Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have been best friends since before either of them could walk - neighbors, family friends, fixtures in each other's lives through a decade of Saturday dinners neither of them would ever miss. Freya falls first, quietly, at thirteen, and never says a word. Malachi doesn't notice - not through his own string of casual, forgettable romances, not while Freya lines up boyfriends of her own just to prove to herself she's moved on. She hasn't. But she's very good at looking like she has. By the time Malachi finally catches up to what he's felt for years without naming it, Freya is happy - genuinely, unguardedly happy - with someone else. And Malachi decides, the way people do when they think they're being noble, that he missed his chance and it's his to carry alone.

After an unexpected ceiling collapse sends her apartment into chaos, Madelaine Grayson ends up living with her brother - and dangerously close to his tattooed, way-too-charming roommate. He's off-limits... but resisting him might be impossible. *** When Madelaine Grayson's bathroom ceiling caves in, it's not just drywall that crumbles. It's her entire world. Forced to move in with her brother, she finds herself swept up in the chaos of his new protective attitude - especially when it comes to his tattooed roommate, Noah Laurier. Noah is the epitome of perfection: sweet, hot, and embedded into every thought Madelaine has. But he's forbidden, and the closer she gets, the harder he is to resist. Well... what her brother doesn't know can't hurt him, right? *** "Matt's sister, I presume?" He walks towards the couch and my eyes widen. He's tall. I thought I was tall but this man could tower me, and when he reaches a hand towards me, there's an intricate clock tattooed on the back of his hand and his fingers have bones tattooed over them. This man is not human. He's tall and angular and dripping with sex appeal. This man is hot. Capital H, capital O, capital T. I don't think I've ever seen a human being so attractive. All I can think about as I force myself to keep my eyes on the screen is the feel of his jaw beneath my hand, and it takes everything in me not to look

"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞.?" ... "...𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.." 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 : Vance Hopper gets crush on the transfer student, Robin Arellano. WARNING: CURSING/VIOLENCE/CHILD ABUSE ...In Progress...

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Malachi Daniel Barton finally finds himself in a relationship with his childhood crush, and Freya Skye Jones doesn't know how to process it. 𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Malachi finds himself yearning for someone who is in the past, or, allow me to rephrase that, someone who is 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 to be in the past. started writing : 1st of November 2025 finished writing: 16th of January 2026 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑: This book contains smut and other mature content and both characters are legal consenting adults in this book.