Lora Richardson

He's a movie star who needs a break from fame. Lucky for him, she has no idea who he is. Catherine Sparrow is obsessed with caves. She spends nearly every day at Alden Caverns with Otto, her eighty-year-old best friend. Known to most of the boys in town as Cave Girl, Cat long ago decided to leave dating to her sisters. But then Otto's gorgeous grandson Jesse arrives. Jesse Relic, the hottest movie star in Hollywood, needs to get out of LA. Burdened by guilt and weighed down by sorrow, he runs to the only person who can possibly help him get his life in order, his grandfather Otto. Hoping to hide from the world in his grandfather's caves, he does not expect to find a beautiful, intriguing woman working there. The best part? She doesn't recognize him. While hiking a passage of the cave together, Jesse and Cat are trapped inside when she injures her knee. The intensity of their predicament ignites sparks in the tiny cavern. As they grow closer, Jesse knows he has to tell Cat he's an actor. But she loves her simple, quiet life, and his life as a celebrity is louder than most. If he tells her the truth, will he lose her forever? Broken Hollywood is the first book in the Sparrow Sisters Series. If you want an intense slow-burn romance that will make your heart race, you'll enjoy this celebrity meets ordinary girl love story!

Broken Hollywood

Can reality be better than a daydream?My overactive imagination has wrecked things for me again. Dreaming up the perfect boy and giving him Joe's face was my first mistake, because he's just not into me. I have been crushed by my crush, and that will not happen again. I've learned my lesson. Any guy interested in me is going to have to do all the daydreaming, all the yearning, and all the pursuing. I've set my heart on someone for the last time. Enter Owen Anderson.I've never been the object of someone's desire, and that's fine. It's no big deal if I graduate high school without my first kiss. I'll suffer through it if it means I don't have to feel the sting of rejection again.The first order of business is to make sure I don't daydream about anyone, especially Owen Anderson. Owen, who finds me crying in the stairwell over Joe. Owen, who's there when I learn I won't be working with Greta and I'm afraid we'll drift apart. Owen, who sees me at my most overwhelmed by my responsibilities to my family. Owen, who cannot possibly see me as anything other than a walking disaster.Just once I'd like him to see me strong and capable with decent hair. Not that it would matter if he did, because he's way out of my league, and I'm not going to let myself think of him in that way. Or think of him at all. Nope. No way. But he keeps showing up, and I keep wondering if maybe, just maybe, Owen sees something more in me than I think he sees.

Awakening Autumn

He disappeared four years ago, and I'm to blame. Now he's back.I call it the vanishing summer. Everett, my best friend and the first boy I ever kissed, was kidnapped; taken from right beside me. Three months later my mom died. They were both just gone. The bright, fearless spark inside me was gone, too-blown clean out.I learned that the worst could happen at any moment and with no warning. I didn't want to go outside anymore. I avoided the woods where Everett and I had played. I hated to let my brother and my dad out of my sight. For four years, I lived with a pounding heart and shaking hands.But I'm sixteen now, and ready to find my way back to myself, to somehow move forward. Therapy is helping. I let one new friend into my life, and she's helping, too. I'm trying this new thing where I act like the old me-unafraid and confident and bold. I'm doing scary things and trying not to let them scare me.Then one night as I'm sitting outside in the dark, Everett walks through the trees and back into my life.

Vanishing Summer

He's a reformed bad boy who wants the good girl. Lucky for him, she craves excitement.Audrey Sparrow lives her life the way other people want her to. She dates the boy her parents like, she studies hard, and she never gets into trouble. Scared of the secret desires deep within her, she pretends she's happy with the way things are. Then one day, a boy on a motorcycle drives up and asks her if she wants a ride.Johnny Bright can't outrun his reputation. No matter what he does, people in this town will always judge him based on his reckless past. He's been enchanted by Audrey for as long as he can remember, but there's no way she'd be seen with a guy like him.Both misunderstood, both searching for something, Johnny and Audrey are drawn to each other. Can they make it work even though the entire town is against them?Broken Rebel is the second book in the Sparrow Sisters Series. If you want an intense slow-burn romance that will make your heart race, you'll enjoy this bad boy meets shy girl love story!

Broken Rebel

"You're off-limits, so why can't I stop thinking about you?" Fay Whitaker, sixteen years old and yearning for adventure, is excited to spend the summer with her fearless cousin Celia in small-town Juniper, Indiana. But Fay soon discovers that her summer home is not what she expected. She is alarmed by her uncle's temper, and learns of the grudge he holds against the Dearing family. Celia handles the tension at home by escaping with her boyfriend, leaving Fay with time on her hands-time that leads her straight to Malcolm Dearing, off-limits because of his last name. Fay is captivated by Malcolm's warmth and intensity. She finds that trying to stay away from him only makes her think of him more. Fay and Celia are launched on a journey, and each must attempt to navigate the thrilling and unpredictable world of love. Everything Fay thinks she knows about love is put to the test, as relationships unfold and reveal themselves in ways she never before dreamed.

