Andie Turner returns home for the summer when she's guaranteed a job as a camp counsellor with her old private school friends, who are unaware of her family secrets and the reason she left four months ago. After their ride to the camp breaks down, Andie is rescued by her ex-best friend Grayson Hadfield, who she learns will be spending the summer as her co-counsellor. When Andie reunites with her friends, she comes to realize things aren't they way they used to be when she left. Secrets unfold, problems arise, and the two enemies are forced to face the hard truths of their relationship and their fallout. But when an unexpected prize raises the stakes of her job and she finally addresses the fight with Grayson that ended their lifelong friendship, Andie has to decide whether the money is the only thing she came back for before she leaves at the end of summer.

The plan has always been simple. Finish college and open my own bakery while supporting my best friend in his journey to the NHL. After a not-so-good experience last year, I've been avoiding most of the hockey team. That is until I finally met their newest teammate whose green eyes have been stuck in my brain ever since. Did I mention he's also my best friend's roommate?

What do you get when you cross privilege, daddy's money, and reckless teenagers? Brookside Academy. The school year home of old money rich kids from across the country, and the shining crown jewel of New England private schools. • Emerson Carmichael is the kind of girl you want to hate, but she makes it so difficult. She's gorgeous, witty, and the heir to one of the most well known American fortunes of all time. Brookside Academy is her favorite place to be, and as a senior this year, she wants to make the most of it. Bennett Sterling loves fast cars, expensive watches, and tailor-made suits. Him and his best friend William are the stars of Brookside's lacrosse team, but he's also been known to quote classic novels from time to time. A true renaissance man. He's charming, he's hot, and he just so happens to be Emerson's least favorite person. The two have been forced together since eighth grade when their best friends began dating. When you've been that close to someone for five years, tension is bound to grow. The only question is, what kind of tension is it?

[ongoing] Nepenthe; (n.) Someone or something that can make you forget grief or suffering. Ravenna Finley and Everett Gray were best friends since the 4th grade till one night junior year. Words were said that can't be taken back. Then Everett leaves Raven without saying goodbye. Five years later they meet again in New York City. Ravenna's only goal in life has been to get out. Escape the continuous cycle of abuse and don't look back. But when she met Everett back in grade school she tried to look on the bright side of things, but this was all lost when her brother died and Everett left. Sending her into a downward spiral of drug abuse. Although she managed to make it out and into her dream college, her memories still haunt her. Will her past catch up and drag her back? Everett has only ever wanted one thing and one thing only. He never managed to escape. With his father being a successful businessman and him being next in line he was never given the opportunity to leave. He has everything he could possibly need, money, women, and a successful business. Is it wrong of him to want more? Perhaps the girl he left all those years ago?

"I'd give it all up for you, Avery," Finn urges. His hands are gripping onto my cheeks and I don't know why I'm letting him get so close to me when I told myself I wouldn't let this happen. All I know is that I could cry at his touch. I miss him so much. "The job, the team, everything," he continues. I swallow the lump in my throat as my eyes dart between his. He seems so desperate and I want to sock myself in the jaw when I'm tempted to wipe the single tear that fell to his cheek. "Because I've seen what it's like to live without you. I know what it's like to see you with someone else, and nothing is worth that. Not even the NHL." The sequel to Ice.

"What do you mean they're 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 ?" I ask, feeling like my world has been slowed to a stop. I feel like she's not even making sense. This doesn't make any sense. We just talked to them. "They're not gone. They said they were going home." The third installment in Ice.

"It's kind of ironic, you know? My life has always revolved around being on ice. It only makes sense that I met the girl I love after she slipped on the only patch in the parking lot."

He was completely and utterly oblivious to everything that he had caused and she absolutely hated him for that. [UNEDITED] [DUAL POV] TW: eating disorder recovery

Hate surrounded us. Why wouldn't it after everything that happened in the past? Rhys Archer had already ruined my life once, and he was about to do it all over again. Breaking my heart once wasn't enough. The cold and brutal prince wanted to do it again. It wasn't meant to be me. I wasn't supposed to end up with him. I'm the substitute. I'm not meant to be his, nor is he destined to be mine. Could he love me? Never. . . . Ava Robinson. The Marshal's daughter. And Prince Rhys's substitute bride. When Ava's sister runs away a week before her wedding day, Ava's forced to take her place with the man she despises most. Rhys Archer. The crowned Prince of the Kingdom of Kilthorne. Her worst nightmare, nemesis, and... the only boy she's ever loved. Once upon a time, it was forbidden, and the prince put his duties before his love, breaking Ava down and leaving her to pick up the pieces. Now, when it's time for him to marry, the most suitable contender was someone familiar. Their twisted fate brings them back to each other, this time in the bond the two desperately want to escape. Can old feelings rekindle with the vows of holy matrimony? Or can hatred be the only vow they make to each other?

"You look so kissable, Amore" "Yeah?" "Yeah" _____________________ Azora Kai Russo & Ares Evolet Reid have been competing against each other for as long as they can remember. With their parents being best-friends, they were automatically supposed to be 'Friends' but the two decided to choose a path no one dared to. What if the pair reunite after years? Compete again? Will their urge for academic validation ruin them for the best? Or will bottled up feelings come in the way? Read to know on... {NEEDS EDITING}