Madeline Winters. When people hear that name whispered in the halls of McGregor high school, they think one of two things: a quiet and somewhat awkward girl to pick on, or nothing at all. What no one realizes is that they're tearing her down with each hurtful remark. Cue Asher King moving into the school, acting as his surname immediately upon entering. With his tattoos, cigarettes and rough attitude, he's anyone but someone you would want to befriend. However, he also takes an interest in her that no one else ever has from the first glimpse into her empty eyes. What he doesn't realize is just how much of a shell she's become. *deals with eating disorders #1 on mental illness - 1/26/20, 7/8/20, 12/21/21 #1 on boy - 2/12/20, 1/4/23 #2 on bully - 4/1/20 #1 on high school - 7/6/20 #1 on sad - 8/16/20 #2 on sad - 11/5/21 #1 on funny - 8/18/20, 1/25/23 #1 on ed - 11/30/20, 12/19/20, 3/25/21 #2 on girl - 12/22/20, 11/30/22 #2 on acceptance - 1/7/21 #1 on abuse - 4/11/21 #2 on teen - 5/21/22 Completed November 1, 2021

The Skinny Life of Rowan Jones is about a Junior in high school who has been struggling with an eating disorder since the beginning of freshman year. Rowan has friends who love each other unconditionally yet fail to notice when she is struggling. When Rowan's brother's friend, who also happens to be Rowan's ex-childhood friend, starts to notice Rowan struggling, will he be able to help her break her habits of restriction? Or will it only cause Rowan to push him away even further than before, leaving her to submit to her greedy and demanding dear friend Ana?

Will Ariana cope with new changes or will she completely break? *** 16 year old Ariana has never had an easy life. Coping with depression at a young age when she didn't even know what it meant was definitely not on her bucket list. So when her mother announces that she is getting remarried, Ariana has to learn to accept her new father and six brothers, who have their own dark secrets, whilst carrying her own. Follow Ariana as she copes with unknown emotions that she hasn't felt in years. Will she accept... Her new life?

"Yeah well that little bitch got what she deserved, pretending she was our sister when she's probably dead anyway" Malcolm says, sounding a bit... hurt? after mentioning his sister being dead. I continue my way, too hurt to hear any more of their words. A 13 year old girl spending most of her life thinking she was just another orphan living with her loving adoptive family. But how will she react when her whole family gets killed right infront of her eyes, leaving her with 5 unknown older brothers she never knew existed. From the second she lays eyes on them she knows immediately that these men are no ordinary people and that living whit them will not be an easy task.