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At sixteen, angry and rebellious, you join a religious group in Utah - The Children of a Loving God - seduced by the words of charismatic preacher, Pastor David.
Ten years on and your compound in Texas is raided by the police amidst allegations of abuse, and you and your daughters - Ellie and Abby - are forced back into the world you left behind. Your only lifeline is Joel Miller, your mom's friend from college, and his daughter, Sarah. Moving onto his ranch, what starts as friendly support becomes something more. In Joel, a man who carries his own demons, you find the one thing you didn't know you were craving - love without conditions.
But the father of your children is never far away, and he wants his girls back.
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10 Dec 2025
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When your high-powered marketing career goes up in flames, you find yourself back in Texas and out of options—until your old childhood best friend Tommy Miller offers you a job at his family’s growing construction company. The only catch? His older brother Joel, the project manager with a chip on his shoulder and zero patience for your city-slicker attitude.
You clash instantly: you’re clever, confident, and painfully corporate. He’s quiet, rugged, and set in his ways. You push his buttons. He pushes back harder. But somewhere between long meetings, late nights, resurfacing memories, and hurt, along with one very unexpected work trip… the tension starts to shift.
What begins as bickering turns into banter. Glances linger. Walls crack. And neither of you is quite sure when things started to change.
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02 Dec 2025
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Leaving Florida behind was supposed to be simple. Starting over never is. Between hurricane season, nosy neighbors, and a certain quiet contractor with a knack for showing up when she needs him most, she might just find more than she bargained for — friendship, love, and a family she never expected.What begins as survival, boarding windows, sharing bourbon, waiting out storms, slowly turns into something warmer. Along the way, she’ll face trust issues, unexpected friendships, and the terrifying possibility of letting herself belong somewhere again.
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28 Nov 2025
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Saddles, Sunsets and Second Thoughts by reedispunk
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
10 Dec 2025
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After your fiancé takes a job at Miller Ranch, adjusting to your new life there becomes so much harder when you meet his boss.
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28 Nov 2025
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All the Ways We Leave by DogsCantDrive
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Nov 2025
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You came to Jackson five years ago, and since then you’ve built something that almost feels like a life. Steady work at the clinic, a roof over your head, the closest thing to safety you’ve known since the world fell apart. It isn’t perfect, but it’s yours.
Then you’re thrown onto patrol, partnered with Tommy’s brooding older brother, Joel Miller — and everything starts to unravel.
He’s moody, stubborn, infuriatingly bossy. He gets under your skin with every order he barks, with every look he gives you like he knows better. He’s also the one man you can’t stop thinking about, no matter how many times he’s made it clear he wants nothing to do with you.
But the longer you’re out there together, the harder it gets to ignore the pull between you. Banter turns to touches, touches to something you swore you wouldn’t want. And as the line between friends and something more begins to blur, you’ll have to decide just how much you’re willing to risk.
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26 Nov 2025