Fiction Awards Winner 2016 in General Fiction Category Book 1 of the New York Mafia Series: Summary: What happens when an innocent and kind hearted girl becomes the first love of a boy destined to become a notorious mob boss one day. Would space and time make him forget her? Would he feel any differently towards her when he sees her again years later or his love for her becomes even more possessive after years of waiting? This story takes place in the 1950s in America. Francesco and Costanzo were two brothers who were sent to live with their uncle Piero in a small town in Oklahoma. No one knew why they had suddenly moved to the town and no one wanted to know. There were many rumours surrounding the Rosario family that made the locals wary. No one wished to get on the wrong side of this mysterious Italian American family. No one questioned them. No one dared look at them the wrong way. Parents warned their children to stay away from the newly arrived brothers. The boys enrolled in the local school and no one dared get in their path. However, Adele and her brother Angelo were totally in the dark from the rumours and warnings since they were new in town themselves. Childhood friendship was formed and time went on. Events soon started to happen that increased fear towards the Rosario household amongst the small town citizens. Secrets were slowly revealed and the childhood friends gradually drifted apart due to events that was no fault of their own ...... only for them to be reunited years later. After this book please read A Mob Boss's Family (Book 2)

TITLE CHANGE WAS Breaking the Nerd This is the second book to "Love is Blind"! This is Barrett's story! Abella Hope Kensington is a complete nerdy nobody. Barrett Collins is the bad boy. Abella Hope suffers from Social Anxiety Disorder. This makes her very self-conscious and she has a fear of social situations, along with a fear of being closely watched, judged, and criticized by others. Her disorder rules her life, controls everything about her and she would do anything to come out of her shell and overcome the disorder. Barrett was a nerd up till middle school when his peers began to understand things taught to them by their parents. That was that Barrett's family is weird, his dad is blind, which in their eyes makes him different. Barrett becomes the bad boy to keep people away from him. He also is bad as from all his pain and struggles in his life that he secretly suffers from. Then one day he meets Abella. He rescues her. He is given the chance to change her life, make her strong. With the challenge will love blossom? Will he be able to save her? This is the second book to "Love is Blind" telling the story of Reece and Payton's son Barrett.

Aria has always laid low in school with her tight-knit group of friends. When she meets Nash at a party, he's rude, he's blunt, and he's got more baggage than he can carry. Aria immediately dislikes him. But the line between hate and love is very thin, and a continuous game of Never Have I Ever may change everything.

When it comes to seventeen-year-olds Aurora “Rory” West and Kale Mathews, there is no such thing as the concept of ‘common ground.’ Their interactions (the few that they have) are always filled with overly-sarcastic remarks and countless number of trips to the principal’s office. One day, when a particular interaction goes a bit too far, their principal decides to punish them with The Baby Project- a month long project, worth more than half their grade, that requires them to parent a fake baby. In the beginning, the partnership is discarded as a joke by both students. However, when threatened with the possibility of expulsion, Rory and Kale reluctantly agree to make peace for the sake of their education. Over time, something changes, making them question their thoughts and feelings. They say there's a thin line between love and hate, but will a baby be the last push? (Editing but still updating)

They are the elite: the people to be, the group to be a part of. They are The Ivy League. When sarcastic, headstrong Courtney Meyers receives an invitation to join them, nothing is ever the same again. Laughter, tears, obnoxious pranks, love and betrayal; with Courtney, every moment is one to remember.

Shawna Roberts is the girl that every guy turns to when they need a fake date, a fake girlfriend, a fake fling to make some other girl jealous, a fake couple photo to send to their parents... Shawna's pretty much seen it all. But no matter what they pay her for, everything she does has one common factor: it's all fake. That doesn't make being their paid girl much easier, though. Adam Ferrell is the campus heartthrob with the appearance of a god, an ego the size of Canada, and worshiped by everyone to monumentally ridiculous proportions. In Shawna's mind, it's a miracle his head fits through his shirt every morning. Yet despite their instant dislike for one another, Adam and Shawna each need what the other can offer. When Adam unexpectedly pushes into Shawna's life with a business deal, she's torn between her feelings and her sense of duty, which protects a secret she has kept for years, from even those closest to her. And as the two begrudgingly get to know each other, masks start slipping and secrets come spilling out, forcing each of them to confront some of their darkest moments and deepest fears.

Thea Hartens never liked too much attention. And that's only one of her many fears. This story started when Thea receives a letter saying that she got invited to the Sophomore Year's Leadership Training Seminar. She really got shocked when she found out she was chosen to be the participant of such seminar. Well, she was MORE shocked when she knew who her seminary partner is. That day has been such a bittersweet moment. The first time that Seth Deavon spoke to her, Thea knew every single day with him was going to be hell. He was annoying--correction: very annoying, uber stubborn and a hell of a jerk. Wait, did I mention he has an ego the size of Canada? But everytime they're together, something happens--either they're laughing together, Thea's crying or Thea feels the butterflies in her stomach going crazy (*wink*). Two entirely different people will have to trust each other and the first step of gaining their trust is being friends. And I tell you, Seth is not good at making friends--especially if it's a girl. But what do they say? Sometimes, things changes and everything has a reason. And we all have to take a risk. So live, laugh and love with Thea Hartens in her crazy life with Seth Deavon in This Bad Boy I'm With.

I watched Reese lips move as he read out the contents of the letter, then I watched everyone's faces as they took in the words that were coming off the paper. As I looked around the small group, I realized that these were the people that I had no choice but to depend on for awhile, and one of them was going to get hurt. It didn't matter if we did everything right, someone was bound to get hurt in this game and I couldn't help but to feel like it would be all my fault.

❝It was love at first sight. Until reality struck like lightning and burnt up everything leaving me with nothing but scars.❞ Moving to a new school is tough, but moving across the country to a new school is even tougher. At sixteen years old, all Jasmine Heller wanted to do was start fresh: new friends, new wardrobe, and maybe, possibly, a new boyfriend. But, things don't always go as planned. Before the first week of school is complete, she's already confessing her undying love to Caleb Finn, the most popular guy in school, became a target to his exes, and banged her head into a classroom door while slurring 'Is that you Justin Bieber?' Not being able to go through with the mortification she suffered because of Caleb Finn, Jasmine moves back to her old town. Two years later, Jasmine is forced back home while carrying a heavy heart and a mission to get back at everyone who watched her suffer Caleb Finn's wrath. Kiss & Tell - Copyright ©