Oakley's little sister getting engaged before her brings up all kinds of feelings - dissatisfaction being the star of the show. O can't help but long for some excitement in her straight-laced life, so when her sister, Layla, bets her to finally lose her virginity before Layla's wedding day it's an offer she can't refuse. There's only one problem - Oakley's as single as a dollar bill with no real prospects. Finding love would be great but with three months until the wedding, Oakley doesn't have the time, so she does what any logical woman would do - she hires an escort. What could possibly go wrong? *** My stories are intended for mature audiences. Age is just a number, but don't read if you can't handle it! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED!

Johanna and Jose are from two different sides of the track, during the time of a power war between the Blacks and the Latinx's the two cross paths in more ways than one. How far are you willing to go to defend who you are? How far are you willing to go for love? What do you do when the two pull you to opposite sides?

Trapped in the woodlands, Ivy's only hope of going home is to escape the faerie who enchants her into loving him, blinding her to what he is--monstrous. *** A dark fortress of trees twisted and crippled by time, the Clearwater, Connecticut, woods is no place for two teenage girls. The legends claim it's haunted. Fed up with being kept inside after dark, fearing the monster will take them, sixteen-year-old Ivy Farewell and her best friend Margaret set out to prove everyone wrong--that the ghost of Clearwater isn't a ghost. And the voice that has been calling to Ivy after dark is simply a trick of the wind. But the woods are deeper than Ivy imagined, each turn bringing them farther from home. When they end up lost their only hope is in each other. All seems undone when Ivy falls ill with a fever, until a stranger persuades them back to his cabin. Under his spell, Ivy falls into a deep and complicated love, a love so treacherous it blinds her to what he truly is--a monster. Copyright © 2023 T.A. Joseph All rights reserved cover by @xenomorphius

♥ VALENTINE'S DAY SHORT ♥ a record store owner and a shoplifter spend the night alone, together on valentine's day.

| Romance | Mystery | New Adult | Ellie's down on her luck. Her work has dried up, with no new contracts in sight, and she's barely scraping by to afford her expensive rent in NYC. So when her famous sister, the pop sensation of a generation, Zoë, offers Ellie the coveted spot of being her plus one at the People's Choice Awards, Ellie cannot refuse. It's a perfect opportunity to scope out some new directing contracts, and Ellie's desperate enough to not be picky. She'd take on anything from music videos to commercials, as long as it pays the bills. But deep down, she longs to direct her dream project, her very first movie... And when her sister introduces her to one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, it feels like all her stars have just aligned. Adonis Ford is everything any woman ever dreamed of: tall, dark and handsome. He's as famous as he is secretive, and beyond her dream to work with him, Ellie feels drawn to him, longing to unravel his mystery. But Adonis is known for the trail of broken hearts he's left behind, and Ellie doesn't want to be just another starry eyed girl to fall under his spell...

❝freedom ain't real, who sold you that lie?❞ A man adopts a creepy obsession with his therapist, and will go to any extent just to have her to himself.

Three months after the death of her childhood friend and first love, Lea Martinez moves to New York to live with her older brother. Desperate to escape the trauma of 'that night' and fight her lingering insomnia, she drowns herself in the impending changes of a fresh start. Living in a new state, going to a new school and making new friends relieves her from the vicious demons that crawl into her bed at night. Until she meets a boy who bears an uncanny resemblance to her former best friend. .・。.・゜❅ Callum Wright has no interest in making new friends. Especially not with a girl who's constantly staring at him as if she's seen a ghost. As he maintains a relationship with a destructive girlfriend, he tries to cope with his parent's divorce and help his mother make ends meet. At school, he wears a cold reputation over his shoulders and is used to the distant stares and cruel whispers of his classmates. The last thing he expects is to meet someone who has an undying desire for his companionship. Until he meets a girl with a bubbly laugh and vibrant smile that conceals more demons than she'd like to admit. .・。.・゜ first draft; unedited Registered with the United States Copyright Office Frost © 2020 | All Rights Reserved This book or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever, without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

❝I know I dream about her all day, I think about her with her clothes off.❞ ember gaines starts a lsd drug ring in her high school with the help of the brooding yet attractive, soon-to-be valedictorian, elias wolfe. how long until her illicit activities catch up to her... and her heart?