"You keep looking at me like you don't want me, Adeline," Will murmurs, his lips brushing against my jaw while hand slides higher on my bare thigh, slow and deliberate. "But your body says otherwise." My breath gets caught in my throat and my brain screams to say something, anything-but my lips won't move. "I..." I begin to say, but the words die before they even leave my lips the second his mouth touches my neck. ⊹₊⟡⋆ Adeline Serrano has a reputation to protect. Straight A's, flawless record, and the badge of honor that comes with being the principal's daughter. At Willow Creek Preparatory she's everything a good girl should be: polished, respected, and untouchable. But one drunken summer night changed everything. One kiss-hot, messy, absolutely forbidden-with the last person she should've been caught dead with. Will Carter. They don't call him the prince of chaos for nothing. The mayor's rebellious son. All smirks, bruised knuckles, and bad decision. Practically a walking scandal. Recently suspended for smoking with someone's daughter in the boys' bathroom. Now he's back- with a bruised jaw, a vendetta, and nothing to lose. So when Will decides to turn the school's poster girl into his newest distraction, Adeline's carefully built world begins to unravel. Secrets stir, bets are made, lessons are taught, truths unravel, and lines blur between hate and desire. She's pretending it never happened, he's planning to make sure she never forgets. Because some girls break rules. And the best ones? They shatter them.

Liv Sutton has been surviving for years, fiercely independent and holding onto a dangerous secret, and falling for her best friend could ruin the only safe thing she has left. . . . . England, 1960. As a closely kept secret threatens to swallow Liv Sutton whole, she finds solace in her best friend, Theo Callaghan, and his rising band. And as the gritty music scene pulls Liv and Theo into smoky clubs, ambition, and tangled dreams, something shifts between them. Friendship with Theo begins falling into something deeper, risking everything they've built together. "The person who had always been by my side had somehow shifted into the center of my heart." (Extended Summary Inside) . . . . Achievements ⭐Featured on the ambassador's Historical Fiction 20th Century reading list . . . . This is a mature story, and as such, there is swearing, shagging, some drug use, violence, angst, and explicit adult situations (all characters will be over 18). Please note the *trigger warning* for physical abuse in the early chapters. I do promise that happier times follow. . . . . Comments, feedback, and votes are always very much appreciated. I will reply to you as quickly as possible. Thank you so much for reading x

Riley never thought the arrangement her parents made when she was little would ever become real. Their families had always been close, and before Riley was old enough to understand what marriage meant, they had already planned her future with Kim. But Kim's family moved away when they were young, and Riley hasn't seen him since. Years later, Kim returns, and Riley quickly realizes he isn't the boy she remembers. He's colder, more mysterious, and nothing like the person she thought she knew. Now their parents expect them to honor the arrangement they made years ago. Riley never wanted this. But neither of them expected falling for each other to become part of the arrangement.

Aria's family took Locklyn in. Falling in love with him was never part of the arrangement. He slept across the hall, smoked alone in the snow, barely ate, and woke from nightmares like part of him was still trapped somewhere awful. Locklyn made one thing clear from the beginning: leave him alone. Aria should have listened. Because the more pieces of him she discovered, the harder it became to remember that he wasn't hers to save. And somewhere between late night conversations, stolen touches, and the moments when he finally let his walls come down, wanting to help him became wanting him. Locklyn was beautiful in the worst way. The kind of boy who looked like he'd already burned through all his light. And Aria was beginning to wonder what would happen if she loved a boy who was already convinced there was nothing left of him to love. [Complete Book]