***This is a spin-off to my first book, Love, Summer, and I highly recommended that you read the first book in order to understand some of the things that are talked about in this book and also the background on the main character. Can be read as a stand alone though. Reign Alvarez moves through a world of shimmer and spotlight, where the scent of expensive cologne mingles with the sharp snap of scissors and the hum of salon lights. His hands weave beauty from strands of hair, yet beneath the polished surface lies a storm of memories like jagged scars beneath his skin, a heart both fierce and fragile. The echo of gunfire, the taste of bitterness, the weight of sacrifice haunt him, shadowing every smile he wears. Aziel Pantin is a towering figure inked in stories with the smell of ink and leather, the steady buzz of needles, the warmth of a small child's laughter filling his tattoo shop. His skin tells tales of Trinidad's vibrant rhythms, its carnivals and its struggles. Fatherhood has carved new lines of tenderness into his soul, and his eyes hold both the fire of survival and the softness of deep love. Two souls, both marked by pain and resilience, drawn together by an invisible thread and a quiet gravity beneath the noise of the world. In Aziel's calm, steady presence, Reign finds the cool balm to his restless wounds, a sanctuary where silence speaks louder than words. In Reign's restless flame, Aziel discovers a spark that melts away the cold armor around his heart. They move slowly, cautiously, through the fragile dance of trust with hands trembling, breaths caught, voices barely above whispers. Each touch is a healing salve, each glance a promise, weaving new stories over old scars. In a world that demands hardness, they find in each other a sacred softness and proof that love can root itself in broken ground, and that from the deepest wounds can grow the brightest light.

ᴅᴏᴡɴ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴅᴇ. ᴅᴏᴡɴ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴʏᴡʜᴇʀᴇ. ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ, ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ, ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ. ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɢᴏ

P A R I S T U E © 2025 All Rights Reserved To The Original Author _ "You didn't flinch when I showed you the monster in me." "'Cause I got monsters too, Ma. Maybe ours just needed company."

I thought it would just be me and Nori. But then Jasai showed up-loud, calm, dangerous in ways I couldn't name. I didn't expect to want both of them. I didn't expect them to want me back. Now we're all in it. And somehow... it feels right.

Loki always lived his life unapologetically.Some people could get with it and others? Simply got left. Loki didn't sweat the small stuff.Better yet? He barely sweated anything at all. When a mysterious young man named Kaiser crosses Loki path multiple times, on multiple different occasions, Loki finds himself slowly but surely getting sucked into his twisted mind, and starts to wonder if maybe he has a twisted mind of his own?

Some love teach us to hide. Others show us how to be seen. Symphony has spent years loving in the shadows, silencing her truth for someone too afraid to love her out loud. But when heartbreak finally pushes her to the edge, she makes a choice-to leave her small town, her past, and the version of herself that settled for less. With her best friend Cairo by her side and a backpack full of poems, she sets off to find freedom in a new city. What she doesn't expect is True, a guarded student with secrets of his own, and eyes that seem to really see her. In a world that's always asked her to be quiet, Bare is a story about choosing yourself, healing in community, and the slow, brave journey toward a love that doesn't flinch.

Wynter Nox is just trying to get through high school without too much drama. With his best friends River, Tamir and Corrie, the quartet do their best to get through whatever it is senior year will throw at them-- clubs tryouts, the SAT, and the football team being assholes. But there's one thing that might mess up everything Wynter's worked for-- the Baby Project. Paired up with Declan Whitehead (the boy who's managed to buy his way through life and his problems with a simple call from his father), Wynter must take care of a doll that eats, sleeps and cries like a real baby would while still making sure Declan does his part as well. Will he manage to keep his 4.0 and get through the semester, or will Declan and his asshole friends start too much trouble?

On The Low: Cyrus, a sheltered boy, meets tough Derick after a party, igniting a dangerous, life-changing attraction between them.

one of those queer stories about enemies to lovers

Juno Varela, an eighteen-year-old who is deaf and mute, is a senior at Beaumont United High School. As he tries to navigate life and school, his learning disabilities are not made any easier by the condescending attitudes of others towards aspects of his identity that he cannot change. He could only hope for the chance to be normal! Malik Ferguson, a nineteen-year-old, transfers to BU High to complete his senior year following an unfortunate incident at his previous school that led to his expulsion. He desires a new beginning and will do whatever it takes to achieve it. Yet, who could have predicted that his fresh start would involve a mute and deaf young man? And what will Malik do when the ghosts of his past begin to haunt him?"