There is only one thing that we can never change, and that is the place from which we come. Though she tries to control everything else in her life, there are three things that Counselor Carrie Everett just can't tame: her growing caseload, her weakness for police personnel, and her increasingly serious relationship with Detective Jenn Carver. While trying and seemingly failing to manage her personal life, Carrie's work life takes a turn for the chaotic when a brand new case threatens the safety of a close friend and coworker, Detective Kim Hayden. A case this serious is mentally taxing for a prosecutor, but that's the least of Carrie's worries. Now, it's personal, and when the detectives of Green Falls seek legal help to solve their case, life becomes a ticking clock for all involved. This is the sequel to my last piece, Black Tie Event, taking place two years after the first story's conclusion. You definitely do not have to read the first one to understand the second, though it may help and make the second piece slightly more enjoyable. You could even read them backwards if you so chose, though it might give some plot away to do it that way. Some new characters are introduced, among the familiar faces, and the situations are brand new. Rated R, just because of its intensity. Enjoy! Cover art again by perfect human @halieghk

She remembered her scent. It seemed to verify her aura. Her scent was cherry Coke and cigarettes. The latter one was passed onto her, especially after she had handed her her first cigarette only three months ago. Three months was all it took for her to develop that bad habit, but it wasn't the first nor the only one she developed in that period of time. Now she laid on the roof where she had smoked her first cigarette three months ago, and she glanced over at the full can of cherry Coke sitting on the concrete next to her, almost as if it were mocking her. A dull ache formed in her heart, a hollow, resounding ache that penetrated her deepest core. The sudden burning sensation in her fingers made her realize that the cigarette was burned to its very end, and maybe so was she. -♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤-♤- August is attending Cornell University as a creative writing major, and while at a college party her friends dragged her to much to her dismay, she stumbles upon a gang in an alleyway and sees something she shouldn't have. With her life now in danger, she has to deal with the consequences of that night-which includes the leader of the Blue Porcelain gang, Willow, a tall and brooding woman whose green eyes would put the girl in more danger than being caught in a spiderweb of New York gangs ever could. [tw: violence, sex]

A trip to Fiji with her dismissive boyfriend and his alluring mother lands Valentina into the most unexpected romance of her lifetime. ***** College student Valentina has been at a standstill in her relationship for three years, so when her boyfriend invites her on vacation to Fiji with his estranged fashion designer mother, Val can't think of anything worse. Mothers-in-law are notoriously one of the most dreadful aspects of a committed relationship, right? But nobody prepared Val for the aloof, refined Diana, who at first seems to absolutely detest her but soon warms under the tropical sun. As a unique and steamy connection sizzles and the two begin sneaking around, Val wonders if she's finally found the love she's been looking for in the most unexpected of places. But can their spark last, and is it worth what it will cost them? WARNING: This story contains mature themes such as depictions of domestic abuse and coercion that may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

Detective Kim Hayden thought that switching from homicide to white collar would be the biggest career move she would make; she was wrong. When she's sent undercover to the epicenter of luxury, the eminent Shaw Manor, home of the city's resident multimillionaire, Kim is suddenly living a life she never knew. She leaves behind the familiar police force, her home, and her on-again-off-again girlfriend, all to become a housekeeper for a man she doesn't even respect. She's forced into an assortment of new relationships, including one with her impossibly straightforward and controlling partner, Allison Beckett, who always asserts her knowledge of what's best. But relationships go from messy to messier, when Kim makes the biggest mistake of all: falling for the boss's wife. This story is rated R for language and sexual content. A.K.A, all the good stuff. Read at your own discretion, and enjoy, friends. :) Trigger warning: DV/IPV, sexual violence Cover by @halieghk, I can't get over it, SO MUCH YES!

Book #3 in "Line Of Fire" Series: After six months of struggle, it was all finally coming to an end. Alexa could deal with the NIA's investigation, she could handle a little betrayal and getting thrown in jail, and she could most certainly deal with a crazy person seeking revenge for it all... She had done it all. But if there was one thing Alexa couldn't stand, it was crazy-bitch Paige targeting her little sister. Now, Alexa wasn't playing nice. No. Not anymore. After turning her back on the NIA, Alexa and Melissa go rogue in an attempt to follow Paige's hidden clues to find Anna. But as Alexa searches for her sister, opposing forces are also searching for her. Can Alexa manage to outrun the government officials that always seem to be one step behind? And will she be able to find Anna before it's too late?

Book #2 in "Line of Fire" Series: Cross-fire: (n.) a situation wherein the forces of opposing factions meet, cross, or clash. Alexa never asked for this. She had never asked to be thrown into the front line of Chapman's investigation. She had never wanted to deal with her father's return. And she surely never wanted to go to prison. But sometimes we don't get what we truly want. Yet, as Alexa rots away in jail, all she wants is another chance. And after fifty-nine days, she receives one. When she returns home, Alexa finds things are worse than ever, and there's nothing she can do about it except to pick-up where she left off. But her past seems to follow her everywhere, and once again she finds herself stuck in the cross-fire between the GIB and Chapman. Except this time, someone wants blood. This time, someone wants revenge.

Book #1 of "Line Of Fire" Series: Alexa Cortez is no stranger to tragedy. Most of her life has been decorated with tough decisions and hardships, inevitably resulting in a desperation to find some sort of stability. Surviving in the depths of Los Angeles is difficult, but when times get tough then the tough rob banks. After a heist gone wrong, Alexa ends up with a government agent at the foot of her hospital bed. A life changing ultimatum on the table. She and her friends have no choice but to comply if they want to insure a chance at freedom, leaving them on the front line of a dangerous investigation. But Alexa quickly discovers that when her and her friends are forced into the line of fire, the good guys can become enemies and the bad can become heroes.

This is a spinoff series of "Assisting Miss Adams" (GirlxGirl): After moving away from Baldwin the summer after graduation, Sam and Megan embark on a brand new journey with new challenges around every corner. While Sam learns how to successfully manage "Jinx 2", Megan continues to pursue a higher education at Mizzou University. This series of shorts take place an entire year after moving to Columbia.

Blood and Battle: Book 2 /// Elle is gone. She left the BAU, the FBI, and Carli D'angelo in a pile of ruins. Running from the demons she can't control, she flees to New York and the only sense of familiarity she manages to scrounge up. Carli is lost. Her reason to fight has quit the battle, leaving her without direction. Struggling to keep the FBI off her back along with psychotic serial killers, Carli drowns herself in the only thing she can make sense of: the never-ending piles of horrible cases she faces every day. But when a mysterious case forces the two back together, the demons catch up. The fight continues. But this time, they find themselves on opposing ends of the battleground. #1 crime 10/24/21

***GirlXGirl Romance*** Living in New York you learn to keep up with the quick pace of the city, myself included. I was never the one to stop and smell the roses, but that was until I met her on that dull September afternoon. Her eyes were light and dark at the same time, as if a devil and an angel lived inside of her. Time itself had stopped, and since that day everything had changed, ever since I had crossed paths with Drew Wilder.