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The Fake Boyfriend [completed] by bookswithmonica
The Fake Boyfriend [completed]
bookswithmonica
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Miles Rivera wants nothing except to graduate high school. Having two younger siblings, he's taken over as being the man of the house. Helping with the bills and taking care of his siblings, Miles has his hands full. Being one of the few Latinos at school has it's challenges. People give you side glances and the whispers can get overwhelming. When he finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time, Mile gets hit with what he least expects. Blending in high school is easy unless you're Diana Lewis's new boyfriend. Diana Lewis. The perfect girl. The world thinks she's got her whole life figured out. Her family is highly respected and she's got the guy of her dreams (kind of). In the comfort of her house, Diana's parents are barely around and her so call boyfriend actually sucks. Three and a half months of pure chaos as Miles and Diana try to convince the whole high school that they are suddenly dating. The lines between fake and real start to blur leaving Diana and Lewis more confused than ever. Now together, they both learn to deal with racism, family issues, and high school drama.
Cruel Summer | ✓ by ellecarrigan
Cruel Summer | ✓
ellecarrigan
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  • Parts 40
When Charlie Miller loses her job the week before both her roommates move to California, she decides it's time to get out of Texas. But with her bank account embarrassingly empty and her newly divorced parents living thousands of miles apart, she doesn't know where to go. And then she remembers Fisher. The small lakeside town in Idaho where she spent every summer until she was eighteen at her uncle's cabin. It's the last place she was truly happy, so the day Gaby and Tay move out, Charlie packs up her car and embarks on the 1,800-mile drive. She has no idea what to expect when she gets there: her uncle sold the cabin six years ago, after all, and the last time she was there she was surrounded by her cousins. This time around she is alone, and she is lonely. When she revisits the old cabin, it's pure nostalgia. Until she is caught by the neighbor. Who just happens to be the most beautiful woman Charlie has ever seen. She is smitten, instantly, and all of a sudden her trip to Fisher has a purpose. The only problem: Lou is almost twenty years older, she has a teenage daughter, and Charlie's pretty sure she's straight. But the more time they spend together, the less sure Charlie is, and when a freak event throws them together, there's only one way to find out. After all, she's only here for two weeks and then she has to figure her life out. She has nothing left to lose. © Elle Carrigan 2023
Like a Best Friend | ✓ by ellecarrigan
Like a Best Friend | ✓
ellecarrigan
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  • Parts 36
Kitty Cohen and Felicity Campbell are soulmates. Fliss has been sure of this ever since they shared a room their freshman year of college, when their friendship emerged fully-formed the moment they met. They've seen it all together: disastrous house shares; shitty post-grad apartments; too many relationships to count. Now everything's about to change. Kitty is getting married and Fliss didn't think she'd be this heartbroken. Levi's a nice guy. He understands his fiancée's friendship, and he and Fliss get along just fine, but he's just a guy. He isn't special enough for Kitty. But then a shaken Kitty turns up on Fliss's doorstep a few weeks before the big day: the wedding is off. Fliss didn't think she would be so relieved to hear that. Weird. The honeymoon is all paid for, though, so Kitty has a proposition: a girls' trip to Las Vegas, just the two of them and two weeks of drinking and overheating and exploring everything Sin City has to offer. Why not, right? Fliss has barely left the east coast and it's about time she took advantage of her company's unlimited PTO. It'll be nice to have an uninterrupted vacation with her favorite person. Then they get to their all-expenses-paid honeymoon suite and the hotel thinks they're married and it's easier to go along with it than explain the situation. It's not like it matters, right? It's a bit of fun. Until, slowly but surely, Fliss realizes her feelings are more than platonic. Maybe they always have been. And now she's stuck sharing a bed with her best friend, who is pretending to be her wife. © Elle Carrigan 2023
Meet me by Lavender Valley by Emmas_inkedpages
Meet me by Lavender Valley
Emmas_inkedpages
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  • Parts 28
- Book 1 in The Evermount Springs series - When her mother unexpectedly passes away, Eloise Somerset leaves behind her job as a small-time baker, apartment, and city girl lifestyle to return to her mother's hometown. The town her mother always talked about but never visited. The more she sees the town and it's people, the more she starts to wonder if it is where she was meant to be all along. It's also there, that she meets the handsomest man she's ever laid eyes on. Drew Owen, a grumpy dreamboat, the town winemaker and... her temporary housemate. If just staring at him makes her knees weak how will it feel like to live with him? There's just one problem. Drew Owen doesn't want her there, but what if he realises that she's just what he was missing all along? TW: Death of a parent (only mentioned) Body image issues (only mentioned a few times) Kidnapping TROPES: - Small town romance - Grumpy but actually a softie MMC - One bed - Roommates - Little bit of dislike to love - Romantic tension RANKINGS: #14 in Country #4 in Small town romance
Hiding Behind Smiles by saphyrahhx
Hiding Behind Smiles
saphyrahhx
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  • Parts 27
❝She loved poetry, he was a poem. A poem Hiding Behind Smiles.❞ ~•~•~ Ridhhant Gupta is known to be the best friend of one of those rude CEOs, with his jovial jokes and smiles he hides something, or someone, so much of a void and pain inside him. Until his Mom sets up a personal assistant aka 'YouthSitter' that's what she calls it, for Ridhhant. How far will the two souls here go on the journey of smiles and sorrows? ~•~•~•~ "These scars and bruises are very different, because they are so Close to who I am." I murmured caressing his skin. "They are a part of me and everytime I love too deeply or care too much, they re-bruise and reopen." I finished and gave a gentle kiss on his forehead. "They wouldn't re-bruise." I said into his ears. "I..I don't know..what to say," his low whisper echoed in the silent room and I smiled. "Then don't. Just stay here in my arms." ♡ #2 in poetry (20|1|22) #1 in delhi (21|1|22)
Thin ice  by xangelreadz
Thin ice
xangelreadz
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  • Parts 22
17 year old ice skater Daisy gets pushed into sharing her rink with her rival, Logan ritz with whom she shares an intense hatred.
