Passionate know-it-all Claire Atwood swore off anything but casual dating. The twenty-nine-year old sommelier's had her share of messy breakups and doesn't think anybody is worth the effort. Venue manager Lucas Garrett is adored by every event planner and vendor in a twenty-mile radius, and it drives Claire nuts. Yet every time they are thrown together, he occupies her thoughts for weeks. Levelheaded but playful Lucas isn't concerned with romance at this point in life. After exiting a six-year-relationship with his college girlfriend last year, he's focusing on his career, his life, and his family. Claire doesn't want to fall in love. She doesn't even like Lucas. She's happy being perfectly lonely. 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, workplace romance

An ongoing book of all bonus chapters from the Second Chance Series. Known from the Start Hold Me Close Hold Me Tighter Hold Me Forever Pena Bright Eyes Perfectly Lonely

Ariella never saw Mike like a brother; she only loved his goofball personality and flair for creativity. Mike never dreamed that bubbly and fierce Ariella would be interested in him. Once she confesses she's crushed on him for years, Mike staunchly refuses to accept this could be his reality. Is it too late for them to fall in love? *** Mike Morrison spends more than half of his time at his best friend Luke Garrett's house. His emotionally neglectful parents leaves him craving stability, and the Garett's love Mike like their own. Adorable Mike always has a joke and a serious talent for bringing the imaginative ideas swirling in his head to life with striking sketches. Luke might be Mike's brother, but Ariella Garrett has never been like Mike's sister. Bubbly and bright, she puts a smile on everybody's face with her cheerful personality and famous baked goods. As Mike prepares to leave for college, she confesses her feelings for him. She wants to date, but he maintains Ariella is too good for him. As time passes, he finds his friend harder to resist, but he's certain he will break her heart. Can the two find love before things completely fall apart? 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Redemption, friends to lovers, brother's best friend, found family. ******* "You know what?" I demand, spinning on my heel. "Need I remind you of how many times you left me?" He turns around, his jaw clenched. "We agreed to take time apart and see other people," he says, tears in his eyes. He wipes his eyes, and his voice breaks "Not fucking fall in love!" "I waited for you all summer!" I'm so upset I feel like shoving him. "You stopped responding." "Because I got sick of begging you to pay attention to me!" "So you decide to just forget everything we had?" ⚠️ Sexually mature scenes and language.

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐀𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 Newly engaged couple Sierra and Nick were eager to graduate college and move in together-finally starting their happily ever after. But life isn't as easy as they hoped. Sierra's best friend Brian warned her on the night Nick proposed that getting married so young was a mistake. Will they make it, or are they already doomed? This book is the second in the Second Chance series, picking up after Hold Me Close ends. Most chapters under 18-20 pages 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: young marriage, trauma, first love, stalker, the power of family ******* Sierra Carr never imagined marriage as something she wanted. That was before her senior year of college-before Nick Garrett detonated her life-and joining his incredible family makes accepting Nick's marriage proposal a no-brainer decision. On the night of their engagement, Sierra's best friend Brian warned her getting married so young was a mistake, and they've barely spoken since. A once unbreakable friendship crumbled into the friends feigning indifference at every turn. When past trauma literally stalks back into Sierra's life, a wall forms between the couple. As independent people, Nick and Sierra aren't used to answering for their time and whereabouts. Everything they've built threatens to crumble.

Undeniably charming Brian Peña fell hard for cunning Lauren Garrett his senior year of college, but Lauren harbors a huge secret that could destroy everything they've built. ****** Never has a woman brought Brian Peña to his knees like Lauren Garrett. The once assertive, charming man lost some of his undeniable swagger. Everybody notices--from his tight-knit family and friends to his coworkers. Abby Hoppe's crush on Brian started the first day they worked together. She knows there's a snowball's chance in hell Brian would think of her like that...right? Even though Brian is eager to make things work with Lauren, the strain on some of his closest relationships is downright painful. Months go by without him speaking to his best friend because Lauren can't handle another girl so close to her man. Lauren harbors a huge secret that could destroy everything they've built. Will she grow up before everything's ruined? Or will Brian find himself always thinking about that cute girl from work? 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒: Friends to lovers, office romance, on the rocks

"Ready or Not" is the follow-up book to "Take Two". Olivia Bowsher stumbled upon the truth after twenty five years- life as she knows it has been distorted and carefully planned by her family and late husband Jakob. Revelations of Jakob's clandestine affairs and threats provoke Olivia to question whether she and beloved dog Snuggles are safe. She questions everybody's motives, and Liv's once perfect relationship with older brother Will deteriorates. Everything is falling apart. Olivia unravels secrets with the help of her boyfriend Sean Ryan and her first love, police officer Chris Rollins. Can she trust anybody? Will Olivia ever know the whole truth? And who killed Jakob? ⚠️ Sexual scenes, adult situations, adult language.

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𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 on @Romance @YARomance @ContLit profile @TeenFiction 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒 Coming of age, winter romance, workplace, first love 𝐖𝐎𝐍 Contemporary Lit Romantics Award They had exchanged lingering glances, but nothing transpired until one night over a long shift at work, an innocent glass of water, and a dead car battery. Jim Garrett is reserved, kind, and harboring a bit of trauma from the year prior. Caroline Crabtree is fun-loving and the kind of girl you notice in the hallway. Caroline sparkles as she floats through a room on an imaginary breeze, holding Jim's heart on a string wherever she goes. Jim is wholly and irrevocably in love with her. He just has to talk to her first to make sure. This short story prequel to the Second Chance Series is the journey of how Jim and Caroline fell in love: late night phone calls, holiday traditions, and ditching class to kiss in the custodial closet.

Curated collection of one shots submitted to romance story contests on Wattpad including Cupid sending an arrow accidentally at a despicable suitor, meeting the man of your dreams in your dreams, and that one time Aphrodite stole the Sphinx from Hermes. ⭐️ First place in mythandlegend's Rewind the Classics and Halloween 3D vault Contest.