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Luke has everything going for him-a thriving startup, a close-knit group of friends, and an unbreakable bond with his mother. Free-spirited and optimistic, he glides through life with the ease of someone who believes every problem has a solution. But his world shifts when he meets a girl working in a pet store. Unlike Luke, her life is anything but easy. Her days are spent simply surviving, surrounded by animals who offer the only warmth she knows. She's disconnected from her family, her love life has shattered, and she's fallen into a pattern of merely existing, day by day. Drawn to her sadness and vulnerability, Luke feels compelled to help her and fix what's broken. However, As they grow closer, Luke begins to question whether love can heal everything. Can he fall for someone whose world is falling apart? And in trying to save her, will he lose himself? As their relationship deepens, Luke must confront the limits of his optimism and decide if love is enough to bridge the chasm between their two very different lives.

Done with high school, Holly decides to stay with her father at Sang Royal Academy, a french school for rich families. A college campus for boys only. She decides that she wants to skip her college education and pursue her dream of baking. With the money her father gave her, she opens a bakery right by the campus so that her father can still keep an eye on her. But what will happen when a boy who she just met gets in the way? ▿❦▿ "I don't think we've slept in the same bed before," He says "You sleep shirtless?" I ask running my hands over his chest and circling the part where he got the tattoo for me. "Yeah, you don't mind do you?" He asks and I shake my head. Reaching over to the bedside table, Rowan closes the lamp and now everything is quiet. "Goodnight l'amour," And with that, I fall asleep in the arms of Rowan. ▿❦▿ Rowan and his guys attend Sang Royal Academy and are in their last and final year before they graduate college. He thought that it was just going to be another same year but the universe had other plans when their headmaster's daughter stays on the same campus as them.

"If you want to try again, I've learned a few things since then and now I'm sure... I would make it so, so good for you..." Luke pulls back, a troublemakers grin on his lips. "You wouldn't be able to forget it." *** Dylan Anderson never expected to be back in the small beach town where her family used to spend their summers. Especially not after that one July night that changed everything. But after a recent fall, her grandmother needs a caregiver and as Dylan recently dropped out of college, she's the perfect girl for the job. So now, after years of deliberately staying far away, Dylan is back and determined to interact with the town, its people, and the tragedy that took place there as little as possible. But when her stubborn Grams and super good looking ex-boyfriend turned nemesis, Luke Henson, team up to destroy her plan, she's in for quite the challenge. What's supposed to be a quiet summer reflecting on her new life plans turns into a whirlwind of love, pain, lust and forgiveness as Dylan finally learns the truth about that summer. All rights reserved ® kjobrien ™ TW: without giving away the plot, this story has moments which are very dark/upsetting, alluding to trauma/tragic death, and struggles with mental health. please read with care and remember to take care of your mental well-being❤️ (Started 11/30/2020) #1 in Steamy #1 in ExLovers #1 in Beach Romance #1 in Player #1 in Sad Romance #2 in Women's Fiction #2 in Mature #2 in Grieving #3 in Romance #3 in Coping #4 in Healing #4 in Moving Forward #4 in Summer Vacation #5 in Flirty #6 in Young Adult #6 in Enemies to Lovers #7 in New Adult #7 in Summer Love #7 in Drama Romance

Arcelia Winters had never been one for back talk and bad pick up lines. So when Brandon Tyler walks into the towns small bakery and attempts to take her out, she 'politely' declines. But I mean, what would you do if your ex boyfriend came back into your life a few months after you've broken up and asked for a second chance?

[Rewritten version of The Perfect Mistake.] 𝐻𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠. It's been eight years since Aurora 'Rory' Williams last saw Cage Trevor, the boy who stole her heart in one life-changing night. By morning he was gone, and she never heard from him again. Leaving her all alone in their hometown, Rushmore, to raise their twin boys by herself. Despite the endless struggles of single motherhood, she survived the last few years and thrived. Motivation from her expected failure from the whole town drove her to achieve great things; she became the owner of a house and a bakery called Sugar Rush. Rory was doing just fine on her own without the boy who wordlessly disappeared and never thought she would see him again. So what's a girl to do when the boy who broke her heart waltzes into her bakery out of the blue? She smashes a cupcake in his face and runs, of course! 80-90k words

Han Jisung, A culinary chef gets invited to see his best friend Felix's baking competition but when he has to go to Australia to look after his mother Jisung has to take his place. The problem is he doesn't know how to bake, so Felix's coworker Lee Minho has to teach him how to bake in order to win the competition. Date started: 1/12/22 [REWRITING: 2025] THIS IS ALL PURELY FICTION AND FOR ENTERTAINMENT I do not ship anyone irl.

Colin was done. He couldn't do it anymore, so he resolved to stop looking for love. He had thought he would find what Logan and Rory had, with Stephanie, but when they tried to grow something deeper out of a superficial murmur of attraction, nothing came off it. Now, he had deleted his profiles from dating apps and butted heads with his father over his latest stepmother trying to set him up with her friends. It was just weird. The new year just started and Colin was set on focusing on the law firm, which his father would soon hand over to him, when a set of emerald green eyes caught his attention. Well, he first noticed her concentration while chaos reigned around her in the hip and bustling coffee shop, Colin had decided to try out that day. Sparks burn down castles and love floods fortresses around hurt hearts in this romance story, that tells on how Colin McCrae, hotshot lawyer, and Rachel Hollister, teacher extraordinaire, crossed paths. ... Following the end of "Gilmore girls: A year in the life", this story starts in January 2018. Some characters are my own, those from the original show "Gilmore girls" obviously belong to ASP. I use them for the purpose of this story only. As it is, most of the main characters from the show will only be marginally involved as this story centers around Colin. Also, there will be some explicit, smutty chapters. However, those won't be part of the main story and will be clearly marked. So, if that kind of writing / topic isn't up your alley, you can just ignore those.

Ember Nixon has always been a little different from the rest of her family. The youngest of five, she was the only one that didn't go into the family business. She couldn't do numbers and graphs and much preferred apple pie over pie charts. Nobody was surprised when she dropped out of college to become a pastry chef. Now she's been given the opportunity for her dream job and she'd be crazy not to say yes. Miles Lee was never meant for the ranch life. He's a man that loves his family, but he had an itch they could only be scratched by traveling around the country and experiencing life. Miles is ready to plant some roots, even if just temporarily, but his ex-girlfriend can't find it within herself to stay in one place for now than a few months. Now he's heading back to Port Ranch, but it's been years since his last visit there and so much has changed. He's not the same person who left, but his also prepared to give his family the shock of a lifetime.