Kelsey and Zach go way back. For three years straight, they spent every day of summer together at the beach. After they hit three years, Zach decided to break things off with Kelsey. After that day, she vowed never to think about him again; knowing she would never see him again due to the miles in between them. These days, Kelsey is a twenty two year old mother to a five year old. She works long days just to provide for her little family. Zach is the star player on his college baseball team. He gets amazing grades in class, but between studying, practice, and games, he still manages to find a little time to have fun. What happens when their lives cross paths again, years later? Will they find out they have an unknown connection? Or will things just lead to heartbreak?

Alice: Running from a nightmare past, I find myself in GaleTown Texas, population I have no idea because as soon as I get to town a huge but kind stranger scoops me up and brings me to his home. Little did I know, his intentions were for me to never leave again. He wants me in his bed, in his life, and tied to him forever. Nash: Lightning strikes in GaleTown once again. According to the town legends, men of GaleTown find their soulmate with just one glance. I was skeptical after all this time until a tiny injured angel walked into the diner. Now she's mine, and I'll never let her go. She's mine to protect. If only I could convince her of that. This is part of a series. Each book is a standalone with interconnecting couples. This series follows the Brooks brothers as they each find their destined soulmates. Each book is a different couple. WARNING: This book contains an over the top, possessive, alphahole. This is an insta-love story. For readers 18+ ONLY.

"If you love me, you won't leave me." Jessie has believed those words from her boyfriend, Josh, since senior year of high school. She loves him and doesn't want to leave him. Not even when he shouts at her and hits her. Jessie's best friend, Kolleen, can't stand seeing her in that situation. With a bit of convincing - and the worst beating she'd ever received - Jessie agrees to move into an apartment with Kolleen. But not long after, Jessie is scared the worst of her nightmares will soon become a reality. Josh goes missing, and suddenly Jessie would swear she's being followed. One night changes everything, and one person soon changes Jessie's outlook. A responding officer from that fateful night begins to seek her out, at first claiming it's part of his job. As she spends time with her new friend outside of his job, she starts realizing that her feelings are evolving. After being abused for over a year, Jessie is terrified she's falling in love. What's even more terrifying is that he might be, too. She isn't ready for love. Not yet. She makes up her mind that if he is falling, and if he does love her, he'll wait for her to be ready, and if she loves him, she won't let herself hurt him. Can the words that used to cage her in really be the key to her freedom? --- Featured On: @NA: Take a seat and let it be | Mature Content and 18+ reading list @NA: You deserve the world | Mental Health reading list Ambys Top Picks New Adult 2023

After years of torment and pain, I'm just a shadow of the woman I once was. Even now, after months of freedom, the lingering aches of broken bones, and the memories of unspeakable horrors still keep me from living a life of peace. While I try my best to put back all the broken pieces, the last thing I need is another man-or so I thought. Jake is one of Hollywood's hottest, most popular actors. He's the kind of man a woman like me should avoid at all costs. But his determination to prove to me that happiness is more than just a shattered dream slowly starts to break down my defenses, and I start to hope that I might still be able to find love. Unfortunately, with a painful history like mine, hoping for a better future can turn out to be a huge mistake-especially when the demons of your past refuse to let you go.

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 back at him.

Sophie is flying back home after being gone for four years. She's the maid of honor in her childhood friend's wedding. When she imagined being the maid of honor, she never imagined the groom would be the man that she was in love with. Hoping that having a front row seat to their union will finally give her closure, she catches a flight to the last place she ever wanted to return. Andrew can't believe that his best friend is getting married. He has always thought that letting Sophie go was his friend's biggest mistake. She was the perfect woman and he hasn't stopped thinking about her since she disappeared four years ago. If she wasn't his best friend's ex, he would have tracked her down and fought hard for a chance to have her for himself. When the week of the wedding finally arrives, Sophie and Andrew take their positions as the maid of honor and best man. Will Sophie's history with her ex - the groom, make this an event she'd like to forget or will the best man make this a celebration she'd like to remember forever?

"Are you scared because your dad is the sheriff?" "Why do you keep on asking me that?" "I won't stop until I get a proper answer." Lana Jane Willson, just a depressed and misunderstood geeky teenager because of her glasses and her dad being the Sheriff. Yet all she wants is to get into Yale, far away from everyone, the incidents, the heartbreaker and the bullies. Four popular boys, suspicious about Lana, reignite an old bet that her 'true' self will be exposed as time goes on. One night in Lana's life changes everything. The only people to help her are her tormentors. This causes the boys to have more questions, fights, and arguments more frequently. The more people involved, the more questions arise, secrets reveal themselves, trust is shattered, feelings become blurred and friendship is ripped apart. While Lana sees, the good and forgives easily, others search for the bad to try and defeat it. People cross our path for a reason but for a second chance, it does not always mean to have a happy ending. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART 1 & 2 Highest Rank: 1 in Teen Fiction (27/12/16)

"It's your last few months before college, do you really expect to leave here without living?" Olivia and Oliver Scott, as opposite as twins can get. Oliver is a "Bad Boy" with a reputation to prove it's more then just a label. Olivia is quiet, always trying to keep her head down and get through high school as a drifter. That was until Oliver talked her into going to a post-graduation party at his friends house, a party that ends in a really strange game of Never Have I Ever. What Olivia never expected is Abel, her brother's best friend, to talk her into doing a list of crazy things before she heads off to college in a few months. One crazy list, two teens, and a long road trip filled with Shawn Mendes songs. Nothing could possibly go wrong, right?

When Kylie loses everything and becomes pretty reckless shes sent to live with her aunt and her bestfriend Bobby thinking that things are going to be completely boring shes proved wrong. She meets the mysterious bad boy next door, Adrian Grant. Adrian thinks all girls are the same and its easy to make them fall in love until he meets Kylie, who isnt just any girl. Both Adrian and Kylie challenge eachother on so many levels, until this chaos of a game has an outcome that noone would of thought of, Love. But is kylie willing to accept this without knowing all of Adrians mysterious secrets, and when she finds out will she be willing to accept Adrian?

Alex Michelle Northern. Such an innocent name, right? Alex was always the nice girl, never did anything wrong, and mostly perfect. Except she had a secret. She's bullied, name called, and pushed around every day by Mrs. Popular, Stacie Woods. Alex had gorgeous features, but all the features are his behind her big glasses, she refuses to wear contacts and she has braces. No guy has ever shown interest in her, and no guy wanted to. Her guy best friend is the only one who's actually there for her, Brandon Allen, the football quarterback. His blonde hair and hazel eyes are a womanizer. His twin sister is one of Alex's Best friends, Amy. Her little brother, Ethan, has had cancer since he was 3 and he's 8 now. He's fighting every day for his life and he's getting sicker by the minute. Her life has many secrets, but no one knows, not even her best friends. ⚠️ Trigger warning: contains self harm ⚠️