American University Library Databases Novels & Stories

Everyone at Frostford University worships Beck Ryder. Future NHL star. Campus celebrity. Captain of the Frostford Vipers. The golden boy who can do no wrong. Everyone except Nayla George. Two years ago, a violent locker-room incident ended her brother's hockey career and shattered her family. While Julian spiraled into depression and their family struggled to survive, Beck's fame only grew. To Nayla, Beck Ryder is living proof that powerful people never face consequences. Then another assault scandal explodes. A viral video appears to show Beck involved in a violent altercation with another student-athlete. Public outrage erupts. Sponsors flee. NHL scouts back away. Overnight, hockey's golden boy becomes Frostford's biggest liability. Desperate to save his image, the university launches a reality show designed to rebuild Beck's reputation. And the producers choose the one person who hates him most to play his girlfriend. Nayla George. Now they're trapped together in front of cameras, forced to sell a love story neither of them wants. But as their fake relationship begins feeling dangerously real, Nayla uncovers secrets connecting Beck's newest scandal to the incident that destroyed her brother years ago. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes someone has spent years manipulating the truth. And the deeper she digs, the more she realizes the truth isn't a question of innocence. Someone manipulated what happened that night. Someone turned Beck Ryder into the perfect villain. And the man she's spent years hating may be carrying a different kind of guilt than she ever imagined.

Synopsis For as long as she can remember, Noah Leister has lived in hiding. Forced to disguise herself as a boy to escape the enemies hunting her. She doesn’t know why. Unknown to her, she is the prophesied Moon Guardian, a being of immense power, and the mate of the strongest Alpha in werewolf history. Alpha Ares Luther is feared, ruthless, and cursed with loneliness for his father’s sins. When a prophecy reveals that his mate is hidden among humans, Ares infiltrates Siege University as a lecturer to find her. But nothing prepares him for Noah, the infuriating, sharp-tongued boy who unsettles him like no one ever has. The attraction is maddening, impossible, his mate is supposed to be a woman. Yet, the more he tries to stay away, the stronger the pull becomes. As rogue attacks threaten the university, Noah’s carefully constructed world shatters when she witnesses a brutal werewolf battle and shifts for the first time, revealing her true identity as a werewolf and the Moon Guardian. And she has no idea what she has just unleashed in him. For the first time, Ares’ loneliness fades. He has found her. But before they could claim their happiness, fate sharpens its claws. Betrayal slithers into their midst, hidden behind the face of a friend. Nathan, Noah’s trusted companion, a divine-power Hunter . He has been hunting for the moon guardian, unaware she's been under his nose. And now, he allied with Ares’ ruthless uncle, William. William has spent years plotting Ares’ downfall, and Noah is the perfect weapon. With her power awakening and enemies closing, Ares and Noah must fight not only for their love but for their very survival. Will their enemies succeed in tearing them apart, or will fate take another turn?

After I was abducted by human traffickers, fate led me into the care of a young man.He sacrificed his spot at Harvard University to provide for my education.For my sake, he committed a grave act that landed him behind bars. Once he reunited me with my family, he willingly stepped out of my life. In that tumultuous year, I scoured the world in search of him, nearly driven to madness.When I finally found him, he ignored and pushed me away. In disappointment, I departed, only to stumble upon a surprising revelation -The very person who always claimed I was a burden had secretly kept the hair tie I lost when I was sixteen for many years.

Cailen has only one wish. To have a family he could belong to and a home to call his. ***** At thirteen, Cailen had been to different foster homes, each of them returning him for one reason or another. His heart had already taken so much rejection that hopelessness had set in, giving up on himself and shutting down, that even when a family does welcome him and love him, he still has his doubts. When Cailen returns from University to visit his family, he finds himself struggling to keep a secret that he knows will make him lose the only home and family that he has. Will Cailen lose himself? Or will he lose his family?

