In times of uncertainty, survival depends on measured, deliberate choices-the kind that decide between ruin and triumph. House Targaryen was no longer at the height of its power; with the loss of their dragons, they seemed less like gods among men and more like rulers stripped of divine favor. King Daeron II understood that the loyalty of the great houses could no longer be secured through fear alone, but through carefully woven alliances that bound them to King's Landing. Alara Tyrell, renowned throughout the Seven Kingdoms for her beauty and gentle heart, became an obvious choice. A union blessed by both the Targaryen king and his Dornish queen promised to tether the Reach to the Iron Throne. Yet one question lingered beneath the pageantry: was it truly possible for the delicate peony of Westeros not to wither-or worse, burn-beneath the iron will of the king's fourth son, a man forged in fire and expectation?

"𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚. 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙮." 𝐀 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. [𝐀 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬] [𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝐅!𝐨𝐜] [𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬]

You met Will Smith during your sophomore year at Boston College-cocky, loud, impossible not to notice. He sat behind you in stats class and spent the whole semester finding new ways to make you laugh. Somewhere between all-night study sessions and Friday night games at Conte Forum, you fell hard. Now, two years later, everything's changed. You've moved to California for grad school, and Will's a rookie in San Jose-alongside Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks' other rising star. You expect long nights and even longer FaceTimes with Will. What you don't expect is the way Mack looks at you. Or the way he looks at Will. It starts small. Lingering glances. A touch that lasts a little too long. Jokes that land with a flush of heat. But soon, you're caught in something that feels like more than just friendship-something magnetic, fragile, and impossible to ignore. Three hearts. One shot. And the question no one's brave enough to ask: what if love doesn't have to choose?

Dear reader, this is not an easy story. It does not have joy. No happy ending. At no point is this a love story, and it should not be idolized as one. Jack Hughes is hockey's golden boy, America's sweetheart - and a grieving husband with three kids who want to know how he met their mother. What begins as a nostalgic recounting of a childhood love story quickly darkens into something more complicated. Jack tells them about Eva: his best friend, his first kiss, the girl who followed him to Michigan, to Jersey, to the edge of everything. The girl he married. The woman he buried. But interspersed with Jack's charming, curated memories are the pages of Eva's diary. And Eva's truth? Isn't quite the same. In her words are the fractures - the gaslighting, the loneliness, the love that never stopped taking. He said we were soulmates. But when someone loves you like that, it can break you.

* a prequel to free bird. these books can be read in whatever order. this book details Ella and Ronnie's relationship in 1972.* "Hold me closer Tiny Dancer" Ella Daniels, an eighteen year old troublemaker from Alabama, begins to find comfort in her new town of Jacksonville Florida when she meets a aspring rock singer named Ronnie Van Zant. However, things take a turn when many tragedies threaten to keep the two young lovers apart.

"If I Leave Here tommrow would you still remember me?" Whilest out drinking in 1972, Ronnie Van Zant stumbles across a troubled young adult named Ella Daniels. Much to the dismay of her parents, Ella begins a relationship with the aspiring rock singer until a car crash rips them apart, however the two are reunited in 1976 ad much has changed. Ronnie is married to Judy, and Ella has doubt with even more unthinkable troubles. Credit: @stonerbugs for the cover!!

Jacksonville natives, Honey, 22, and her older sister Star Luckey, join Lynyrd Skynyrd as their backup singers in the middle of the Nuthin Fancy tour. They're elated to become part of their favorite band and to finally make a living off of singing, something they dreamed of since little girls. Right from the start Honey is met with a pleasantly unpleasant surprise when Allen Collins, the man she fancies, sets his sights on her after an earlier encounter. Though weak for him, she fights to beat the playboy in his game of chess. Join in on the fun as a tale of lust, drugs, and betrayal unfolds. *REVAMPED*

on paper rush starnes seems like she would be your classic everyday nerd. straight a student, never missed a single class, 4.0 gpa, never been in trouble a day in her life. although that last could probably be contributed to the fact that she's the eagle's one and only daughter. rush should be a weekday warrior but she's not one for fitting in with the crowd. there's nothing she hates more than cliches and she will not be one. well, at least for now anyway.

Bender Walsh has faced the knowledge that when it comes to her friend Alaska Young, there's no comparison as to who Bender believes is the far superior, despite them both having unique names. All the guys want her, all the girls want to be her. Regardless, Bender loves her best friend dearly, though she loves Takumi Hikohito more- but it's not like she'd ever tell him that. When a Weekday Warrior suddenly begins to show his interest in her, Bender finds herself struggling more than ever before when it comes to love and friendship; and the worst is yet to come.

Jax Teller and Tiki Munson are childhood sweethearts who had the perfect little life with their son Abel until Tiki commits a murder and is sent to prison. After she gets out on parole for good behavior will SAMCRO be able to forgive the daughter of Bobby Munson, Or will her crime make her an outcast? Jax/OC based on the film Unforgiven/SOA