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Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 99766 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 499(@200wpm)___ 399(@250wpm)___ 333(@300wpm)

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ISBN/ ASIN:	B08BRY9PG4
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From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden, friends to lovers romance called Hood River Zero! She sees the darkness inside that I’m trying desperately to hide from everyone. Pokes. Prods. Infuriates. This girl won’t stop until she’s touched every scar, both inside and out. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to mentally heal and be a better man when I have the most unapologetic, unpopular mean girl shining her light into every dark crevice inside me. Annoying. A nuisance. Not worth my time. I’ll shake her off eventually. She’s nothing to me. A Hood River zero. Try telling my heart that… This is a full-length high school friends-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It's book four in the Hood River Hoodlum series that all have interlinking storylines. Hood River Zero shouldn't be read as a standalone and is the final book in the four-book series that gives each Hoodlum a story. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF. The Hood River Hoodlums is now a complete series!
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Terrence

“Wake up, T.”

I always hear his voice. Cal. My best friend. But it’s muted and fuzzy. Always too far out of reach, just beyond the darkness. My mouth opens, but nothing comes out.

A silent scream.

Only echoing inside of me, but never leaving my lips.

“I’m right here. I’m awake.”

He never hears.

Ever.

Sometimes I feel his hand. I want to squeeze it and let him know I’m in here. Lost. Confused. Hurting. But if he’ll keep calling to me, I’ll find him.

The darkness always swallows me up, though.

Hunts me like prey and devours me whole.

One day he’ll find me and yank me out of here.

One day.

“Wake up, T.”

I squint against the harsh light, confusion fragmenting my mind for a moment. As I take in my surroundings, everything pieces back together.

I’m no longer in a coma.

I woke up.

I live with Cal.

“You feeling okay?” Cal asks, entering my room, a frown marring his face. “You look like shit.”

I manage to shoot him the bird. “Morning to you too, fucker.”

He chuckles. “Seriously. You look like hell.”

“I don’t feel like hell,” I tell him honestly. “That was yesterday.”

My head is no longer on the brink of exploding into a thousand pieces. I feel groggy and exhausted, but not in pain.

I could kiss Garrett right now.

Cal saunters into the room and picks up one of my prescription bottles. “These help?”

“Yeah, man. They do.” I sit up on my elbows, taking in my friend’s appearance. He’s dressed casually since he doesn’t have class until the spring semester starts in a week, but something is different about him. “What’s going on with you?”

He grins. “I have a surprise for you.”

I roll my eyes because with Cal, there’s no telling what the fuck that could be.

“You have to get dressed for it,” he says. “Do something about that face too.”

Flipping him off, I roll out of bed and head out of the bedroom to grab a quick shower. Someone’s cooking in the kitchen, and based on the delicious smell, it’s Charlotte. It’s kind of nice having a chick around who likes to cook.

Soon, she’ll be a permanent chick.

I still can’t believe my boy proposed to her. Cal fucking Hutton. I never in a million years would have imagined he’d settle. Charlotte’s cool, though. She’s smart and sassy, not some bimbo bitch like Cal usually goes for. Charlotte loves him and he loves her. I’m envious, but not stupid. I know a happily ever after isn’t in the cards for me.

Ryan Cunningham made sure of that.

If his ugly, blind ass wasn’t already behind bars awaiting trial, I’d find a way to get him there. I can’t believe that psycho has messed with our lives as much as he has. All because he was obsessed with Charlotte.

Rape.

Attempted murder.

Arson.

Stalking.

His charges go on and on. He’ll never leave prison. Neither will his father when he finally gets there. I feel there’s some poetic justice served. Michael is in a coma like I was. An eye for an eye, motherfucker.

After I shower, I dress in some OSU sweats and a hoodie. I throw on some socks and my red Nike LeBron 17 basketball shoes. I grab my morning medication and follow my nose to the kitchen table.

Charlotte is domestic as hell pouring orange juice into glasses. Her blond hair is messy and she’s not wearing any makeup, but she’s still a knockout. Cal’s lucky her pretty, young ass wanted him.

He smirks at me as he smacks her ass. “Looks good, loser.”

Only Cal would get away with calling his fiancée “loser.”

“What’s on the agenda today?” Charlotte asks as she hands me a plated omelet with a side of fruit. “Anything fun?”

“Whatever this idiot has planned,” I tell her, diving in. “It’s a surprise.”

