Shayna Astor

Will he become my savior, or will I lead him to ruin? Jules They say it’s bad when the blade of a knife is what makes you feel. Failing therapy, my psychologist suggests I try it in a group setting. The problem with that… is the people. Nothing is different, and I’m self-harming just as frequently. Until Him. He’s going to be exactly the distraction I need—with his dark suit, darker attitude and mysterious slate eyes. What I don’t realize is how much he’ll push my limits, my boundaries, and quickly wiggle his way into my closed-off world. There’s a tiny piece of myself that I keep locked away to protect my heart from inevitable breakage. If I let that piece of me go, that means I let him own me, completely. Zane Another blow-up and set of bloody knuckles lands me in group therapy. It’s exactly as I’d expect it to be. Except her. The stunning brunette who teases and stares through the entire first session. As our flirtation continues, it becomes a dangerous game, which quickly turns into something more. From the moment we met, she's owned me. But I don't own her. Not yet. Jules has a darkness surrounding her, enveloping her. And it’s stronger than my own. Can I save her from her demons, when I can’t even save myself? Own Me is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, abandonment, drug and alcohol abuse, promiscuous behavior, non-consensual intercourse, and mental health struggles including: anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide, attempted suicide, rage issues, and attending therapy.

Have you ever been the villain of the good girl’s story? That’s the role I find myself in. After giving my best friend Shay, and brother Lochlyn, the ultimatum of a lifetime, I’m left to pick up the pieces of their relationship. The one I broke. Somebody like me – selfish and conceited Chelsea – doesn’t deserve redemption. It’s what I tell myself as I start to fall for the one person I definitely shouldn’t: My brother’s best friend. It’s bad enough that the chemistry is on fire; his brilliant good looks don’t make it any easier. Maybe I’m just a hopeless hypocrite and have jinxed myself with a love I can’t pursue, or worse, one that I’m not even worthy of. Should I be the one setting limits before I receive an ultimatum of my own? Setting Limits is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, alcohol use, and mentions of abandonment.

Do I choose happiness, knowing it will eventually lead to my destruction? Chelsea would bring hell on earth if she knew I was in love with her older brother, Lochlyn. She’s made it clear that he’s strictly off limits. One night, he kisses me…passionately. My whole world flips upside down. I’ve finally found the real Shay Sterling. It’s the first time I’ve done something for me. Everything I’ve always wanted is suddenly at my fingertips and I’ll risk it all to keep this one thing for myself. The satisfaction from sharing my heart and body with Lochlyn means my only choice is to hide my relationship. She can’t know. Or she will destroy everything. Will our secret love last forever, or will we take one wrong step and watch it all explode before our eyes? Off Limits is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, grief and loss, mentions of cancer, and alcohol use.

Set in the rustic forest of the Adirondacks, the annual Asylum Hide-and-Seek scavenger hunt is not for the faint of heart. Armed with my coffee and flashlight, I’m prepared to brave the autumn chill and the dark of the woods, to reclaim my title. But some people have other plans for me. Jasper. Dark, mysterious and dangerous. Yet, I’ve had a crush on him for years. He has his sights set on me. His plans are all kinds of wrong but in all the right ways. I know he wants to edge me out, but I bet there’s a way I can use edging to my advantage. But a danger lurks. Something I didn’t expect. I can only hope some one-on-one time with Jasper is enough to convert him from my competitor, to my protector. He’s strong, dark, and handsome. But is he alone, enough to keep me safe?Chase Me is an adult romance short story, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, chasing through the woods, primal play, being tied up (not in the fun way ;) ) and talk of unaliving.

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You are INVITED! Welcome to the Brighton High School 10 Year Reunion! Ever since I was in high school, I’ve held the title of “Little Miss Perfect.” One thing I can say for sure is that no one would have expected to catch me and my husband getting busy in the band room at my ten year reunion. To some, perfection means being free of faults. It means being as good as possible. To me, it holds a sense of falsehood. While I don’t know where the name came from, I’ve strived to live up to it…most of the time. Even as a generally, happily married, stay-at-home mother of three, the perception follows me. To PTA meetings, class mom duties, and general life as I know it. Sometimes I wonder if I do these things to keep the image going. Sometimes I think it’s the wine that keeps me going. The invite to my high school reunion throws me for a loop. I had been voted Most Likely to Succeed. To succeed at what, I’m not really sure. I doubt it’s fundraisers and wiping butts. What will they think of me now? Will they see through my facade, or will the real me be enough?Faking Perfection is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, and alcohol use.

