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Layton Darling

Courtside Glances 🏀💛

You never expected a basketball practice to change anything—until you meet Ja Morant and his adorable daughter. One smile, a shared laugh, and suddenly you’re a constant on the sidelines. As friendship slowly grows, so does something deeper—something neither of you can ignore. Will a simple connection turn into a love neither of you saw coming? 🏀💛

IRL Reactions

You’ve been a fan of Ray for months, watching his chaotic streams and laughing at all his hype and slang. One day, he shows up in your chat, and suddenly the jokes, teasing, and energy you love feel personal. Sparks fly, laughs are endless, and your online crush might just be turning into something real.

Tease Me, Paige Bueckers

Paige Bueckers is confident, sassy, and magnetic. You meet through mutual friends, laughing, teasing, and stealing moments together—never realizing she likes you. Then, during a hug, she whispers, “The next time I see you… I’d love to kiss you.” Everything changes. Every glance, every touch now feels charged and irresistible.

The Serpent King’s Starving Mate

Y/N has spent her entire life being treated as weak and unwanted by her own serpent-hybrid clan. When her family finally abandons her at the palace of Kael Draven, the feared Serpent King, they expect him to have no use for her. Instead, Kael recognizes her instantly as his fated mate. But Y/N is dangerously weak, her powers remain dormant, and there are secrets surrounding her bloodline that even the royal family doesn’t understand. As Kael takes Y/N under his protection, strange things begin happening throughout the kingdom. Someone knows what Y/N truly is. And they’ll do anything to stop her powers from awakening.

On Air, Off Limits

Being a member of &Team means living in the spotlight, but Y/N’s biggest challenge isn’t the cameras—it’s Maki and Nico, the two men who claim her heart with jealousy and intensity. Possessive, protective, and impossible to ignore, they demand honesty and loyalty… even when Y/N tries to sneak one private moment for herself. When a harmless date goes wrong and the truth comes out on live, the two are waiting—calm, furious, and ready to confront her. Secrets are exposed, boundaries are tested, and

The Serpent I Traded For

I spent years raising three SSS-rank wolves, only for them to abandon me for my sister, Lilith. So I traded them away. In return, I chose Caesar—the cold, unwanted serpent everyone called worthless. They laughed when I picked him. They stopped laughing when Caesar awakened as a Legendary-class creature and chose me as his one true bond. Now, with Lilith and my former wolves standing against me, I have one chance to prove my worth: win the academy’s Spring Competition. But with my family’s arranged marriage to a mysterious dragon looming over me, winning may be the least of my problems. Because Caesar isn’t just powerful. He’s mine.

I Forgot the Siren—He Never Forgot Me

Y/N is a merfolk researcher fascinated by ancient sirens and their forgotten traditions. While exploring the deepest parts of the ocean, she encounters Auren, a mysterious and powerful siren whom she mistakes for a lonely merman. Wanting to help him communicate, Y/N teaches Auren an ancient courtship song and dance. She doesn’t know that, to sirens, the ritual is a sacred declaration of choosing a mate. Auren understands its meaning immediately—and believes Y/N has chosen him. But Auren has a secret: he already knows Y/N. Years ago, when she was a child, he saved her life during an accident at sea. She forgot him completely. He never did. As Y/N grows closer to Auren, she begins uncovering the truth about his identity, the ancient traditions she unknowingly invoked, and the mysterious connection between their pasts. Now she must decide whether what brought them together was destiny, a misunderstanding, or something neither of them can deny.

Claimed by the Wolf, Lion & Dragon

Y/N came to Shifter Academy for one thing: graduate. She never expected to become the fated mate of three of the most powerful shifters on campus—Ronan, the teasing wolf; Leon, the confident lion; and Talon, the terrifyingly cold dragon. Three alphas. One human. And a mating season that makes staying away from them nearly impossible. Ronan and Leon love teasing Y/N and competing for her attention, while Talon keeps his distance—cold, unreadable, and fiercely protective from the moment he realizes she’s his. Then Y/N discovers she’s pregnant. Suddenly, all three alphas become unbearably protective, fussing over her every meal, carrying her things, arguing over who gets to take care of her, and preparing for a baby nobody knows the true parentage of. Until the day their son, Leyden, is born. A magical lineage test reveals something impossible: Leyden is the child of all three alphas. Now Y/N isn’t just their mate. She’s the mother of the most powerful little hybrid the shifter world has ever seen—and the three apex predators who once fought over her are going to have to learn how to raise their son together.

Collision Course 📸💋🎉💥😳

At a packed game, the kiss cam lands on Y/N and the guy she came with. The crowd waits… but he won’t kiss her. The moment gets awkward—until the man sitting behind them leans in and kisses Y/N instead. The arena erupts, and in one bold, unexpected second, Y/N realizes: if one man won’t step up, another one absolutely will.

THE BILLIONAIRE’S FORGOTTEN WIFE

He came home expecting his wife and found out she had “divorced” him… except he never filed for divorce. 💀 Now Adrian has eight babies on the way, a missing wife, a jealous girl exposed, and one very angry grandmother. Turns out the $200 million divorce papers were fake—and Adrian is about to find out who stole his marriage. He lost his wife because of a lie. Now he’s coming for her back. ⚽

The Mate Who Saw My Worth

Y/N Lawson has spent her entire life being treated as the unwanted daughter of the Ironclaw Pack. Constantly judged by her appearance and treated like a servant by her own family, she never believed she could be worthy of a mate—until she finally finds hers. Alpha Cullen Niles. For one heartbreaking moment, Y/N thinks her life is finally changing. Instead, Cullen rejects her in front of her wolf, Roxie, telling her she isn’t beautiful enough to be his Luna. Two months later, Y/N is forced to leave her home while Cullen visits her family to choose a new Luna. Heartbroken and desperate to escape, she runs into the forest. Then she smells something unexpected. Salted citrus and driftwood. Her wolf whispers one word: Mate. But this time, Y/N’s second fated mate is none other than Alpha Austin Blackstone—the most feared and powerful Alpha in the region. And unlike Cullen, Austin doesn’t see Y/N as something to be ashamed of. He sees his Luna. But when Austin discovers that Y/N was rejected by his rival, he realizes someone has made his mate believe she isn’t worthy of love. Now Austin intends to show her exactly how wrong they were. While Cullen fights to maintain his power and Blackstone faces attacks from Ironclaw, Y/N must learn to trust again, find her voice, and discover that sometimes the person who rejects you is simply making room for the person who was always meant to choose you. He rejected her. The Alpha King chose her. Now everyone will learn her worth.

I Thought He Was My Forever

Y/N has always been able to see the glowing number above someone’s head—a countdown showing how many meaningful encounters they have left with her. Most people have small numbers. Jack had 31,441. Her childhood best friend. Her boyfriend. The boy she was convinced was her soulmate. So Y/N built her entire relationship around keeping him close, even creating strict boyfriend rules to make sure he could never leave. Then one ordinary day, Jack tries to introduce her to his roommate. And in a picture, Y/N sees something impossible glowing above the mysterious basketball player. ∞ Before she can understand what it means, Jack starts acting strangely. There’s another girl. He’s hiding his phone. And, for the first time ever, Y/N watches Jack’s number begin to drop. Then his roommate sees her. And he runs straight toward her. Because above Y/N’s head is the exact same symbol. ∞ Maybe Jack was never her forever. Maybe he was only the longest countdown. And maybe the quiet boy she’d never noticed was the one person fate never intended her to lose.