Stories

Andrew Highmore's world has shattered. His boyfriend is gone, a traumatized teen is hiding in his guest room, and a violent threat from his past is circling his home. To protect his makeshift family, the gentle law student must become the ruthless strategist his father once was, forging a dangerous alliance to dismantle an empire of hate—one bolt and one secret at a time.

When seventeen-year-old Nathaniel transfers to a Boston high school to care for his ailing mother, the last thing he expects is to catch the eye of Aaron, a dangerously handsome stranger with secrets stitched into his smile. But Aaron isn’t just drawn to Nathaniel. He’s starving for him. And whatever this is between them, it isn’t safe… but Aaron doesn’t want safe.

(Oops I made a mistake in marking chapter 25 as the end. There is one more 'bonus' chapter 26)

Lydia, needs a date for her brother's wedding. Her target? Orel, the reclusive Merrick brother who catalogues graveyards and barely speaks. To get to him, she blackmails her mechanic cousin Finn into a double date with Orel's brother, the tightly-wound auditor Oliver. But Finn and Orel share a decade-old secret, a trauma orchestrated by their charming, predatory brother Tarquin. To stop Tarquin's rise, this unlikely alliance must weaponize their past against him—and in the process, reclaim the love stolen from them in a rotting barn. A story of revenge, rust, and rebuilding on broken ground.

Will you see the truth once you stop looking at the past through rose-colored glasses?

(Full summary inside)

Jody is a star high school baseball player who happens to be attracted to guys. When he attends a baseball tryout for a college team, one of the players realizes Jody's big secret. What will happen when Jody appears on campus as a Freshman? What will happen when the team discovers Jody's orientation? What will happen when the coaches find out?

If you like college-age jocks, you'll love Jody and the guys who come into his life once he arrives at the University.

Sexy, fun, surprising, Jody's story will keep you excited to read more.

Nate is a young doctor who leads a conventional and monotonous life. Pax is the total opposite, being free-spirited, feisty, down-to-earth but mysterious... Nate wakes up one day to find him sleeping next to him, with no idea how he got there. He is immediately attracted to him and his presence drastically changes his day-to-day life. As he falls for the seductive yet elusive Pax, Nate is drawn into a mysterious world full of secrets, danger, and questions he never imagined.

Can his heart survive the temptations and perils that come with Pax’s world? Or will the darkness surrounding Pax prove too dangerous for even love to conquer?

A moment in the lives of two young people, Alexander (Alex) Weston and Mathew (Matty) Tetherton, and of those around them, and others whose paths they cross.

“As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same”

The lyrics of the song by David Bowie just about sum it up.

These books were part of my first venture into writing and even if I revised and edited them, they are probably still a little amateur, something you will have to forgive and concentrate on the story.

Two broken boys, one collapsing town. Garrett was the golden-boy quarterback until his knee—and his future—shattered. Now he’s a secretary in a glass box, choking on resentment. Finn is the beautiful, feral foster kid hiding self-inflicted tattoos under mechanic’s coveralls, running from a past that won’t let go. They’re supposed to hate each other. In the greasy dark of an auto garage, hate gets confused. It’s messy, brutal, and the only thing that makes either of them feel alive. But in a place where everyone’s watching, their private war might just destroy them both.

Joel's day has been completely normal until he comes home to find his younger brother sitting out on the front steps. After a word of warning, his life abruptly changes when a careless mistake reveals his one secret to the rest of his family.

*Originally part of the 2023 Secret Author Contest: Secrets (Only chapter One)

A university dropout is brutally shoved into the concrete hell of Cradle Grove. Targeted and destitute, Kieran’s only path is scavenging and shame. Then Ben, a terrifyingly silent force, saves him from a beating. A protector? A predator? As bodies start to fall, Kieran is thrust into a savage new hierarchy, where survival means embracing the violence and dark loyalty of a world that wants to destroy him.