For a long time, I thought of that kiss, the kiss that unraveled everything, the kiss that changed the course of history, as a split second decision. But there was nothing split second about an obsession.
And while she might have been impetuous and wild, there sure as hell wasn’t anything split second about Rebecca…the girl I called Rebel.
Culter Fuller came back into my life on the day my mother died, as if losing my mother wasn’t bad enough.
We hated each other since childhood. Well, I hated him, and I thought it was mutual. He had a very different story.
When I moved to my dad’s house to finish my last semester of high school, we went from bitter enemies to…something else. He was suddenly everywhere, occupying my space, determined to pull me into his life, filling me with thoughts I knew were wrong.
I knew that soon we would cross a line that should never be crossed.
I knew crossing that line could have very serious consequences; because Culter Fuller wasn’t just any irresistible boy, Culter Fuller was my stepbrother.
But, I was always very bad at making the right choices.
She dropped out of college to pay her bills. Now, her medical test results are back and they say it’s cancer. As if that isn’t bad enough, getting laid off means Mackenzie is broke. No money, no friends, and right now, she could really use a shoulder. It’s the worst day of her life. Not even meeting the Super Hot Guy from the coffee shop can make it better.
Or can it?
Ryan had been trying to get the nerve to talk to her for months. This time, the beautiful artist isn’t lost in her work. Nope, she’s distracted by something else. Something that brings tears to those gorgeous eyes. It’s the excuse he needs to finally get the nerve to say hi. She needs a shoulder and he’s more than willing to give it – plus a job that lets her use her art. Besides, a wise man keeps his muse very close.
Maybe a tattoo parlor isn’t the best place for a girl with cancer to work, but rent still has to get paid. Plus, spending time with her hot boss is pretty nice. Maybe too nice? His shy smiles make her stomach flip… or that could be the chemo. It all comes back to her cancer, it seems, but she finally has a reason to keep fighting. Not that some sick, bald girl is going to impress anyone, but if she can just get better, then maybe she’ll finally get the chance.
It doesn’t take long for her secret to come out, but Ryan isn’t going to lose this girl. Not because he’s her boss, not because he waited too long to make a move, and he’s certainly not going to let some disease screw this up. She thinks the cancer is going to win, but he has other plans.
He just needs one more day to prove it, but she may not give him that option.
Aria
I teach mermaid fitness at a ritzy hotel next to the Naval Amphibious Base. I know better than to let one of those famous frogmen chase my tail. But in a moment of weakness, I submit to Erik, a tattooed badass Navy SEAL. After one night of incredible passion, I can’t stop thinking about his cocky ways and his dirty mouth.
But I am about to train to be the first female Navy SEAL.
When I show up on the first day of training, I’m horrified to realize that Erik is my BUD/S instructor. He’s the only person who stands in the way of me achieving my dream.
I’m not a quitter. He can taunt me, tease me, and run me ragged, but I’ll never ring that bell.
Erik
Aria is the most incredible woman I’ve ever met. She won the gold medal for synchronized swimming, and she looks like a little mermaid the way she moves underwater. Once I find out that the sexy redhead is teaching aquatic classes next to my base, I vow to do anything to make her mine.
After a mind-blowing month together, she tells me she needs to go away to train. I assume it’s for another synchro competition.
I’m dead wrong.
She shows up in BUD/S as a member of the first class to let in women. And I’m her instructor.
There’s no way in hell I will lower the standards of my Team to please the brass and make a political statement.
It doesn’t matter how much I want her because she’s forbidden to me now. She will obey my every command.
She can try to pass hell week, but she will fail. I’m a Navy SEAL, a Triton, a god of the sea.
And she will never be part of my world.
Note: This is a standalone story.
Two fractured hearts and a forbidden love they can’t deny.
You shouldn’t want what you can’t have…
Faye Donovan has lost everything. After her parent’s tragic death, she’s whisked away from her home in Ireland when an unknown uncle surfaces as her new guardian.
Dropped smack-dab into the All-American dream, Faye should feel grateful. Except living with her wealthy uncle, his fashion-empire-owning wife, and their seven screwed-up sons is quickly turning into a nightmare—especially when certain inappropriate feelings arise.
Kyler Kennedy makes her head hurt and her heart race, but he’s her cousin.
He’s off limits.
And he’s not exactly welcoming—Kyler is ignorant, moody, and downright cruel at times—but Faye sees behind the mask he wears, recognizing a kindred spirit.
Kyler has sworn off girls, yet Faye gets under his skin. The more he pushes her away, the more he’s drawn to her, but acting on those feelings risks a crap-ton of prejudice, and any whiff of scandal could damage the precious Kennedy brand.
Concealing their feelings seems like the only choice.
But when everyone has something to hide, a secret is a very dangerous thing.
Note: This is a standalone story.
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