(STORY IS 18+ AND CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT) While helping her brother, John B Routledge, search for the missing gold from The Royal Merchant ship, Alana Routledge finds herself on the side of the road, face down with her friends while a masked man points the barrel of a gun down her face. Fear should strike her but instead... This mysterious masked man piques her interest. Every dark romance novel she has ever read has led her right to this moment with Kildare's biggest drug dealer. How will she balance the good girl image she's maintained, finding the gold with her brother, and sneaking around with Barry? Especially after she agrees to be his fake girlfriend to attend his mother's gala in New York City. (ALL CHARACTERS ARE AGED UP DUE TO CONTENT PURSPOSES AND SOME STORYLINES HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO FIT THE STORYLINE)

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 , after a decade apart, Hollywood actor Drew Starkey returns to his hometown and unexpectedly crosses paths with Cameron Jade, now the newly appointed Editor-in-Chief of Vanity Fair magazine. Once inseparable childhood best friends turned first loves, they shared a deep, undeniable connection until life pulled them in opposite directions. They broke up after high school, chasing their dreams and leaving their past, and each other, behind. Now, forced together by their meddling mothers, the reunion is anything but smooth. Cameron is caught off guard by Drew's return, and despite the years apart, the tension between them is undeniable. Drew feels himself slipping back into the past, the way Cameron's laughter once felt like home, the way she always understood him better than anyone else. But while he is drawn to the familiarity of what they had, Cameron is hesitant, afraid to reopen wounds that never fully healed. As they navigate familiar streets and old memories, late-night conversations turn into something deeper, and the line between past and present begins to blur. But with Drew's life still rooted in Hollywood and Cameron's career just taking off, they must face the question they avoided all those years ago. Is love worth the risk, or are they destined to remain a beautiful what-if? DREW STARKEY X ORIGINAL CHARACTER ➸ social media, traditional ➸ lowercase intended ⊱ 03.19.2025 - 04.06.2025 ⊰ - 2025 @THECLARADIARIES