Thea Voss has spent her whole life being treated like a burden by the family that took her in. Trapped in a basement, saving every dollar for Veritas University, she believes escape is the only future she’ll ever have. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, a billionaire announces he is searching for his long-lost granddaughter—and two powerful twin Alphas transfer into Thea’s school to find her. When strange powers begin awakening inside Thea and one of the twins claims he caught her scent, her ordinary life starts to fall apart. Because if the rumors are true, she may be the lost Alpha princess they’ve been hunting all along.

After being given a second chance at life, I made a deliberate choice to avoid Nevaeh Charlton entirely. When she enrolled at Brookshire University, I left the country and went to study in Hollandia instead. When she followed me there, I disappeared again—this time, chasing war zones across continents as a field reporter, always just out of her reach. Years passed. In the end, I returned home with the woman I loved, ready to marry her and begin a new life together. On the day of our wedding, Nevaeh was stopped outside the venue. Her eyes were rimmed red, and her voice was unsteady. "Why don't you love me anymore?"

Lena thought graduate school would be about focus, discipline, and finally proving to herself that she belonged in the world of academics. Books, research, and long nights in the library—that was the plan. Romance had no place in it. Especially not with the one man who should have been completely off-limits. Professor Jace Carrington is everything Lena was warned about. Brilliant. Confident. Dangerous in his quiet control. His lectures command attention, his presence silences a room, and when his eyes find hers across the crowded lecture hall, she feels both seen and undone. He is a man who draws lines with precision—and a man who knows exactly how to make someone want to cross them. What begins as a spark of curiosity turns into stolen glances, late-night office hours, and conversations that blur the line between mentorship and something far more intimate. Jace’s rules are simple: no one can know, and she always has a choice. But rules are easy to write and far harder to follow. The deeper Lena falls, the more she realizes this isn’t just attraction—it’s obsession, it’s surrender, and it’s freedom all at once. Secrets, however, have a way of surfacing, and on a campus where whispers spread like wildfire, forbidden love can burn everything in its path. Lessons After Dark is a steamy, character-driven romance filled with power, temptation, and the dangerous pull of a secret relationship. For readers who crave tension, intimacy, and the thrill of crossing every line you were told not to, this story will keep you turning pages long after the lights go out.

Will anyone be able to take your heart as a perfect thief? Or will you let that perfect thief to capture your heart completely? Astrid Talitha Abram, a 21-years-old smart girl who managed to get straight A despite being a heavy sleeper has captivates the heart of a well-known basketball player of Haven Eastwood University, Kolten Zedekiel Ashford. He has an undeniable looks that attract a lot of girls in the campus. But his heart is belonged to only one girl whom she considered as a perfect thief, who stole his heart completely. Will their hearts be able to find its way back to where it truly belongs? Will they be able to say the lines, 'cause I know it's you, it's still going to be you'?

Cass is a graduating student of business management in one of the well-known University in city A. Raised in ordinary way of living in small town of city C. She is a simple but attractive kind of beauty and also possess an intelligence that make her standout in her study. During her last semester in city A, she meet a handsome and rich man that she did'nt expect to be his boss after she graduated. And because of her innocence specially in opposite sex, she did'nt know that what her boss was showing to her is already because of his deep affection to her. Will cass can be able to put herself in the world of rich handsome man? Is her ordinary love enough to toughen the relationship that was sprouting.

I was halfway through a sad cafeteria lunch when a livestream popped up: [Ring toss—whoever lands it gets the dog.] Onscreen, Alverton University's rich-boy squad cracked up, betting on who'd "own" me. Adrian Locke, the student council golden boy, flicked his ring. It landed dead center on my nameplate. "One month. Let's see which owner the little bitch wags her tail for." I closed the stream. Right then, a text from my dad lit up my phone: [Sweetheart, have you chosen your fiancé candidate?] I smirked, snapped a screenshot of the stream, and sent it. [Evaluation complete. All four disqualified.]