The bride in black popped onto the screen and I jumped throwing my popcorn, and my arms over my face. I had buried myself behind Liam. "I thought you liked scary movies?" I felt my face blush, "I lied." He laughed and held his hand over my eyes, "I got you, Em." Sarah looked from across the room, "Gross, Liam, don't touch her. You know the rules." Secretly, I had hoped he wouldn't care about the rules. I mean, weren't rules made to be broken? Book #2- Boarding With The Brooks is now on my profile as I update each chapter!

WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST EDITOR'S CHOICE -- SEPTEMBER 2021 EXCLUSIVE CHAPTERS AND WRITER'S REVEAL CONTENT AVAILABLE - NOT A PAID STORY Appearances can be deceiving. What if the Bad Boy wasn't so bad and the good girl wasn't quite so good? Kelly Wankum has an unfortunate last name and even worse luck. By the tender age of twenty-three, she's broken her tailbone, thumb, her nose, hip, and now her rib. It wouldn't be so bad if she could say something funny like, "I broke myself on a stripper pole" or "I was mugged in a Walmart parking lot." That would actually be believable, right? Instead, she breaks her rib reaching for a ball of yarn. Even worse, everyone knows she's so accident prone, she could sneeze and lose a tooth. They'd probably bet on her swallowing it in a pancake. Oh wait, she's done that too. Another trip to the Urgent Care has the doctors shaking their heads, offering to pray for her health while new, sexy Doctor Blake Cole immediately gets off on the wrong foot. Months after their first encounter, Blake and Kelly meet again by chance. After inadvertantly humiliating her, Blake tries to set things straight and make it up to her. The problem is, Blake's lifestyle is painfully different, and Kelly can't help imagining him like every bad boy she's ever read about online. Can Blake convince her to give him a chance and prove he's actually a good guy? **This story is set in the present and the pandemic is part of the narrative.** --Cover by AnnieRosebud-- ©2020, 2022

Ava Carter never expected her life to get complicated the moment her brother's best friend, Jaxon Reed, moved back to town. She's known Jaxon her whole life - the older boy who teased her, shared family dinners, and practically lived at their house through high school. But now, years later, Jaxon is impossibly handsome, cocky, and completely off-limits. When Jaxon comes back to stay for the summer before his final year of college, the connection between them isn't something either of them can ignore. With her brother Nate's protective streak, small-town rumors, and the undeniable tension pulling them closer, Ava and Jaxon's feelings spiral into dangerous territory. As secrets pile up, stolen glances turn to late-night confessions, and close calls threaten to expose them, the line between what's right and what they crave blurs. It's a love they should resist - but neither of them knows how. ⚠️WARNING⚠️ |CONTAINS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL| #1 teendrama | 4 weeks

This is Carter. It's become Ava Collins' mantra since she met him in college. A way to remind herself that she isn't like all of the other women falling at his feet for just one night with him. A reminder that she can ignore his rogueish good looks and infamous history with women because she knows the truth of the man beneath. This is her brother's roommate. This is her coworker. This is her best friend. But after a decade of cuddled-up movie nights and building a business together, there's something new developing in this friendship - lies. She had never lied to Carter before, not once. But ever since a missent text message had sent her running to his apartment for an unexpected night with the city's most accomplished playboy, lying was all she seemed to be able to do around him. Lies about their friendship, about the new benefits that came along with it, and about just how much she was allowing it to affect her heart. Because, though Ava would never admit it, she was pretty sure she was falling in love with her best friend. But she couldn't be. After all... This is Carter.

Gemma Tabott is full of secrets and a vault of emotions. Wearing a smile for the world when her life is anything but easy. Behind closed doors, her world is full of family heartbreak, loss, and guilt. Bennett Hayes is a friend to everyone, a happy-go-lucky guy. A successful professional soccer star who coasts through life with good looks and charisma. Never getting too deep with anyone. After what is meant to be a one-night stand with the sassy, black-haired beauty, Bennett is unable to get Gemma out of his head. He's determined to break down her walls and give her the life she deserves. Two equally stubborn young adults who have sexual chemistry in abundance take us on a journey. With a mutual friend group rooting for them, we're in for a ride full of love, laughter, steam, and some raw emotion that leads to a happy ending for them all.

