If a girl teases you, that means she likes you! Unfortunately, Akiteru knows from experience that isn’t the case. Because every girl he interacts with shows him nothing but scorn, and he’s not scored a single date from it! Luckily, he’s more concerned with securing a spot for him and his game-development buddies at his uncle’s business. But when his uncle throws him a condition that involves playing the part of his daughter’s boyfriend, Akiteru has no choice but to take it. What will his best friend’s sister Iroha, who bullies him relentlessly, think of the news?

Mashiro has just shared a devastating secret with Sumire. Aki and Iroha have been forced through a ceremony that historically guarantees the participants will be married. Meanwhile, Sumire is on the brink of freedom—but just what will she choose to do with it? With the Alliance being pulled in all directions, will it even last the summer, or will it sink down into the depths of the ocean?

Kaitlyn spent her awkward years pining for her older brother's best friend, Cole. Now, long gone are the days when Cole thought of Kaitlyn as the little sister in braces. Especially when Kaitlyn shows up at his beachside resort with a new body and a passion she didn’t possess before. A secret heated romance begins - and Kaitlyn and Cole discover that secrets and lies means happily ever after is a bumpy road.

He wasn't supposed to be nice. This changes everything.Charlotte Robinson has one goal: survive her senior year. Well, if she's truthful, it's actually to survive her new life without her mom. Which would be a lot easier to do if her dad was actually dealing with the death. Instead, he's buried himself in so many abandoned vehicles that their yard has turned into a suburban junkyard and it's just a matter of time before the city intervenes. When Lucas Addington, the obnoxious rich kid who's been banished to the small town of Sweet Water, douses her in his caramel macchiato, she's pretty sure she's reached her lowest low. But that's only the beginning. He's conceited and spoiled--everything she expected from a billionaire's heir--until things begin to change. Suddenly, she finds herself drawn to him for reasons she can't explain. He makes her feel safe and wanted, something she'd forgotten how to feel. Just when she allows herself to open up to him, her life comes crashing down around her.Now Charlotte must decide if she can fix her crumbling life and keep Lucas, or fail and lose everything she holds dear...again.1 town. 1 high school. 12 sweet romances.Read Misunderstanding the Billionaire's Heir from Anne-Marie Meyer. It is the first installment of the Sweet Water High Multi-Author Series.

With the summer festival behind them, it’s time for Akiteru to get back to finding Iroha a friend! But nothing ever goes according to plan. What’s he to do when his friend’s little sister doesn’t seem to have it in for him anymore? How can he find her a friend she can be annoying with when she doesn’t want to be annoying anymore? When Akiteru tries to talk some sense into her, she instead talks him into competing at the school’s culture festival for the title of...Queen Nevermore?! It’s now up to Akiteru to defy the odds and become the prettiest girl at school! But will that really help Iroha get back to her usual (annoyingly cute) self...?

The first time Akiteru met his friend’s little sister, Iroha, she was soft-spoken, with a diligent air about her. So when he heard she was interested in joining a gang—one led by none other than Otoi—he began to suspect there was more to Iroha than met the eye. When he intervened, things only got more complicated. And in the end, Akiteru formed bonds with unlikely friends for years to come. It’s finally time to unravel the secrets of the Alliance’s past! How did Akiteru come to form the 05th Floor Alliance, and why did Iroha decide to make him the victim of her teasing?

The Alliance is caught in a maelstrom of trouble as secrets are covered and uncovered everywhere you look! Unaware of this spiral of secrecy, Akiteru’s started seeing Iroha in a new light... And just his luck, his uncle shows up to make sure Akiteru sticks to playing the role of Mashiro’s fake boyfriend! Akiteru’s got no choice but to set up a (fake) date for the summer festival. Will someone like Iroha really sit back and just watch? What’ll become of the Alliance in this perfect storm of trouble? And...just who will Akiteru wind up watching the fireworks with?

His job was to protect her. Feelings weren't supposed to get involved. Eve I've been in love with my brother's best friend for as long as I can remember. Once upon a time he was my knight in shining armor, but now? He acts like I’m his worst enemy. I don't know why Cooper Jenkins insists on keeping me at arm's length—which is hard to do when he’s my partner at the Academy—or why he insists on shielding me from every other boy at school. I don’t want to be at Oakwood high anymore than he seems to want me there, so why won’t he leave me alone? Cooper When my best friend enlisted I made one promise: protect his little sister. And I'll do that, even if it means pissing her off and making her hate me. Besides, I’d rather she hate me than know how I truly feel. If I give into temptation and make her mine, I'll be breaking my vow in every way possible. But there’s something about her. Something in her gaze that is drawing me in and terrifying me at the same time. And the more I’m around her, the more I begin to fear that perhaps, the only person who can truly hurt Eve? Is me. If you love big, teddy bear heroes who only want to protect the heroine and snarky heroines, you'll love the Wide Receiver and his Best Friend's Little Sister.

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Gooding, Texas, is about to gain a double blessing--a veterinarian and a doctor. But when siblings Enoch and Taylor Bestman arrive, the discovery that Taylor is a lady doctor has the town up in arms. Especially Karl Van der Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes the first patient...against his will. Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this surprising woman who dares to drive about town on her own, wearing the color red, for heaven's sake! Taylor, on the other hand, wants only to prove that doctoring is her life's calling, despite the town's opposition. The result? Pride meets attraction head-on, and sparks begin to fly.