Romance trope: best friends to lovers. "You're supposed to be my best friend, but all I can think about is kissing you again." TEDDY: I somehow got stuck in the unfortunate "one of the guys" category. It was on accident, naturally falling into this role since my childhood best friend was a boy. The crush on my best friend was also an accident. He's always seen me as one of the guys. That is, until the one drunken night he didn't. The one that nearly ruined everything a decade ago. JENSEN: It was much easier when I didn't notice how hot my best friend is. It would be even better if the rest of the jackoffs in our small town would stop noticing too. I can still remember all the details from our night together years ago. The night we never talk about, yet it's still so fresh in my mind. But will a secret scar from a past relationship ruin everything? [This is BOOK ONE of the WITH YOU series, a small town romance series set in Minnesota about the lives of the dysfunctional, blended Anderson family - with an interwoven mystery built into the background that spans the entirety of the series.] **Title formerly The Rest of Forever**

Brief descriptions of the current and future Kirkland Family Books

{Formerly "Every Bookshop Needs a Cat"} Anya Ferguson arrives at Fleckney, having lost her job in Bristol. She's determined to support her daughter, even if it means enduring every possible mistreatment from the family of her ex-husband. Except, it seems that fate isn't done torturing her. When her daughter breaks into a small cabin in the woods in search of her cat, Anya is placed in front of an impossible task to pay off the owner of the cabin for all the destroyed property, including an antique vase that had been in his family for generations. She's ready to be his cleaner and his cook - but what will she do when she's tasked with being his fake-fiancée? "Paint Me Anew" is the second book in Fleckney Fields Series, but can be read independently. All of my stories take place in the fictional county of Fleckney - so, if you like the place, stay and read about it in other stories.

After ten years, Viola Holyoake returns to the peaceful picturesque village of Fleckney Fields, the home of the large family of her ex-husband, Rhys. Since their divorce, she's received her medical degree; got re-married; built her career; gone through a second, much less dramatic divorce - and now she's ready to enjoy the quiet countryside life and medical practice that she's always dreamt of. Thanks to the patronage of Nana Mable, the matriarch of the Holyoake family, Viola will now take the position of a partner in the local surgery, as well as a lodger of Dr. Fenton, the most prominent bachelor of the village. Will the village of Fleckney Fields prove to be just as homely and serene as she fondly remembers it? Will Viola overcome her unwillingness to open her heart to the possibility of a new romance - or an old one, perhaps?

Ulla Sensson has just turned over a new leaf in her life. She's given up her punk rock aspirations, has gotten a job as a low level editor in a publishing house, and is secretly harbouring the hope to see her own novel in print someday. When her boss, the publishing mogul John Holyoake, asks her to help his younger brother with his book, Ulla is hardly thrilled, but agrees nonetheless. Instead of a spotty teenager and a 'George R.R. Martin wannabe,' Ulla is presented with the most good-looking, well-mannered, and considerate man she's ever encountered in her life. So, where's the catch? He can't possibly be that perfect - and what is this weird feeling she's getting? Good thing, Ulla is over dating, romance, and even simple one-offs, otherwise being stuck with this specimen in a tiny cottage might become awkward - considering she keeps making one wrong assumption about him after another!

[ Completed ] Mio lives like a ghost. Hidden under a hoodie, drowning in baggy clothes, masking his scent with heavy suppressants... everyone thinks he's just a gloomy, forgettable beta. No one knows the truth. Mio is an S-Class Omega - the rarest, most valuable, most hunted kind. A boy whose beauty is dangerous. A scent that can break alphas. A soul that's already been broken by the alphas who tried to own him after his parents' death. Now he hides. He studies quietly. He keeps his head down and never smiles. Because one slip... one wrong breath... one moment of exposure... would destroy the fragile life he built. His biggest fear becomes real the day he accidentally collides with Kane- the strongest S-Class Alpha in the city. Cold. Rich. Feared. An alpha whose very presence makes omegas freeze. Mio wants to run. Kane doesn't even notice him. But fate is cruel. Days later, Kane meets a mysterious masked model with rarest intoxicating scent and 99% compatibility - and falls into obsession trying to find him. He doesn't know that the omega he's searching for... the one he can't forget... the one who almost triggered his rut... ...is the same quiet "beta" hiding behind a hood in his college hallways. And when Kane finally connects the pieces, Mio's quiet world begins to collapse. Because an S-Class Alpha who becomes obsessed with his Beta identity, never lets go. And Mio is running out of places to hide. Can this alpha change Mio' s life?? Hell yes!!! After chapter 12, the real spice exists!! Stay tuned to how Mio finds the real love 💕

