❝Never knew loving could hurt this good.❞ When ordinary and boring Sebastian Faze meets Niko Salinger, a boy set on burning his lungs and ruining his future, Sebastian knows his whole life is bound to go somewhere different. This is a tale about two haphazardly irrelevant fucked-up teenage boys in the middle of suburbia trying to make the best of their adolescent angst-ridden years and attempting to navigate through the monotony of their dead-end lives, hoping for a once-in-a-lifetime shot at meaning something. warning: MATURE SCENES.

cover by weirdpurplepanda (Book 6 in the Mafia Series) There was only one time in the life of Brad Thorpe when he could say he fell in love. Unfortunately, that love left him high and dry to become the head of the Zonglovia and because he left, Brad wants nothing to do with him. However, in the end, Brad won't have a choice.

*** COMPLETED *** Sixteen year old Daniel Layman has been bullied since he came out. His best friend and protector Sean, moved to Los Angeles leaving Daniel to fend for himself in Oklahoma City. Along with trying to survive every minute of hell at school, Daniel also has to walk over five miles everyday through the dangerous streets of Oklahoma City, just to get home - where he has to ignore the aggressive men his mother brings home every night. Seventeen year old Ethan Miller has been a member of one of the most dangerous gangs in Oklahoma City since he ran away from the foster care system as a child. When Daniel stumbles onto a turf war between Ethan's gang and their rivals, Ethan saves him. But the more Ethan gets to know Daniel, the more he realizes just how much saving Daniel needs. Cover art: made by me #1 in #boyxboy - May/2020 #2 in #gay - May/2020

One road trip. That was all that it took to tear Zaavan Fleetwood and Vance Dallas's lives apart. It wasn't fair - walls are always built for a reason. The two smoking hot, incredibly athletic rivals were two of the most popular boys at school. If anybody got word of the dark and dirty secrets they were hiding, their lives would be over. But since when was life ever fair? Already on the path to destruction, a newfound battle with sexuality could be the final blow needed to destroy them. That is, if their secrets don't get them first. Because that's the thing with secrets - they tend to get out. ***TRIGGER WARNING! THIS BOOK CONTAINS CERTAIN THEMES ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESSES AND ABUSE THAT MAY BE TRIGGERING OR EXTREMELY UPSETTING.*** Started: April 2018 Completed: May 2019 Edited and re-published: August 2019

Tainted Perfection is a coming of age story about the shared journey of two polar opposites in 1998. Todd Hitcher may seem like the ideal kid any parent could ever wish for - he is smart, humble, and kind to everyone around him. But little do people know, he has a secret, and it is something that may possibly taint society's perfect image of him - he likes it both ways. How long will he be able to keep his secret from the people that matter to him? Tony Summer is trying to make it as an actor. He dropped out of high school and decided to be a hustler as he turns to waitering during the day while pleasuring different men every night in exchange of money to survive. Along with the challenges that life continuously throws at him, he finds himself dealing with a possible reality that may just drive him to the edge. Todd and Tony are two guys with completely different issues, but when everything starts to fall apart, they find themselves needing each other's company to keep their sanity intact. Join them on their way to love and friendship, through despair and challenges that would break lesser men.

If the boy who had everything didn't want to go on, what hope was there for the rest of us? Cover by @soundthealarm

"..and just so you know, old sport, that boy eats hearts." copyright © donnastartt 2016