Sixteen years. No labels. No feelings. Just friends with benefits. Until a bet changes everything. Thirty days. Fake a relationship. Make each other jealous. First one to fall...loses. But when the lines blur, it's not about winning anymore. It's about who breaks first.

I spent twelve years loving Mason Hayes. Twelve summers. Twelve birthdays. Twelve years of almosts. The problem wasn't that he didn't know. The problem was that he did. He just never realised what it was costing me. When Mason arrives at our annual lake house vacation with a girlfriend on his arm, I finally understand something I should have learned years ago: Sometimes loving someone isn't enough. So I leave. And for the first time in his life, Mason has to figure out what it means to lose me. A grovel-to-HEA romance about unrequited love, heartbreak, and finally choosing yourself.

foun·da·tion noun a basis (such as a tenet or principle) upon which something stands or is supported. Birdie Buchanan has always felt wrong in this world. Sensitive. Different. Odd. Weird. Too much. Until she moved to Mercy Ridge and met Liam Durant. Liam's never seen Birdie as strange, he sees her as brilliant and beautiful, exactly who she is meant to be. When Liam's absent father was trying to earn back his family's trust, Birdie steadied him. When Birdie's senses overwhelm her, Liam is there to quiet the world. They were each other's foundation. Then college changes everything. Birdie is swallowed by loneliness and the exhausting effort of trying to fit into a world that refuses to understand her neurodivergence. Every whisper, every stare, every cruel joke pulls her further from the one person who ever made her feel safe. Liam feels so far away, thriving in his new world she doesn't belong in. Liam is putting on a good front as the rising college basketball star with the NBA in his sights. He doesn't want anyone to know that he's completely breaking under pressure. He's failing all of his classes, the sport that once defined him has become a prison he can't escape, and his teammates slowly reveal just how cruel they can be. Liam tries to take it all on his shoulders, remembering the future he has planned for him and Birdie. When a prank meant to humiliate nearly becomes a tragedy, Liam is forced to face the truth of what his silence has cost nearly cost him. But will it be too late for Birdie? No cheating. Guaranteed happily ever after. BOOK 2 OF THE MERCY UNIVERSE. BOOK 1: CORNERSTONE BOOK 2: FOUNDATION BOOK 3: BEDROCK *COMING SOON*

When newlywed couple Liam and Wren, expecting their first child, lose their home to a devastating fire, they're forced to seek refuge with Wren's best friend Ruby. As they settle into Ruby's home, the facade of their friendship begins to crack, revealing a complex web of secrets, lies, and unresolved trauma. Ruby's fixation on Liam grows stronger, and she starts to blur the lines between reality and fantasy, convincing herself that their friendship is something more. Meanwhile, Liam remains clueless, grateful for Ruby's hospitality and genuinely believing she's a true friend. Wren, however, is increasingly uneasy, sensing that something is off about Ruby's behavior. As the days turn into weeks, the tension escalates. Ruby's baby's father, a man with a dark past, reappears, stirring up old wounds. A mysterious figure from Wren's past lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike. Ruby's actions become more erratic, fueled by a toxic mix of jealousy, resentment, and a desperate need for control. Wren, meanwhile, is teetering on the edge. The stress of her pregnancy, the pressure of her failing marriage, and the suffocating dynamics of her friendship with Ruby are pushing her to a breaking point. Her anger and frustration simmer just below the surface, waiting to boil over into something violent. The question is no longer if she'll snap, but who will bear the brunt of her rage when she does.

Laiken and Eli have been friends forever. Until the finds out she's pregnant and overhears him and his older brother Rhys talking about how he's using her so he can please Abigail, the girl who relentlessly bullies Laiken. Rhys doesn't defend her, which adds double betrayal. She leaves after leaving a note for Eli. Later as she's leaving she gets a text telling her Eli doesn't want the baby. Six years later laiken returns to a Rhys who grovels and begs and Eli who begins the to realize maybe he should two. Torn when everything comes to a head who will she choose Rhys or Eli?

Monica: I thought Reggie was the one the moment I saw him. Until he cheated with Paige at a party and o caught him ass out. Ten years later nearing thirty he says he's changed but after everything can I let myself trust him? Reggie: I messed up I own that, and lost the best girl ever. But I'm trying to be better not just for her but me too. Is it enough? Because she's a hurricane I'm willing to fight for my life in.

Joey lost his childhood sweetheart when she walked away, even after he moved across the country to be with her. Raina lost her first love when he walked away, leaving behind her and their baby daughter. Two hearts broken. Trying to repair his heart, Joey decided never to take life too seriously again because if he didn't feel anything too deeply he'd never be hurt. Leading to one bet. Trying to repair her heart, Raina swore never to be vulnerable again because if she stayed strong she'd never be let down. Except for one chance. And in the fall out of those choices, one's desperate to win her over and the other never wants to see him again.

For years, Kate has been defined by her illness. Through every diagnosis, flare, setback, and disappointment, her husband Kevin was there beside her. So when he suddenly announces that he's accepted a months-long overseas assignment, Kate finds herself feeling conflicted, abandoned, and alone for the first time in over a decade. Realizing she'd lost herself somewhere between tracking good days and bad days, Kate sets out to reclaim the parts of herself she left behind-her dreams, her confidence, and her independence. With her brother Mike's return from military service on the horizon and an unexpected reunion with his longtime best friend Tom, Kate begins to imagine a future that looks very different from the life she was living. With Tom's help she even tackles something she thought she'd never do when she signs up for a running club. But the more she changes, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing cracks in the life she built-and the possibility that some relationships survive only as long as the people inside them aren't growing. When she and Kevin are reunited and the future she thought she had begins to unravel, Kate discovers that the hardest part of a race isn't learning how to keep going-it's figuring out where you're supposed to stop running.

He helped her believe in forever, then he used her trust against her. Phoenix Lane has spent her entire life proving herself. She's built a reputation on hard work, long hours, and never letting anyone see her struggle. For months, Jackson was the one place she could rest. The man who brought her coffee, helped renovate her dream duplex (even though he didn't have a handy bone in his body), and convinced her that maybe she didn't have to carry the weight of the world alone. When she discovers Jackson came to Cascadia with an agenda. One that put her firm, her career, and everything she had confided in him directly in the crosshairs. Phoenix was never supposed to be part of the plan. Until she was. Now she is suspended without pay, her most vulnerable client is in danger, and the man she trusted most is standing on the wrong side of the damage she is still trying to contain. The problem? Jackson knows exactly what he did. And he is not leaving until he finds a way to deserve her forgiveness. Hidden and Held is a slow-burn emotional romance about a burnout heroine who stopped believing in second chances, and the groveling hero who is determined to become the reason she starts again.

There is a photograph. First birthday. The whole family around the long table - candles lit, cake centred, everyone leaning toward Isabella reaching for the flame, everyone laughing, everyone looking at the same thing. At the edge of the frame, barely in it, a small dark-haired girl in a white dress is looking at the candle. Not at her family. Not at her sister. Not at the camera. Just at the candle. Quiet. Still. Already, at one year old, watching the warmth from a slight distance. Nobody remembers who took the photograph. It was never framed. Never put in an album. Found years later in a box in the study, loose, slightly creased, as though it had simply been waiting. Her name is Serena Marchetti. The second twin. Born eleven minutes after her sister into a room already arranged around someone else - and she stayed that way, at the edge of things, for as long as the Marchettis of Milan would let her. This is not the story they would tell about her. This is hers.