"I'm sorry that I put you in this situation." "I'm not following." I really wasn't. "This. Us! What we did last night was reckless and so so perfect at the same time." He got up and walked over to me. "All I could think about was the look on your face. I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about the feel of your skin against mine." He came closer and now he was a breath away. "What are you saying?" I whispered. "I don't know." "I thought you didn't do girlfriends." "I don't." And just like that our lips met and the fire ignited within me again. _________________ You must think this is your typical love story with it's sickly sweet characters who slowly fall in love. In some aspects it is actually and in others it's the total opposite. This is the story of how Kate Reynolds fought to keep her broken family together as well as trying to manage her fast, wild and explosive love life. A modern, coming of age story of how an ordinary girl experiences all that she shouldn't and out of trying to fix everyone else, she tries to fix herself.

"I thought about running away, setting off to see the world before I couldn't see anything at all. I had never been out of the country. I wanted to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, see the castles in Prague, ride a gondola in Venice. I wanted to do something crazy and fall in love and have my heart broken and then do it all over again. But then the bell rang, and I just got up and walked to my next class." ~*~ Blake Summers was always the poster child for good girl perfection: she had straight As, never got into trouble, and followed rules to a fault. But before the start of her senior year of high school, Blake receives life-changing news: she's going blind. Her diagnosis forces Blake to confront the fact that she's tired of playing it safe. She wants to truly see the world, take risks, and be anything but predictable before her vision fades completely. Enter Dash Wolfe, Blake's classmate: his reputation as a rebellious troublemaker precedes him everywhere he goes. As Dash becomes interested in Blake, she finds herself intoxicated by his fearlessness. Will Blake succumb to Dash's temptation, ruining her good girl reputation? Will she find the adventure she's been looking for before her sight is gone? Or will their reckless choices lead to disaster?

[Not your typical Bad boy, Good girl story] • 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰. A heartfelt story of two friends who fall in love while overcoming life's toughest challenges together. • Meet Vanessa Cooper - a passionate book lover with a fiery personality and a touch of innocence. Her magnetic charm and outspoken nature draw everyone in, leaving them utterly captivated. Meet Caleb Wilson - the school's golden boy-confident, charming, and seemingly defies the typical bad-boy stereotype. But beneath his cool exterior lies a hidden pain, a struggle he keeps locked away. Yet, in the depths of his darkness, Vanessa becomes his unexpected light-a beacon of hope he clings to. • Years ago, Vanessa's unwavering support helped Caleb rise from his lowest point. Now, fate has brought them together again, challenging them to face their pasts and open their hearts. As their friendship deepens into something more, they learn that love can heal even the deepest wounds and together, they discover that love isn't just about perfect moments-it's about overcoming the impossible, hand in hand. • But what makes their world collide? Again. • To find out, let's dive into this heartfelt tale of friendship, and love, and see how two souls find their way to each other amidst life's challenges. • 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬. • Book Cover by @simpingatm • Aesthetics will be available after Chapter 15.

[COMPLETED] {Wattys 2017} "Why does a bad boy like you want a good girl like me?" I asked. "Because, no other boy could treat you right like me" he smirked. •••• Hayley is a normal teenager, facing separation issues. Cody is a teenage boy who enjoys underage drinking, smoking, ditching school, getting tattoos and being in trouble. Cody is determined to prove to Hayley that not everyone that tells her they love her will leave. Even though he's the complete opposite, she trusts him. But just as she learning to trust him, the one person she's been missing comes back around. Will she want to continue her life with Cody, or will she leave to be with the one who knows her better than anyone else? ~~~~~~~~~ #315 in romance

Trigger warning for the following: -mature content -some strong language -fighting -mentions of abuse Everything was cool. It was fine and normal until, a new family moves I'm next door. The beautiful family seemed normal enough, but something was off. Their son didn't fit into the rest of them. He was mysterious and seemed a little bit standoffish. He seemed rude and like he didn't belong. Meeting him went well, and she catches his eye. Going to school together and their families spending some time together causes them to grow closer. So close that things happen. What happens? Do sparks fly?

