IN THE WATER WE MAKE WAVES
EFFECT TRILOGY
Can love heal this broken hero?
He is begging for redemption,
she is aching for revenge.
He isn't the answer to my prayers. Even if half the student body on campus believes he is a gift from God and a Greek statue body to make matters worse.
The word enemies doesn't deserve the delicious description for the tension between us. Make no mistake there is no love here.
Aladdin "Lad" Lorenzo, my personal curse since high school. You would think a new territory would cause disruption in the social ladder but he wears a crown on a national level.
Too bad I'm not the shy girl who gave up her virginity on graduation night.
Tragedy beat the innocence out of me. Now all that remains is a sarcastic woman seething vengeance, ready to claim a name of her own.
She is pleading to forget;
I am fighting for forgiveness.
She is the answer to my prayers, a promise I never knew worth keeping. She doesn't believe in me; the world wronged her, and I was among those to blame.
Alyeska "Aly" Suzuni, my beautiful nemesis, came to take away the perfect record and force me to bow my head at the consequences. I thought I could escape the secrets and keep them hidden long enough to not cause a ripple.
But my medals hang heavy around my neck, and the podium seems taller than I remember. If I fall from this height, will I survive if Aly won't stand by my side?
There is love. There has to be; no matter what she says, I won't take it for granted. I may have been at the center of her tragedy, but the only thing left is a lost man holding out his broken heart with her name carved onto it.
Aly refuses my apologies, but no matter how deep the water gets or how long you have to tread water, if the chill makes your limbs grow frigid. You keep moving and making waves because hope has been lost when you stop, and it has to be rediscovered every time.
I'm no longer promising her; I am begging to make amends.
The trials I face ahead aren't worth losing her all over again. This time I am the one willing to sacrifice everything to gain credibility back if it means she'll give me one more day.
Can love heal a tattered soul?
Where do angels go when they fall?
Rush is relentlessly focused on his Olympic dreams, propelling himself through the water toward gold while striving to make his family proud. His world is turned upside down when he falls deeply for his dive partner, Sevryn (Seven). However, Seven's fears and insecurities lead to a painful rejection, leaving Rush submerged in heartbreak and struggling for emotional breath.
Unable to see a future, especially after the betrayal and disappointment caused by his best friend's recent actions, Rush is left in turmoil. Seeking an escape, he plunges into the thrill of 'Døds Diving' (Death Diving), a dangerous sport that numbs his pain with its adrenaline rush. Faced with an emotional tempest, Rush must decide: will he remain engulfed in risk or fight his way back to stability?
"Halo Effect" is a tale woven with themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. It chronicles Rush's tumultuous journey through the aftermath of heartbreak and towards healing. Will he rise from the depths to reclaim the love he so desperately wanted to restore, or will he be forever swept away by the waves of deception?
Halo Effect is a M/M Rivals to
Lovers Sports Romance.
It contains explicit scenes and profanity. Recommended for mature audiences, please check trigger warnings.
Alyeska is a brutal flame that likes to burn me. I swear she needs a cold splash of reality in the deep end to get her out of her vicious moods. Everyone says she can't be that bad, but her torch always seems to be aimed at me. The torment was fun until I needed her help until she was the only one that could understand. The problem with falling in love with your enemy is knowing betrayal comes right after I Love You.
He is begging for redemption, and she is aching for revenge.
Aladden is a trophy guy. He is a winner at every angle, except his asshole, which, lucky for everyone except me, is filled with sarcasm. A jerk does not describe that beautiful-toned man pulling himself out of the water, droplets rippling down his body, making his skin glisten. With a toss of his hair, every woman in the stands was gone for the golden boy. But I wasn't a sheep, sure, Lad was packing some high heat degrees, but he also made my blood boil, my jaw ache as I clenched it, knowing someone like him simply existed. They say fairytales always end with the guy getting the girl, happily ever after, but in reality, sometimes, when your enemy falls from great heights, you are at the bottom, smiling down at them for once. Well, that seems like the perfect ending to our story.
She is pleading to forget; he is fighting for forgiveness.
+18 Mature, Sexual Content. Explicit Scenes and Alcohol and Drug Use.
Trigger Warnings: Mention of eating disorders,
death of a parent, opioid addiction.
Effect is Butterfly Effect & Ripple Effect combined into one book.
