Beachread Stories

Beachside romance and later mystery. Includes flashbacks! Tropes: exes to lovers, love triangle, childhood crush, brother's best friend! TW: grief and vulgar language Follows a group of wealthy teenagers, set in Nantucket, MA. These Islander's summer fun is interupted by a new guy and a set of hurt in town. Dramatically followed by romance, drama, gossip, rumors, and blaming of even the closest people you know! Who is the suspect? Who can you trust?

It's a good thing when you give a person hope, isn't it? At least that's what Megan told herself as she broke up with her boyfriend. But why do you really do it? Is it for them or for you? Megan Powell likes to play games. Hot pink Uzi hooked on her hip, she spends half her nights at college trying to assassinate the other team for beer points. So it doesn't faze her a bit when her boyfriend "kidnaps" her one night. However, she's not the only one who likes to play. One look into the wrong colored eyes and she knows the gun pressed into her side is real and she's in for the game of her life. Using all her ingenuity, she must do whatever she can to survive. A paper clip, a glass of orange juice , a can of Coke -- all become tools for escape. But it's not easy to survive an obsession, especially one that she unknowingly nurtured. You see, Megan knows her kidnapper, spent a summer dating him and still has feelings for him -- feelings that may go deeper than even she knows. Torn apart inside, Megan fights not only her kidnapper but herself. Only Jean, her roommate, believes that Megan didn't disappear voluntarily. Conducting a relentless search, Jean and her friend Matt try to find Megan before it's too late. But it's late and getting later. Megan's kidnapper took her because she gave him the hope that they might get back together. As he loses that hope, he slips further and further over the edge of sanity till it's anyone's guess which way the game will end.

Sitting there, staring into his eyes, I realized I may never love anyone as much as I loved Liam. I moved in his shadow, I breathed in his wake. I lived and died by his approval. He was it for me- there was no one else. There was something so magical about just sitting there so close to her. She was intoxicating. Daisey was like the first ray of sunshine to pass through your blinds in the morning. She was everything i needed.

Each week, I'll share a free chapter from one of my romantic fiction novels featuring Black men and women. This week, I'm sharing a chapter from Beach Thing, my ode to summer and a #BeachyBlackRomance. Pick up this title in ebook, print or audio directly from me or from your favorite retailer: http://geni.us/Beach_Thing About this book: Wade Marshall, super producer to one of hip hop's brightest stars, was supposed to spend the summer on Black Diamond getting away from the rush of Brooklyn, ridding himself of the distractions that had been impacting his work so he can do what he does best - make beats. But the day he meets Ameenah, he becomes consumed by an entirely different and more attractive distraction--his bold, beautiful, sexy neighbor with the "glorious hips" and a penchant for ice cream. Ameenah Porter, daughter of successful New York restaurateurs, moves to the beach town of Black Diamond to fulfill her dream of opening a smoothie shop. She doesn't need the distraction of a new man but the tall, dark and handsome Wade, who's staying in the giant sized home at the end of her block, is irresistible. Ameenah's days at Tikis & Cream are spent cooling off her customers with her gourmet smoothie blends. Her nights on the shores of Black Diamond Bay are enchanting and romantic, and soon Wade and Ameenah find themselves in the middle of a Beach Thing... a fun, meaningless tryst that will end when the summer is over. Or will it? Wade is returning to Brooklyn at the end of the summer. Ameenah lives on Black Diamond. Neither want this Beach Thing to end... so is this fling really a fling or is it the beginning of something real... and will they realize it in time? Indulge in a fun, steamy #beachyblackromance and join me on Black Diamond.

Order. Attention to detail. Never leaving anything to chance. These are the qualities that make Riley Ness such a terrific federal agent . . . and a pain in the ass to everyone else. The only time Riley lets loose is when he's hanging out with his closest pals. So when he's thrown together with gorgeous, flighty Summer Sheridan, Riley's brain tells him she's a ticking time bomb-but his body doesn't want to play by the rules. Riley has to be the most irritating man Summer has ever met. The brooding hunk thinks he needs to teach her a few lessons about real life, while she'd rather show him how to enjoy it. But her BFF's all but engaged to Riley's best friend, and besides, their intense physical chemistry is all too real. Summer just needs Riley to try to meet her halfway and take a chance with the one thing that matters: his heart.

What happens when you fall in love with someone but are forced to be ripped away from them in only two months? That's exactly what happened to Eloise Richmond. Eloise's family visit California for the family's yearly summer vacation, but the memories Eloise makes last for more than just a summer. Eloise meets Dawson at his family's restaurant and what at first seemed to be just a summer fling, turns into a timeless romance. Follow the story of Eloise and Dawson in the classic summer romance, Nothing But A Summer. NOTHING BUT A SUMMER BY K.

With the week of their wedding finally upon them, Washington, D.C., Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her fiancé, Senator Nick Cappuano, are at odds. In the aftermath of a tragic loss, they struggle to reconnect as the big day draws near, but their work keeps pulling them apart. When a new clue into a cold case surfaces, Nick asks Sam not to take any foolish chances before the wedding and to leave it alone for the time being. Sam agrees, but she can't let it go entirely and winds up trapped in an explosive situation. Then an unwelcome visitor from her past threatens her future happiness… With trouble at every turn, will Sam survive long enough to walk down the aisle?

