From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a new novel about risking everything for love—and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies. At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry. For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping a major secret from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.

A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will last only one hour, and it will be only make-believe. When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them seemed perfect only because they were pretending it was. Moments like that happen only in fairy tales. One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love-at-first-sight is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesn’t guarantee a happily ever after . . . it only further threatens it. Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize Daniel and Six’s only chance at saving each other?

As her senior year approaches, Allyson Craine finds herself unraveling from all aspects of her life. From the betrayal of her best friend, to the destruction of her safe haven, and the shrouding mystery surrounding her aunt and the school's delinquent. At the center of all that has fallen, is Mason Reynolds, and his confessions. ||BEST RANKING: #70 IN TEEN FICTION|| ||BEST RANKING: #1 IN BFFS||

❝ Sometimes, life gives us a story we've never been told before. And sometimes, it's a story we don't know how to start and a story that we don't want to end. ❞ Dominic Savio is a name you will usually find in a saint's handbook. Overflowed with what life has to offer, he realizes that his life has always been the same old story. But as Dominic ventures out to find what's more to see, he finds Anna. A sad piece of Heaven in a distorted earth. She carries the world on her shoulders and she lets the skies cry for her. Deep curiosity drove Dominic into knowing Anna. He wanted to know the answers-and most of all, he wanted to know her. But as Dominic unravels Anna, he realizes that there are some stories in life that no matter how hard you try to alter, they are bound to remain the same. From the creator of "Remind Me Again" and "It's All About Wednesday"; BelleBurns-comes back with another story about love, memory and loss. Heaven Knows© All Rights Reserved 2014. BelleBurns

I had to write a short story for my english class and decided to share it on here. Possible TW: death, blood, (self)harm

(Book 1 of Paper Hearts Series | Completed October 2015) EMERALD WREN, a nineteen year old art major who breathes and lives for creating art is in dire need of new art concept. When her emotion-packed, post-break up painting called The Betrayal is sold to an unknown buyer, she decides to fly to Toronto to see her deceased father's mural with her own two eyes, hopeful that she will find inspiration. But when bad timing and unlucky stars decide to squeeze into the picture, priorities start to drift to a different direction. MARCUS DON VALENTINE, a ravishing CEO at the age of twenty-seven finds himself in a pinch. But lady luck smiles back when he finds just the right girl for the right job and he will leave her without any option. The only way out is to accept the deal. The deal was simple enough for Emerald: to be Marcus's fake girlfriend in less than three weeks. Easy peasy. But a few deep conversations, unanticipated passionate kiss, and too many breathtaking moments later, she finds herself falling for the man with a crumpled paper heart. Will she be able to paint the colours that once was lost? Copyright © 2014 | J. Curtis No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. edited: 3-16-2015

Alex and Liam have been best friends their whole lives until a drunken kiss leads them down separate paths. As time passes, they must face truths they never expected. ***** Alex Camejo and Liam Santos have been thick as thieves since they met at age seven. As the years passed, Liam protected Alex from bullies while Alex denied what those bullies were saying. He's not gay no matter how "girly" he seems... or how much he longs to hold Liam's hand. But a drunken kiss tears everything down. The inseparable Liam Santos and Alex Camejo can no longer be friends. Without each other's support, they must overcome the struggles of adolescence, coming out, new lovers, self-doubt and lingering emotions. One hopes he will forget his best friend and find happiness. The other hopes they will reunite and be happy. In the end, whose dreams will come true? [[Watty's Award Winner]]

"best friend? you're not my fucking best friend. if you were my best friend you'd know that i've liked him for a while now!" i snap back. "i liked him first but i never told you because i knew you'd go after him but look. i didn't even have to tell you...you did it anyways!" ✧˖°. most impressive rankings starting 2/7/21 ✧˖°. ✧ #1 in lust→ 2/7/21 ✧ #1 in teens→ 3/2/21 ✧ #2 in boyfriend→ 4/11/21 ✧ #1 in completed→ 4/25/21 ✧ #2 in boyfriend→ 11/18/21 ✧ #3 in boyfriend→ 3/6/22 ✧ #3 in forbidden→ 6/12/22 ✧ #5 in bestfriends→ 8/20/22 ✧ #7 in teens→ 8/27/23 ✧ #6 in teenromance→ 9/6/23 ✧ #1 in teenromance→ 10/10/23 ✧˖°. i've rewritten this book so many times but i was like 13 when i first wrote it so warningggg: teenage plot ✧˖°.

'I've been rejected by everyone ever since I joined this pack.' A wolf orphaned at the age of 11, Jessie has been bullied ever since she was taken into the Were-Stone pack. When she fails to shift on her 16th birthday, she's shamed even more. She despises her life, only to find out with a touch that she was the to-be Alpha's mate. Not wanting to be Luna to a hateful pack, she runs away and comes across the Praelia pack. They are Fighters who serve the King and Queen by training helpless packs and teaching them how to defend themselves from the Hunters. She gets taken in and is trained to be a Fighter. Months later, Jessie returns to the Were-Stone pack with her new friends. Ready to train, and ready for revenge. 'Never again am I going to be rejected.' ********* [To go under major editing after completion!]

A classic 1940's style mystery... "Secretary Murders Widowed Mistress in Adelaide Love Nest!" Vivian Sherlock glanced from the screaming headline on her daily newspaper to the pale young man sitting on the other side of her desk. "Nigel is innocent!" insisted the young man.