Wren and Kenna hated each other in high school. Now mature-ish adults, they still hate each other. The problem? They're engaged. A year away from marriage, according to two of the most powerful people in the world: their parents. ***** Wren Castile and Kenna Gold are engaged...because their parents say so (and no, they're not kidding). Wren has one year to marry her former nemesis, or else. The fact that Kenna emulated her infamously anti-gay father throughout high school seems to be irrelevant--even to Kenna herself. Suddenly Wren and the girl she never wanted to see again are on the same (bickering) side as they face mandatory dates, disastrous family get-togethers, and their unhappy past. Wren is filled with mistrust, but to protect her heart, she might just have to sit back and let it lead the way. Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains references to and/or scenes of homophobia, childhood trauma, bullying, violence, and suicide. [[2022 Watty Awards Shortlist]] [[Editors' Choice - October 2022]]

When Carmen Cruz finds herself in competition with her ex-girlfriend Briar Sutton for the school play, the last thing she expects is for their on-stage rivalry to spiral into a second chance at love. Standalone in the Sunset Scandals series *** After a whirlwind summer fling turned messy breakup, Carmen Cruz thought she had left Briar Sutton in the past. But then they're unexpectedly reunited when Carmen learns she'll be competing with her ex for the lead role in the school play. Unresolved feelings quickly turn into a heated rivalry. And then their drama instructor throws the pair together to rehearse and Sunset Scandals stirs up drama, leaving Carmen to wonder if their undeniable stage chemistry is just an act, or something deeper. But Briar doesn't date, and Carmen promised she'd never give Briar another opportunity to break her heart, right? Will fate give them a second chance under the bright stage lights, or is history doomed to repeat itself?

*Lesbian Smut Mallory thought that she'd left her first love, Emerson, in the past; but when they have an unexpected run-in, she realizes that's far from the truth. They're both happily in relationships now, but as they have to spend time together, all of the buried emotions come flooding back and old sparks reignite. They're forced to confront the reasons that they ended things; and they both begin to question if they should leave the past behind, or if this is the second chance that they never saw coming.

Jamie's spent seventeen years being "the sick girl" - all beeping monitors and hovering doctors. Now she's staring down experimental heart surgery in twenty days with fifty-fifty odds of making it. Her mom wants her wrapped in bubble wrap until then, but Rowan next door - fresh out of juvie with trouble written all over her face - offers a different kind of medicine. Because, if these are your last twenty days to live, you should actually live them. ONC 2025 PROMT: 20 days of freedom.

Kitty Cohen and Felicity Campbell are soulmates. Fliss has been sure of this ever since they shared a room their freshman year of college, when their friendship emerged fully-formed the moment they met. They've seen it all together: disastrous house shares; shitty post-grad apartments; too many relationships to count. Now everything's about to change. Kitty is getting married and Fliss didn't think she'd be this heartbroken. Levi's a nice guy. He understands his fiancée's friendship, and he and Fliss get along just fine, but he's just a guy. He isn't special enough for Kitty. But then a shaken Kitty turns up on Fliss's doorstep a few weeks before the big day: the wedding is off. Fliss didn't think she would be so relieved to hear that. Weird. The honeymoon is all paid for, though, so Kitty has a proposition: a girls' trip to Las Vegas, just the two of them and two weeks of drinking and overheating and exploring everything Sin City has to offer. Why not, right? Fliss has barely left the east coast and it's about time she took advantage of her company's unlimited PTO. It'll be nice to have an uninterrupted vacation with her favorite person. Then they get to their all-expenses-paid honeymoon suite and the hotel thinks they're married and it's easier to go along with it than explain the situation. It's not like it matters, right? It's a bit of fun. Until, slowly but surely, Fliss realizes her feelings are more than platonic. Maybe they always have been. And now she's stuck sharing a bed with her best friend, who is pretending to be her wife. © Elle Carrigan 2023

