things to read 💙
76 stories
Resisting the Bad Boy  by JasmineCroft_
JasmineCroft_
  • WpView
    Reads 246,189
  • WpVote
    Votes 7,361
  • WpPart
    Parts 33
"Don't think," he whispers into my ear. I hesitate. "I-" His lips on mine silence the rest of my words. He sucks on my bottom lip, nibbling it until moving up to the top one. After that, he kisses both. I whimper involuntarily, the sound unfamiliar to my ears. I mean, I've kissed guys before, but goodness this boy can kiss. I've never had it feel like it is now. We both pull back, breathing heavy. He grins at my flustered state, not a cocky smirk, but a...happy one? "Think about it, little dove. I'll see you in class okay," he says, starting the walk back to his car. A few moments later I hear the door shut and an engine start. Holy butterflies...what have I gotten myself into? [FULL EPIGRAPH INSIDE] SUMMARY: Raven has never been the most sough after girl or the most popular, but that doesn't stop bad boy Archer Cross from noticing her...and making it his mission to have her. He's actually wanted her for some time, a fact unknown to everyone around him. Problem is...her adoptive sister is his ex. Always living in her sister's shadow, she doesn't believe him. She wasn't remotely as beautiful as Layla, or so she thought. Always the brunt of fat kid jokes and pranks, she finally decided to turn that around over the summer before senior year. With her new body this school year, everyone has changed opinions and she's positive Archer's just another one of the others who have taken notice now that she's changed. As he pursues her heart, she resists, telling herself she can't believe him-that he's not telling the truth. But does she actually believe that? WARNING: Contains swearing/strong language Started: 1/7/19 Completed:
Loving Him | ✔️ by JasmineCroft_
JasmineCroft_
  • WpView
    Reads 2,022,940
  • WpVote
    Votes 57,457
  • WpPart
    Parts 34
[HIGHEST RANKING #1 IN FALLINGINLOVE] It wasn't ever supposed to happen like it did. It wasn't supposed to happen at all... Katarina Rhodes was just an average girl tagging along with her best friend on a much needed trip to Los Angeles, California. She grumbled at the idea of going out to a boisterous arena filled with yelling people, but her best friend since age ten convinced her to come and watch an MMA fight. MMA fights weren't all her thing, until she fell in love with one of the fighters. Knox Taylor. Then commences a fierce battle between the head and the heart. Which one will win? EPIGRAPH: I make my way over to the vending machine and dig a couple dollars out for a Milky Way bar. I feed it in and watch the thing do its magic, but the damn bar doesn't quite fall from the slot. "Dumb machine!" I mutter. All of a sudden, a huge fist slams into the machine. The bar falls from the slot with a plunk, but I'm fucking scared shitless. I jump at the loud noise and my heart just about leaps out of my chest. I turn to who the fist belongs to and struggle to stop my jaw from hitting the floor. It's him. Knox fricken Taylor. WARNING: Contains swearing/strong language Contains one chapter with mature content RANKINGS: #1 in Fallinginlove 11/21/18 #1 in Meanttobe 1/15/19 #1 in Lovable 2/14/19 #1 in Heart 9/22/19 #1 in Competition 1/9/20 #1 in Couple 2/8/20 #2 in Brokenheart 4/9/19 #2 in Romantic 6/7/19 PRAISE FOR LOVING HIM: "So good! 😭😍❤️❤️❤️" - TattooedNightmare "This is one of my favorite wattpad books and you did such a good job writing it👏🏼" - Julesx06 "this was amazing i loved it so much" - _Joelle13_ "OMG I'M SHAKING! YES! EEEEEEEKKKK THIS IS ADORABLE." - Readingrules2u33 "Oh my god I've been waiting for this for so long" - BionicBlond
