Elliot loves Christmas, but dislikes spending it with her family. Her and her mom never see eye to eye on anything. Brooklyn on the other hand, hates Christmas, she lost her parents at a young age and her brother is always traveling. So, year after year she spends the holiday alone. However, maybe a game of secret Santa will change their lives forever. Maybe the one thing Brooklyn has been missing is someone to remind her of what love is. And maybe Elliot can influence Brooklyn to get into the Christmas spirit.

I watch her when she walks in, orders the same drink - same size - and sits at the exact same table every single day. I don't think she notices me, seeing as how I'm behind the counter and I'm not the one at the register. But on December 19th, she looked up from her laptop and cup, into my eyes, and smiled. Before the start of senior year, Parker Harding was a closeted lesbian. After the homecoming dance, she was out and she was an outcast. She just had three little problems. Finding a girlfriend to get over her ex and keeping her economics grade up were two of them. The third being her crush on a very straight girl at her high school, the same one that sat in the coffee shop every single day. Parker thought Rebecca was everything she wanted, but people aren't always the way they seem.

I was trapped. Trapped between an obscure past that was haunting me and a chance of building a better future for myself. Trapped between the four walls of my apartment. Trapped between truth and lies. I was trapped until Taylor Lawson walked through my front door and held my hand to help me embrace the second life I was given. #1 girlxgirl #1 gxglesbianlgbt #5 girlfriend #5 abuse #5 identity #5 lesbianromance #6 gxg ____________________ [Explicit content that might be triggering (domestic violence, anxiety, sexual assault...).]

Finally out and proud in her final year of college, Phoebe Clarke finds herself ready to try to find a girlfriend. She isn't sure where to begin but she is glad to have the support of her best friend Emmy Rose to support her. While Phoebe continues to work hard in her art classes, she soon meets the new girl, Courtney Allen, who she finds herself drawn to.

Smart and arrogant Amery Tatcher has no care in the world about how she makes other people feel with the way she rejects her long line of suitors, the way she ignores her best friends when they speak and the way she bosses her minions around in the school's Student Union council. Often told off for her harsh ways, Amery remains undaunted and defends her behaviour as "for the greater good". Funny and laidback Sigrid Sharma lives by her yogi parents' motto "Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits." However, she believes that being healthy does not only mean physical wellness but also extends to a happy and fulfilled soul. Forever seeking new ways to enrich her mundane mortal living experience, Sigrid has never allowed herself to limit her happiness to only one thing, or one person. New Ways is a lighthearted story exploring the growth of two completely different girls as their fates (and hands) gradually become intertwined.