BOOK TWO IN THE SKATES ON ICE TRILOGY - NOAH WILDER I want the attention of the media, and I will get it by any means necessary. It's crucial. I need their cameras and articles because that means my name is finally hitting headlines. Which means, more people will see them. Like, perhaps, my older brother, who I haven't seen since we were forced apart by the foster care system. I was nine, and he was sixteen. I was adopted, and I even have another amazing older brother that I want him to meet. Except, when I keep falling on my face in hopes to get noticed by the media, Caleb Calder keeps pulling me back, and making things better. Caleb Calder. Caleb Calder. Caleb Calder. We used to be friends. Best friends. Secretly. Until we weren't. Until he asked me on a date, and when I tried to find him before our game against each other-the night of our supposed date-I heard him. I heard him say that he'd never date him-me-in any reality. It was a ploy, and I thought better of him. Until I couldn't. Now, I'm confused. Because his actions don't seem that of someone who didn't care. Did I get something wrong? We're on the same NHL team now, and things are getting crazy. Caleb keeps protecting me from the media, and I keep getting addicted to the way he protects me. Until I am forced to realize two things... One, I'm falling for Caleb Calder all over again. And two? My lost, big brother has been marginally closer to me than I ever could have realized. THIS STORY CONTAINS THE FAKE DATING TROPE. XOXO

BOOK THREE OF SIX IN THE ANGELS AND DEVILS SERIES -- KAI BELLAMY I had one mission. Find my brother when I turned eighteen. But it didn't work out. My plans changed. Everything changed. I'm still searching for him, but I have brothers and Angels to look out for, too. Especially one particular Angel. My Angel. Arlo. We have one thing in common. Dex. My best friend since we were in diapers. He's also... Arlo's dead twin brother. Dex's addiction took him over. Just like he always predicted. I tried so hard to save him. Arlo, too. But now, we both have a piece of ourselves missing. And Arlo's piece is bigger than mine. He lost his twin. His pride and joy. His everything. Dex always told me to look out for Arlo when he was gone because he had a soft heart, and a 'sensitive empath card,' as he called it. And looking out for Arlo landed me in prison for two years. No regrets. But I'm back now, and we've decided to collect our lost souls, and help them live better lives than the ones they were living. But I'm in love with Arlo, and I can't tell him. Dex wasn't the only one I was close with since we were in diapers, but I was marginally closer to Dex. Until he passed. Now, I'm keeping Arlo tucked into my wings. I need him safe. I need him happy. And I have doubts that I will be able to make him shine with sunshine like he deserves, but damn if I don't want to. Until Arlo stumbles across someone we've both been searching for. Out of nowhere. My brother. Noah. And it knocks my brain onto the right track. Arlo is mine, and I'll stop at nothing to make him as such.

One waits for love - the kind that feels fated, the kind that sweeps you away like in his mother's favorite movie, Titanic. He dreams of being Jack... but this time, Jack has to live for his Rose. The other runs - from blood ties, from a brother who hunts him through the dark with vengeance in his eyes. Two strangers. Two broken worlds. When their paths cross, destiny stirs - and nothing will ever be the same again. Love, danger, and something far deeper wait beneath the surface. I guess you can read and find out if interested.

BOOK TWO OF SIX IN THE ANGELS AND DEVILS SERIES. - OCTAVIUS EVERHEART: P.S: I spilled my fucking guts to the guy who haunts my every thought, and now he knows I'm in love with him. Send help! No one was coming to save me from the unhealthy way I avoid emotions. I was on my own. I didn't know what I wanted anymore. I never knew. Not since that humiliating moment in high school. When I tried to ask a horrified Onyx Steele to prom. I'm not supposed to hate him for turning me down as gently as he could. In front of everyone. Or the way he looked absolutely horrified when he saw what I'd done. But as the years passed, and I hissed at him through them, Onyx hits his breaking point. His breaking point? The boy he was bonded to. The one I have a deeper, unjustifiable unlike for. And when he tried to help? I pounced. It was more than they saw. I've known Onyx longer than he had. But after I end up getting told by Onyx that he was done giving me the attention I sought, I bent in half more. So, when he came to try once more with me. I told him. Everything. More than I should have. I just snapped. I don't want to be in love with him, so I told him in hopes he'd free me. Except, Onyx seems determined to fix things. It starts with the most insane grand gesture known to mankind. And it puts the man who despises being the center of attention, right at the goddamn epicenter.

BOOK ONE OF SIX IN THE ANGEL AND DEVIL SERIES ZERO: I don't talk much. And he never made me feel like I had to. Echo Lynx. This bright ray of sunshine hopped into my life after I found him confused and alone. He told me that he didn't know where to go. So, I brought the angel to the angels, where he belonged. After he settled with his new brothers, I started looking out for him. I can't stop myself from ensuring no one breaks the extra-voltage lightbulb in Echo's world. What I don't expect is one night, in the midst of running from the police-I tend to play Robin Hood, as they call me-I get a call, and I answer it because it's him. Echo wants to talk, so I tell him I'll be there soon. I show up, and Echo? Echo asks if I want to go on a date with him. When I saw the sweet nervousness in his eyes after he explained neither one of us got to go on a date, how can I deny? Soon, before I know it, I'm dating Echo. It's like whiplash. Echo is affectionate. Very affectionate. He likes things like cuddling and lazy kisses. And as we move forward, I find that... maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Touch, I mean. Because I want to touch him. Kiss him. I want to make him happy. But I'm not entirely sure if I can give him what he needs. Not long after our dates start, Echo gets lost in the woods, and I need to find him. I have to find him. Fuck my triggers. Fuck them all. I have to find him. Except, when I do, he's hurt, and it brings me back to the scars of my past. Except, the flashbacks aren't enough. No. Echo manages to dunk me back into my past more than he ever realized. I didn't realize plot twists could exist in real life, but the entire plot of my trauma from the past becomes one massive plot twist. And I would have never seen it coming.

