LIKE FIGS ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, Yusuf Khayat is slowly losing form. Watching the people around him beat up by life and ambition, he thinks it better to be uninvolved rather than hurt, better a bystander than an accomplice. But when a career shift transforms him into a walking culture shock, he has no choice but to stand out by blending in. OR..... A perpetual immigrant is suddenly forced to belong.

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Ned and Sam won't talk about their first kiss. But when Ned gets stood up on a date and tries to prove his worth by stealing a famous local relic, Sam has to step in, forcing them both to uncover family secrets that could make or break their relationship for good. # It's been three years since Ned and Sam had their first kiss-three whole years that they've been ignoring it and continuing on as best friends. The day before Christmas Eve, they both find themselves going on separate dates. But Ned getting stood up sends him on a wild adventure as he struggles to prove his worth, unearthing family secrets along the way that both separate and bind the boys together. Ned and Sam's story proves that one night really can change everything. But will their friendship grow stronger, or will these secrets put a fracture in their bond that they can't repair? # If you like stories about second chances at love, lawn gnomes, and the sacred art of running scared, you'll love Ned Gets Stood Up, a gay teen romance with a fun cast of lovable characters. Think Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist meets Love Actually. 💕Childhood friends to lover 🤣 Romantic Comedy 🔥 An Epic Quest 🌈 Be gay do crimes

Two childhood best friends. One accidental kiss. A summer that changes everything. *** Felipe Rivera has a problem. Several problems, really; as if his anxiety disorder and his strained relationship with his father weren't enough, he's also been in love with his best friend for as long as he can remember. Now that it's their last summer together before they go to separate colleges and leave the suburb they grew up in behind, he's determined to keep his feelings for Aaron bottled up. However, things quickly move beyond his control, and what was supposed to be a summer like every other turns out to be something that might just put their friendship to the ultimate test. Content warnings for themes of anxiety/mental health issues and recreational drug use

This is a FREE story with PAID bonus chapters. Lizzie and Parker couldn't be more opposite, except for their inability to sustain romantic relationships. They can't stand each other - but when they take on the challenge to date for thirty days to fix their horrible dating habits, the line between fake and real starts to blur... ***** Lizzie's relationships have never lasted a week. Parker's have never lasted more than two. But being dating disasters might be the only thing they have in common. Tired of their constant fighting, a mutual friend challenges them to date each other for thirty days. What they didn't expect was for the trial period to be so sweet. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Adam Budny

Londyn Daniels is a 23-year-old, bisexual man, who works as a receptionist at a doctor's office during the week. He has a 5-year-old son, Landyn Daniels, when he was 18-years-old with his ex-girlfriend, Marcy LeRoy. She left Landyn with Londyn once she was released from the hospital, and never has seen their son. Meets a man at the doctor's office, that he isn't aware will become the love of his life. Alecsander Leone is a 29-year-old, gay man, who is a lawyer at his uncle's law firm. Meets Londyn Daniels when he picks his mum up from an appointment, and knows that one day soon, the younger man will become the love of his life? Maybe, maybe not.

Sometimes temptation comes in the form of two married hot guys next door, and most of the time you shouldn't give in. But I did, and now I'm trapped in a web by the couple next door.

Moss Kettler has always been overshadowed by his impressive younger brothers. After graduating college Moss falls into a quiet life working for an accounting firm in Detroit. Meanwhile, both of his younger brothers play for the same NHL team with the youngest being freshly drafted to the Colorado Boulders. Now that two out of three Kettler brothers are playing professional hockey, Moss comes to the realization that his family may not have as much interest in him in comparison. Throughout the hockey season Moss' theory is validated by his once close-knit family. As he begins to accept his ostracization a star defenseman swoops in to show Moss the true meaning of sportsmanship (and love).

Jabari gets off on controlling women. He uses them for what he can get. He meets a man in the Army that wants to recruit him for sexual means, but Jabari plays a game that will lead to destruction. Frank Sinclaire isn't your average man. He's not close to his family. He thinks he has the world by the balls but a devastating secret may destroy him...

Joshua Wallace returns home to a family who disowned him from being a gay male. He is just wanting some sort of revenge for how he was treated in the past, but when he returns to South Central LA, Joshua gets much more than he originally bargains for. Situations happen that cause him to face all the hard truths of a past that he thought he had forgotten a long time ago and a future that he didn't plan on after an opportunity arises for Joshua to take over a local club. In order for this business venture to be pulled off he must work with his estranged family. Soon he realizes that old wounds don't heal by adding salt.