The conclusion to the West Coast Campus Series

tw's: cancer and chemo, loss of loved one due to car accident, loss of parent due to suicide, loss of parent due to cancer, descriptions of bad health care experiences, surgeries Tatum Williams has been through it all. She lost her Dad when she was just a kid before meeting her childhood sweetheart who tragically passed away years later, leaving her to deal with her cancer diagnosis by herself. Now, just over four years later, she's healthy and happy-ish, getting her first teaching job right out of school. But everything crumbles around her when she's diagnosed with cancer again, even more aggressive than the last. Mike Nolan is having trouble getting back out onto the ice. After dealing with a head injury that took him out for over a month, Mike can barely tie his skates up without panicking. Worried he'll never be able to play again, Mike reaches out to Tatum, retired World Champion figure skater for help to get back out there. Learning she's dealing with her recent diagnosis, Mike offers to come support her during chemo while she helps him get his confidence back. Not wanting to do this alone for the second time, Tatum agrees. With this new arrangement, both of them battle many fears, unknowingly healing each other's scars. But when feelings get involve, will Tatum be able to let go of her past and will Mike finally start believing that love does in fact actually exist?

|| Completed || "Sometimes I wonder if you've lost your mind," Jonathan choked out as a tear made it's way down his cheek. Jonathan Miller is the handsome, brooding, loner of Black Valley Prep with dark and twisted rumors following his every move. Adelaide Harper is the pure, optimistic, social butterfly who just moved to Black Valley and she's curious... Jonathan wants to be left alone so he can graduate BV Prep in peace but his new neighbor is begging to be friends. Jonathan doesn't do friends... Adelaide thinks Jonathan is interesting. He says stay away but is never rude enough to convince her he means it...maybe if she pushes just a little harder he'll cave... Hopefully this doesn't end in disaster. Ranks ~ #1 ~ curiosity 3/21/2021 #1 ~ girlnextdoor 10/07/2021 #1 ~ toxicparents 6/09/2021 #2 ~ loner 8/09/20201

When you've gone numb, what does it take to feel again? **** After her mother's death, Thalia Jamieson is stuck in the fog of high-functioning depression. She goes through the motions of her life-doing what's expected but feeling nothing. Her dreams, her passions, even her sense of self have faded into a dull, gray existence. That is, until an English assignment pairs her with Caiden Walters, the boy she used to have a crush on. Once the popular, well-liked football player, Caiden has withdrawn from everything he once cared about-his friends, his team, even his future. His slate-blue eyes, once full of life, now reflect only stormy bitterness, and he refuses to work with Thalia. But when a chance encounter at a graduation party leads them to reminisce, their walls begin to crumble, and they decide to feel something again-even if only physically. But will that be the answer to everything? Or will it only remind them even though they can't feel anything their hearts are still capable of shattering into pieces?

Madelyn Waters, eighteen, is not your typical high schooler. With a secret manipulative ability, as well as being charismatic and extremely promiscuous, she finds herself lost in a never-ending infatuation with older men. All of that stays in tact until her eyes fall upon a man with a daughter near her age, one in which she befriends to get closer to her main goal. She is willing to test her morals to no extent in order to have this man, while unintentionally discovering that buried deep within her soul is a girl who simply wants to be loved. She learns of love, rejection, and most of all, she discovers herself, while also igniting an illicit affair.

"He would never forgive me if he knew, Isabella." Williams voice is pained as he lingers just millimeters from my lips. "I won't tell him. You don't have to either. Please, just one kiss." I beg him. The torture on Williams face becomes unbearable as he attempts to tell me no once more. "I'll burn in Hell for this." He groans between clenched teeth before slamming his desperate lips into mine. Then we will burn together. ~*~*~ Isabella is shocked when she comes home from university to find that her father has taken on a new partner at his law firm. William Frederick Harris is the epitome of suave in his three piece suits and perfectly groomed hair. Much younger than most of the partners Isabella is used to, she finds herself helplessly attracted to this older man. William spends sleepless nights at Bella's home preparing defense cases for clients, but one night when Bella's father isn't present changes everything. Will William risk his prestigious job and friendship with Isabella's father over a woman who will be gone in a matter of months? Or will he manage to keep his urges to himself as a beautiful younger woman begs for his unholy attention. Started: 06/07/2018