When rivals Kali Cooper and Ashtyn Evans team up to uncover the identity of an anonymous gossip account, the mystery takes an unexpected turn when their partnership blossoms into a budding romance. Standalone in the Sunset Scandals *** Kali Cooper and Ashtyn Evans have nothing in common. Their mutual hatred is the only thing they agree on. But when Kali and Ashtyn become the targets of a Sunset Scandals resurgence that turns them into the laughingstock of school, the girls face an impossible choice: team up to stop Sunset Scandals, or risk further social annihilation. As the unlikely duo attempt to save their reputations, their hatred slowly turns into a tepid friendship. But every twist and turn of the mystery brings the girls even closer together, sparking chemistry that's becoming impossible to ignore. Will Kali and Ashtyn give into the heat between them, or will Sunset Scandals decide that finding Happy Ever After isn't part of the plan?

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. You have to step off the trail to find your path . . . When her mother unceremoniously dumps her at Camp Mapplewood for the summer, Emma Lane's hopes of repairing their fractured relationship are gone with the wind. Now she's stuck in the wilderness facing her worst fears. Trees? Terrifying. Spiders? Even worse. And don't even get Emma started on how she feels about camp activities. But Emma's got a plan, and she will do anything in her power to get kicked out of camp, from sleeping in to playing practical jokes on her fellow campers. Yet when Emma draws the attention of her illusive and attractive camp counselor Vivian Black, she has to come to terms with the fact that how her summer starts isn't necessarily how it might end. Will Vivian be the key to unlocking Emma's fears once and for all?

"She cheated on me. He cheated on you. What do you say? Want to settle the score?" KATE WILSON, a hot-headed Dragon striker, and ROSIE TORRES, an underappreciated Sea Lion defender, clash in their mini soccer season's qualifier. Spark(le)s fly on and off the field when Rosie glitter bombs Kate's locker before kickoff, convinced her ex-girlfriend cheated with Kate. After a brawl erupts mid-game, their fed-up coaches sentence both squads to community service before a possible rematch. But when back-and-forth pranks spiral out of control, where Kate also discovers her boyfriend's cheating with Rosie's ex, they're issued an ultimatum: band together as one team or face disqualification from the long-awaited two-day Mini Soccer Washington State Tournament. While the players struggle to cohabitate, no one expects that team bonding would result in Kate and Rosie dating; little do they know it's a fake dating scheme both girls secretly cook up to get back at their cheating exes. When you fake-date your rival to settle the score with your exes, things can get complicated, especially when you accidentally kickstart real feelings. 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲

This book may NOT be reproduced, reposted, copied, or translated in any way unless you receive permission directly from the author. Felicity Rose Bennett has everything the world thinks she wants-chart-topping songs, magazine covers, fans who call her perfect. But the world doesn't know she's hiding. Burned out, suffocated by fame, and haunted by a stalker no one else knows about, Felicity flees to her mothers' quiet Toronto lake house just to breathe for the first time in years. She doesn't expect Harriet Johnson to walk through the door with a suitcase and a key. Harriet has spent the last four years running from her past-alcohol addiction, heartbreak, and the memory of the only girl she's ever loved. Sober now and fighting her way through med school, she only wanted a quiet summer. She didn't know Felicity would be here. She didn't know that sharing a roof again would feel like falling into a storm she thought she'd survived. They were childhood best friends turned teenage lovers-until Harriet broke Felicity's heart in the worst possible way. Now they're twenty-two, trapped by old history and new secrets, in the same house that once held their whispered dreams and first kisses. The deal is simple: her side, my side. But nothing about Felicity and Harriet has ever been simple. Not the history, not the wanting, not the way every look feels like a dare and every brush of skin threatens to set them both on fire. In the thick of July, in a house full of memories, two girls who once had everything will have to decide if second chances are worth the risk-and if loving each other is worth surviving for.

After a summer that changed everything, Lark and Sophie find themselves on opposite sides of a fragile friendship. Torn between loyalty to her boyfriend Liam and the undeniable spark with his sister, Sophie is drowning in secrets.