Natalia Stevens is smart, nice and shy-and this is exactly how everyone sees her. Even day-to-day conversations with friends and classmates are difficult, and guys certainly don't pay her any attention. During her senior year, Nati begins to notice unexpected interactions with her volleyball coach, Alex. Despite the apparent chemistry developing, she struggles to believe there is anything between them. Before she can make sense of it all, volleyball season is winding down, and it appears her mystifying crush will be out of her life for good. Natalia enters university just as socially petrified as she had been in high school, but new experiences with friends, booze and boys open up a surprising world of possibility. She realizes she can talk openly to other people for the first time, and this exhilarating discovery fosters a newfound confidence she thought she might never uncover in herself. Along the roller coaster ride of thrilling and frustrating crash-and-burn encounters with various crushes, however, there is one guy Nati can't seem to shake from her mind.

||A fiery love triangle with a Firefighter, an Arsonist and an Heiress ♡|| Deeply wounded by his mother's betrayal, Harris, a Milwaukee firefighter, doesn't accept human failings, including his own. That's until he saves a redhead from a burning hotel. She is a social influencer Ablaze, and Harris becomes hopelessly infatuated... only to watch Ablaze's 'perfect' but extremely dangerous boyfriend spirit her away to Singapore. Only by doing grand, stupid things in the name of something Harris swore he never wanted - true love - he could free Ablaze from a secret bondage hiding in her own tragic past. First Published: July 3, 2022 Cover art: by @still_just_me

Enora is tired of living in her brother's estate and putting up with the endless stream of suitors her father has arranged for her to meet. Five more days and she will have the freedom to control her own destiny - far away from her domineering family. Only her father has other plans for her when he invites a pocket poor, but land-wealthy nobleman to be her bridegroom. Aaden Cadel hasn't met Enora but he's willing to take her sight unseen as long as he can get his hands on the substantial inheritance her mother left her. But when things don't go according to plan, Enora will face her biggest challenge yet... learning to trust a man long enough for them to work together against a powerful enemy who poses a threat to both their futures. A little magic might help...

-ROMANCE- "You can have anyone you want Mila. I'm not going to stop you." Those words echoed through my head, and wouldn't quit. I wasn't sure who I wanted. A marine couldn't be my future, could he? Loving one was a sure fire way to destine yourself to heartache, they all left Hawaii sooner or later. Still, his hazel eyes haunted me. I wanted to find out if the marine was worth it. Rated Mature for sexual content and violence. Copyright 2023 by KE Jennings, all rights reserved. Cover by JELyrica

Her foot is on the pedal and her head is in the stars. Joy was a Bettie Page styled hottie on a mission. After a chance encounter with Nick Joy finds a kindred spirit but is she just too much for him to handle? Hang on tight, this girl drives as fast as she lives and that's pretty damn fast. She's dangerous, pretty, whip-smart and tough as nails and never lets her guard down...until she meets Nick that is. Will either of them be ready for the road ahead?

A well-meaning guidance counselor tries to help her struggling students. These students all need her help, though they don't know it yet. She calls her idea "The Round Table". The idea is only temporary. Until, it is not. This story is told from the P.O.V of characters who have more in common than they think. Dedicated to anyone who wants a seat at The Round Table. Pull up a chair, all are welcome here.

Maya is caught between a rock and a hard place. Her family of witches are loud, eccentric and downright embarrassing and her classmates in her small village school all view her as a freak. With so much external pressure, how is a girl supposed to figure out who she really is and whether she can handle a future as a village hedge-witch. Sex Education meets Practical Magic meets Detectorists with a cottagecore vibe and an IndieFolk soundtrack.

Setting off alone in a 36-foot sailboat, the Spray, in 1895, Joshua Slocum was first on record to circle the world singlehandedly. Many others have followed with or without crew. They are a special breed for whom the challenge counts more than the accomplishment; Bernard Moitessier completed his nonstop circumnavigation in a 1968 race, but turned around in sight of the finish line in England to return to Tahiti. A Woman at Sea tells of a similarly minded person and her crew. Written in the memoir genre the story includes actual events, but most of it is fictional.

Memories of wars and their sequels are often written by grizzled veterans or pontifying eggheads. This one is a rant, born in experiences of childhood carried into old age. Enjoy the ride and the view, always better from afar.