The apple doesn't fall very fall from the tree for seventeen year old Jade Crane, who's mother and father were the subjects of a forbidden love affair back before Jade was ever born. Her mother's wild love for literature and older men has kept her from having a real boyfriend of her own. Plenty of guys have shown interest in Jade, but she's never returned the sentiment, always pining after something more. One night when Jade discovers a poster for a poetry slam at a local juice bar changes everything. She meets Levi, a twenty two year old poet with big dreams and a questionable past. It's love at first sight for jade, but Levi knows he has to keep his distance. Meanwhile, Jades twin brother Jameson is suffering from his own unrequited feelings at the hands of Ruby, Jades best friend and the daughter of their mothers childhood soul sister. Jameson and Ruby have known each other all of their lives, but friendship turned to love for Jameson. Now, Jameson has to watch the girl of his dreams ride around town with a man that's completely opposite of him. Caleb, Ruby's boyfriend, is angsty and broods twenty-four seven. He smokes cigarettes and plays in a band, but Jameson is a football player with every opportunity to sleep with any girl he desires. Unfortunately, the only girl he desires has her tongue in another mans mouth. This is the sequel for my story 'Love Letters and Literature'. The book revolves around the lives of our favorite couples children, but there will be plenty of stuff about the old gang thrown in, including a visit from an old enemy, Michael Taylor.

Cami Wimberley has a plan, and that plan includes no room for boys-especially the big time party animal, Hunter Wilder, no matter how handsome and charismatic he is. She's beautiful, a senior, extremely talented, gets good grades, and is working her way toward her dream college to be a musical theater major. Everything is perfect. Hunter Wilder does not want a girlfriend-that would complicate his life way too much right now. He especially doesn't want this girl, Miss-Goody-Two-Shoes, so how come he can't keep his eyes off her? He tries to keep her at arms length, but fate seems to keep pushing them together. Before long, it's obvious to everyone they're crushing on each other. As sparks begin to fly, Hunter finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into hot water. Soon he's scrambling to keep Cami from discovering his dark secret-one that can destroy their entire relationship. (*Note: This book is also published on the author's page @LaceyWeatherford.)

Famous country music singer, Nora Rose needed a break from the life she was living so her parents recommended her late Grandparents ranch in Montana. She took them up on their offer, in hopes to start fixing it up so she could sell it one day, but what she didn't expect was Brady Montgomery, the cowboy on the ranch next door. Both dealing with their own struggles in life, can Brady and Nora break down each other's walls and find love again? #1- singer-songwriter • 3/31/23 #1- cowboy •5/29/23

I spread my legs wide open so that he had a clear view of what I was about to do next, a strangled sound escaping his throat as I inserted the phallic shaped vibrator into myself. The pulsing instantly radiated throughout my body and the tingling pleasure combined with this voyeuristic peep show, had my senses heightened. A loud moan fell from my lips. Dare I say it?, I contemplated. Screw it, I had already come this far. Why not finish what I had started? "Ooh, Matt," I cried out breathlessly, my toes curling around the bedsheets. "Fuck me harder." From across the hallway, he sharply inhaled and a smile immediately played out over my lips. Mission accomplished. Vanessa Adams can't believe her fantastic luck when she meets hot bad boy, Matthew Jones. It's just a shame that he's introduced to her as her twin brother, Jake's new best friend. Unable to resist his charms, she embarks on a forbidden and steamy affair with him. She knows she's playing with fire but Jake is also hiding a massive secret of his own that just may destroy the bond he shares with his sister. What's a girl to do when the love of her life is off limits and her brother is not all that he appears?