When she comes to school sick and sneezes on the notorious 'bad girl', Avery's attempts at being a wallflower backfire. *Disclaimer: This book was written and completed before the coronavirus pandemic. The author does not endorse sneezing on people. *

There's only two things keeping Almenira going in her gilded cage that is the mind-numbingly boring suburban town of Melhearst: The copious amount of stars she can see in the night sky and the breathtaking blue in her beautiful, way-beyond-her-league-and-age, neighbor's eyes. As Almenira begins to grow closer to the woman who lives across the street, cracks begin to appear on what seems to be a facade and she can't help but wonder if she's fallen in love with a carefully crafted character who just may be the villain. If so, she's determined to find out exactly who the woman is and most importantly, if she's still willing to love her. //Rated M//

Thalia has always hated Donna..... making her the perfect business partner. No wires would be crossed and nothing would get out of hand..... so she thought. Trying to gain the attention of her best friend, Thalia creates a fake relationship with her arch nemesis in hopes to spark jealousy, regret, and a new relationship. Everything is going according to plan until a forgotten past comes to present and new feelings start to blossom. Thalia never planned on it, it just happened. ----- (Rewrite) Any old readers from the old IJH, this is a new story with new plot lines and characters not just rewritten edited chapters. Don't enter with the same mindset as the last book for this book is different and improved. Enjoy :)

Twenty-seven year old Milan Montgomery has to work for the best female lawyer in Chicago to build her career. However, it's a hard thing to do when your boss happens to be the coldest person you've ever met. And it's even harder when you find yourself crushing on her. Not to mention, said boss happens to be in her forties... ~~

I never thought that I'd think a person was refreshing, and I'm not talking about that, 'I just took a drink of cold water after playing outside all day long' type of refreshing. I'm talking about the feeling of fresh bedroom sheets that hug you into them as you lay yourself down to sleep. The type of refreshing satisfaction you feel getting to watch your favorite athlete lead in the top spot on a comeback tour. The sensation of smelling the air on the first morning of fall, and feeling the leaves crunch beneath your feet as the breeze says hello, bringing it all full circle for you. Or even the visibility of elated excitement over a forgotten childhood memento that shifts you back into your younger self and your favorite memory. I truly never thought I'd think like that. My brain is hardwired a certain way and I didn't think it ever possible to think even a small sliver of what most people would consider normal. ©️ All Rights Reserved.

book cover creds: @shootmejade on pinterest Tristian Liao and Natasha Best have never seen eye to eye since the 7th grade. Tristian was a ticking time bomb, along with her inability to control her temper. Natasha took her last name too seriously, and she always got a rise out of Tristian's anger. They competed against each other in everything, it was almost like an addiction. This continued up until the end of their senior year when they graduated. They parted ways and didn't speak to each other since. That was of course until the middle of Natasha's freshman year of college, when she stumbled upon a familiar face in her communications class. She was already aware of all the students who attended her evening lesson, but she couldn't believe her eyes. She couldn't believe that Tristian Liao sat in the last seat beside hers. Their constant head bumping and bickering sprung up again, to say the least, but so were old feelings that were never brought up to anyone's attention. When one's plans of revenge begin to set in motion, can they follow through without falling in love again? September 2023 -

An art thief teams up with an unlikely ally in order to track down a bloodthirsty artist before she becomes the killer's next muse. * * * * * After serving time in a foreign prison for art theft, Kirby McKinley returns home only to be tempted by one last heist. And this time, the job is personal. But the simple heist goes awry when she pushes her luck and runs into the museum's gorgeous artist-in-residence, who is reconstructing a forensic facial sketch from a mysterious skull. Before the two can part ways, they stumble upon the rest of the body, posed as the subject in a painting Kirby knows far too well. More bodies begin to show up in twisted tableaus, entangling Kirby in a murder mystery that forces her to confront secrets that were never buried with her dead ex-girlfriend. But the forensic artist also has a few mysteries of her own and they must work together to track down the killer before Kirby becomes the muse in the final composition.

Dead skeevy art collector. Vengeful ex-girlfriend(s). and a suspect on the run. *Book Two can be read as a stand-alone, but does contain spoilers for Book One* Having barely escaped Bay City alive, Kirby is ready for il dolce far niente in a quaint Sicilian town, hidden far away from murderers, the FBI, and her ex-girlfriend's mafia family... with the occasional, trivial art heist here and there to keep her busy. But when a nearby gallery lands a monumental art exhibition, Kirby can't resist attending the opening night, hoping she'll run into Desirae, the FBI agent who helped save her ass back in the States. As usual, Kirby gets more than what she bargained for. Desirae isn't the only ex-girlfriend to show up. After being left in Bay City to take the fall for an old art heist, Artemisia is out for blood. Caught in a dangerous love triangle, Kirby flees from the gallery to the home of her new handler, a Russian art collector who has ties to the Bratva. But instead of Georgiy Petrov opening the door, a beautiful stranger welcomes her inside and offers her refuge for the night from her ex-girlfriends. But by morning, Kirby is waking up beneath an empty wall where a Caravaggio painting had been hanging and next to her in bed is a cold, bloody body. With Interpol hot on her trail, Kirby will have to rely on her vengeful ex-girlfriends to help her find out the truth of what happened that night. But Kirby soon learns, finding a killer takes a killer. And deadly desire will either bring them all together---or tear them apart. Heads will roll in this Skullduggery sequel. #ONC2024