Melody Reyes has always been the best-top of her class, headstrong, relentless, and with zero tolerance for distractions. Especially not the infuriatingly smug Zane Carter, her longtime academic rival with the lazy smirk, razor-sharp wit, and a habit of getting under her skin like no one else.
When a semester project forces them into a reluctant partnership, their years of competitive tension suddenly unravel into something more charged-something neither of them is ready to admit. Melody is determined to keep things strictly professional, while Zane seems hell-bent on testing every one of her limits, with teasing words and lingering glances that speak louder than they should.
But behind Zane's cocky charm lies a truth he's never said out loud-he's always noticed her. The girl with fire in her eyes and steel in her spine. The one who laughs like it's her secret weapon. And Melody, who prides herself on control, finds herself unraveling as his presence starts feeling less like war and more like gravity.
Between late-night study sessions, clashing egos, and stolen moments they can't quite explain, Melody and Zane are about to discover that sometimes, love doesn't come with fireworks-it sneaks in like a challenge you never planned to lose.
When a laid back and rudely gorgeous city girl comes for her farmer's market crown, Sabina's dream of joining the family honey business is threatened - and her heart may just get stung too.
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Now that she's graduated high school, Sabina is ready to join her family's honey business, but her parents are convinced that there's no future for her in her small town. They're set on sending her to university, which she knows will be less fun than getting swarmed by angry bees. To prove that her place is on the honey farm, Sabina plans to impress her parents by winning the Best Vendor prize at the summer farmer's market.
Her quest for the sweet prize gets sticky when a pretty city girl steals her table at the market and doesn't even feel bad about it. Mel's family has been the enemy of Sabina's for generations, and now this otherwise easygoing girl seems determined to continue the feud by beating Sabina to the Best Vendor prize. The competition would be no problem for Sabina... if Mel wasn't also gorgeous and maybe even a little funny.
Sabina didn't plan for feelings, and if she gives in to the temptation she may lose her honey farm dreams. But Mel's love might be the one thing sweeter than honey, if she can avoid the sting.
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Complete at 82k words.
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