Romeo O'Brian has spent most of his teenage life studying, sailing, and silently loving Briar Crawford--his sister's best friend, his next-door neighbor, the girl who lives like she has nothing to lose. When their families send them to the beach house unsupervised for the summer, Romeo knows it's his last chance to tell her how he feels before he sets off on a year-long solo sailing trip around the world. But Briar is drowning in her own way, caught between grief, guilt, and the ghosts of her late brother, Will. She's not interested in falling in love. And if she was, it would never be with Romeo, the cinnamon-sweet boy who she grew up protecting. Now surrounded by friends, lies, and overwhelming feelings, Romeo has one summer to prove he's more than the sweet, sensitive, guy she's always known. Everyone's making him look cooler, funnier, hotter, and more grown up than she ever saw before. Now Briar has to decide if the only heart she was never meant to break is the one she can't live without. For her, it's supposed to be casual. Just a distraction. But Romeo's not a little boy anymore. And no matter how hard she tries, Briar can't stop falling for him

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

Valentina, daughter of an Italian mafia leader sent out to be protected by Styles, a tenacious and irritable twenty-six year old, riddled with past demons and anger issues. Watch the truth unveil, all the while dealing with a love triangle, mood swings and toxicity. - started: JUN, 11, 2018 - finished: OCT, 29, 2018 - [This story and it's sequels are being highly edited] I do not condone violent/toxic relationships, this is mere fiction.

She's a wild, free spirit who sees the good in everyone, and he's the hardened, bad-tempered loner who wants nothing to do with her-yet no matter how hard he tries to push her away, she's the one temptation he can't escape. *** He's never met someone with such a bubbly personality. Not to mention the wildness and odd phrases she says every five minutes. He hates it. He hates how he can't stay away from it. He hates what she does to him; it's not like him to chase after some girl. She gets under his skin like no other. She's never met someone with such a bad attitude. He's ill-mannered and menacing. The glare never seems to leave his face. Considering it all, she can't help but feel the attraction toward him. Dangerous attraction toward a seemingly dangerous man. Maybe it's the tattoos on his arm that gets her attention. Or maybe it's because she can tell there's hope for good under his rough exterior. And she's about to find it, whether he likes it or not. It's no secret that the two of them are complete and total opposites. *** "You like being called Sugar, don't you?" I tease, placing my toothbrush back after finishing. He does the same and gives me a side-eyed scowl. He grips my chin harshly and kisses me. My body temperature raises a good ten degrees and my right leg goes all wiggly. He pulls away. "You like it when I kiss you, don't you?" He teases the same way I did to him and I'm left blubbering. "I think both of our questions are rhetorical," I lower my voice up at him. His lip curls up into a smirk. *** #1 in Young Adult #9 in Badboy #1 in Cold #3 in Goodgirl #1 in Sweetheart #14 in Love *** *Warning* This story contains mature themes (language, scenes)