Cassie Salazar and Luke Murrow were complete strangers until recently. Cassie is drowning in medical debt. Luke has a debt owed to a bad guy from his past. They both find out that Military married couples get benefits. So they decide to get married, despite their hatred for each other. However, while Luke is deployed, Cassie gets some unexpected news. Cassie isn't sure how to tell Luke, but before she can tell him, their lives get flipped upside. How are they going to handle these changes? Will everyone find out about their fake marriage? Is their marriage really fake?

At twenty-four, Malia has everything she once thought she wanted. Fame. Red carpets. A sold-out world tour. A husband the world adores. Married to rising music star Malachi, she's part of a golden celebrity couple everyone envies. The cameras love them. The interviews sparkle. The ring on her finger shines like proof that she "won." But behind closed doors, when the lights are off and the music stops, the truth is quieter. Darker. Malachi drinks too much. His temper shifts without warning. The man the world sees isn't the man she lives with. And every night, as she lies awake beside him, Malia realizes something devastating: The worst mistake she ever made wasn't marrying him. It was losing Kylie. Once her best friend. Once her safe place. Once the only person who ever really saw her. The once inseparable cast - Malia, Kylie, Malachi, Freya, Dara, MK, and Josh - they were chaotic, young. And then one choice shattered everything. Malia chose Malachi. Kylie walked away. Now, trapped in a life that looks perfect but feels like a prison, Malia wishes for one impossible thing: What if I could go back? And then she does. She wakes up in her eighteen-year-old body - back on that tour bus, before the wedding, before the betrayal, before she let the love of her life slip through her fingers. This time, she knows how the story ends. This time, she knows who truly mattered. And this time, she's not choosing him. She's choosing Kylie. A second chance. A buried love. A friendship that was always more. Because sometimes the greatest love story isn't about finding someone new- It's about going back and choosing the person you should've chosen all along.

Chloe and Red were both on opposite sides of everything, they hardly knew one another existed. If you were to tell them that just a week of knowing each other was enough to spark a bond so bright, they wouldn't believe you.

What if Mal had a twin brother? When the future king of Auradon makes a proclamation to give a few villain kids a chance at a better life. OR In which, a boy and girl from complete opposite sides want to make the impossible, possible.

Kylie Cantrall, a new Junior at East View Public Secondary School. She is the 'Life of the party' type of girl, although she is incredibly smart. She is shy sometimes, so she doesn't make many friends on the first day. Her father, Alex, tries to fix everything that happens in her life. Her grades, her love life, but that could lead to more problems. Malia Baker, a Junior that has been in the same place all her life, at least that's what she tells herself. Her mother, Julia, has told her about the stories in Botswana, where she was born, but Malia sadly doesn't remember much. She is a quite, but confident girl, who wants to do everything right, but when she starts feeling something else for someone else, that right thing might just have gotten a bit more complicated. ⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️ This book may have: smut self-harm depression blood/gore

The Space Between Heartbeats Kylie Cantrall lives loud. Known on campus as Baddie Cantrall, she's bold, magnetic, and always at the center of the party - fearless on the outside, guarded where it matters most. Malia Baker feels everything deeply. Quiet, thoughtful, and emotionally grounded, she's still learning how to move forward while carrying the weight of loss and love that never really leaves. They start as strangers - a brief hallway collision, a forgotten moment... until fate throws them together again at a crowded party neither of them expected to matter. One glance becomes curiosity.Curiosity becomes tension.And tension becomes something neither of them knows how to name. Because sometimes love doesn't arrive all at once...Sometimes it grows slowly, in the silence between heartbeats. ⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️: Mature emotional themes, strong language, party settings, alcohol use, and romantic content. Reader discretion advised

This is a continuation of my story Purple Hearts 2. This story will follow how Cassie and Luke would be as parents and how they would deal with parenthood and raising children.

Kylie Cantrall is everything Malia Baker can't stand. Loud. Tattooed. Sharp-tongued. A walking red flag with a mullet, a reputation, and a habit of taking up every room she walks into. Kylie is possessive, protective, and painfully confident-every girl wants her, and she knows it. She swears like it's punctuation and never apologizes for who she is. Malia Baker is everything Kylie pretends not to notice. Quiet. Anxious. Soft-spoken behind her glasses. Malia sticks close to her friends, avoids confrontation, and feels things too deeply for her own good. She's awkward, clingy, and terrified of being seen-especially by someone like Kylie. They run in different circles. Different friend groups. Different worlds. Every interaction is laced with tension, side-eye, and unspoken irritation. They don't agree on anything. They don't get along. And they definitely don't like each other. At least, that's what they tell themselves. But hate has a way of turning into something else-something intense, confusing, and impossible to ignore. And when lines start to blur, both Kylie and Malia are forced to face the truth: Sometimes the person who gets under your skin the most is the one who already owns your heart.

After being abruptly ghosted and blocked by her best friend Kylie following a public misunderstanding, Malia Baker decides to reclaim her narrative by moving to Los Angeles and establishing a life of her own. Seeking peace in the wake of this digital erasure, she buys a charming house and finds solace in her new pets, a cat named Mochi and a husky puppy named Kira. Her quiet recovery takes a dramatic turn during a chance encounter at a park with Dove Cameron, the original star of the franchise Malia now leads. What begins as a professional validation of Malia's work in the new movies quickly evolves into a deep, personal connection as the two spend hours at Malia's home discussing the pressures of the industry and the pain of sudden loss. READ IN ORDER (after the Prequel there are 2 books, each takes place in the same period of time but in different perspectives. you may read one and then other, or both at the same time.)

By early 2026, Kylie Cantrall has achieved the ultimate Hollywood metamorphosis, trading her Disney roots for global pop stardom and a chart-topping debut album. But beneath the glittering surface of her golden era, a deep-seated professional victory masks a devastating personal void. Driven by a narrative of betrayal and a prideful wall of silence. Kylie watches from the sidelines as her former best friend, Malia Baker, finds a new life among the industry's elite-far beyond the reach of their shared past. When a shocking revelation shatters Kylie's carefully constructed reality, she is forced to confront the high cost of her success and the fragile nature of the bridges she burned on her way to the top, leading to a desperate attempt to reclaim a connection that may already be lost to the shadows of fame.. READ IN ORDER (after the Prequel there are 2 books, each takes place in the same period of time but in different perspectives. you may read one and then other, or both at the same time.)