Madeline Winters. When people hear that name whispered in the halls of McGregor high school, they think one of two things: a quiet and somewhat awkward girl to pick on, or nothing at all. What no one realizes is that they're tearing her down with each hurtful remark. Cue Asher King moving into the school, acting as his surname immediately upon entering. With his tattoos, cigarettes and rough attitude, he's anyone but someone you would want to befriend. However, he also takes an interest in her that no one else ever has from the first glimpse into her empty eyes. What he doesn't realize is just how much of a shell she's become. *deals with eating disorders #1 on mental illness - 1/26/20, 7/8/20, 12/21/21 #1 on boy - 2/12/20, 1/4/23 #2 on bully - 4/1/20 #1 on high school - 7/6/20 #1 on sad - 8/16/20 #2 on sad - 11/5/21 #1 on funny - 8/18/20, 1/25/23 #1 on ed - 11/30/20, 12/19/20, 3/25/21 #2 on girl - 12/22/20, 11/30/22 #2 on acceptance - 1/7/21 #1 on abuse - 4/11/21 #2 on teen - 5/21/22 Completed November 1, 2021

❝ We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.❞ Natalia Anderson is not like most girls. She prefers fictional boys over the real ones. Her favourite "f" word is "Fugdenuggets." She's a 17 year old burnette who attends Eastview High. Then there's soon to be 18 year old Alec Ryder. Eastview High's hottest bad boy with the body of a Calvin Klein model. He gets any girl he wants with a snap of a finger. What's even worse is that he also happens to be Natalia's brothers best friend. Everything was pretty much normal until the bad boy decided to make the good girl's life turn upside down. ❝ Yeah he's a player, but will she be the girl that makes him hang up his jersey and quit the game?❞ AND ❝ Yeah she's a good girl, but will he be the boy who gives her the rush she craves?❞ This is the calm before the storm, brace yourselves its gonna be one hell of a ride.

(Complete) After Seren is assaulted by someone in her friend group, she begins to fall deeper into the depths of her depression. No one seems to notice, except for the former bad boy and his friends. "Seriously, this is probably the best book I've read on Wattpad." -@dowries "I thought you were bluffing in the description but dang, you got me. Ima say- this truly is one of the best books on Wattpad." -@jamzeverywhere "Easily the best book I have ever read and I'm not exaggerating." - @purelyaureila "Simultaneously shattered me and put me back together, one of the best things I've ever read. Didn't think I could love two characters so deeply." -@imswriting "If I was ever to reread a book- it would be this one." -@thethotpocket "This is my favourite book! I would pay literal money just to continue to experience these characters!" - @sapphhhireee Spin Offs: Notice Me, and Trust Me *****

Alexia King:- The 21-year-old female protagonist and youngest daughter of the business tycoon, Xavier king, have faced the horrors of the world at the ripe age of 14 and has been diagnosed with Agoraphobia which triggers only in presence of the female gender. Knowing, where trust has gotten her, she refuses to trust anyone. She doesn't trust even herself to not harm her mother or sister. Her survival instincts kick in, every time she sees a female. Safety is the only thing she has fought for, which turned into a windfall when she seeks that in the arms of a new student, Kevin Emerson. Kevin Emerson :- The 23-year-old male protagonist has lived his life to the fullest, without care of the world. His one of the dream is to get admission to Kings Valley College, which is rather arduous in the mid-semester if his father was not the partner with the owner, Xavier King. His laid-back attitude takes a 180 degree turn when he falls for an enigma, Alexia King. -------------------- His warm hands touch my cold one and like a lightning, I shiver. His other arm goes around my back and crushes my entire body to his hard chest. A rupture of current flows in the body and I gasp in shock because this is impossible. My heart beats rapidly. I already know who the person is. I try to push him but his hold tightens more. "You wanted the entire college to kiss you right?" He growls in my ear and all the tiny hairs on my skin stand in goosebumps. "Kevin" I tried to warn him but to my ears, it sounds like a breathless plea. "You know how I feel about you but for you, everything is a game" He bites my earlobe slightly hard, and as much as it hurts, it feels good. "Hey! Make it fast man. Others are waiting" Someone from the crowd shouts. Kevin fists my hair and tugs it. "Ahh" "Do you want them to kiss you?" He asks angrily and what a turn-on it is but I'm not a fool to rile him more. He can do some serious damage. "No"

(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.)