He wasn't just my best friend. He was my architect. Ela Miller is "clumsy." She's the girl who loses her keys, fails her bio-labs, and relies on her genius best friend, Liam Vance, to keep her world upright. When their parents leave them alone for a month during a record-breaking storm, Liam offers to teach her the "lessons" she's missed out on-how to kiss, how to touch, how to know a man. But as the rain pours, the "puppy-eyed" boy-next-door starts to slip. Every touch is too practiced. Every "accidental" encounter feels like a trap. And the security cameras in the house? They aren't for her protection. They're for his viewing. Ela thinks she's the teacher. She has no idea she's the prey. By the time the sun comes out, Liam doesn't just want her heart. He wants her name, her future, and every breath she takes. He's been planning this for twenty-one years. And he's tired of playing nice. He didn't become obsessed because he didn't understand love-he became obsessed because he thought he understood it too well. Growing up, he saw a kind of love that felt safe, constant, and complete, and somewhere along the way, he started believing that this was the only way life could feel whole. So when he met her, he didn't just see a person-he saw the possibility of recreating that same world. And slowly, without even realizing it, his love turned into something heavier... something that needed to hold on too tightly, just to feel secure. She wasn't unaware-she was just never taught to trust herself. Growing up, every decision was made for her, every mistake corrected, every thought quietly replaced by someone else's "better" way. So when he stepped in to guide her, it didn't feel like control... it felt familiar. He didn't take her independence away-she had never really learned to hold onto it in the first place. And when care starts to look like control, it becomes almost impossible to tell the difference.

"𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝..." ༇❧𐮙𐮙𐮙𐮙 When 𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐌𝐂𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐄 returns to Cork County after years away, she's no longer the shy, scrappy girl Patrick Feely once knew. Now attending Tommen College, Nessa is bold, confident, and ready to start fresh. 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐘, Tommen's quiet rugby star, is content to keep his life simple and drama-free-until Nessa crashes back into his world, challenging everything he thought he knew about friendship, loyalty, and love. As old memories resurface and sparks fly, the two childhood friends must navigate the pressures of high school life, their complicated past, and the possibility of a future together. But will Patrick's guarded nature and Nessa's fierce independence bring them closer, or drive them apart?

Tadhg Lynch doesn't talk about the pain. Not the funeral. Not the silence at home. Not the way it feels to smile when everything inside is falling apart. He hides it behind noise-laughter, chaos, charm that doesn't quite reach his eyes. Until she shows up. Leah Daly is new to Tommen and not interested in making friends. Especially not loud-mouthed rugby boys with too many secrets and a habit of making everything a joke. But when their worlds collide-one quiet moment at a time-she begins to see the cracks he tries to cover. And he starts to realize she might be the only one who understands what it's like to hurt in silence. He pushes. She pushes back. Neither of them expected to fall. Enemies to lovers. Hurt/comfort. One loud boy and one girl who sees right through him. He's grief in motion. She's the calm after the storm. Together, they're impossible to ignore.

Clara Gibson lives the perfect rom-com teenager life. Well,except from the part she's never actually had a boyfriend. And Tommy from 1st year doesn't count. The start of 4th year is like a breath of fresh air for Clara. Gerard "Gibsie" Gibson (her brother) wants her to get out there more and,"make more friends." But Clara is just fine to sit at home with a book,or go to her dance studio. Clara's best friend Catherine "Cathy" is way more outgoing than her. She's friends with all of the right people. And Clara is pretty sure she's nearly dated the entire school. This year Catherine and Gerard are teaming up to try and get Clara out of her shell. So they start eating at the same lunch table as Gerard's friend group. This is how Clara and the rugby king Johnny Kavanagh start talking. Now Clara has known Johnny since they were like 12 and he moved to Cork. But now everything is different.