Hockey player Aiden Peters used to torment Alyssa Davis all throughout middle school because he hated her, right? It's Alyssa's first year of college, a place she told herself she would have a fresh start. But what happens when she bumps into a hockey player that she swears she knows and hates... Aiden is the no shit taking team captain that everyone happens to love. The last thing he needs is to fall in love again especially with Alyssa Davis. She hates him, he is deeply in love with her, and both of them pretend they don't know each other when they are the one things they can't get out of their minds. Tw's// descriptions of ED, depression, anxiety and panic attacks

❝ 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 ❞ ────୨ৎ──── 𝙆𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 knows what it means to fight for survival. With three younger siblings to protect and an abusive father threatening to pull them under, basketball is more than just a dream-it's his escape. Every game is a shot at freedom, a chance to leave the shadows behind and build a future far from the chaos that has defined his life. 𝙃𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 is the picture of perfection-or so the world believes. Driven by the crushing weight of trying to live up to her family's reputation, she excels in everything she does. But behind her polished exterior lies a girl unravelling, haunted by a past she can't forget and the relentless fear that she'll never be enough, no matter how hard she tries. They hate each other He's a scholarship kid from the Southside She's the daughter of a billionaire They have nothing in common until they do

Book 2 of the ENCORE series Eman Hashim is supposed to be married to her aunt's son to pay off her father's debts. For the past year, she has been hiding her unhappiness from everyone around her. It is easy. People are used to thinking she's fine because of how cheerful she always is. She lets them believe that everything is okay with her. Even her best friend. But then her engagement is fixed and she finds the truth about her husband-to-be. Tariq Faled isn't interested in marriage yet. No woman has appealed to him, intrigued him enough. Except for one. But she's getting engaged. He doesn't know what to do so he turns to his Lord. Eman is the only woman who's made him want to settle down, to finally begin a family. But now she's out of reach. Love is complicated. But faith is equally easy. When one door closes, another opens itself. Strong on their Deen and with complete faith in their Lord, Eman, and Tariq turn to the Almighty in their time of need. A vow of love. A test of faith. Will they get what they want? Or will life break them before Allah SWT can help them? Disclaimer: This is NOT an Islamic book. It is a romance book. Do NOT expect perfection in the characters or the story. The imperfections are intentional on the author's part. Before commenting, stop, reflect, and respectfully reach out<3

Book 1 of the ENCORE series Completed (Editing) Ahvi Takeda is hiding a secret for the past five years. She has been trying to escape the secret for five years but even though she moved to London to live with her brother, she has been unable to let go of the guilt and shame. No matter how hard she tries to get rid of it, she can't. And now she doesn't think she ever will, not when her past shows up at her doorstep. Not when she is forced to face the consequences of her actions five years later. Jace Hyde has fucked up many times but the shit he finds himself in this time is way too deep for him to pull himself out of. When he finds out that his ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his child, he feels trapped. The only other people who know about the pregnancy are his best friend's little sister, Ahvi Takeda and her best friend. Although Ahvi is there for him, Jace can't help but feel alone. He has become the person he feared the most. He has become a father. As their problems twist into an ugly knot, revealing secrets and adding to the guilt they already carry with themselves, Jace and Ahvi find themselves being the only people who are there for each other. They're more like each other than anyone else. But life isn't known to be in their favor. What happens when Ahvi's mistake shows up at her front door? What will Jace do when he finds out that the woman he is seeking refuge in has a past no one knows about? Regret. Guilt. Anxiety. The holy trinity of shame. Will it ever end? Or will it drag them to their graves? **TRIGGER WARNING** The story contains mentions of self harm and suicide. If these topics make you uncomfortable, I suggest you click off.

[The Fiction Awards 2020 Winner in Diverse Fiction!] Jesse is paralyzed from his waist down, but he makes sure he gets what he wants, for he has already lost too many things in his life. Yet when he finally gets to meet Ava, who has anxiety and depression, he is not sure anymore. Ava has locked her heart away while trying to make sense of the world. Being mentally broken and haunted by unwanted thoughts, she struggles to trust people around her, while a chance encounter with a boy in a wheelchair changes her life and sets her on a path of self discovery. It's always hard to carve out a new path in lives. With Ava's endless pushing and Jesse's self-doubt about his disability, they do not plan to stop trying. Until the paralyzed love awakens. [Featured in the official @YARomance, @BullyingPrevention and @ComeAndSitWithUs reading list]

after a prank gone terribly wrong, hayden jones is sent across country to caldwell academy, a school for the bitchy, the dangerous and the rebellious. and if that wasn't bad enough, it becomes much worse when hayden is accidentally put in the male dormitory, landing her in a room with the school's notorious heartbreaker, chase everett. [not edited...like at all]

sequel to bbr. please read that first :) ☆☆☆ hayden jones has been through a lot. a lot more than someone her age should. now finished her second year of college, hayden needs a break. lucky for her, her fabulous cousin spencer is celebrating his twenty-first birthday in hayden's home town. but as much as she hates it, drama is never far from hayden's life because her ex is also invited; the stubborn and ridiculously good looking chase everett.

"I'll hold you now, okay? I'll be that someone for whatever you need." Indi, an aspiring artist and the daughter of one of the best baseball players of all time, is in her junior year of high school. She's always stressed over keeping up with her academics, but something about this year is different. The anxiety is at an all time high, especially since this is the school year that matters the most. She hardly has time for family, let alone friends, and definitely NOT romance. Except, when her brother's best friend Ezra begins hanging around the house more often, a love story begins to seem a little more realistic in her life than it has in all the years before him. For the first time since high school started, she begins to consider whether or not her studies are more important than the memories that she's missing out on. #1-brothersbestfriend #1-onebed #3-girlxboy #4-clean #4-baseball #7-artist #11-teenromance #12-friendstolovers No pictures or songs are mine!

When a teen boy moves to a new schools, with deep trauma and bad anxiety, he meets a girl, who somehow, lights up his life.

PUBLISHING PAPERBACK (after writing the final draft, I wrote this 2 years ago.) "I see through those silent lies of yours, Liv." 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, the girl who's known to be mute in school. No one knows why though, and she doesn't want anyone to know either. Only her best friend and this certain boy want to know why. She's so scared, and shattered, but maybe she can be saved before it's too late. 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 who's well known and seems to be an asshole, but really he's a sweetheart. He's taken notice of Olivia many times before, not in a stalker way, but only recently gets the courage to try and make his way into her life. They both have secrets they hide, things they both relate to and have gone through. That may be how Adrian catches onto Olivia fairly quickly. But, she tries her hardest to keep him away, even though they both know they're drawn to each other. Will she ever let him in or not? Of course she will, that's how these stories go.