For the Open Novella Contest, based on Prompt 65: On the way to collect a soul, the Grim Reaper is distracted by a stray puppy. Instead of completing the task, he decides to find the puppy's owner, much to the frustration of his assistant. ***** The Grim Reaper has seen everything, really. From the beginning of humans living in caves, all the way to modern-day humanity. These days, he's mostly a figurehead, going through a handful of cases a week that no other reaper wants. While floating through the mortal world, unseen by anyone, he comes across a dog that seems to be able to see him. Despite his over-achieving assistant begging him to return to his duties, Grim decides to seek out the puppy's owner, and in doing so meets Jeremiah. Miah is an accountant who loves numbers but hates the monotonous tone his life is taking. The rescuer of Miss Trixie, his dog, is an unusual but interesting man that he decides to strike up a friendship with... although is it just him, or is Grim a bizarre name for a person?

Morgan is the epitome of rainbows and sunshine. His favourite part of the day is knowing he can spread his positivity to his loved ones. Beyond his crazy stories and fluorescent wardrobe, he's a guy of warmth and comfort. Brooks is going through the toughest time of his life. Whilst running a multi-million pound company and finalising a divorce after finding his husband in bed with someone else, he struggles to keep an optimistic mind for the future. He swears off falling in love again and vows to spend the rest of his life alone. When Brooks desperately needs an assistant to help with his chaotic workload, Morgan comes bounding into his life like a bowling ball wrapped up in Christmas lights. Brooks has never met anyone like Morgan before and has his patience tested wildly on a daily basis. But when Brooks looks into Morgan's vibrant and colourful life, he wonders how different everything would be if he allowed himself to be happy. Especially when his life started becoming a lot brighter since Morgan walked into it. What to expect: - CEO x assistant - grumpy x sunshine - millionaire - mental health rep - cheating ex and trust issues - forced proximity - jealousy/angst (lots of it) - spicy scenes - dual POV

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF LUCIAN AND GRAY'S STORY. If you haven't read book five, this book will NOT make sense. Book Six of the Chaotic Hearts Series --- LUCIAN SULLANO: I'm starting to think I'm cursed or something. Maybe the universe is trying to level out my happiness to make sure I don't reach too much happiness. I have no idea. Here's the thing, right? I have the most amazing boyfriend in the world. I'd protect him with my life, and I've proved that to be true already. But then, Dante returns, trying to test my relationship! Does it work? No. But after Dante is arrested, my relationship with Gray continues to be tested in unexpected ways. Can we make it? Yeah. Well, I'd sure hope so anyway! Only, I might have hit a major snag when I went against Asher Adair and told him he was incompetent once or twice. Honestly, though? The second time, I was more than in the right for what I said. Another confrontation with Asher Adair leads me to ACTUALLY lose my job. No, Asher didn't fire me, but he seemed to insinuate that he wanted to. So, as a result of that fiery conversation between Asher Adair and me... I quit my job with The Adair House. But you know what? Maybe it was for the best because if I wanted a happy future with Gray, I couldn't work under Asher Adair, who happens to be Gray's father. Only, I might have screwed up any potential relationship I could have forged with Gray's family after my outburst. Will that cause my relationship to take even more damage? Or can we make it out of this trial, too? It might not be easy, but this time? I'm not the one who needs to apologize. Asher Adair destroyed my confidence and made me believe I didn't have what it took to do the job he put me in. So, it's time to find my purpose and prove that I am far better than I think. It's time to do something for me. It's time for me to forge my own future. I do know one thing for certain. I will never work for The Adair House ever again.

Firefighter Captain Liam Bryant and Grammy-winning singer River Avery have built a world where love burns just as brightly as ambition. But everything changes in an instant when Liam is critically injured during a harrowing rescue operation. River brings him home from the hospital, shaken but thankful, determined to help Liam recover-not just physically, but emotionally-from the trauma of almost losing the career he lives for. As River adjusts to the weight of caretaking, and Liam struggles with the fear that he may never return to the line of duty, their once fiery relationship is tested by silence, pain, and doubt. But the night Liam and River returns home, just as the couple begins to breathe in the comfort of each other's presence again, a knock on the door changes everything. A woman stands on the doorstep, a social worker-with a solemn expression and a small boy at her side. The boy's eyes, too familiar. His face... unmistakable. He looks just like Liam. Now, faced with the arrival of a child he never knew existed, Liam is forced to reckon with his past, while River must decide how far love can stretch when the future shifts without warning. Together, they must navigate recovery, responsibility, and a relationship that's suddenly more fragile-and more necessary-than ever before. A deeply emotional story of second chances, unexpected family, and the resilience of love when faced with the fire of change. Smoke Series: Smoke and Starlight Book 1 Smoke Starlight and Small Shoes Book 2

River Avery is a global music icon, his voice capable of silencing stadiums-and his heart still echoing with betrayal. When a last-minute charity gig ends with him being rescued from a burning building, he meets Liam Bryant: a grounded, fiercely dedicated fire lieutenant with no use for celebrity culture. Their connection is immediate, their chemistry combustible. But fame is its own kind of fire, and Liam's world-tight-knit, honorable, and fiercely private-was never built to withstand the glare of River's spotlight. As sparks ignite into something deeper, the men must confront the truth: how do you hold on to love when the world is watching... and waiting to burn it down? Smoke Series: Smoke and Starlight Book 1 Smoke Starlight and Small Shoes Book 2