“A surprise, huh?” She stabs at a strawberry with her fork before darting her gaze back and forth. “Aren’t you a little scared? Cal’s surprises are always…special.”

Cal’s grin widens into something dark and wicked. “Only yours, Charlie girl. T gets the nice surprises.”

She sticks her tongue out at him and I laugh.

“You going to be okay while we’re gone?” he asks, his features growing serious.

Ever since Charlotte was abducted, raped, and nearly killed, he’s been overly protective of her. I’d be the same way if that shit happened to my girl. Hell, Char’s not even mine, and I still worry over her ass.

“Loden’s going to come over,” she assures him. “We’re going to be job hunting for him.”

“I still can’t believe he’d leave the rock star life to slum it in Hood River,” I say after I’ve inhaled my omelet. “It’s got to be boring as shit in comparison.”

“I’m sure it is, but he needs boring. He spirals from the pressure. We’re going to look for a job that makes him happy and doesn’t stress him out.” She frowns at me. “Speaking of jobs, have you started looking?”

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Total pages in book: 102
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From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden, enemies to lovers romance called Campfire Chaos! I had it all. Popularity. Good grades. Cheerleading. Doting family and great friends. Until the wrong boy swept into my perfect world and destroyed every part of it. Abuse. Drugs. Humiliation. He trampled all over my reputation and I was powerless to do anything about it. I couldn’t break free from his controlling hold. But the night of the accident changed everything. Now I’m freed at last. It comes at a cost, though. I hurt a Hoodlum. I can’t fix him, but I can fix me. Without the monster in my life, I grow stronger, fiercer, braver. I’m on the right track to cleaning up the mess that is my life. Repairing friendships. Restoring trust with my family. Healing from my recent, terrible past. Everything was going to be okay. Or so I thought. Because I have a new problem. Cal Hutton. Town’s lawless, gorgeous bad boy. A Hood River Hoodlum. My new nemesis. He wants me to pay for what I did to his best friend. Cal thinks I’m weak and an unworthy adversary, someone he can toy with. But I’ll never allow another man to have that power over me. I have claws now. I fight back. This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It's book three in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Campfire Chaos shouldn't be read as a standalone and is the continuation of a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF.
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Cal

I wanted to kill him.

Wesley fucking Ewing.

My blood boils when I think about him, but seeing him today completely did me in. It took everything in me not to whoop his ass. He knew it too, which is why he left the restaurant where Mom, Dad, and I were sitting, the moment our eyes locked.

What he tried to do to Roux…

If only Jordy knew. His ass would be back in prison before he could utter his next word. I hate keeping shit from the other Hoodlums, but Roux was right on this one.

Neither Jordy nor Roan can know.

Terrence knows, though.

And when he finally gets his ass here, we’re going to make a plan to destroy Wes. I have a few ideas up my sleeve, but I need my best friend’s help. I’m going to turn that smarmy motherfucker’s world upside down one piece at a time.

“Slow down, Momma. I’m gonna lick your pussy to get you nice and juicy for me.”

What in the ever loving fuck?

I do not want to hear Jordy plow Little Hoodlum into next week.

“I can fucking hear you, assholes,” I yell at them through the cabin door.

Roux giggles and the door thumps. Ignoring them, I text Terrence.

Me: Dude, get here and save me. You have no idea how weird it is to see them together.

“Hey, Cal,” a girl with big tits and long-ass hair calls out from near the bonfire that’s blazing not far from the cabin.

I lean back in my patio chair and admire the view. I’m pretty sure this chick’s blown me before. Tayla or Tara. Something with a T.

“Hey, T.” I grin back at her.

She’s pleased that I at least got some of her name right because she starts walking my way, swaying her hips. T Girl must have not been too memorable because I don’t remember anything about her except her mouth. She’s got a nice body, though. I might be okay with dragging her back to my tent later to fuck.

Before she makes it over, my phone starts ringing. I answer on the first ring.

“Ter, buddy, I’m about to abandon your ass for a piece of ass.” I chuckle, grinning at T Girl.

“Where’s Roux?” the voice demands.

“Roux? What?”

All humor drains away as Hollis’s shaky voice starts rambling about an accident. His sister. Not the younger one. Charlotte.

“Is she okay, man?” My stomach twists into a knot.

“I don’t know.”

“Are you okay?”

“Roan’s calling me back,” he rushes out and then hangs up.

T Girl is trying to climb in my lap now that I’m off the phone, but I shake my head at her.

