Book Five out of five in the New Beginnings Series. OLIVER PIERCE: I've always waited for the darkness to consume me. Every day, I open my eyes, and I wait for it to hit. It never does. I cry for hurt animals, mourn the loss of life, and hurt in the name of others. Empathy is something I have, and it's stronger than I thought. There wasn't any kind of darkness in me, but I still feared it would pop up. Five years ago, my girlfriend of three years completely abandoned me when she found out about my past. And I made the vow to never open myself up to anyone romantically again. It was better this way. But there is this irritating "bad boy" who thinks the world owes him. I've known him for the last four years, and he won't leave me alone! He made a bet to win my heart. Our friend group is going on a road trip, and I'm stuck with him as a roommate. I'm straight. I'm closed off. I don't like him! I swear! Shit, I might have been wrong about that because why does he feel so right? MALACHI REEVES: The bet is to win his heart. That's the prize. I'd have his heart. I'd have him. And he's all I've ever wanted. However, Oliver swears he's straight, but I noticed the way he looked at me through college. The curiosity in his stare. So, I want to show him what I have to offer him during this damn road trip across the United States. Things don't go at all how I planned. Something dark and haunted lives within Oliver Pierce, and I want to help him through it. The sweet smiles, the soft laughter, and everything in between-I want it to be mine. I have two months to prove to him that we're meant to be. No matter what darkness lingers behind him, I'll help him battle it all. I'll keep him safe. Protected. But only if he lets me.

Book Two of Five in the New Beginnings Series. **You do NOT have to read Inhale, Exhale, & Breathe to enjoy these stories** SALEM LUNA: Does anyone ever feel like they're riding a mechanical bull that is never ending? No matter how many times you get thrown off the thing, you appear right back on it? No? Just me then? See, I have this best friend. Former. Best. Friend. It's taking my brain a while to get used to it. Whatever. I'm hopelessly in love with him, and I tried desperately to admit my feelings out loud. So, I did. Raven Fox told me not to love him, and the look he seared into my skin when he said it was now branded into my brain. Now we're on the university book club Christmas retreat. Who did I get roomed with? Raven because of course I was given the bird. The damn bird that didn't love me in return. Which would have been fine had he not looked like the idea disgusted him. Six months have gone by since that day, and our tension is growing with more animosity each second. Now, we're doing activities together, and Christmas is my favorite holiday. He's not screwing this up for me. After a snowstorm starts hitting, though, I end up stuck in the middle of nowhere, out of gas in my snowmobile. I'm terrified as the wind starts picking up and snow starts whipping my face. I thought he wasn't listening. That he didn't care. So, why did he become the one to save me? Why does he look so distraught? His words say one thing, but his eyes are telling me his words are lies. Raven is lying to me. He loves me. But he doesn't want me to love him. All I want to know is why because I can't breathe without him anymore.

Levi, although blind since birth has never been confronted with an issue quite as big as this one. But who would have thought that this rude Italian man suddenly appearing at his workplace, would be the change he has always been yearning for. Read and enjoy as the story between a savage Barista and a cold-hearted Mafioso unfolds. WARNING: Mature and graphic content

Eighteen year old Ethan is autistic, loves plants, and sometimes makes bad choices. Like going for a walk at the bottom of a seaside cliffside when the tide is coming in. He might die. Rue's just finished high school and now he's stuck in a rut-and in the closet-with no social life and a home life he'd rather avoid. He's engaging in one of his favourite hobbies, stranding himself on the beach and waiting for the tide to free him, when he spots someone less intentionally stuck in the same predicament.

When Elio Ortiz embarrasses himself in front of his hot new neighbor multiple times he expects nothing more to come of it. However, it miraculously leads to a blooming romance. Elio Ortiz is a fiery, complicated, disastrous, mess of a person whose entire existence is a contradiction. Contrarily, Ajax Gallihili is as rigid as can be, never to stray from the path set out in front of him at birth, never to explore his own wants that go beyond expectations. When the two meet it's a glorious disaster. And yet they can't seem to stay away from each other, can't seem to stop the disaster from turning into something more at the off chance that it turns into something beautiful. ~A short story written for "The Literary Lounge" Discord Server's Gen 3 Contest~

Beau HATES Oliver Fowler. But Oliver doesn't hate Beau.. quite the opposite actually. Oliver is the univeristies 'Golden Boy', adored and admired by all. ...well, um, everyone except Beau. *** Oliver lets out a strangled laugh, placing his hand against my chest and pushing me back against the wall. Hard. "If I am so golden, how come I am doing this?" My brows draw. "Doing wha-" I don't have time to finish my sentence, because Oliver Fowler has slammed his lips onto mine. ***

After a bad breakup, Eddie Blue Sharpe wants to move on with his life. He wants to disappear and leave all the pain behind. Moving in with Matty was the best choice he made in a while. Eddie got a new job, got a better life, he found a new height of happiness when he snags the attention of the company's CEO, Elijah Sheridan. Cover by aesthetics This is a free preview

Angel is looking for a Dom who isn't afraid to take control of him and can get past his size and height to take care of him they way he so desperately desires. Nikolaus got played by his gold digger of an ex husband and is now afraid of love especially love with someone 10 years his junior. Can they make it work or will it be a one night stand for the ages. This is a follow up story to The Charming boy.

Lost Omega x Hermit Alpha Meeting by chance in the Alaskan wilderness just north of the Arctic Circle, they're trapped together for the winter. Mating is inevitable. Falling in love might be too. But will their relationship survive when the sun rises again and the spring thaw opens the way back to civilization? This is a human omegaverse story, no wer-anything. Some language. Enough smut to get me in trouble with your mother if you're under 18. Two dudes get it on and one winds up pregnant. If you can't handle this or if you dislike this, stop reading and find something else. If you like fluffy romantic stories where boys fall in love with each other, enjoy. This is my fourth omegaverse story if you're interested in the order.

In his last year of attending Pine Academy, a boarding school for elves to learn to use their magical abilities, Evan is enamored by the new professor. The shy man has been rejected all his life, so when the new professor turns out to be destined for him, he just can't help but let hope bloom in his chest. Maverick knows that his pretty student is off limits, and one day of indulgence was all he was going to award himself. Avoiding the temptation is proving difficult, but he has to persevere if he wants to keep his job and protect his soulbound. One little baby is about to turn both men's worlds upside down.