HR-19SS | Sammy Walcott is the loner boy. The boy with scars and bruises. The quiet lacrosse boy. Sammy doesn't have a problem being alone and everybody has come to know and respect this. That's until Elijah Gracia comes back to town. Being alone isn't possible anymore. Copyright © CriticallyIntense

[Wattys 2022 New Adult Winner] Following in his late father's footsteps, Gabe works as a runner during the golden age of a drug empire in late-90s Southern California. Miguel, exiled from his family for being gay, discovers meaningful work in the warehouse where Gabe makes his nightly deliveries. Slowly, resentfully, they fall in love, and together they battle off demons - both real and imagined.

Jake Miller and Alex Moody have been in an unspoken rivalry since middle school --popularity and talent driving one away from the other. But being locked up in the school's equipment room with a drunk-as-hell rival can make things a little complicated in their relationship. One struggles to contain his feelings. While the other struggles to accept it. But in the end, this is their struggle to embrace it. ************************************************************************************************ Started : Apr 26th, 2019 Completed :

A stubborn prince joins forces with the beautiful son of his enemy to save his kingdom and his life. --- Prince Toom has never questioned the safety and power of his family - until he meets Niako, the cunning, arrogant, and unnervingly beautiful son of the enemy Rakim chief. In Rakim, Toom discovers heinous traditions beyond his imagination, such as Claiming enemies as personal slaves. When Toom returns to Rakim ten years later, Niako proves more enigmatic than ever, and Toom grapples with conflicting feelings and an unsettling attraction. With the throne and his own family's lives at stake, Toom attempts to seduce Niako to unveil Rakim's plots. Niako reveals little but offers foreboding advice: flee Rakim and never return. As political machinations and cruel appetites overtake the land, Toom must work together with Niako to save the nation. To protect those he loves. And to survive. Set forty-four years after "The Claimed: Rashika's Resistance" (also works as a stand-alone novel) |2022 Wattys Shortlist| Trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse and references to sexual assault

November twenty-second was like any other Tuesday for the world, but in Valenchester, it was only the beginning of the Arcana Killer's terror. *** Ethan Covington, billion-heir and media-sweetheart is dead with a death card in his pocket - a small gift from his murderer. Now, it's up to Amara, the lead detective on his case, to hunt down the killer and bring them to justice. But what she doesn't know is that the answer doesn't lie in the present. Ten years ago, Janet Holloway, a seemingly normal seventeen-year-old, took her own life - a tragedy everyone in Valenchester desperately tried to forget. Ten years later, the town is haunted with her possible return for blood. Amara must choose which victim to side with - the man with skeletons in his closet or the girl back from the dead. But what if the truth isn't as normal as you'd expect? What if hunting for the truth leads Amara down a rabbit hole of her own past, and the hidden motives she joined the police department with? What if the truth she's been searching, has been searching her this entire time? [Updates Every Week]

The one rule Daniel has for himself? Don't date your boss. And it's the one rule he can't help but break. They say never meet your heroes, but Daniel has to. He's hired as a personal assistant, tasked with turning around the life of the man he'd admired since his college years-bestselling author Oliver Carlson. And he's nothing like Daniel pictured him, dressing in baggy cartoon T-shirts, with facial hair overwhelming his features and a messy home that resembles a frat house. But what Daniel doesn't know is how well his new boss can clean up... and how smoking hot he really is, underneath the oversized shirts and overgrown beard. There's more to Oliver than hidden six-pack abs and gorgeous eyes. What other secrets will Daniel unlock, all while trying desperately not to break his one and only rule?

Oliver Sullivan should have never fallen in love with his ex-best friend, Benjamin Adams. Maybe then, he wouldn't be sobbing over a Facebook post at three in the morning about his engagement. But as Oliver finds solace in his favorite coffee shop and in the barista, Haruto Yoshida-Sanchez, Benjamin's engagement is only another setback in Oliver's confidence in falling in love again. Will he finally leave Benjamin and his past on read, or will it take the unassuming and benevolent Haruto, to teach Oliver the beauty of love?

A story in which an obnoxious and arrogant boy moves in next door and for some reason, Ben can't manage to get him out of his head.

COMPLETED ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acendro Klein has been living on the streets for the past two years of his life. When he gets accepted into the rich and prestigious high school, he meets new people and one person who sparks interest in him. Elvis Wolf, he's had it all. Gets what he wants, when he wants, wherever he wants. The hottest of the hottest. Richest of the riches. His life has gone on without any question. But when a new kid rolls into the school, he gets interested, especially when the new kid has an attitude, secrets, and mystery, things happen. A game, daring the ones who play. -- Spin off/Book 2 is out: Blindsided by Him - Completed-2019