The worst thing about falling for your enemy isn't the rivalry. It's realizing he may have never been your enemy at all. Everyone in Dawston University knows two things. Evangeline Winslow Abberweitch is untouchable. Dawston's golden girl in a lab coat, a future scientist with a sharp tongue, and the kind of girl everyone wants to befriend-except for the one ice-cold hockey captain who seems determined to stay in her orbit. Keeve Malachi Kavanagh doesn't touch anyone. Ruthless, blue-eyed captain of Dawston's hockey team, as cold as the ice he rules, and Angie's sworn enemy. They've hated each other for years. He calls her Princess just to watch her snap. She calls him an arse because it's easier than wondering why he never leaves her alone. But one desperate phone call changes everything. When no one else answers, he's the one who picks up. Suddenly, the line between love and hate begins to blur. The sparks between ice and fire threaten to burn down more than either of them is prepared for. Maybe the greatest rivalry at Dawston was never a rivalry at all.

Jeane Clifton, a published author who has a complicated relationship with her work, catches a train from her hometown and bumps into Wilton, a handsome carpenter who is unknowingly reading the novel she wrote. Bewildered by his interest in the author and disturbed by his lack of scrutiny, she forces herself to sit with him. For the next four and a half hours, Jeane and Wilton would share life stories, rose buds, and delicious secrets that hadn't once heard the light of day. Four and a Half Hours is a novella about loss and obsession, growth and self-invention, and the connection between two strangers.

Madison Baker is used to getting left behind. It's in her genetic pool or something. Which is why when her mother leaves her behind to go on a year-long trip to France with her new boyfriend, Madison isn't surprised. Although, she isn't happy about it either. She's especially not happy about the fact that not only is she being left behind yet again, she's being dropped at a stranger's doorstep. An old friend of her mother's that she's never met before. Without knowing anything about who she's living with, Madison quickly realizes that this isn't going to be any ordinary year. She's been stuck with the Fishers, a group of rowdy brothers that are ready to make this the most dramatic, exciting, difficult year of Madison's life.

The summer before her final semester of college, Nova O'Reilly is dying to make it the summer of her dreams instead she got accepted to the internship of her dreams. Stuck between wanting more out of life and not wanting to disappoint her family she settled on making them happy. Adopted as a child and raised far from the shadows of her true bloodline, she's worked hard to escape the whispers of disappointment from her adopted family but fate drags her back. She lands the internship of a lifetime--- at DeLuca Enterprises, the empire that has a backstory. Her new boss? Christian DeLuca-- ruthless, calculating and down right dangerously magnetic. On the surface he is a hot rich bachelor whose charming ways seems to get him everything he wants. His bloodline is the reason for her true families demise. She's his sworn enemy and to her innocent eyes he's the man she brings coffee too, who happens to be a bit too arrogant. They're fated to hate each other. Yet when their paths collide, sparks turn into fire and fire turns into obsessions'. Christian should keep his distance. She's forbidden. She's a Romano, he's a DeLuca but once he has her he can't let her go. What he doesn't know? Nova isn't as innocent as she seems and in this empire, love ight be the most dangerous sin of them all.

In rain-soaked Dublin, Aoife begins to unravel the life she thought was hers, discovering that love, identity, and belonging are not given - they are claimed. *** Aoife Brennan planned the perfect night to celebrate the life she thought they were building together. But when the clock strikes midnight, she discovers that some truths don't come crashing down - they unravel, quietly. Set in the rainy corners of Dublin, The Placeholder is a story of love mistaken for fate, and the quiet ache of being someone's almost.

Let the hunt begin... Charlotte Whitmore wants a husband, and she has just the candidate in mind: Dominic Westbrook. Trouble is, the infuriating man insists on seeing her as the impish girl she once was-even as every other gentleman in London has taken notice of her womanly charms. When her beauty lands her in danger, it's Dominic who comes to the rescue...only to announce his affections are not of the romantic variety! Dominic saw enough sorrow in his parents' union to know he wants nothing to do with marriage-which is exactly what he'll be trapped into if he acts on his desire for the irksome siren. And then Charlotte does what Dominic least expects: she gives up on him! As feigned indifference gives way, blistering passion burns at last. But just before the pair can give in to their hard-won bliss, an enemy with unfinished business lurks, threatening to destroy them both.

When college student Celine Marlowe finds a piece of a shattered unicorn horn in the forest, she doesn't expect it to contain ancient magic connecting her to its owner Soren, the exiled prince of the Velkeros. With Soren's magic trapped inside her and the remaining pieces of his horn still scattered around the world, Celine is pulled into a centuries-old conflict between a corrupt scientific empire called the Argent Accord, and the once mythical beings they exploit. The Accord wants Velkeros blood for immortality, Soren wants to reclaim what they stole from him, and Celine just wants to make it out alive. Magic was never supposed to end up in Celine's hands, but the more she learns, the more she realizes that her and Soren's connection might be the key to saving everything. This story is my entry in the 2025 Open Novella Contest! Follow @OpenNovellaContest to be notified about the next one! The prompt I chose: #12. While hiking through a forest, you stumble upon a unicorn's horn.

Her life has always had one path, but what happens when it gets derailed? April is a champion figure skater with big ambitions and even bigger prospects. At the rink, she's a winner. Beneath the surface, the pressure is slowly killing her. When a devastating accident leaves her with career-stalling injuries, she's sent to a mindfulness retreat with none other than the boy who caused the accident. She now has to deal with her infuriating enemy, Caden, who also happens to be the star hockey captain. When April begins to realise that there's more to Caden than meets the eye, their relationship begins to change. He challenges her in ways she's never been challenged, and she craves the warmth that she sees in his eyes. But April has sacrificed so much for her career, and now she has no direction. She doesn't know if she can forgive Caden, but if she doesn't, her anger might consume her.

This story will mostly be in the male leads POV and occasionally the Female's POV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He watched her for five years. She had no idea. Camila Cruz lives a quiet life in London - university, bakery, friends - until danger finds her. Yuri Volkov is a deadly, obsessive and always in the shadows. When protection turns violent and obsession tense personal survival ... and love... come at a price. ............................................................................................. I can't write a description to save my life ;) 📍DISCLAIMER THIS WILL CONTAIN MATURE CONTENT PLEASE BE WARNED DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU HAVE A LIGHT HEART📍 I'll indicate at the beginning of every chapter if there is any triggers.