'"You're a liar. You're a dirty fucking liar," I sob. Despite the fact that I want nothing more than to run away from the man standing in front of me, I know that my grip on his hands is the only thing that's keeping me stable right now. "I didn't lie, sweetheart. I just avoided the topic. If you had figured it out before, I would have told you everything," he claims, pleading with me. I shake my head frantically at him, trying to get the images and thoughts out of my head. "I feel betrayed," I choke. "I don't know if I'll be able to trust you ever again." 🌸🌸🌸 Bryce Bradshaw and Lexi Brooks are living their dream together in New York City. Everything seems to be going well for the pair until Bryce loses control of the secrets that he's keeping. A secret that Bryce has been desperately hiding from Lexi is released, and it seems as if Lexi's world is crumbling as she fights to forgive Bryce. Their love for each other may be strong, but it seems as if no amount of love can make up for the poor decisions that Bryce has made in his past. Eventually, Bryce and Lexi find a way to move past this hurdle, but this seem to come at the cost of their happiness. 🌸🌸🌸 'Something There' Book #3

Bad boy supreme Caleb Dawson crashes into Amy Irvine's world as a spectre that no one can see, hear, or touch, unleashing a chain of events beyond her wildest theories. Could a logical soul ever survive the burn of a supernatural touch? ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✧‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✧‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✧‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ Amy's life is so predictable until days after the fall carnival ends and her school's hotshot rebel shows up in the hallway, looking like the face of death. It is as if Caleb wants everyone to be just as angry and alone as he is. But he doesn't. It is only her. Only her because nobody else can see him. Mysterious forces accompany Caleb crashing into Amy's world, swirling around the town of Sirencester, threatening to unearth secrets best kept buried. Although she risks everything known and safe in her reality and decides to help figure out what has happened to the strange boy, Amy knows it in her heart -- this is something no one can ever predict. Hauntingly irresistible and evocative, Near Touch is a love story for the fearless. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐀 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 @YAMystery, @TeenFiction, @Romance, and many more! Copyright © 2022 Gauravaaditya Kulkarni

Eighteen-year-old Rylee Evans just moved back to Charlottesville, VA, with her dad and sister after being gone for three years. She's not the same girl she was when she left, or so she thought. Austin Hayes is the good-looking, arrogant, popular guy at school. And the one person that Rylee wants to avoid more than anything. It's no secret that he made her life miserable in middle school. Austin needs to keep his grades up to stay on the football team, so he needs a tutor. Except there's only one tutor available...Rylee. Austin and Rylee find themselves quickly falling for each other, except Austin's ex-girlfriend refuses to let him go that easily and starts causing problems for them. Rylee has the life she's always dreamed of: a loving boyfriend and a bigger circle of friends. There's only one problem...Rylee's father. Will Rylee have the courage to keep what she's found with Austin or let her father tear them apart forever? Warning... It talks about abuse that could be triggering for some readers.

She looks up at me, taking a step forward and smiling slightly, "How can I ever get hurt when I have you here to protect me?" "But you could have gotten hurt," I murmur softly, hanging my head and feeling my shoulders drop, the tension seeping from my body. "No. Stop," She cuts me off sternly but tenderly, "Don't talk like that, Reece. I'm okay, you're okay, we're okay," She speaks softly, reaching her hand up to gently brush her thumb over my cheek, just under the cut that's there. "We're okay," I repeat, taking a small step closer to her. She nods with a small smile, moving her hand down from my cheek and instead placing the palm of her hand on my chest, right over my heart. I know she can feel how fast my heart is beating. I just don't know why it's doing that. ~ Reece Carter is the bad boy of Northwood High. He smokes and he fights. He has countless tattoos covering his body. And he doesn't care about anything or anyone else. Layla Stevens is your average seventeen year-old girl, just trying to get through high school, with the friends she loves and doing the things she loves. When these two cross paths accidentally in an unusual way, they leave and never expect to speak to each other again. But fate has other plans. Layla finds her way into Reece's life and Reece doesn't know what to do about it. This ray of Sunshine suddenly meant something to him. She understood him when it seemed like no one else did. And he protected her from everyone who tried to hurt His Sunshine. Get ready for a story filled with bad pick-up lines, twin telepathy and a lot of fighting. Like, a LOT. Thanks for that one, Reece.

Synopsis: On the day she turned seventeen, everything shattered. She lost everyone she ever loved-ripped from her life in a single, heart-wrenching moment. Now, broken and guarded, she's forced to move in with the one person she never truly knew-her estranged mother. Emotionally numb and drowning in grief, she builds walls no one can climb. Love? That's a risk she's no longer willing to take. Then he showed up. The school's golden boy. Charming, cocky, and effortlessly popular. Captain of the basketball team and a certified heartbreaker. But beneath the swagger, he's haunted too. When he first spots her sitting alone at one of his games, something about her lodges in his mind and refuses to leave. She's not like the others-she's fire wrapped in silence, sadness hidden behind strong eyes. He wants to know her. He wants to fix her. He wants in. But she's not looking to be saved-and definitely not by a boy like him. Can he break down the walls she's built? Or will she push him away like everyone else? Would she fall for him... or would she lose him too? Find out in this heart-wrenching, slow-burn romance about healing, heartbreak, and the terrifying beauty of second chances. ---