L. A. Cotton

From the author of the Wicked Bay series, comes an angsty YA/NA enemies-to-lovers romance. Cocky football players, school rivalry, and the girls who get in their way. Get ready … The Raiders are coming!Hailee Raine only has to survive one more year.One year of life in her football obsessed town.One year of nauseating school spirit.Just one more year of her cruel step-brother Jason; and his cocky, arrogant, football-playing friends.She hates them. Especially, Cameron Chase, the guy she thought was different.Cameron Chase has the world at his feet.He has it all; good looks, talent, and the charm to go with it.He has colleges lined up at the door, all wanting a piece of Rixon Raiders star wide receiver.Until something threatens everything he's ever worked for, and only one person can quiet the war raging inside him.But he's supposed to hate her; his best friend's sister.She's off-limits.Untouchable.She's trouble with a capital T.Then Hailee finds herself in the middle of a football prank gone wrong... And suddenly hating each other never felt so good.The Trouble With You is the first book in The Rixon Raiders series. All books in this series can be read as standalones!The Trouble With YouThe Game You Play (coming soon)The Harder You Fall (coming soon)

Rixon Raiders, #1

The Trouble With You

The first book in a brand new YA/NA crossover series from l. a. cottonWhen seventeen-year-old Eloise Stone finds herself half way across the world, moving into her Uncle's pool house, she expects things to be ... awkward. She doesn't expect to come face-to-face with the boy from last summer. The boy that made her feel things she'd never felt before. But a year is a long time, and Lo isn't the same girl she was then. Besides, they're family now.It's weird.Maverick Prince acts as if he doesn't remember her, treating Lo like nothing more than an annoying younger sister, and not in a 'he cares' way, just in a 'he's an arsehole' way. One thing's for sure, he isn't just dangerous for her sanity--he's hazardous for her heart.Lo thought moving to Wicked Bay was the worst of her problems, but as life begins to unravel around her, she's going to find out it's only the beginning...

Wicked Beginnings

They say your first love leaves a mark. For Calliope James it didn't only leave a mark, it tore out her heart and left it bleeding on the ground. He was her best friend. Her first kiss. Her everything. Until one day, he wasn't. Zachary Messiah will never forget the girl with eyes the color of whiskey. But he's not that boy anymore. Cold. Cruel. He's devoid of emotion. Their paths were never supposed to cross again. But love doesn't always play by the rules. Now he's the King of Steinbeck University and she's the new girl on campus ... and the pasts they have fought so hard to bury are about to collide. Only this time, they might not survive the fallout.

On the Rebound

Nicco and Ari Duet #2

King of Souls

An emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings.The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change.Evangeline Walker knows how quickly everything can change. But nothing can prepare her for the moment she meets Rafe Hunter.Intense gray eyes.Wicked smile.Tattoos inked on his skin just begging to be touched. Those aren't the reasons Eva should stay away from him though.The fact he's the bassist for America's hottest rock band is the reason she should run and never look back.Everyone knows the greatest love stories all start somewhere.... this is their beginning. Rush is a 50,000 word Black Hearts Still Beats prelude novel. Rise (BHSB: pt. one) and Rule (BHSB: pt. two) are coming soon!

The Beginning

Rush

From bestselling author L A Cotton, comes a forbidden age-gap romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year? Peyton Myers has always been the life of the party. But behind her smile and sass is a girl lost and alone, searching for her place in the world. Xander Chase has always been on the outside looking in. But behind his cool indifference and hard exterior is a guy afraid to open his heart to anyone. When he saves Peyton from a tragic accident, their lives are entwined forever. But Xander's not the hero of her story... no matter how much she wants him to be. She's a girl with her whole life ahead of her.He's a guy who is drifting through life.And although these two lost souls might be able to heal each other, there's one glaring problem. She's still in high school... And completely forbidden. * Tragic Lies is a 100,000-word standalone romance in the Rixon High series. It deals with some sensitive issues that some readers may find distressing, this book is recommended for readers 17+

