[highest ranking in romance - #3] [highest ranking in teen fiction - #19] "You've built your walls so high no one can climb them. But I'm gonna try." ❧ Lauren Gates is an eighteen year old girl whose past has left her with major trust issues and has caused her to shut out socializing from her life completely. But when she moves with her aunt to a new state, everything starts to change. Logan Williams is popular, good-looking, and determined to help Lauren break out of the shell she's been hiding in for the past three years - no matter what it takes. Somewhere along the way, her feelings for Logan start to develop into something more than she expected. But can she really learn to let go and allow herself to feel this way? Or will she keep holding on to the past?

#1 ADDICTIVE ❤️ #1 SEXUAL ASSAULT ❤️ #1 RECOVERY ❤️ #1 DEPRESSION ❤️ #1 MUSIC ❤️ #3 TRAUMA ❤️ #2 ADDICTION ❤️ #9 MENTAL HEALTH ❤️ If you were to ask Ivy what she thought of her neighbour, her response would be simple. Isaac West is a reckless, dangerous, criminal. And if you were to ask him the same thing, his response would be the exact opposite. Ivory Ferrari is a spoilt, boring, prude. On the surface, you wouldn't believe these two have anything in common. They've lived completely different lives on opposite sides of the social spectrum, with Ivy in a secluded private estate, and Isaac drifting between drug-filled homes and the empty walls of a jail cell. But not everything is at it seems. Through a series of class debates, anxiety attacks, and bar fights, the two realise that there's more to the other than meets the eye, and they may just be more alike than either of them expected. They've both been through hell and back. They've both suffered at the hands of another, they both struggle to get through a single day, and most importantly, they both share the same wish-to avoid their darkness and live in the light.

I cower away from him, folding in on myself when he looms over me, water cascading down his neck and over his chest. I cover my hands over my most intimate areas but he just glares down at me. He snatches my hands away so he can fully see me. "You've made the mistake of letting me touch you on the roof that night. Now you're well and truly f**ked, baby." I know then that I truly am. *** I was just suppose to go to college. I was just suppose to make a few friends and get out of my shell. I was just suppose to got to class and get good grades. I was never suppose to meet him because since him, my whole world has f**cking flipped on its axis. *** This is a semi dark college new adult romance that contains numerous triggers (see further in authors note) viewers discretion is advised (18+) Best rankings; #1 in Dark Romance 🏅 22/4/21 #1 in Scholar 🏅 21/10/21 - Present

Blaze Davis is the girl in the shadows. The one no one notices but if given a chance, could light up your world with a personality as unique as the scars adorning her body like damaged armour. She has secrets no one knows and hidden beneath that mask is a broken soul. She's seen pain in it's ugliest form. From losing her best friend to being a victim of constant abuse by her boyfriend, Blaze's life is no short of being called a wreck. She knows hurt like the back of her hand. For her, life resembles a tragic poem she can recite from the depths of her heart, knowing she'll always be stuck in the same verse and destined to a doomed path. Building up walls and trying to cement the cracks became more of a task rather than a coping mechanism, giving rise to a closed-off and withdrawn shell. Enter Rafael Hernandez. The Loner Bad Boy. A person with no shortage of wounds himself. He has demons of his own, fighting to take over. Plagued by the regrets and shadows of his past, he manages to hide behind a tough exterior of arrogance and hostility. Resorting to the darkness dwelling in the shadows of his mind, he's on the road to a catastrophic spiral that could leave him lifeless and desolate. What happens when he takes a sudden interest in her? Could this boy be enough to break down her walls? Or will he deepen her scars until she bleeds out from the pain? A storm of emotions like pain, love, agony, hurt, trust are unleashed when two lost souls intertwine in a hope to be found again. TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains themes of self harm, depression, abuse etc. If you are influenced by such topics, refrain from reading. It will get really deep so if you are triggered, I would advise you to not read the book highest rankings: #1 in badboy #1 in abused #1 in teenromance #1 in selfharmawareness #1 in sadness #3 in sad #3 in sexual assault

"You call it madness, but I call it love." I whisper, then walk out the door. ~~~~ Nicole Smith, had a pretty normal life, that is, until Eli showed up.

