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He Falls First Romance
Sometimes the person you need has always been right there in front of you...
It’s been six months since Sophie lost her dad. She’s created a routine that keeps her grounded and present so nothing gets in the way of getting everything she wants. But when Dylan comes back into her life like a whirlwind, she isn’t sure she can handle being loved so fully. She isn’t even sure if she deserves it. Dylan’s wildest dream just came true, and when he finds out Sophie will be working with him, he’s ecstatic because even after all these years, he’s still in love with her. But trying to prove to Sophie just how much she deserves to be loved just might prove to be impossible.
Cassiel has never brought a man home to his parents. Then he hires one.
As a child, Cassiel Lim named himself after the angel of time. Now he repairs watches, and his life runs like clockwork. He's autistic, keeps his world quiet and manageable, and his mother is afraid he'll die alone. When a family dinner for a major Korean holiday looms, he books a date through an app. May Huang is a dishwasher in Chinatown, managing a brain injury and ADHD with color-coded notebooks and phone alarms. He's chatty, good with parents, and needs the money, so he takes the gig. They meet on a Thursday to build their cover story, then again the next Thursday. It was meant to end after one dinner. Instead the days stretch into Christmas, then into a new year. The fake life is starting to look real, built on money neither mentions and a story that was never true. Neither of them is ready for what happens when the arrangement stops being one.
Desdemona Sutton-Knight has spent her life being perfect. The perfect daughter. The perfect sister. The perfect student. Her final year at Spearcrest Academy was supposed to be perfect, too. But when her brothers make a mistake that could destroy their futures, Desdemona knows it's her duty to protect them. And to protect them, she needs a scapegoat. Someone expendable. Someone ruthless. Someone willing to do anything—for the right price.
Elias Lennox has nothing to lose. He has no money, no family, and no illusions about the way power works in Spearcrest. The rich play dirty—and he’s learned to play dirtier.
So when the untouchable golden girl of Spearcrest comes crawling to him for a favour, he sees her for what she is: his key into the world that’s always shut him out. He offers her a deal: he’ll take the fall for a crime he didn’t commit and in return, she’ll be his girlfriend for the year. All she has to do is convince everyone they’re madly in love. All he has to do is remember that she’s just a means to an end. But the thing about lying? There is always a cost.
All Alena Richards wanted was to open her art gallery in the Hamptons and live the quiet, happy life she dreamed. With her gallery opening looming and her creative spark at a low, the last thing she needed was love.
Fate had other ideas when renowned billionaire, Dorian Bradley, hid in her gallery after being chased by paparazzi.
Offered an undeniable opportunity, Alena finds herself working on a commission for the handsome, future CEO’s company. Sparks start to fly between the two of them. Thanks to Dorian’s charming ways, Alena once again opens up her heart.
But secrets can’t always be hidden. No one can keep running from the past. There are some things that Alena and Dorian can’t forget. Especially when it comes to love…
Marigold Levinson has always played it safe. Knowing what she wants out of life has never been an issue—until the one person she never dreamed of getting attached to sends all her carefully laid plans up in smoke. Blossoming in her career, and about to take the next step in her relationship, Marigold’s life is headed in exactly the direction she’s envisioned. All she has to do is say yes, but one night, one moment, threatens the future she’s worked so hard for. And at the center of all the chaos is Colt Parker. Charming, and a constant thorn in her side, her best friends’ older brother knows just how to get under her skin. Unfortunately, she’s also plagued with an undeniable draw to him. Then, and now. Maybe even always. Colt Parker lived his life on the wild side. Owning and running his own white water rafting outfit is exactly where he wanted to be. And chasing after Marigold Levinson was a part of his daily routine—until what should have been a fatal accident changed everything. Adapting to a new way of life, Colt struggles to reconcile who he used to be, and who he is now. Grateful to have survived, he’s determined to put his best foot forward. But under the surface, he’s haunted by the missing pieces of his past. With only flickers to go on, there’s one person that seems to always be the star of every image his mind conjures. Marigold has never been interested in his advances, no matter how relentlessly he’s pursued her, making it difficult to grasp that in every one of his dreams, it’s her face he’s seeing. While Colt and Marigold continue on their separate paths, the pull between them becomes increasingly hard to ignore. Connected by their past, and memories that may never be regained, they’ll have to decide to move forward, or cling to what could have been.
Fifteen years ago, Nalini Rana became an infamous media sensation overnight when RaineFall’s breakout hit was named after her. Known for breaking Jack Raine’s heart, she was demonized by the tabloids and fangirls alike, while she wished her best friend (and Jack’s twin) Kameron would use his newfound fame to make the craziness stop. Instead, he ghosted her, leaving her alone as she gave up her dreams one by one in the name of safety.
Now, Nalini’s a burned-out high school teacher doing her best to hide from her past. Which has gotten a lot harder now that Kameron Raine has moved back to town, complete with his stupid smile and an adorable daughter Nalini can’t help but love.
