She left to chase her dreams. She never thought she'd come back... or fall for him all over again. Lily thought she'd buried the past when she packed her bags and left the small town she grew up in behind for the bright lights of the big city. But when a family emergency pulls her back to the sleepy mountain town she once called home, old wounds begin to reopen-and one in particular wears a Stetson and a crooked smile that still makes her heart race. Ford never really got over Lily, no matter how many years have passed. Seeing her again is like striking a match-suddenly everything they had is blazing back to life. But between long-buried secrets, broken trust, and the life Lily swore she'd never return to, rekindling what they once had might come at too high a price. As temptation flares and emotions rise, Lily must decide: is her future the one she's built for herself in the city or in the arms of the cowboy she left behind? Heartfelt, sexy, and full of small-town charm, Fractured From the Fall is a second-chance romance about the love that lingers, the choices that define us, and the courage it takes to come home.

"What the devil are you doing, woman!" He snatched at the sheet and viciously pulled it from my grip. I gasped, teetering on my bare feet as the sheet unwound to reveal my undergarments. A smug smile grew on his lips as he drank me in. "I'll be having that service now," he said as he folded his hands behind his unruly hair. *** Genevieve Navarre struggles to control her newfound ability in a world where powers are both a gift and a curse. Haunted by a prophecy foretelling her role in breaking a curse on a fallen kingdom, Gen seeks mastery over her powers to protect her loved ones, even if it means working with a twisted Lord of the kingdom. Alongside enigmatic allies, she embarks on a perilous quest for the essence stones, whose discovery holds the key to restoring the kingdom and unraveling her destiny. As Gen navigates treacherous landscapes and confronts formidable foes, she discovers inner strength and resilience, ultimately realizing that her journey is not only about breaking a curse but also about discovering her true self, her real desires, and the depths of her power. *** (Mature for violence, sexual content, and foul language) (Warnings: Threats, physical abuse, references to sexual abuse, mentions of suicide)

Because favours are priced... -*-*-*-*-*- "You have an insatiable desire for trouble Camille Sanders. You'll never just be satisfied. You're like me, too wild for the world." I laugh at the outrageousness. "You're dramatic I'll give you that Michael Thompson. But I think I'll be fine. Satisfaction is never the end anyway." I smirk as he grins. We clink our glasses and sip the night away. -*-*-*-*-*- After finding out about her father's other family in New York, where his pockets were deeper than a well, she decides to cause a little havoc to ruin the perfect life he made for himself. New York was going to be her playground and this time she would be the one calling the shots. -*-*-*-*-*- All ideas & names used are from my brain. Media is from a place called the Internet. Do NOT copy.

Peneloper Auttsley was the odd duck of Potter Oaks, until a seventeen year old moved in to the house on Mire Hill. His love of Phil Collins and cow-shaped creamers threw her small town into chaos. But when Peneloper starts to focus more on him than her pirate fantasy and beloved Captain Stormholden, will love bloom for her? And what of Peneloper's best friend, Chantham? Will he allow her love to bloom? Or does he hide a crush as well as a few secrets behind his oceanic blue eyes? This is an adventure of the most grand design; everything included. ©OctaviaLocke 2016 Cover made by @brookemcx.

Jesse is an indie-band producer, a hedonistic ass, and a cynic. He doesn't believe in the idea of love and romance. For him it was all about clinical sex, small talks over cigarettes, and detached one-night stands. Everything was less about connection and more about hooking-up. And then he meets K. The beautiful, mysterious and dangerously alluring K. There was just something about K that pulled him to her. Challenged and charmed, Jesse goes on to pursue her. They get into an unlikely relationship, that pushes both their emotional, psychological and physical boundaries. ********************************************** 'K.' tells us the story of a young adult in New York, who use dating apps to meet others for fun with no strings attached. It will soon develop to another direction, as the protagonist evolves - both psychologically and emotionally.

Geneva Withers never lies to her three great-aunts, but she keeps quite a few secrets, all of which she accidentally spills on no other than Damon Priest, a man she hardly knows. Could she trust him to never tell a soul? Growing up with the tight upbringing and indoctrinated with beliefs of her three great-aunts, Geneva is never spared of the true reasons why she was came to live with them. But as years pass, reading nothing but the bible and going nowhere but the church on Sundays, and being exposed to the eccentric Stratford cousins her aunts warned her about, she begins to grow curious of many things about her own life. Who is she, really? What does she love and hate? As she takes the first brave steps to find herself, however, she encounters a slight delay when, one Sunday morning at church, she accidentally reveals her deepest secrets to one of the Stratfords: Damon Priest, a man who uses her secrets to bring out things about herself that she never knew existed. Her aunts say he's the devil, and she's scared to end up like her mother. But there's something about Damon Priest that keeps drawing her in. Sin or not, she can only pray. The Abberton Series will center on the Stratford cousins and their life in their beloved home, Abberton. Cover by Shek

Reiz Hall, an ambitious undergrad studying Renaissance Literature at Oxford University, has no time for distractions. Her life is a whirlwind of exams, papers, and barely a moment to spare for her family. But there's one thing that consistently breaks her focus: her roommate's infuriatingly perfect boyfriend, Lucius Black. Lucius, a platinum-haired, too-hot-for-his-own-good surgeon, is everything Reiz doesn't want. His smug grin, arrogant confidence, and distracting presence are like nails on a chalkboard. As far as she's concerned, he's nothing but a gorgeous pain in the ass. He thinks she's a smart-mouthed, fiery little pixie-and he's not wrong. But trouble looms when Reiz notices the way his eyes follow her. That spark of interest that lies beneath his infuriating indifference. What begins as a game of verbal sparring soon spirals into something much more dangerous-a battle of wills that neither can seem to stop. The tension between them simmers, thick with unspoken desire and resentful attraction. Neither is willing to back down, but how long can they keep provoking each other before one of them breaks? In the game of hate and attraction, the stakes are higher than either can anticipate-because when these two collide, it's not just pride on the line. It's everything they didn't see coming. [The Third Book of the V-Series] A Standalone Novel.

Ever thought surviving first period-and facing her best friend's boyfriend, whom she recently kissed-would be the hardest part of her day. She was wrong. The world is ending. Literally. Between dodging awkward hallway interactions with her best friend's boyfriend and dodging the apocalypse, Ever discovers she may be the one person capable of saving mankind. No pressure, right? But just when she's barely wrapping her head around her destiny, a mysterious (and annoyingly handsome) stranger shows up. He drives her crazy, yet somehow feels...familiar. And he just might hold the key to unlocking Ever's forgotten past-and to stopping the strange, earth-shattering events unraveling the future. As secrets unfold and loyalties are tested, Ever has to make a choice: walk away from the chaos and pretend the world isn't ending-or embrace her destiny and risk everything to save it. After all, being a teenager is hard. Being the savior of humanity? That's a whole new level. *This is book one in a series

★ NOW PUBLISHED! ★ What do you get when you add the ultimate meet cute + a bruised head? = A whole can of heartbreak. It all starts in aisle three. Lacie O'Connor prefers to see the world in black and white, logical, rational, and natural, like her biology major. She just wants to survive her freshman year of college, but first she must find a can of peas. Instead, she gets hit on the head with a box of cake mix. Trent Montgomery is all saturated and technicolor even in the maroon employee polo. Lacie thought she left him and his sheepish smiling friend at the grocery store but finds him in her most dreaded class: Intro to Philosophy. He sits next to her, and it's all PLATOnic until he presses his foot up against hers. That's all it takes for her to get lost in the philosophy of Trent. What starts out as sidewalk conversations soon leads to study sessions that transform to cuddle sessions that transform to make-out sessions. But just before winter break, Trent steps back. He dodges her texts. He kisses her in private but blows her off in public. Lacie knows miscommunication and mixed signals spread like an invasive plant species, but what she can't figure out is which version of Trent is real. The one she met in aisle three, or the one who likes to get drunk in dorm building basements. © 2015 ℓαℓαℓαℓαwriting © 2019 ℓαℓαℓαℓαwriting |Edited/NEW| © 2022 Published version All Rights Reserved |Third Place Winner in #Readytoreadya2018 Young Adult Reads Contest|

★ NOW PUBLISHED! ★ Hookup Culture Noun The idea that casual sexual encounters are the best or only way to engage sexually in college, a set of practices that facilitate casual sexual encounters, and an organizational structure that supports them (Lisa Wade, American Hookup 2017). As a sociology major researching nightclubs, Laney Emerson finds hookup culture to be just another socially constructed phenomenon that is worth questioning, analyzing, and concluding about. As a twenty-something college student, Laney also finds herself immersed in the culture of hooking up, in which physically getting naked is often easier than admitting how you feel. © 2020 ℓαℓαℓαℓαwriting © 2023 Published Version |ORIGINALLY A Short Story One-Shot (Walk of Shame) that received an HONORABLE MENTION in Romance Contest #12: Songspiration| *This story contains explicit language and implied sexual content*