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(Completed)- Aria Cadence has lost her passion to sing. For seventeen years, what she once thought was a beautiful escape, is now an unspoken taboo.Her passion for singing has been torn, broken and beaten down to the point that she wants nothing to do with singing-or music for that matter-ever again. And whose to blame her? Having two successful parents in the music industry and an younger sister who is now America's next Taylor Swift puts a lot of pressure on a girl. Teegan Kemp is the exact opposite.He wants only one thing in life and that is to thrive in the music world. It's hard business all right, but he has the looks, the voice, and the charisma to make it. But one day is all it takes to change that. In that one fateful day, Teegan learns that he has a progressive disease that will slowly deteriorate his hearing until one day, he wont ever be able to hear again. When Teegan and Aria meet that fateful day in the hospital, Teegan instantly wants a friendship with the hard-shelled Aria. The only thing is, he wants to keep the loss of his hearing a secret to everyone-exspecially Aria. But it's easier said than done with hearts and dreams on the line. ~*~ *Completed on 10/31/13 Rankings: Chicklit #40 Romance: #156

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley Life for Lacey Carson hasn't been a straight road into paradise. Struggling with the death of her mother, her abusive step-father, and love for music and freedom, she's torn about who she really is, and who she's become. Growing up with a natural talent for drumming, rhythms, and beats; Lacey and her faithful drum sticks can't ever be divided. So when a national competition for a battle of the bands is announced; the reward for the winning band being a grand prize of a million dollars, a ticket to the number one recording studio in England, and being signed into one of the hottest record labels in the world, Lacey knew that it was fate. All she needed was a band to play with... But indifferent, apathetic, and cold to the rest of the world, will she be able to find a group who she could trust and befriend? Fall in love with a not-so-mysterious stranger who may or may not have feelings for her too? Discover her own true self tangled in between a web of lies? Or is it all simply just a decoy?

Failing in an audition is devastating, and no one understands that more than Destiny Lockheart. When Destiny enters Dream Arts, a college for Performing Arts, the self-conscious eighteen year-old will have to face her weaknesses dead in the eye. Will she allow her failures to stop her from reaching her full potential? Although he is popular, the words proud, cocky and vain do not describe Train Tanner, a talented and gifted guitarist who met the fate of losing his family in a car accident. With overloaded secrets, wounds and scars, how will Train ever have faith again? How will he overcome his fear of losing the ones he love? Two different people, one heartbeat, one destiny. Could music just be the answer they have been looking for? © 2011-2012 imperfectdreamer. All rights reserved. | Thank you for reading! :D

Rebekah has a perfect life. Well, at least she thinks so. Her friends are amazing, she has the best boyfriend anyone could ask for, and she actually loves her seemingly flawless parents. But everyone has their secrets. When a shocking revelation causes Bek's parents to break up, her perfect world comes crumbling down. Things start to fall apart, and even the people she holds closest to her suddenly seem far away. Fortunately for her, though, with a bit of love and the best kind of Cupcakes, Bek might just be able to make it through.

Jasslyn Brookside has always harboured a curiosity for her childhood friend. She can't be blamed: Jacoby Harold is constantly trailed by flowers and plants, the occasional balloon or firework. He isn't the only one. From the day Jasslyn could form the thought that this was out of the ordinary, she has seen others like him. Men who stand like statues, as if hoping no one would see them. Women who walk around pretending nothing is wrong while vines as thick as pythons slither after them. After a chance encounter with two reportedly "missing" people, Jasslyn realizes that her past and future are more entwined with Jacoby's than she ever imagined. When she finds out the extent to which their paths cross, a message becomes clear to her: to delve too deep into Jacoby's world would mean unearthing secrets she would be safer without.

Allison McHartey is engaged. Not to the man she loves, but to a guy her parents picked out for her. To avoid the arranged engagement and unfolding disaster, she makes a deal: If she falls in love by Christmas Eve, she doesn't have to marry Connor Danielson, the high school jock and annoying flirt. But what she doesn't realize is love can be found in the most unexpected places...

Colton Pearce is annoying, a flirt, and definitely not in Cassidy's ten-year plan. Then again, neither is falling in love. When their English teacher hires them to clean his grandmother's house for the summer, she discovers that there may be more to Colton than meets the eye. Through a valuable baseball card, strained relationships with fathers, and much dust, Cassidy and Colton might discover forty-seven uses for a paperclip and -possibly -even love along the way. Center cover image copyright 2011 by Worlds Apart Photography

Kyra and Bryan have known eachother their whole life, but it wasn't until recently that they've become really close. After spending every single morning biking mile after mile with eachother, Kyra confides in Bryan that she wants to race in the Ironman- a 130 mile triathalon taking place in November. Bryan's willing to make her dream become reality, but when Kyra almost loses her life, is it even possible? Note: This is a best-friends-falling-in-love story. It's kind of my favorite kind to write.:) *Winner of CUPCAKE AWARDS*

Torin Finnigan is your typical girl-next-door living in Carendale, California. With her windswept blonde hair, sea-green eyes and easy smile, for most of her life she’s been used to blending in. It works for her. But when four guys all start to take an interest in Torin, life starts to go for a total tailspin. Some girls think that two people trying to start a relationship is way too complicated. Try five. Five is hectic. Five is unimaginable. Five’s a crowd.