A woman grieving the loss of a loved one. A man carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. Does one fateful summer really have the power to change everything?
Rising photographer Annie Baxter is ready for a fresh start when she makes her way from New York to the sparkly sands of South Beach. A recent college graduate, she has no plans other than to distract herself with sun and surf, pictures and friends.
Then a man named Cal Prescott steps in front of her lens...
When he first spots Annie on the stairs of his best friends’ home, he’s enamored.
It doesn’t matter if they only have the summer. Or if twenty years separate them. They soon find that nothing — not temporary circumstances, panic attacks, or an age gap — can keep them from starting what their hearts desire.
Follow Annie and Cal on a journey of love, loss, and what it means to give up defining themselves.
Author Note: Previously published in 2018 as The South Beach Connection Trilogy: Landslide, Wanderlust, and Continuum — Where the Ocean Meets the Sky combines those three books into one, as the author originally intended. Although heavily edited, combined, and relaunched since their initial release, the overall story remains. Literary fiction meets contemporary romance — a love made in the stars. A connection not to be forgotten.
200,000-words — over 800 pages. Part of the two-book series: The Ocean Series. Either book may be read first. The reader must choose. This is the main title. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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He’s a surfer. A loner. A man on a quest to rid himself of pesky feelings.
After his grandfather passes away, Cal Prescott begins to see life differently.
Money wants his attention, women beckon, and the pursuit of success becomes a cycle he can’t seem to break.
Follow Cal from age sixteen to forty-five, from 1985 to 2014, from the tangerine fields of Ojai to the neon streets of Miami Beach — from being ready to take on the world to hitting the bottom of the sea.
Cal spends half his life waiting for the perfect wave to break over the horizon, looking for comfort, searching for peace — and he’ll chase every last drop of water ... until he finds release.
Author Note: Part of the two-book series: The Ocean Series. The Ocean in His Veins may be read as a companion to Where the Ocean Meets the Sky or as a standalone. Please be advised that reading this story first may change the way Cal is initially perceived in the latter book. This can be good or bad, depending on the reader.
Literary fiction, not romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. 76,000-words. The Ocean in His Veins details Cal’s life from age sixteen to forty-five. The story ends the night he meets Annie in 2014. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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“Where are my friends who let their kink flag fly? Who love SERIOUSLY dominant men and their belts? Who want to be pushed by a raw and real BDSM book that is BEAUTIFULLY written and transcendent? You need this. You really do.” – Author Leslie McAdam
Fantasy becomes reality the moment she walks through the doors of his club.
Audrey Simone is a thirty-something divorced mom looking for adventure when she accompanies her new friend, Kate, to a local dungeon.
What she doesn’t expect to find is Gavin.
His arms are the size of her thighs.
His eyes the color of Van Gogh’s sky.
And his tolerance for BS is minimal.
Playing becomes an addiction. Her desire to submit an innate need. And it doesn’t take long for Audrey to realize this world has surpassed her wildest imaginations.
But she lives in two worlds, straddling day and night, reality and kink — one foot has found its way into Gavin’s heart while the other rests on the outside. Her Master, though, doesn’t just want her submission… Gavin has decided he needs both feet.
Will Audrey and Gavin bend to society? Or make their own rules?
Author Note: Bodhi is a 63,000-word standalone novel. Literary fiction, not romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers, including direct references to scripture mingled with kink.
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A captivating novel about the rocky beginnings of a girl on her way to music stardom and the wild 1980s all-male rock group she follows — through struggles and addiction and love. An epic tale showcasing ways in which the human spirit triumphs and how dreams never truly die!
“I hadn’t read more than a few pages and was hooked, like a junkie craving her next fix. Moonlight Drive is a heartbreaking story of first loves, making it in the music industry, the lure of addiction, betrayal, pain, jealousy, groupies, following your dreams, and so much more. Get ready, readers, for Moonlight Drive is your next addiction.” – N.N. Heaven
The magazines didn’t do him justice.
Not long after running away from home, Daniella Isabella joins Moonlight Drive’s 1985 Live and Wired tour, hoping her long-lost friend, Nick, will remember her.
He’s finally made it — just like he promised. He’s the bassist for one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
Only, he’s reinvented himself and doesn’t recognize his childhood sweetheart. Nicki Quick has been seduced by the decadent lifestyle of the music scene of the eighties, lost in a haze of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. And to Nicki, Dani is just another chick in a long line of groupies.
