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Like a Best Friend | ✓ by ellecarrigan
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Kitty Cohen and Felicity Campbell are soulmates. Fliss has been sure of this ever since they shared a room their freshman year of college, when their friendship emerged fully-formed the moment they met. They've seen it all together: disastrous house shares; shitty post-grad apartments; too many relationships to count. Now everything's about to change. Kitty is getting married and Fliss didn't think she'd be this heartbroken. Levi's a nice guy. He understands his fiancée's friendship, and he and Fliss get along just fine, but he's just a guy. He isn't special enough for Kitty. But then a shaken Kitty turns up on Fliss's doorstep a few weeks before the big day: the wedding is off. Fliss didn't think she would be so relieved to hear that. Weird. The honeymoon is all paid for, though, so Kitty has a proposition: a girls' trip to Las Vegas, just the two of them and two weeks of drinking and overheating and exploring everything Sin City has to offer. Why not, right? Fliss has barely left the east coast and it's about time she took advantage of her company's unlimited PTO. It'll be nice to have an uninterrupted vacation with her favorite person. Then they get to their all-expenses-paid honeymoon suite and the hotel thinks they're married and it's easier to go along with it than explain the situation. It's not like it matters, right? It's a bit of fun. Until, slowly but surely, Fliss realizes her feelings are more than platonic. Maybe they always have been. And now she's stuck sharing a bed with her best friend, who is pretending to be her wife. © Elle Carrigan 2023
Cruel Summer | ✓ by ellecarrigan
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When Charlie Miller loses her job the week before both her roommates move to California, she decides it's time to get out of Texas. But with her bank account embarrassingly empty and her newly divorced parents living thousands of miles apart, she doesn't know where to go. And then she remembers Fisher. The small lakeside town in Idaho where she spent every summer until she was eighteen at her uncle's cabin. It's the last place she was truly happy, so the day Gaby and Tay move out, Charlie packs up her car and embarks on the 1,800-mile drive. She has no idea what to expect when she gets there: her uncle sold the cabin six years ago, after all, and the last time she was there she was surrounded by her cousins. This time around she is alone, and she is lonely. When she revisits the old cabin, it's pure nostalgia. Until she is caught by the neighbor. Who just happens to be the most beautiful woman Charlie has ever seen. She is smitten, instantly, and all of a sudden her trip to Fisher has a purpose. The only problem: Lou is almost twenty years older, she has a teenage daughter, and Charlie's pretty sure she's straight. But the more time they spend together, the less sure Charlie is, and when a freak event throws them together, there's only one way to find out. After all, she's only here for two weeks and then she has to figure her life out. She has nothing left to lose. © Elle Carrigan 2023
𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 by thepastelphoenix_
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❝ a tale of hate, heat and healing.❞ •••• Did you ever feel like punching someone in the face, with a brick, repeatedly? That's exactly how Adele Hadwin felt everytime she met Tyler Scott. Tyler Scott- He was exactly what you'd call a swoon-worthy bad boy of the University. His ever so striking green eyes and godly face was what fascinated most of the people. His charismatic charm or that troublesome smirk he always sported, bewitched nearly every girl, except one-Adele Hadwin or just 'Hadwin' as Tyler would prefer calling her, a moniker that seemed to dance on the edge of their complicated dynamic. Adele Hadwin- An unassuming university student with a dash of quirkiness who held an unwavering hatred for both the concept of love as well as Tyler Scott. She wasn't affected by Tyler's charms since she would rather prefer puking or slapping that goddamn smirk Tyler's or how Adele would call him- Jerk's face off. Adele and Tyler were like two sides of a magnet. But time proves to be working on something neither of them expects. Piece by piece, one trouble at a time, they grow closer causing some secrets & some reasons that were dug inside, to unravel. Things begin to turn up when they to get to know each other in a way they never did. As they get down to be familiar with their feelings-Drama, adventure, mistakes, betrayal awaits them and it's never pleasant. Would these rivals actually ever fall in love? Could they walk past the minacious events that were in store for them? Maybe, maybe not. Because both of them were caught up between strong minds and FRAGILE HEARTS. (Ongoing & unedited)
Dirty, Dirty Liars [Mature] by Orchid_27
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The strip of non-tattooed skin fell from his neck down to the fly he unfastened. "Do I scare you?" "No." "I should." . . . After a salacious event makes her want to leave home, Mina takes a traveling nurse position as far away as possible: Tokyo. In a different country with a different name, lies protect her from her past. Placed in an apartment near a Yakuza base, she meets Ryuzo, an alluring and disillusioned member of the criminal organization. As the two grow closer, Ryuzo admits he is trying to free himself of his gang ties. Mina vows to help him, but when she discovers his true identity, she realizes she isn't the only dirty, dirty liar. . . . Content Warning: This story is intended for mature audiences only. This story contains frequent cursing, explicit sexual content, mild violence, and mentions of drug use.