Kiya's life lacks excitement. However, one day, while she is singing in her dorm bathroom, someone joins in on the other side of the wall. Initially, she is shocked but quickly recovers and duets the rest of the song with him. What could go wrong -- it's anonymous. It surely couldn't be anyone from the hockey team, now could it? ✧✧✧✧✧ Warning this book contains mature topics: ❆ sexual content ❆ vulgar language ❆ alcohol consumption Started: November 17th, 2021 Finished: December 4th, 2022 [word count: 95,000 - 100,000]

Book two in the Westbridge U series Emma Carver has always relied on herself. Growing up with a single mother and a little brother who depended on her, she learned early that love wasn't always enough to keep a family together. Now, as a freshman cheerleader at Westbridge University, she's focused on her future-on making something of herself, no matter how many hours she has to put in. She doesn't have time for distractions, especially not the easygoing, maddeningly charming hockey player who seems determined to get under her skin. Nate Gregori has spent his whole life reading between the lines. With parents who gave him a stable home and a sister who looks up to him, he knows what real love is. And when he meets Emma, he sees beyond her carefully crafted walls-the strength she wears like armor, the vulnerability she refuses to show. She pushes him away at every turn, but he's never been one to give up easily. Thrown together by circumstance and drawn together by something neither of them can deny, Emma and Nate fight the pull between them. But falling in love means risking everything, and Emma's not sure she's ready to take that leap. Can Nate show her that some risks are worth taking? Or will fear keep her from the one thing she never thought she needed-him?

Reina and Justin made a pact. No emotional attachments, no catching feelings, and no falling for the other. What happens though when the heart takes over the mind and jealousy doesn't become an option or a choice anymore? What if friends with benefits isn't enough?

✨ COMPLETA, BUONA LETTURA ✨ Vaughn Peterson è a un bivio. Da quando suo fratello è scomparso durante una missione sente addosso soverchiante il dovere di arruolarsi nei Navy Seals. Dopotutto, lo fanno tutti i Peterson da generazioni, anche se lui ama il football e ne vorrebbe fare una carriera. Non ha, però, nessuna ragione per fare diversamente. Se solo la ragazza da cui è stato stregato, durante un folle gioco di lezioni d'amore, gliene fornisse una per non andare avanti con ciò che ci si aspetta da lui, forse potrebbe ripensarci. Dafne Marie Simmons ha ottenuto tutto ciò che voleva, grazie all'aiuto di Vaughn. Ha cominciato ad apprezzare il suo corpo ed è persino riuscita a conquistare Vincent, il ragazzo che le interessava. Adesso però, alla fine del liceo, si sente smarrita e confusa dalle decisioni di colui che crede il suo migliore amico. Perché Vaughn ha preso le distanze da lei e perché l'ha tenuta all'oscuro di tutto? In questo folle viaggio di nome Pain "dolore", Vaughn e Dafne si avvicineranno e allontaneranno come sotto un incantesimo di uno scrittore pazzo, si rincorreranno e dovranno lottare con tutte le loro forze per giungere al loro sospirato ma meritato lieto fine. Fate le valige, si parte! NB. Questa storia nasce come Spinoff di Deal. Patto d'amore.

Isabel si è appena trasferita a Berkeley, California, per frequentare l'università che ha sempre sognato. A salutarla all'aeroporto oltre ai suoi genitori, ci sono il suo fidanzato secolare e la sua migliore amica. Isabel è una ragazza timida, impacciata e odia il caos, il non seguire le regole... ama pianificare la propria vita ed organizzare tutto, nei minimi dettagli. Quello che non sa è che la sua vita, la sua quotidianità cambieranno totalmente dopo aver conosciuto la sua coinquilina Nathalie, ragazza tatuata e sotto ogni aspetto il contrario di Isabel: scatenata, estroversa e festaiola. Ma a sconvolgergli totalmente la vita sarà Jake Holders, donnaiolo che incarna tutte le caratteristiche di un cattivo ragazzo e la cui principale caratteristica è il non saper rispettare le regole. L'attrazione tra i due è fortissima e nessuno dei due saprà resistere all'altro, portandoli a mettere in discussione i propri stili di vita, le proprie idee e le proprie abitudini. Jake butterà giù tutti i muri che Isabel si è creata con tanta premura intorno , riuscirà a farla uscire dal suo guscio per portarla a capire chi è davvero, la persona che da sempre è tenuta nascosta dai pregiudizi e convinzioni create dal suo ragazzo Marco. Ma una come Isabel riuscirà veramente a cambiare lo stile di vita di Jake? O finirà come tutte le sue precedenti conquiste? ''Poi si avvicina a me, mentre il suo sguardo scende dai miei occhi alle mie labbra "Senti, io sto per baciarti. Non te lo sto chiedendo, né ti chiederò scusa per averlo fatto. Ti sto semplicemente informando di quello che succederà tra pochi attimi" rimango a fissarlo senza riuscire a formulare una frase sensata, ogni sua parola accende una piccola scintilla dentro di me ed io non aspetto altro di sentire il suo tocco, che arriva dopo neanche un battito di ciglia.''