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The choices of youth shape the lives of many. What if falling in love meant giving up yourself, and your privacy; would you still fall? Focused on her future, Lily Turncott went to a concert for one reason: to end her dead-end relationship, but she finds herself in a chance encounter with Billy Collins, a magnetic musician on the cusp of stardom. While the connection is instant and undeniable, they are moving in different directions. Lily, focused on the endless possibilities of her budding future as she works through the second half of her college career, is drawn to Billy just as the musical career he has been chasing for half a decade is finally catapulting him to the foreign world of praise and fame. Lily's fear of being lost in the shadow of Billy's bright lights and loud concerts and Billy's gentlemanly reluctance to pull her to a world where Lily could be muted push them to set aside their love, but life continues to draw them together as they try to navigate their blossoming lives.…

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Lily Turncott's life changed forever when she met budding musician Billy Collins. His skyrocketing music career contradicted the quiet relationship Lily desperately wanted. Somehow they ended up in between; not lovers, but not quite friends; not unhappy, but not completely happy; not together, but never far. Now they attempt to navigate this new life of something in between.…

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After ten years apart tragedy pulls Lily Turncott back into the orbit of rock star Billy Collins as she seeks the comfort of her old friends Mary, Tim, and Tess. Emotions run high as Lil and Billy have to confront the wounds of their past and decide if they want to salvage what they can of their once strong bond.…

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Together... Billy and Lil are finally together after twenty years. It feels like nothing can stop them until the scars from years of turmoil rip open. The only thing that can keep them apart now is themselves.…

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Emma Cooper is perfect; she has the quintessential boyfriend, sits at the popular table, and has a packed social calendar. Oh, and she hates every minute of it. She eagerly awaits graduation and the opportunity to burst from her suburban tedium until Danny Stevens inserts himself into her life. Danny defines himself by disaffection and drug use. He is not looking forward to much and aspires to even less. But Emma Cooper is not like the other girls he's met. Before long, they are in way over their heads as they both try to navigate the consequences of love, friends, and themselves.…

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Emma Cooper has given up on love. It has been 20-years since Danny Stevens passed. While her friends have moved on and started families of their own, Emma has avoided falling in love again. When an unlikely friend returns to her life, she feels the thawing, but can she let him in, or will the threat of a broken heart be too costly?…

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Hank was just a teen when his father committed suicide under a cloud of scandal. The disgrace forced him to grow up within the cold shadow of his once-promising life. Twenty years later, Hank is content with the safety of his solitude. Still, Josie arrives knowing more about the secrets of the surrounding society than an outsider should and forces him to face the ghosts of his former life.…

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Got a minute? Want to have your mind flip between genres so fast you are left unsettled and confused? Excellent! Here's a book of shorts in no particular order; sorry, Melvil Dewey.Maturity Level: fade to black violence in The Seven Sisters & Heartbreaker, i.e. alluded to but not graphic…

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Jen Morse and Jake Miller had known each other their whole lives. Living across from each other on the shore of Jen's beloved Stone Lake, they grew up and fell in love. But when tragedy pulled Jake away from the lake, Jen lost him. Now, she is forced to relive the highs and lows of love while watching the man she loves marry another woman. Received an honorable mention in ONC 2021: A coming-of-age take that packs a punch through the nostalgia and sting of first love and absence of closure. This is where Nifer's and Jake's story should have ended. But some endings, as the author reminds us, are also beginnings. Prepare to ugly cry.…

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Sadie just wanted one night to wallow in her single status. She wanted to watch a sappy love story, throw popcorn at the TV, and blame Shakespeare for all her false delusions on love. But when she wakes up to find herself transported to London in the late 1500s, will she have the courage to critique one of the world's most well-known writers, or will he teach her about true love?…

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The fact that the planet is nothing more than a zombie-infested wasteland, a harsh and unforgiving place, doesn't mean that true love doesn't exist but is it deserved? Should a pallid-green monster be allowed to pine for the tender softness of a soulmate? Are monsters allowed any joy? Seth was not always a brain craving zombie. Once, he was a boy that fell in love with a girl. Nothing could tear them apart until they were both infected and separated by their own singular focus on food. Now, Seth is in desperate search of his lost love.…

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I suppose it is true that this is a tale as old as time, told and retold, lived and relived. It is a tale of adventure and learning, as much as it is a tale of trust and love. Our heroine is a beauty in mind and spirit, and our hero a beast in demeanor and discipline. Together in a distant universe of the great wide somewhere, they become the unknowing leads in one of life's true love stories.…

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Delilah Taylor is prepared... always. But, when she is paired with Cale Benton for her junior capstone project, she has to learn to collaborate with her worst nightmare, a seemingly disorganized jock who otherwise wouldn't notice she was even on the same planet as him. How will they ever connect on a project about their community when they can barely sit at a table together? But as the months of their junior year pass by, they realize they have more in common with each other and their classmates than they ever thought.…

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People are like cards. They stack together precariously to form a house. One slip and they all fall down. Riley Sims has built her house of cards on stability without even realizing her boredom until she stumbles into a secret club and meets Jacob Rigby, perhaps the most unstable card in the pack. Captivated by him, she struggles to handle the impact one life can have on so many.…

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Ana Davis was accustomed to seeing people at their worse. Working as a barista, she was used to seeing under-caffeinated humans in a barely functioning state. What she didn't realize was that simply doing her job would thrust her into the spotlight by the world's most eligible bachelor. Even more, she didn't expect to fall in love.…

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A collection of shorts for the 2021 Write to Survive Challenge hosted by the SecretTreasures and Adventure profiles.…

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Coming from a mysterious past, Leland Wilde turns avenger to right the wrongs of legal technicalities with his own unforgiving form of justice. When Belle Dagger shows up asking for help in righting a wrong done to her, Leland wars with his perception of himself and the rules he has set up to survive the brutal life he has created: don't trust anyone, care for even fewer, and villains don't get backstories.…

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Rachel Thomas is America's sweetheart, but even with the height of success and the picture-perfect boyfriend by her side, something is off. Rachel is ready to stop playing games, but in doing so, she finds her constructed life crumbling. She turns to her oldest friend, Russ, for stability, but he is struggling with his own notoriety. Will Rachel find the peaceful life she longs for, or will she find her life is just a game with winners and losers?…

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Sherry, Deedee, and Angie are the reigning ladies of Caldwell Cove. When their elderly neighbor, Miss Ellie, dies suddenly, the town believes it was of natural causes after a life well lives. But the ladies know that no life well lived is without secrets, and Miss Ellie's death is unraveling them all. Can the ladies solve the mystery of Miss Ellie's demise before their perfectly curated lives unravel as well?Based on ONC 2023 Prompt 15: Three women. Three Secrets. Three tangled lives.…

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Lucy is Eastport, born and raised, complete with the local boy, Walker, whom everyone expects her to end up marrying. Lucy is less convinced that the far from serious Walker is the man for her. Her love life and work as the marketing director for the small Maine town flip upside down when a new Tourism Director, Charles, comes into town. Lucy must fight for what Eastport is and what it is not. When Charles comes up with the perfect theme to boost tourism for one of the most significant town events of the year, she questions if she had been wrong about Charles. Maybe he isn't immune to Eastport's charms, and maybe Lucy isn't immune to him, or maybe what she has been looking for has been right beside her all along!…