Anne, an Australian, has escaped and has started to heal. Even now though that werewolf, who calls himself Master, who bit her and tortured her for almost a year is close on her tail. She doesn't know if she's hunting him or if he's hunting her. Sometimes it feels like both. He wiped out her entire family as punishment for her escape and captured her five year old nephew as bait. Attacked the Pack that's given her shelter. Taken things that Anne doesn't know she'll ever be able to take back from him and hurt her in ways that she isn't sure she'll ever fully heal. The American Pack who offered her shelter have now accepted her and the other survivor. She has to find a way to get strong again and heal the scars that don't show... she has to rescue her nephew, marry her mate, and somehow not go crazy or get recaptured. The Hunter and the Hunted... now, somehow, Anne has to find a way to tip the scales so that she alone is the Hunter.

Holly was always aware of the Alpha of the Black Dawn pack, with that pack being the very pack that had taken away many she loved. She thought she knew how deadly the pack was, she thought she knew about of the deadly and cold-hearted things the Alpha had done. She thought she knew it all. The only thing she didn't know was his name. ⭐ beautiful cover created by @sinadana ⭐

Book 4 Aydin Yilmaz has always known what he wants: his own BDSM nightclub, success, and having control. But the extroverted, unpredictable Zyon and the chaos of Covid are causing him considerable stress. Some of the decisions he makes leave a void he can no longer fill. Zyon Klein has his own demons. His past, steeped in trauma, leaves him struggling with trust, intimacy, and himself. His exuberance is a mask he successfully maintains for most people. Ashley van der Merwe doesn't fall for it. He's strong, intuitive, and experienced, and he offers Zyon the support the younger man so desperately needs. Away from Zyon, Ashley also meets Aydin. He quickly realizes a spark between them that he can't ignore. In a world of dominance, submission, and vulnerability, Aydin, Zyon, and Ashley discover that love knows no hierarchy. Showing their true thoughts and feelings is the only way to heal, but exposing themselves, both emotionally and physically, is easier said than done. ... Disclaimer: English is not my native language, please bear with me. Corrections are appreciated. Contains a lot of 18+ text and in a man x man x man setting. Read at your own risk! (1-11-2025)

Book 3 Valentijn Jansen is happy with the role he has been assigned for almost eighteen years. From a young age, it's his job to protect the growing Camilla and he does so to the great satisfaction of his employer. He violently suppresses his blossoming love for the girl, their age difference is simply too great; not to mention their different statuses in life, and moreover he misses something crucial between them; something he can't name. So far, he is trying to control that feeling by getting rid of his energy in the gym, but actually he needs more. Silas Müller saw the big, strong man once and the image of Valentijn being under his mercy has been haunting his mind ever since. As soon as he gets the opportunity to own him - and even in a legal way that is - he knows that he has to seize it with both hands. For this it's the intention that he marries, although that will not be with the source of his desire. Camilla Vaagevuur knows that she must escape her father's oppression, because as soon as she turns eighteen, he sells her to the highest bidder. Her life wasn't that much already, but she know it will only get more hellish from that point on. Her plan unfortunately doesn't work out, but that turns out to be less bad than expected, because this brings her face to face with the most handsome, but sadistic man she's ever seen. Maybe he can appease some of the guilt that has bothered her since birth. ... Disclaimer: English is not my native language, please bear with me. Corrections are appreciated. Contains a lot of 18+ text and in a man x man x woman setting. Read at your own risk! (23-4-25/6-9-2025)