Alexis Blake has spent years of her life smiling through the pain and struggling to make money with only her brother and little sister left. When she gets a big assignment for a One Direction photo shoot at her photography job she didn't know her life would change big time. Instantly bonding with a certain blonde irish boy has it's benefits, but will she be able to love anyone again after her rocky past?

Following the first season of Netflix's series Bridgerton; Viscount Anthony Bridgerton has vowed to marry, but not for love following the devastation of his theatrical ex lover. He has come to a realization that he must marry for status and the well being of his family considering his powerful stance. Will the broken viscount really marry with no feelings whatsoever, or will he fall head over heels for the woman of his unknowing dreams. Baroness Veronica Kingston is the diamond of the social season just how Daphne Bridgerton was the year prior. But with a scandalous past Veronica's title seems to be nothing but a shell. With pressure from her powerful Northern Baron father Grayson Kingston, Veronica is given the harsh expectation of marrying one of high status members of the peerage system. This could range anywhere from a Prince to a Duke, Viscount, and possibly an Earl or Baron if the attraction towards Veronica is not as strong as predicted by the queen. Now the only question is, can Veronica fill the shoes of all the diamonds of the social seasons like the ones before her? Or will she fail to find a suitable match? Or possibly will both the Viscount and the Baroness' problems be solved within one another A story of scandal, love, friendship, betrayal, and bloodshed. Disclaimers: - I do not own any of the characters except for the members of the kingston family and some side characters which are mostly too irrelevant to matter, everything else belongs to netflix and Julia Quinn - I am not editing this book very well as I write it so please let me know if there are typos, I am planning on going back to fix any errors once it is finished.

"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He exhales a chuckle of cynical amusement, his footsteps getting every step clearer to my eardrums until I eventually sense body heat burning my back. "And why is that?" He whispers over my shoulder, hands inviting themselves to grip the railing in front of me so I become a prisoner between his inked arms. I swallow. "Because you'll be the one to kill me first." // Aven Brooks is hired to take pictures for the world-renown punk rock band known today as Duplicity; hoping the experience gets her into her most elite-dreamed university. However, when her lenses accidentally capture more than just cheeky sound checks and performances, she comes to a horrifying discovery that Duplicity is anything but a band. Appalled and frightened, she's trapped. *HIGHEST RANKINGS* #1 IN HARRYSTYLES #1 IN ONEDIRECTION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO @happydays1d NOT ALLOWING TRANSLATIONS! CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE / DRUG ABUSE / SEXUAL CONTENT / DESCRIPTIVE VIOLENCE / MENTAL HEALTH READ AT OWN RISK!