Josephine Clarke keeps her life as orderly as the still-lifes in her classroom until Hugo Carlisle arrives, a storm of raw talent and reckless desire. Every critique becomes a spark, every glance a confession. Boundaries blur, obsession grows, and the quiet halls of the school become a dangerous gallery of forbidden passion. One misstep could destroy careers, reputations, even lives. In this dark, intoxicating tale, who will surrender first, the teacher or the student?

dr. jonathan deere, trapped in a small, stifling town, spends his days working and pining after the gravedigger's son: sweet, silver-souled jesse goodwin. but the goodwin brothers have a devastating secret, and when jesse falls ill jonathan must force his way into their shadowy world, facing a battle for the life of the man he loves. things are not what they seem in the gravedigger's house -- men and monsters alike stalk the corridors, wearing the same skin. as jonathan delves deeper into the secrets of the town, he finds his own soul at risk. he can't save jesse alone -- but the alternative means trusting a man he hasn't spoken to in two years.

when what seems to be a regular funeral goes a bit...awry.

Beatrice Berkowitz has everything a girl in Manhattan could want-fashion, parties, prestige and high society. Yet, below the surface of her glitzy lifestyle, something feels hollow. When she receives a letter from her estranged brother, announcing his impending arrival in New York City, Beatrice is unprepared for the emotions his return stirs up. But everything shifts again when she's granted custody of her late friend's young daughter-a thoughtful, curious child who quickly shatters Beatrice's facade. Now, forced to examine her choices, Beatrice finds herself wondering: Is this glamorous life she's living truly a life at all? Heartfelt and compelling, My Sister Beatrice is a story about family, loss, and the unexpected things we find when we open our hearts.

Hey there! This is a collection of all my poems at one place. All of them are very close to me for they are mostly -sometimes fully, sometimes loosely- based on my life. Safe to say, this is a guide to whatever is in my mind, whatever I've been through. This is me in a way, in the form of poems. Happy Reading friends Hope ya like it✨

Aline Ray is a young woman forced to live in a boring and depressing town. A teenager like any other, who hates her life... and even her own existence. She feels insufficient, incapable of achieving anything, since her only ability, according to her, is arguing with her mother. One night, during a meeting with her friends, secrets that she had carefully kept came to light. Everything ended with a shattered Aline, regretting her decisions and running through the dark forest. Her anguish was so great that, without looking where she was walking, she ended up tripping over a root and falling inside a hollow tree. Upon standing up, she could see that she was no longer in her home. For unknown reasons, the tree had taken her to a world where gods, magic, and magical academies were a fact. Aline's reality will take an unexpected turn upon discovering that she also possesses powers and that, due to the origin of these, her life will be in danger. She will meet people, find love, discover secrets of this world and of herself... but will she ever be able to return home to her mother? Or will she become one more person who, without explanation, disappeared from Mankato?

Switch your normal high school with a boarding school for troubled youths and the 'it' boys with two unnervingly gorgeous mental cases. Don't forget the students are crazy and half the staff have secrets darker than anyone would expect. Then you get Redwood Academy. They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. But whoever is murdering the students one by one only expects one thing. That the new girl, Olivia Mitchell, will get the blame. At a school full of psychopaths, everyone is a suspect.

Redville Academy Of Arts. One of the most prestigious boarding schools in the entire world where competition is as fierce as it can be. A place for genius' and the best of the best to polish their skills. A place with an unusual point system where being on the top is the only thing that matters. When Harley Kingsley breaks all the records with an unbelievably high score and shocks everyone, the competition between the power hungry students begins to turn more heated than it had ever been before. The line between morality and ethics begins to fade and suddenly, it's just not about being on the top. Through manipulation and mind games, it's about who breaks first under pressure and who makes it through.

of seismic homosexual incisions made in the brain of a 1950's nihilist

Wealth, status, and beauty define the elite of Kensington Prep. Every one of them possesses the ability to get away with anything and everything they want, unscathed and remain as privileged and superior as ever. But Amory Scout decides that time has come to put a stop to that. After the accident that killed her parents and the suicide of her brother, Amory Scout decides it's time those at the top of the hierarchy have a taste of their own medicine. Embarking on the thorny path of revenge, Amory Scout returns to her old school of Kensington Prep, blending into the crowd and climbing up the ranks of popularity, not letting on that she has been there before. In an effort to right some of the past wrongs, she plans vengeance on those who wronged her and her family -- and she doesn't care at what cost. Even her own heart. [A modern retelling of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince]