Only a Dare

In the elite halls of Harvard, where wealth, power, and ambition collide, one girl rules them all. Cara Wilson-beautiful as hell, dangerously untamed, and rich beyond imagination-is feared by all and desired by everyone. With her piercing green eyes and a reputation for chaos, she's untouchable... until a new challenge walks through the doors. Noah Evans, the breathtakingly handsome transfer student with ocean-blue eyes and the confidence of a Greek god, refuses to be intimidated. Calm, unflinching, and utterly fascinated by the storm that is Cara, he decides to sit beside her-and the game begins. Add to the mix Jonah Wilson, Cara's cousin and her fiercest protector, who knows all her secrets and harbors feelings he can't deny. The tension is lethal, the chemistry electric, and the lines between loyalty, obsession, and desire blur in ways no one expects. This is a story of dominance and defiance, of jealousy and forbidden attraction, where survival isn't just about grades-it's about navigating a battlefield of hearts, egos, and untamed passions. Dive into a world where danger is beautiful, chaos is intoxicating, and love comes with a price.

COMPLETED Olivia Washington is running away. Not just from her life in New York, not just from her old job and not just from her past... She has packed parts of her life into boxes, and she is going headfirst to the first opportunity of a new life, all the way in Massachusetts, where the world-famous Raphael Castillo, owner of CASTACKS has hired her to be his personal nurse and caregiver. It's a dream job until the perks come in the form of his tall, handsome, olive-skinned, Italian billionaire son, Leonardo Castillo whose arrogance irks her in the worst way and yet... draws her to him in the best way. One very first and explosive encounter sends a whirlwind of emotional backlashes, heated moments, drunken mishaps, dark secrets, and lustful and forbidden acts into play. It's passionate. It's dangerous. It's a type of life she would not have lived had she not kissed those lips of his, had she not let him touch her with those gentle hands, had she not let him draw out her deepest moans. Even though he had a heartbreak reputation. Even though he would rather be spotted dead than with her in public. Even though he had his own demons that would throw them into chaos over and over. He was fire and she played with it... amidst the growing tension of family secrets between father and son, and the risky health of her employer. But when the heated moments are no longer just moments, and the forbidden actions don't feel so forbidden, Olivia must decide how long she can play this game to keep her job, as wounds start to open, secrets start to spill and danger comes to light.

At Westshire, privilege is inherited and secrets are a birthright. Addison Carmichael arrives prepared for ruthless academics and pressures of an elite institution. What she isn't prepared for is Harrison Lancaster: arrogant, untouchable, and determined to erase her from the board entirely. When Addison stumbles onto the truth behind Westshire's carefully guarded traditions, and the secrets tied to her own family's past-everything she thought she knew begins to unravel. Harrison is protecting a throne built on silence and power, one his father has been preparing him to inherit since birth. As rivalry sharpens into obsession and lines blur between enemy and ally, Addison must decide whether the legacy she never knew she had at Westshire is worth risking everything else-including her heart. Because at Westshire, love and loyalty aren't just dangerous. They're weaknesses to be exploited.

"Hello, is this the Smith's residents?". Her voice is sweet and soft. "Yes this is and who are you?", I ask trying to be polite. "I'm Andy, the daughter of Aubrey and Calum Smith". ------------------------------------------------------ Carter is the only child, and attends Wayward High. Carter has a loving boyfriend named Noah and her best friend Kairi. Knowing she's not doing so great in school and her chances of getting a scholarship are slim, Carter has resorted to throwing huge parties, and charging everyone to make money to go towards her college tuition. Having limited parental supervision has it's perks, but as things start to unravel, will life only get more complicated? Secrets in the dark must come to the light...

Hate; feel intense or passionate dislike for (someone or something) Carter Shay is a seventeen year old girl who's grown up with everything handed to her in life, her family has money, she has a nice car. She has designer clothes. Great parents, goes to a great school. Great friends, popularity. But she has a secret as to why she gets everything she wants. Yet she doesn't let that stop her from acting like a teenager, from mood swings, to making enemies. Especially enemies, specifically Noah Miller. Noah Miller is a teenage boy who's worked for everything he has, yeah his family has money, they appear as a perfect family to the public eye. But what happens behind closed doors stays behind those doors. As one of the most popular guys in school, guys worship him, girls drool over him, and he lets it happen. Except her, he hates her. Whether it's the feud their families have, or just that fact that Carter Shay is everything that he hate's. They compete when it comes to anything, assignments, sports, pranks. It's not the 'I'm messing with you because I'm actually in love with you' It's the 'I absolutely despise you'. When they're forced to work on an assignment together instead of competing with each other, secrets come out, relationships start forming, and heart's get broken. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 || 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟶th 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷. 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 || 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸𝟾𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸.

