[best friend's brother/ rockstar] After a nasty breakup, romance writer Joanna Wilson travels to her best friend's parents' beach house for a much-needed escape and an opportunity to write a new book. The last thing she expects, though, is to find rock star Gabriel Morales - aka her best friend's older brother and lif...
**Jamie lowered himself so his face met mine. "Are you stupid?" he asked, cocking his head to the side. "Jamie!.." I rushed between gasps, "you're hurting me." Pulling my head forward a few inches, he slammed it back against the wall. My ears began to make a ringing sound and I had to close my eyes to try and silence...
I have three rules as a student physical therapist: no dating hockey players, no getting involved in team drama, and absolutely no falling for my brother's rival. But when Chase Mitchell─star forward and notorious heartbreaker─lands in my clinic with a busted knee weeks before playoffs, all my rules are put to the tes...
[Updates every Saturday at 10 AM EST][18+] Ellis Sutton, the sweet and caring Instagram influencer, has never felt the need to be romantically involved with a man despite her online fame. Everything seems fine until a two-week fling one summer when a handsome cowboy shakes things up. Thoughts of him won't leave her mi...
Fame is a poison most would drink happily despite the warning of a slow, and miserable death. ▍ AN ORIGINAL STORY ╱ romantic melodrama! ❪ multiple oc's ❫ written by april PEARLJARS © 2025
♫ Book TWO | Lyrics from the Heart Trilogy 𝄞 Allie Windsor found happiness on a summer vacation, just to find a broken home upon her return. Jaxon Owens has worked hard on making his dream a reality, but people from his past want a piece of it too. While Jax learns to navigate his soaring fame and Allie fights for h...
Cameron Shaw, a former rising star in baseball, has one goal in life: to coach professional ball. As the current graduate assistant for the esteemed Saint Helena University baseball team, he has the next twenty years of his life planned to the last detail, and he intends to follow that plan, no matter the cost. On top...
When indie singer-songwriter Elara Quinn's heartfelt songs start to gain unexpected traction, the last thing she expects is to go viral-and to catch the attention of Ryder Hayes, the magnetic front man of the world-renowned rock band Endless Fall. To fan the flames of their skyrocketing public interest, Ryder's team s...
Fern always dismissed her father's fascination with the paranormal as the ramblings of a broken-hearted man. However, when one of her students disappears under 'unexplainable' circumstances, Fern begins to wonder if something is hiding amongst the evergreens and if William was onto something after all. [ EXTENDED SYNO...
[2022 Wattys shortlisted story] A missing family. A twenty year old murder. An old ghost story. And a private detective from London. But what do they all have in common? It's the job of DCI Neo Denzel to figure it all out. In the quiet town of Marton, Shropshire, a place where nothing really happens, a car sits aband...
[Book 1 of the March Forward series] Jessica Welling has spent her life playing by the rules-until one reckless decision shatters everything. Forced to leave her old life behind, Jessica transfers across the state to Arcana High, home to one of the best marching bands in the state. Determined to rebuild her future, sh...
Jensen St. Clair is an elusive enigma. Or so she thinks. With summer in Seattle winding down, Jensen is keen to kick off her junior year at Claremont University with as minimal chaos as possible to compensate for her post-breakup antics last academic year. But between balancing social events, her double-major, and co...
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛... 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜. Mia Bennett is running - from her past and from secrets too dark to face. She lands in Wildflower Valley, a tiny town in Canada with a population of just 4,000...
Emerson Castell loves facts. Enjoying the how and why of everything, she never fails to let her obsession seep into every aspect of her life, including her relationships - or lack thereof. Leo Caruso is no stranger to a busy social life, but after his emotionally absent father ships him off to live with his grandparen...
June has only one more summer before she marries her high school sweetheart. She intends to make the most of it, but she has no idea what is waiting for her in Dolphin Coast. Socks on the Beach is a tale of steamy love, jaw-dropping heartbreak, and genuine friendship. In no particular order. Feel what June feels duri...
