Teenage years do not announce their endings. They fade quietly-between exams and festivals, friendships and farewells, the slow learning of who we are allowed to become and what we lost. Where Summer Ends is a collection of haikus tracing that in-between spaces: the warmth of growing up, the ache of outgrowing it, and the small, ordinary moments that linger long after they pass. Through spare language and fleeting imagery, these poems reflect on youth not as nostalgia, but as transformation. For readers who remember being young, not loudly, but honestly.

𝐀 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍, 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍, 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐀! 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥. 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐬, 𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛, 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭: - 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟑-𝟓𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 - 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐬, 𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐬, 𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤

I made a career out of killing the worst people in history: Gacy, Denke, Dahmler, Hitler twice, Vasquez. But it's when I'm shot trying to stop JFK's assassination that I realise that there's someone else playing my game. I'm the next one on her list, and the only thing more dangerous than being in a hitwoman's sights is falling for her. Cover by: CasualClyde https://cara.app/casualclyde/portfolio/book-covers Or https://www.instagram.com/casuall.clyde/

╰┈➤ ᵀᵃʰⁱʳᵃ ᴴᵃˡⁱᵐᵃʰ ˣ ᴬᶠⁿᵃⁿ ˢⁱᵈᵈⁱqᵘᵉ 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫. ₊˚ ✧ ‿︵‿୨୧‿︵‿ ✧ ₊˚ 𝗛𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙛𝙣𝙖𝙣: "𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙄'𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨." 𝗛𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨: "𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚." ₊˚ ✧ ‿︵‿୨୧‿︵‿ ✧ ₊˚ "Do you, Afnan Siddiq Naeem Mohammed, accept Tahira Halimah, daughter of Abu Bakar and Saliha, to take care of her throughout your life-in sickness and in health, in happiness and sadness, through ups and downs? Do you?" "I accept, I accept, I accept." Goosebumps ran through my spine as I heard the deep voice of my now husband accepting to marry me. And I knew it was my turn next. "Do you, Tahira Halimah, accept to marry Afnan Siddiq, son of the late Naeem and Jamila, to take care of him throughout your life-in sickness and in health, in happiness and sadness, through ups and downs? Do you?" "I accept." ₊˚ ✧ ‿︵‿୨୧‿︵‿ ✧ ₊˚ ╰┈➤ ᵀʳᵒᵖᵉˢ ° ᴀʀʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ ° ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪɴ ɴɪᴋᴋᴀʜ ° ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ° ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ꜱᴜʀɢᴇᴏɴ x ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄɪɴᴇ ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛ ° ᴏᴠᴇʀᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴍʟ x ɪɴꜱᴇᴄᴜʀᴇ ꜰʟ ₊˚ ✧ ‿

🏆Grand Fiction Award: Shortlisted🏆 When a call from police brings the news of a friend's sudden death, Ruhi and Aarush are pulled into a spiral of grief, betrayal, and secrets. As love and obsession blur into one, they must decide how much truth they can carry, and how much lies are to bury forever.

Evan was twenty-one when he received a most unusual calling: as Guardian to a teenager with a load of emotional baggage and a frightening disposition. However, Taren is not just any typical, troubled teen; he is one of the Kindred, and newly-awakened into his clan's dangerous, powerful legacy. Evan soon realizes that his "babysitting" efforts might just be seriously tested by his charge's uncontrollable tendency to break things, including the very world around them. Can Evan withstand the heavy chains of the Guardian's geas to gain the power that is his birthright, and become the shield that Taren so desperately needs? ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ "Geas of the Guardian" is a prequel to "A Memory of Starfires", set three years before the events of the novel, a precarious time when a young Kindred and his Guardian struggle to define their emerging identities amidst the challenges of their intertwined destinies. ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ Cover design by Aravis Brightspell

