| # 2 - bestie | When Timothy's summer vacation starts, love is the last thing on his mind. Fresh off a breakup and escaping the city with his closest friends, he's sworn this summer will be about healing, not heartache. Then he meets Kevin. Flirty, infuriating, and local to this sleepy beach town, Kevin seems determined to get under Timothy's skin - and maybe under his guard. What starts as snarky jabs and stolen glances turns into something neither of them expected. Rivals, maybe. Something more? That's the real danger.

When shy former track runner Emery strikes a deal with charismatic athlete Beckett, they each have a goal: to help the other impress their crush. But as courtship slowly turns to jealousy, the two are left to confront their feelings as they fight to win each other's hearts instead. Season 1 of Crushed Hearts *** All that Emery Theiss wants is to become an English professor, knowing his ADHD medication means his days of running sprints are over. But when the track team star, Beckett Delroy, unceremoniously hits him with a football, Emery's bad luck changes gears. Beckett needs Emery's advice to help his crush warm up to him, and Emery could use Beckett's confidence to win over his best friend and secure his future. But while coming to an agreement is easy, Beckett is the track rival who broke Emery's coveted record, and he can't stop himself from flirting, even with Emery. The charmingly annoying teasing, however, reveals Beckett has a softer side. The more time he spends with Beckett, the less important impressing his crush becomes. Faced with the possibility of losing his chance at his future, will Emery chase love or settle for certainty to ensure his heart isn't crushed? *** Cover Design by Louise De Ramos

The last time Ian was in California was the day the love of his life Jaķe Houser, was buried. Twelve years after Jake's death, Ian is no closer to recovery. Despite graduating with the highest recorded CGPA and being the youngest teaching assistant at Princeton University, Ian has no friends, drinks like a fish, is prone to crashing out, sleeps away his sorrows and has a pretty bad temper. Not to mention his weekend stash of weed. When Jake's murderer dies in prison and Ian is forced to go back to California to face the life he ran away from, Ian soon learns that you cannot outrun your own ghosts. As the ever present memories of Jake surround him and Hansel, a cute news reporter doing an investigative piece on Jake's death, starts to pull at his heart strings, Ian is about to discover that grief delayed is not grief denied.