BOOK ONE They were from different worlds. One being a world of imagination the other being very much physical. Maya was an aspiring artist, moving across the country to escape her past and explore the world of music. She finally seems to have got her life together when everything comes tumbling down when she runs head on into her past. Hayden was the campus it boy. Aspiring to reach NFL level, he eats sleeps and breaths football, but everything changed when he saw her. How alive she felt on stage, only encouraged him to know more. He needed to know more. Their paths crossed, in a time when neither of them are ready. However when they are brought together by fate, will they struggle to deny or finally accept their feelings?

"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.

Alejandra Martinez had a perfect life until she lost her mom and childhood to a violent tragedy that she witnessed. As a result, her dad fell into many patterns of abuse, leaving her to deal with the aftermath of it all. She continued life as best as she could with little hope for anything and trust in absolutely nothing, turning into someone her mother wouldn't recognize, doing whatever she needs to do to cope as well as to protect herself. During her junior year at Lower East Side High School, she meets Gabriel Santiago. He's known throughout the halls for his association with the most dangerous gang in the city, as well as his ice cold demeanor, all at the age of 17. He's as heartless as it gets - at least that's what everyone thinks. The two know nothing about each other. Despite that, they can't seem to hate each other more. But as time goes on, and they continue to cross paths, something changes. They begin to realize that there's a whole different side of the other that nobody knows about, yet it's the side that they might not hate about one another. That's what makes it even more complicated. As they each dig deeper past the facade the other has created over years of tragedy and destruction, it becomes dangerous for everyone involved. 𝓡𝓐𝓝𝓚𝓘𝓝𝓖𝓢 - 2023 # 1 : 𝔲𝔤𝔩𝔶 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 # 2 : 𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫 # 1 : 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔢

*currently rewriting/fixing already posted chapters and writing new* " they'll know we're faking if I'm not kissing or touching my girlfriend, dumbass " - Miles and Diana. Two best friends ever since child's legs. With a bit of lies, rich parents, parties and press, everything seem possible, but is it? One date continued with a lie. Did the lie ever stop or was it even a lie to begin with? There's two different possible endings here. Happiness or will one of them become a fool by trusting their own heart? Everything ruined, because of the bet.

Dolly and Valentino. Sweet and intense. Crazy and serious. Two opposites. Two hearts. Two lonely souls. Dolly Armstrong is a crazy 19 year old with no experience of friendships or relationships. Isolated her whole life, she's desperate for a friend, someone she can waffle her heart out to, someone she can dress up in matching duck onesies with, someone who can tame her little crackhead self. Valentino Dominguez, a 25 year old lawyer who has no time for anything or anyone. He didn't care for a relationship, he told himself he was content on his own, basking in the silence of his own presence. That's how he liked it, quiet and calm. Until a talkative girl without the ability to be quiet stumbled into his gym. Can these two opposites ever become one?

He gently lifts his hand and places a lock of my hair behind my ear, somehow sending tingles down my spine. "What got you all mad, darling?" ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ Autumn's wedding was canceled the day before she was supposed to walk down the aisle. Her life and hope for the future was shattered, as she become certain that she doesn't deserve much in life. As her emotions are all over the place, she's still trying to pick up the broken pieces, so she sets to the beach to clear her head. As for Damian, a moody but very private person, is stressed out from his work and home life, he escapes to the beach as well to clear his head. What happens when the two of them meet and become a change in each others life? Will that change be for the better or worse? Top Rankings: #7 in Literature #1 in literature #1 in Cooking

AVAILABLE NOW IN PAPERBACK AND EBOOK! College football star Bronx Miller and pre-med major Olivia McCausland are paired as anatomy lab partners, and throughout the rocky semester the two become closer than they ever could have imagined. *** Bronx Miller is the hotshot college quarterback with a rough past. On track to make it to the NFL after graduation, Bronx is hyper focused on football, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have his fun as campus's most notorious player on and off the field. While Bronx has a well-known zero commitments policy, that doesn't stop campus's queen bee, Adrianna, from desperately trying to lock him down for herself. It isn't until Bronx is paired with straight-A, pre-med student Olivia McCausland as his anatomy lab partner that he realizes he may actually want something more. Instantly drawn to her, Bronx starts to let his guard down and his playboy persona slip. Throughout a rocky semester full of study sessions, bets based on test scores, and driving wedges determined to keep them apart, Bronx and Olivia become close, realizing they're more alike than they originally thought. And when faced with turmoil, Bronx comes to learn that scars come in all forms, shapes, and sizes. If you look hard enough.