Sloane is what's left when the truth is taken too early. Luca is what survives when the truth is told too late. They were never meant to stand in the same room without something breaking. Every look is a reminder. Hate should have been enough. It should have stayed simple. Clean. But it doesn't. It fractures. It lingers. It turns into something heavier-something that makes it hard to breathe when the other gets too close. And the closer they get, the more they realize that everything they once felt is starting to burn.

𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐎𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋, a 17 year old senior volleyball honor student. At the top of every class, and everyone's favorite student and friend. An innocent sweetheart. After her dad passed away it's just been her, her mom, and her older brother. 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑 , an 18 year old rich girl. A troublemaker party girl. An only child who can't stand her parents. Everyone's love Chloe Marshall except her. Morgan always thought she was too perky and preppy for no reason she couldn't stand it. What happens when Morgan's parents threaten to cut off her allowance if she can't get her grades up and the only person in her classes that can help her is Chloe? All she wanted was a tutor. She didn't know that drama and love would come with it. #𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 #𝐆𝐗𝐆 #𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐁𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 #𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 #𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒

Reese Presley has lived her whole life in Vancouver, raising her younger brother after their mother's abandonment and their dad's death. Now that her brother has graduated from college, landed his dream job and is starting his own family, Reese has her life back. Only, she doesn't know what to do with. When her firm expands to Safford Island, an elite island nation, she purchases a fixer-upper house to turn into her dream home. But Reese quickly realises that the house she bought needs more than a little paint and lawn mowing. The Aussí's are known for their infamous wine production, vineyard and hotels. Valerie Aussì is their firstborn daughter, the one in line to take over this successful wine legacy. Only, her passion for construction is much greater. When Reese reaches out to Valerie for assistance with a fixer-upper, Valerie jumps at the opportunity to flex her muscles. But what happens when more than just construction skills are tested? Will Reese recognise the difference between a contractor helping her to rebuild a house and a woman who might make her want to rebuild herself from the ground up?

Lena is caught between the expectations of her family and the life she longs to live. In Selene, she finds something rare-someone who feels like a quiet refuge from the chaos, a steady presence in a world that's anything but. In a sunlit studio steeped in pigment and silence, as their bond deepens, Lena begins to confront the tension between what she's been taught to want and what she truly needs. In Selene, she discovers not just safety, but something far more complicated-and far more real. What begins as study becomes something stranger, tender, charged. And in the quiet space between canvas and skin, both women begin to unravel. A story of art, ache, and the exquisite undoing that happens when we dare to be seen.

Book 1 of Inheritance Series Banks Mitchell has had a plan since she was sixteen Play soccer at UNC, follow in her mother's footsteps, and love Noah Martinez the way she always has steady, certain, safe What she didn't plan for was Ivy Ivy Martinez has spent four years filing away the memory of one kiss that was never meant to mean anything. Banks called it practice. Ivy called it the moment she understood exactly how much trouble she was in. She watched Banks fall for her little brother anyway and told herself that was fine That she was fine She almost believed it They've been best friends their whole lives. Grew up in the same circle, at the same beach house every summer, around the same kitchen tables and their mothers best friends long before either of them took their first breath. Banks and Ivy were unavoidable in every aspect except the one that mattered most Now they're roommates Same apartment. Same walls. Same 2am silences that stretch just a little too long. Ivy knows every version of Banks Mitchell the girl who laughs too loud, cries at Disney movies and will look you dead in the eye and deny it, and has never once in her life slowed down long enough to feel something she wasn't ready for The problem is Banks is starting to feel something she is very much not ready for Noah is 30 minutes away, finishing his senior year, and texting every night like clockwork. Riley Mitchell is coaching right across campus and already sees too much. And Ivy is right there wild and warm and familiar pretending she isn't waiting for something Banks doesn't even know she's capable of giving One kiss was practice This is something else entirely 18+ | sapphic romance | boyfriend sister | roommates | slow burn | forbidden | college | found family | The Inheritance Series

