💔 Hurting You, Loving You (Avery LaCroix & Roman St. James - Book Three in The Hurt series) Roman St. James doesn't lose control. Not in court. Not in life. And definitely not over her. Avery LaCroix. Nineteen. Sharp-tongued, reckless, and way too comfortable walking around his apartment like she doesn't set everything on fire. She's also his stepsister. He met her when she was still a teenager. Now she's grown - and staying in his space for the summer. Which is a problem. Because Roman's twenty-five . All clean lines and self-control. And Avery? She's chaos in eyeliner. The temptation he swore he'd never touch. They pretend the tension doesn't exist. That they're not circling something dangerous. But one spark... and it's over. This isn't the kind of love that waits its turn. It's the kind that breaks rules - and hearts - just to feel alive. 🔞 Mature Content Warning 🔞 This story is 18+ and intended for mature readers only. It includes: ✨ Explicit sexual content ✨ Strong language & adult themes ✨ Underage alcohol and drug use ✨ Forbidden, age-gap romance ✨ High emotional tension & family conflict A steamy, slow-burn, off-limits romance between a rule-following law student and the one girl he should never touch.

🌊 Gabby Ashford doesn't belong in the Bay. She's from the Crest. Big house, absent parents, money that can't buy the one thing she actually wants. But two years ago she found Theo Lawson, and with him came a crumbling house three blocks from the beach, a kitchen that always smells of coffee, and a brother who makes her forget how to breathe. 🏄 Noah Lawson has enough on his plate. Raising his little brother. Working at the local surf school. Keeping their heads above water while their dad rots in prison. He doesn't have time for relationships. Especially not with a girl who's too close to home. 🔥 She's his brother's best friend. Off limits. She's also the only person who makes him want to break his own rules. 🌴 Salt-soaked, sun-faded, and set in a small California surf town where everyone knows everyone. A slow burn, best friend's older brother, age gap romance with rich girl/poor boy tension and a whole lot of longing. ⚠️ Please note this book contains: parental neglect, parental loss, DUI, underage drinking, explicit language, explicit sexual content, and mature themes. Reader discretion advised. 🖤🔞

💥 Grumpy sunshine. Age-gap. 💔 The Hurt Between Us Book Two in The Hurt Series (Rowan & Nate's world) He was never hers to want. Too old. Too broken. Too buried in a past he never crawled out of. Dean Callahan lost the love of his life in Afghanistan. Now, he keeps his heart locked behind grief, guilt, and a garage door. Cassie Monroe? She's the storm he didn't see coming. Too young. Too reckless. Too good at getting under his skin. One night. One kiss. It should've meant nothing. But she tastes like a second chance- and Dean hasn't believed in those for a long, long time. He's the mistake she can't stop making. She's the fire he should've stayed away from. And this time? Walking away might just hurt more than falling ever did. ⚠️ Content Warning ⚠️ The Hurt Between Us is a New Adult romance intended for mature audiences 18+ This story contains explicit sexual content, coarse language, and themes of emotional trauma and grief. It also includes depictions of drinking, smoking, and complex emotional relationships involving past military loss and guarded intimacy. Reader discretion is strongly advised. All rights reserved. This work is the intellectual property of the author. No part of this story may be copied, reposted, or reproduced without permission.

When It Hurts to Fall (The Hurt Series #5 - Zadie & Woody) She's chaos in eyeliner. He's the boy who's been in love with her forever. Zadie Spencer lives like there's no tomorrow - grunge playlists, late-night parties, too much eyeliner, too little sleep. She falls fast, especially for the wrong kind of guys - musicians with heartbreak written in their chords and destruction in their smiles. Woody Grant's the opposite. Boulder's golden boy. Star quarterback. Top of his class. The one who's always there when her world falls apart. He's spent years loving her quietly - fixing things she doesn't notice, catching her every time she falls. But there's only so many times you can put someone back together before the pieces stop fitting. Because loving Zadie Spencer hurts. And when best friends cross the line, somebody always bleeds. She's the storm he's been chasing his whole life. He's the steady heartbeat she never thought she'd need. ⚠️ Trigger & Content Warnings This story is 18+ and contains: • Mature language and sexual content • Alcohol, partying, and substance use For mature readers only. A messy, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers story about chaos and control, heartbreak and hope

CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH SOME EDITING WHEN IT HURTS TO LET GO Book 6 - The Hurt Series ⚠️ BEFORE YOU READ ⚠️ This story is 18+ and contains mature content including: explicit sexual scenes, underage drinking, substance use, strong language, and emotionally intense situations. 🚨 ❌❌PLEASE NOTE: This book contains infidelity/cheating. If this is a trigger for you, please protect your peace and skip this one. 🖤It also deals with a toxic dynamics between the two main characters so if that is a trigger for you please skip this one. We are talking Blair and Chuck level from GG. ❤️🫶❌❌ 🔥 MARCUS Marcus Reid doesn't do feelings. He does parties. Football. Shots that burn and girls who don't stay. 🥃 Fuckboy extraordinaire. The guy your mother warned you about. 😏 Never the same girl twice. Never anything that could actually hurt. Until her. Harper Davies was supposed to be just another hookup. One night. One mistake. One more girl he'd forget by Monday. Except she felt like everything. 💫 So he did what Marcus Reid does best. He ran. 🏃 Now she's moved on. Happy. Glowing. With someone who isn't him. And Marcus? He's totally fine. Isn't he? 💔 ----- 💔 HARPER Harper Davies is done. ✋ Done waiting. Done hoping. Done being the girl who thought she saw something real. She gave him everything. And he threw it away before the sheets were even cold. Classic Marcus. 🙄 So she moved on. Found someone safe. Someone who actually shows up. She's happy now. She is. 💕 So why does her heart still skip when he walks into a room? Doesn't matter. Marcus Reid already broke her once. And Harper Davies doesn't do second chances. Does she? 💔 ----- 🖤 Some people are meant to be. Some are just meant to wreck each other. ----- 📚 CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE *(But reading the Hurt Series in order lets you watch the world grow, the friendships deepen, and the heartbreaks connect.)*

WHEN IT HURTS TO BE PERFECT The Hurt Series - Book 7 🩺💔 A spin-off set in a different place, but within the same timeline and character universe. Works as a standalone. ⚠️ Content Warning: Mature content, explicit scenes, strong language, family trauma, chronic illness (MS), includes ER scenes, surgeries, and references to serious injury and patient loss. Please read with care. Abandonment themes. 🔞 18+ only. © All Rights Reserved "Little shit. Infuriating, gorgeous, perfect little shit. She's going to ruin me. I'm going to let her." "I've been perfect for twenty-seven years. And I've never been more empty." 🥀 Josh Reid has been perfect his whole life. Perfect grades. Perfect career. Perfect son. Watching out for his little brother Marcus. Surgical resident at Johns Hopkins. The golden boy who never cracks. 👨⚕️✨ But perfection is exhausting. And underneath the white coat, he's drowning. Maya Chen doesn't believe in perfect. She's been taking care of herself since she was twelve - since her dad walked out and her mom was diagnosed with MS. She doesn't do relationships. Doesn't do need. Doesn't let anyone close enough to leave. 🖤 Then she walks into his teaching session late and looks at him like he's nothing special. Something in him cracks. He's her supervisor. She's his student. This could end both their careers. 🔥 But she sees through his performance. And he can't stop wanting her. "Tell me you don't want me." He can't. So she takes. Forbidden. Desperate. Inevitable. 💋 He's terrified of becoming his father. She's terrified everyone leaves. Maybe they can prove each other wrong.

𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 The Wreckage Duet #2 💔 Isla Reyes has loved her best friend's older brother for almost six years. Jax Miller has spent years pretending he doesn't love her back. 🔥 They keep happening. One night turns into two. Two turns into more. Every time, she tells herself it's the last time. Every time, he swears it meant nothing. They're both liars. 🥀 She's always been there for him. When his sister left. When a near-fatal accident left him shattered. She sat by his hospital bed for weeks. Hopeful. Waiting. Then he healed. And just like always, he shut her out. 😤 She's done being his secret. His sometimes. His almost. She's moving on. 🖤 But watching her with someone else is making Jax realize that the woman he's spent years pushing away might be the only one who ever saw the real him. And some things, once ruined, can't be fixed. ♡ ♡ ⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ ⚠️ 18+ content | Legal age of consent always observed | Reader discretion advised 🤍 This story contains mature and sensitive content. Please proceed with care. 🔥 Explicit sexual content 🏥 Serious accident / injury 💔 Parental neglect & abandonment 🥃 Substance use (alcohol and marijuana) 🗣️ Strong language ⏳ Age-gap romance (6 years) 🔞 Reader discretion advised. © All Rights Reserved

WRECKED The Wreckage Duet #1 💔 Logan Walker is a walking red flag. The guy who throws the first punch. A fuckup. The beautiful disaster everyone watches self-destruct. 🔥 Sage Miller didn't just watch. She cleaned up after. Every drunk night. Every bruised knuckle. Every time he stumbled home wrecked, she was there. Seventeen and stupid enough to think she could save a man five years older who didn't want saving. Her brother's best friend. Completely off-limits. 💋 Then one night, he stopped seeing his best friend's little sister. Took her first time. Her trust. Her whole damn heart. By morning? Gone. 😭 She ran. Never looked back. He never knew what she left carrying. 👶 Four years later, her brother's accident drags her home. The minute she steps into Silver Ridge, the secret's out. Hard to hide when your daughter has Logan Walker's eyes. 🖤 He says he's changed. He still looks at her like she's unfinished business. Second chance • Secret baby • Brother's best friend • Forbidden age gap ⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ ⚠️ 18+ content | Legal age of consent always observed | Reader discretion advised 🖤 This story contains mature and sensitive content. Please proceed with care. 🔥 Explicit sexual content 🚗 Past drunk driving / car accident 💔 Childhood trauma & parental neglect 🥃 Substance use (alcohol and drugs) 🗣️ Strong language ⏳ Age-gap romance (6 years) 🤰 Secret pregnancy 🔞 Reader discretion advised.

💔 Where It Hurts the Most - Part One: The Hurt Series He's her brother's best friend. A cop. Too old. Too off-limits. Rowan Hayes stopped caring the day her brother died. At seventeen, she's reckless, wild, and halfway to self-destruction-drinking too much, feeling too little, doing everything she can to forget. And Nate Delaney? He's the one picking up the pieces. Writing her up. Dragging her out. Dropping her off. The cop who's supposed to follow the rules- But breaks every single one when it comes to her. He promised he'd take care of her. But every time he sees her like this- Drunk. High. With the wrong guy. Something inside him cracks. She's the girl who doesn't want to be saved. He's the man who's breaking himself trying. He touches when he shouldn't. Stays when he should walk away. And looks at her like she's already his. The more he protects her, the harder it is to pretend he doesn't want her. And the closer they get, the more impossible it becomes to walk away. She's too young. He's sworn to stay away. But some lines don't just get crossed. They get shattered. A slow-burn, forbidden, age-gap new adult romance about grief, guilt, and the one person you should never want-but can't walk away from. ⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️ This story contains mature and sensitive content that may be distressing to some readers. Please proceed with care. Topics include: ✨ Explicit sexual content ✨ Substance use (alcohol, weed)Infidelity themes✨ Emotional trauma, grief, and self-destruction ✨ Strong language & adult themes ✨ Age-gap romance (all characters are 17+ and the story abides by the legal age of consent in Colorado) 💔 This is a New Adult / Mature Romance 🔞 Reader discretion is strongly advised.

NEEDS EDITING He had loved her since the day he had seen her. He was always there, watching her from a distance, witnessing her happy and sad moments. His heart had only longed for her. She believed that love is an illusion, true love doesn't exists. Love destroys hearts and homes, but she was unknowingly falling for him. Her efforts of ignoring him, not loving him never worked and at last she fell for him, hard. He healed a piece of her soul that he never broke, made her believe that love exists and it is the most blissful feeling in the world. He made her his, Adhyay's Akriti