Juno Ray Kern always associated her name and foreign black locks with the ugly duckling. Surrounded by blue-eyed blonde babes, she felt anything but normal, especially in her pale Northeastern family. However, all her questions are answered when her mother hands her a ripped up love letter written eighteen years ago by Juno's birth mother. She isn't pleased with the words that lie inside the envelope. Juno has a choice that will lead her throughout the entirety of her senior year: discover where and who she truly comes from, or remain in place with her stunning sister, mother, and father where everything is safe and familiar. [ cover by: @musicalkey ]

Small town girl Song Hyejin grew up with a pair of scissors in her hand, spending her high school days in her father's barber shop cutting crew cuts for young men who were about to enlist in the army; this was how she was intending to spend the rest of her life. When top star Ares Hwang walks into the shop one rainy day demanding that she give him a haircut even though it's past opening hours, her life gets thrown straight into a raging hurricane known as the world of showbiz. ======== Enter Kang Hyunwon, hairstylist to the celebrities, touted by all the country's fashion magazines as the golden hands that could catapult anyone, literally anyone, from obscurity to stardom. When his limelight gets stolen unceremoniously by the head of hair atop one Ares Hwang (whom he had callously rejected to style just days before), his ego takes a beating that he will never forget. When he finds out who it is who was responsible for his humiliation, he vows to show this clueless suburban girl what it truly means to be hair-raisingly good with a pair of scissors... ======== Cover adapted from the artwork by @ClarissaNorth

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

-- MATURE 18+, EROTICA, CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT, LANGUAGE AND TRIGGERING CONTENT WHICH MAY OFFEND SOME READERS -- A whole month of summer holidays spent onboard a private cruise ship, what could be better? That's before Dane Mason appears. He's the last person Cass expects to see. He doesn't recognise her anymore but she recognises him and she'll do anything to keep him from discovering the truth. They're in for the cruise of their life. -- CURRENT WORD COUNT: 9,997 (PARTS 1-5) -- Most impressive rankings 🏅 #66 for #badboygoodgirl (out of 1K+ stories) 🏅 #1 for #cruising (out of 57 stories) 🏅 #175 for #forgiveness (out of 13.9K stories)

Tyson Williams has demons to battle with. Growing up in a run-down neighborhood, he learned to rely only on himself. The sole person he enjoys talking to is his childhood friend Angel; everybody else he simply disregards. That is until he runs into a cocky foreign brunette, whose provocative attitude makes it impossible for him to ignore her. Having a bad reputation can get you into a lot of trouble with your parents. Having a bad reputation when your father is a politician and constantly under the paparazzi's watchful eyes can make it ever worse. In an attempt to save face, Alex's parents sent her to finish her Senior year in another country. Dispossessing her is not a first for them, but this time Alex doesn't mind; this time she's all too happy to leave a certain someone behind and start anew. So she makes a decision: she'd mend her wild ways and try to be a good girl... or at least some semblance of that term. But how is she to follow through with her resolution when she's constantly being challenged by one of her new classmates? **** • Best rating for this story so far: Humor #18, Teen Fiction #29 • Completed • Draft • Proofread • © 2018 Dilyana Kyoseva (CatMint5) All Rights Reserved

Never was there a girl so innocent, so good. So clueless to how this world works. She fell hard and fast for the boy in the rain. Never was there a love so pure, so perfect, so right. They were living the perfect fairy tale, if only she could see. But that poor girl was only dreaming the perfect dream, for fairy tales are never real. Maggie Harris is ready for a boring summer with her friends. But when you throw the new kid, Evan Mathews, an overprotective older brother, and a series of unsuspected storms into the mix- Maggie's summer will be anything but boring. But one thing is for sure: Anything can happen when it rains in Ocala. Buy the paperback edition on Lulu! http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/writerbug44

Gaia Allegre is an BSEd-English student who is cage by her parents words. She always follow the rules even if it's already crossing the line of her privacy. She also used to love the beauty of sunset which serves as her calmness whenever she felt accumulated. Will her heart remain calm as the sun rays when Kiro Gaizer suddenly pop in her life? The cold and crabby guy from RPW who will change her life in an instant and will slowly steal her heart. Will she still follow her parent's excessing rules when her heart is already contracting? Date started: 03/30/21 Date finished: 08/04/21

Aiden Black doesn't know the meaning of rejection. He doesn't care either; it's never stopped him from getting what he wants. While owning a strip club at the age of fifteen may have its perks; it's hardened the boy in more ways than one. Neglected and almost always alone in his parent's mansion, Aiden finds his entertainment in other ways. Ways a preacher certainly would never approve of. Conversely, to help out her mom with the piling bills, Summer Gray applied to as many jobs as she could. A hard-working girl with the personality of a bulldozer doesn't seem like the maid type, until she gets to work as a maid. Unknowingly, she's met with the biggest challenge of her life. The most arrogant, self-absorbed imbecile there ever was was now her new boss. And he would relish in that as much as he could. Well, as much as she would allow. A girl in a committed relationship, strong-willed and working for the bombshell of a boss. But is Aiden really what he makes himself out to be? Is his repulsive reputation just a reputation? COMPLETED! Word count [50,000 - 60,000]

Avery and Andrew have been best friends since middle school; they're close. But they're about to get a whole lot closer when paired up for the project like no other: the baby project.