"Let's get you out of this." He says referring to my dress. "Why? So you can show me your bad side?" I say jokingly. His dark eyes land on mine and I involuntarily shiver. "My sweet Kira. You couldn't handle me at my best." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kira Townes has a second chance at life. Now at a new school she forges a new identity. Navigating through her new life while dodging the past isn't easy at she thought. People around her have their own secrets and stories. Turns out the little town is more intertwined than she ever thought. This story is not what you think it is but I think you will like it.

*Book Two in the Every Other Memory Series* What wouldn't you give for a love worth saving? What wouldn't you do for a promise of forever? What wouldn't you say to protect the person you've loved longer than you can even remember? Coming Winter 2021

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Sky has waited her whole life for this moment. As an Olympic rookie, Sky expected to suddenly be forced into the spotlight. After all, she's the world's bright, shiny new toy. She expected a challenge, playing against the best athletes in the world. She expected to be tested at every turn. Sky just didn't realize that one of these tests came in the form of the gold-medal carrying, 8-pack wielding, scowling Titan Pierce, the treasure from "Down Under". But Titan wasn't expecting Sky either. With his sights set on dominating his fourth Olympic games, Sky takes him by complete surprise. He knew about her of course, but he never could have guessed what would happen when he got close enough to the reserved red-head to get to know her. Priorities change and goals adjust when you see the bigger picture. And the bigger picture turns out to be so different than they had imagined it. But different isn't always a bad thing.

One minute you're at the top of your game, and the next, you receive a hit that knocks your skates out from underneath you. Still reeling after an unexpected loss, Ryan Nyberg not only finds himself back in his beachside hometown of Neptune Bay, but a guardian to his 6-year-old nephew. As he slowly begins to learn the ins and outs of what it means to be a parent, he begins to reconnect with Sloane Montgomery, a local woman from his past. Both dealing with grief and their new familial responsibilities, the pair quickly find comfort in one another; there's only one problem - Ryan isn't sticking around once the summer ends. The brewing chemistry between them, however, didn't seem to get the memo.

Judah Young hasn't ever really had to worry about much in life. Her parents, divorced and both happily re-married, made enough money to see her into college and she's always had her best friend, Mason Rivers, right by her side. So, when Mason does the unthinkable, Judah doesn't just feel the carpet get ripped away from under her feet: she watches as her entire world disintegrates around her. Grappling with shocking revelations she doesn't want to believe are true, Judah stumbles through the second half of her junior year at the University of British Columbia, barely holding it together. It doesn't help that Aubin Abaya, UBC's star tight-end, begins pushing the boundaries of their strictly friends with benefits arrangement, determined to help the girl he's been sharing his bed with for months when she needs someone the most.

Aoife McCarthy - LA's favorite bad girl. Black-hearted rockstar. Prodigal daughter. (Secretly) recovering addict. Brokenhearted girl hidden behind the I-don't-give-a-fuck attitude that's become synonymous with her name. Mateo Moreno - Chicago's favorite troublemaker. Unmistakably dedicated ball player. Loyal son. (Not-so-secretly) regressing trauma victim. Brokenhearted boy hidden behind the I'm-always-fine exterior that shields people from his past. Two very different people from two very different worlds collide amidst a dreadful twist of circumstance, but the aggressive girl and the pained boy might come to figure out they aren't so different after all. And, maybe, Aoife and Mateo will find a way to help each other mend their broken hearts. *** "Well, Ricardo, I feel like there's not much else to say at the moment. Thanks for listening to me ramble." I rise from my seat on the ground and dust the stray blades of grass off my jeans. Before I can fully turn around to leave, I hear shuffling behind me. And then a gravelly voice rings out into the dewy morning. "Who the fuck are you, and why are you talking to my father's grave?" Well, fuck. I have no idea what I'm going to answer with, so I take my time turning around to face the stranger whose father's grave I temporarily appropriated. When I finally finish my 180, any hope I have at spewing out a halfway-decent-sounding answer swirls down the figurative drain. Because not only is this stranger a professional baseball player for one of my hometown's teams, but he is also quite possibly the most devastatingly beautiful man I've ever laid my eyes on. Double fuck.

A novelist and a football player have sex in a tiny airplane bathroom. * It sounds like a joke, but it's not. It's the beginning of our story. A story I thought would only have one chapter. I guess I used up all my good karma, which shouldn't be even remotely possible considering how I earned it, because the sexy stranger I banged in the lavatory on flight 1192 isn't a stranger after all. Turns out he's a friend of a friend, and now I have to see him around. It wouldn't be a problem if he wasn't exactly the type of guy I could fall in love with, but he is. Which has me fucked sideways, because the one thing I can't do is fall in love. * When I followed her to the bathroom on the plane, I wasn't even thinking about sex. All I was thinking about was how to make her a permanent fixture in my life. Someone upstairs must have been looking out for me, because my failed attempt at securing a second meeting was saved by the fact that she and I have a mutual friend. She's not as happy to see me as I am to see her, but that'll change soon enough. I'm going to figure out why she's so hellbent on keeping me away and when I do, I'm going to change her mind. I've never had to fight for anything and now all I want to do is fight for her. **** Harper Silva has endured more tragedy in her 27 years than most people do in their entire lives. Lawrence Davis has been acting like someone he's not and he's tired of it. The cynical writer with a horrifying past shares a steamy encounter with the Dallas Cowboys' safety who's ready to give up the ghost. Old wounds are ripped open, new fears are instilled, and both lovers start to run. Ren, towards Harper. Harper, away from herself. In a race against life, love, pain, and grief, Harper feels the sense of safety it took her so long to find ebbing away. That is, until a new kind of safety tackles his way into her heart.