the boy leaned over and handed her the the striped sweater he had been wearing. she smiled as she pulled it on. "i love you, beautiful." he said. the girl only shook her head, now wanting the heavy wool to be as far away as possible. "no you dont. why would you say that?" "cause it's too cold for you here and now so let me hold both your hands in the holes of my sweater." ♥ one time the boy told her he loved her. and that she was beautiful. but he had lied. if she was truly beautiful, then he would have stayed because their love was too strong. “i guess it wasn't.” she said out loud. she said it outloud because alice thought things sounded better that way. thats what he had told her anyways.

2020 WATTYS WINNER in NEW ADULT! Oliver Ausman has been given a second chance at life, but it's hard to feel grateful when he was the one trying to end it in the first place. Returning to his normal life after being released from the hospital is hard, especially since his parent's idea of normal is made up of dinner parties, prep school, fancy suits, and fake manners-- all paired with a complete disregard for the mental health of their firstborn. He's long been fed up with it, but the final straw is when he finds out that his "father" isn't actually his father at all. Oliver decides he's had enough of the perfect facade, so he packs a suitcase and grabs his younger brother, "borrowing" his mother's car to sneak off on a trip to find his biological father. But he never expected to pick up a girl with her own similar set of problems, to be followed across the country by a money-hungry pair of criminals, or most of all, to find out that maybe this life thing isn't as bad as he thought. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝) - 𝟏/𝟐𝟐/𝟐𝟎

Freya Liu-Hampton isn't much of a romantic but that doesn't stop her best friend, Dale Sampson, from asking her to help him find his soulmate. Dale wants life to be like a romantic comedy but Freya knows that's not how it works. Because no matter how many happy endings there are in the movies, sometimes what you're looking for isn't what you find.

A tree planted in the yard changes the course of Lawrence's life, and he finds himself mislaid until he loses the most important thing...

Evie Roberts is your normal high school girl. She is witty, somewhat academically smart, and knows how to shut someone up with her sarcasm. After losing three years in a row, she finally wants to be the Student Body President this time. She will do anything to win the title. Claude Jones is her rival and the Student Body President since three years. Driving the town in his Citroen, he barely cares about anything that happens around him. Anything, unless it involves Alice Walker, his long time crush and Evie's best friend. He will do anything to get her attention. Two unlikely people who only know to compete with each other are brought together in a chaotic mess when Claude steps down the elections for Evie, and wants her to set him up with Alice, in return. A deal is made and everything is sorted, until secrets are revealed, confessions are made, and suddenly everyone realizes life is not as easy as it seems. And love? Well, it never comes at the right time, and when it does, it is always too late. At least for Evie, Claude, and Alice. • A story of three teenagers discovering life, relationships, and their own sexual identities. "Because, being a teenager has never been easy."