'Show them the way' has always been The Purple Pearl's motto. A ship that is truly alive, with plants and trees not just growing on the deck, but being part of it. Since Herera has become captain, she has been trying to uphold the reputation of the magical, living ship. A task she had never asked for, but one she carried out with pride. Now, Captain Hachi has stolen The Purple Pearl and is holding half of Herera's crew hostage. Along with the remaining part of her crew, she tries to make new and old allies, plan and scheme, and fight her way through her enemy's forces to get her friends, crew, and home back. Praise for the story: 🥇 First place winner of the Jewel Awards: Paranormal / Fantasy 🥇 First place winner of the Creative Awards: Adventure 🥇 First place winner of the Blossom Awards: Fantasy 🥇 First place winner of the Harvest Festival Awards: Action 🥇 First place winner of the 2025 Rose Gold Awards: LGBTQ+ 🏅One of the winners and Highlight story in Unification: An Awards Show 🥈Second place winner of the Happiness Awards 2024 2.0: Fantasy 🥈Second place winner of the Phoenix Queen Awards: Action-Adventure 🥈Second place winner of the Starfish Awards: Most Diverse Cast 🥉 Third place winner of the Love Song Awards: Action-Adventure 🥉 Third place winner of the Aureus Awards: LGBTQ+ 🏅Round three qualifier of the Amby Awards 2024 Praise for the cover: 🥇 First place winner of the Happiness Awards 2024 🥇 First place winner of the Shining Stars 🥈Second place winner of the 2023 Best Readers Awards

Falcate: A Mini Awards: Best Chapter title 1st 🥇. Character name 3rd 🥉 GRAVEGLASS BLOOMS Readers choice awards-1st place Winner 🏆 The Reignited Verse Awards 2025 - 1st Winner🏅 with 4 other finalists. Whispering Wave✨️ Best Cover ✨️Award 2nd Position🥈 The Slowest Burning Romance Book of the Week Award 2nd Position 🥈 ----------------------------- What if the body you woke up in... had been murdered? She doesn't remember her name. She has no memories. All she holds is a strange letter, a new identity, and a body that doesn't belong to her. Reborn in the cold, lifeless body of a girl left beneath a cliff, she creates a new beginning for herself and steps into a world woven with secrets, betrayal, and blood-stained memories. But the deeper she digs, the more she's drawn to a cold, distant nobleman - one whose sorrowful gaze feels hauntingly familiar. All she wants is to make those phoenix eyes shine again. And all he ever wanted... was his sunshine that vanished long ago. As shadows of the past rise, she must unravel the mystery of the body's death - and uncover the truth behind a promise that refused to die. Can a reborn soul and a guilt-ridden man complete a vow once buried in tragedy - or will history demand its due once more? 🗡️ Mystery ❤️ Slow-burn romance ⚔️ Chinese Historical drama 🌑 Second chances and hidden identities

Blurb: Ten days. Two hearts. One bet. Will they resist true love, or will they fall in love in an unexpected way? ---- This story is a modern retelling of the movie 'How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days', but it's not fan fiction; this story has new characters and many new subplots, but the genre and main themes are similar to the movie. ---- ♡2nd Place in Best Romantic Cover category - VALENTINE VEIL AWARDS 2026♡ © All rights reserved to @Lanadelreygirlie

She joined the most dangerous crime family in the country to find her parents' killers. She never expected to fall for one of them. Selena Vale lost everything the night her parents were murdered in their home - their deaths ruled a mystery, the case buried in silence. But when a secret investigator reveals they were killed by order of The Raze Family - a brutal syndicate with bloodstained power - Selena does the unthinkable: she joins them. Under a new identity, she rises through the ranks with one mission-find out who gave the order... and end them. But when she's assigned to a high-risk job with Max Callahan, a veteran enforcer known for his unwavering loyalty and deadly skill, everything changes. He's cold. Controlled. Lethal. And she needs his trust to get closer to the truth. What she doesn't know is that Max holds the darkest piece of her past-the one secret that could destroy them both. And when blood, love, and vengeance collide... Only one thing is certain: someone's heart won't make it out alive.