Sapphire never liked the idea of marriage, babies, or even love. Nor did Matthias. That's probably the only thing they could agree on. However, when the two rivals are forced to spend an entire summer in close range with regulations, rules, and boundaries, what will change? Their minds? Their morals? Or maybe even their hearts.
Sapphire Aithne is many things, they're funny, rebellious, and one hell of a smartass. She also happens to be in a teenage gang. With a life as crazy and complicated as hers, she's learned not to care. That's why this summer, she's not planning for anything serious. No commitment. No attachments. Just fun. That is...until she meets her hometown's bad boy, who soon turns out to be the one person she can't have.
Matthias Artino is hot...in more ways than one. But, he's also damaged. With humor, drugs, alcohol, and racing as his coping mechanisms, you best believe he's not the guy you'd wanna bring home to the parents. With girls falling at his feet, his hefty wallet, and his friends, he pretty much has everything he or anyone else could ever want. Except for the girl of his dreams. With his money and his entity, along with his reputation on the line, will he find a way to break his leader's rules? Or will he lose what could be his one shot at true love?
When worlds collide and summer comes to an end...what will these two do with their forbidden romance? Will they find a solution to defy the odds and expectations or suffer the fate of losing each other forever? At the end of the day...what really matters? The girl...or the gang.
(Book One)
Jake Holmes hadn't put much thought into what home meant until Connor Morgan asked him to.
He had settled with an idealistic fantasy. A life in the closet, complete with the girl he could bring home to momma, a house next to his best friend, and 2.5 kids. It didn't require thought, it didn't require confrontation, and it sure as hell didn't require him to reject everything he had ever learned about what life was and what made it worth living.
But Connor did.
Connor wasn't meant to happen. He ended up in Jake's life by chance, but Jake kept him there by choice. Connor was a pipedream stuffed away inside the ridges of Jake's mind that dared him to question everything for a life of authenticity. A life with Connor was something close enough to touch if he only knew how to reach for it.
Jake's feelings for Connor become unmistakable, but the grip his past has on his ability to embrace the possibility of a life where he lets those feelings win threatens to leave him with a desperate choice he isn't equipped to make. As Jake struggles to find home within his identity, he is forced to combat the part of his heart that is stuck in the past with the part of his heart that yearns for a future.
What is home if not where the heart is?
Completed. Book 1 of 3. Sequel releases coming soon.