Mari thought that coming home to a ghost town after her mom's death was bad. It turns out it's worse having to attend her estranged father's wedding and letting her childhood best friend break down the walls she carefully built. ***** Mari Chasey's life is suspended. She returns to her hometown in a cold November day following her mother's death, after years of studying abroad in Europe. Pinewood is sleepy in the bitter cold, the deserted shoreline stretching further than she can reach, but that's okay. Mari is good with temporary things and at not lingering. She's not planning to stay for long, just enough to sort out her mother's affairs without poking at open wounds. Then her father returns. Jack Chasey, former renowned superstar, absent for most of her childhood, is getting married to a woman Mari hardly knows. He gets to begin again, build something new, while Mari grapples with a fractured life and all the scattered pieces of herself. Her mother was supposed to live forever; Jack was mercurial and always at arm's length. But now he's here to stay. Enter Kinney St. James. Once Mari's closest friend, then another person that passed by like a comet, she still knows Mari and all the shards of her. Even the sharper ones. In the stillness of winter, Mari reconnects with the quiet life Jack always wanted for her, the softer parts of her that only Kinney can tap into, and what it truly means to be her mother's daughter. ***** Open Novella Contest -- prompts 24, 29, 46, & 77 [[OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 ROUND 1 WINNER, SHORTLISTER]] © 2026 caterina george // all rights reserved

5:30 AM. Breakfast. Lunch packed. Laundry. Dishes. Designs for women who get to leave the house. Dinner by six. Every. Single. Day. Liora Bennett used to be a name in fashion. Now she's a routine, one her wife built for her, brick by brick, disguised as love. Victoria Hale doesn't hit her. Victoria just needs to know where she is. Who's looking at her. Why she'd ever want to leave a house this beautiful, a life this provided for. Liora tells herself it's fine. She defends her wife even when no one's asking her to. Even after the night she almost lost their baby alone bleeding, terrified, driving herself to the hospital while Victoria slept two doors down and didn't wake up. She's still telling herself it's fine. Until Victoria's boss sees her across a crowded mall. Valentina Ashcroft doesn't smile. Doesn't laugh. Runs half the city and buries the other half when they get in her way. Nobody's ever seen her soften for anything. Until now. Liora built her whole life around staying small enough not to be noticed. She's about to find out what happens when the most dangerous woman in the city notices her anyway. Some cages are made of silk. They're still cages.

Lifelong Connection: The Sequel to Logged In The Tumblr chats are gone, but the real story is just beginning. In Logged In, they defied the boundaries of teacher and student, moving from a screen-lit anonymity to a reality more intense than either could have imagined. Now, in Lifelong Connection, Ellie and Dr. Pembrose face their greatest challenge yet: navigating the messy, beautiful, and demanding landscape of a life built together. Spanning over two decades, this sequel chronicles the evolution of a partnership that refuses to be ordinary. What happens when the thrill of the "forbidden" fades into the deep, often gruelling reality of domesticity, career shifts, and the complexities of a family? As the years unfold, the dynamic that once thrived in the secret corners of Tumblr must now survive the spotlight of their shared life. From the quiet, intimate rituals of their mornings to the high-stakes friction of their professional worlds, Lifelong Connection explores the endurance of their bond through every transition. Expect the same heart-wrenching angst, the razor-sharp tension, and the electric intimacy that defined their beginning-but transformed. As they grow together, they will discover that the most difficult "scene" isn't one played out in the dark of a room, but in the vulnerability of being truly, publicly known. Some connections aren't just for a term. Some are for a lifetime.

The Matthews Series Book #1 - The Friendly Bean Book #2 - Taming River Book #3 - Trying For You Book #4 - There's This Girl... Rilee Matthews came home after finishing college to take over her grandmom's now flourishing photography business. Her return to Crestview doesn't go like she planned after a brief encounter with the mysterious Quinn Summers.

Blair Miller always followed the rules. She walked the same paths, said the right words, and kept her heart tucked neatly away where no one could reach it. Harper Johnson never followed anyone's rules-least of all her own. She thrived in chaos, in the places Blair would never dare to step. When their worlds collide, it's not a gentle brush-it's a spark that threatens to ignite everything Blair thought she knew about life, love, and herself. In Harper, Blair sees freedom she's never known. In Blair, Harper sees a heart worth protecting. And suddenly, nothing is the same. Two hearts, one beats... and the rhythm of their lives will never again be predictable.