Evelyn has never spoken a word in her life. People always judged her for it. Thought she did it for attention. No. She did it because she didn't feel safe at home. She had loving parents. But she was still scared. The memory of the incident had gone away but the feeling remained. The only place she felt safe was with Nora, her best friend. Nora spoke enough for both of them. She never judged. But by then it was too late. Not speaking became safe. And then when Nora, the only person that ever understood her, gets diagnosed with cancer, everything falls apart.

With his career on the line, Ashton takes a blockbuster role-only to find himself starring opposite his longtime rival, Ryker Cohen. But as tension turns to sparks, hate might not be the only thing burning between them. *** With Ashton's dying career, his last lifeline was accepting the lead role in a sureshot blockbuster. But the new role had a catch, and the catch had a name: Ryker Cohen, Ashton's sole archnemesis. Can Ashton act alongside the man he has spent years despising? Will he give in to the hate? Or will Ryker's soft touch melt Ashton's stone cold heart? *** "You're crazy," Ashton whispered. "Yes," Ryker continued. "For you." "No. You're just crazy. Period." *** [mxm] [marked mature for sexual content]

ʙᴏᴏᴋ 𝟷 ᴵᴺ ᴴᴵˢ ˢᴱᴿᴵᴱˢ 𝐒𝚰𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐀𝐅 𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐍 "Crawl to me Jaana" 𝐙𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓 𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐍 "It hurts"

Lily is twenty and skint. Losing her waitress job was the last straw, forcing her to leave her miniature apartment and return home, a place that felt more like a reminder of everything she'd fucked over. She and her brother Chase barely acknowledged each other for the past two years, their bond was strained by old drama. But when she and Chase sort their shit out and are good again what happens when she falls for her brother's best friend?