He soon finds she isn’t like the other girls, though. Music runs through her veins — it’s part of her soul. She’s a songwriter. A dreamer. A girl determined to make it in a boys’ world.
This is the story of two musicians. A boy and a girl. A man and a woman. Two people who learn that being lost is sometimes the same as being found.
Author Note: Moonlight Drive is a 57,000-word novel. More literary fiction, less romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains content that may trigger some readers.
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“A.R. Hadley writes with flawless beauty in this forbidden teacher-student love story. Poetic and troubled, the characters will pull you into their tangled and messy web, fraught with angst and a push-pull chemistry that burns up the pages.” – Author Sierra Hill
An affair. Its consequences. The price of freedom.
Set in Daytona Beach and spanning two semesters of college, is the story of bright, young student, Holly Kerr, her beautiful Professor Kelley Nicolo and the forbidden games they play when they fall in love … despite his marriage and their vast differences.
Or maybe they’re more alike than they realize. Souls searching day and night, never resting … flyaways lost and looking for a place to land.
Emotional and with no guarantee of a happy ending, The Flyaways is a quick and satisfying saga, one that will leave readers breathless, feeling as though they’ve broken into a million little pieces, then been glued back together due to the sheer force of this explosive connection.
Author Note: The Flyaways is a 30,000-word novella. Literary fiction, not romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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“In The Truth in the Lie, A.R. Hadley introduces us to Bree, a damaged character who shatters some glass, literally and metaphorically, to get at some hard truths. She does this balanced between her distinctly different attractions to Jack and Charlie, one she wants and the other she needs. I’ll leave you to discover which one is which.” – Author Catherine C Heywood
The Truth in the Lie is an unforgettable story of a woman’s darkest desires and the lengths in which she’ll go to keep them from unravelling her new start in life.
When thirty-eight-year-old, divorced, and childless Bree moves back home, she begins to write a fictional novella that forces her to confront her deepest fears and most painful secrets.
Bree also finds herself in the middle of a haunting love triangle.
With intense themes of connection, loss, and self-discovery, The Truth in the Lie is a powerful and emotionally charged novel that will have you hooked until the very last page.
You might think you know the truth...
…but are you falling for the lie?
Author Note: The Truth in the Lie is a 59,000-word literary novel. A tale of connection, not romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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“This was a super quick read. But has all the spice.” – Cassie F.
What happens when two longtime friends decide to take things a little further than planned?
When acrophobic Meg ends up suspended at the top of a Ferris wheel with her sassy friend Ava Hawks, she gets much more than she bargained for.
However, the bi-curious girls also have boyfriends. Leo and Owen will soon be joining them at the county fair. And in the bedroom.
Will this be a night to remember? Or a tryst the four of them would rather soon forget?
Author Note: Perfect Circle is a 5,600-word short story. Thirty pages. Part of The Physical Collection: a series of sexy standalones written by A.R. Hadley. More literary fiction, less romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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The Peacock is a 9,500-word novelette. Roughly 50 pages. Short, sweet, and not to the point.
“Wow! I’m giving a 5* rating to a book I didn’t understand. I didn’t understand the relationships. I didn’t understand the behavior of the characters. I didn’t understand the unfinished ending. Was there an ending!? The only thing I understood was that the story was mesmerizing.” – Silvia
A newly established artist moves to a small town and meets a married brute living life to excess.
Each encounter leaves her wanting more.
More of his rugged hands.
That sensual mouth.
More of his brash pursuit of her that never seems to end...
But the average life span of a peacock is forty years at best. And someone once told her those beautiful birds need constant companionship.
Author Note: The Peacock is a 9,500-word novelette. Part of The Physical Collection: a series of sexy standalones written by A.R. Hadley. Literary fiction, not romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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“This is intelligent smut — Fireflies has gone to top of my league for its gritty realism and haunting originality.” – Polli P
Three’s company, but is four a crowd?
Mike and Dane are a bisexual couple living the good life in a tucked-away Florida beach town.
But things start to shift when Dane announces he’d like to add a third to their seven-year relationship. A woman.
What ensues is a journey neither man expected. And after a few rather interesting hookups, two women enter the picture, forever changing the course of their lives.
Will the men get everything they’ve always wanted? Or will their polyamorous relationship prove to be more than they can abide?
Author Note: Fireflies is a 45,000-word novel. Part of The Physical Collection: a series of sexy standalones by A.R. Hadley. More literary fiction, less romance. The characters and their intense and realistic actions drive the plot. Contains graphic content that may trigger some readers.
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