Lina Calloway was fierce. Her looks, personality, her everything. Never before were her rough edges smoothed, cutting anyone who got too close. The one guy that got through the sharp edges and broke past carefully put up walls? Her own brother's best friend. Enter Avery Hayes, sensitive, shy, cried at anything overwhelming. Lina's loudness made him quiver, but in a good way? He shouldn't be feeling this, but here he was, feeling things he never did before. His best friend's little sister, a light in his darkness. But if you get too close to a flame, it'll burn you. How far can this forbidden summer romance go? No smut, but has mentions and indications.

Brothers, beach house, and. . . bad boys? **** When Arianna Bennett is shipped off to spend her last summer before Senior year with her four older brothers in California after the loss of their mother, the last thing she expects is to have to share her family's beach house with old childhood friends Damien and Phoenix Holt. Through a serious of unfortunate events including a hot headed surfer, a prank gone awry, and a the constant hovering of her brothers, Arianna realizes maybe growing up isn't as great as she once thought.

''1944. War broke them. Love rebuilt them.'' In April 1944 , Polish Jewish nurse Lea Karturcz meets William Heath , a young paraplegic soldier. Destined by a miracle to be the love of her life. But Lea's family remains trapped in Nazi-occupied Poland , their fates unknown. A former RAF pilot , William has given up all hope , until Lea walks into his life , one rainy April morning. As Lea's love heals William's wounds & his heart , she discovers that his courage saved the lives of Leon & Rahel , her beloved cousins sent away on the last ''Kindertransport'' train from Holland. When William is rejected painfully by someone he once loved , Lea's love for him is revealed. In the aftermath of war & unimaginable loss during the Holocaust , will their love be enough to heal William's heart and reunite Lea with her lost family? A Heart-felt , Ww2 Romance About Love , Loss , & The Sacred Value of Life! Inspired by the 2012 BBC drama film The Best of Men. Cross-posted on Fanfiction.net New Chapters Posted Mondays & Fridays!