Everyone who works within the New York Warriors organization knows that star player August Fletcher refuses to talk to most people...and especially team reporters. All except Quinn Castle, that is. Quinn doesn't know why the broody football player has singled her out, but she knows she doesn't like it-not when being around him and his hot gazes makes her feel like she might accidentally do something that risks her career. So when August unexpectedly retires, Quinn can't help but feel relieved...until she finds herself with a new assignment: spend the summer in August's hometown on Evergreen Isle and write a flashy retirement piece on the Warrior's biggest star. It would be easy enough...if it weren't for the team's secret agenda: convince August to return to New York. It would be easy enough...if it weren't her job on the line if she doesn't see it through. It would be easy enough...if it weren't for the heat in August Fletcher's eyes.

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

SEQUEL TO BROKEN VOWS ATHENA and ROMERO have been through their ups and downs. As friends, as partners and now they are back to the beginning. With the death of a loved one Athena is doing everything she can so her children have a better future. But will old feelings resurface? Will she accept and forgive Romero? Will they become a perfect family? Keep reading to find out

"The feelings that hurt the most, the emotions that sting the most are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for whatever was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world's existence. All these half-tones of the soul's consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are" - Fernando Pessoa Maya and her twin, Charlotte, made arrangements to come live in Hood River under new identities - Miriam and Charlie. They arrived intending to have a clean slate, a fresh new start and life - something that they hadn't had properly until now. It was the perfect escape from their past, one they want to keep hidden and locked out of their lives. But the more they stay, the harder it is to keep their secrets hidden. Maya, especially, will struggle with the consequences that trauma has left in her. Will they be able to fit in and adapt to their new life? Caius is the town's famous bad boy. Due to his past, he has learnt to put up a tough and cold front, and he doesn't care about anything or anyone, with a few exceptions. Having everything at his feet because of his good looks doesn't help either. But that's only until a certain brunette catches his eye, this new girl who arrives in town with her twin sister. He's hell-bent on knowing more about her, but all she wants is to be left alone. Will Caius be able to bring her walls down? How will things go when he learns about Maya's demons? They are in for one hell of a ride, especially when their secrets start to come out and their past starts to catch up with them. 🥈 - Teen Fiction at Rose Gold Awards 2021 🥉 - Teen Fiction at Blue Moon Awards 2021