Ava wants to get better. No, scratch that. Ava wants to be better. Her anger management issues have been ruining her life until now. No high school diploma, no family, no friends. She's on her own but she tries her best. At 19 years old, her job at the local coffee shop allows her to live a simple life and pay the rent. Her coworker Mehan starts showing some interest in her... but she doesn't know if she's ready for that yet. Her therapist thinks it's a bad idea. She needs to resolve her anger issues first. On her advice, Ava signs up for a taekwondo class. There, she meets Jaemin, her martial art teacher. Slowly, they grow closer to each other as Jaemin digs deeper into the origin of Ava's anger... 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗸𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟯 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🤗 Here are some subjects this story will be covering... Redemption, anger issues, family secrets, young adults love, coming of age, racism, and mental illness.

❝ 𝘽𝘼𝘿 𝘽𝙊𝙔𝙎 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙉 𝙏𝙊 𝙔𝙊𝙐. ❞ 𝗛𝗘 didn't know what he caused. 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 even she didn't want to admit it. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 there came a point when he realized his mistake. 𝗝𝗢𝗖 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗡 was a name every girl knew and never forgot. For Marley Dawson, it seemed like his name was forever engraved in her mind. 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗦 say, "Don't fall for your brother's best friend." But what the rules never specified was whether or not it's okay to let him take your v-card. And when he does, things get a little more messy than a simple stain on the duvet. 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗦𝗢𝗡 was a normal girl with a below-average social life; someone who shut herself down, locked away her emotions, let herself bleed from the inside out. And she didn't like to point fingers, but it was all because of 𝘩𝘪𝘮. Of what 𝘩𝘦 caused. 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 also say, "Childhood crushes never die." Which is maybe why she let him take the one thing she valued most: her control, her sanity, herself. Because turns out, she wasn't 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 a hookup. She was a cheater's mechanism to grilling an excuse as to why he, Joc Haven, the high school's prettyboy and charmer, had a reason to dump his on-and-off, sickeningly toxic girlfriend, Ariel Cope. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 he already used her once, so that makes it okay to pull Marley into his relationship drama for the second time around, right? 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚. And Joc notices that when he discovers the cracks in Marley's armor. 𝗦𝗛𝗘 gave him the power to hurt her all over again. Yet this time he used it to fix what he broke. The well-known player and heartbreak became Marley Dawson's saving grace. 𝙃𝙚 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣.

Sequel to For The Record, but can be read as a standalone! Releasing on Amazon, Kobo, and Apple Books July 31, 2022 If you want to get an early review copy before it releases, click the link in my bio :) He's a burnt-out pop star. She's his worst critic. Ryder Black fears he may be a one-hit wonder after releasing a string of failed singles to follow up his chart-topping debut album. Rocked by a jaw-dropping scandal, he decides to go off the grid to El Nido, Philippines, and get some songwriting done. Too bad his deserted island isn't as deserted as he'd like... By day, Isla Romero writes celebrity fluff pieces. By night, she dreams of writing serious music journalism. When her editor gives her a story to write if she wants to get her dream job, she accepts. Her assignment? Write a bombshell piece about a celebrity, which means following Ryder Black to her parents' hometown and prying his secrets out of him... even if it costs Isla her heart.

"As the day is long and the sky is blue, I find myself hopelessly in love with you." When a fateful stalled elevator brings an intoxicating stranger into the life of Doctor Elliot Kingsley, there is scarce little he can do to stay away from her. Everything, from her wit, to her brains and beauty, even her inability to disguise her slight claustrophobia, make it impossible for him not to be drawn to her. Aurora Lexington had him in a trance from the very moment she told him that he is only the second-best person to be stuck in an elevator with. To both of them, the other might be just what the doctor ordered. Too bad they decide to leave that hotel and go their separate ways.