modernism

Simone Carter has it all on paper---a coveted marketing lead role, financial security, and a new life of success built on grit and long nights. But beneath the surface, she's crumbling under the weight of her ambitions. Burned out, emotionally distant, and haunted by the pressure to never fall behind, Simone has spent years running on survival mode.Then she meets Devyn Reyes, a wildly talented, wildly chaotic artist who seems to live by no one's rules but her own. Devyn is everything Simone isn't---free-spirited, unbothered, a storm of color and emotion. Their worlds collide in a haze of spilled wine, sharp banter, and late-night conversations that pull Simone out of her head and into something like desire.But as their connection deepens, so do the cracks in Simone's carefully constructed life. Letting Devyn in means loosening her grip on control---and trusting someone with a heart she's spent years protecting.Can Simone learn to choose herself, even if it means letting go of everything she thought made her whole?A sapphic slow burn about ambition, burnout, and the terrifying, beautiful act of being seen.…

modernism

"Hey." It all started with that three lettered word in a mysterious text from an unknown Californian number―hey. Alex Turner is your average seventeen―almost eighteen―year old girl. She's been through the normal teenage girl drama, like every other girl her age. She never thought she would be the same after her ex shattered her heart, but she finds herself being stronger than she imagined, and pulled through what the world had to throw at her. Though she thought fate hated her, Alex was surprised when she received that three lettered text one day, along with the drama that came with it. What she didn't know, is that that simple greeting would open so many new doors. Jake Carter was the guy for her, and fate decided that when he first sent her that text message. * * * This used to say "Based On A True Story," but I took it down because I'm sick of explaining that only the idea how Jake and Alex meet is true. Some other stuff might be true, but that's mainly it. :) And it didn't happen to me, but my friend :P © 2013, all rights reserved. (which means steal or I will come to your house and gouge your eyes out with a rusty spoon)…