The Edge of Juniper

Penny Beck is a girl who says yes when she means no. She keeps to herself, follows the rules, and does what she's told. After a disastrous experience with her boyfriend, she's determined to change from the spineless person she's always been into the strong woman she wants to become. All she needs is a little practice. On a cross-country trip to check on her grandpa, she strives to become bolder and more outspoken with the strangers she meets. Penny's plan is to practice saying and doing what she wants without worrying about what anyone else thinks. Then she meets Archer, an introspective loner to whom she finds herself drawn. She realizes she does care what he thinks, very much. Will Penny be able to stick to her plan, or will she revert back to her people-pleasing ways?

Outspoken

He's hoping to forget his past. Lucky for him, she lives in the moment. Valerie Sparrow loves boys. She likes looking at them, talking about them, dating them, and most of all, kissing them. The one thing she refuses to do is have relationships with them. She can't count the number of times she's come across a girl crying over a boy. She wants the fun parts, not the crying parts, so she doesn't let her heart get involved. But when a gorgeous new guy moves to town, she begins to think things she doesn't want to think and feel things she's afraid to feel. Wes Callahan wants a fresh start. He left his troubles behind in Chicago, but his heart is still bruised. He's not sure he can trust anyone again, especially not in this town where he's an outsider and everyone else has known each other their whole lives. Hoping to get through the year without opening his heart, he meets Valerie, a candid, fascinating girl who makes him rethink this plan. When Wes's father gets called into service with the National Guard, the Sparrow family invites him to live with them for two months. The only condition is that Wes is off-limits. That's no problem for Valerie, because she doesn't do relationships. Right? Broken Outsider is the third book in the Sparrow Sisters Series. If you want an intense slow-burn romance that will make your heart race, you'll enjoy this brooding loner meets uncatchable girl love story!

Broken Outsider

Celia has spent her life waiting for the next crisis. When the tension at home begins to ease, she wonders if she'll finally be able to relax. Her father has stopped drinking, her cousin Fay has moved back to Juniper, and it seems like Paul might really care about her. But trust is an uphill battle for Celia, fighting against doubt the whole way. Paul has been drawn to Celia for as long as he can remember, and she is finally giving him a chance to show her how he feels. But when Celia can't stop worrying everything will fall apart, and when things in Paul's own life take a turn for the worse, can they learn to rely on each other?

Juniper Limits

Delphine has been traveling in an RV with her grandmother since she was two years old. Abe has never lived anywhere but Juniper. Delphine has seen America, but life on the road is lonesome for a teen. She's never had friends her own age, a job, or her first kiss. When her grandmother buys a house in Juniper, it seems like everything Delphine longs for is finally within reach. She quickly makes friends, but Abe, the one friend she wants the most, keeps pushing her away. When Abe meets Delphine at the Founder's Day Festival on her first day in town, he can't deny that she intrigues him. But his life is too complicated to make time for friends. His father is getting out of prison, and Abe doesn't want him to return to Juniper and undo all the changes of the last four years. But how can he keep that from happening? And can he dare let Delphine be his friend and find out about his past? Juniper Skies is the third book in The Juniper Series, a collection of contemporary YA romances that will make your heart race!

Juniper Skies

Joe Hudson broke my heart. The last thing I want is to be trapped with him at basketball camp. Coaching a skills camp for little kids was supposed to be a fun way to say goodbye to my high school basketball career. A bridge between my old life and new beginnings. But coaching with the guy who broke my heart last summer? That was not the plan. But there he is, across the gym. He hasn't even said anything yet, and already I'm remembering the way my name sounds on his lips. As he comes closer, old feelings are stirred up and all I can think of is the way he used to hold me. No. Joe is my past--a very painful and heart-wrenching past. He will never be allowed to hold my heart again. But we'll be stuck together day after day, so we have to figure out a way to play nice. And I have to figure out a way to keep him from getting under my skin.

Anticipating Spring

Once people find out my parents are in prison and I've spent half my life in foster care, they write me off. Moving from one place to another, living with strangers, and making friends only to move away has worn down my heart. It's easier to keep people at a distance than it is to feel the pain of another good-bye, so that's what I do. But I've never known anyone like Eddie. He's open and trusting and carefree. So, basically my opposite. He has these blue eyes that see right through me, and he makes me want to spill all my secrets and drop all my walls and let him in. The problem is, I'm sure it won't be long before I have to leave. Nothing ever lasts for me, and I don't imagine this will, either. My heart can't take leaving behind one more person I love, so I just won't love anyone. Trusting Winter is Book 3 in the Unexpected Love series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.

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