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Blackwater Ridge has rules.Don't go near the woods at night. Don't ask questions about the full moon. And definitely don't get attached to Chase Knox.After losing his mother, seventeen-year-old Mason Cross is dragged to a mountain town full of secrets, strange rituals, and people who act like the forest can hear them.The only person who feels real is Chase. Quiet, strange Chase with bruised knuckles, haunted eyes, and a habit of looking at Mason like he's trying not to.But something is wrong in Blackwater Ridge.Mason's father has become distant and paranoid. His grandfather covers the house in strange symbols and acts like something is coming for them. And every full moon, the town locks itself inside before sunset.The closer Mason gets to Chase, the more Blackwater Ridge begins to unravel.Because something is hiding in the forest. Something connected to Chase. And deep in the mountains, something ancient is waking up.And somehow... it already knows Mason's name.…

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Caleb has a problem.He's in love with his best friend.Said best friend is in love with a girl.And the girl?She's in love with someone else.Leo Mercer.Who is annoying. Mysterious. And very much in the way.So Caleb does what any emotionally stable person would do-He decides to fix everything.Help his best friend get the girl.Get over his feelings.And somehow get Leo out of the picture.Easy.Except nothing goes according to plan.Because feelings don't just disappear.Plans don't stay simple.And Leo Mercer?He might not be as out of the way as Caleb thought.…

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When Evan Hale's long-hidden relationship with the boy who once saved him begins to rot under secrecy, the arrival of someone who sees him clearly forces Evan to confront a devastating truth: sometimes the love that raised you is the love you have to leave. *** Evan Hale has always known two things: homes can break, and people can leave long before they walk away. Landon Pierce was supposed to be the exception. His neighbor. His best friend. His first love. The boy who once pulled Evan out of the wreckage of his childhood and became the only place he ever felt safe. But high school changes things. Landon is louder now-brighter, adored, claimed by the varsity world that wants all of him... except the part that belongs to Evan. What was once easy becomes hidden. What felt unbreakable begins to fracture. Then Aiden Reyes shows up-quiet, observant, impossible to ignore. He doesn't demand anything from Evan. He just notices. And for the first time, Evan feels seen without having to disappear. As jealousy hardens into lies and the past tightens its grip, Evan is forced to confront a truth he's been avoiding: The boy who once saved him may be the one hurting him most. And the boy he never expected might be the first to choose him freely. But how do you walk away from the person who taught you what love was in the first place?…

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A misdelivered love letter meant for the school's cheerleader lands in her twin brother's locker, sparking an unexpected friendship that forces Oliver to face family secrets, his identity, and his growing feelings for the one boy he was never supposed to love.***Oliver Grant wasn't trying to fall for Max Ellis.He had one job: slip a love letter into locker 166 and finally confess to Kate Ellis - the cool, untouchable cheerleader of his teenage dreams.Instead, it ends up in locker 168.Which belongs to Max Ellis - Kate's twin brother. Broody. Quiet. Star football player. Definitely not the person Oliver was supposed to fall for.And the worst part?Since that day, Max Ellis has been way too interested in Oliver Grant - showing up, sitting too close, smiling like he knows exactly what he's doing.The more Oliver tries to avoid him......the harder Max makes it to walk away.Now Oliver's life is spiraling into awkward hallway run-ins, mixed signals, and a growing suspicion that maybe - just maybe - the wrong locker wasn't a mistake at all.…

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"I always thought I was the ocean, you know?Always reaching for things I can't have.Always crashing into people who don't want me back.The moon pulls.The ocean follows.Even when it hurts.""You don't have to, Noah. Why can't you stay?Why can't the ocean stay with the shore?"***Noah Reed has spent years trying to outrun the boy he used to be-the one who froze under his father's fists,the one who kissed a stranger under the starsand watched him disappear.When Noah and his mother escape their violent home and move to Novacrest, he's prepared to rebuild quietly: new school, new friends, a job at a café, and maybe-finally-something like peace. Milo, the sweet, steady football player who keeps showing up for him, feels like exactly that.Until Noah sees him.Eli Blake.Quarterback. Golden boy. Untouchable.And the first boy Noah ever kissed.Eli acts like he doesn't remember him at all.But his eyes say something else-fear, anger, longing, something sharp enough to cut.Thrown together for a biology project, their old summer-camp secret forces its way back, tearing open every wound Noah has tried to bury. And just when Noah's heart begins leaning toward Milo, Eli breaks through his defenses... and kisses him again.Now the past is unraveling, the truth is clawing its way out, and Noah has to choose between the boy who makes him feel safe and the boy who makes him feel seen.Because oceans don't choose what pulls them.But Noah has to-before he breaks apart for good.Book One in the Ocean & Moon series.…

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A leaked scandal destroyed Dev's life and cost him the boy he loved.Now he's starting over at a new school where no one is supposed to know his name.And the last person he needs getting close is Raj - the infuriating, sharp-tongued prefect who won't stop watching him like he's trying to solve a mystery.Dev may survive being hated.But he definitely won't survive being loved again.…