*DISCLAIMER* READ AT YOUR OWN RISK: This book deals with serious topics and themes of drug use, PTSD, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts. This book contains realistic depictions of opioid use. Recovered and recovering addicts should proceed with caution. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The 12 Steps is a gripping Young Adult novel that follows twin brothers Lincoln and Liam as they navigate the weight of trauma, addiction, and family fractures. Lincoln, a high school senior, is seven months sober and struggling to reconnect with a life that feels just out of reach. He wants to move forward but fears where the future might lead. Liam, also a senior, buries his pain beneath a reckless façade, desperate to outrun the past that haunts him. While one brother fights for control, the other refuses to acknowledge his own unraveling. When a life-altering incident shakes their already fragile bond, Lincoln and Liam must confront long-buried secrets, painful truths, and the damage that has fractured their family. The 12 Steps is a powerful story of resilience, healing, and the journey toward forgiveness-both of others and of oneself. "...there were a lot of things I was forced to learn and that made me resent my family for it. One of them is the fact that I learned more about family at rehab than I ever did when I was home." - Lincoln "I always had this plan. A plan where I would graduate high school with the highest GPA, get a full-ride baseball scholarship to Stanford University, and then work my way to the major league baseball teams. It was a plan I had made with Lincoln when we were younger. A dream we shared to play baseball together. A dream that died when he overdosed." - Liam

After high school Tyler and Andre start their own lives. Andre takes a path no one saw coming and a friend moving away causes the boys to look at a new future elsewhere. Moving to a new city away from the safety of home is scary in itself, add a medical condition on top of that and it's a little more tricky. Even if it is, for the time being, considered to be under control. Figuring out how to gain some independence while still staying safe becomes a challenge when things start to change again. Will living with Mike mean a closer relationship or will it end in resentment? Will Tyler ever be seizure free? Will they mature enough to be able to make the tough decisions on their own when the time comes? Being an adult isn't always all its cracked up to be.

Noah was a regular kid until he was thirteen and came down with an Illness none of the doctors could figure out. What everyone thought was a simple virus quickly turned into much more when he could no longer walk, talk, or move a single muscle in his body. Eventually they figured out that he had suffered a stroke deep in his brain. What they didn't know was what caused a stroke in a perfectly healthy kid. His parents were told the damage was done and his condition would never improve. The doctors said he was not aware of anything and would require full care for the rest of his life. What they didn't know was that he was aware. He could see and hear everything he just had no way of telling them. Now, years later Noah lives in a long term care facility that takes care of stroke victims and people with brain injuries. His day to day life is far from exciting. Aside from the daily soap opera of hearing about the staffs home lives, he doesn't get much entertainment. Things start to get a little more interesting when a new nurse comes in and questions his awareness. She sees what the others don't and tries to find a way to communicate with him. Just as she starts to give Noah hope, his family starts to lose theirs. Will she be able to convince them he's really in there before they decide to give up on him all together?

Sequel to Home. Birdie and Holt grow closer as they each navigate new waters. Birdie leans on Holt for the stability of friendship and Holt looks to Birdie for trust. Coach Mo struggles with an inability to save the people that he loves while maintaining his strong and calm demeanor that he's developed over the years. And Kendra continues to be Holt's biggest advocate as she tries to keep him safe and show him what a parent's love is supposed to be. This story is apart of a series, if you'd like to read from the beginning please go check out my other books starting with: Owen Mina Home Safe Drew Okay Lost Vows If you'd like to read these stories without any spoilers check out my page for a more detailed layout.

[SEQUEL TO COASTING] When Jamie Prescott returns to the small beach town to live with her Aunt Monica the summer after her freshmen year at college, she's not quite sure what to expect. With her family finally doing well back in California, going back to the North Carolina coast, her home away from home and a place that helped her find herself when everything around her was falling apart, seemed the obvious choice for how to spend her vacation. But now that a year has passed, things have changed, and there is a chance that with everything around her finally going right, the beach town that had once been her saving grace may now be the one thing that's going wrong.

"Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter appeared." When Emmy helped her exhausted and on-the-verge-of-a-panic-attack neighbor into his apartment at three in the morning, she never expected to be sucked into his world; one filled with the unsolved murder case of his mother from ten years ago. [completed]

This is the re-telling, of my semi-popular story Autumn Showers. I personally believe, it's written miles better and told in a way far greater then before. -- Autumn Martin, once the most popular girl at school, is fresh out of a mental health facility and about to start her senior year. Upon embarking on a journey to heal from the demons, she's desperate to hide the most, the unlikeliest of friends join her. These friends include: A girl who is sunshine in human form, her ache-nemesis since kindergarten, the sarcastic brunette best friend everyone loves and the school's stoner.

"Mommy are you in wuv with the nice man?" She asks, her eyes all wide. I raise an eyebrow at her, looking into her matching eyes. "What makes you think that sweetheart?" I ask her. She sighs over dramatically. "Mom. Please. He's like always staring at you." She says all serious like, her hands on her hips. I feel myself blush, does he really? "Oh, I see. No honey, he's just my boss" I answer her, pinching her cheek. She smiles widely, a glint in her eye, "someday!" She giggles. **MATURE LANGUAGE AND IDEAS - NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG READERS**

𝘝𝘢𝘦! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦. I looked down at her sleeping form and kissed her forehead. I know she just loves forehead kisses. Correction, 'my' forehead kisses. Taking a last look at her, I left the room. "𝘋𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬." 𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘴! I wrapped up my work and sighed. I needed her. She is not my drug. She's my spine. My Spinal cord. She gives me support and makes me feel alive. She's my senses. My everything. --- It wasn't good, was it? I'm really bad at descriptions, BUT can you give my book a chance? But the book is good. I promise Also, this is NOT a mafia book. y'all add it in that list and confuse me. TW: The book contains abuse, sexual abuse, and assault. Please proceed with care. I may haven't put warnings. I'll put it once I go back to it ------- STARTED- 22nd OCTOBER 2021 ENDED- 17th DECEMBER 2022 #1 in anxiety attacks = 05/03/2022 #1 in sa. #1 in adorable = 22/12/2021 #1 gloves = 15 jan '22 [1k votes = 24 jan 2022] [4.0 - 15k reads = 10 jan 2022] [- 30.6k reads = 13 feb 2022] [- 40.2k reads = 9 march 2022]

Pain, hatred and abuse are the only things Alyssa Jordan knew after the unexpected death of her parents. Unloved, sad and tired of the life she's living her only wish is for someone to whisk her away from her uncle's abusive family and to a happy, love-filled life. But what happens when that someone comes in the form of New York's 6"7, brown haired, grey eyed, number one bachelor, Nathan Graham, a man with no intentions of loving again? Will Nathan make her happy? Will she finally finally have her happy ending? Will She find the love she desires? ----------------------- This book is rated 16+ TW: This story contains scenes of abuse, if you can't handle it, please don't read. Copyright, all rights reserved. ©2020