Book one of three in the Project Trilogy MUST BE READ IN ORDER EMERY GRAY: I'm the friend who likes doing cute things for my friends if I notice they aren't mentally doing well. I enjoy making uplifting cards or beaded bracelets just so they can smile. I do this for holidays, too, because I know the holidays can be hard for some. I never knew my friend group was secretly against me the entire time. After overhearing them laugh at my expense, I'm about to walk away. When I turn, I slam right into a very tall wall of muscle that sends me backward before another hand shoots out and catches my elbow before I fall. When I look up, I see them. The infamous Triple-A. Everyone hates them. They don't trust anyone. They're cruel. Those are all things I've heard but never witnessed. After they drag me away from my supposed group of friends, they offer me a safe place with them. I decline. I declined because my brother would have my head if I accepted. If Ellis found out I befriended the group he hated, I wouldn't know what to do. But a member of Triple-A has noticed me. Alaric Benson. The jokester. The class-clown. The one with the amazing hazel eyes that I start getting lost in. No, I can't befriend Triple-A, but the offer becomes harder to resist when I realize how alone I feel. I befriended them, and they started helping me find out who I am. They aren't cruel like everyone believes. Not unless they have to be. So, where did everyone get this idea? Oh, god, someone help me. I don't know how much longer I can resist Alaric Benson. Falling in love with him is a recipe for disaster! Right? If my brother finds out, I don't know what will happen, but I can't resist him anymore. Screw the damage I'll take from the fallout. It's my life, and I need to remember that.

Book two of three in the Project Series. BOOKS MUST BE READ IN ORDER. JASON ARCHER I can't stop the darkness from slipping into my vision. All I see is the only person I ever loved as he lay on the ground with a weak pulse. I saved him, though. But I hate the idea of being a hero. I'm not a hero. I only couldn't stand the thought of a plane of existence where Apollo didn't exist. I had to save him. He still carried my heart with him--the heart that left me to stay with him against my will. However, I won't tell him it was me. In order to heal, I decided, at the last minute, to go on the cruise designed to help uplift those struggling mentally. Emery Gray, my ex-boyfriend, found out it was me, and I didn't want to risk Apollo searching for me. But fate laughed in my face in the name of my panicked last-minute decision. Because when I thought I was escaping Apollo and Triple-A altogether, I didn't escape him at all. Apollo is on this cruise, and he knows from the moment he looks into my eyes that I saved his life. Damn it, maybe Emery was onto something. Maybe there is magic in healing with the person you were supposed to heal with all along. And maybe, just maybe, the future I always wanted with him is right in front of my face, and maybe it's waiting to be grabbed. All I have to do is fight through my fears and snatch it up.

The Queen has finally landed on the chessboard right across from the King, and now, it's time to play a game where either they both will become winners or be losers. There isn't a "one-man-takes-all" challenge on their chessboard. However, they are now the only two playing the game. What will win in a grueling match between love and trust? Or can they simply tie the two together and recognize the rare future they could have together, placed before them? Will they snatch it or become losers? I suppose you'll need to find out by opening the book, darling. xx -- AXTON REYNOLDS: The ghosts of my past follow me around every corner, never letting up on their hunt to take me out of their little league. However, I've never been fond of bending at anyone's will, and I refuse to start now. Not even when a mysterious girl appears in my life--content with her little game of throwing fireballs in my direction. But I will catch every single one and hurl them right back. What the hell am I supposed to do when the fire starts to die behind every insult she tosses in my direction? Lyric Armstrong starts causing destruction in my life that I didn't approve of, and I can't seem to shake her. And the worst part? It's through no fault of her own. It's me who can't keep my eyes from lingering on her each time she falls within my peripheral vision. The crowned "King" (of the most hated) in this town is now up against a fierce Queen, and try as I might, I can't stay the fuck away. There is something lingering in her shadows--something about her that isn't quite right. I want to find out what it is, and I need to know for my sanity. Or maybe it's for my insanity? Because I think the downfall of the King is upon us, and it's the fierce Queen, Lyric Armstrong, who will send me down in flames. But what if I'm okay with burning?

Book one of The Heartbreak Club Duet: Catching Tate Archer & Rescuing Damon Stryker. -- TATE ARCHER-DIAZ: He's the unobtainable one. The captain. The "bad boy." The one whose entire life revolves around basketball. However, I caught his attention from the first time he laid eyes on me, and when he approached me with offerings of a date, I found myself determined to set the little bad boy off like a firework. Into the sky and away from me. Damon Stryker, captain of Duke University's basketball team, decided I was the one he wanted, and I tried so hard to ignore the way he spoke in that hard, stoic voice that left little room for arguments. If he's determined to capture his Firefly, then he needs to put in the work. We aren't supposed to be together. We have to remain a secret. If we're caught, it could spell disastrous consequences for both of us. But try as I may, I can't prevent myself from falling for the stoic man because he treats me like I'm the finest gem. I get lost in those villainous green eyes, and I'm hypnotized. But as Chapel Hill's cheer captain, rivaled against Damon's school, Duke, we would ruin our futures before they began. We can't be caught. If we were caught, Damon would lose his position on Duke's basketball team, effectively diminishing his chances of making it to the NBA. It doesn't help that the sports world is still as homophobic as they comes, so a gay relationship is out of the question. But we can't stay away from each other. We fall in love, live through our secret relationship for over two years, and when it comes to telling our families and the world? Well, it doesn't go according to plan. It will all fall down, but you need to understand how we build our story first. Otherwise, you won't be able to understand how our love ends up withstanding a great tragedy. Our relationship will be tested in ways no relationship should need to be tested. And we will make it, but the road to our happy ending is a long one.

