Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

(This story is a BL romance, and has been put on hiatus. I will be unpublishing this story this summer after my classes are done so I can begin heavily rewriting it. In the meantime, you can read my other BL story, Being a Noble Is Harder Than It Seems, which is an otome isekai with a much healthier couple). Sun Hui always thought his life was pretty mundane but easygoing, until one day that life was suddenly ripped away from him. Stuck inside a place known as Xinghai Space, he is forced to play the roles of cannon fodders that all meet terrible ends. After completing several lifetimes, his AI stops working and the master who was pulling his puppet strings has vanished and relinquished control. Still stuck in Xinghai Space, but with freewill this time, Sun Hui decides to make a difference. He vows to use his new awareness to help others and bring justice to those who deserve it instead of being a bystander. This is his vengeance for having his life taken from him for so long. Until then, he can only hope to get back home. He never expected to fall in love as part of his plan. Disclaimers/Warnings: • This book is a loose fanfic of "Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil" by Fengliu Shudai. • This is my first BL story. It may be unrealistic and poorly written. • I am not Chinese. I tried my best to do research, but this book will not be 100% culturally accurate until I have someone who is actually Chinese look it over for mistakes. • This book has triggers. The first arc is a bully romance, and it has a non-con/dub-con scene in the first arc. After that one scene, the rest are consensual. I explain the triggers in greater detail in the book. I do NOT support or romanticize the triggers. • You can read an (unfinished) alternate version of Arc One on my Wattpad account if you don't like the toxic relationship. • I don't own any of the photos in this book. I got them all from Google Images or Pinterest. Credit goes to the original artists

a short story about two lovers with a twist.

The only thing Mia Hope has in common with Jake Carpenter, Artwood High's most popular quarterback, is a love for the coffee served at The Coffee Pod. He wants her to tutor him - and if she can do it without a single cup of coffee, he'll pay her triple. Easy. Nothing could go wrong, right? ***** When Jake learns he's failing English, he knows he needs to pull his grades up or he'll risk being kicked off the football team. He strikes a deal with the elusive Mia - the quiet girl with secrets. If she can't go without a single cup of coffee, she has to tutor him for free. If she can, he'll pay her triple, and with Christmas around the corner, there's nothing Mia needs more than money. But as the pair grow closer, Jake learns the real reason for Mia's bad habit, and what starts as an innocent bet between enemies grows into something more serious. Can the pair survive the next two months with their hearts - and secrets - still intact? Content/trigger warning: This story contains themes of assault and abuse. [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]] Cover designed by Jenna Conrad The Coffee Pact now has a sequel: The Kissing Pact

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. The past always resurfaces . . . Five years after almost drowning, Olivia Cathart returns home to Caldwell Beach determined to face her fears and take some risks-not just by swimming but by opening her heart. Hoping to rekindle her friendships, she's excited about a carefree summer with her best friends Keely and Miles. But life in the sleepy town has changed, and no one and nothing is as it seems. When a series of startling crimes threaten Olivia's fragile state, she is plunged into a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Her only solace from the chaos is West, Miles's disowned and ruggedly handsome brother, but even he can't answer the question on everyone's minds-is Olivia really in danger or is it simply all in her head?