*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?

Willow, a spirited young woman, finds herself uprooted from her familiar life after the tragic loss of her father. Forced to move in with her grandfather, the owner of a ranch. Ryan, a well-known ranch owner in town, is renowned for his anger issues and impeccable business acumen. By chance, he encounters Willow in a local café. From the moment his eyes meet hers, Ryan is captivated, unable to shake off his overwhelming desire to have her as his. The Best Ranking #1 in Rodeo #1 in horses #1 in helicopter #1 in accident #2 in possessive #5 in country #7 in family #9 in cowboy #9 in ranch

Famous country music singer, Nora Rose needed a break from the life she was living so her parents recommended her late Grandparents ranch in Montana. She took them up on their offer, in hopes to start fixing it up so she could sell it one day, but what she didn't expect was Brady Montgomery, the cowboy on the ranch next door. Both dealing with their own struggles in life, can Brady and Nora break down each other's walls and find love again? #1- singer-songwriter • 3/31/23 #1- cowboy •5/29/23

#1 in Cowgirl #1 in Rodeo #1 in Farm #1 in Country Cooper Blackwood, new to Hudson, is a deep-rooted cowboy. He's already made a troublesome reputation in the small town in the year he's been here, but the girls can't help but dream about his southern charm. DaKota Jones returns to her small hometown, Hudson, after secretly moving away to get away from something or someone. DaKota is homegrown cowgirl, and every cowboy dreams about her. When DaKota and Cooper marked eyes at each other, it marked a start of something that they would of never guessed would of happened to them.

Amelia Promise has spent her life just one treehouse away from the Evermore brothers. Growing up next door, she and Cole Evermore have been inseparable best friends since childhood- midnight talks, icecream Fridays, and shared dreams under the stars that hovered over their backyard hideaway. But everything changed when high school hit and Cole became a different version of himself-popular, charming, and within the fading memories of childhood, Amelia realized she developed a huge crush. Enter Chase Evermore-Cole's older brother. Quieter, more observant, and maybe too good at seeing through Amelia's walls. While they're all home from college for summer, he offers to help her get Cole's attention. It seems like the perfect plan. But as long days blur into long nights, Amelia finds herself working through complicated feelings. Now caught between the boy she's always wanted and the one who might actually see her, Amelia must figure out where her heart truly belongs before the summer ends.

Ever since Lana was little, it's just been her and her mom. Wanting to be closer to her family in South Carolina, they decide to move. One little issue.. Lana was forced to leave behind all her friends and even her overbearing boyfriend. She has the whole summer before she joins Ridgewood Highschool for her senior year. Lana ends up getting a job at a country club, where she happens to meet Tyler Clark. The two instantly hate each other but will they learn that they have more in common than they think.... Tyler Clark is a cocky and sarcastic teenage boy. He also happens to be an amazing football player who is committed to play in college. But little do many people know how much it takes up his life. He struggles with an overbearing father and a life that revolves around football.

Alessia Ferrari is the Don of the Italian Mafia. Whip-smart and dangerous, she is a woman in a man's world, surviving against all odds. Born and raised to become a lethal killer, even the ground she walks on bows at her feet. She has it all, until that is, her father gives her hand away in marriage. Ace Hernandez is the boss of the American Mafia. He's a cold cruel hearted monster. He knows the game all too well and does whatever it takes to win and if that means breaking someone, he could do that with his eyes closed. Fate is vicious when the two are forced to marry. Will two monsters find solace in each other's arms or will they kill each other? ---------------------------- "I don't recall signing up for strip poker." She replied. Her full lips frowned softly but her eyes were filled with amusement. She knew she couldn't beat me, not at this game. "Are you quitting? Are you a quitter?" I mocked getting under her skin. Her lips twitched before she pursed them tightly. The blues of her eyes deepened and she threw me a dangerous smirk. She shuffled and pulled off one of her sandals. Fuck. So we're doing this the long way. She raised it in the air, dangling it off her finger before tossing it aside. She raised a brow at me, she challenged me. I knew I got under her skin. Just as I had anticipated. -------------------------- BE AWARE: Trigger warnings: MATURE CONTENT 18+ (SMUT) SWEARING VIOLENCE/GUN VIOLENCE SELF HARM/SUICIDE (REFERENCES) EXPLICIT LANGUAGE REFERENCES TO RAPE SMOKING/ALCOHOL/DRUGS BLOOD/DEATH/GORE ©️ All rights reserved ™️ The Walnut Tree BOOK ONE OF THE MAFIA SERIES