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Beyond The Spotlight

clarajoelwrites

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Reads 284
Votes 7
Parts 6
Time 28m

clarajoelwrites

adventure celebrity chicklit christmas christmasholiday concert enemies festive forever friendship heat jealousy love muse mystery newyear paris rivalry romcom song sparks traveling truelove youngadult

*ENEMIES TO LOVER HOLIDAY ROMANCE*

All Tessa Wayne ever wanted was to be a recognized singer. When she gets the chance to perform in a prestigious Christmas concert, it feels like her dreams are finally coming true.

But what should have been a straightforward opportunity quickly turns complicated. She finds herself caught in a reunion situation tasked with helping a desperate sister find her long-lost brother. It sounds simple enough, until she realizes the brother is not just her rival, but a jerk. 

Beneath the awkwardness lies a deeper secret, one that threatens to make things far more complicated for Tessa than she ever imagined.

Faced with impossible choices, she must ask herself, will she give up the only opportunity of a lifetime to save a life?All Rights Reserved

adventure celebrity chicklit christmas christmasholiday concert enemies festive forever friendship heat jealousy love muse mystery newyear paris rivalry romcom song sparks traveling truelove youngadult

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A Merry Ex-Mas in Maine by Desiree_Kat

When the travel magazine Rosalie works for sends her to New York over the Christmas holiday, she has a mishap at the airport and accidentally ends up on the wrong plane. As fate would have it, she ends up in the one place she swore she would never visit, Maine. With no available flights and no hotel vacancies until after the new year, she ends up on her ex's doorstep looking for a place to stay. Forced to spend the holidays together and to finally confront some ugly truths from the past, will the spirit of the season be able to help them rekindle a long lost love?

The Masqueraded by PrincessRav

Ru and her friends live in a relatively tranquil neighborhood in their small town. When they start their second year in the fall, they find themselves in the midst of a strange turn of events. With no one to trust and entangled in a web of secrets, they must find their way out.

Kissing In The Rain by tessawritesbooks

Winter's life was never simple, but she never expected it to unravel so fast. At eighteen, she juggles the pressures of school, fractured family ties, and the dizzying highs and crushing lows of first love. Torn between loyalty, betrayal, and the search for her own voice, Winter's journey is one of heartbreak, resilience, and discovering what it truly means to fight for yourself. Lies and manipulation, fueled by Brooklyn, Winter's ex-best friend, drive a wedge between them. Brooklyn, jealous and cunning, weaves half-truths and deceit that shatter friendships and pit love against loyalty. Just when she feels abandoned, Eric and his twin sister Vivia enter her life. Eric is magnetic, protective, and impossible to ignore; Vivia quickly becomes the sister Winter never had. At school, jealousy explodes into chaos-heated arguments, cafeteria standoffs, and even physical fights that leave everyone shaken. The tangled web of emotions, revenge, and betrayal threatens to consume them all. Blair, haunted by guilt and his own broken past, still carries a torch for Winter, and when they find themselves alone again, old feelings resurface in ways neither of them expected. Eric, protective yet jealous, offers Winter a new beginning, but their love is constantly tested by Brooklyn's poisonous presence. Vivia, bold and fiercely loyal, becomes Winter's fiercest defender, even when it means violence and consequences that none of them could have foreseen. At its core, this is a story about survival-surviving heartbreak, surviving lies, and surviving the darkest parts of yourself. It's about messy love triangles, fragile friendships, and the blurred lines between loyalty and betrayal. But it's also about growth: learning when to hold on, when to let go, and when to fight for yourself above all else.

Home For Christmas by Agbenya

Christmas was always her mother's favorite time of year. For Samantha, it used to mean carols in the kitchen, snow angels in the yard, and laughter that filled every corner of their home. But since her mother's death, December has only felt colder, lonelier, emptier. This year, with just two weeks until the big Christmas Eve Dinner, Samantha is determined to survive the season without falling apart. Then Aiden, her best friend, the boy she's secretly falling for, and the boyfriend of her frenemy Angela, starts slipping past her defenses. Between late-night moments, holiday mishaps, and the kind of smiles that melt winter, she begins to wonder if she's ready to feel alive again. But grief doesn't vanish with fairy lights. And when secrets unravel, Samantha will have to face the truth: she can't keep one foot in the past and the other chasing a future. Heartfelt, romantic, and full of holiday magic, this is a story about love, friendship, and learning to shine again when the person who lit your world is gone.

That Night √ by Crystal7016

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Highway Harmony by GetinfoToyou

What happens when your dreams crash and the only person who can save you is the one who broke your heart? Seventeen-year-old Maya Chen hasn't sung a note since the humiliation that destroyed her confidence but when her estranged brother Josh returns with a beat-up RV and one last desperate shot at Nashville's biggest teen music competition, she faces an impossible choice: trust the brother who abandoned their family, or watch everything they love disappear forever. This isn't just any young adult road trip. As Maya and Josh race across America with only days before their family restaurant gets foreclosed, they rescue fellow dreamers running from their own broken lives: Sage, a classical piano prodigy fleeing controlling parents; Jamie and Jordan, twin musicians escaping their toxic stage mother; and Phoenix, a street performer hiding his painful foster care past behind beatboxing brilliance. Five strangers. One RV. A singing competition that could change everything. What starts as a desperate family mission becomes an emotional journey of found family, first love, and the courage to chase impossible dreams. But as the miles countdown to Nashville, Maya must confront her deepest fear: performing her truth in front of thousands, knowing that failure means losing everything her voice, her family, and the magical harmony she's discovered with four people who've become her chosen family. Perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park and Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda-a heartwarming, tearjerker young adult contemporary romance about music, family bonds, and finding your voice when the stakes have never been higher. Sometimes the most beautiful harmony comes from the most broken places.

Passionate Exchange by Abbie_1412

Madison is a reserved girl with a comfortable yet uneventful life back home. She has good grades, a loving sister, and a father who's intent on her living her life to the fullest. But as soon as she arrives in Portland, thousands of miles away from her safety net, she's caught off guard by Archer, her new housemate. With his intimidating brown eyes, clipped replies, and mysterious demeanour, Archer is bound to wreak a little havoc whether she wants him to or not. He doesn't want her to pick up the pieces of his broken self as many have tried and she doesn't plan on upending her new life for a boy who won't even spare her a glance. Over time and amidst the various little white lies and destructive mistakes, they continue to hide their feelings. She wishes to protect her newfound friendships and he wishes to battle his demons alone. He'll promise her he needs her when no one's around to hear then insist there isn't anything between them when suspicions start to raise. Faced with situations she could only dream of and challenges she thought she'd never overcome; she has to hold herself together while her world crumbles around her. Will Madison throw caution to the wind and risk losing everything for someone who wouldn't do the same for her?

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