Ivy Rodriguez lives a life full of grief and remorse surrounding Poppy, her best friend whom she accidentally killed. Ivy was never considered social, although Poppy was the one person in her life she actually had a strong bond with. Things hadn't gone as planned on that crisp fall night and it invades her mind no matter what she does. Poppy wasn't the one that was supposed to die that night, it was he, Ryan, who deserved to, and she must do something about that. But with many twists and turns along the way, Ivy soon realizes that things may not be exactly as they seem. Can Ryan be trusted? Why does everything keep leading to Poppy? Will Poppy's name ever stop invading her head? Achievements: 🥇1st place in the 2023 Rose Gold Awards - Best first line 🥈2nd place in the Pool Party Mini Awards - Best first line 🥉3rd place in the Sunset Moon Awards - Mystery Cover credits: @iburnrice

Masked General and illegitimate Princess Salem is perfectly content fighting beside her father as the "demon general". Ironically, a battlefield is safer than the palace for a princess born of the queen's maid. Trouble strikes, when she has to marry Prince Erin of the enemy kingdom of Rale.

Ronan Hastings thought in lists. Depending on who you asked, this might be called a strategy, a shortcoming, a merit, or a crutch. Maybe even a coping mechanism. If he had to make a list to sum up his life at the moment, it would look something like this: 1. He was one of six in a group of thieves, and a good one at that. 2. He only had four friends in the world. 3. He was probably in love, and it didn't feel good. 4. Stealing didn't feel too good anymore, either, but he didn't have anything else. 5. He was the type of person others cared for enough to make promises to, but never enough to keep them. 6. There was something about the newest member of their team that he couldn't bring himself to trust.

Adrien Vitale is one of the most powerful people in the world. Daughter of a business man, she will stop at nothing to inherit her father's corporation. To every woman she has ever slept with, she is ruthless, ambitious and cutthroat, with no intention of ever settling down. Except when her father gives her an ultimatum, she needs to either present herself as a family woman, or risk losing her inheritance. Ever since Muse Gardner's grandmother died, she has been scraping together a living in New York City, only one step away from the streets. For the past month, she has been a waitress at one of the most high-end restaurants in New York City. But after the accident of the century―involving a pot of fondue, a hot-shot CEO and a ruined tuxedo―she's left with a bad reputation and no job prospects. Until Adrien Vitale, a filthy-rich CEO, makes her a deal: Pretend to be the billionaire's wife, for more money than Muse has ever imagined. There's just one problem. With a fake proposal, a fake wedding and a fake wife, it might just be impossible to tell what's true anymore. Can a relationship built on lies ever be real?

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭... Abigail Williams has a guarded heart. After denying herself love, she falls in love with sweet talking Nathan Scott to only get her heart broken. Now her heart is even more guarded, making her even more sure that true love doesn't exist. Nathan Scott lives and breathes baseball, it's his entire world. However when a fatal accident costs him his career, Nathan goes back to his hometown to find that things are both the same and different. Can the two find their way back to each other, or will Abby guard her heart from falling back into Nathan's game?

Mr. Billionaire makes a proposal of marriage to a beautiful baker woman. She is to be his wife in a loveless marriage, as he, her husband. ••• Giovanni Brown was born into a successful and wealthy family. He is to be the successor of his father's company. That was until his personal unhidden affairs began to earn him a reputation. His father gives him an ultimatum to find a beautiful woman to settle down with, as far as the meaning of marriage, or get stripped away from becoming CEO of the company, Brown Enterprises. Taking his father's words seriously, he takes a getaway trip to Las Vegas to visit an old friend and enjoys the little time he has as a bachelor. He expected his fun but never did he expect a beautiful stranger to save him from nearly dying. Hardworking bakery owner, Kira Sanders, had expected to see many things on the street of Vegas but never did she expect to save a man, unknowingly the wealthiest billionaire that's all the way from Phoenix, Arizona, from near death. Of course, she gets him to the hospital on time but when he wakes, she is introduced to who he really is though a stranger. A rude, handsome looking man with an arrogant and self-confident personality causing her to retaliate out of reaction. She finds herself taken off guard when he makes a proposal of marriage of one year. Faking a love marriage is one thing but faking attraction is something these two can't seem to do. I|Word Count : 60,000-70,000|I

When her favorite bakery is at risk of being shut down, Charm Cunningham takes it upon herself to save it with the help of the bakery's newest (and annoyingly cute) employee. [watty's shortlist 2022]

Another long-list of sweet Teens books.

When Valentina Alvarez has no choice but to move to a boarding school, her luck seems to run out. Being placed in the last room available means having to share with the schools notorious jock and player, Jordan Evans. They claim to despise each other, but under all the pride and dignity, they desire each other just as much. Is Valentina truly unlucky, or was being introduced to Jordan a godsend? - "Yes, I am the boyfriend of your beautiful daughter." He grins down at me, one arm snaking around my waist as he pulls me close against his chest. What is going on in this dumbass's brain? Is he crazy, trying to play along and fool my own mother. He must be out of his mind. Maybe I am too for going along with this. "Isn't he wonderful mama?" I smile and reach up on my tiptoes, planting a kiss on his cheek. The hand around my waist stills for a moment, clearly surprised by my action, before it grips tighter, hugging me close. Any tighter and I'll lose blood circulation. My mother's eyes dart warily between the two of us before she sighs and slumps her shoulders in defeat. "Wow, you've really moved on from Juan, haven't you?" Relief floods from my shoulders when I realise she bought it. My mother. Actually believed that Jordan freaking Evans was my boyfriend. As if I would ever want to purposely go anywhere remotely near that creature for free. The moment my mother turned to look around my dorm room I felt the heat of him against my neck and my heart almost immediately started pumping a hundred beats a second. Damn you hormones. I needed to get laid. Soon. His warm breath fanned against my ear, his muscled arms still around my waist, and he whispered against my skin, "Either you're an amazing actor, or I think you've got a thing for me." start date- 29 July 2022

Brielle Yves is the new girl, except she's not actually new. She's been to Langston before, but only when she was a little girl hiding in the toilets at lunch because she didn't want to get bullied. Back then, she would let everything slide through her, hurting her feelings and making her feel bad about herself. But now, Brielle is back, and will not let anything slide past her. Grayson Valente, the popular boy. Who everyone sees as perfect, but really he's just boy with a broken heart trying to piece it back together- but it's easier said than done. No one knows the real Grayson, until Brielle comes along obviously. But can they fix each other? Can they find happiness within each other? The Elite Girls Series #1