In the desert, an instant turns life into death and hate into love. In the desert, everything is different. Boundaries break down, and you find yourself doing things that you would never, ever have imagined. Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier? WINNER of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD in the Wattys 2016 Sequel to Robert Thier's #1 Hit 'Storm and Silence'

"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one." I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting. Well, this year will be fun... • • • • Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up. There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years. But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes. She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual. But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more. Hopeless devotion, if you will... • • • • !!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! • slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts • substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD • sexual assault, domestic abuse • strong language and mature scenes • • • •

player (n) : a male who is skilled at seducing women and is only interested in sex. Santana Marie Klaus has always had a crush on her best friend, Daemon Matthews ever since he saved her from a big bully making fun of her pigtails. A crush that has remained unknown to Daemon for just as long. A crush that has crushed her ever since Daemon started his player ways, changing girls like they were dirty clothes. Desperate to end her unknown crush, Santana enlists the help of Jesse Archer, the new kid in town to make Daemon jealous by being her fake boyfriend. In exchange Jesse gets free entertainment watching the clichéd plot unfolds in front of him. What happens when Daemon reacts to this ploy? And what happens when Jesse gets more involved in the drama that is Santana? And what goes wrong when you enlist a player's help to make another player jealous? One word. Everything. [UNEDITED] COMPLETED : 16 OCT 2015 * Highest Ranking #1 Teen Fiction ** 1 Million Reads : 14 March 2017 *** 2 Million Reads : 14 March 2018 **** 3 Million Reads : 5 July 2018 ***** 4 Million Reads : 21 Aug 2018

Olivia Charles is an apprehensive, quiet girl who tries to do everything right. She has low confidence and low self esteem. Getting teased daily by her peers doesn't help. Liam Maines is Chestington Highs ultimate bad boy who parties, sleeps with girls and picks fights. But beyond the typical bad boy persona runs something much deeper and darker. When these two Seniors are forced together Olivia makes it her mission to break through all of the barriers Liam has built and find out the heartbreaking truth about his life. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This story is written from Olivia's point of view and is the original story, there is another story called 'She Saved Me' which is written from Liams point of view. Same story but different perspectives.

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

Steven, a privileged young man who falls deeply for his family's house girl-unaware that she is the daughter of his father's best friend, hiding from a traumatic past. Their secret relationship becomes entangled in betrayal, family legacy, and a shocking revelation that could change everything.

20 year old y/n the silent student falls for her maths teacher Mr.Jeon. Mr. jeon is a young teacher with almost every girl drooling over him but y/n catches his attention. y/n being so innocent around him makes him want to steal her innocence but what will happen in the student teacher relationship?! [ COMPLETED]

𝘼 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙊𝙉 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝘼 𝘾𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝘿 , 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒𝙎 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝘽𝙔 𝘽𝙀𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘾𝙊𝙇𝘿.... _________________________________________ The story is about a clumsy and Childish girl who works under a tough boss who is cold as ice....!!! What happen when the weird girl make that tough guy fall for her badly...!!! What will happen next??? Is the guy will bear her tantrums and stupidity or end up losing her??? The men who can't adjust the fact of losing or doing a single mistake in work!!!! How he fall for that clumsy girl Who can't do a single work good!!!!??? _________________________________________ 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 - 𝗬/𝗡 𝗶 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗶𝘃𝗲 - 𝙏𝘼𝙀𝙃𝙔𝙐𝙉𝙂 ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~••~•~••~•~•~•~• 𝘺/𝘯 : 𝘴𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭? 𝘛𝘢𝘦𝘩𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘨 : 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺/𝘯 : 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬...😂 𝘛𝘢𝘦𝘩𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘨 : 😑 ~•~•~••~•~••~•~•~•~•~•~••~•'•~•'•~•~•~ hͦoͦpͦeͦ yͦoͦuͦ wͦiͦlͦlͦ lͦiͦkͦeͦ iͦtͦ....... DON'T COPYRIGHT MY WORK, IT'S MY OWN WORK... 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 ~•𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕦𝕞𝟚𝟡𝟚•~ 💜💜💜

Sebastian, the bad boy with the damaged past. Chanel, the quiet girl with the damaged past. Two teenagers paired to work together don't realize just how interlinked their pasts are. Will they work together to untangle the past and solve everything once and for all? ~ "Stop acting this way!" He yelled, his face flushed. "Acting like what?!" I yelled back. "Like I don't care about you because I do!" {#805 in Teen Fiction - 08/25/17} {#642 in Teen Fiction - 11/10/17] {#418 in Teen Fiction - 31/12/17} {#9 in Teen Fiction - 23/12/20} {#52 in "Love" - 30/12/22} Note: This book isn't really about smut. It's heavy on romance that revolves around understanding one another, being there for each other, and growing together. I hope this book can offer you something unique from the other books on this platform, which tend to draw from toxic expectations of relationships and love. It starts out very cliche but I promise you, it's worth the read. Thank you.

When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart. ***** Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence. [#1 in teen fiction, romance and action]