Rosa never thought six months could change her life. At fourteen, she leaves Sydney to return to her childhood home in Bologna for an exchange. Between family dinners with her Nonna and Nonno, late-night talks with her cousin Francesca, and struggling with her faded Aussie-Italian accent, Rosa doesn't expect much more than schoolwork and homesickness. Then she meets Kimi Antonelli. He's just the boy seated next to her in class - quiet, sharp-eyed, with a crooked smile and whispers of karting talent. But soon their conversations turn into walks home, gelato dates, and feelings Rosa never expected. When Kimi asks her to be his girlfriend under the Christmas lights, she says yes, even though she knows her exchange won't last forever. When Rosa returns to Sydney, they make a promise: long distance. And even across thousands of miles, they know it will work. They know they'll be together forever, that neither could ever betray the other, that what they have is real. Four years later They're eighteen now. Kimi isn't just the boy from Bologna anymore- he's racing in Formula 1 for Mercedes. But when they see each other again, the spark is still there, stronger than ever. They know, without a doubt, that this is just the beginning of their forever.

Hailey Thomas is twenty-two years old. She works at a small independent bookstore tucked into a quiet corner of the city. Her life is intentionally simple and safe. Her world is small and she likes it that way. Until it isn't so small anymore.

Vanessa Rubio has more interest in a career-ending injury than she does in falling in love. At least your body gives you an explainable reason for slipping away, because she has learned the hard way that love does not. Unfortunately for her, Dean Di Laurentis was inevitable. With her father being the assistant coach of his hockey team, she sees enough of him as is. Of course it was going to be her turn to be on the receiving end of his oh-so charming smile one day. With an Olympic dream, she already had a lot stacked against her. The last thing she needed to add was 250 lbs of muscle in the form of a blonde hockey player- 350 lbs if you count the girl that was probably on top of him as we speak. But their frequent encounters and his persistence has her a little more invested than she originally intended... and now she's keeping secrets from her friends. Vanessa finds herself in an awkward position (literally and figuratively). Dean Di Laurentis finds himself with a crush (at least he thinks, he's new to this). But are they willing to abandon their old ways for a shot at love? The better question is, are they able to? s1-tbd

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 avoids boys like 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 who are arrogant, charming, reckless, and far too used to getting whatever he wants. But when 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 makes a bet that he can get 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚, the coldest girl at Briars, to go on a date with him, she finds out before he even gets the chance to play her. So she decides to play him first. --------------- [Dean Di Laurentis x female OC] [Enemies to lovers] [Read at the bottom of the introduction for TW!]