Time heals all wounds. When you have the power to rewind it, you begin to wonder whether it's too much responsibility for one person to hold. ***** Sometimes, walking away is the scariest, yet the bravest thing one can do. Iris Fox would know; after r...
[ONC 2023 Shortlister] ['23 RGAs Overall Winner] When the storm comes, who will you choose to ride it out with? In the sleepy coastal village of Porthdruro, the most excitement literature student Sally Tremaine experiences is the coming and going of the tide. So, when she runs into carefree photographer Flick Scott on...
Submerged kingdoms, haunted temples, booby-trapped caves. Lara Croft has seen it all in her quest for ancient artefacts, which she sells to the highest bidder. But nothing prepares Lara for her latest, greatest discovery: a golden apple capable of bringing its bearer anything they desire. The only problem? The golden...
After a disastrous end to their last tour, Elliot Hawk, lead singer of True Outlaws - a British pop rock band taking the world by storm - is determined to keep the new album release squeaky clean. However, he isn't counting on Phoebe, a shy librarian with a past of her own, catching his eye. She isn't interested in a...
After nineteen-year-old Jilly Peterson meets dashing Italian, Jack Firenze, life throws everything it's got her way. She swaps Manchester for beautiful Bergamo Alta in Italy. However, her new situation may not be as 'idyllic' as the setting. A family drama running from 2004 to 2020. Trigger/content warning: This stor...
"What are you left with, if you give up everything you think you know, for love?" LYDIA YOUNG hates her life. She's rich, beautiful, and popular, and dates a future lord, but her only wish is to get as far away from it all as possible. And she would do everything and anything in her power to do so. She's been admitted...
"Here's the thing though . . ." He trails off thoughtfully and then he looks straight at me. His eyes are steely and that makes me realise the fundamental difference between the young Ryan and this Ryan. He's hardened now. The sweet boy I once knew is probably still in there somewhere but life eventually got to him an...
𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨, 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝�...
In the late nineties asexuality is all but ignored as an orientation. Jess doesn't understand her complex array of emotions or why she finds it so hard to relate to her fellow classmates. Catholic high schools and churches simply don't address the issue, and the internet is still nascent. Jess can't tell anyone the t...
Camila struggles to write a completed story until she confides in Reece, the cute librarian, and with a whirlwind romance, he helps her believe she can do anything she puts her mind to. *** Camila wants more than anything to write a book but constantly deals with writer's block. With a new book contest in town, she be...
When Kay leaves home to discover herself and meets Brian, the handsome scarred owner of a coffee shop that shares her name, she must decide if she has enough heart for more than just herself. *** Kay Ruiz leaves home to prove that she can live on her own, that she's an...
Logan "Crow" Walker Going down for a murder I didn't commit earned me the road name Crow and changed me in ways they will never understand. Six months after my release, and despite the welcome of my brothers, I'm distant and keeping my head down at the club I once called home. Rescuing a fiesty blonde is not part of...