#1 in Summer Love | #14 ChickLit One handsome musician. One annoying coworker. Two best friends. A troubled family. It's a summer journey like you've never seen before. Alice Dessen, back home in Cape Cod for her final summer before graduating college, struggles to keep her pain from the loss of her father and her past in music hidden. When she meets Adam Hawkins, her life is turned upside down. Adam, guitar player of a popular band, unexpectedly begins competing against Jesse Vanderlin, her annoying coworker at the Shack/brother's best friend, for her attention. Shocked by her sudden entanglement in an unlikely love triangle, she embarks on a wild summer journey of healing, laughter and drama along side her friends and new crushes. Alice is forced to face the past and the direction of her future in music and in love once and for all.

Carina Maxwell is viewed by all as the perfect girl. Good grades, amazing athlete, wonderful family, etc. And those views have seeped into Carina to the point where she believes that she HAS to be perfect. As she begins her summer before Junior year, things happen that Carina never predicted. Is it all just a coincidence?

Vyola has it all - best friend bandmates, a multimillion dollar record contract, superstardom, the man of her dreams. The best things in life are free but everything else comes at a price. Her story.

Everyone loves a hero. That's the problem. Hero pilot Cole Langston is learning to live with—and enjoy—his newfound fame and the rabid female attention that comes with it until a lucky punch knocks some sense into him and opens his eyes to true love. When his copilot suffers a heart attack in flight, Cole lands the jetliner in a blizzard and revives the stricken captain. Catapulted to national hero status, Cole has more women vying for his attention than he knows what to do with. They all have one thing in common: they try without success to bring this happy-go-lucky pilot down to earth. Then comes an airport altercation, a punch to the face, and the lovely Olivia—a shy, timid artist who does what no other woman has ever managed to do: steal Cole's well-protected heart. With women coming on to him everywhere they go, Olivia struggles to believe that Cole is ready for a committed relationship. His biggest problem is getting rid of all his extra ladies before the only one he wants figures out that she's one of many.

off the coast of Brazil hides a magical island. Cataline Isle is thought to be barren by the people composed of wordly things who cannot see, a magical population of sprites thrives. When young Isla, the sprite born of a willow tree, sees the beautiful Thorn, a sprite born of a spring, she is dumbfounded by Thorn's grace and beauty. In a place where relationships are scoffed at and honesty is treasured, will Thorn and Cataline find love?

He needs a way to fly under the radar. She's desperate for a break from her small town. A contract is signed that works for both... doesn't it?

This is a sneak peek into my debut novel "How to get Your Heart Broken". To be released March 21st 2016. If you like it, you can buy it here: E-book: http://amzn.com/B01D6SP980 Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/5971240 -- A self-proclaimed cynic, Eli is unsurprised by her boyfriend's betrayal. Yet, its impact goes beyond what she realizes; a cruel bet, an array of secrets, and a thousand lessons not yet learned teach her how to trust again as an unlikely boy shows her a kind of love she never knew existed. After Eli finds her boyfriend cheating on her, she seeks an escape. She heads to the beach to spend the summer before college with her two best friends. When Eli is unable to move past the betrayal, the girls devise a distraction; a bet about their handsome neighbor. Yet their thoughtless competition goes too far and their friendships are tested as they began to wonder how much they really know about each other and themselves. In the chaos, they manage to learn the truth about love, self-acceptance, and the journey back from rock bottom.

There’s a budding romance on Butler Mountain, but in the hornets nest known as the Abbott family, keeping a secret is no easy feat… Colton Abbott and Lucy Mulvaney have a secret. Colton’s nosy siblings have begun to put the pieces together, but it’s not like Lucy to keep things from those closest to her—especially her best friend, Cameron, who recently moved to Vermont to live with her true love, Will. But Lucy isn’t about to tell Cam she’s having a fling…with Will’s brother. Flitting between New York and Vermont is exhausting, so Lucy is looking forward to a long weekend with Colton at the Abbott family lake house in Burlington. Too bad Will and Cameron have the same idea, and once Colton and Lucy are caught red-handed (and red-faced), will their clandestine romance lose its appeal or will their secret beginnings be the start of something lasting?

Gracie has been going through a rough time lately. She has been trying to move on with her life but her depression comes and goes like waves. When her parents ask her to return to the beach house for the summer, she meets *this guy* her father has been working with. As their relationship develops, they find each other to hold onto when the waves come. *TW* This story includes sensitive topics like depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, disorder eating and elusion to sex.

"I can't love that boy, but I want to." After loosing her sister and bestfriend in a car accident, Elly Gomez Costa goes to the beach house she bought for them to go to. She goes to a coffee shop where she meets three girls and they hit it off instantly. Elly then meets their three guy friends. Matt, the gay one, Jacob, the single one, and Noa, the one dating one of her new friends Maria. Problem is, she took one look at him and now is catching feelings. Matt picks up on this and agrees to help her, but only because he knows something she doesn't. But once Elly notices a ring on Maria's finger, she starts to worry that she never even had a chance. But she does. Will she find out before it's too late, or will she loose him forever?

I thought he was gone forever. Out of my life for good. Stupid vapid socialite turned model and forever pain in my ass. but on no, stupid fate had to play it's wicked game and bring us back together and thy fates name is my publishing editor Steven.

A collection of drabbles from my writing journals, school papers, and random thoughts. Some might be decent, some might REALLY suck. I'll let you decide. Enjoy :)