships, new love... and a secret that may destroy all three. Emmie Marsden's past is a closed book locked in a secure vault. Alone in a new town and two months pregnant with the child of a man she wants nothing more to do with, she is attempting to start her life over again. When she meets the handsome owner of a successful robotics company, she decides to embrace her new life by having a one-night stand with him. Recently betrayed by his money-hungry fiancée, Ryker James isn't looking for anything more permanent than Emmie is. They make a deal: Sex without entanglement. This agreement works at first, but as their one-night stand turns into a month of nights, Emmie realizes she wants to tell Ryker the truth; she can't keep her baby a secret forever, after all. Will telling Ryker of her shrouded past destroy the life they'd begun to build together? ***Note: This story will include adults engaging in fun, adult sexy times. Each scene of this nature will be noted so that delicate readers can skip over it and indelicate readers can dive in with gusto. Enjoy!

"James McGregor, CEO of McGregor industries, has passed away yesterday evening after a long battle with cancer. James McGregor, aged 63, was one of the-" Elizabeth shut the TV off, she couldn't bear to listen to this... She had been there when it happened, she did not need it to be repeated. Elizabeth Waverton had been Mr. McGregor's personal assistant for the last three years. During that time the two of them had gotten close. They became friends, as he was as a father to her. Ms. Waverton was seen by many as one of the best personal assistants that there was. Most didn't last long at the McGregor's, but Ms. Waverton did. She was known for making anything possible, having connections all over town and anywhere you can imagine. But now that her former boss and friend is dead the company will be taken over by James McGregor jr. the son of her boss. Elizabeth had never quite taken a liking to this man, but he however has taken an interest in her...