Deadly Amnesia by NylasAngel
Deadly Amnesia
NylasAngel
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Rylee has amnesia. There's something dark, someone lurking in the trees, watching, waiting for her. Can she remember before it's too late? Copyright © 2023 by Nylasangel (revision) Copyright © 2016 by Nylasangel
Say You Swear by Writingbyelaine
Say You Swear
Writingbyelaine
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  • Parts 10
Celine Dubois, a 19 year old girl who is an aspiring photographer, soon attending Rosemary boarding school. She would do anything to please her father and family, even if that means she has to fake a date and eventually marry her first love. Her old best friend.The person she would have done anything for. The person who broke her heart.She thought they were becoming more than friends, but she was wrong. Because on the night of her 16th birthday, he was gone without a word and never spoke to her again until now. Blake Wilson, a 19 year old boy whose whole life revolves around hockey, since he is team captain at Rosemary boarding school. He would have done anything and everything for his once best friend, even if that meant leaving for her safety. He thought he would never see her again, he couldn't afford to ever see her again. That is until his father forces him to sign a soon to be enforced marriage contract with the daughter of one of his business partners. What will happen between them when past feelings are rekindled, and secrets start to unravel?
𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 by tillswritess
𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇
tillswritess
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In the small town of Bellmor, where surfing takes the warm afternoons under the beaming sunlight, Blind Faith accompanies the story of a group of friends, their feverish dreams, silent fears, and the way love enters their lives. In an authentic representation of youth, combined with loss and grief, expect nothing but a ride through their genuine thoughts and emotions, sometimes even disquiet, restlessness, and agony. Will, in the end, someone find a glimpse of serenity? Smart, introverted, sensitive, and kind, Emma Goodwin is known for being top of the class, although she never brags about it. In fact, at the age of 17, the radiance she finds in everyone around her seems nothing but absent in the reflection she is presented to in the mirror every morning. Dragged by the constant trepidation, distress, and fear of what seems to be an endless cycle of trying to survive in her unsettled mind, Emma finds in music an entree to a world where momentary tranquility frees her from her own chaos. However, when she least expects it, someone unpredictable decides he would do anything he could to enter that little world of hers and to get to know her to the point where he could settle calmness and peacefulness in her apprehensive heart. Being the first-born son of Howard De Loughrey was seen by many as an undeniable privilege, but for Damian de Loughrey it meant growing up cursed to a tarnished name, to the unrealistic life's expectations his father had for him, and to silenced traumas no one had a clue about. Despite being seen by everyone as the spoilt rich popular guy, Damian was just a normal kid, trying to find his way in life while making sure he helped everyone around him, but forgetting he also needed help, in the first place. Surprisingly, the so intriguing girl who used to teach him maths last fall would turn out to be the first person he would be able to open up to. After all, sometimes we are just lost souls waiting for the right person to see us.
Starlight by a_readsss
Starlight
a_readsss
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  • Parts 12
"Get the fuck away from me, Leo." I lean down a little, so we're barely eye level. "You followed me to New York. Are you really that desperate?" "If you believe that my life revolves around your immature self, then your life must be sad. I fucking hate you," she responds. I twirl one of her curls between my fingers as I lean closer to her ear. "So why don't you go back to leaving, yeah?" ✧・゚: *✧・゚:* :・゚✧*:・゚✧ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐙𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞 wanted nothing more than to waltz through life and try to get through it one step at a time. 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐳 and his twisted past ensured that their worlds inevitably collided years later once again. Two people entangled by 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴. Will they survive each other? Or were they always destined to be nothing more than a temporary eclipse.