Kellise Mendez is a very young, short (5'0), smart, beautiful dark skinned girl. She attends Ashton Villa High School, she is 16 years old, with straight A's in all her classes. All her life she's been discriminated, bullied, criticized, judged etc & this makes her "INSECURE". Kellise allows persons to walk over her, she doesn't even retaliate she just avoids them, but still she always gives them 2nd chances and that makes them think that it's okay to do or say anything to her and this makes her "NAIVE". Dante Grey is a very young, tall (6'3), handsome, smart, light skinned boy. He also attends Ashton Villa High School, he is 18 years old, with straight A's in all his classes. Dante has always been the face boy, everywhere he goes girls are drooling over him, he's always surrounded by them, worshipped by them, he plays around with them and this makes him a " PLAYBOY". Dante has never ever been in a relationship and he has always despite dark skinned girls, he says they're too "vulgar", he always said that he'll never catch feelings for a dark skinned girl. That's until he notice Kellise. What's gonna happen when the two buck heads with each other????!!!!!

Jasper's voice was like waiting for rain during a drought. You got excited when the clouds went grey, hoping the sky would open and quench your thirst. Even a cool breeze felt like a tease. Every time Jasper opened his mouth it was the same one single drop from a leaking faucet. Yet it was never enough. He was mine. My dear deaf boy. I know you see me. I know you can see me call for your attention. I know you can feel my heart pound and my hands shake when I come near. You don't have to be able to hear to understand these three words. I love you. Do you hear me now?

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]