The Player Next Door Novels & Stories

The night Evelyn Ashford (Evie) turns eighteen she discovers two things: love can be embarrassing, and revenge is utterly intoxicating.Dumped, publicly humiliated, Evelyn takes a reckless chance that throws her directly into the arms of David Hawthorne; campus's most forbidden temptation, hockey captain, confirmed heart-breaker and whispers behind closed doors but David isn't just a player, he is an Alpha, and Evelyn was never meant to be anything to him… until he declares she already is.A mission for vengeance rapidly turns into a tale of obsession, power and a bond they can't seem to escape, because in the world of wolves, love isn't delicate. It is taken.

On the day my boyfriend and I moved into our new home, his ex-girlfriend gave us a mysterious gift. The moment I opened the front door, a swarm of hornets came flying out. I screamed in fright as I felt seven or eight stings from them. His ex, Erica Loft, jumped out from behind the door with a giggle. She shouted, "Surprise! "I went up the mountains to visit a master craftsman. I wanted to get you this specially brewed hornet wine, and I even brought back a hornet's nest for you to decorate your new house with! "Isn't this a great gift?" Erica made a face at us. She was gleeful at the messy predicament I was in. My boyfriend, Joe Fulham, clenched his teeth. He rushed forward to grab Erica by the wrist as he shouted angrily at her. "Are you crazy? Don't you know that hornets are venomous?! Is this really a surprise, or are you trying to hurt us?" I listened to another one of their huge arguments from behind the door, feeling like an outsider in my own relationship. As I felt the stinging pain in my arm, I knew this wedding was about to fall through.

What happens when one turns your world upside down? That one simple makes your life into something unexpected. Athena Delaney works at a publishing company to publish gossips and news about celebrities. One drunken night, she met a well known football player from Spain. Well not exactly, she didn't know he was even a football player. Alexander Herrera finds her interesting that he couldn't resist her pink tempting lips. So he her. Him, the well known footballer a stranger he just met at the bar. But little did he know that, one changes it all.

I didn't look where I was going. I didn't know what I ran into. "Ouch!" What... the... a brick wall. I looked up and saw a guy. Then I gasp, I felt a lump in my throat. " Hello, s**t! Did I tell you can come to the party?" Then he grabbed me, threw me into the wall in the hallway in the dark corner. He was caging me between his body and the wall. I am so scared, but I can't move. All I can do is breathe. Then he got closer to my face. " Did I give you permission to come to a party, hmmm..." he said with a growl. "No, you didn't, sir," I said. " "Ouch, please stop, you are hurting me," I whispered. He grabbed my arms, over my head, holding them so tight onto the wall. He chuckled; he likes seeing me in pain. I got the tears clouding my eyes. "Sorry, "I said. "Please let me go, Wade." He kept me on the wall with his body. "Now, Cherry, it looks like I have to punish you. "He said with a grin. Cherry 18 is a loser nerd, a nobody, she is Wade's victim and obsession! She lives in a small town where she moved in 8th grade. Wade has always been in her life, he have mix emotions. One day, he is sweet to her, and the next day, he is hateful and hurtful towards her. Wade 18 his is the bad boy player, jock, and the most popular guy in the school. He likes to control and bully Cherry! Because he wants her and he is trying to control her, but what if she takes back her control and gets braver? What will happen if she catches the eyes of more monsters?

When Stacey’s mom gets transferred — again — Stacey is forced to start over in New York, bitter and lonely in her new high school. After she meets Derrick, the school’s star basketball player, everything changes he becomes her first real friend… and so much more. Family expectations, secrets, and the pressures of chasing big dreams sets in, Stacey and Derrick must make the toughest decision: Can their love survive the challenges that come with growing up? Follow Stacey and Derrick as they chase first love, stumble through heartbreak, and learn that growing up means sometimes letting go. Book 2 — Loading ………..

Hannah Porter was certainly not ready to meet her new school's player on her first day of school after transfer to Brooklyn high school but there was no escaping when he had decided he wanted her. William Sylvester had never experienced romantic love and had never longed to experience it but he had to admit his feelings for Hannah were certainly not the usual lust. Even though they felt falling in love would be hard, they will soon find that dating was even harder than they thought especially because William was still who he was; a billionaire's son, even though he was hiding in Brooklyn.

This is the third book of the Bloodstone series. It can be a stand-alone but will have cross-over characters from the first two books, Alpha Erik and Everlasting Fire. The Bloodstone pack was always known for its thirst for blood and its brutal Alphas. But a lot has changed in the last thirty years. So what happens when the youngest of the Bloodstone family decides to expand the pack business and leave the magic world behind to indulge in a different kind of hunt. Will he keep his place in the human world and sell his soul to the devil? When Balor Bloodstone comes out to play, all bets are off, or so he thought until a new player entered the game—putting him in the crossroads between salvation and damnation.

She's just a nerd focused on surviving med school, barely social. Calla Evernight is not interested in romance or drama or anything outside her textbooks. But all changes when Ronan Graymark, Alpha, star hockey player and captain of the Icewolves walks into her life and calls her "Mate" Calla wasn't even a wolf and had no idea they existed. Ronan's wolf is dying and she's the only one who can save him. Thrown into hidden world of power, secrets and ancient bloodlines, Calla must uncover the truth and find out why her body craves the one person she swore to stay away from.

My new dormmate thinks my boyfriend is a player and advises me to break up with him. After I politely reject her, she gets mad and complains about me online, saying I'm love-addled brain. Her video goes viral, and the online community calls me an ingrate who doesn't know what's good for me. When I see the smug smile on my dormmate's face, I slap her without even batting an eye. "Stop acting like you're a champion for feminism when all you can think of is making yourself seem better than other women!"

Three years into our marriage, Rylan Shaw brings another woman home. "Maeve, you should learn from the younger ladies. Stop acting like a block of wood all the time." With a calm resolve, I shatter our wedding photo and hand him the divorce papers I've long prepared. "Let's get divorced, Rylan. I'll step aside for her," I declare. His friends insist that without him, I'll starve on the streets. Rylan believes the same. "Once she's suffered enough out there, she'll realize how lucky she was to be Mrs. Shaw." But a week passes, then a month—and I never return. That's when Rylan begins to grow uneasy. Panic and restless nights consume him. One evening, drunk and desperate, he pounds on the door of my new apartment. "Maeve, if it's money you want, I'll give it all to you…" The door swings open to reveal an unfamiliar man—bare-chested, pajama pants hanging low, fresh scratches streaking his abdomen. Jonah Archer arches a brow, dissatisfaction flickering in his eyes as he asks, "Mr. Shaw, what madness brings you to my wife's door in the middle of the night?"