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Young Adult RomanceMy Tutor Is My Childhood Enemy
Seven years ago, June Marlowe froze on live television. Theo Ashby laughed. At least, that is what June remembers. The humiliating clip turned her worst moment into a town joke, destroyed the friendship she once had with Theo, and made mathematics something she could barely face without remembering that stage. Now seventeen, June has built a new life around art. She has even earned a conditional place at the Calloway Institute of Art and Design in New York. There is just one problem. She needs a B or better in AP Calculus to keep it. And she is failing. Then her mother announces that she has hired the best student tutor in Port Calder. Theo Ashby. The boy June has hated for seven years. Their tutoring sessions begin with insults, rules written on graph paper, and a contract designed to keep everything painfully simple. No talking about Brain Bowl. No touching her sketchbook. Sessions are strictly math. And absolutely no feelings. But the more time June spends across the kitchen table from Theo, the harder it becomes to fit him into the villain she remembers. He notices when she is about to panic. He teaches her mathematics through animation instead of making her feel stupid. He protects her when no one is supposed to notice. And every honest answer between them creates another crack in the story June has believed since she was ten. Because Theo has secrets. He volunteered to become her tutor. He has spent years carrying the truth about what really happened on that television stage. And the anonymous reader who has faithfully supported June's secret webcomic for three years may be much closer to her than she ever imagined. As old footage resurfaces, buried family guilt comes to light, and someone begins manipulating their past for personal gain, June must decide whether she is brave enough to confront the moment that changed her life. Not only to save her future. But to discover whether the boy she spent seven years hating was ever really her enemy at all.
New story · 0 savedYoung Adult RomanceThe Summer Before Everything Changed
Tessa Quinlan has spent four years believing one reckless text killed her brother. Now the Blue Heron Inn is being sold, the boy whose family took the blame has returned to Sandpiper Key, and Luke’s old phone has surfaced with a summer list he never finished. Eli Barrow did not come back for Tessa. He came back for the evidence his father was blamed for losing. But the deeper they dig into the night Luke died, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Because someone else was on that boat. Someone Tessa trusts. And the powerful family preparing to buy her home may have spent years making sure nobody ever discovers what really happened. Between a crumbling family inn, an unfinished summer list, a love triangle built on buried guilt, and a secret capable of destroying two families, Tessa must decide whether uncovering the truth is worth losing everything she thought her future would be. Because sometimes growing up means discovering that the life you planned was never really yours. And sometimes the only way forward is to stop living for the person who never got the chance.
New story · 0 savedRomanceWe Were Never Just Friends
Nora Vale has spent years believing there is one rule that can keep the most important person in her life from ever becoming another person she loses. Never date your best friend. Cal Hayes agreed to that rule when they were children. He also broke it in his heart almost immediately. For years, Nora and Cal remain inseparable, hiding behind friendship, inside jokes, birthday floor plans, rooftop debriefs, and a Pact neither of them is brave enough to question. Nora believes Cal is the one person who has never left her. What she does not know is that he has also been keeping the secret that could destroy them. Letters from the mother Nora believes abandoned her. A mother who never stopped writing. A father who made choices Nora was never allowed to know about. And Cal, caught between love and loyalty, convinced that protecting Nora means deciding which truths she can survive. When the secrets finally come apart, friendship is no longer enough to save them. College separates what childhood kept tangled. New relationships begin. Trust fractures. Family lies surface. Ambition turns dangerous. And just when Nora and Cal finally learn that loving someone does not give you the right to control their choices, injury threatens the future Cal has spent his entire life building. They have loved each other for years. But loving each other was never their hardest problem. The hardest part is learning how to stay without holding too tightly, tell the truth before fear edits it, and choose each other without demanding a guarantee that neither of them will ever leave. Because the rule was always a lie. They were never just friends.
New story · 0 savedYoung Adult RomanceThe Boy I Was Never Supposed to Notice
Hazel Adeyemi has spent most of her life knowing exactly how to survive around the Ashfords. See nothing. Hear nothing. And never, ever notice the boy. Theo Ashford is everything Hazel has been taught to avoid. He is rich, reckless, infamous, and suspected of pushing his own mother from the balcony of Ashford House. Hazel knows the story everyone at Ashgrove Academy believes. She also knows it is not the whole truth. Nine months ago, hidden inside the servants’ staircase, Hazel witnessed the moment before Celeste Ashford fell. She saw a man’s hand gripping Celeste’s arm. And on that hand was the Ashford signet ring. Now Theo has returned for senior year, and Hazel has been chosen as the peer mentor responsible for keeping him out of trouble. The closer she gets to the boy everyone calls guilty, the harder it becomes to believe he is the monster they say he is. But Theo is searching for the truth too. And Hazel is hiding the one thing that could change everything. Because in the Ashford family, secrets do not stay buried without a price. And falling for the boy she was never supposed to notice may cost Hazel everything she has spent her whole life trying to protect.