“Not now, Teresa,” I grind out, storming over to the cabin door.

“It’s Tarrin,” she huffs out.

I knew it started with a T.

“Jordy!” I holler out and then start beating on the damn door.

The moaning stops and I can hear them thumping around, probably getting dressed. Moments later, Jordy emerges, his clothes crooked and violence shining in his glare at having been interrupted.

“What the fuck?” Jordy snarls.

“It’s Hollis’s sister, man. Fuck.”

Horror washes over his features. “What happened?”

“Hollis called me,” I croak out. “Roan and the other responders are just arriving on the scene. It’s Charlotte’s car. She got in a really bad accident. That’s all I know, man.”

Roux rushes out, grabbing onto Jordy’s hand. “What? Charlotte’s hurt?”

“I don’t know, Little Hoodlum. He said he’d call me back.”

As Jordy comforts Roux, I dial Terrence. He doesn’t pick up. I told him to come straight to Campfire Chaos, but knowing his pussy ass, he stopped off at his grandma’s first.

Minutes feel like hours as we wait for Hollis to call back.

The second my phone rings, I answer.

“Cal…” Hollis’s voice is husky and raw.

“Is she…” Dead? I can’t say the word with Roux watching me, tears in her amber eyes.

“It’s not Charlotte.”

Ice surges through my veins. “Spit it the fuck out.”

“It’s, fuck,” he curses. “It’s Terrence.”

I freeze, trying to understand his words. “What’s Terrence?”

“The other car…” He pauses as my heart pounds like a war drum in my ears. “They don’t think he’s going to live. He’s been life flighted to—”

The phone slips out of my hand, hitting the wood deck with a loud clatter.

Not Terrence.

Not my best friend since kindergarten.

He can’t fucking die.

Charlotte

I wake to voices.

Soft. Familiar. Comforting.

I’m reminded of when I was a little girl, still haunted by the dregs of a nightmare. Back when my parents were happy and in love. They crawled into my bed, hugged me tight, and promised they’d keep the monsters away.

It was a lie.

The monster came anyway.

Yet, as I blink my eyes open and see them both clutching onto my hands, I can’t help but have hope again. Just like when I was six years old.

Mom’s eyes are closed and her face is puffy from crying. Dad’s forehead is lined with worry as he frowns. Neither is looking at me, just holding my hands, lost in their own world. I wish I could pretend everything was a bad nightmare. That Mommy and Daddy will keep me safe. That tomorrow I’ll wake up and we’ll go get ice cream with Hollis and Penny.

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Total pages in book: 89
Estimated words: 88080 (not accurate)
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From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden best friend's little sister romance called Little Hoodlum! There are few people in this world I thought I could count on. My brother. My two best friends. And him. Jordy Martinez. Problem is, Jordy thought protecting me was his sole mission in life. He gave up everything for me and my brother, including his freedom. Losing him left me hollow and empty. But after three long years, I’ve learned to live without him. Until I get mixed up with a guy who has dangerous connections in Hood River and everything begins to crash down around me just in time for my senior year of high school. Possessive boyfriend with a penchant for violence. Best friend turned enemy. Fights with my big brother. Everything’s a mess and I’m not sure there’s any fixing it. I might just need that bully ex-convict who’ll do anything—again—to keep me safe. All I want is peace, happiness, and love. And I won’t go down without a fight in order to get it. I’m a Hoodlum after all. They call me Little Hoodlum, but I’m not so little anymore... This is a full-length high school friends-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It's book two in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Little Hoodlum shouldn't be read as a standalone and is the continuation of a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF.
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Jordy

March—Twenty-One Years Old

Eyes on the wall. Straight ahead. Ignore the fuck out of this guy. If I blink or wince or even drop my gaze, Hauser and his gang will be all over my ass like stink on shit.

“Yo, pussy kid,” Hauser barks out. “I’m talking to you. Your sugar daddy’s not around to protect you.”

Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him.

Fuck it.

I crack my neck on my shoulders and drag my stare to Eddie Hauser, a big fucker with a penchant for violence. He’s been taunting me ever since he transferred in here eight months ago.

“I don’t need protecting,” I growl. “Especially not from you.”

He pops his knuckles and glowers at me. “The fuck you say?”

“You know what I said, motherfucker.” I puff my chest out and take a threatening step toward him. “Back the fuck off me or I’m going to make you.”

His two goons crowd him from behind. Sure, they’re all three big, and together they’ll easily kick my ass.