Situationship [Wattpad Version] by Orchid_27
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Heath and Teagan only agree on one thing: they don't want to be in a relationship. Teagan, who is busy finishing her law degree, needs a break from the stress of living up to her parents' expectations. Heath is following his passion and starting his career as a physical therapist, but his family's drama is tearing his life apart behind the scenes. As members of the same friend group, Heath and Teagan will be around each other plenty during wedding season, whether they like it or not. With no time or desire to date, the two come to an agreement: pre-scheduled hookups through the summer or until something real comes along. A situational relationship, otherwise known as a situationship. Their arrangement seems perfect. If their past doesn't come back to bite them.
Never Mine (Book One) by BrittNLeigh
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**Completed** Colby Byers and Wyatt Matheson shared an enviable love-at least, until that fateful day. Torn apart by tragedy, the stubborn ex-lovers struggle to come to terms with their desire for one another, while reconciling their feelings with their tumultuous past. Never Mine intertwines snapshots of the onetime paramours' history with the present day rekindling of their love. A dual perspective contemporary romance. **Winner of the Completed YA Book Awards** | **Winner of The Fic Awards in Teen Fiction** | **Winner of Work of the Month April 2017 in The Ginger Twin's Review Book** | **Winner of Shoot For the Stars Weekly Awards in week 5** | **Winner of The Indigo Awards for Best Cover in Chicklit** | **Second place in The Wolder Awards in Chicklit** | ** Runner up in the Your LOVE Awards in Round 1**
The Billionaire's Sweet Trouble by sweetdreamer33
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After a hot-headed playboy billionaire stands her up for a career-making interview, blogger Sweet vows to ruin his reputation. The only catch? It requires her to strike a fake-dating deal with the enemy. Standalone in The Billionaire's Sweet Trouble series *** When sensational blogger and small-town farmer's daughter Sweet Treble promises her publisher an exclusive interview with notorious Greek billionaire Sebastian Stavrakos, she knows she's on the precipice of getting everything she's ever wanted. That is, until Sebastian stands her up not once, not twice, but three times, and she decides to sour his reputation to get even. Sinfully handsome Sebastian grew up with the keys to his family's business empire, but a string of playboy antics have him on thin ice with his parents. When Sweet goes on live TV to expose his behaviour, what starts as a missed interview spirals into a media storm that threatens the CEO position he's spent his entire life hedging for. Sebastian has his eyes set on revenge. Sweet has her heart set on karma. But as their plans backfire, they decide to strike an outrageous deal: fake date for the media, repair Sebastian's reputation, and write an exclusive that will launch Sweet's first book to the bestseller list. But what happens when the fiery hatred between them grows into something more? And when Sweet's high school sweetheart, Jace, returns to town, how will she choose between the comfortable good guy and the enticing bad boy? Can revenge turn into romance, or will the playboy get a taste of his own medicine? Cover designed by Louise de Ramos
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐘 (#6, Second Chance Series) by byMegFischer
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Passionate know-it-all Claire Atwood swore off anything but casual dating. The twenty-nine-year old sommelier's had her share of messy breakups and doesn't think anybody is worth the effort. Venue manager Lucas Garrett is adored by every event planner and vendor in a twenty-mile radius, and it drives Claire nuts. Yet every time they are thrown together, he occupies her thoughts for weeks. Levelheaded but playful Lucas isn't concerned with romance at this point in life. After exiting a six-year-relationship with his college girlfriend last year, he's focusing on his career, his life, and his family. Claire doesn't want to fall in love. She doesn't even like Lucas. She's happy being perfectly lonely. 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, workplace romance
Catch Me by sweetdreamer33
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After overcoming a traumatic heartbreak as a teenager, Chloe struggled to grow up and establish her career, but after years of work, her life finally feels like it's back on track. That is, until her ex-boyfriend, Iñigo, shows back up in her life. ***** Five years ago, Chloe Petrakis was badly hurt when her boyfriend, Iñigo Monteiro, broke up with her, and the worst part was that he had no shame doing it on her sixteenth birthday. It was a slap in the face, and took her years to overcome the heartbreak. But that's all behind her now-she's matured into a beautiful young woman, and learned her lesson. That is, until her ex returns. With a new man already in her life, can Chloe keep Iñigo from ruining yet another one of her relationships, or better yet... does she even want to? [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro