(TH#2)After a traumatic bullying experience and an almost fatal mistake, Emmalyn Hall moves with her family to Heart, North Carolina in hopes the same magic that healed her parents can possibly mend her as well. She moved to forget the memories of that horrible night, but she finds it's not as easy as she thought. Rhys Richardson is a lost soul stuck in an imperfect household. With an estranged mother, a workaholic father, and dozens of women amateurishly filling the maternal role in turn, his life is a chaotic mess. On the surface, they're exact opposites. Deep down, no two people could be more alike. And with that comes undeniable chemistry. But when nightmares from Emma's past come back to haunt her, one question remains: is it ever too late to love and forgive?

"You give reason to my name." "And you to mine." ----- Iridessa Belle Sinclair always thought of herself as an ordinary girl. She had nothing special that would differentiate her from a group. All she had was a head of what she thought was ordinary dirty blonde hair, along with ordinary lifeless dead blue eyes in which she hid behind a pair of spectacles. There was only one thing worse than being ugly in Crescent Grove High and that was to be ordinary. Her schoolmates stood out easily - no matter for good or for bad - but she was just there, just existing. It wasn't until the transfer of a new student did Iridessa get a new insight into life. Apollo Hunt, the paparazzi's favorite bad boy, rebel, and heartbreaker that had been in jail too many times. After his parents drew the last straw, they shipped him over to California to be in his relatives' care. It was purely accidental did he bump, or literally knockdown, the innocent Iridessa that had been hidden away too well under the radar of anyone even barely beautiful. Curious of the mysterious and quiet, yet sharp-tongued student, Apollo sought out to know more about Iridessa, in which in the end promising to make her pretty. All because he thought she was simply beautiful. ----- Highest Rank Teen Fiction: #28

When Rosalie moves to the Outer Banks for the summer, sparks fly with the local lifeguard. *** British socialite Rosalie Harrington enjoys the power and respect that her position as Queen Bee brings, so she's horrified to hear that she'll be spending the summer in a remote American coastal town. With opportunistic friends and a rocky relationship, it's the worst time to leave London, and she drags her heels all the way to the Outer Banks. One day into her so-called holiday, a careless mistake has Rosalie fighting against a rip current. Fortunately, the local lifeguard is on hand to help. Brent might be an expert at saving troubled swimmers, but he is drowning in problems of his own and is far from impressed by this tourist's recklessness. The two of them couldn't be more different, but their attachment to the beach forces them together and sparks fly as they try to ignore the sizzling chemistry that soon develops. Rosalie and Brent are both about to learn that it's not just the ocean where there is more beneath the surface than meets the eye. Achievements: 2015 Wattys Winner #1 in Romance 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿: ❌ I do not use generative AI to write my books. ❌ I do not consent to my books being used to train AI models. ❌ I do not consent to my books being used to create AI-generated content.

Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.

(TH#8) "The thing about pain, is, everybody suffers different. Everybody is always hurting. And nobody ever wants to do anything about it." After the accident that changed her life forever, all Ruby Harding wants is to disappear. And then her mother puts her in a camp for the socially inept, and it's the last thing she's able to do. But when her past comes back to haunt her, Ruby has to fight tooth and nail to keep it from defeating her again, even if it means confronting the very things that keep her up at night. However, along her journey of faith and healing, Ruby stumbles upon a truth that threatens everything she's believed for the last two years. A truth so large and so dangerous it stands to change the entire game. With a free-spirited Skyler Richardson by her side, Ruby delves back into the past in an attempt to uncover what truly happened that fateful night. Unfortunately for her, the reality is something not everyone is ready to face. And her problems are only beginning.

(TH#1) While struggling to keep the demons within herself at bay, Jemma Knight is having a hard time dealing with the suicide of her mother, the departure of her father, and the welcoming of her Aunt Clara and Heart, North Carolina into her life. Although popular and good-looking, Jacob Hall hides most of his true identity beneath a flawless facade. At school he's who he wants to be. At home he's just the son without a father and a mother who's never home. But when these two kids are stuck together on a project, they find out they have more in common than not.