Tessa Young is everything an eighteen-year-old girl is supposed to be-brilliant, driven, and ambitious enough to dream of a university far from her small town. She loves quiet moments, books, and the feeling of being in control of her future. But there is one thing she cannot control: Hardin Scott. He is the boy she built sandcastles with at the beach, who held her hand on her first day of school, and who once swore he would never hurt her. Since his mother's death, Hardin has been shattered-hard, distant, and angry-and Tessa has become the perfect target for his storm. The words that once brought her safety now cut like blades, and the eyes that once held warmth are now colder than steel. Everyone sees Hardin as the fearless boy who smokes, drinks, and fights, but Tessa sees something else entirely. She sees a pain that no one recognizes, a void that never found words, and a past that tied them together only to rip them apart. Her feelings refuse to listen to logic, and against every principle she lives by, she falls for the boy who hurts her every single day. She hates herself for loving him and cannot understand it, but every time he shoves her into the lockers, she sees the boy who used to catch her when she fell. And every time he insults her, something in his eyes breaks along with her heart. When Tessa's feelings can no longer stay hidden, Hardin is forced to face a choice he has never had the courage to make. Will he become the boy who once protected her, or remain the boy who pushes her away to avoid losing himself? The question that could destroy them both remains unanswered: can love grow out of pain, or will it be the final crack that breaks them for good? ~~~~~~~ Currently rewriting

Little 5 year old Roseanne is being sent to an asylum. She suffers from schizophrenia. Her parents leave her with hesitance in the hands of the asylum with the rest of the psycho and low-sanity people for 11 years... Until Roseanne meets Ryder, a volunteer at the asylum she lives at. Little did Roseanne know she would fall head over heels over Mr. Ryder. ----- 10/25/17 #201 in Horror 8/29/20 #189 in Asylum 8/29/21 #133 in Asylum