Explore My Stories of Love and Connection

(You Series, Prologue)

Perfect for fans of: fake dating, small-town romance, slow-burn, emotional healing, and second chances.

Kiara thought leaving town and starting fresh would help her rebuild her life. After being fired and stranded on the side of the road, she’s offered a ride by Waylon, the town’s eligible bachelor. When nosy neighbors mistake them for a couple, they decide to play along to avoid more questions. What starts as a harmless act quickly becomes much more, as Kiara struggles to keep her heart in check while pretending with Waylon.

Waylon never planned on getting attached. His past has taught him to avoid love at all costs, but Kiara makes him rethink everything. Their fake relationship seems easy at first—just enough to quiet the rumors—but the more time he spends with her, the more he realizes he’s falling deeper than he ever intended. Can he risk his heart for a future that’s anything but guaranteed?

A slow-burn, fake-relationship romance that explores trust, healing, and the unexpected power of love.

This book contains themes of emotional trauma and complicated family dynamics.

Prologue: Staying for You

(You Series, Book 1)

Perfect for fans of: brother’s best friend, small-town romance, slow-burn, second chances, emotional healing, grief and love.

This town is a graveyard of everything I loved and lost. He wasn’t supposed to make it feel like home again.

I never wanted to come back to Waterbury. Not to the memories. Not to the grief that still fills the air I used to breathe.

And definitely not to the pity-filled looks that come with being the girl who lost her twin brother. But with my dad barely holding on and the memorial looming, I couldn’t leave him to drown in it alone.

Now, I’m stuck picking up the pieces of a family that barely exists, counting down the days until I can escape again. The last thing I need is my brother’s best friend pulling me back in—a stranger tied to everything I lost, yet somehow, the only one who feels familiar.

Gray doesn’t look at me with pity. He doesn’t treat me like I might shatter. With him, the grief doesn’t feel so heavy. The pain doesn’t feel like all I have left.

But letting him in means letting go, and I don’t know how to exist without the pain…

A slow-burn, heart-wrenching romance about healing, love, and the ties that bind us, even when we least expect it.

Perfect for fans of: brother’s best friend, small-town romance, slow-burn, second chances, emotional healing, grief and love.

Trigger Warnings: This book contains themes of grief, loss of a sibling, and emotional trauma.

Memories of You

(You Series, Book 2)

Perfect for fans of: forbidden romance, best friend’s cousin, small-town romance, slow-burn, second chances, emotional healing.

He never looked at me. I certainly shouldn’t look at him. So why is he a melody I can’t stop playing?

I’ve always been the good girl. The pastor’s daughter who followed all the rules. But after my dream of making music shattered, I wasn’t sure who I was anymore—until one reckless night on my 18th birthday.

Nate was never meant to touch me the way he did that night.

He’s the guy who never stays, the one who doesn’t fit into the life I was supposed to want.

But with him, I feel something I haven't in a long time, like I finally belong.

Then there’s Cody. He’s everything I should want—steady, safe, the perfect harmony to my chaos. But when I look at him, it’s like a song that plays all the right notes but never moves me the way it should.

With Nate about to leave and Cody offering a future I can depend on, I’m left with an impossible choice. Do I follow my heart, risking everything for a love that might not last? Or do I stay with what’s safe, even if it means losing myself in the process?

A slow-burn, forbidden romance about love, self-discovery, and finding the courage to follow your heart.

Trigger Warnings: This book contains themes of emotional trauma, off-page trauma from abuse, and mental health struggles.

Weak for You

(You Series, Book 3)

Perfect for fans of: forced proximity, strangers-to-lovers, emotional healing, second chances.

Love was always a subplot I never wanted. He turned it into the only story that mattered.

I never planned on writing about love. But when an essay forces me to study it with Cody, I start seeing it everywhere—in his laugh, his silence, the way he looks at me like I’m worth noticing. And suddenly, love isn’t just an assignment. It’s real and impossible to ignore.

Cody’s still piecing himself back together from heartbreak.

I’ve spent my whole life making sure I never let it touch me.

But now, tangled in words and stolen glances, I don’t know what’s more terrifying—falling for him or believing he might be falling for me.

Love isn’t a paper I can rewrite when I get it wrong. And when the past creeps in—his and mine—I’m left with a choice: risk my heart on something I don’t understand or break it myself before he gets the chance. That would be safer. Easier. But maybe love was never meant to be safe. And maybe, for the first time, I’m willing to risk it.

A slow-burn, heart-wrenching romance about trust, healing, and risking it all when love feels like the last thing you want.

Trigger Warnings: This book contains themes of emotional trauma, broken family dynamics, and relationship tension.

Trusting You

(You Series, Book 4)

Perfect for fans of: friends with benefits, road trip romance, emotional healing, second chances, forced proximity.

For one summer, we could be anyone. But even the perfect escape can’t erase the past.

I never thought I’d end up in a quiet town on the Oregon coast. But when I ran away to protect my little brother from the hell our mother put us through, it was the only place that felt safe. I wasn’t just looking for a new home—I was looking for a chance to breathe, to feel free, and to escape the weight of everything I’ve carried. I never imagined I’d find the adventure I’ve always dreamed of in a place like this.

Ollie could have been the fresh start I was searching for.

A broody British man with baggage of his own, he’s just passing through, carrying his own secrets.

So for a few months, we agree to pretend—no past, no future, no strings attached. For one summer, we can be whoever we want to be.

I was foolish to think I could outrun everything I’d left behind. And just when I begin to believe in something real, the past comes rushing back, ready to tear it all apart. This time, there’s no escaping it.

A slow-burn, heart-wrenching romance about love, healing, and discovering the life you truly want.

Trigger Warnings: This book contains themes of emotional trauma, gun violence (including a character being shot), broken dreams, and complicated family dynamics. Reader discretion is advised.

More with You

(You Series, Book 5)

Perfect for fans of: second chance, sport romance, best friends to strangers to lovers, finding yourself, forced proximity.

He wasn’t that boy anymore. And I’d fought too hard to still be that girl. Yet one look, and we’re back where it all fell apart.

Fresh out of college, with my first art show looming and creativity slipping through my fingers, I return to my hometown, desperate to reignite my artistic spark before it fades completely.

The last thing I need is to run into Liam.
My former best friend.
The boy who once colored every dream I had.

He’s everything and nothing like I remember—his easy grin clashing with the sharp angles of his jaw, the quiet intensity in his eyes stirring feelings that should’ve faded long ago.

I swore I’d never lose myself or my goals in him again. But with the art show being my chance to finally prove myself as an artist, I’m caught between the life I’ve built and the boy who still feels like home...

If you love second-chance romance, childhood best friends to strangers, forced proximity, and the undeniable pull of "it’s always been you," Glimpses of You is the book to read.

Trigger Warnings: Talk of Past Substance Abuse, Loss of Identity, Situational/Selective Mutism.

Glimpses of You