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Graduation is right around the corner for Ada Sinclair. She's spent all of high school saving up for her dream college and skipped high school traditions to keep her grades up for scholarships. When the acceptance letter came in the mail, every ounce of her effort felt worth it. She's spent her life being a small fish in a small pond, but eagerly awaits September so she can spread her wings and move on to big things.When her mother comes home to reveal she is in the early stages of Huntington's Disease, a disease passed down from her own mother, she can't hide from the truth she may be next in line. It is then that her plans and dreams for her future shatter. Nothing is more important to her than her family, people who need her and her strength more than Ada needs her dreams. Not knowing how much time she has left with her mother, she makes the choice to remain at home and has no regrets. Only the fear of uncertainty. Feeling like the world is crashing down on her, Ada turns to the man who's been there for her for the last four years. He'd given her the confidence she needed to become the woman she is now, held her while she cried and has been there through every struggle she's faced. He seems fully willing to be there for her again, even if that means risking his career as a teacher; her teacher.As their friendship grows stronger, they find strength in one another and a connection they can only ignore for so long, a connection that comes with life-changing consequences for them both.…

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It all started with a tall, dark and handsome man at the bar, perfectly flirtatious and wickedly charming. But that man was not the man Astrid ended up in bed with that night. If only Astrid had a few more cocktails that night, she could have chalked it up to a drunken mistake with her over-protective best friend. It wasn't the booze, unfortunately, but the way he'd held her when they danced and the way his lips had captured hers and sent shivers down her spine. It wasn't that Astrid didn't believe in love, she'd just never felt it and kept her heart under lock and key until the right man came along she could trust. She trusted this man every single day of her life, but he was never meant to be this for her. He was never meant to explore every inch of her body or whisper words of seduction in her ear. Jonah Dawson was the last man she was allowed to fall into bed with or fall in love with. Not because he was her best friend, but because he was also her father's. And her godfather.18+Strong sexual content and language…

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After one ectopic pregnancy, one miscarriage, and one stillbirth, Bianca has given up her dream of ever having children. And once her husband leaves her in the middle of the night, she's given up on love as well.When her brother offers her a place to start her life over, she's hesitant at first. Anything's better than living with her parents, but the man who comes with this new life has trouble written all over him. Sexy as sin, sweet as candy, and a smile that's melting her heart and doing ungodly things to her body. And therein lies the problem. Kade Calloway is everything she could ever want in a man, but she isn't allowed to want him. After all, he's older than her father. More than that, he's her brother's father-in-law. So what the hell does that make him to her? One hell of a complication.Started: December 14th, 2021Completed: December 28th, 2021…

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Sophie knew her marriage was coming to an end. There had been a heavy weight in the house she shared with her husband and two young children; a quiet she tried her best to ignore. So when Jason sat her down at their dining room table, Sophie was mentally prepared to hear the words that would tear her once happy family apart. What she couldn't prepare herself for was what happened to her life once he walked out the door.Now Sophie must pick up all the broken pieces, and, with the help of an unlikely source, find a little bit of sunlight in the downpour of her broken life.…

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"We always have the North Star, M&M," Elijah reminded her. "It shines bright, just like you do. No matter where I am, I can follow that star, and it'll lead me to you.""That's not how the North Star works.""It does when the person I'm looking for shines brighter than the stars."******She'd grown up to the sounds of screaming, objects being thrown, and the slamming of the front door at the house next to her own. Madeline's home was his haven away from his own personal hell. But at the age of eighteen, Elijah packed was little he had, said goodbye to her in the middle of the night, and drove away from their quiet town.Years have passed. Madeline is no longer that nine-year-old child who'd watched him drive away, yet her heart never allowed the pain of losing him to fade. There was no forgetting her babysitter, her best friend, the boy next door. Not a single clear night has passed without her searching for that North Star, wondering if he'd looked up that same night and thought of her.Wishes were powerful things. The first time Madeline allowed herself to wish for his return, her wish came true.Title Contest Winner: Emmie492…

