Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

"You're allowed to touch me and pretend we're together, But you're not allowed to kiss me." "We'll see about that, Bambi." - Ace Rosso has been Sage Diaz's enemy for as long as she can remember, They've been tormenting each other for years. Ace and Sage got drunk at a party and ended up sleeping together, The picture got leaked all over the school & people believed they were together. So Ace comes up with a idea to fake being together to make the people they like jealous and opportunities come along the way. What happens if they break the rules & fall for each other in the process? - #1 in benefits 3/8/23

❝You were always my favourite person. ❞ • • • Phoebe wanted nothing more than to get away from her family, so when the opportunity arose, she jumped at it, not knowing what was waiting for her in Paris. Elijah pretended not to like Phoebe, but her smile, her laugh, everything about her made him feel lucky to have seen it. But old feelings never do any good for anyone, don't they? After all though, falling in love is a once in a life time chance. And if there's anything you should know about that, it's that love will consume you. But as everyone says, your past always comes back to haunt you. Either way it will drag you down, and you have the option to sink or swim. The choice is yours whether you ask for help or drown with the guilt you tried to get rid of.

Delaiya Raine and Rome Wells. Both always top of their class, always number one. The two used to be the best of friends. But what will happen when Delaiya moves back to her hometown? When Delaiya starts attending Northwell High School, Rome immediately sees her as a rival. Delaiya doesn't understand why Rome has abruptly changed and starts seeing him as her competition. Rome wants valedictorian... but so does Delaiya. The two will have to fight for the number one spot. Academic rivalry? This should be fun. [DUAL POV] [COMPLETED]

Arabella never meant to get close to someone like him. Warren is reckless, unreadable, and surrounded by rumors that make people run. But the more she's warned to stay away, the more she wants to know why he hides behind those walls...and why he can't seem to stay away from her either. ────୨ৎ──── Warren Reid is a name everyone in town knows, and not for good reasons. He left a student unconscious before disappearing into juvie, and now that he's back, the rumors are worse than ever. With a past that whispers warnings and a reputation that silences rooms, Warren is used to being feared, not understood. He trusts no one, lets no one in, and only keeps two people close. Emotions are weaknesses in his world, and vulnerability has never been an option. Until her. Arabella Winters is the picture of perfection and the last girl anyone would expect to cross paths with someone like Warren. Smart, sweet, and sheltered, she follows every rule her parents set, never once stepping out of line. She's the kind of girl who still believes in good graces, bedtime curfews, and fairy tale endings. But one knock on Warren's door throws her into his world, and nothing is the same after that. Everyone says he's trouble, but Arabella doesn't see the monster they all fear. She sees someone broken, someone hiding wounds no one else bothers to look for. What starts as innocent curiosity soon becomes an intense pull neither of them can resist. She's drawn to the shadows he hides in, and he can't stay away from the light she doesn't even know she carries. Now Arabella has to ask herself: is she helping Warren escape the darkness...or is she just letting it swallow her too?

addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance. ⸻ "You're addicted to me, aren't you?" he smirks. "What's wrong with that?" I smile back. "We're all addicted to things that could ruin us." ⸻ Enemies. Ex-childhood friends. Fake dating. Secret identities. Forbidden romance. Chase Russo lost his mother. Valentine Damitri lost her home. And when he needed her most, she disappeared without a trace. Years later, they're nothing but enemies passing in the same school hallways. He believes she abandoned him. She believes he's just an asshole. But Valentine isn't who she used to be. Behind the mask of a student, she is one of the world's most lethal assassins, every mission pulling her deeper into a web of blood, secrets, and the one mystery she has never stopped chasing: what happened to her mother. And Chase isn't the boy she left behind. He has built his own secret life as an undercover agent, one that will collide with hers in ways neither of them can control. When they're forced into a fake relationship, their fragile truce threatens to ignite into something neither of them can deny. But when Valentine discovers the next name on her kill list, the truth shatters everything. Nicolo Russo. Chase's father. The man she has been sent to kill. But Valentine isn't the only one with orders. Because while she's been trained to dismantle his empire, Chase has been trained to eliminate the deadliest assassin alive. Her.

A normal bunch of 16 year old American teens. Maya and her twin Theo share the same person, Noah. Noah is Theo's best friend but over time Maya and Noah fall in love. Maya and Noah hate each other so that Maya thinks...

tw's: descriptions of r*pe, eating disorders, panic attacks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had to flee. To escape. I couldn't take the pain of people telling me to be okay. That I was a survivor. But what about me being a victim? All because a few people refused to hear me when I said no. Now I carry around pain, fear, a disgusting feeling that is also there. Behind me. In the shadows. But maybe he'll be the light. ------------------------- This is a hockey player x gymnast college romance. A sunshine x grumpy, little forced proximity, he hangs the stars for her romance book where he would do anything to make her feel safe again

Oaklynn James only has two dreams: Get into the University of Michigan and be a badass detective like Olivia Benson. Her obession with both of them, are considered a little unhealthy, but it works for her. So far, it's all going as planned, there's just one teeny tiny dent in her plan. Okay, okay, a big 6'1, blue eyed, black haired dent. Holland Maddox only wanted to be the best at hockey and as good as Elliot Stabler. He's the hockey teams captain, and believed that love was destined to end badly. But what happens when a 5'6, brown haired, brown eyed girl ends up in his house? Living with five hockey guys, and having rules to keep their lives simple should be easy right? ---------------------------------- Book one in the Wrong series ----------------------------------- Friends to lovers Spicy scenes New friendships No owd No cheating Found family

Ever so slowly, I lowered my mouth to the lime. As I did so, I felt the brush of her lips on mine. Just a touch. Just a breath, and it ignited fire in my veins. And at that moment, I forgot a lot. My heart stopped, my breathing quit, my thoughts ceased. But I knew one thing, and it was screaming in the hollows of my brain. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳. - an academic rivals to lovers romance - Emilia Laurent, top of her class. Augustus Casen, top of his class. What happens when the school sends both to a competition in California? One month. One competition. One hotel room. Two rivals. What could go wrong? - book one in the erudite trilogy - rankings: #1 in compete (sep 12 2023) #1 in competition (oct 16 2023) #1 in academicrivalstolovers (nov 28 2023) #1 in rivalstolovers (jul 27 2024)