After a career-ending fight, ex-professional-hockey-player-turned-Zamboni-driver Chase Cassidy has never looked back at the sport. He's perfectly content cleaning the ice between periods and chatting with fellow staff members, and running a pub outside of the arena. Spencer West, who's just come out of a toxic relati...
*WATTYS 2024 SHORTLISTED* Ellie did the 'True Love' thing and it left her heartbroken. Now her dreams are smaller: win a BAFTA, convince her mother she's okay, and don't kill her infuriating colleague Nas. And definitely don't kiss him. 'I am suddenly aware of his hand on my waist. Has he always been this tall? Has h...
Jamie's one wish this year is for school to give her a fucking break. Unfortunately, fate has other plans in store. [Extended summary available inside] -ˋˏ✄┈┈┈┈ Dual POV, Mature (18+) CW: Explicit content and language, brief mentions of emotional abuse and cheating, brief mentions of homophobia/biphobia
Congresswoman Natalie Richmond isn't afraid to make enemies on the Hill. When it (literally) blows up in her face, she loses both her pride and her bodyguard, Aaron. Navy SEAL Isaac Flynn replaces him. Isaac is a tough nut to crack...like her. The pair clash at every turn, but a night involving an ex-boyfriend and a b...
Lola Miller works for The People Agenda, a non-profit dedicated to bettering the lives of everyone by working to unite the straight and LGBTQ plus communities, and she just got a big assignment to find a compelling story to turn into a series or movie. Lucky for her, the biggest story of the year falls right into her...
Self-proclaimed social outcast, the only thing Alys hopes to get out of her time at Valley View Secondary School is to get out. Until she finds a reason to stay. ✩ rankings: #6 in endometriosis [31/12/24]
NEIL LEE HALE CANNOT TOUCH ANYONE. Seven years after a stint in a psychiatric facility, Neil-former crime scene consultant, infamous for his unconventional talents-lives on the knife-edge of existence. Of society, of understanding, of sanity. There, his talents-a series of strange, suppressed psychic abilities-are sil...
18+ | steamy, angsty rock star romance with a touch of humor THIS IS A SPIN-OFF SEQUEL TO "A SLIP OF THE HAND." It can be read as a stand-alone, but it does contain major ASotH spoilers. ***Proceed with caution! This blurb contains spoilers for "A Slip of the Hand"*** It starts at a wedding. Fiercely independent Seat...
Haunted by his childhood of abuse and addiction, MMA fighter Cain "Rage" Blackwood has built walls around himself-except when it comes to Cassie Davenport. What started out as Cain trying to find refuge with the familiar face next door, quickly becomes an unbreakable bond. Cassie has kept her love for him a secret the...
Casey James, a third-year bioscience graduate student, has her double life down to a science: pipetting by day, pole dancing by night, with neither world bleeding into the other. But both lives have lost their spark, and she's starting to crack under the monotony of it all. When brilliant new faculty member Dr. Zach M...
*WATTYS WINNER 2024* Mateo has a terrible, awful crush on Maia Jefferies, the painfully beautiful best-selling novelist who lives next door, but he promised himself he'd never fall for the kindness of a woman like her. Not again. He's been down that road and was left looking like a fool with a broken heart for someon...
[ONC 2023 and Wattys 2024 winner!] Drug dealer Nathan just can't be bothered to care about some of the stranger things in his life. Like the spellbook he found, complete with working magic and all. Okay, fine, maybe he tried one spell, and maybe that ended with his curtains on fire. Lesson learned: leave forces you d...
Dr. Sage Bennett thought she had it all - a thriving medical practice, a comfortable life in the bustling city, and a promising future with her charming boyfriend of ten years. But when her perfect world comes crashing down after a devastating breakup, she decides to return to her small hometown of Willowbrook for a f...