Figuring Out Foster by littletrip92
littletrip92
  • WpView
    Reads 176,208
  • WpVote
    Votes 6,271
  • WpPart
    Parts 28
No one acts the way they are on the inside. Everyone always has something they are trying to keep from others. Maggie has her own share of problems -with a mother that's been dead since she was six years old and a dad that does everything to forget that fact, she's got a truckload of issues that definitely need addressing. However, she almost always chooses to keep them hidden from mind in favor of someone else's plight. Foster is no different-- but he's got enough difficulties without Maggie wanting to solve his problems. But when they both attract a common enemy at school it brings them closer but also throws them into chaos. *~*~*~*~* Cover by: Xshining_diamondX
Strain of Love by HTEllis
HTEllis
  • WpView
    Reads 1,030,979
  • WpVote
    Votes 44,149
  • WpPart
    Parts 41
A shy primary school teacher, who falls in love with her student's father, learns the secrets he keeps will change her life forever. ***** Primary school teacher, Verity Rose's life is simple and straightforward. At thirty-one-years-old, and still single, she's given up on ever finding her Mr. Right. Henry Clay is a man trapped by the loss of his everything. The mother of his six-year-old daughter. The love of his life. When the pair are brought together by a lucky streak of fate (aka. Mabel, Henry's energetically loving daughter), they can't deny the connection. It's electric and awe-inspiring. Maybe a little too good to be true. As Verity falls harder than ever, Henry suddenly pulls away, causing friction between the pair. Heartbreak is hard to heal. Especially when a devastating lie unfolds that risks ruining everything. Content Warning: Strain of Love will contain sexual content, swearing and adult themes. Cover designed by Ray Gardener
The Quarterback's Princess by chaaass93
chaaass93
  • WpView
    Reads 2,774,516
  • WpVote
    Votes 74,182
  • WpPart
    Parts 63
I began to squeeze her even tighter. "Do you notice that you don't call Hawai'i home anymore? When you were over there and you'd talk about home, you'd always be referring to back here." She placed her palms on either side of my body and lifted herself up. Looking directly into my eyes, she confidently said, "No. I was always referring to you. You and Cayleigh are my home." ***** Cayden Jourdan is the guy every guy wants to be and every girl wants to be with. Everyone believes he not only has what it takes to lead his team to the Championships for the first time in school history but also to make it to the NFL. His skills on the field are extraordinary, but it has nothing on his skills in the bedroom. Just ask any girl on campus. Most of them are willing to do anything to get into bed with him. Some of them want even more. But unfortunately for them, he's not the relationship type. Never has been. And even if he were, his heart's not his to give away. It's completely owned by his four year old daughter, Cayleigh. But what happens when his little princess asks him to get her a real mommy for Christmas? What's the playboy to do? Brooke Kahele just made the biggest decision of her life...transferring to an out of state college. Can she survive being on her own for the first time when her whole support system is all the way on the other side of the Pacific Ocean? Well, ready or not, she's about to find out. CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS ***** Side note: The image used as my cover is not my own and I am in no way claiming it to be.
