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Emma Tarrou
Salt & Serendipity
Friends to Lovers, Travel
Angie and Finn’s once‑easy friendship turns electric during a summer trip to Boracay, where jealousy and lingering touches blur every line. Flirtations with others only intensify the pull between them, leading to near‑confessions under the island’s neon lights. They must decide if their bond is just a perfect vacation fantasy or the start of something real.

Emma Tarrou
Rubble to Romance
Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity
Beatriz and Elías, lifelong friends from a hurricane‑stricken Honduran village, find their buried feelings rising as they work side by side in a tense volunteer camp. Their attempts to hide the truth—by letting others believe they’re interested elsewhere—spark jealousy that exposes every unspoken desire. When a near‑kiss shatters their careful balance, they must decide whether risking their friendship is worth the love they’ve been afraid to face.

D. Leere
Hands-On Lessons
Friends to Lovers, Friends with Benefits, Mutual Pining, Unrequited Love, Classmates – College
In this steamy college friends‑to‑lovers novella, quiet Nash agrees to help his best friend Juni “practice” intimacy for her crush—while secretly in love with her. Their lessons blur into longing, then collapse when a lie behind the arrangement is exposed. Now they must face the truth: were they practicing for someone else… or for each other.

Emma Tarrou
Dr. Unavailable
Ghoster's Back, Anxious/Avoidant, Coworkers
Lilly, a clinical pharmacist shaped by past abandonment, is drawn to Michael, a brilliant trauma surgeon whose intense affection alternates with unexplained silence. Just as she begins to trust him, his sudden withdrawal reawakens the ghost of the man who once vanished from her life without a word. When Michael finally returns with a painful truth, Lilly must decide whether his love is worth the uncertainty or if she’s destined to be left behind again.

D. Leere
Stopover
Friends to Lovers, Friendzone, Classmates
Max rejects Jolie’s heartfelt confession, convinced it’s a joke, only to watch her crumble in the aftermath. Consumed by guilt and obsession, he fights to win back her attention as she drifts toward someone safer. When their chemistry resurfaces, Max must finally confront his pride to reclaim the love he nearly destroyed.
