Everyone says that healing is a personal journey- that you must be self-sufficient and independent... but well- historically that just does not happen. Healing has always been done by or with a community. So, when River and Amelia are constantly pushed together by their friends- as they clash and then work to form a friendship that turns into so much more- what happens when maybe the path to healing is not so simple as ticking off Amelia's self-care checklist, what happens when both Amelia and River find themselves needing each other in more ways than one? Relationships sustain us, but they also destroy us. Can both find the trust that they need to love each other healthily?

After a year and a half of trying to move on from the what-ifs, the tides have pulled Alexandra Rivera and Zachariah Kim back together again. ***** In the heart of Hawai'i, Alex finds an instant connection when she meets her best friend Emmie's new boyfriend at a party. And even as the relationship becomes strained, their friendship continues to grow until Alex finds herself stuck between the two people she loves the most. Though she learns how hard it is to balance these two relationships, especially after Emmie and Zach's relationship ends, they dive deeper and deeper into the depths of their secrets until their lies pull them under. After everything falls apart and Zachariah moves away for a year and a half, he returns and Alexandra's life is shaken up because he's not the only one back in town. With Zachariah and Emmie both returning to O'ahu, Alex is forced to reconcile what she wants out of life, and who she wants to be. » 2021/2022 wattys shortlist » editor's pick « » featured on @ContemporaryLit, @NewAdult, @StoriesUndiscovered, @Romance, @WattpadAsianFiction, @WattpadEmpowered «

The broken can never be healed. The same weak cracks will always be there no matter how hard you wish for them to fade. I am facing more grief than I can handle at the moment. Then add on my new professional hockey career and the fact that my biggest nightmare might walk free in a few months, and you get a piece of glass about to shatter into a million unsalvageable pieces. Here's to hoping everything doesn't fall apart, because there's no waking up from my fall.

"You have yourself convinced you don't want me, but that changes as soon as my head's between your legs." "Not everything is about sex, no matter how much I like you between my legs." "Says the girl who sleeps in my arms every night to feel safe." *** Danielle Riley has big shoes to fill. Between the expectations imposed by the people in the men's professional hockey world and the unintentional pressures set by her sister in-law, Danny has one goal: become the first woman in the NHL. For that to happen, everything has to go perfectly but Danny's life is far from perfect. A haunted past and estranged family makes her life hard long before Beckett Sampson comes into play. With a new captain from a rival college, whom Danny has already crossed one too many lines with, senior year of college just got a lot harder. One more year until the draft. One more year until everything comes together or shatters into a million shards of ice. ***Spin off of the Contronym series. Can be read as a stand alone, but has Contronym and Synonym spoilers.***

When you go to a funeral, you expect three things: 1: Getting too emotional 2: Accepting a lot of empty apologies 3: Doing something stupid What you don't expect, is a runaway bride jumping into your car and demanding you drive away as her frantic family and very angry groom chase after her. #3 for Archer Calloway was listening to the crazy-eyed bride, Rosie Keller. But as the two take a pit stop at a bar to work out what had just occurred, a couple of generous strangers buy them a drink. And then another. And then another... all to celebrate their "marriage". And thus, the faux newlyweds decide to take advantage of their strange situation, and see how far they can take this unexpected, and hopefully fully-funded, honeymoon. Not to mention, it would just be such a shame to let that road trip from Seattle to New York City- that's already planned out and paid for- just go to waste. Because what harm can they cause that they haven't already?

What would you do if you spent the perfect day with someone in a deserted park? What if for you it was love at first sight? What if that special person suddenly disappears but not before letting you know that he will be present at the last dance of the year in France. Rafael never told Alissa that he was a prince. With the council bearing down on him he is given ten days to choose a queen or risk losing his rightful place on the throne. Alissa never meant to get caught up in a royal affair but somehow finds herself smack in the middle of it. Will Alissa stick around long enough to get to know Rafael? Will she be the one he chooses? And most importantly will she choose him? Highest rank on what's hot list: #41- reign #99- choices #451 in chicklit. #858 in humour

❝ suddenly i'm drowning in the things i never told you.❞ A story where a seventeen year old girl moves into a new town to try and escape her tragic past, only to be presented with yet another tragic beginning. Thalia Lively goes through grief, heartbreak, sadness but also finds happiness, love, and family. Things she thought she had lost forever; things she believed she didn't deserve to have again. When she gets a fresh start, she's left with two options; continue to push everyone away or she can put herself at risk once more and take a leap at being vulnerable, just to find what she had once lost. ✵ | Featured 09.19.17 | © 2018 @highfairyy All rights reserved.

❝First love's leave imprints on the heart.❞ When highschool sweethearts Elle and Brady meet ten years later on a train ride to Seattle , will they get off together or go their separate ways? Copyright © imaanwrites_ 2020

|| a featured story || Aurora never planned on spending her final month alive falling in love. When she meets Gus, a curious boy who is all too eager to waste away the days with her, she finds herself trading in her month of solitude for a month with him instead. Under the summer sun, they promise each other a forever they don't have. All they have is August, and they try to make it enough. [Features a commissioned bonus chapter for the JCPenny #DreamPromposal contest] __________________________ Alex Light © All rights reserved 2018