Cade Stillwater has a lot to learn about the real world. The privileged rich boy gets caught up in the wrong mess, landing him in jail. His parents bail him out and, to avoid the public stink eye, exile him to their family lake for six months. He needs to learn his lesson, but how will he do that when all he can do is be angry in isolation? Enter Liam. Liam is a timid soul, though his appearance would say otherwise. When he joins Cade as a partner at the lake operation, the gears start to turn for Cade. He learns what it's like to be from the lower class and what scraping by really is. Cade and Liam form a bond unexplainable, where they realize they offer something they both need from each other: Someone to relate to.

What haunts Sam Hughes? ("The Multitudes Within Me" is the sequel to "The Sound of Ice.")

"One of my favorite tropes is someone who believes they're hard to love and someone who loves them like it's breathing." TW: Mentions of suicide and abuse Forest Gray is what everyone would describe as a golden boy; perfect grades, the star of the football team, and a damn good friend. He is rich and good looking; he has it all. Except the one thing he's wanted his whole life, his parents love and acceptance. They are never home, yet they hold a protective barrier around him no matter what. They even own the school he goes to. Forest is to do and be who they say, and he's never been one to disobey or displease anyone, except for when he falls in love with the one boy who's able to break his parents spell. Atlas Hart is different from most people, because most people don't skip school and disappear for days or even weeks at a time. But most people don't have his intense emotions and outbursts of anger, or a broken family, or looked at as the outcast of the school. When Forest meets Atlas, he can't believe he's never noticed someone so perfect for him, and Atlas just can't believe someone like Forest is even talking to him. They fall helplessly in love, creating a bump in the plan Forest's parents laid out for his life before he was even born. Follows the struggles of falling in love with someone you're not supposed to and coming to terms with it while facing obstacles like family and friendship complications in which the characters have to overcome.

[BxB].I have scars, it's not a question, it's a statement, scars inside and out. I have never loved anyone, as much as I love him, but I can't commit to anything, I won't commit to anyone. I can't seem to get out of my own head, I want him so fucking badly, but I won't be broken by love. I have commitment issues, I have anger issues, I have so many issues, and he's just one of many insecurities.

Israel Taylor had a pretty interesting and conflicting junior year; learning to love never seemed so hard but just when he believes it has happened, he lost it all at the same time. With his first love- Sky - gone, Israel tries to cope with it and even dances around the idea of moving on. After all Lou Martin remains in his life, but then moving on is even harder. What if Sky really never returns and what if he returns; would Israel be able to love another like he loved him and would Israel be able to fix things up in his life and make him stay? The past and the future have never been more entwined. Disclaimer: This is a Sequel and direct continuation from the first book "If Love Be Sin". You Must Read Book 1 before this, cannot be read as a stand-alone. © CriticallyIntense

Dane has always been Mr. Chill. His friends think of him as the centered, calm, even kind of guy. He plays the piano. Bakes on the weekends. Does good in school. Always follows the rules. Everyone relies on him for comfort and support, knowing he is the poster boy for common sense no matter what the situation. But... Really, he has a past. And it's not pretty. Well, it IS smoking hot but he's not proud of it. And now that his past has come to walk the halls of his high school, his image as the boring but safe nerd is crumbling all around him. === This is part two of Best Friends. It will make far more sense if you read that book first. The description sounds kind of moody and dark, but actually, honestly, it's going to be funny. There's a high school musical, lots of gay sex, and angsty misunderstandings and mix ups. It's my version of Nerd/Jock . Enjoy!!

Lucas is a lonely boy.. bullied in school, deserted by his best friend & his father pretends he is dead. Will he able to heal the scars from the past when suddenly his best friend wants to talk to him again? Or will he find love and acceptance from everyone?

[COMPLETED] BoyxBoy On his graduation day, New mustered all his remaining courage to confess his feelings to Tay Tawan, a certified chick magnet and playboy, but got his heart broken after Tay straight up told him he is not into men. Two years later, things made a major turnaround when New woke up on the right side of the wrong bed, with Tay Tawan under the sheets. *** "Years ago, you wrote me a poem, to which I bluntly rejected. But what you didn't know was that I read every single word of it ... on that very same day. And now on this very special moment, I'm giving you my answer. Something that I wrote on the night I couldn't sleep because you were all I could think of. The very same night when I realized that I've fallen deeply in love with you, much deeper than I've ever known." ***

"Eric said my eyes are cool, and he said he thought I look beautiful" five year old Christian said "I'm going to marry Eric when I'm older!" He declared with a big smile ~~~~~ Twelve years later and the spoiled rich boy doesn't even remember Eric's existence, while Eric remembers but doesn't really care. When they meet again in the maid quarters, Christian starts to question himself and what he wants. With his parents trying to marry him off and the struggles of his senior year of high school, how will he navigate his new feelings? How will his parents react to his new relationship? Will Christian's honest feelings reach the slightly oblivious Eric? Or will he give in to his parents' pressure? When they meet again in the maid quarters, Christian starts to question himself and what he wants. Will Christian's honest feelings reach the slightly oblivious Eric? Or will he give in to his parents' pressure? ~~~~~ {MxM} {contains sexual content} 1st 🥇 #finding true love {Jun.3.25} #embrace {Jun.3.25} #gay pride {Dec.10.25} #embrace {Jun.3.25} 2nd🥈 #internal conflict {Jun.3.25} #finding happiness {Dec.10.25} 3rd🥉 #finding yourself {Jan.4.26}

FINE: Freaking out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional -The Italian Job Levi: high school student, basketball player, Chase's best friend, openly gay. Nate: high school student, football receiver, Jordan's best friend, deeply closeted. Everyone thought that basketball players and football players couldn't get along. That was before the basketball team captain and quarterback both discovered that they did not, in fact, hate each other and started dating. Levi and Nate never hated each other. They didn't really have the option to; they had to work together to keep Chase and Jordan from getting into fights. But that's not a problem anymore, and they're suddenly spending more time together than they ever have. Their best friends insist that they like each other, and they might not be wrong... but no story is without complications. It's fine. Everything is completely fine. One additional bonus chapter available on the Lacey Grace Library.