Kameron
Fifteen years ago, Kameron left the sleepy town of Briar Hill behind for bigger and better things. As one-third of the boyband RaineFall, fame literally came overnight when the performance of their song “Nalini” went viral. But his new fame came with a choice: his best friend or his twin brother — and while family bonds were supposed to win out, it was something he immediately regretted.
Now, Kameron’s widowed, bandless, and in need of a fresh start. Moving back to Briar Hill seemed like the most logical (and budget-friendly) solution, though his daughter Cassidy would disagree. But coming back home came with more animosity than he expected, especially from Nalini, who he had thought moved on to bigger and better things than this small town.
As the two of them are forced to confront what happened years ago, surprising sparks start to fly, forcing them to ask the question: Is it possible RaineFall not only ruined their lives, but also ruined their future?
Florence Bell is many things: free-spirited, confident, a successful nail artist, a disappointment to her parents, and a powerful witch according to her grandmother. Due to a series of opinions telling her who she should be in life, she decides to live boldly and become a skeptic of love and magic. Honestly, if the two truly existed they would have found her by now, and life would be a lot less complicated.
Yet, she can’t deny she has no dreams, only the taste of florals on her tongue as she wakes each morning. But a witch shouldn’t be this empty, she must wish and be full of dreams. Convinced to get back what she once lost, and to see if magic will appear when she least expects it, Florence performs an ancient ritual using a stolen grimoire. However, fate gave Florence two gifts, magic she has no control over and a soulmate she can’t get rid of, and when she least expects it, she then learns she's a Love Witch, and of course this must be a cruel joke from the universe itself.
Magic doesn’t make mistakes, it makes good on promises. Florence's dreams are lessons and hints to help her break her hopeless patterns of uncertainty. She must listen well; a Love Witch is meant to receive and give love, and not create a curse for heartbreak that will ultimately lead her to stand in the way of her own happiness.
She will wake what was lost. His darkness will answer. Drawn into a kingdom fracturing beneath a crumbling crown, Vaelira must master a power she never asked for, or watch the world she swore to protect turn to ash. More than a century after the Great Demon Fire reduced the continent to cinders, its scars have never truly faded. Sheltered by its mountains, Eastvale was spared the flames, but not the demons that now stalk the night beyond village walls, or the ruthless Wasteland raiders that prey on travellers by day. Vaelira wants one thing: to join Anhaven’s Guard and protect the people she loves from those dangers. To earn her place, she must pass three gruelling trials meant to test her strength, skill, and resolve. But when a Royal Guard from the capital arrives to observe the trials, he is inexplicably drawn to Vaelira, and something within her awakens. Burdened with a power she never asked for, Vaelira travels to Caerthalyn—a city where magic is outlawed, politics are lethal, and cultists lurk in every shadow. As secrets unravel and loyalties blur, Vaelira discovers that her power is tied to a much darker secret… one that could change the fate of their kingdom. In a world where people are rarely what they seem, will Vaelira uncover the answers she seeks… or ignite the very forces that could destroy it all?
These words changed Calla Emery's life forever. With her father missing and her mother falling ill, Calla is forced to enter the world of nobility to leave her family's commoner status behind to land a wealthy husband - despite her family's messy history with the royal family. Little does she know, beyond her wildest dreams, that there's magic that lies behind the castle walls, both good...and evil. And she's going to get more than she bargained for.
"The sun will never set on the kingdom of Dragoon."
Prince Mekai Okoro would do anything for his father. He would fight in any war, at any cost - or so he thought. With a civil war looming in the realm, a fight for the royal crown brewing, and dragon magic coursing through his veins, Prince Mekai must decide if he will be his own man or will he be who his father wants him to be, a warmonger. And, what will Calla and Mekai do when they realize that love is their greatest adversary...and ally?
Death may want me for his bride, but I already belong to someone else.
Penelope Everly is a girl claimed by Death. He stalks her from the shadows, watching and waiting. But now that she’s becoming a young woman, her parents have betrothed her to someone against her will in order to save their dwindling family fortune.
Victor Van Daught has no interest in marriage or remaining in the town he grew up in to take over the family business. He is a man of science and discovery—an aspiring entomologist. But when he meets Penelope Everly he’s immediately enchanted by her.
The young couple enter the halls of Corvus University together, given a semester to solidify their betrothal. But the school holds more secrets than scholars, and when students start disappearing, Penelope and Victor begin to fear that Death has come to claim his bride.
They told her Lesser Magic was lesser. She's starting to think that was the point.
Nessa Halloway arrives at Solmere Academy knowing she doesn't belong. Not by the Academy's standards, anyway. Noble students get trained. Students like her get taught to disappear. The longer she watches, the less sense the rules make. So she stops following them.
Somewhere between late-night training sessions and the girl she can't stop thinking about, Nessa stops trying to fit in and starts figuring out what she actually wants.
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