"If you hate me so much, say stop... and I will." He dips the brush into yellow paint, lifting it slowly before dragging the tip along my neck. The cold touch makes me shiver, a soft, embarrassed smile betraying me. His focus gaze never leaves the path he's creating, consuming me like I'm something he's memorizing. The brush trails lower, teasing the sensitive hardening beneath my white shirt, now streaked with yellow, and my breath stutters. There's no fight left in me. He directs the brush further down, across my abdomen, causing my stomach to tighten. "Birdie, say the word," he murmurs, voice low, rough, and strained between breaths. "Or I'll take all of you right now." My eyes flutter. My lips part, and when his sharp gaze meets mine, I don't look away. He slowly wets his lips, and drags a deep breath, like he's holding himself back. The brush slips lower, past the waistband of my skirt. My inside melts. "I hate you." I try to act strong. "Then tell me to stop." he whisper, his eyes traveling to my lips. "I hate you." Something quick shifts in his expression, a bit of danger but that's all. Then he drops to his knees instantly, tearing my skirt in one swift motion. I forget how to breathe, how to think, or how to speak. *** Nevaeh is used to starting over, her father's job at least gave her that. But this time, there's no clean slate waiting for her. She's no longer sure if what she felt last year was love or just survival disguised as something softer. The boys next door know her secrets, every buried truth she's tried to outrun to protect her family from being decimated. But now with a single word, the Burton boys could unravel her life completely. School has resumed, and there's no escape. Her family isn't leaving Regal Oaks. Which means facing Rhys, the boy who once felt like half of her soul. And Conall, the one who would burn everything to have her back. Caught between the truth she can't erase, Nevaeh is in a serious pickle this year.

Manhattan belongs to 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞. At twenty-three, she is New York's most visible success story: a fashion prodigy with Vogue covers, private fittings, and a reputation polished to perfection. From the outside, everything about her reads as control. However, beneath the structure, Soleil is volatile. Petty. Bratty. Childish. Defiant in ways that don't belong in the world she dominates, and far less interested in discipline than she is in breaking it. Her world works because people adjust around her. Until someone doesn't. When her father remarries, Soleil gains a step-sister she neither asked for nor intends to tolerate. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 is eighteen, newly arrived in Manhattan, and deeply rooted in one of the city's most visible religious circles. She moves through sanctuaries and society with quiet certainty, guided by devotion, restraint, and something far more rigid than faith. Willow does not bend. She observes. She corrects. She endures. And when she cannot control something, she destroys it. They do not understand each other. They do not want to. Because Soleil doesn't respect boundaries. And Willow doesn't forgive trespass. They were never meant to share a house. But in a city that thrives on performance, the difference between discipline and repression begins to blur...the line between temptation and control becomes dangerously easy to cross.

NILA JAVA radiated confidence and everything that came with it. Standing her ground throughout high school, she continues to do the same in college making sure everyone knew who she was. Nila was a man's wet dream and wouldn't even have to blink before getting noticed in a room. She knew what she wanted and wouldn't tolerate disrespect from anyone who dared. Nila prided herself in being an extrovert, always having an easygoing personality, able to make friends with whoever and become easily favoured with the click of her fingers. Except for one. Her best friend's older brother. MAIKEL MARQUEZ was known as the college's golden boy being loved by many and over the course of four years, gained himself a reputation along side his best friend. He was outgoing, charming and not to mention a total heartbreaker. Girls wanted to be with him and boys wanted to be him, but not everyone could be as loved as him. From childhood, Maikel has always had an unknown problem with Nila. Ever since five, they've become sworn enemies and stuck to that promise over the years into adolescence. Two people have never hated each other more than Maikel and Nila. However, when a mutually beneficial deal strikes between the two, they find themselves slowly overcoming their strong hatred for one another. It's no surprise they were both attracted to each other, but were those desires enough to diminish their problem of being unable to stand each other? 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

SPIN OFF TO: TAYLOR'S SUMMER ☀️ 🏝️ (Rafe version) Taylor left the Outer Banks with salt in her hair, fire in her soul, and Rafe Cameron in the driver's seat. Their love was wild, chaotic, and impossible to ignore. Now, it's about to be tested. College is a new world-one filled with house parties, temptation, jealousy, and a freedom that feels just a little too good, like the old days with the pogues. She's the blonde beach girl with a smart mouth and a fearless heart in an entirely new setting. He's the bad boy turned lover but his reputation is different.. Together? They're chaos... but the addicting kind. Will late nights, flirty strangers, and old habits come between them? Or will Rafe and Taylor prove that what started as a summer fling and love triangle with so much confusion- really be forever? Tension-filled, sexy, and addictively emotional-Taylor's Promise is a story of two dangerously in-love souls from the outer banks learning how to fight for forever while everything is changing... 🚨 THIS BOOK IN NO WAY TIES IN WITH "Taylor's Compass" THEY ARE NOT TOGETHER. This is a spin off to Taylor's Summer. For the Rafe lovers to have their end game🚨 If you want endgame with JJ read: Taylor's Compass NOT this book!! ⚠️WARNING: Mature content, smut, drug use. Etc. *I try to release a chapter weekly*

