#270 in General Fiction #weneedmorediversebooks Lena Winchester spent her whole life afraid of being too heavy, too lonely, too needy. She built a castle of glass and trapped herself in, all cobwebs and spider bones. When a clumsy accident pushes her and Melanie - the new girl in town - together it starts a tragic chain of events. Lena can't escape recovery, relapse and the rest. Sometimes dolls break and who's going to stop Lena when it's her that cracks. 'She's a shadow don't you know, all watered down stomach aches and crying into dusty pillows. It was written all along, scribed into her skin from the age of thirteen and up. The taste -never leaving her tongue- of too much, too many. It started small, unlike her at 142lbs too heavy...' [Editing in progress] Supporting the non-glorification of mental health in teen literature. ~Trigger Warning~ [Eating disorders; including anorexia, bulimia and EDNOS. Self-harm and suicide attempts]

Holly is a young werewolf who has been singled out her whole life, but when her pack finally pushes her too far causing the thin thread she had been hanging onto to break she thinks death will be her salvation. It’s a shame her plans are interrupted when she meets the alpha of vicious pack though, but is she to broken to feel love, a feeling she no longer believes in?

'Watching your brother go down for rape sounds like a difficult task, right? Try being the girl in the witness stand, the victim.' Most people ignore Kat Price and go straight for her perfect, confident and attractive older brother, Finn. The day that Finn goes down for rape, Kat's in the spotlight, Kat's the one with the answers. She also just wants to be left alone, remain invisible and live happily with her mum and her horse without the gossip and drama. So, what happens when a brooding boy with beautiful eyes and a love for horses is thrown into the mix? Eli is the proud new owner of Finn's old mare, Tempest. He doesn't know about Kat's haunting past or why she's so skittish. All he knows is that he's desperate to help. Headstrong and broken is how Eli describes Kat when he first see's her. But is her past too shattered and her heart too destroyed for Eli to fix?

Libby Ashford is finally free of her living nightmare. On the run from her father, she and her mother move to a new town to start fresh and forget their past. Easier said than done. Starting at her new school, Libby already runs into trouble when she feels an intense connection to the school's resident bad boy. Nicholas St.Claire runs not only the school, but the largest pack in North America. Thrown together by the plans of fate, it isn't long before they're both wrapped up in lies as Libby's past comes back to haunt her. This time though, she has something she didn't have before. Nick. THIS BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1005651

IMPORTANT: Destined Love is currently being edited before the continuation and eventual completion. The old chapters are all still available, but please be aware that what you are reading now will not be the final copy and is subject to change. Thank you for your patience and support. Delinquent Kade Trevino has had a rough life and learned to only trust number one. Cutting off most of his emotions, he creates a careless attitude towards everyone and everything-mess with him and you probably won't ever have a normal life again. He has the power to do what he wants, whenever he wants, without any regard for how his actions affect other people. But this path he has chosen soon comes to a standstill when an accident takes places, ending Kade's life temporarily. He is sent into a world he never believed in and into a new life he previously never had the chance to accomplish. He is given the option to start fresh...But there's a catch: his soul mate. There is no right or wrong answer as to whether or not soul mates exist, but with this second chance, Kade will make an incredible discovery, whether he chooses to believe it or not. Difficult choices will be made, true love will be found, but can Kade leave the past in the past and break through his impassive outlook on life? In the end, it all comes down to the decisions Kade makes, and if he can overcome his hatred for the emotion of Love. Nothing in life comes at an easy price. And sometimes...Love can't conquer all.

Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.

After escaping from police custody, Clover tries to piece his life back together. Determined to return to home and be reunited with his family, he has to first elude the country wide man hunt. Will he be able to resist his old ways in order to remain undetected? After hearing that Colin has escaped, Summer and Becca prepare themselves for the inevitable; Clover is coming back for them. Will the police and their families be enough to protect them? Clover's coming back and he's determined to prove to the girls; 'You'll always be mine'.

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

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, when all I really want is five.

Family is everything and I plan to keep mine alive. In a world full of violence, it takes a certain type of person to survive. Pain, anguish, death, and fighting to be on top, this is the life Leila Withers is pulled into by Baden Johnson, who she met years ago. Can she push him away and ignore the old sparks trying to rekindle, or will he draw her into the dark side? Leila has spent four years hiding from everyone she knew and creating a new life for herself, one where no one knows what happened to her years ago. Turns out that the city is not as big as she had hoped it was as her past comes crashing back into her life and she struggles to shut it back out. It is now a kill or be killed world; can she survive it?