"You don't try to double cross a person like Rick and expect to leave unscathed. He will always find out and get his revenge, no matter what." Roman said quietly. My response died in my mouth as I watched Rick and his men rush over towards the car. As soon as the men had piled in, I revved the engine before speeding off. Loud voices filled the car as the rowdy men scrambled to discard any evidence and blood that had stained their hands. Restraining myself from displaying disgust at their actions, I silently drove off into the dark night with Roman's words echoing in my mind. This was my life. And I would never find an escape. -------- Deceit, abuse, and starvation had become Isabella Wright's life at a young age. Torn from her family as a child, she is forced to live under someone's command. Her kidnappers command. She is close to losing hope, until she is granted a glimmer of freedom. Split between her old lifestyle, and the life she had always desired, Isabella will soon realize where she belongs in her life full of betrayal, lies, and pain.

-UNDER MAJOR EDITING- Dear Cupids Daughter, I have a crush on this boy who doesn't know I exist. Every time he walks past me it feels like there's this force, pulling us together. But I'm just the girl in the back of the room, buried into a old Harry Potter book. He is a jock, who has every girl falling to his knees. Maybe its not just not meant to be, please help. -Mary x   Cupids Daughter/C.D/Cecilia Dawn, aka me.   This is the story of how I became a famous radio host, actual advice giver, and how I learned not to faint in-front of childhood celebrity crushes, enjoy.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021

An aspiring writer receives a number of sinister emails which seem to predict tragic and horrific events. Racked by the guilt of being unable to interpret them in time to avert each tragedy, he sets out to do the only thing that he can: Find out who, or what, is sending them.

Sophia Williams is beginning her high school life. She goes to Oxford High School. A high school where Dylan, Sophia's brother and his two other friends, Jacob and Michael ruled the school. Dylan only has two rules for Sophia to follow : 1. Don't embrass him 2. Don't ever date a senior Will Sophia follow the rules? Or will she break it? What will happen to Sophia's high school life?

[This book has officially been published and only a sample remains. See inside for details.] Nora Montgomery's primary goal was to remain seemingly unnoticed until graduation, and that meant staying away from Ryder Collins. But when both she and Ryder are selected to participate in the local police department's handcuff demonstration, they find themselves inescapably chained together. The tension between them is thick; filled with unresolved issues from their past friendship. But things get a whole lot worse when the officer loses the key and the pair are forced to accommodate each other until a replacement is available. Being handcuffed to the opposite gender was sure to introduce some extremely uncomfortable situations. Things are about to get awkward, right? 2013 Watty Awards Winner Most Popular, Mystery//Thriller

With summer just around the corner, Coraline's prepared for another busy tourist season at her family's hotel. What she's not expecting, however, is England's hottest up-and-coming music sensation, Leon McCarthy, showing up at the check-in desk.

"alice?" he whispered, his voice nervous. "yeah?" she replied absent mindedly, stirring the coffee in the dark red cup with her spoon. "i love you," he said. an uncomfortable silence filled the air. "i love you, alice," he repeated, looking at her. her head was bent as she spooned the cream and only strands of her ginger hair hung from the sides of her face. "okay," she replied. [© noiembrie; cover by @aciddaisies] short story #76, romance #383, thirteenth july two thousand thirteen.

❝ Some secrets are meant to be kept. ❞ What if everything you thought you knew was a lie? Gwen Rogers had grown up constantly moving around, trained not to ask questions, and most importantly - keep secrets. When a tragic accident spirals into her life, all it leaves behind is a single key and a thousand questions. Now Gwen is faced with the task of locating her distant father, who left the family for reasons unknown. The task at hand seems impossible, at least to her. A journey filled with action, romance, and mystery. And all she had to do was open the junk drawer. Cover designed by the amazing @korralistic!

for as long as anna can remember, every song she has listened to has been overlaid with the voice of boy next door, tobias. in the car, if katy perry was singing firework, toby was too. if the fray was blasting from anna's headphones, she could see toby mouthing the words. but when toby disappears one day without a trace, anna is left with a box of tapes and an empty passenger side. at first, anna is hesitant to listen to the tapes, worried that what they contain would shatter everything she knew. but, at the same time, she misses his voice. she just wishes that she could hear it in person.