Lily Mercer is at a low point in her life, she's fallen away from her true love of acting after one nasty review killed her self-confidence. Since then she's been working dead-end jobs, hoping for inspiration. Unable to make ends meet, she lands back in the acting world by accident. A locally filmed detective show seems like a good choice, but as she joins the erratic cast of loonies, she quickly realizes that she's in over her head and that none of her limited experience prepared her for the real world of acting; it's hard, embarrassing, and not at all what she expected it to be. Especially when the lead actor, Finn Baxter, instantly dislikes her, a feeling that only grows as her youthful accidental prone self-returns in his intimidating presence.

Faye Brantley had always done what was expected; she's a good nurse, a responsible sister, and a great friend. She has spent her whole life putting other's needs first, and she has forgotten about her own. When Dr. Silas DeGraff joins the staff at the hospital where she works and ends up renting her basement apartment, she realizes just how lonely her life has become. Mystery surrounds Silas. He's handsome, rich, foreign, and rumored to be royalty, but is any of it true? One thing Faye knows is that he is making her feel things she probably shouldn't, especially since his stay isn't a permanent one.

BOOK FIVE. DUE FOR MAJOR EDIT Olive Howe doesn't need to prove herself to anybody. Independent. Cool. Classy. She knows what she's worth, even if life is determined to show her she's wrong. Battling health issues, she wishes, if only once, not to burden the people she loves with her out of control seizures that take over her life. Olive has had enough and is determined to chase her dreams. Courage. She is bursting with the stuff. And it's caught the attention of a certain, blue-eyed, blonde haired, football playing, Larsson. Just because Dexter Larsson is the youngest brother, it doesn't mean he's got less fight. Born into one of Europe's wealthiest families, it's always assumed opportunities are laid out on a silver platter for him. This is not the case. Hard work and determination secured him a position with Manchester United football team. It's all of his dreams come true and he knows in order to earn the respect of his teammates and fans, he needs to avoid distractions at any cost. Especially sexy distractions that come in the form of his physiotherapist, Olive Howe. But, it's hard to stay away. Her sweetness an addiction to him. A sugary-too sweet for his own good-addiction. Olive is good with her hands and Dexter needs the relief. Daily. Too bad he's too absorbed in the bubble of football and fame to realise that losing her would be the end of him. Series book order : Love in the Dark, A Lazy Love, Protecting Love, Love Rush And Love's Game. Copyrighted to HTEllis 2018

Lia's new neighbor is a thorn in her side. He has a beautiful house that she's watched fall further into disrepair, there are horrible rumors that paint the man in a sinister light, he gets on her very last nerve, and to top it all off her dog loves him. It has been almost a year since the end of her engagement, and she has enjoyed the single life. At least she thought she had until all of her senses went on high alert when he was near. Ben was wrapping up a new novel, he knew the rumors, and he didn't care, never had, but the rumors were starting to wear on his family. When his nosy neighbor started banging on his door insisting he fix up his house, he was annoyed, when she started to fix it herself, he was mad, but then he had a brilliant idea, one where everyone got what they wanted.

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

The moment Norah Radcliffe and Caleb Stevens met they fell in love, but they both had secrets that ended up tearing them apart. Caleb was never the person Norah believed him to be, and Norah feared that Caleb would hate her as much as she hated herself when he learned of her past mistake. It had been more than five years since Caleb had left because he believed that she had chosen her father's happiness over their own and Norah had let him go without a fight. Now, thanks to a chance meeting and a meddling family member, they have been given a second chance at happiness, a happiness they both deserve.

Alice Grant is desperate to get an interview with famous reporter Rainer Stevens since he is the only one who has the information vital to her finishing her dissertation, but when the time comes to meet him she falls asleep only to awaken to the nicest pair of blue eyes that she has ever seen. Rainer agrees to help her, but only if she helps him by acting as research assistant for his latest story. As the the two travel the Texas countryside, Rainer realizes that he's in a little too deep and he's at risk to share all of his closely guarded secrets. Alice knows there's no way a man of the world like Rainer would ever fall for a kooky little grad-student, but knowing that doesn't keep her from falling for the man or his crazy family.

Model Laura Wren has worked hard to build up protective walls around her heart. She learned at an early age not to trust anyone, and she does her best to keep everyone at arms length and live up to her nickname, The Ice Queen. Davis Stevens falls hard for Laura the moment he meets her. He sees past her icy exterior to the warm passionate woman beneath and he's able to capture it with his camera. Mystified and frustrated by Davis's constant attempts to create a relationship where one doesn't exist, Laura fights him at every turn, but Davis knows what he wants and it's not The Ice Queen.

Lizzy Stevens fell in love when she was just fifteen years old. The only problem was that she had managed to fall in love with her brother's much older friend, Brian Alexander. All of Lizzy's dreams were realized the summer that she turned twenty-one, but as soon as the affair had started it had ended, and she was left broken hearted. Brian had loved Lizzy from the first moment he saw her, but his best friend had sensed it and, not approving of a relationship, had warned Brian to stay away from his sister. Brian owed his best friend too much to go against his wishes so he conceded. Now, eight years later, they were both paying the price for Brian letting her go without a fight.

It only took a handshake to turn Grace's life upside down. She was an all or nothing at all kind of girl and Bryce was a use them then leave them kind of guy. Would she be able to survive a summer at his home in Kent? She was suspicious that his cold demeanor hid a warm heart, but did she really want to get close enough to find out, and if she was right, would she be able to say goodbye in the fall?