Lila Rose Cooper. An outgoing thirteen year old girl, living a good life with her dad for company. So what happens when her life is flipped upside down? The Bradley brothers are six sporty, popular players and all round assholes. They never imagined having a little sister enter their lives, but in a world where anything is possible- expect the unexpected. Lila and her dad move in with these siblings and their mom, forcing the children of the two different families to get a long, whether they like it or not. After all, it's difficult living with six boys when you all hate each other. The Bradley brothers had seemed to all silently have promised themselves never to let their stepsister in; never let her become part of the family. So what happens when things change? What happens when Lila and the Bradley's can't help but become closer? What happens when they begin to call each other brother and sister? What happens when the impossible becomes possible? What happens when Lila begins to become their sibling?

-𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘- "𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮" "𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞" "𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞?" "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭" "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞...𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞" "𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞" ------- When 22-year-old Ellowyn Emmeret's life comes burning down....literally, she is forced between the decision to go back to France and beg forgiveness from her wealthy family or continue to live her life in New York broke. But just when she's about to give up and bruise her ego severely a job interview pops up in the newspaper and changes her life completely. Roman Vaughn, The 25-year-old Italian mafia leader would never admit he needed help, but this one time he does. After his wife and the mother of his children left him with Karah and Sage hell erupted. Roman has to encounter enemy mafias trying to kill the future heirs to the Italian Mafia throne, managing and taking care of those heirs, keeping them out of dangerous ways, and running a mafia. All those things have proven to be difficult at times especially with dirty diapers flying in different directions. So he lets go of his stubborn motives and gets a nanny. [18+] STARTED - 4/28/21 ENDED - 9/3/21 Cover made by- @DevilishWritings

[+18] Back Series Book 1 Back to Willow is officially published, available on Amazon, Kindle, Kobo, AppleBooks & more. (Link in bio) At twenty-two, raising a child while working and studying is no joke, but I'm managing to keep my head above water-only just. There's no other option for a young, single mother like me. While life hasn't been perfect for quite some time, it has improved drastically since we moved here, with the help of my grandmother. It was meant to be a new beginning. A new city and new people to help me build a new life. I hoped this would help me move on and keep all those demons where they belong-in the past. But fate is hellbent on showing me otherwise. Not only have I stumbled right into my first and only ex-boyfriend, but I've also opened deep wounds that live in my heart. The two secrets I have been trying my hardest to keep locked down are now under threat of being uncovered. With his insistent demands for answers and closure, I have no choice but to face my past, and I'm now faced with the life-changing decision: do I run away again, or will I be able to reveal truths that are too painful to be said out loud?

Book 3 of New York series (Does not need to be read as a series) His hand travelled further up my thigh causing my skirt to move along with it. I bit my lip even harder. "Now Adalyn ,if I do this, there's no escaping me. You're mine after. No one else. Only mine. Meaning no other man or woman will ever touch you like I do. Never. Only me. Do you understand?" I brought my eyes up to his and nodded my head. He squeezed my upper thigh and I let my lip go to gasp. "Use your words my sweet girl. Do you understand?" My breaths came out hard and heavy. My chest heaved up and down rapidly. "I understand Axel. I understand." His smirk deepened. A loud moan escaped my mouth and I arched my back off the bed at the feeling of his warm hand suddenly cupping my flower. "Good girl. My good girl." He huskily whispered in my ear. ****** A shy, harmless girl with a deep past meets a man she doesn't recognise. The pull she feels towards him is indescribable. A well-known, ruthless CEO that has had a life of gold casts his eyes on a girl that instantly enraptures his attention. #32 business #13 soft #46 cute #443 love #1 quiet #3 kinky #1 soulmates #2 shy #3 beautiful Cover made by @AnonymousssN

Everyone can believe in the idea of being innocent until proven guilty but when someone holds the evidence to prove your guilt, how long can you continue to run from your inevitable fate? After moving to America in an attempt to escape her troubled past, Lola Haywell dives head first into the idea of a fresh start and it isn't long before she lands on her feet. Lola begins living a life which every typical teenager dreams of: popularity, great friends and even catching the attention of Oakmore High School's golden boy Zac Enderly. Everyone adores her, everyone wants to be her. However, when familiar faces resurface and explosive events unfold, Lola's new life begins to crumble before her eyes. As people start to question the truth behind her past and unearth something shocking, the secret which has the power to destroy Lola and everything she has, threatens to be revealed. And her love which was once free becomes trapped between the idea of embracing the past or running away from it forever... Started: somewhere in 2014 Completed: 12th June 2020 Banners made by @rosalie_writes & @SARAHGXOX