New story · 0 savedPolitical RomanceMy Husband Is Running Against Me
Camille Vale never thought the greatest threat to her marriage would be ambition. For twelve years, she and Adrian Vale have built a life together—and inside Valecrest Global, they have built two equally formidable careers. Camille is the executive employees trust when everything is falling apart. Adrian is the strategist investors call when millions are on the line. They have always been partners. Until the CEO announces his retirement. Five executives enter the race to replace him. Camille is one of them. So is her husband. At first, they believe they can handle it. They set rules. No confidential information at home. No using their marriage for advantage. No sabotaging each other. Whatever happens at work, they promise their marriage comes first. Then the rankings begin. One victory puts Camille ahead. Another puts Adrian above her. Soon the board is comparing them, employees are choosing sides, journalists are turning their marriage into a headline, and every professional decision carries a personal consequence. When Adrian publicly exposes a weakness in Camille’s proposal, she begins to wonder where being her husband ends and being her rival begins. When Camille receives an opportunity that could remove her from Valecrest entirely, Adrian realizes winning the CEO position may cost him far more than he expected. And when the competition narrows until only husband and wife remain, neither can pretend anymore. They both want the same chair. They both believe they deserve it. And only one of them can win. But this is not a story about cheating, betrayal, or discovering they never loved each other. Camille and Adrian do love each other. Deeply. That is exactly what makes the competition dangerous. Because loving someone does not erase ambition. Supporting your spouse does not mean wanting their dream more than your own. And sometimes the hardest person to lose to is the person you most want to see succeed. As boardroom battles become arguments at home, professional victories leave emotional wounds, and one devastating decision gives Camille the power to destroy Adrian’s chances completely, they must decide what kind of competitors—and what kind of spouses—they are willing to become. Because eventually Valecrest will have one CEO. And when the final vote is cast, one of them will walk out victorious. The other will have to go home with the person who beat them. My Husband Is Running Against Me is a corporate marriage drama about ambition, equality, communication, power, and two people discovering that a strong marriage does not require one person to become smaller so the other can shine.
New story · 0 savedBillionaire RomanceONE NIGHT WITH MY BILLIONAIRE ENEMY
Maya Stone and Evan Hale have spent years trying to destroy each other. She is the brilliant CEO of StoneBridge. He is the ruthless billionaire behind Hale Capital. Every deal is a battlefield, every meeting another chance to win, and neither of them has ever considered surrender. Until one reckless night changes everything. By morning, the attraction they refused to acknowledge has become something far more dangerous—because confidential information from both of their companies has been leaked. Maya believes Evan used their night together to steal from her. Evan believes she did exactly the same. They return to war determined to expose each other, only to discover a disturbing truth: the sabotage began long before they ever shared a bed. Someone has been watching them. Manipulating their companies. Feeding their rivalry. And profiting every time Maya and Evan tear each other apart. Forced into a secret alliance, two enemies who trust almost no one must begin trusting each other. But late-night investigations become personal conversations. Arguments become jealousy. Protection becomes instinct. And the night they both swore was a mistake begins to feel like the first moment they ever truly saw each other. Then they uncover something worse. Some of the betrayals that made them enemies in the first place may never have been accidents. Someone has been building their war for years. Now Maya and Evan must decide what matters more: winning the battle that made them enemies… or protecting the person who became impossible to lose. Because this time, destroying her billionaire enemy might mean destroying the man she loves.
New story · 0 savedContemporary RomanceThe Billionaire Who Wouldn't Say My Name
Damian Vale has never been in love. At thirty-two, the billionaire is still a virgin. Not because women haven't wanted him. They have. But Damian has spent his entire adult life building an empire, and intimacy has never been something he wanted to give anyone. No girlfriends. No casual relationships. No secret women. Not even a first kiss he considers meaningful. His reputation isn't that of a playboy. It's worse. He's known as the billionaire nobody can get close to. Then Amelia Hawthorne walks into his company. And Damian dislikes her before she finishes introducing herself. Not because she's beautiful. Not because they've met before. Because of one thing. Her name. Amelia. Damian's grandmother—the woman who raised him—had hated that name with almost comical intensity. Years ago, when Damian was a child, an arrogant woman named Amelia repeatedly made his grandmother's small catering business miserable. She complained about everything, looked down on their family, and once publicly humiliated his grandmother during one of the hardest periods of their lives. His grandmother eventually turned it into a family joke. “If you ever meet an Amelia, Damian, run.” Damian never forgot it. After his grandmother died, the joke became one of the strange little things he kept from her. So when his newest employee smiles across the conference table and says— “Amelia Hart.” Damian's expression changes immediately. “No.” Amelia frowns. “No?” “I don't like your name.” She stares at him. Then laughs. Nobody laughs at Damian Vale. And that's where their war begins. Amelia refuses to let an arrogant billionaire judge her because of something as ridiculous as her first name. Damian refuses to admit that she's getting under his skin. She starts deliberately making him say her name. “Who prepared the report?” “Ms. Hart.” “My name is Amelia.” “I'm aware.” “Then use it.” He doesn't. Until one day, he does. And Amelia notices. Their relationship develops slowly through work, arguments, accidental tenderness and increasing attraction. Damian has never dated, so money doesn't make him romantically experienced. He can negotiate a billion-dollar acquisition without blinking but has absolutely no idea what to do when Amelia flirts with him. Their first hand-holding matters. Their first hug matters. His first real date matters. His first kiss matters. And when their relationship eventually becomes intimate, that matters too. Amelia slowly realizes that the intimidating billionaire everyone assumes can have any woman he wants has actually never given himself to anyone. Damian doesn't immediately become smooth just because he falls in love. He is awkward in ways nobody expects. Protective without understanding jealousy. Possessive feelings frighten him because he's never experienced them. He researches restaurants before asking her on a date because he has no idea where people actually go. He can buy Amelia almost anything but struggles to tell her that he misses her. And Amelia refuses to let his wealth become a substitute for emotional effort. Their central conflict isn't a mystery. It is two stubborn people learning how to love each other while working together, dealing with workplace boundaries, family expectations, public attention, jealousy, differences in power and Damian experiencing romantic love for the first time. Eventually, the name Damian once refused to say becomes his favorite word. Because Amelia becomes his first girlfriend. His first kiss. His first lover. His first real relationship. And, if he has anything to say about it— his last.
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