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Everything about Elijah that was worth loving walked out the door of his apartment with Madeline, leaving him little more than a shell of a man. No amount of booze or destruction could erase the love he felt for that woman. That sweet, brutal, all too brief love slashed through his insides and left him damaged beyond repair. They say time heals all wounds, and in some ways, it did. Four years after his M&M walked away, Elijah has his life on track. The scars were still on his heart and skin, but this was as close to living for something other than her as he'd ever get. Then the call comes. That punch to the gut, time stopping call that could send him right back into the hole that'd taken him two years to climb out of. Hearing about her engagement was one thing. It hurt, but knowing she'd found happiness after all the heartache gave him some measure of hope for himself. But this? This could be his salvation or his end.*Mentions of suicide and drug and alcohol addiction.…

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Twenty-three years after meeting the little girl who would grow to become the love of his life, and Elijah finally has her. He isn't the same man who broke her heart four years ago. He's stronger, more determined, and finally has his shit together. It took a lifetime to become the man Madeline deserves, but now that he's finally there, there isn't a chance in hell of letting her go.But the second Madeline came back into his life, he's had to deal with one thing after another. An asshole ex, a grandfather, an uncle, two cousins. While doing his best to take everything in stride, trying to prove to everyone and to himself he's done running away from life's complications, the stars throw him one hell of a curveball.…

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That day was only retained in her dreams, and when Faith awoke, she brought only three things back with her.Loud pops of the gunfire.Her father's voice yelling at Noah to keep her safe.Tears rolling down Noah's cheeks as he asked if she trusted them.Everything was lost that day. Her father, her sister, and her childhood innocence. Then with little time, the details of that day and the life she led before became cloaked by their own darkness. With the memories of her childhood dissolved, Faith survived but never lived. Now as an Adult, Faith has nothing. No job, no emotional connections to others, no truths of the past, and about to lose her apartment, forcing her to live with a mother who cannot look at her without seeing the daughter she lost.Faith is at a crossroads. Continue on barely living as only half a person, or face the past in the hope of finding peace, and maybe find herself. To do that, she must go back to the beginning. Back to the only person from her dream who'd lived. Word Count: 28,778Started: 6/19/20Completed: 7/04/20…

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Two men, best friends since childhood. Alex Hagen. Life of the party. Charismatic. Always gets the girl. Dylan McKenna. The guy who sneaks away from the party to hang out at the diner down the street. Because that's where Hailey works. The prettiest, sweetest girl he's ever laid eyes on. The girl who makes him him dream of a bigger life he could never have. The girl he runs away from one cold winter night. Yet no matter where Dylan runs, she's always right there. Right there in his apartment when his best friend brings his girlfriend over to meet him. Right there when he flees again after college, only to have Alex move her close by once again. As his fiancé. Right there when Dylan finally reaches his breaking point, and announces his undying love for her. And then, just like that, she's no longer there. Yet no matter how much time Dylan goes without her, no matter how much space is put between them, he cannot get his former best friend's wife out of his head. All he can do is wait until it's his time to take back the life Alex stole from him, and the love he once thought could never be.TRIGGER WARNING: descriptions of sexual assault (as part of the character's past), as well as the long-term turmoil it can cause. Please be advised the character was a child when this act occurred.…

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Everything she once cherished slipped away in the blink of an eye. After a mugging gone wrong, Hannah is left with brain damage. Years later, she's still trying to come to terms with the fact that her old life is one she'll never get back. Not her ability to write out a sentence or read a good book. Not the strength she once had to run a marathon or her ability to speak without stumbling over the words. The woman she was is gone forever and Hannah is forced to live with constant reminders surrounding her day to day life. Desperate for change, Hannah takes her former best friend from high school up on an offer to move in with her across the country and start a new life. It's the second scariest thing she's ever gone through, but Hannah knows the only chance of living her life is to give up trying to fix the old one that she'll never truly be able to mend.When she arrives, however, Hannah immediately realizes she's made a terrible mistake. This part of the city doesn't fit someone like her and she's ready to turn around before her bags are even out of the car. Until she meets Meggie's boss.David is southern, muscular and, according to Meggie, a grade A prick. But the brooding bar owner seems to have a soft spot for Hannah and is determined to show her that the choice she made to move here wasn't the wrong one and will do whatever it takes to get her to stay.Her second chance at life is becoming more than she imagined and as Hannah gets to know David, she begins to wonder if that second chance at life comes with a second chance at love.…