SPIN OFF TO: Taylor's Summer ☀️🏝️💦 (JJ version) Taylor leaves college behind. The lectures, the parties, even Rafe-it was never really her. Her compass pulls her back to the Outer Banks, back to salt air, reckless nights, and the family she never stopped missing. And back to JJ Maybank. He's always been her best friend, her chaos, her almost. The spark between them isn't new-it's always been there, simmering beneath every look, every laugh, every fight. But now? It's explosive. Arguments feel like foreplay. Touch lingers too long. Danger follows them everywhere-whether it's on the water, in the middle of some half-baked plan, or in the way they can't seem to stay away from each other. This isn't just a story about coming home. It's about wild adventures, messy feelings, addictive chemistry, and the kind of love that's as dangerous as it is irresistible. Taylor's compass has always pointed to chaos. The question is-will following it finally lead her straight into JJ's arms? Or trouble? 🚨 THIS BOOK IN NO WAY TIES IN WITH "Taylor's Promise" THEY ARE NOT TOGETHER. This is a spin off to Taylor's Summer (so I recommend reading it first). For the JJ lovers to have their end game🚨 If you want endgame with Rafe read: Taylor's Promise; NOT this book!! ⚠️WARNING: Mature content, smut, drug use. Etc. *I try to release a chapter weekly*

Gabriella and Greyson It was always all about them from the beginning. Both in high-school, Grey is the most popular boy in school. Of course with his good looks, enormous height, kind heart, and being QB on the school football team, girls are after him like little chicks. Neighbors and childhood best friends, their relationship was something all the girls wish they had. They all envied Gabriella and how he treated her, the way he looked at her, and the smile he shined when she was around. But what they don't know was that Gabriella hid a lot of her life away from everyone, including Grey. Until one day, everything starts unfolding... ⚠️ TW: THIS BOOK CONTAINS LANGUAGE, INAPPROPRIATE SCENES, SELF-HATE, EATING DISORDER RECOVERY, AND BRINGS UP MANY SENSITIVE TOPICS!! - hope you enjoy, yours truly ;)

Madeline Winters. When people hear that name whispered in the halls of McGregor high school, they think one of two things: a quiet and somewhat awkward girl to pick on, or nothing at all. What no one realizes is that they're tearing her down with each hurtful remark. Cue Asher King moving into the school, acting as his surname immediately upon entering. With his tattoos, cigarettes and rough attitude, he's anyone but someone you would want to befriend. However, he also takes an interest in her that no one else ever has from the first glimpse into her empty eyes. What he doesn't realize is just how much of a shell she's become. *deals with eating disorders #1 on mental illness - 1/26/20, 7/8/20, 12/21/21 #1 on boy - 2/12/20, 1/4/23 #2 on bully - 4/1/20 #1 on high school - 7/6/20 #1 on sad - 8/16/20 #2 on sad - 11/5/21 #1 on funny - 8/18/20, 1/25/23 #1 on ed - 11/30/20, 12/19/20, 3/25/21 #2 on girl - 12/22/20, 11/30/22 #2 on acceptance - 1/7/21 #1 on abuse - 4/11/21 #2 on teen - 5/21/22 Completed November 1, 2021

Anastasiya Greyson is back in her stuck up hometown for her senior year after the death of her mom. she already left once and she can't afford to get close to people just for her leave again. but would a friendship with her childhood love be worth the cost of her leaving? August Matthews shows everyone the side of him that's on top of the world, pretending what happened to him had no effect on him. But he can't open himself up to anyone, his heart has been locked up and the only one with a key left years ago. But she's back. Can he really be only friends with the only girl he's ever loved? • • • Matthews Series: Book One ⚠️TW: Death, Sexual Assault, Abuse [DUAL POV] [word count: 105064]

Nathan Kingston has been forgotten by the world. A dad that fucked off when he was young and a mother gone days at a time with work he feels alone. Especially since he goes to the most elite private school in the city on scholarship. He's falling down a pit, he needs someone. But nobody notices him, except a smiling girl with icy blue eyes. Ivy Matthews loves her family, she really does. But she's the middle child, squashed between a supermodel older sister, a basketball star twin brother and a figure skating prodigy younger sister. She gets overlooked, unless she gets in trouble. She's failing two of the classes she needs to graduate, she needs someone. And he's the boy who never smiles. • • • Matthews Series: Book Two [DUAL POV] ⚠️Tw: Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Panic Attacks [word count: 103129]

[ongoing] what if the boy who ruined your life comes crashing back into it? ✰ ✰ ✰ Briar Elliot's worst fear just came true. Casey Brandt is to blame.