He helps set up his best friend's little sister's eighteenth Birthday party and later on that night, she changes his life in ways he had only imagined.
Once a year, the gate opens—for Aisha and Elior alone. The garden remembers them, and as vines part and figs split, they answer its call with sweat, laughter, and a hunger sharpened by absence. Among trembling leaves and blooming fire, their bodies meet in a ritual of rhythm and release. What begins with a pomegranate becomes worship and undoing. This is no paradise. It’s something wilder—sacred, erotic, and entirely theirs.
Crown Prince Adrian Valemont of Aradwyn and Captain Lena Voral of Virelia are forced into a joint military program as part of a diplomatic initiative to unite their divided nations. Reluctant and brash, Adrian clashes with the disciplined and unyielding Lena. When a politically motivated engagement is announced to symbolize unity, the two must navigate their differences, political intrigue, and public scrutiny.
Tammy was in town for my graduation party. Before she left, my mom had a special gift for her - my cousin Rick. As amazing as that was, it wasn't the biggest surprise waiting for Tammy. Note: This Tammy has nothing to do with my cousin Tammy. Sorry for any confusion but it's not my fault they have the same first names! This story has nothing to do with my youngest cousin.
People keep asking me what I'm doing these days and such. So much has changed in my life in the past few months it's hard to even know where to begin but hopefully this will help out. It was time for a change, that was for sure, and what better way than to spend an evening out with my cousin Kristen?