For the first time in eighteen years, the Stafford twins are going their separate ways. While Sadie is content with staying in their small town on Manitoulin Island, forgoing university to take on an available apprenticeship at a local garage, Lauren can't wait to leave. Spreading her wings, she jets off to the east coast for her freshman year at Dalhousie, ready to experience everything university life has to offer. Both twins know adjusting to the distance will be hard, but neither could've imagined the struggles they'd face when they don't have the other to lean on. *This story has been selected as one of the Top 10 entries to the Wattpad x CBC Incubator*

One minute you're at the top of your game, and the next, you receive a hit that knocks your skates out from underneath you. Still reeling after an unexpected loss, Ryan Nyberg not only finds himself back in his beachside hometown of Neptune Bay, but a guardian to his 6-year-old nephew. As he slowly begins to learn the ins and outs of what it means to be a parent, he begins to reconnect with Sloane Montgomery, a local woman from his past. Both dealing with grief and their new familial responsibilities, the pair quickly find comfort in one another; there's only one problem - Ryan isn't sticking around once the summer ends. The brewing chemistry between them, however, didn't seem to get the memo.

As an accountant, Dylan Reed's life revolves around revenues and expenses. Until a trivial encounter brings him and a free spirited surfer named Penny Campbell together. Spontaneous, energetic and lively, Penny shows Dylan that there is more to life than just numbers. When an accident takes away Penny's vision, the tables turn. Suddenly vulnerable, the formerly radiant surfer isolates herself from the rest of the world, including Dylan. As the girl he has come to love becomes a shell of her past self, Dylan takes it upon himself to help Penny discover the beauty of life from a whole new perspective.

Abby and Owen, dated for 2 years in high school. He was older and her brothers best friend so they kept it secret. When Owen graduated, he thought it best to let her have her last high school years like everyone deserved to. Having fun, living life, and learning who she was on her own. They both planned on being together again, but life had other plans. Now years after the last time they had seen each other, they are back under the same roof and secrets and surprises are flowing. Will they be able to finish what they started so many years ago? Or will the things that happened while they were apart be too much to close the deal?

*Can be read as a stand-alone, but will make more sense if you read Small Town Lights first. Maddy's senior year of college is something she has looked forward to for so long. But choosing the wrong guy leads her back to her childhood best friend. Will he be able to help her through her biggest fear being realized? Will he stay by her side, even though he isn't obligated to?

You have read her parent's story, now its time for her to tell her own. Ivy Bellandini is the oldest daughter of Capo Vincent Bellandini. She has spent her life trying to live up to what her father would want in the next Capo but her twin brother is next in line according to the old ways even though she believes she is tougher than him and every other man in the family except her father. Max Ricci was sent away to Italy at the age of 16 for training. Before he left, he had fallen for the wrong girl... At least in most people's eyes. Spending his days training to be the best assassin in the family and his nights thinking about her, hoping one day to see her again, he ends up turning into someone he doesn't recognize. Will Ivy be able to? This is the 3rd book in the Taking Her Home Series. Can be read as a stand alone.

❝I want to worship you like a queen. Every fucking day. And use you like my little slut. Every fucking night. Together, we can set the world on fire. Just to watch our enemies burn. Mark my words, their inferno will be forged into your paradise.❞ *** What happens when two villains fall in love? As a girl, she was taken from her happy home, held captive in shadows, and broken in darkness. After surviving hell, she's the monster to be feared now. As a boy, he watched them kill his parents and destroy his family. After losing everything, revenge isn't enough, he's coming for their kingdom and crown. When their paths collide in the midst of a mafia war, together, Rosa Lenoir and Cristiano Massera take the world by storm, setting it aflame to watch their enemies burn. *** Book Two in the Devil's Playground Series. It can be read as a stand-alone novel.

Lady Wortham calls me the Widow of Winslow and Peak. Never to my face, only in hushed tones, and always with conspiring eyes peering over the rim of a pretty lace fan. "I heard she killed Mr. Winslow on their wedding night." To her credit, this is partially true. Mr. Thomas Winslow was, indeed, my first husband, and the poor man did, indeed, die on our wedding night.

Everybody has a story. Events that lead up to where you are now, who you are now. Some peoples experiences in life are happy, filled with joy and growth. And some of us have had it so rough that we can't even remember a time where there was light. We are not even sure it was there to begin with. An endless abyss of darkness so suffocating it consumes every part of your existence itself,until there isn't one spot left untouched. This is a story of two fûçked up kids who explored each other's deepest darkest realities and gave each other a spark of hope. A story of learning to love each other, but most importantly loving and accepting themselves. But is all love meant to last forever? - Andrea Martínez has gone through life, not living but surviving. With a father who went off to fight a war and never came back. To a mother who couldn't bare losing the love of her life and turned to drugs to fill the void he left in her heart. An older brother who tried his best to be enough to raise his little sister, and comes back home with scratches, bruises, and bloody knuckles. All she has ever known is that life isn't fair and you have to deal with the cards you were dealt. She knows not to trust anyone and never get attached. So, what happens when she finally had enough of not knowing where her brother goes off to and follows him? What happens when she starts doing what she loves and meets Marco Rodriguez, the man who instill fear in all his opponents in the ring? Will he break down her walls and see beyond the stoic, problematic , loner girl everyone else see's? Will she be able to accept him for who he is? With his anger issues, tendency to self sabotage, and secrets? Will they teach each other how to love? With a looming threat over Andreas head, will their love be strong enough to get through it? And if it is, will the threat rob them of their happy ending? ‼️ ⚠️ WARNING THIS IS MATURE IT CONTAINS SUBJECTS SUCH AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE, FIGHTING, SUICIDE, AND SEX

❝𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬?❞ ❝𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.❞ *** Her name is Athena Rose. She grew up in a trailer park. She's an outcast. A bad girl. His name is Cruz Recker. He grew up in a mansion. He's a golden boy. A star athlete. Athena and Cruz go to the same school, but they want nothing to do with each other. Fate has other plans. When Athena's aunt gets engaged to Cruz's dad, their lives become chaotically entwined as stepcousins-to-be, and love finds a way against all rhyme and reason.