Rixon High, #2

Tragic Lies

L A Cotton's angsty college mafia romance series, Verona Legacy, continues with Enzo Marchetti's story... Nora Abato is the kind of girl people gravitate to. Sassy. Selfless. Stubborn. She knows what she wants and she's determined to get it. And Nora wants her very own mafioso, the bad boy with a tortured soul who will do whatever it takes to protect his family. Enzo Marchetti is the kind of guy people run from. Rash. Reckless. Ruined. As the Marchetti crime family's new enforcer, he'd rather spend his days getting his hands dirty than thinking about the future, or the girl with fire in her eyes and fight in her heart. When a new enemy threatens the Marchetti empire, Enzo and Nora suddenly find themselves in close confines, and the undeniable connection between them is pushed to its limits. He can't resist the girl who sees past the darkness in his soul and she can't give up on the guy who has never been taught how to love. There's only one problem. Enzo isn't Nora's fairytale prince, he's the villain who will destroy her dream of a happily-ever-after. He'll break her... If she doesn't break him first.

Verona Legacy, #3

Villain of Secrets

An angsty, addictive New Adult college romance series from L. A. Cotton, author of the best-selling Wicked Bay series.Eighteen-year-old Savanah Parry just moved three-thousand miles across state to escape. The memories...the whispers...the pain.Chastity Falls Academy is supposed to be her fresh start; her salvation. And when she meets mysterious Jackson, she begins to think it is. She hasn't smiled in almost sixteen months; not since the night her life changed forever, and despite her guilt...her loyalty, Ana can't deny that Jackson is breathing life back into her. With Jackson by her side, Ana wants to believe that she can heal and move on. But she isn't the only one living a lie, and the small private Academy has secrets of its own. All is not what it seems, and Ana is about to find herself in a tangled web of lies; fighting for survival, again.Loyalties will be tested, lies will be told. Welcome to Chastity Falls.

Chastity Falls, #1

Loyalty and Lies

Eva and Rafe's story continues in this emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Rixon Raiders series Eighteen-year-old Eva Walker knew going on tour with Black Hearts Still Beat would be complicated.She didn't expect to find herself torn between two brothers.One wants her but he walked away before.The other needs her but she doesn't understand why.It's only time before the truth comes out, and when it does, nothing will be the same for Country's newest sweetheart and the black-hearted boys of Rock. ~Rise: The Interlude is the second installment of Eva and Rafe's story. The concluding book Rule: The Finale is coming soon!

The Interlude

Rise

Ivy Smoak

Ginger Scott

Ashley Jade

Becca Steele

Tracy Lorraine

Siobhan Davis

Piper Lawson

Michelle Mankin

Daniela Romero

All new and exclusive collection of enemies to lovers and bully romance short stories and previews by Michelle Mankin, L A Cotton, Siobhan Davis, Ashley Jade, Piper Lawson, Tracy Lorraine, Daniela Romero, Ginger Scott, Ivy Smoak, Becca Steele, and Shantel Tessier *This is a limited release anthology with all e-book digital profits benefiting a national, independent Australian children's charity.*

Hot Summer School Nights

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, comes an enemies-to-lovers romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year? Carrie-Anne Trombley has always been invisible. But behind her book smart, snarky attitude is a girl desperate to know what it feels like to belong. Bryan Hughes has always been Mr. Popular. But behind his goofball jock exterior is a guy desperate to know what it feels like to be wanted. It starts with a challenge; one last school project before graduation. He's everything she hates to want. She's everything he wants to hate. But there's no denying how much they get under each other's skin. There's just one problem ... the end of high school is right around the corner. And their plans for the future didn't include falling in love. * Reckless Games is a 35,000 word novella set in the Rixon High series. It was previously published in the Hot Summer School Nights anthology and has since been expanded.