How many times can a single heart break? As a sixteen year old girl, love finds me early, but so does crushing pain. We’re Jake and Mackenzie, and I thought we would be forever. After all, we built our love one summer at a time for nearly seven years. Jake is a damaged boy bordering on manhood; I become his cure. He’s my first, my one and only, or so I thought. Two years later, I’m still nursing my wounded heart, when I start college and meet Gavin. Devilishly cute, dark to Jake’s light, Gavin’s sweet and patient. Falling for him is easy once I let go of the past. But an open heart invites tragedy, and that’s exactly what finds me. However, this curveball knocks me right back into Jake’s orbit. Even after ten years apart, the pull toward him is one I can’t deny, no matter how much I try to fight it. Will he heal me and mend the broken parts of my life? Or am I destined to live with the shattered pieces? Shattered Pieces is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, grief and loss, implied underage intimacy, and physical abuse.

Can the bane of your existence also be the love of your life? Chase Andrews. Just his name alone narrows my eyes and sets my teeth on edge. Seeing him make partner would be the insult of the century. That job is mine and I intend to land it. But when the high profile case drops into our office, we’re pushed together to work on it. Winner take all. Things take a turn when one late night, something ignites between us. Then it happens again…and again…and again. Before I know it, I’m spending most nights at his house. Is our loathing turning into something else? It can’t be, because he doesn’t want the same things in life that I do. This is a recipe for disaster. What happens when the thin line between hate and love becomes blurred? Love Me Not is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, grief and loss, mentions of cancer, mentions of alzheimer's , and alcohol use.

Am I as terrible as my inner demons tell me, for loving my sister’s best friend? Shay Sterling. Smart, witty, stunning. The girl of my dreams. But my sister, Chelsea, has forbidden anything between us. Even looking has me feeling like a bad brother, a bad person. But that doesn’t stop me from pining after Shay and secretly flirting any chance I get. Though risky, I decide to make a move. When we finally kiss, I learn that these feelings are not one-sided. We start our relationship away from prying eyes. Away from my sister. Despite the secrecy, we flourish together. Maybe it’s time I start breaking some of the limits put on me. After all, if anyone is worth the risk, it’s Shay. Besides, how much harm can one girl do? Now you know the story, or perhaps you already did. Either way, I’m Lochlyn and here’s the story through my eyes.Breaking Limits is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, grief and loss, mentions of cancer, and alcohol use.

If I’m going to hell, I’m going to enjoy the ride. Elijah And then there was me. The last Baker to get married, to start a family, to be something. There’s a heavy weight that comes with being the oldest and being a failure. Some peace and quiet will calm the voices that tell me I’m losing this game of life. But while I hope for sanctuary in solitude, instead, I end up finding it in her. We only exchange first names and as few details as possible. After an incredible night together, I wake up alone and realize it’s just my luck that I’ll never see such a wonderful woman again. Until I do. In my classroom. Not only is she far younger than I thought, but she’s my student. The weeks of longing for her feel wrong, dirty. And yet I can’t get it to go away. Rebecca In one night my whole world flips upside down. Not only did I fall into bed with a complete stranger, only knowing his first name, but I did so at my boss’s wedding. Then I made the stupid decision to sneak out before morning. My rationale is that I’ll never see him again, why draw out the inevitable awkward goodbye. When I can’t stop thinking about him, I chalk it up to an amazing night. I wouldn’t know how to track him down even if I wanted to. Classes finally start, and I’m sure it’ll work to get him out of my mind. Until I walk into my econ class and see him standing at the podium. He makes it clear that he wants nothing more to do with me, that we’re strictly professor and student. If that’s the case, how come he can’t seem to stay away? Elijah is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, mature situations, explicit sexual scenes, alcohol use, mentions of death, grieving, a college campus hostage situation, a shooting, and mental health.