But I’m bigger.

Meaner.

Pissed at the world.

They can fucking try me. I’ll go down swinging.

“The three stooges here giving you a problem?” a guard named Dave asks. “Solitary missed them. Just say the words, Martinez.”

Hauser’s nostrils flare. “Nah, man,” he says to Dave while staring me down. “We were just talking to the kid. No problems here.”

I smirk in triumph, knowing I thwarted another ass whipping. It pays to know people. Dave may be a guard, but he’s a cool guy if you don’t give him shit. He has looked out for me since the day I walked my broody ass into Oregon State Penitentiary.

“Remember what I said,” I call out to Hauser as they start to walk off.

“What’s that, kid?” Hauser hisses.

“I’ll tell ya later.” I wink at him, loving how his face turns purple with fury. So much for trying to lie low. It’s goddamn difficult in this place when everyone fucks with you.

Dave chuckles, patting my back as the guys walk off down the corridor. “I told you to stay out of trouble.”

“I try, man, but those assholes make it impossible.” I shrug him off.

“You have to try because you’re looking at an early release. Don’t fuck it up because you can’t keep your goddamn mouth shut.” He shakes his head in frustration. “Come on. You have a visitor.”

My heart thunders in my chest. I don’t take visitors. Not my parents. Not my brother Juno. Not Roan. Especially not Roux. It kills me for them to see me like this.

Today is different, though.

I sent a letter requesting this visit.

A mixture of excitement and dread claw at my insides. I don’t want to have this conversation, but it’s absolutely necessary.

For her.

Always her.

Dave guides me through a series of halls I’ve long since memorized. Prison isn’t so bad aside from the men who are always trying to assert their dominance over you. If you keep your head down, you can get your shit together. I managed to get my GED right away and have been plucking away at some college courses through the prison’s college partner program. School sucks, but when you have nothing better to do, it’s amazing how much you appreciate it.

“I’m surprised you’re taking a visitor,” Dave says. “Have you ever?”

“Nope.”

“What’s the special occasion?”

“A girl.”

Dave snorts. “Of course. You know this isn’t a conjugal visit. If you start wanking it in there—”

“It’s about a girl,” I interrupt. “She’s in trouble.”

He frowns as he unlocks a door. “Same girl you got yourself in here over?”

“Yep.”

“Must be pretty special to deserve such stupid loyalty.”

“Lay off,” I grunt out. “You don’t know shit.”

I follow him into another hallway. He glances over his shoulder at me. “I read your file, Martinez. I know enough. I’m well aware that you don’t make good decisions where she’s concerned. At the detriment of yourself.”

We reach a door and are buzzed in. I’m glad I don’t have to respond to his dumbass comments. He doesn’t know Roux or Roan. No one understands. No one but me. I walk along a bank of plexiglass cubicles with phones attached and small stools bolted to the floor. Most of the criminals are cuffed to the table as they visit, but others like me have the freedom to move our hands.

“Stall nine,” Dave grunts out. “I’ll be nearby when you’re ready to go.”

I give him a nod of thanks before throwing myself down onto the stool, making sure not to look at him. My best friend. Roan Hirsch.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

I’m drawn to the sound and lift my gaze. Familiar amber eyes sear into me with the intensity of a fiery volcano. He’s pissed. Understandably so. I refused to speak to him for three goddamn years.

He picks up the phone and nods with his head at mine. I note that his skin is tanned as though he’s spent too much time recently in the sun. His hair is the same, but he’s broader. Based on the way his biceps strain in his Henley, I note that he’s been lifting a lot.

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Total pages in book: 79
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From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a MM high school bully romance called Hood River Rat! Hood River was supposed to be the change I needed. A fresh start. An escape from my painful past. Better in every way. I’m a popular guy. Approachable. I make friends easily. Cool car. Nice clothes. Good attitude. Everything will be fine. School is school. I’ll keep my head down until graduation and try not to stick out. College will be here before I know it. Yet my first day proves to be anything but easy. The Hood River Hoodlums—our school’s most notorious group of bad boys—have put a target on my back. Their leader, Roan, hates me. He calls me Rat. To him and his friends, I’m a loser who doesn’t belong at their school. I could pretend I don’t care about their hate. If only Roan wasn’t so hot. He’s mean, cruel, and sexy as hell. My nemesis is impossible to ignore…and a secret part of me doesn’t want to. Here I thought being gay was the worst of my problems. Turns out, being gay and crushing on your enemy takes the cake. This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It's book one in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Hood River Rat can be read as a standalone and starts off a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. This is the only MM story. The others are MF.
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Hood River was supposed to be the change I needed.