at the edge of the cliff || ✔ by dotalleway
dotalleway
  • WpView
    Reads 397,545
  • WpVote
    Votes 11,651
  • WpPart
    Parts 70
shay daniels She's been through a lot. Abusive father. Abusive step father sent by the abusive father. Mother thrown in jail for a crime she didn't exactly do. Probation officer. Depression. Suicidal thoughts. The whole shebang. grayson delgato Now he's been through a lot too. Death in the family. And that's about it. But it was enough to send him on a downhill spiral of a number of things: he goes through his own kind of depression, his previous perfect relationship with his parents is now gone, and his "golden boy" reputation is slowly deteriorating. They come together when Shay was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I think now that maybe it was the right place at the right time. Their lives are very different, but they are both going through the same internal battle with themselves. Maybe they'll help each other. Maybe they'll make it worse. Maybe in the end their time together is just a waste. Who knows. But it all gets figured out at the edge of the cliff. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pretty proud of this kinda cheesy, kinda cliche but at the same time kinda not just trust me its good
Closer to You (Book One ✓) by kjobrien
kjobrien
  • WpView
    Reads 811,337
  • WpVote
    Votes 23,389
  • WpPart
    Parts 39
"Please, Beau? I don't want to talk about this so, please, just shut up." Beau tilts his head, surprised at first, before a wicked gleam appears in his eyes. "Make me." ** "...one of the best romantic novel developments I've read..." ~ @renegxde ; The Mono Reviews Emma is a quiet girl in a small town, filling her days with shifts at the local coffee shop so that she can one day fulfill her dream and put herself through college. Her life isn't glamorous, but hard work rarely is. Her mind is on the prize and nothing will stop her from achieving her dreams. That is, until lonely and misunderstood bad boy of the most popular band comes to town and stirs up enough crazy to last Emma a lifetime. Their deal is simple, Emma helps Beau with his image for generous pay, setting her on the fast track to accomplishing her dreams. But the most important rule isn't exactly included in the fine print: Under no circumstances is anyone to catch feelings. Shouldn't be hard, right? As Emma gets closer and closer to mysterious Beau, she finds it harder and harder to stay true to their deal. Who knew the bad boy would be so hard to resist? As she struggles not to break their number one rule, she faces another problem - he's even harder to love. Text copyright ©kjobrien™ 2020 Shimmer and Shine: An Awards 2020: 1st place in ChickLit The Sparkle Awards - 2nd Edition: 1st place in ChickLit The Oasis Awards: 1st place in ChickLit Skyfall Awards 2020: 2nd place in Romance Rose Gold Awards 2020: 2nd place in Romance The Spotlight Awards: 2nd place New Adult #1 in Women's Fiction #1in Romantic Fiction #1 in Slow Build #1 in Famous #1 in Rockstar #1 in Boyband #1 in Concert #1 in Romance Reads 2021 #1 in Small Town Girl #1 in On Tour #1 in After Dark #2 in Flirtationship #2 in Love Story #2 in Slow Burn #2 in Bands #3 in Young Adult #4 in Adult Fiction #4 in Hot #4 in Steamy #5 RocknRoll #5 in Alcoholism #5 in Flirty #5 in Witty #6 in New Adult
The bad boy is my roommate by writergxrll
writergxrll
  • WpView
    Reads 1,365,214
  • WpVote
    Votes 26,560
  • WpPart
    Parts 34
When Emma Hayes decides to move a college on the outskirts of Los Angeles half way through the college year, she expected and wanted to be an outcast that no one bothered but it soon became obvious to Emma that, that wouldn't happen when she meets her roommate Grayson Ryder, typical bad boy with a new girl every day There's an obvious spark between Emma and Grayson straight away but will anything become of it? Follow Emma through her journey of making friends, losing friends and maybe even falling in love
Isabella by AmbyLuvsz
AmbyLuvsz
  • WpView
    Reads 14,852,772
  • WpVote
    Votes 444,128
  • WpPart
    Parts 41
When Ashley found out that she was pregnant with twins, she couldn't wait to share the good news with her husband. But when he got home later that night, he told her that he wanted a divorce without really giving her a reason why. Heartbroken, Ashley does the only thing that she could do. She signed the divorce papers. Now she's forced to go through her pregnancy alone with no one to help her but her friend, Mayla. During her pregnancy, complications occurred that gives Ashley a new outlook on life. She realizes that not everything is as it seems and not everyone can be trusted. *Originally written by ForeverInfinities* Descriptions are not my best but hopefully, the actual story would be better. :))
To Love a Fighter by xMinervax
xMinervax
  • WpView
    Reads 3,425,516
  • WpVote
    Votes 88,253
  • WpPart
    Parts 22
Dylan was the new the girl, the outsider. No one talked to her or even tried to help her through her first day. Being new was hard but being alone was worst. However, when she meets a violent and dangerous boy, she might have wished to be invisible again. After that day, Dylan's life changed as the boy that she never wanted to meet again gets thrown into her life and has no intention of letting her go. Even if his past and his choices may get in their way and threat everything they were fighting for. When two people meet in awkward situations, what could result from that? Maybe more than everyone would expect…