Some people grow up with childhood friends. I grew up with Noah Lancaster. Two years without Noah by my side, and I thought I'd changed. I'd grown into my own person, no longer the girl who needed protecting. But stepping into the prestigious halls of St. James proved I was wrong. Surrounded by strangers who make it painfully clear I don't belong to their world, it's all too easy to fall back into old patterns. And Noah... like the constant he's always been, pulls me back into his orbit. Only he's not the same boy I remember. He's sharper now. More calculated. More intense. There's something in him I can't quite name, a quiet shift in the air around him, like the moment before a storm breaks. They say university is where you find yourself. I never thought I'd find myself in the middle of something I couldn't walk away from... or explain to the police.

After spending two years studying abroad in Italy, shy and bookish Charlotte Bennett returns to her hometown with a quiet confidence and a glow-up no one saw coming. She's ready to fly under the radar and finish her final year in peace-until she crosses paths with Noah Carter. Noah, the school's golden boy with a reckless streak and a reputation for breaking rules (and hearts), doesn't recognize the girl who once sat quietly in the back of class. But something about Charlotte's new attitude-and the way she doesn't fall for his usual charm-gets under his skin. They clash from the start: sarcastic remarks, tense hallway run-ins, and accidental detentions. But the more they fight, the more the line between hate and something deeper begins to blur. Beneath the teasing and tension, they start to uncover each other's hidden scars-and maybe even their hearts.

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. Lisa was never supposed to fall for Noah. Not the boy who saved her from a playground meltdown. Not the best friend who became her first kiss... her first love... her everything. But when he moved across the world, he left her with nothing but a broken promise and a gold star necklace she still wears like a scar. She swore she'd wait. He swore they'd find each other again. But two weeks after he came back, he was holding another girl's hand. Now it's war. And Lisa's done playing soft. Noah thought leaving Lisa behind would protect them both. He didn't expect to fall apart without her. Neither did he expect to learn the truth-something so brutal it made him question every moment they'd ever shared and see her as a stranger in the skin of the girl he once loved. And he definitely didn't expect to fall into someone else's arms trying to forget the taste of her lips. But Lisa's not the shy girl he left behind. She's colder now. Hotter, too. And every time he looks at her like he hates her, he wants to grab her and make her remember everything. This isn't just a breakup. It's unfinished business. First love never dies. But it might just destroy them both. 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑/𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 : ❥ mature/sexual themes ❥ alcohol references ❥ language ❥ mild violence ❥ SLOWBURN! word count- 130,000 started- July 07 2023, Finished- May 2025 Copyright all rights reserved

"Come on Austin. Please delete the video!" "No way." He smirks, "That'll be too easy." "What do you want from me?" "I need you to be my fake girlfriend." "What! No way in hell." "Fine then I'll just send this to everyone in school." "Okay fine I'll do it," I roll my eyes and he smirks, "but there's rules." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emma Princeton(18 years old) is a normal teenage girl except she's lost a lot and has a shocking past that only a few people know about. She's not a nerd, although she gets good grades, she has a lot of friends but she's not one of the "populars". Austin King(also 18 just a couple months older), the schools bad boy. The top one in the "populars" group. He's known for dating girls for a day or two then breaking their hearts and tossing them to the side. Never thinking about them again. But what happens when Emma finds herself in a situation where Austin has a certain leverage over her and needs a fake girlfriend that's presentable to his mother and not one of his usual flings? What happens when Emma agrees, will they fall in love? Or will he just use her and break her heart like all the other girls that he's dated? There's a thin line between love and hate.

She had her own apartment, her own job, and her own life. Nothing to drag her down. Everything was perfect. Her abusive parents weren't in the picture anymore and neither was he. Her past full of untold secrets was long behind her and she could start all over again. All of her stresses and worries should have gone away. Right? Or so she thought. It wasn't until she crossed his path that she realized just how foolish she was. To think that she could avoid the person who completely changed her life. To think that she could fall for him again. Start reading to discover the uncovered secrets and how they end up changing their lives for better or worse. Highest rankings: #22 in London (8/15/2022) Content Warning: This story includes things such as violence, abuse, and other triggering factors for readers.