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Our perfection is a facade; Our reality is a mess. Lochlyn and Shay: The picture perfect couple to everyone we know; we’re anything but. Sure, he has an amazing new job. And, I’m proud of him for it. But he’s never around. It’s hard planning a wedding. Hard furnishing a house. Hard doing it all without him. Luckily, I have Chelsea. But you’re supposed to build your life with your person – not your best friend. I yearn to regain what made us Shay and Lochlyn. I won’t accept that love is lost and we were never meant to be. Will he heed my desperate pleas before it’s too late, or will our love crumble under the weight of life?

There’s no way I’m falling for this suit… Olivia Juniper Grove. The sleepy small town that I grew up in and never left. The place I love to hate and hate to love. It’s given me everything. But it’s also taken away so much. I’ve always dreamed of moving to a big city, but my siblings and I opened Three Sticks Café and Bakery. With the ribbon cutting, my dreams were shattered. We’re a tight-knit foursome, and being part owner, I can’t leave them or the town that knows my inner demons. Here, we all know each other and can tell who’s a tourist. That’s why when he comes to town, he sticks out like a sore thumb with his flashy suit and flashier car. But, there’s an allure to him that I can’t deny. The problem is he’s here for work, and only here temporarily. I can’t get involved with somebody who’s leaving. Will this town give me one more good thing? Or will it snatch happiness from my hands again? Jameson Traveling for work is what I do, and I’m married to the job. It lets me leave small towns in the dust like the tiny specks they are. Until I end up in Juniper Grove. The town’s star barista immediately intrigues me. She’s barely of drinking age, seven years my junior. But I can’t get her wild hair and inappropriate work attire out of my mind. Will this town be the one that turns my life on its head? Olivia is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, mature situations, mentions of death, grief, and a car accident.

Can you blur the line between friendship and love without losing it all? Mazie Some may consider my small town of Juniper Grove boring. But that’s completely fine with me. The tragedy that befell my family here is enough to last a lifetime. It’s also why I’ve never left, and never even dreamed of it. The anxiety I’ve always known only tripled, after my parents died. I only stayed to raise my sisters; to make sure they graduated from high school in an otherwise upside down world. We opened a business together, and thus Juniper Grove remains home. It helps that safety, security, and comfort can be found in my best friend, who also stayed…for me. Zach puts me at ease. He’s been my best friend for years. While I’ve always found him attractive, I know we can’t be more than platonic. But the moment his lips touch mine, everything I thought I knew for certain, turns to ash. Zach Being a cop in a small town isn’t always exciting. But that’s not why I took the job. When an unprecedented crime forever altered my second family, I realized there was no better place to protect than my own hometown. Plus, Mazie’s here. She may have started as my best friend’s little sister, but she’s become so much more– including the person who knows me best. The problem is that she only sees me as her friend. If I never shoot my shot, how will I know if we can be more? The second I press my mouth to hers, everything changes. I can never go back to not kissing her.Mazie is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, mature situations, explicit sexual scenes, alcohol use, mentions of death, grieving, a college campus hostage situation, a shooting, and mental health.

He’s hot, he’s cold, he’s everything I desire. Boys. Men. Whatever you want to call that seemingly foreign species. I’ve always been lost with what to do in their presence. There is no hope for the mess that is me, Lexie Harper. Maybe college will be different. Bumping into Liam—literally—seems kismet. The perfect first boyfriend for a girl like me. He hits all the marks, yet something seems to be missing from this puzzle. Then there’s Josh. I’m free to be who I want with him; the pieces all fit so effortlessly. Unfortunately, it’s forbidden for us to be together, which makes him shut me out. Despite this, I have a yearning for him that burns hotter every time we collide. While my mind bounces between both men, I’m left needing to make a decision. Being the girl who always plays it safe, the direction seems obvious. That is, until Josh and I are thrown together for my first college project and I learn desire consumes us both. Maybe it’s time I broke the rules and let my heart make the choice. Can I handle the on-again, off-again relationship with the one who sets my soul on fire? Hot & Cold is an adult romance novel, intended for audiences 18 and older. Content warnings include strong language, explicit sexual scenes, and mature situations.