Reckless Games

Arianne Capizola è tale e quale a suo padre. Umile. Onesta. Diligente. Preferirebbe passare le sue giornate a fare volontariato, invece di stare spalla a spalla con i suoi compagni di classe superficiali e snob. Niccolò Marchetti è tale e quale a suo padre. Oscuro. Pericoloso. Subdolo. Preferirebbe passare le sue giornate sul ring a sporcarsi le mani di sangue, invece di frequentare le lezioni e mantenere le apparenze. Quando le loro strade si incontrano, alla Montague University, nessuno dei due è disposto ad abbassare le barriere che ha costruito nel corso del tempo. Ma lui non può resistere alla ragazza che sembra avere le stelle negli occhi, e lei non può dimenticare il ragazzo che quella notte l'ha salvata. C'è solo un problema. Per Arianne, Nicco non è un cavaliere dall'armatura splendente. Lui è il figlio del più grande nemico di suo padre. Lui stesso è il nemico. E le loro famiglie sono in guerra.

Principe di cuori

For eighteen-year-old Becca Torrence, the chance to finish high school in a new town, where no one knows her or the secrets of that night, should be a dream come true. But when the first day of school rolls around, something is wrong.Instead of being greeted with warm smiles and reassuring hellos, Becca finds herself on the receiving end of icy stares and cruel whispers. Putting it down to her status as an outsider, she holds her head high, because they can't know.They can't.Can they?Determined to make her new life in Credence work, Becca is willing to do whatever it takes to fit in. Even if it means losing herself in the process.A white lie can save you ... Too many lies will break you.

Liar Liar

A brand new enemies-to-lovers sports romance from bestselling author L A Cotton They say your first love leaves a mark. For Calliope James it didn't only leave a mark, it tore out her heart and left it bleeding on the ground. He was her best friend.Her first kiss.Her everything. Until one day, he wasn't. Zachary Messiah will never forget the girl with eyes the color of whiskey. But he's not that boy anymore. Cold.Cruel. He's devoid of emotion. Their paths were never supposed to cross again. But love doesn't always play by the rules. Now he's the King of Steinbeck University and she's the new girl on campus ... and the pasts they have fought so hard to bury are about to collide. Only this time, they might not survive the fallout.

Il mio traguardo sei tu

La mia rovina sei tu. Rixon Raiders

An emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings.The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change.Evangeline Walker knows how quickly everything can change. But nothing can prepare her for the moment she meets Rafe Hunter.Intense gray eyes.Wicked smile.Tattoos inked on his skin just begging to be touched. Those aren't the reasons Eva should stay away from him though.The fact he's the bassist for America's hottest rock band is the reason she should run and never look back.Everyone knows the greatest love stories all start somewhere.... this is their beginning.Rush is a 50,000 word Black Hearts Still Beats prelude novel. Rise (BHSB: pt. one) and Rule (BHSB: pt. two) are coming soon!

The Beginning: Black Hearts Still Beat, #1

Off limits

The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues with this holiday novella...It's Christmas, and the Stone-Princes are off to Lake Tahoe for the holidays. All they want is a family vacation without drama ... but what will they each find under the tree this year?Nothing's for certain, but they should know by now, no family get together would be complete without a surprise ... or two!Wicked Surprise is a companion novella that must be read after the other books in the series!

Wicked Bay, #5.5

Wicked Surprise

The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues... They thought the fight was over... All Maverick Prince ever wanted was to play basketball in college. So starting for the Steinbeck Scorpions should be a dream come true. But not everyone wants to see him succeed. Just because you're on the same team, doesn't mean you play by the same rules. Lo Stone thought her life was finally on an even keel. As if being a senior and having to think about her future isn't bad enough, she's a stranger in her own house. And the longer she goes without seeing Maverick, the harder it is to ignore the little voice of doubt whispering in her ear. They thought the games were over, but the war is only just beginning...

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