He Texted Me From the Freezer

When Caleb’s sweet, emoji-loving grandma goes cold online, he’s desperate to win back her warmth—until a friend request reveals the truth: he’s been pouring his heart out to the campus ice queen, Natalie, for weeks. Now, the most untouchable girl in his major knows all his secrets—and she’s been calling him ‘sweetheart’ the whole time. With ten thousand dollars, mistaken identities, and feelings too big to hide, can Caleb survive the fallout when grandma’s mask finally drops?

An ice cube shouldn’t make your heart race—unless it’s your roommate feeding it to you, one chilling dare at a time. Charlie’s small-town mumble is the perfect excuse for Carter’s strange, intimate lessons—but what’s really behind the ritual? As college life swirls with longing and confusion, Charlie’s desire to fit in collides with Carter’s secret motives, and the line between practice and something more blurs with every touch. When rumors ignite and boundaries crack, Charlie must decide if he’s ready for the truth—and for the feeling that’s melting more than just his accent. Will Carter’s next lesson finally cross the line, or is this just the start of something neither of them can control?

Three years of marriage, and Carter Whitman has never touched me—not once. I was always just the substitute, the shadow in his perfect life. But when the loneliness grows too heavy to bear, I hatch a reckless plan: a single, scandalous text and a photo meant to blow up everything. What I don’t expect is Carter’s reaction—his cold fury, his sudden return, and the dangerous, magnetic tension that erupts between us. Now, I’m trapped in a house where trust is a weapon and every glance could be a threat or a plea. He says he believes me—but why now, after all this time? When a single whispered word can tip our fragile balance, how far will I go to force him to let me go—or will I finally make him see me? If love was never part of the deal, why does my heart race every time he draws near? What happens when the woman who wanted out becomes the only thing he can’t let go?

Some secrets freeze deeper than bone. When a single stolen drumstick sparks violence on a bitter Midwest night, a family fractures—leaving Grandma locked outside to beg for mercy that never comes. As the snow piles up and guilt hangs heavy, strange omens appear: a sheep at the door, a drumstick in its belly, and a warning that echoes through the years—"The sheep must walk upright." With every meal and every beating, the line between punishment and sacrifice blurs, and a forbidden act of kindness becomes the only warmth in a world gone cold. But when horns begin to sprout and old debts demand payment, will love or survival win out? What happens when the only thing left to eat is the truth?

I thought my biggest problem was getting my mom to call me 'sweet baby' on Messenger again—until a new friend request with her sunflower profile pic sent my world spinning. Between desperate selfies for attention, awkward run-ins with the campus heartthrob Carter Evans, and sudden cash transfers that felt too good to be true, college life was already chaotic enough. But when heartbreak hit and my allowance vanished, a flood of rumors and a viral confession post forced me to ask: Who had really been on the other side of my DMs all month? Was my mom acting weird—or was someone else calling me 'sweet baby' for a reason? When the truth came out, it was messier, sweeter, and way more complicated than I ever imagined. Can you trust anyone online, or did I just fall for the biggest prank—and the wrong guy—on campus?

When her AI butler warns of a murderer inside her smart apartment complex, Harper thinks it’s a glitch—until she sees the headless corpse on the rooftop cam. With every resident a suspect and the building on lockdown, the killer is hiding in plain sight—and Harper’s odds of survival are dropping fast. The worst part? The murderer is one of her neighbors in the group chat, and someone just texted: Don’t trust anyone.

She was murdered twenty years ago—now she’s calling me for help. When a battered flip phone rings in the dead of night, I answer to hear my mother’s voice, pleading for a ride home from her night shift… the same night she was brutally killed and her case went cold. Each call lets me reach across time, but the more I try to save her, the more tangled the truth becomes—my deadbeat dad’s lies, a neighbor hiding in plain sight, and a killer who might be closer than I ever imagined. With every desperate conversation, I risk unraveling the only family I have left. Can I rewrite the past, or will I lose her all over again? What if the real danger is calling from inside my own memories?

Josh left for water twenty minutes ago. Now he’s pounding on our door, peeling his own flesh off, begging us to help—and the CDC says it’s contagious. We’re trapped inside, watching our friend die and praying we’re not next.

Humiliated and drugged at a party, Melissa’s lifelong crush publicly rejects her for the perfect girl. Desperate, she flees to the only man who ever made her feel safe—her distant, untouchable cousin, Senator Evan Carter. But as fever and longing ignite, Melissa discovers Evan’s icy mask hides a passion and obsession that could destroy them both, and the world is watching every forbidden move.

After the Big Freeze, Derek is sentenced to a brutal labor camp where hunger and cold kill more than hope ever could. But when a new supervisor arrives, everything changes—hot meals, real rest, and the impossible promise of kindness. In a world where survival means betrayal, can Derek trust a boss who risks everything to save them all—and what secret power does the supervisor really hold?

Aubrey was lured to a frozen farmhouse by the town’s golden boy, only to be thrown into a nightmare of captivity and horror. Forced to seduce and steal for Derek—the charming monster who kept dozens of bodies beneath his floorboards—Aubrey’s only hope is to claw her way out before she becomes the next corpse. But as she confesses the truth to a rookie cop, her final secret could bring down Maple Heights forever.

He was my childhood friend—the boy who ruined my ranked matches, hijacked my birthday parties, and sent 99 desperate texts when I ignored him for a night. But when I finally told Carter I liked someone, he laughed it off—then lost his mind guessing, jealous of every name except the one that mattered. Now my birthday’s here, secrets are boiling over, and Carter’s dramatic, rose-filled confession is about to turn the campus upside down. But will his over-the-top proposal be enough to win me over, or will our parents’ schemes and a meddling rival ruin everything before I can say yes? When the games end and the spotlight falls, can childhood friends ever become something more—or will a single confession change everything forever?