Hope Montoya knows someone is poisoning her, but who? She suspects her mother was also poisoned and knows her father was murdered. Who wants her family eliminated? She vows to fight! She realizes she won’t last the eight months until she turns twenty-five and her uncle no longer controls her or her estate. Never will she be dominated by a man as she was by her father, as she has seen her mother and grandmothers dominated. If she marries, she gains control now, but only if she weds a man she can trust. Only one man meets her requirements. Can she trust him to protect her and capture the killer...but then to leave? Micah Stone has been in love with Hope since the first time he saw her. But he was accused of her father’s murder and surely would have hung if not for his two brothers’ aid. Most in the community still believe him guilty. But the drought has him too worried about water for his dying cattle to care about his neighbors’ opinions. When Hope proposes a paper marriage in exchange for land on the Brazos River and much needed cash, her offer rubs his pride raw. His name may be Stone, but he’s not made of it. He can’t refuse her for long, and so their adventure begins. He and Hope have to stay alive and discover the killer before they become victims in the deadly assaults.

For Chrissie Hill, turning thirty is enough of a nightmare. But to hit the big 30...and wake up married? To a man she'd never met or seen before that morning when she finds him on her couch. Race insists they have been married for two years...and he has the proof, but can she make herself believe him? Suffering from an unusual bout of amnesia, Chrissie slowly comes to accept this man in her life -- and the life she didn't know she lived. Love, marriage and happiness had never been sweeter for two people. However, true love doesn't just drop out of her dreams onto her couch...she must go a little crazy first.

Darren dropped the note addressed to the "Prince Charming wannabe" and announced "Well then Cinderella, I propose a game. If I win, you must come away with me. If you win, I leave and never return. The game itself is this: I have to find you."

{DISCLAIMER: this story was written 6 year ago! Contains horrible spelling and grammar - lacks answers to many questions (was one of my first stories)} I was warned that pissing off E.J, or also known as the ruler of Gates High School would lead to him getting revenge on me in public, but little did I know he didn't want revenge, but me... And little did he know, I am not that easy, because this girl bites!

Kris Dawson is not your average teen. Instead of doing her makeup and wearing dresses, she plays violent video games and skateboards. She doesn't even bother with boys. But when new kid Warren Huff comes to town, her life is turned upside down. He's a perverted jerk who is set on making her life miserable. Will he be the one?

Avery Darling: a sixteen-year-old girl working as a maid for the Newton family. She's shy, cute, and dreams that one day, Master Josh will look at her the way she looks at him. Josh Newton: seventeen; the future CEO of his father's company. He's rich, good-looking, and is completely oblivious to Avery's presence in his home. When fate decides to bring them together, Avery is convinced that she has been given a chance at love. With her shy, quiet personality, Josh slowly feels a strange attraction towards her. Can they be together, though? After all, Avery is his maid... but is it possible that one day, he'll be her Valentine?

River Snow has always lived a normal, boring life, and she's sick of it. Being homeschooled, she has no outside life on her family's farm except for the neighbours that are a forty minute walk away. But one night, when mysterious Emery Hasting's appears inside of her barn, everything changes. WARNING: For strong language throughout, and mild violence. This is all unedited. I realize that there a lot of spelling and grammical errors. Things in the plot are extreamily novice and a lot do not make sense, for example, Emery's age because I decided to change it. Please bear with me and I'd prefer if you didn't comment on any of the above. Thanks!

What would you do if no one loved you? That's what it's like for Lucy Black. When she tried to kill herself at age 12, her longtime crush Jeremy Webber saved her. But now, 5 and a half years later, he, along with everyone else that Lucy knows hates her. Even her parents hate Lucy. Lucy has no love from anyone... not even herself. And now that everyone wants her to try to kill herself again, she wants to as well. Will Lucy actually kill herself, or will someone find the courage to give her something she had never recieved once in her life... love?

Giselle isn't your average teenage girl. Besides the fact that she's hot headed and argumentative she also can control fire. When she's captured and taken to a special school by the name of Gifted Academy, Giselle Riley doesn't know what to expect. All she knows is that the last thing she wants is to be among people with special gifts such as speed, earth bending and telepathy. That is until the moment she realizes shes one of them. Through challenging struggles and suspense Giselle tries to figure out who she really is and who shes destined to be. Through falling in love, making new friends and destroying dark forces will Giselle finally find out who she really is or is there something more shes been needing to find out all along?

When sixteen-year-old Lucy Larson gets caught looking at her zap, she then must ask the guy out. It would've been easier if the guy wasn't Jeremy Donner, the hottest guy in school and top IT boy. When Lucy asks Jeremy out, she suspects that he will reject her. When he says yes though, its a completely different story...