Jayden Riley lived an average life consisting of: school, friends, and Netflix. However, one evening Jayden found her parents dead, causing her to move across the country to live with people she never met before. Follow Jayden on her journey through friendship, heartbreak, and shocking additions to her parents' case. Jayden has her hands full, but how full can she manage until she reaches her breaking point? DISCLAIMER ---- slightly graphic details about her parents' death and strong language may be triggering to some readers * Completed May 28th, 2020 *

"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one." I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting. Well, this year will be fun... • • • • Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up. There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years. But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes. She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual. But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more. Hopeless devotion, if you will... • • • • !!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! • slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts • substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD • sexual assault, domestic abuse • strong language and mature scenes • • • •

Tutoring one of the hottest typical fuckboy with daddy issues at my school is easy right? Wrong. I won't catch feeling right? Very wrong. The cliché love story between Theo and Athena. Easy read/ fast paste storyline

"Was that the only reason you talked to me?" I asked in a whisper. "What reason?" "That our parents have known each other from a while?" I asked. "No, Lexi. Don't you see?" His eyes softened. "See what?" "That I like you. I like you Alexa." ______________________________________________ Alexa Parker, an amazingly gorgeous good girl. Also, a new student at Berry High. Her life is perfect as always with amazing parents. Though she doesn't have many friends. Felix Colton, the typical bad boy of every school that makes each and every girl drool over his sight. It was the first time he smiled when this little girl bumped into him. And he knew that he wanted her and he'll have her. But as we all know, every love story has a villain. Their story has a villain too. _______ (Warning: Disturbing contents ahead...)

(SAMPLE) Now available everywhere in ebook & paperback (and on Kindle Unlimited in the US & Canada). Kendall works the night shift at the campus library. It's the perfect job: she gets to spend hours reading her romance novels without interruption... until the night that Vincent, king of campus and star of the basketball team, comes to the front desk and asks her for reading recommendations. (75k words. No cheating, no love triangles, happy ending. Adult content. 18+ recommended.)