{CURRENTLY UNPUBLISHED} 10/2/25 Edit: this book has been removed from Wattpad, but the characters live on in a published series titled The Wildflower Series, which can be found on Amazon and in bookstores. Alive at Night, Awake at Dawn, Attached at Heart are available now. Already at Risk, which follows Collins' brother Cameron, is coming on October 16th. Thank you so much! For the past three years, Bren Hadaway has been preparing to die. When he was sixteen, he watched his dad murder his mom. And ever since, he's been counting down the days until it was his turn to be at the end of a gun. And Bren has never really cared. His hellish childhood combined with his learning disability instilled in him the idea that having a real future was never in his cards. Until now. Bren spent his first semester of college falling in love with the one girl he'd do anything to live for. He relived his past, fought his demons, and gave up on his own goals-all so he could help Madie Lenertz escape her abusive boyfriend. But now Bren has no choice but to find his dad so he can quit looking over his shoulder. So he can stop waiting to die. Because suddenly the only thing in the world that Bren Hadaway wants is a future. And he wants it with her. This story is a sequel to It Burns Within Us, and it is the second installment in the Wildfire Series. ***MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY***

{CURRENTLY UNPUBLISHED} 10/2/25 Edit: this book has been removed from Wattpad, but the characters live on in a published series titled The Wildflower Series, which can be found on Amazon and in bookstores. Alive at Night, Awake at Dawn, Attached at Heart are available now. Already at Risk, which follows Collins' brother Cameron, is coming on October 16th. Thank you so much! When a college freshman with a learning disability and a reputation collides with a straight-A, straight-laced girl in the dorm kitchen one night, he sees the darkest parts of himself reflected in her. But the two of them resist acknowledging their hidden truths, and their forbidden connection, until ignoring it all becomes too perilous. *** Bren meets Madie during his first week at college, and he's certain he should have nothing to do with her. First of all, Madie has a boyfriend. And second of all, Madie's boyfriend radiates a toxicity that Bren only just escaped from growing up. But knowing what he should do doesn't help him at all. Madie might be completely entwined with her abusive boyfriend, but Bren quickly becomes determined to unravel her. But can Bren open Madie's eyes to the truth before it's too late? *** "Don't go back to being treated like you're not real." Madie's lips parted, and I couldn't read the expression on her face. But we were so close now. "You're real, Madie. Feel it." "I feel it," came her breathy reply. When it came to her, I was weak. My legs couldn't hold me anymore, and I slid down. Landing on my knees, I kneeled back against the bottom of the cold door, letting it cool my hot skin. "Good girl." The words were more of a pant; I could barely catch a breath with the way my heart was racing. But I had to tell her, talk to her. "Now, never forget it. Never forget the way you feel right now, Madie." **MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY** This story contains sensitive topics such as abuse, violence, and explicit sexual content.

𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 (𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬) ~ 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 ~ *** "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞," 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐞, 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨." *** 𝐀𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 ;)