Stephanie fights reality every day. The voices inside, the ones declaring her worth, deem her broken, used and dirty. She is an object. A toy. Something to be tossed aside when bored. Who will believe her if she whispers the truth about her wrecking ball of a family? Eventually, her secret explodes and the person who means the most to her knows just how shattered she is and why she's so afraid. But rescue is closer than she realizes. Hidden in plain sight, her horror hasn’t been ignored by everyone. Racing against the truth of what she faces, forces are joining together and developing a plan to free her from the hell in her own backyard. And while she’s at her lowest point, she’s hit with the beauty of love at any cost - redemption in the face of ruin. Will it be enough?
Content Warnings:
Physical abuse
Mental abuse
Emotional abuse
Sex trafficking
“My heart is slowly mending back together after this one, but I don’t regret ever stepping into this story. Not one bit. And I look forward to more of Stephanie’s story when the series continues on. 5 Very Emotional Stars”
— Mandy from I Read Indie
I heard it said once that every human is a story with skin.
If this is true, paragraphs would be etched in the scars on my wrists.
Whole chapters could be written about the way my heart pounds when I startle awake.
And every single one of my tears could fill a book.
But stories, with all their promise, only leave room for disappointment. I don’t have room for that anymore. I left it all—the hope, the love, the promise—back in my old life with the ghosts I’d rather forget: Jude. Emma. Pacey.
Kevin.
This is how I dare to move forward and to believe in a beginning. I let go of the old. I just grab the new and run. I don’t wait around anymore. I can’t.
Waiting leaves room for the voices.
Somewhere between water and sky, I'll find a way to burn these voices to the ground.
Content Warnings:
Violence
Stalking
PTSD
“Undeniably amazing. These two books took my breath away, made me cry, laugh and love. These books are real life. You are definitely gonna wanna read these.”
— Amazon Review
At first glance, Kera Collins' life appears perfect: the best friends, the best school, the attention of Dex Albright, the deliciously irresistible grandson to the Headmaster.
But she has only ever wanted one thing - a golden envelope inviting her to La Boheme, the secret society formed within the walls of her boarding school. As a senior, she gets her wish. But when the secrets turn deadly, Kera has a choice to make: trust her friends or rely on the prestige and connections only available to her through the elite?
Content Warnings:
Scene alluding to sexual assault / harassment
Political manipulation
Dead parent
“This is Gossip Girl gone off the rails... in the best way possible! Shady underground societies, conspiracy theories and family secrets... what more could you want?”
— Amazon Review
One moment Juniper Reese existed, and the next she vanished into thin air.
This is how it feels for Lavender, her twin, when she receives the call that Juniper didn’t show up to her job one morning. Still adjusting to Juniper’s cross-country move to run from the ghosts of their mother’s death, Lavender knows something is wrong — but she also knows her sister is still alive.
As she follows Juniper’s footsteps in an unfamiliar town, she begins to uncover a plot that seems to suggest her sister was being stalked before her disappearance. Now it’s on her to find Juniper before time runs out and convince those around her that her disappearance wasn’t an attempt to “get away.”
What she doesn’t know is that she’s being watched by someone who just realized perfection came twice. He begins to hone in on Lavender, his attention never satisfied until he can have them both for himself.
Will Lavender be able to find her sister before time runs out?
Or will she be the next target in an obsession gone wrong?
CONTENT WARNING:
Stalking
Violence
No one can beat Elora’s elegantly descriptive turns of phrase or witty one-liners that catch you delightfully off guard.
— Amazon Review
Nova Scofield isn’t looking for anything serious. She’s not looking for anything at all, actually. Still recovering after walking away from her narcissistic fiancé weeks before their wedding, she is happily focused on her floral shop, Wild Flora.
But then Jax Stratford walks into the shop and Nova suddenly remembers what it’s like to feel the gravitational pull of chemistry. For one night, she allows herself the freedom of letting her desire lead her.
The only problem is Jax isn’t a one night stand — he’s a potential business partner. Despite her best judgment, she agrees to a date and finds herself falling head over heels.
But Nova’s ex refuses to let go — he keeps showing up and threatening to take over the flower shop she built with her best friend — making it impossible for Nova to move on from their relationship and the control he had over her.
To make matters worse, history surfaces and her ex shares something with her, making it seem Jax has kept the truth from her this entire time.
Will she give into the heat she feels with Jax?
Or will everything she’s worked for turn to ash?
CONTENT WARNING:
Purity culture
Narcissistic abuse
“Long story short: We love a book with a solid bestie, interesting and socially relevant story, AND well written spice.”
— Amazon Review
It only takes one night.
There’s no way Brandon Monet could have feelings for Winter Stratford. At least, that’s her assumption. As her brother’s best friend, Brandon has been off limits for as long as she’s known him - but that doesn’t stop the undeniable current of electricity that Winter feels when he’s around.
And then one night, everything changes, and it’s very clear that Winter is not invisible to Brandon as she once assumed.
But now that the spark has been lit, what are they supposed to do with the flame?
Brandon runs, and Winter is left to pretend that nothing happened. She quickly discovers this is impossible, especially when Brandon returns and the heat of his gaze is just as magnetic as before.
What comes next is a dance of timing and missing the mark - and the truth that sometimes our fall into love looks more like stumbling into acceptance.
Sometimes, the slow burns build the strongest flame.
CONTENT WARNING:
Narcissistic abuse
Building a life for herself on a small island town off the coast of North Carolina, Piper Cloud is just looking to finish her second novel and not think about the ghosts of her past. And sure, maybe working at a coffee shop in her 30s wasn’t her ultimate dream, but she’s content… ish. At the very least, she enjoys distracting herself with the surfers outside her window — until one of them ends up in her coffee shop and her world tilts on its axis.
Saint Hawthorn is running from his own ghosts as part of a security detail team for the nation’s elite. Atoning for the decisions he made after his sister’s murder, he spends his days leading his men into hostile environments as a way to chase the adrenaline and forget about his grief. But then he walks into the Beach Bodega and finds himself face to face with a lavender haired beauty who steals his breath — and makes him question everything he’s been chasing.
What begins as an innocent meet-cute from an altercation in Piper’s coffee shop quickly turns into both of their ghosts coming to haunt them with the past, pushing them into a storyline they never saw coming. Running from a leader of a Christian nationalist sect who now has Piper’s name on his hit list, she has to decide if she will give into the magnetic pull of Saint, a man determined to keep her and her best friends’ safe while fighting his own grief.
Will they be able to heal from the trauma of their past?
Or will they continue to run from the warmth of each other’s sun?
CONTENT WARNING:
Narcissistic abuse
Christian Nationalism
Homophobia
Physical, Verbal, Sexual Abuse
“From Winter's assumption of invisibility to the electrifying moment when their connection begins, every page kept me hooked. The chemistry between the characters felt so real, and the way their love unfolds resonated deeply with me.”
— Amazon Review