A fresh start.

An escape from my painful past.

Better in every way.

I’m a popular guy. Approachable. I make friends easily.

Cool car. Nice clothes. Good attitude.

Everything will be fine.

School is school.

I’ll keep my head down until graduation and try not to stick out.

College will be here before I know it.

Yet my first day proves to be anything but easy.

The Hood River Hoodlums—our school’s most notorious group of bad boys—have put a target on my back.

Their leader, Roan, hates me.

He calls me Rat.

To him and his friends, I’m a loser who doesn’t belong at their school.

I could pretend I don’t care about their hate.

If only Roan wasn’t so hot.

He’s mean, cruel, and sexy as hell.

My nemesis is impossible to ignore…and a secret part of me doesn’t want to.

Here I thought being gay was the worst of my problems.

Turns out, being gay and crushing on your enemy takes the cake.

Hollis

Guilt is a ravenous beast. One I tend to feed on the daily. Not because I want to, but because it demands it. With every sad smile my mother gives me and each emotional meltdown of one of my little sisters, the beast begs to be fed.

I did this to them.

I ruined my mother and uprooted my sisters.

I’m a selfish, selfish boy.

A shudder ripples through me as my father’s words repeat inside my head. You ripped apart this family, son. You.

I’m gay.

Being gay shouldn’t be a problem. This isn’t some era or a foreign country where this isn’t deemed acceptable. It’s on television, movies, commercials, and books. Friends and teachers and family. Someone is gay. No big deal.

But to Dr. English, Vermont’s most revered surgeon, being gay was an embarrassment. Having his oldest child come out to his school and it make its way to the hospital where Dad works was the shock of his life. Never mind the fact that Vermont is really accepting of gays. It was my father who was not. Rather than being a normal fucking human about it, Dad blew up in the worst way. Threatened to kick me out. To disown me. To take away my car, my trust fund, my college savings.

Yet…he was unsuccessful.

Mom stood in front of me and took his wrath. Chose me over him. Ended a twenty-year marriage because protecting her son was more important than protecting her marriage.

I love her for that.

I also hate me for that.

She shouldn’t have had to choose. She shouldn’t have had to leave her cushy life as a surgeon’s wife to move out west to Oregon. Away from her friends. Away from her life. Away from everything. Sure, we could have stayed and continued our life there without Dad, but Mom said she needed the support of her sister.

“What’s wrong, honey?” she asks, sipping from her coffee mug, her hip propped against the countertop in my aunt Karen’s kitchen.

I stiffen, hating that she caught me deep in my self-loathing thoughts. She’s so perceptive, so normally I do everything in my power to keep that from her. My mother has enough to worry about with Charlotte and Penny.

“Nothing, Mom,” I tell her with a bright smile. “Just thinking about school.”

She sets her mug down and walks over to me. Her fingers ruffle my dark blond hair that matches hers exactly. “I can read you better than I can read myself. You’re nervous.”

“Yeah,” I lie. “New school, new friends. It’ll be fine.”

Her lips press together. “I can try and get you in the private school, but you insist on public. I can manage a way to pay for it.”

But she can’t.

Again, because of me.

Mom now works as a bank teller and we live with Aunt Karen until she can get on her feet. Dad will eventually have to pay obligatory child support and alimony, but it’s not enough for Mom to buy us a house and pay for private school. And until the divorce goes through, she’s scraping by just to feed us.

“I swear,” I assure her. “It’ll be fine.” This time, I mean it. I came from a school where I was well-liked and popular. Most of my friends I had since kindergarten. I’m an easygoing guy and tend to make friends without having to try too hard. That’s not what I’m worried about.

I’m worried about Mom.

“Promise me you’ll let me know if the academics aren’t what they should be. I want you to still have all the same opportunities you had back home.”

“The academics are better at Hood River,” Aunt Karen says in her no-nonsense principal voice. “We’ve gone over this, Kelsey.”

Mom sighs and steps away, shaking her head at her sister. “I know. I’m just worried. They’re starting in the middle of the school year.”

“Garrett knew what he was doing when he gave you that ultimatum,” Aunt Karen tells her gently, stroking her fingers through Mom’s blond hair. “And my strong sister stood up to him, even if it meant a little chaos for her children. You did the right thing.”

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