A pair of caramel eyes, a sharp and pointed noise, a strong and defined jaw, and carnation pink lips-those were the words that could describe the man Allison Tanya Valmonte kept on dreaming every night. The man she didn't know existed. Bewitched and curious, she meticulously drew every detail of his physique and brought him to life using every stroke of her paint brush. Making that man her own masterpiece that would be featured on an art exhibit that she needed to attend to. On the day of the exhibit, their worlds collided-the man on her painting was standing next to her, real, alive, and breathing.

COMPLETED [boyxboy] Carson Hughes is a bright light. Vinny Taylor is an enigma. ** After spending his summer away as a camp counselor, Carson Hughes comes back to his home town for his senior year. Things seem to be just as he left them until he finds out his best friend's brother came out of the closet and cut everybody out of his life. Kind and caring Carson can't help but want to understand this new Vinny. Vinny Taylor is falling, constantly going down and feeling like there's no end. His summer leaves him changed forever. After coming out and alienating himself, he spends most days locked away in his room until Carson comes back to town. Vinny's a mystery yet to be figured out. And Carson is up to the task. WARNING: Some of the content in this book may be triggering for some readers. Chapters with triggering content will have trigger warnings at the top with what the triggering content is. There will not be any graphic or detailed scenes of traumatic or triggering experiences. ~180k words

One mistake lands Aiden in the world's most secure and loathed prison after he unintentionally murders a wealthy, well-connected wife-beater. Located in an isolated island far away from civilization, this prison is befittingly known as "The Prison from Hell" with a hierarchy and a "king" of its own. It is a prison unlike any other where the inmates rule and the guards stand by idly, and where brute force and influence are the ultimate weapons, the keys to survival. Aiden's horrified at how easy it is to be cornered and raped, and grows ever wary when the infamous gang leader and prison 'King', Schneizel Cross, whose got even the prison guards wrapped around his finger, takes a liking to him and openly confesses to desiring Aiden as his new 'bitch'. And he isn't the only one. Almost everyone in the prison are intrigued by the fiery, outspoken, new inmate. Desperate for protection from Schneizel's relentless advances, whom he has to share a tiny cell with, what can Aiden do to keep himself from getting killed -or worse- in The Prison from Hell, where even your own shadow abandons you in the dark? Copyright © 2021 | All Rights Reserved

NOW PUBLISHED BY SOURCEBOOKS FIRE! Oliver, Alec, Xander, and JJ are just four regular guys. They're also members of the world famous boy band the Heartbreakers. This is their story.

[Book #1 in the Survivors Series] With a soft hand, he tilted my chin up to meet his gaze. His eyes were a piercing brown that I barely recognized, though I had seen them many times before. "Wolves mate for life." he pulled me closer, his hand reaching out to touch my neck and then moved down lower to my chest. "Do you know what that means, love?" I shook my head, trying to stare anywhere besides his brooding eyes that seemed to bore straight into my soul. He moved forward slightly, hushing me when I let out a whimper in fear of what he was going to do. Our foreheads came in contact, the result explosive as I let out a small yelp of surprise. "It means," he licked his lips before letting his eyes slip closed. "It means that I will never leave you. I want you to burn that into your head, Adrian." he leaned closer once more, whispering one more thing to me. "I will never leave you, mate." Our lips collided, and I felt it as my heart became whole once again. 🐺 Adrian Smith has felt alone ever since his mother died and his father became an abusive alcoholic. For years his dad continually beat him senseless and constantly blamed Adrian for the death of his mom. He doesn't feel like he belongs anywhere and his hope of living a better life is wearing thin. He dreams of being valued someday, while surrounded by people that love him. When he is forced to leave his house and life behind, what will become of him when he stumbles on a pack of werewolves? Alpha Finn Hale is the 28 year old leader of a small pack, who are better known to him as his family. They are important to him and always brighten the increasing darkness that threatens to take over his life. While most of his family is mated, he has been mateless for over ten years and doesn't know where to turn anymore. What will he do when his mate turns out to be a fragile human running away from a dark past? Will their completely different worlds collide for the better? Or will it all crumble to pieces?

Taite Jefferson certainly did not expect the world's biggest superstar to be sitting on his living room couch when he woke up the day after his high school graduation. He didn't expect to like him, either. Taite Jefferson was very, very wrong.

EDITOR'S CHOICE ~ When heartbroken March Marino books a road trip across the western US, he has no idea what he's getting himself into.

Looking for a bit more of the Terrestrial Alien characters? Here's a compilation of all the extra little one-shots and drabbles I've written for the story, either combating writer's-block or trying out something fun! Is there an interaction you'd have liked to see? A pairing you're curious about? This is the place to be!

Book Two of the Growing Pains series. If you haven't read the first book and intend to, click away. There are major spoilers from the first chapter! Newly turned adult Will Simmons leaves his fragmented family life behind and moves to Dublin. With a sports scholarship to college, a position on the National Irish Volleyball team, a relationship with his former teacher Gabriel, and two firm friends to accompany him, Will is ready to get on with his life. But the perfect life he's been craving doesn't feel like he thought it would, and Will stubbornly buries his feelings of unease beneath obsessive exercise and even more obsessive calorie management. But his bottled feelings accumulate, pressurize--and he starts to crack.

"Everyone can live a fulfilling and prosperous life, without worry of issues which may have plagued our worlds in the past. All you have to do is place your faith in us," came the rhetoric spoken on behalf of the Governing Body- the current political powerhouse- of Nova. ***** No matter how far the human race has ventured, there is still the inevitable greeting from death when the time comes. The humbling feeling of a moment rendered unavoidable. It was something humanity understood from a young age; life's cycle. But no one could know what followed. It was a natural process deemed absolute, regardless of humanities technological advances. So when Caius Xue, a troubled Omega, passed away and reawakened to find himself an obscurity in his own timeline, he was convinced it was a dream. But he was wide awake by the time the very same cockroaches which invaded his home in the past, claiming everything for themselves and leaving both him and his Papa struggling to survive, simultaneously started arriving on their doorstep. Unlike in the past - or technically what Caius could consider his near future - there was a chance. Although his beloved Papa treasured and encouraged his docile personality, Caius couldn't forgive those who threatened the few things he cared about in his life. But who could have predicted that with the slight alteration in the events of his timeline, it would cause a ripple effect and result in ways Caius could never have imagined. Individuals he believed he knew through-and-through revealed sides to their personalities he never believed possible, and newfound revelations relating to his past life prove inconceivable. A turbulent and unpredictable set of events that the young man, who only wished to hide in his studio and paint, had been presented with.