❝ I was supposed to break her heart, not give her mine.. ❞ • ୨💌୧ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 . . . Cairo Holland and Rory Kavangh BOOK ONE OF THE HAUNTED PHANTOMS OF TOMMEN

. . . . . ╰──╮ ╭──╯ . . . . . BROKEN AND BRUISED, a girl who is lost is navigating a world for any sort of safety that she hasn't been lucky enough to have. Her house is a screaming match, her old school was a battle field and the only place where she can reside is her boyfriends house and even then its a warzone BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES when a star rugby player nicknamed bulldozer tumbles into her life COULD THEY BE EACHOTHERS SOLACE ? ... johnny kavanagh x fem oc ballylaggin ireland 2005

Rory Kavanagh has everything he thought he wanted. A professional rugby contract. Fame. Family who love him. A future laid out in gold. But when a chance encounter in a Dublin supermarket brings him face to face with her-Lana McGarry, the girl he once loved and walked away from-Rory's world tilts. She isn't the reckless fifteen-year-old who used to steal his heart in the backseat of his car. She's twenty-one now, tougher, guarded, and carrying more than just her own weight. She's a mother. Lana never planned on seeing Rory again. Not after London fell apart. Not after her family disowned her. Not after Jamie-the baby she refused to give up-became her whole world. She's built her life out of scraps and stubbornness, surviving on her own, and she won't let anyone, least of all Rory Kavanagh, make her feel small again. But Rory isn't the boy who left her. And every time he pushes past her defenses-every time he reaches for Jamie like the boy was always meant to be in his arms-Lana feels that dangerous spark catch fire again. Now Rory has to decide if he's willing to risk everything he's built for the only girl he's ever loved. And Lana has to decide if she's brave enough to believe him this time. Because some first loves never really end. And some second chances cost everything.

Caoimhe Kavanagh Sixteen, quiet but stubborn. Always the good girl, the rule-follower-until Aidan. She's smart, a little lost, and suddenly in way over her head. But she's all in. Heart first, logic later. Aidan Holland Seventeen, bruised in more ways than one. Loyal, guarded, and trying like hell not to ruin the one good thing in his life-Caoimhe. He's never had soft before, and now he's terrified to lose it. Set in early 2010s Cork, Finding 17 follows sixteen-year-old Caoimhe, the girl who's always done everything right, and Aidan, the boy born into everything wrong. Their secret connection ignites-messy, reckless, and impossibly tender. But as lies pile up and threats close in, they'll both have to choose: stay safe or risk everything for a love that was never supposed to happen.

Mallory Lynch was sixteen when Phoenix Feely ruined her. He was eighteen. A guitarist in a sticky Cork pub band. My mam's best friend's son. The boy my Da warned me to stay away from. Phoenix didn't want me either. Too young. Too sweet. Until he did. But one late-night gig. One jealous glance. One stolen kiss. And suddenly, I was his favorite mistake. First love feels like freedom... Until it breaks you.

Georgia O'Neill's always been the strong one. Since losing her parents, she's been holding her world together - looking after her brother, working extra hours, pretending she's fine when everything's crumbling. She's not used to people staying. Not used to anyone caring enough to see past the mask. Then there's DJ Lynch - Tommen's golden boy. Loud, funny, full of charm. The kind of lad who makes life look easy. But when the laughter fades, DJ's left with thoughts he can't quiet, grades slipping through his fingers, and a fear that if anyone knew how bad it really gets - they'd stop looking at him the same. They're both pretending for different reasons. Both breaking in ways no one else can see. And somehow, they keep finding each other - after school, after work, after everything falls apart again. This is a story about two kids who don't know how to ask for help - and the quiet, unspoken love that teaches them how.

Beth Gibson has always been the girl who laughs the loudest, smiles the brightest, and pretends she's got it all figured out. Captain of the girls' hockey team and everyone's go-to best friend, she knows how to play the part. But beneath the easy grin and wild blonde curls, she's tired of always wanting more than she's allowed to have. Finn Lockwood - the sharp-tongued, magnetic new captain of the boys' team - was supposed to be a distraction. A mistake she could leave behind. But their hot-and-cold pull has her caught in the middle of something she can't control, no matter how many times she swears she's done with him. And then there's Conor Kavanagh. Her best friend's older brother. The boy she's loved quietly for as long as she can remember - the one who was never supposed to notice her back. Except now, things feel different. Three hearts. Two teams. One messy tangle of secrets, longing, and choices that could break more than just the rules.

Bridget Lordan-Dempsey has spent years building walls. Sharp tongue, party-girl reputation, late nights and empty smiles - it's easier to play the screw-up than let anyone see the truth: the scars, the hunger, the constant fear she's already too much and never enough. AJ Lynch has never stopped loving her. Not when she shut him out, not when two years of silence stretched between them, not even when one messy, furious kiss cracked everything wide open again. He hides his feelings under rugby matches, cocky smirks, and bad choices, but Bridget has always been his first weakness. His only weakness. What starts as a reckless deal - rules, secrecy, no feelings - spirals into something neither of them can control. Heated hookups in hidden places turn into movie nights and old treehouse confessions, and every time Bridget swears she's out, AJ pulls her right back in. But loving each other has never been the problem. Trusting each other? Surviving the weight of family, reputation, and the ghosts of their own mistakes? That's what might break them. Because if Bridget lets AJ all the way back in, she knows one truth she can't run from: She won't survive losing him a second time.

Sixteen-year-old Eleanor "Ellie" Biggs is done. Done with London, with the bullies who broke her, with the whispers that she's defective like her mam, destined to burn out or fade away. Back in Cork- for good, she's promised herself one thing: no one gets close. Not friends, not boys, not anyone. But then there's Cillian Ryan. On the surface he's Tommen's golden boy - the rugby star captain with the grin everyone falls for. Underneath, he's crumbling under the fists of his father, the silence of his mother, and the weight of protecting a little brother who's running out of smiles. Neither of them are looking for each other. But when Ellie's walls crack and Cillian refuses to walk away, something shifts. She's the girl who swore she'd never trust again. He's the boy who swore he'd carry it all alone. Together, they might just be brave enough to face the storms no one else sees. Messy, magnetic, and unflinchingly real - this is a story about first love, family scars, and finding light in the dark.

Sixteen-year-old Isla Feely has always been the good one - the girl who listens, studies, smiles when she's supposed to, and never gives her parents reason to worry. Sixteen-year-old Jamie Biggs is the opposite - London transfer, rugby boy with a brain full of chemistry equations and a heart full of everyone else's problems. He's the one who fixes things. She's the one who makes people feel safe. When Isla and Jamie's worlds collide at Tommen College, what starts as shared study sessions and shy glances turns into something neither of them saw coming - first love, pure and bright and terrifyingly real. But the summer brings cracks neither of them are ready for. A party in L.A. changes everything, and Isla comes home carrying a secret she can't tell anyone. Not her parents. Not her brother. Not even Jamie. As she spirals further into silence, Jamie's left trying to hold on to the girl he loves while his own family battles to stay afloat. Set in the heart of Cork, Isla & Jamie is a story about first love and first heartbreak, about what happens when the world stops feeling safe - and the courage it takes to start breathing again. Tender, devastating, and full of hope, it's a portrait of two teenagers learning that love doesn't fix you - but it might just help you survive long enough to find yourself again.