Book two of The Heartbreak Club Duet: Catching Tate Archer & Rescuing Damon Stryker. TATE STRYKER: It's been two years, four months, and thirteen days since I last saw my husband. And then, out of nowhere, Sebastian Villan shows up on my doorstep, calling me out on my bullshit. Six months ago, I figured out what caused Damon to vanish, but I couldn't get the answers to the questions I had. It caused me to spiral out of control, and ruin my life. And I knew I was doing it. I pushed my family away, failed out of school, and my apartment was on the brink of eviction. When Sebastian shows up, he tells me the full story, and I am more than devastated. And after we talk, he tells me that I need to tell my husband what I'd been up to. A.K.A. Sebastian was giving me the chance to tell Damon to come home. To tell him how messed up I am. So, I do. And Damon does come home. But nothing is the same anymore. Damon is traumatized, in pain, and afraid. He lost his brother. His hero. His partner in crime. And not only did he lose Ethan, he lost me as a result of his horrifying trauma. He'd been working through it, but there are areas he refuses to speak about-to the point that sometimes he refuses to speak at all. I have to rescue him. Our marriage. Our future. But that means he has to be willing to save himself. It's not going to be easy, but it will sure as hell be worth it. I've waited over two years for him to come home, and I can't lose him when I finally have him back.

BOOK ONE OF THE CHAPEL HILL SERIES MATT "THE PRINCE" BREWER I just need to get through one more lacrosse game against the King before I can enjoy my full week of relaxation in the mountains. I was picked to attend the trip this year, and I desperately need a break before I return and have to play one last basketball game with my former teammates. What I don't expect is for him to be there. Phoenix King. Worse than that, we are stuck in a damn cabin together in the mountains! It's sure to be a disaster... Right? What I don't expect is for the way he protects me and practically saves my life. I'm not prepared for the way he carries me back to our cabin when I can't walk myself. And I'm not ready for the way he takes care of me. We've been rivals on the lacrosse field since freshman year of high school. It's been nine years now. Our rivalry is supposed to stay intact. Because he can't know. He can't know that I'm in love with him. And I always have been. #2 in enemies to lovers - 11/17/2025 #6 in boyxboy - 11/17/2025 #11 in mxm - 11/17/2025

SEBASTIAN VILLAN In the days since my brother passed away, I struggled with finding reasons to get out of bed through the pain of my grief. The world didn't seem so bright, but instead, it was in grayscale. I needed my damn colors back. It's nearing Christmas, and I decided that I'm going to chase after said colors, but he had a name. Jasper Reid. The last time I saw him was two years go, when he was running away from me after profusely apologizing for kissing me. I didn't even have time to process. Because days later, my brother ended his life. I thought I was straight, but I concluded I wasn't. It's two years later, and I finally see him again. It hits me like a ton of bricks, and I realize that through our five years of friendship, I'd always had feelings for him. When Jasper agrees to see me, so that we can talk, Tate tells me I need to be upfront about how I feel for Jasper. With the place Jasper and I are in, it was going to take a lot of work. But as we progress, we slam into difficult hurdles. I want him as my future, he wants me, too. But I still struggle with grief. He struggles with how to handle me when fall into one of my lows. Things are twisted. Jasper Reid is my color-the brightest of shades. But will we be able to make it work between us? Or were we doomed from the start?

BOOK TWO OF THE CHAPEL HILL SERIES NIKOLAI BLACK Sawyer Brooks is back in Chapel Hill after eight years. The one I ruined. I'm toxic. I poison everyone in my vicinity. I swore on everything that I was meant to be alone, but then he came back after eight years. And he came back taller, stormier, and... he still refuses to treat me the way I deserve. I don't deserve his kindness. But when a video of the two of us is taken without our consent, the internet becomes obsessed with our 'relationship.' And at first, I recoil. Except, if Sawyer and I sell our quote-unquote relationship online, I could make the money I desperately need. And for some reason, Sawyer is willing to help. Soon, it goes too far. My parents beg me to go out to Carolina Beach for family Christmas, and I have to go, and Sawyer is now coming along. He's getting too close. He's making me want things I don't deserve. Things I can't have. Him. I can't have him. Not for real. But a secret is lurking between us, and Sawyer is the one who holds it. Secrets won't stay secrets for long, and the truth is always bound to come out. I don't deserve Sawyer Brooks, but I want him. I love him. But what if I poison him all over again?

BOOK THREE OF THE CHAPEL HILL SERIES. MUST BE READ IN ORDER. "We signed a contract, and I will uphold the terms. You were hurt, and I want to keep you safe." -Felix Black - FELIX BLACK Five years ago, Maddox told me we weren't allowed to be friends anymore. Allowed. Three and a half years ago, I was arrested for assault. I assaulted the man who almost beat the love of my life within an inch of his life because I was too much of a coward to tell Maddox what I really felt. So, he found someone who would be open to giving those things to him. But he was given trauma instead. Eight years ago, Maddox and I signed a contract with each other that we will be married to one another if we're both single when we're twenty-five. I took that contract to heart after the ways Maddox was hurt. I want to keep him safe. Love him. Protect him. So, with Maddox as the wedding planner, he's planning his own wedding. Except, he has no idea. I know how crazy it sounds, but I don't care. The way he looks at me cannot be ignored. The way we move together cannot be forgotten. The way he holds onto me will be my lifeline. Maddox Hayes is my childhood best friend. And he is and will always be the love of my life. The only problem? While Maddox is unaware that he's planning his own wedding, I, somehow, was unaware we were already committed to a relationship. And as things unravel, they became a mess we need to clean up. Along with every other obstacle we need to face on our way to the altar. Things will get a little messy. Tears will be shed. But not all tears are sad. Just like not all smiles are happy. RSVP to our wedding while you can, because I'm determined to marry the only one love of my life. So long as that's what he wants.