Cantrell Stories

Estrella "Star" Skye was sixteen when she met Malachi in Los Angeles-him, a rising actor with effortless charm; her, a singer with everything to prove. What started as chemistry quickly turned into something intense, addictive... and completely unhealthy. They loved hard, fought harder, and never really knew how to let each other go. Breakups didn't last, distance didn't help, and every message pulled them right back into the same toxic cycle. Eventually, Star left LA and went back to London, trying to rebuild herself around her family-her parents and her little sister Freya Skye, who dreamed of becoming a singer just like her. But even miles apart, Malachi was still there. Late-night texts, jealousy, missing each other-it never really ended. Then everything got complicated. Freya landed a role in Zombies 4, filming in New Zealand. Her co-star? Malachi. He had no idea who she was. Freya didn't know about Star and him either. But Star knew. For publicity, Malachi began flirting with Freya-playful, convincing, and everywhere online. Fans loved their chemistry. Clips went viral. And Star had to watch it all unfold, knowing exactly what kind of person he could be. What made it worse? Freya started developing a small crush on him, completely innocent and unaware of the history behind it all. Star stayed silent. She couldn't protect her sister without exposing everything she'd tried to leave behind. After the tour ended, Star returned to LA to focus on her music, determined to finally move on. But one night, at a quiet gas station, fate put him right in front of her again. Malachi. And just like that, every feeling she tried to bury came rushing back-messy, unresolved, and impossible to ignore.

After moving from Los Angeles to New York following a family loss, Rory Anderson is trying to adjust to a new life when her brother's best friend, rising actor Malachi Barton, stays in their home. What starts as quiet tension turns into a complicated secret relationship built on late-night conversations, grief, and emotional closeness. But when rumors spread and Rory's brother discovers the truth, trust breaks inside the family and Malachi is forced to leave under pressure from fame and conflict. Months later, distance doesn't erase what happened between them, and when they meet again, they must decide if what they had was real-or if some connections are impossible to truly let go.

After catching her ex cheating, she doesn't fall apart-she plans. To make him regret it, she asks the school's golden boy to fake date her for a month. He's perfect, untouchable, and exactly the kind of person her ex can't ignore. He agrees. What starts as revenge quickly blurs into something deeper. He doesn't treat her like a reputation or a project-he treats her like she's real. And for the first time, being seen doesn't feel like a performance. But when things start to feel too real, she panics and ends it without explanation. She walks away thinking it's over. He doesn't.

In Los Angeles, cheerleader Daisy Williams has always kept her life grounded between school, family, and her close-knit circle, including her two older sisters and childhood friends. Her world feels steady-until her long-time best friend, an actor living under growing pressure and attention, begins to drift in ways neither of them fully understands. What starts as small changes-missed conversations, quieter moments, and unspoken tension-slowly builds into distance that neither can properly name. As they both try to figure out where they stand with each other, Daisy is forced to confront feelings she's ignored for too long, while he struggles with stepping back instead of stepping closer. Set against the fast-moving backdrop of LA, this is a friends-to-lovers story about timing, emotional distance, and the fragile space between what is said and what is felt. At its core, it explores how two people can matter deeply to each other-and still fail to meet each other at the right moment.

After a messy breakup and a relationship she never fully meant to start, 17-year-old dancer Alice Taylor agrees to go on a summer road trip with her closest friends hoping it'll finally help her move on. There's just one problem: Malachi Barton is there too. The boy she fell in love with during Disney's Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour. The boy she left after online hate and constant pressure destroyed their relationship. The boy she never actually forgot. Now trapped in caravans, motel rooms, late-night drives, and forced proximity with their chaotic friend group, Alice and Malachi are forced to face everything they spent months avoiding. The breakup. The jealousy. The almosts. And the fact that neither of them ever truly moved on.

Hannah Reyes knows two things for sure: Actors are complicated. And parties are terrible places to make good decisions. Unfortunately, one reckless night at a Hollywood party puts her directly in the path of Malachi Barton - Disney's charming golden boy with dimples, a reputation for never taking anything seriously, and way too many people obsessed with him. Hannah isn't impressed by fame, which only makes Malachi more interested. What starts as sarcastic flirting and late-night drives quickly turns into something harder to ignore. Between movie sets, leaked photos, parties, and the pressure of Malachi's public life, the line between casual and real begins to disappear. But falling for someone famous comes with attention Hannah never wanted - and Malachi has never had to fight this hard for someone to stay. Now they have to decide if what they have is worth surviving the chaos around them.

