After a devastating tragedy altered the course of Catherine's life, she found herself standing alone as her world crumbled around her. Since then, she had closed herself off, refusing to let anyone into her heart. She lived her life as if following the rigid lines of a predetermined script, devoid of passion and love. Little did she know, miracles do happen. Love has a way of finding you when you least expect it. A mysterious stranger entered her life, awakening her dormant heart and igniting a yearning for love and connection that she had long thought lost. What the future hold for Catherine? Let's unfold the 'Whisper Destiny"...

They thought the hardest part would be falling in love. They were wrong. Rowan has always known how to commit to the game. Early mornings, bruised knees, silence instead of vulnerability. Loving Lila was the one thing that taught her how to stay, how to choose someone publicly, fiercely, without apology. By the time they graduate, their love feels unbreakable. College changes everything. Suddenly, love lives in time zones and missed calls, in unread texts and games played without the other in the stands. Rowan is drowning in pressure, new expectations, new teammates, the fear that if she slows down, she'll lose everything she's worked for. Lila is learning what it means to stand on her own, to stop shrinking herself for someone she loves. They don't stop loving each other. They just start losing the rhythm. As distance stretches between them, both girls are forced to confront the same question from opposite sides: Is love enough when growing up pulls you in different directions? This is a story about choosing each other again and again, about the quiet moments that hold more weight than grand gestures, about learning when to reach out and when to let go, about loving someone not because it's easy, but because it's worth the work.

This is a mature girlxgirl story. I would highly recommend reading I Hate You & Oh, My, Addison first, however this can be read as a standalone novel. Blaire Felt moved to Oregon State University four years ago after graduating from Kingsley High School. Of course, that meant separating from her best friends just so she could journey by herself in a completely new state. Instead of rejuvenation, Blaire was met with heartache as she walked in on her boyfriend of a year cheating on her with her roommate. Therefore, her friends decide to spoil her on a trip to forget in the city that never sleeps - Las Vegas. Five luxurious days to bond with her friends after years and potentially make some wrong decisions along the way. However, Blaire can't help but cherish the quick moments she had with a gambling stranger at a Blackjack table. Ready to risk it all, even if it meant snubbing her friends a bit - Blaire was determined to find herself during her five days in Vegas, especially if it meant getting to know the beautiful, green-eyed girl that bet way too much money a hand. Because what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas - right?

This is a MATURE girlxgirl story. This can be a standalone novel, but there are characters from my book, I Hate You. Melanie Canon loves the idea of no commitment and no consequences, which is why she feels it necessary to have sex with any attractive person that's willing to play a game of cat and mouse. Because of this, Melanie essentially knows every girl on campus. Which is why Melanie is confused when Addison Cruz, a beautiful girl she had no idea existed, introduces herself one day and offers to have non consequential sex despite never even being kissed. Addison is bold, intelligent, and a tad-bit weird(an understatement). She's not afraid of telling it how it is, and she's definitely not afraid to say anything she was thinking about - whether or not it was appropriate to public ears. And besides - if this girl was offering a sexual relationship without the consequences of love, attachment, and relationships - then why did Melanie feel uncomfortable and guilty about using her? A quirky story revolving around lust, witty remarks, a lot of awkward conversations, and learning that it's okay to be yourself - you won't be disappointed as you follow the love story of how Addison Cruz and Melanie Canon fall in love.

A genderqueer hillbilly and a haunted woman must break a generational curse that has entwined their lives in the abandoned coal-stripped mountains of the Pennsylvania Wilds. *** Desperate to flee a dark past, Finley drives off a cliff and prays to the ancient hemlocks below to catch her fall. But in the abandoned hollows of the Pennsylvania Wilds, everything comes at a price. Tasked by an undead Not-Deer, Finley must find the three talismans that mark the mountain's boundaries in order to break a century old curse, one that has not only haunted the women in her family for generations, but has also bound the supernatural beings to the mountain, including the dead. Fortunately, the handsome genderqueer hillbilly up the road, River Hawthorne, is just as eager [maybe too eager] to break the curse. Together, they navigate the woods where hungry trees walk and other demonic haunts roam, growing closer every moment. But breaking the curse also comes at a price and Finley must decide what freedom is worth when her past comes crawling back through the woods to haunt her. HEARTWOOD blends gothic folk horror with cabincore sapphic romance. Rated Mature for violence, gore, sex, language Content Warnings: body horror, alcohol/drug use, transphobic attack, animal death/hunting, DV/abusive relationships, generational trauma, mentions of suicide & infant death Rankings: 1 in #appalachia 1 in #folkhorror 1 in #transmasc 5 in #gothicromance 8 in #sapphic