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Photos of my favorite deer stalkers, along with some dog photos and a few cats thrown in for good measure.…

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One night. One stupid decision. That was all it took for life to come crashing down.Four best friends with one year left of college. The days of parties and freedoms would soon be traded in for jobs and bills, but they were ready to face that brave new world together. But that one night, that one stupid decision ended three lives and left one barely living. Six months later, and Grace can still barely sleep or breathe. Sunlight on her face is a distant memory, stuck in her self-pity barricaded in the apartment she once shared with her best friend. Her father, not knowing how to help her through the pain, calls in reinforcements in the form of his own college best friend; a renowned therapist in her city who's determined to help her. Whether Grace wants his help or not.Novella- Eleven ChaptersFully completed. Will be updating daily.…

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In the eighteen years she'd been alive, Adam Whitman had taken a thousand photos of Mia Holloway. From the day she was born until the day he left town. And while he was away for five years, he wrote her a thousand words scattered across postcards. It seemed like forever since he'd seen her and upon his return, those five years turned her into a woman; a sight he cannot seem to ignore despite his best efforts. Mia has loved Adam all her life and has been in love with him ever since she understood what it truly meant. His time away never erased her feelings for him and now that he's returned and no longer treating her like the child she was when he left, they're only growing stronger.Everything is standing in their way, including the eighteen years between them as well as his self-control. When Mia finally surrenders to the fact that she may never have his love in return, she makes a choice to move on. Now it's Adam's turn to make a choice and figure out just what he's willing to lose in order to keep her.…

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A little Q&A for those who are interested in learning a little more about me.…

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She hadn't meant for it to happen. One moment Harper Holloway was out In the beer garden to get some fresh air and the next moment she was in James Wittig's body embrace, his mouth against hers in reality rather than just the fantasy she'd been living in for the last ten plus years. James is more than off limits. Not only is he her older brother's best friend and had been since kindergarten, but he's also her older sister's ex-fiancée, who has been trying desperately to win back his heart after breaking it last year.When the clock strikes midnight, all bets are off, but when daylight approaches Harper knows her horses must turn back to mice, her carriage must turn back into a pumpkin and she must turn back into the baby sister in the background. Because if that other glass slipper drops, everything in their lives will shatter.…

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With these exercises you will be able to improve:Setting descriptionCharactersEmotional descriptionThese will help you to learn to shut off your brain and write for the pure love of it. Worrying about what others will think or if we are good enough holds writers back from being able to explore their true potential. Based off my writing threads, you will time yourself, forcing you to shut down that little voice and write whatever comes out of you. Stop overthinking your decisions and just write. To be featured in this book:Any exercises you do can be published in this book. Simply send me a private message and we will arrange for it. You will have your name as the chapter and will get each of your exercises reviewed by me. Rules:Writing must be made for this only. No previous work.Should be kept at two comment size worth (4,000 characters).Be finished within thirty minutes.Provide everything chosen from the list*All writing will belong to you.…

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As a reader, there are things I will judge heavily (and not so heavily) when deciding what to read. Writer Profile Cover Blurb Any parts in your book that occur before the first chapter The first chapter is a make it or break it for me. If it doesn't capture me right then and there, It's deleted from my library and I will not continue. Does your first chapter make it or break it? Your review and grade will be available (along with what I am reviewing and grading) for all to see in this book. I do not review books as a whole. This review will tell you if the book is able to keep potential readers who click on it. *No photos or covers come from the writer or book. I'm just practicing with different programs.…