Sabrina Monroe wants nothing to do with famous people-especially arrogant, charming ones who think they can walk into her life uninvited. She works at a small café, lives in a cramped house with her mom and younger sister, and keeps her world simple, guarded, and entirely her own. Then one night a stranger with brown eyes, a crooked dimple, and far too much confidence sits beside her and pretends to be her boyfriend. Malachi Barton was supposed to be a brief irritation. Instead he keeps showing up. At her café. In her thoughts. In all the places she swore no one would reach. What begins as banter and resistance slowly becomes something harder to outrun as Sabrina finds herself pulled into a world she never trusted-and into a love she never meant to risk. Set against late-night drives, beach bonfires, coffee runs, and restless summer nights, this is a story about two people learning that sometimes the scariest thing isn't falling in love- it's letting yourself stay there.

Alex has always felt like she's slightly in the background of her twin sister Freya's life-close, but often mistaken for someone else. In between school days in London, friendships, and quiet routines, she tries to figure out who she is on her own. Even her purple hair is part of that: a small decision to be seen as Alex, not just "Freya's sister." While Freya moves through life more openly and confidently, Alex stays quieter, observing more than she says. At school she deals with normal teenage life-friends, unspoken feelings, and the frustration of being overlooked by people she wishes would notice her. When an unexpected audition for a film appears, everything starts to shift. For the first time, Alex is faced with the chance to step into something bigger than the life she's been quietly watching from the side. And maybe finally decide she's done sitting in the passenger seat of her own story. Freya Skye #1 (03/05/2026)

This book is for me to blatantly fangirl over yet another one of my celebrity heartthrobs, William Petersen. The chapters will mostly be sets of photos - with lots of adoring (and sometimes, I admit, thirsting) captions. Sometimes, I will actually type out coherent paragraphs about him. Yet other times, they will be gifs that I've made.

Three years after the tour that changed everything, Alex has built a new life-writing her own music, chasing a career on her own terms, and trying to leave the unresolved past where it belongs. But when old friendships pull her back into Malachi's orbit, she finds some roads never really ended. What begins as accidental reunions and familiar late-night drives turns into something far more dangerous: a second chance at the love they never named the first time. As old fears resurface, timing falters, and escape tempts Alex more than once, she has to decide whether real love is something to run from-or something worth staying for. From studio nights and kitchen lights to passenger seats and roads home, Driving Home is a slow-burn second-chance romance about growing up, choosing love, and realizing that sometimes the person you were always driving toward was beside you all along. SEQUAL TO PASSENGER SEAT

Cecilia's mom has tried to protect her from everything from mean kids at school to harmful sun rays her whole life. But one thing Cecilia's mom has been especially adamant about protecting her from is the exciting city that has always been only a 30 minute drive from their home in Tacoma -- Seattle. Her mom sees the city as a portal full of things that could harm her daughter, so Cecilia is shocked when she actually allows her to get a job in the city, even if her mom does set up a few rules. But as Cecilia spends more time in Seattle, she wonders why her mom has always been so scared of, and she always finds herself falling even more in love with the city she's spent her whole life longing after. Eventually, she begins to fall for more than just the city itself, but also a blonde, guitar-playing guy who calls Seattle home.

In a small Wyoming town, that hadn't changed much since its days in the wild west of the 1800s, a young man on a 1960s adventure across America chances to meet an old gun-slinging cowboy, in the town's only saloon. For a few glasses of beer, the old man spins him a tale of his youth and of some desperados he had known.

layne is scared at night, and soughts comfort through jerry.

Layne tried everything he could to make Jerry fall in love with him, but it nearly seemed impossible.

Arabella, a 16 year old girl packs up her stuff to start a new life away from her dysfunctional family..in Seattle Washington, where she happens to run into a new and upcoming grunge band Alice in Chains. She soon becomes really good friends with them. This story follows her in her journey of love, sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

Jerry moves into a new house, and is quickly intrigued by a man who claims to live next door to him.

Jerry is stuck

Layne was an angel. A beautiful angel.

Ships: • Eddie Vedder/Chris Cornell • Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell • Kurt Cobain/Dave Grohl -Eddie was adopted by Chris's parents age the age of 2. Him and Chris used to be best friends. But lately, Chris is being a total jerk to him and Eddie can't help but wonder why. -Layne and Jerry only have each other. -Kurt and Dave try to hide a secret relationship from Kurt's parents.