🌊 This is the early draft of Rosehaven Secrets. The published edition is available now in ebook & paperback. Rosehaven seems like the perfect seaside escape-quiet streets, familiar faces, and lives shaped by routine. But beneath its calm surface, change is coming, and no one is as settled as they pretend. When author Ximena Gaytan arrives determined to focus on her work and leave her past behind, she never expects to become part of the town itself. Drawn into an unexpected circle of friendships, she finds her carefully guarded independence challenged by people who refuse to keep their distance. For reserved math professor Greg Walker, an unexpected discovery reshapes everything he thought he knew about family. Car mechanic Jaden Stone is determined to move beyond old mistakes, while cook Charlie Monroe learns that healing and love rarely follow a straight path. Fairgrounds manager Brian Connor carries the weight of legacy and responsibility, and candy maker Lewis Redmont fights to rebuild stability for the sons he loves. As relationships deepen and emotions grow complicated, buried truths resurface, loyalties are tested, and unsettling events suggest Rosehaven's secrets are far from buried. Here, love arrives quietly, and second chances take courage.

[Wattpad Editor's Pick] [Featured on Wattpad's Fresh Reads List September] When her father is murdered by a police officer and her mother turns to alcohol for comfort, young Keila Sheldon finds herself in the clutches of the foster care system. Scared and alone, she is forced to adapt to an unfamiliar world. Nine years later - hardened by life and living with a family determined to win her over - she receives an unexpected letter from her mother that sparks a journey of healing. Months away from aging out, Keila must decide whether to leave Sheila in her past or welcome her into her future. With a crazy ass cousin in her ear and a handsome stranger fighting for her attention, Keila has her hands full. Follow her as she attempts to navigate life and love after the tragic loss of life as she knew it. 🏆 1st Place Winner (Teen-Fiction): Net Monthly Awards for September

Ashley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way. Then all of a sudden, they're thrown together and despite their destructive past, they're forced to overcome their differences. It's time for Ashley to stop running away from his death glares, blank stares and that spine-chilling scowl that reminds her just how little he cares. Driven by a whirlwind of secrets, a class assignment and midnight walks into the past, things should start working out. But then fate kicks in; hard-hitting and soul-crushing. It's a fight-or-flight situation, a reincarnation of her past, a chance for him to right the wrongs he did by her. A second chance is like giving someone an extra bullet for their gun after they missed you the first time round. So here's Tyler's gun. Here's Ashley's heart. And here's to their second chance, however hopeless it may seem.

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