amber is the sunshine disciplined soccer captain who's always needing to be in three places at once. growing up in a family that revolves around sports, amber's constantly feeling the pressure of having to do good and not let the people she loves down. on top of that, she doesn't have her license and not knowing how to drive makes it very difficult to be who she is. hayden mercer is the town's golden boy, attention following him everywhere he goes. however, a near-death experience leaves him closed off and unwilling to talk about anything. he keeps everyone at arm's length - except amber bexley, his since-childhood rival and next-door neighbor. so when both of their mother's suggest hayden become amber's new chauffeur, she can't say no; he's got a license, a nice car, smells good, and he's right next door. but hayden only agrees on one condition - amber must tutor hayden in his psychology class that he needs to be passing to stay on the hockey team and to make his father proud. amid long drives and late-night tutoring sessions, amber slowly discovers that hayden is not the boy she thought he was and begins to reconsider her feelings of loathing towards hayden.

{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠} Ria Romano knew hurt like the back of her hand. She was dealt her fair share of bad cards, more than anyone so young should have to face. A cynical girl riddled with the remnants of her past, a shattered sort of soul. She concealed like it was second nature; her instinct being to suppress. She'd offer you a cigarette with a shrug while you were crying because she never was too great with affection. She didn't smile so often but when she did and it was directed at you, you'd never feel such satisfaction. I was told Aria preferred to be alone, isolated; clouding her mind with inhales of her cigarette and drowning it in alcohol. Until she was dealt her good card, out of the pack of bad. They had a love beautiful enough to last a lifetime, the type directors desire to capture and authors aspire to write. Two souls, shattered by the cruelty of the world time and time again with flames that rekindled each others. They were each other's oxygen. They breathed life back into each other, those two insomniacs. <3

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫, a girl with a bubbly personailty despite all the trauma, and practically being a mother to her 11 year old brother. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫, a boy with a grumpy and nervous personality, who's been stuck in his NHL player brother's shadow his whole life, and Allie's brothers hockey coach. When the two meet, they can't stop thinking about each other.

Maisie never expected her quiet life as a schoolteacher to collide with Tucker's - a gruff firefighter carrying more scars than he lets show. But when a call for help brings them together, everything begins to change. On Tucker's peaceful farm, with wide skies and creaking porch swings, Maisie finds a kind of stillness she didn't know she needed. And Tucker, long used to solitude and silence, discovers what it means to be truly seen. Slowly, gently, they begin to untangle the pain in each other's pasts, drawn closer by shared glances, soft laughter, and the growing comfort of something like home. As love roots itself between them, unexpected turns reshape their world - bringing both challenge and grace in equal measure. Together, they learn that family can be something you build with your hands and heart. A moving, quiet love story about healing, trust, and the kind of life you choose - one moment, one morning, one person at a time.

----‎‧₊˚✧ 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲 #1 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 ✧˚₊‧---- Layla Ibrahim has one goal: to excel in school and prove she's the best. The only problem? She just failed a subject, and the last person she wants help from is Louis Miller-the annoyingly charming golden boy who gets perfect grades without even trying. But when circumstances force him to tutor her against his will, their mutual hatred reaches a whole new level. Until they had to strike a deal-one that benefits them both. But as the tension between them shifts from heated arguments to something far more complicated, Layla and Louis realize that what started as a simple arrangement might be harder to navigate than they thought. Enemies. Rivals. Academic disaster waiting to happen. And yet, the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the sparks flying between them. #2 on booklover #4 on bookclub #5 on booktok

| -𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲- | summer reyes is in love with her football star best friend and has been since she first met him in the 6th grade. the only problem is she believes he only sees her as the little girl he once knew in middle school and she doesn't want to ruin anything. however, the longer she keeps the secret, the harder it becomes to keep. river benson has also been in love with summer since he met her in 6th grade, and now he really wants to be her boyfriend. however, he feels as if she doesn't feel the same way. crazy, right? after finding an old 'pact' paper they made in 8th grade, summer decides they should resign it, just to make sure nothing happens. a list of rules they made when they were young, back when the idea of falling in love with each other was the scariest thing in the world. now it doesn't seem so scary... #5 in friendswithbenefits #1 in hopelessromantic #1 in friendstolovers Cover made by me

Nicky is in her second year of NYU she's the oldest of 3 siblings each from a different father. After Nicky's father died her mother became emotionally absent, getting herself addicted to drugs and alcohol, sleeping with several other men, having their children, and then putting the children under Nicky's responsibility. Nicky's future was falling apart at her feet. She was crumbling to a million pieces. That is until she runs into Noah. Noah was the captain of the Hockey team and a notorious player. He was everything Nicky told herself she needed to stay away from. But what happens when she learns that Noah is more than what everyone claims him to be?