Hired by an infamous art collector, an art historian must decide whether to expose a painting's truth or risk everything for the woman who may be deceiving her. * * * * * When Michelina "Mikey" Amato, a struggling art historian, catches the eye of an alluring art collector at auction, sparks instantly ignite between the two women. But Mikey learns the collector is none other than Domenica Fiori, a woman with no maximum bid whose name is synonymous with scandal. Hoping to restore her reputation, Domenica offers to hire Mikey to authenticate a painting in her collection. Mikey sees it as an opportunity to make a name for herself and accepts despite all the whispers of forgery. Working closely alongside Domenica in her secluded Sicilian villa, Mikey starts to see beyond the collector's tarnished and guarded past. But inconsistencies with the painting---and Domenica---create more questions than answers. As Mikey's suspicions begin to grow, so do her feelings for Domenica, threatening to cloud her integrity. When the forgery rumors start to look true, Mikey must decide whether to expose the painting's truth or risk losing everything for the woman who may be deceiving her. #wlw

Beverly Bale spent her entire adult life wrapped in luxury-mansion halls, glittering parties, designer labels, and friends who praised her as long as the champagne flowed. She never imagined how quickly it could all disappear. But when her husband is arrested for a long list of financial crimes, Beverly's world collapses in a single day. Her accounts are frozen. Her mansion is seized. Her so-called friends vanish. And for the first time in her life... she has nowhere to go. The only door left open belongs to the woman the Bale family threw away years ago: Kimmy Walters-Jonathan's younger sister, the outcast daughter who was disowned at sixteen for being gay, and the owner of a small, steady bar built from grief, resilience, and the memory of her late girlfriend. Beverly and Kimmy were never close. They were never meant to be. But desperation pushes Beverly into the tiny apartment above Kimmy's bar, forcing two women with nothing in common to live under the same roof. As Beverly learns how to survive without wealth-how to work, how to try, how to be real-Kimmy starts to see a different woman beneath the designer surface. And Beverly begins to discover a life she never knew was possible: simple, honest, filled with people who care without conditions. But closeness is dangerous. Both women carry wounds, fears, and a past that threatens to pull them apart. And yet... something undeniable grows between them, slow and fragile at first, then impossible to ignore. Beverly may have lost her fortune- but in the ruins of her old life, she might be on the verge of finding something far more priceless. A new self. A new home. And a love she was never supposed to want... yet can no longer imagine living without.

Sometimes the person you've been waiting on... is the one you've been waiting for. "Maybe being seen isn't about who's looking, it's about who never looks away." Jamie Lawrence never planned to spend her twenties waiting tables for Hollywood's elite-especially not serving her biggest crush, Oscar-winning actress Catherine Lane. But one chaotic night, a paparazzi incident turns a polite routine into a secret connection neither of them saw coming. Now Catherine keeps finding excuses to visit the restaurant alone, and Jamie can't tell if she's imagining the sparks... or if the woman she's been waiting on might just be the one she's been waiting for.

Tessa Blake likes things simple: clean layouts, crisp deadlines, and a boyfriend who's been her best friend since college. What she doesn't like? Camden Price-her boyfriend Noah's childhood best friend and living proof that loud, obnoxious energy drinks can take human form. So when Cam crashes their quiet weekend plans with a smug grin and a new girlfriend, Tessa prepares for another evening of pretending to tolerate him. She definitely doesn't expect Harper Rhodes. Harper is calm, self-assured, and infuriatingly observant. An independent photographer with a quiet voice and a sharper lens, she notices things most people miss-including the cracks in Tessa's carefully arranged life. What begins as forced double dates turns into long conversations, unexpected laughter, and a slow unraveling of everything Tessa thought she wanted. As her long-term relationship starts to feel less certain and Harper becomes harder to ignore, Tessa is forced to ask herself: What if the person she can't stand leads her to the person she can't live without? Sometimes your "plus one" is the one.

Lena Carver has everything under control-except her dream. As the no-nonsense manager of Rosebay Resort, one of the crown jewels in the Sinclair Hotels empire, Lena has dedicated the past six years to keeping five-star chaos in check. Between demanding guests, last-minute weddings, and her spirited four-year-old niece she's helping raise, Lena's got zero time for distractions-especially not the high-heeled, high-maintenance kind. Enter Avery Sinclair. She's the hotel chain's heiress and a walking HR warning with a trust fund and something to prove. After being sent to "oversee" Rosebay-aka get exiled from corporate HQ-Avery is determined to turn the location into the most profitable in the company. Her plan is simple: maximize revenue, impress Daddy, and earn the CEO title. Her plan does not include clashing with the sarcastic, infuriatingly competent hotel manager who seems allergic to authority and perfectly capable of running the entire empire on her own. What starts as a battle of wills quickly spirals into something much messier: unexpected teamwork, flirty banter, steamy tension in the linen closet, and the kind of feelings that don't come with a corporate playbook. In a place where professionalism is key and romance is strictly off the clock, falling in love might just be the biggest disaster of all. Welcome to The Last Resort-where ambition checks in, sparks fly, and hearts are the messiest rooms to clean.