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Live in Color by dougmcquaid
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"I'm distracted from the boy I've bumped into when the world around me begins to change. The grey and white I've seen ever since I was born into this world slowly begin to bleed away, like rain drops sliding down a car window, being replaced with bright, bright pigments. They cover everything, bring to life the world around me. The gravel underneath my feet is no longer a dull grey, the sky is no longer white, the bricks of the buildings no longer black. They're different, beautiful, bright, extraordinary, breathtaking. Colors, I realize. These are colors." x Natalie Grayson has lived her whole life in black and white. She's been waiting to meet her other half- her soulmate- who will make both of their worlds burst in color. It's what she's been dreaming of ever since she was little. She wants to know what color is, how it feels, what it looks like, if it's really as amazing as everyone claims it to be. On her seventeenth birthday, while walking back home through a sketchy part of town, she bumps into a stranger. Before she can even apologize, the last thing she expected happens: the black and white of her world begins to bleed away and is replaced with something else. Colors. When she looks up, Natalie isn't expecting to lock eyes with a rebel. But she does. She also doesn't expect him to run away. But he does.
Bleed Until You Heal by writerbug44
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Jo Mast had a rough start to life. Up until she was seven, Jo had lived in an abusive household with only her pretend adventures in the tree house next door with the neighbor boy to keep her sane. Now, Jo is all grown up and the dark memories of her early years have faded. She now had Jasper and a full ride scholarship to college and she’s happy with her life. However, when she moves to go to school that just so happens to be in her old hometown, Jo must dig up old memories that she had spent many years burying. And that just might include finding the boy from the tree house that she’d said goodbye to so many years before. With the help of her friends, old and new, Jo finds a way to maneuver through the struggles of moving away from home and really finding out what it feels like to grow up.
Viral by writerbug44
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Jensen Cane was one of those cliché kids in high school. You know, the bottom of the food chain, eye of the bullies kind of kid that everybody feels sorry for but never sorry enough to actually help? With a target on her back, Jensen struggles through her first year of high school just like all of the other clichés. Waiting for her moment to shine, waiting for the rain to pass. But the thing with Jensen is that she isn't as cliché as she may originally seem. She's quite the fighter- stubborn and strong as hell, Jensen isn't going to go down without a fight. Despite the bullying, Jensen manages to get noticed on one of the internet's biggest websites: YouTube. She's awkward and not really all that funny but she does have a voice of gold and now, the country loves her for it. Flash forward to senior year where Jensen has gone from zero to mild celebrity and the bullies have been long forgotten to everybody except for Jensen. Of course, the mental turmoil had left a scar in Jensen but she's moved on to bigger and better things with multi-million subscribers and a hopeless crush on her best friend. She's turned her whole life around, just to have it crash back down around her.
Camp Runaway by leigh_
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Running away from their jobs as camp counselors, Ellie and Seb embark on a road trip with unexpected turns en route to their destination - New York. ***** Camp Raukawee was meant to be where Ellie Morrison and Sebastian Lee spent their summer working as camp counselors, but they've had enough. Escaping in the middle of the night, the friends hatch a crazy plan to make their way to New York to visit Ellie's dad, who she hasn't seen since he moved five years ago. Along the way, however, a series of cities and events have the pair not only questioning their individual futures, but wondering what will happen to the growing spark between them as the countdown to adulthood begins. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet
Door To Door by defend
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Hudson Ellis is good at his job. Somehow, he manages not to annoy people when he knocks at their doors and asks them to contribute to the charity he works for - instead, he gets them to sign up for sponsoring programmes and fish whatever spare change they have out of their pockets. Even the infamously tough residents of New York City are falling victim to Hudson's easy-going ways and wide smile; that is, until one woman renders him speechless with sarcastic refusals and slams her door in his face. Perhaps Hudson would be able to forget her - if it wasn't for the fact that she lives on the same floor of the next apartment over, and they both have floor-to-ceiling windows that allow for a rather generous view into each other's flats.
Batter Up by caseyxo
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Ayla is easily the best female athlete at her school--particularly at softball--but she can't cook to save her life. Graham is hopeless at any sport involving hand-eye coordination, but he can whip up just about anything in the kitchen. Ayla is desperate to learn how to cook, meanwhile Graham couldn't care less about whether or not he participates in a sport. So with some insistent convincing on Ayla's end, the unlikely duo decide to pair up to share their abilities with one another, although they soon come to realize that trying to teach your passion to someone who just doesn't get it is never an easy task.
Through His Eyes by felicitate
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What do you think would happen if you started seeing glimpses through your soulmate's eyes, knowing you're due to meet them in a week? [Book #1 of The Soulmate Series] © felicitate | 2015
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"Photography is all about secrets. The secrets we all have and will never tell." -Kim Edwards Eleanor Morisette doesn't speak. She doesn't have an illness that causes it, and wasn't born mute; she just chooses not to talk. What reason is there to say words when no one's there to hear them? Instead, she expresses herself through the art of photography. Obsessed with the beauty in the world that overshadows her own problems, all she wants is to someday capture life to its fullest; without having to worry about her parents' declining love and the loneliness of being an outcast at school. But what happens when she accidentally takes a photo of a boy who she can't take her mind off? Will he be the one to open up her shell? Or will she continue wandering lost in her world of lonely magic?
Sami's Kisses by missindependent_
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Sami Spark is a rare breed: a sixteen year old girl full of hope and smiles, even when life has given her no reason to be optimistic. Known by all for her compassion, but friends with none, Sami lives a life full of baking scones at the local cafe and giving out free kisses at school. The Hershey kind, that is. Ashton Cromwell is well known for his dismal and angry presence at Cristo High, and his annoyed feelings toward Sami are evident of that. Will Ashton fall victim to the power of the Hershey Kiss? Or more specifically, Sami's?
The Only Girl in the Band by youXfoundXme
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Vanessa Laine is a college student and aspiring musician. She's got the look and she's got the voice. The only thing that's stopping her is her stage fright...and an opportunity. But opportunity knocks when pop-punk band, The Velocity, holds auditions for a new lead singer at the restaurant that Vanessa works at. Getting in was the easy part. Surviving as the only girl in the band is the hard part. Can she do it?