Katherine Baldwin-Crawford has always been confident. On the soccer field, she's a force. In the halls, she's effortlessly charming. But when it comes to love? That's the one game she can't seem to win. For years, she's been hopelessly in love with her best friend, Sophie. No one knows she's intersex, except for her family and Sophie. Valerie Winters has never had time for high school drama. As head cheerleader and student body, she's always been composed, polished, and in control. But with her parents pressuring her into a relationship she has no interest in, she needs a way out. A deal is struck. Katherine to distract herself from sophie, Valerie to get her parents off her back. It's perfect. Simple. No strings attached. What if the perfect play was never the one she planned? Book was at 1 million reads but got deleted by wattpad

Vivienne Winters-Crawford has always had everything. The penthouse childhood, the private schools, the kind of money that fixes problems before they even start. But now, fresh out of college with an art degree in one hand and independence in the other, she wants to experience being on her own. So she moves out. No staff, no safety net, just a cramped two-bedroom apartment and a roommate she's never expected. Aveline Parker is a ghost of a girl who prefers silence to survival. Grey eyes, jet black hair, and a presence that slips through rooms without a sound. No one knows what she's been through, except Estelle, the woman who gave her a job, a room, and a reason to stay. Aveline doesn't talk much. She doesn't trust. She just survives. When Vivienne answers an ad for a roommate, she never expects the other room to belong to a girl who barely speaks. But there's something magnetic about Aveline. Something quiet and aching. And despite the silence, despite the walls, things start to unravel. One moment at a time. One scar at a time. This isn't a love story born out of ease. It's a love story built in the healing. In the light that comes after the dark.

Book 2 of The Legacy Series Jordan "JJ" Jones doesn't break rules. She's team captain. The reliable one. The one everyone counts on. She even helped create the no-dating-teammates rule because she knew exactly how much was at stake. When Nova Rivera came in as a freshman, JJ took her under her wing as a friend, mentor, the one Nova called when everything felt like too much It was supposed to stay that way. Then Nova's high school girlfriend broke her heart. And JJ held her while she cried. Made her laugh. Reminded her she was worth more. Somewhere in those late night conversations and early morning practices, the line started to blur. Now JJ can't stop noticing her. Can't stop thinking about what it would be like to kiss her best friend and never stop. But they're teammates. The core of a team fighting for a national championship. And JJ helped write that rule for a reason. "But you're my teammate. We can't." "I know." Where does loyalty end and love begin? [18+ sapphic romance | teammates to lovers | friends to more | basketball | forbidden | slow burn | The Legacy Series]

When a scandal forces hockey star Amelia Bennett into a fake relationship with guarded photographer Harper Lane, neither expects the headlines, or the feelings, that follow. What starts as a PR stunt begins to spark into something real, threatening to expose more than just their hearts. *** She's the world's best hockey player. She's a heartbroken photographer with nowhere else to go. And they were never supposed to fall in love. At 24, Amelia Bennett is the most talented hockey player on the planet-chaotic, impulsive, and the last Bennett standing without a ring on her finger. After a very public scandal threatens her sponsorships and reputation, the team's PR crisis plan is simple: clean up her image fast. Step one? A fake relationship. Something that should be easy, right? Harper Lane has no interest in fame, or falling for another golden boy-or girl-with a spotlight stitched into their skin. After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating, she's sworn off chaos and charm. But when her best friend Audrey begs her to stay with Millie temporarily, Harper finds herself in the middle of a media storm-and somehow agreeing to pretend to be Millie Bennett's girlfriend. It's only for the cameras. Just long enough to fix Millie's image. Just enough to keep Harper's ex boyfriend off her back. But fake smiles turn into real moments. Cold shoulders warm under shared blankets. And the girl Harper was warned about-the reckless, beautiful mess, is nothing like the one who makes her tea when she's anxious and kisses her like she means it. In a house built on secrets, one accidental love story is about to make

Ember Carter-Rose, the last and most pampered child. After suffering her first heartbreak, Ember did what she always does whenever hurt. She ran to her older sister for help. Angel suggested leaving their hometown for the remaining two weeks of summer and clearing her head at one of their family vacation homes. Once there, Ember meets a woman. A woman who helps her forget for two weeks. Summertime comes and goes, school starts and the woman reappears. ~ Loving Angel ~ Heart Keeper {Sequel} ~ I'm No Angel {Trilogy} ~ Ember's Flame {Quadrilogy}

[Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner] The Redding takes you if it knows your name. That's the rule that's kept Meg alive --- or awake, rather --- since the night the world went to hell. Nobody knows where the red stuff came from, but it acts like water, it's in the water, and it falls as rain every night. The people it captures drop like puppets with their strings cut. They're asleep, not dead, and they can be reawoken. But then they just try to kill you. Meg and the other survivors she's befriended think they've found a stable equilibrium, six weeks after the catastrophe began. In an empty town, there's not much to do except innovate new survival methods. Meg's crush is the one to discover that Morse Code, like writing, is a safe means of communication. That's all fine and good until the nightly rain begins. Raindrops, as it turns out, can make dots and dashes, too. The Redding can talk. And it's telling her to run. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner. Featured on: @Wattpad - Embrace the Fear: Horror Stories @WattpadExplorer - Embrace the Fear: Scary Stories @Creators - Scary Stories to Read in the Dark @Wattpad Explorer - From Our Creators @dystopianapocalypse - Featured D&A Stories @Wattpad Explorer - Why Not Buy Some Flowers @Fright - Featured Stories Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

With the support of her triplet sister, Special Agent Emilie LaRue, and Detective Molly Harris, Chef Amelia LaRue Ross escapes an abusive marriage that held her captive for years. But love isn't done with her yet. Now, Amelia must decide: Is she ready to open her heart again, or will the fear of history repeating itself keep her from the love she's always yearned for? You will need to read Second Life, New Life and Another Life before you read this.

Follow two top notch lawyers as they go from rivals to soul mates. Law has been a part of Drew Taylor's DNA since she was conceived. Both her parents are lawyers and she followed on that path, seeking to provide justice for the ones who the system often seems to fail. Then Reilly Reid moves to town, a defendant who seems to enjoy getting under Drew's skin. Drew suddenly finds herself humbled, confronted by her past, and falling in love...with the enemy.

This is a redemption romance. The last time Scarlet saw Gemma was on the night before their wedding. It has been six years but now Gemma is back to pick up where she left off. Not only that, but she isn't alone. Ivy is Gemma's daughter, her motivation to return to Hampton and bridge between the emotional distance between both women. They begin to rediscover each other in unexpected ways, confronting the pain of the past and trying to right their wrongs. But can Scarlet truly overcome the walls she'd built to protect herself? Or will her hesitance keep them from reclaiming what was lost?

A short story of two old friends who fell in love in the season of giving. Katelyn never believed that as a woman, she was raised just to be someone's wife and mother. She wanted more from life. She wanted to explore the world and pursue a career outside of ranching. So, she left Darwin the first chance she got, leaving everyone and everything behind. Daisy's whole life is in Darwin. She loves her father's old ranch and everything that comes with it. She's happy with everything she's gained in her small town and couldn't ask for anything more. That is, until her high school crush, Katelyn Roque, returned to Darwin for the Christmas holiday away from the glamorous life she once sought. Daisy now finds herself confronted by feelings she thought had been long gone and Katelyn learns that not everything that glitters is gold. **** There is NO smut so do not waste your time if you are after that!!!