New Love Series

A broken heart. A best friend. A first love. Shawn is the guy Ronnie Bird promised her life to at the age of fourteen. He's her soul mate. He's more uptight every day, but it's not his fault. His family life is stressful, and she's adding to it. She just needs to be more understanding, and he'll start to be the boy she fell in love with. She won't give up on someone she's loved for so long. Luke is her best friend, and the guy she hangs with to watch girlie movies in her large blanketopias. He's the guy she can confide in before she even goes to her girlfriends, and the guy who she's playing opposite in Romeo and Juliet. Now her chest flutters every time he gets too close. This is new. Is Ronnie falling for him? Or is Juliet? The lines are getting blurry, but leaving one guy for another is not something that a girl like Ronnie does. Shawn's outbursts are starting to give her bruises, and Luke's heart breaks as Ronnie remains torn. While her thoughts and feelings swirl around the lines between friendship and forever, she's about to lose them both. This novel now has bonus content at the end! Check the table of contents ;-)

"…the kind of book that just digs in and rests inside your heart for awhile…" Honor is finally setting out on her own—away from her mother and away from the modeling career she isn't sure she wants. What she doesn't plan for is her new roommate. Libby is honest and fearless and adorable. She's the girl on campus that everyone knows. The life of every party. But standing under this shadow isn't always easy—especially when Libby doesn't approve of the artist that Honor begins dating. But with their new friend, Toby, Libby's attention is finally divided rather than focused on what Honor should (or shouldn't) be doing with her freshman year. Toby finds himself falling for Libby as things heat up between Honor and her artist, but when Libby's unpredictability turns dangerous, Toby and Honor realize there might be a lot more going on with everyone's favorite party girl. Facing an illness no one can predict, the three are torn between keeping their friendships, finding their independence, and falling in love. Hard to Love focuses on navigating friendships while stepping into new romantic relationships and dealing with the perils of serious mental health issues. This is part of the NEW LOVE series featuring both young adult and new adult titles—stories that are equal parts social issue and love story.   Published by Carpe Vitam Press

Antony loves his life in New York. He loves living with his mother and wearing designer clothes. He loves his private tutors for home school. It's practically necessary since his mom travels the world as a reporter. When an assignment overseas gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, she sees it as a chance for Antony to get to know his dad - a guy strange enough to live on a boat. Near dreary Seattle. Antony's sure that the next few months will feel like a lifetime. He and his dad can't even fill up a five minute conversation on his birthday call. When he meets Amber, the girl from five boats down, his prospects perk up, but when it becomes very clear, very fast, that all she's after is friendship, Antony wonders if he'll survive the next three months. He is absolutely. Completely. Totally. Displaced. And then tragedy hits.  What A Kiss Is, is a novel about love, loss, and figuring out what's actually important.

Act strong. Feel strong. Be strong. Are the words that London chants to herself to get through the day. She lives in a house where rules are enforced with fists, and drugs change hands in a near steady flow.  Cole uses his carefully placed camouflage of studious athlete to cover up a past he wishes he could erase, constantly counting down to keep himself in check. At school he pretends. At home, he hides. The two have a friendship based on an unspoken knowledge of past and present secrets. But when London's dad sends her to the hospital, and Cole's stepmom has the backstory, Cole steals the chance to help a friend. Running away together feels like the perfect plan to keep London safe, but with Cole's stepmother working on an investigation against London's father, the two are being attacked from all sides. Soon, it might not be a matter of fighting to stay together, but fighting to stay alive. This YA novel walks the line between thriller and contemporary love story as it explores the dark world of meth dealing, abusive relationships, and first love.

Jody is the girl who sits in the corner with her steady boyfriend and observes. But when her boyfriend unexpectedly dumps her just before they start a summer working at youth summer camps, her life begins to shift. The local bar - where the camp counselors go to unwind - has hired Liam, a gorgeous man from Ireland. A gorgeous and tattooed man with a delicious accent. Even her name sounds beautiful coming through his perfect lips. When her harmless flirting actually leads to romance, Jody's shocked she ended up with the man everyone is ogling.. But when Liam's past makes an appearance, can they both move beyond his history and find their way to love, or will Jody continue to  play her life safe? Between Two Heartbeats follows Jody through a summer of firsts...guys, loves, breakups, and adventure. This story was originally published in the anthology 10 Weeks, but has an added epilogue for some bonus romantic fun. This contemporary romance novella is part of the NEW LOVE Young Adult / New Adult crossover series: Knee Deep, Antony Falls, and Hard to Love.