𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐚 𝟐𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚, 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. - "𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞." - 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃! 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘! - 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐒! #𝟒𝟗 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐓 #𝟖𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐍𝐀𝐏 #𝟑𝟐𝟒 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 #𝟑𝟖𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃

❝Assallam alay-❞ Holy chicken. Hottie alert. Does my veil look sexy? The holy month of Ramadan; a month where Muslims are required to fast, abstain from sins, and connect spiritually with Allah. It's also the month where Paulina Suarez--the practicing, straightforward, biracial Muslimah--tries to avoid acting on her feelings for the goofy baker boy who has been assigned to make food for her break of fast for the next 30 days. 30 days. She just has to endure his heartwarming smiles, sense of humor, and amazing talent in the art of making samosas for 30 days without jumping his bones. ...And without killing that co-worker of his that's just trying to get to him before Ramadan is up. Yep...no pressure at all. *** a/n: so much fluff... you'd probably suffocate. THIS IS AN OLD DRAFT. Featured Under Editors' Picks, April 2021. WINNER OF THE LEBOOK AWARDS (BEST CHICKLIT/HUMOR) 2016 cool cover by Mistalee_

Penny Hale has a lot of items on her checklist before she leaves for college at the end of the summer. The sudden and unexpected return of her childhood, imaginary best friend is not one of them. As it turns out, Leander, Prince of Bees wasn't so imaginary and the beloved town of Sugar Falls is in very real danger. On the weekend of the Brambleberry Festival, the most important weekend of Penny's summer, she's pulled away from the checklist she clings to so dearly and is thrust into a whirlwind of adventure, magic, and romance.

[highest ranking in romance - #3] [highest ranking in teen fiction - #19] "You've built your walls so high no one can climb them. But I'm gonna try." ❧ Lauren Gates is an eighteen year old girl whose past has left her with major trust issues and has caused her to shut out socializing from her life completely. But when she moves with her aunt to a new state, everything starts to change. Logan Williams is popular, good-looking, and determined to help Lauren break out of the shell she's been hiding in for the past three years - no matter what it takes. Somewhere along the way, her feelings for Logan start to develop into something more than she expected. But can she really learn to let go and allow herself to feel this way? Or will she keep holding on to the past?

The Good{Expat}Life is a series of vignettes that can be read as complete short stories or as a whole. Penny and George have embarked on a new life; not only as man and wife (both second timers) but in a new country. When their business goes to the wall they have to make difficult decisions about their retirement plans for moving to Italy where they had invested in an old crumbling property. After much hair pulling, wine drinking and discussions with their trusted friends, Daphne and Roger, they decide to move, lock stock and barrel. The stories are a humorous take on the issues of moving abroad with very little in the back pocket as well as the everyday complications of another language, culture and systems. Penny and George bumble along knocking into the odd expat here and there, collecting a family of stray animals and trying hard to cultivate green fingers to keep the wolf from the door. Would love to hear what you think about The Good Expat Life and a vote if you think it's worth one! Thanks in advance

"You have to beat the words, Marta, beat the stuttering. Learn to speak, to let your voice be heard." After her father's death, all Marta wants to do is hide. Hide from her stuttering. Hide from the world outside her home. Hide from her family who so often reminds her of him. But even Marta realizes she cannot hide forever, and staying hidden gets even harder when her mother decides they are leaving Germany for America. Trying so desperately to cling to her silence, Marta realizes her only relief is writing letters. Until she meets Emma, and the families she is forced to stay with. While the families try to help Marta find her voice; Marta realizes the only way to sail towards her family, is to sail away from her silence.

Luke Adams is everything your girlfriend wants you to be. He's smooth, charming, insanely attractive, and undoubtedly the best guy on the basketball team. He treats dating almost like another homework assignment he's required to complete. Until Emery Scott comes along. A transfer student from Indiana, Emery is quiet, and sweet, and Luke just cannot understand the feeling he gets in his stomach every time Emery walks by. But does Luke actually have the courage to maintain a relationship, especially such a complicated one? boyxboy

NOW A PUBLISHED NOVEL on Amazon. (Find the link on my bio!) ~ a story of four invincible boys who might not be so invincible after all... //an ode to friendship and love// //extended summary inside// ~~ boyxboy ( + pan, demi, aro-questioning, ace, bi, straight characters) *blinks* 🏆 featured by FreeTheLGBT 🏆 featured by ContemporaryLit 🏆 featured by WattpadExplorer - Editors' Choice 🏆 featured by Stories Undiscovered ... spinoff to Akimbo but CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE Warning : contains drama, intense rivalries, family ties and expectations, and definitely unhealthy doses of cars, heartaches and bandages. *facepalm*

Nineteen-year-old Rose Porter-Abe had everything a teen could want, except for a life of her own. The daughter of a fashion designer and an actor, Rose finds herself lost in the long shadow cast by her parents' achievements and expectations, and unable to make friends who aren't simply using her to get close to her family. The solution? Seoul, South Korea. Rose finds herself in a city that never sleeps surrounded by people who don't know her name. Once there, she finds herself torn between childhood crush Yuta, the arrogant Tae-won, and hard-working Si-woo. Can Rose find her path in life and someone to share it with? This story is a sequel to the hugely popular 'There are Many Flowers in Tokyo' and is set in the near future.