Adeline Stargate is more than happy to immerse herself in her senior year of high school with her new group of friends and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jax Inkrose. No more toxic friends. No more gaslighting. No more manipulation. And no more hate letters. At least not with her current friends. When Adeline's former "friends" decide they don't want her out of their lives quite yet, she finds herself spiraling into the emotional turmoil of the past three years. Jax wants nothing more than to make all Adeline's problems go away, but when the problems become more intense and Adeline falls back on bad habits, he's forced to think about what a true friend would do. More importantly, he's forced to come to terms with whether he's a true friend himself.

After the police cover up their friend's murder, an unlikely trio must descend into a rotten criminal underworld to forge a dangerous alliance with the very people they were taught to fear. [Full summary inside] Featured by @StoriesUndiscovered - April 2023 Featured by @mystery - May 2023 Featured by @crime - June 2023 Total word count: 180K words THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT - IT IS UNDERGOING EDITING.

Another year, another three letters to write and never send. Since freshman year, Adeline Stargate has made it a tradition to write letters to each of her three friends telling them what she hated the most about them that school year. After her junior year, she decides this is a tradition that needs to end and is set on burning all nine letters at the end-of-the-year bonfire. But when one of her friends happens to find one of the letters and reads it, her plans - and friendships - are ruined. Or at least changed. Jax Inkrose, an old childhood friend, decides to turn this into a night to reconnect and share secrets. For each letter Adeline reads to him, he'll share his own secret. Nine secrets for nine letters. Seems fair. But as the night goes on, Adeline realizes there are some secrets she's even hidden from herself and isn't too sure that she wants Jax to know about them. Or herself for that matter.

Vale Morgan is an open book. He enjoys spending time with his group of friends at the dead mall in their small town. He loves working in his garage flipping cars for extra cash. And there's not a pizza on the planet he won't devour in one sitting. But he has one massive secret that he's spent his entire life trying to hide: He's in love with his best friend. Gen Cross has been his neighbor and ride or die best friend since before either of them can remember. She's been with him through everything, including the abandonment of his mother when he was just a child. Gen is the most important person in his life, and despite the fact that he's madly in love with her, he refuses to act on his feelings in fear of being rejected and ruining what they have already. Until one dare at a summer party after graduation opens his eyes to what could be. Now that Vale's had a taste of what he's always wanted, will he be able to go back to the way things were before? Or will he finally admit his feelings and risk it all to win the heart of the only person he's ever truly loved? A companion story to A Touch of Cinnamon.

For Mona's upcoming sixteenth birthday, there's only one thing she really wants: to get it over with. But with her family coming to visit her and her older sister for winter break, all she can do is listen to their suggestions and hope time passes quickly. The only problem is time seems to be at a complete standstill since Mona won't be celebrating her birthday with her twin brother for the first time in her life. The next best thing? Deflect the conversations and hope for the best. Mona's been doing exactly that for the last few months. What're a couple more weeks until her birthday passes? But when she meets Nathan and Clara, she finds that a couple of weeks of deflecting conversations and hoping for the best isn't going to cut it. Not with them, and not with herself either.

Smart-mouthed and self-destructive, seventeen year old Audrielle Floyd just wants to feel alive. When a night of one too-many bad decisions lands her with a crippling brain injury, she struggles to put the pieces of herself back together. Chasing after answers leads to a rabbit hole of danger, and Audrielle soon finds herself face to face with the wounds of her past, and a new mystery which shakes her to the core. Will familiar faces help to guide her out of the darkness, or will they drag her down even deeper? TW: Substance abuse, bullying, child abuse, murder, illness

Briar Chiem has only ever had choices in her life. Her parents made sure of that, and she knows for a fact it has everything to do with her terrible, hypocritical grandfather. At least that's what her dad's bestselling book series makes him out to be anyway. And when they visit him for the summer to make amends, she sees for herself what he's really like and the choices set before her. Idris Laxamana has some choices to make, too: get lost in The Quiet Nights series or listen to his family tell him he's a disappointment. The choice is obvious, but when he meets Briar, he's not so sure anymore. And the more they read her father's series, the more they start to realize just how closely their choices and the subsequent outcomes can parallel art.

AMBY AWARDS TOP PICK 2024 ❤️ The knocking continued. And she continued to lie prone on the floor, her heart thudding desperately in her chest. Her brain was telling her something she couldn't allow herself to believe. Because there was only one thing she'd left in her garden. And it couldn't possibly be the thing that was trying to get her attention right now. "Hello?" A male voice shouted pleadingly all of a sudden. "I'm cold. Holly?" It couldn't be. Could it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Holly Sprigg hates Christmas. It's forced fun at its very worst. It's the best way to bankrupt her. And it's a chance to feel even more alone than she usually does. But when she takes her nephew to see Santa, her life takes a bit of a turn . . . And suddenly, she has somehow created her dream man. Out of snow! What is the purpose of the mysterious "faux man"? And can he help Holly regain some of the festive spirit she lost so long ago?

"We could just . . . *do it*, you know," he says now, teasingly. "Clear all that sexual tension up with one quick ten minute session?" I seriously hope he's joking, but I'm not certain he is. Either way, I can't prevent the exasperated huff of laughter that escapes my lips at those words. "You must be dreaming if you think there's *any* sexual tension between us," I scoff. "Anyway, I'd rather not be another notch on your bedpost, thanks very much." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ruby Rafferty has won the ultimate prize - a luxury holiday in Crete! In theory, it couldn't be more perfect - endless sun, Greek food, an unlimited free bar . . . There's only one problem. The man she has no choice but to share the prize with. Lewis Sheridan may be ridiculously attractive, but he is also cocky, cynical, and comes complete with his own specific set of red flags. He's everything Ruby has never wanted in a guy, and she's not sure she can survive *one* day alone with him, let alone ten. It's *fine*, though . . . Their suite is massive, the cocktails are flowing, and Ruby can't help but notice how handsome and charming the hotel manager is. If only he didn't think she and Lewis were already a couple . . . Will forced proximity push our vacationers closer or further apart? Can enemies really become lovers? And what will happen if anyone realises they're technically on holiday under false pretences? I guess we're about to find out . . . Cover by @jspromcoms

And there she was, in the flesh. Her hair still dyed blonde, but curly again like when I saw her for the first time. She looked tired, cynical. Bored. And a little sad. I recognised these emotions instantly as it was the same way I'd been feeling for too long now. However, she was also still utterly beautiful and completely perfect, and the love I'd always harboured for her rushed back like a burst dam. Let's face it, it had never really went away. The dam may as well have even held back by some dubious duct tape. It had been leaking for years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ He pretty much fell in love at first sight when he was 14 years old. 20 years later he's having to face the girl he fell for again . . . And he's not really coping well with it. You hopefully already know how it ends . . . But here's the chance to see Ryan's version of events. ❤️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***This novella is Ryan's side of the main relationship in "No Reservations". It therefore serves as a companion to the main book and would be best enjoyed as dessert after you've binged on the main. 😉***