BOOK ONE || the city lights series Adina Ricci is the daughter of two of the most famous people on the planet. She grew up in the spotlight and she never once felt ungrateful for what she had been given. But, right before her fourteenth birthday, her mother dies and her whole world begins to fall apart. After two years of acting out, her father enrolls her at Caldwell Royal Academy, a boarding school for the wealthy and elite. Located in Connecticut, Adina has to learn how to make new friends and live with strangers as she embarks on this journey of self discovery. Along the way she meets Vaughn King, a boy who may be as broken as her, with secrets that could have the potential to ruin their budding romance. Boys. Friends. Enemies. What could go wrong?

Not even one night passes by when the nightmares don't visit him. He learned to live with them, hide them deeply, accept all the guilt of the things he did and of the things he didn't do. And he found a home with the Riders. But Wood is simply incomplete, empty and he thinks that he will stay like that forever, a worthy punishment for his unworthiness. He was wrong. She was sold as a sex toy and used as one for years. Sick men came for her, made her hurt, scream, cry. But she had to survive, she had to be strong to get out. And she did. She became an automaton, a doll with a thousand faces all to go back to the thing that mattered most to her. And when her door was finally broken down, she found a dark, haunting man standing there. She was free.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

Alice William, the hated, unloved, unwanted twin. She's been abused as long as she's remembered, while her twin, Grace, lives the life of luxury, both at home and school. Alice and Grace are bipolar opposites. Grace being your typical, girly girl. Alice being a tomboy. On the streets Alice is known as the Rose, beautiful but, dangerous. A rose with thorns. She's the undefeated street racer and fighter champion, at the young age of 16. But what happens when all a sudden both her mother and step-father die and she is sent to live with her father and 6 older brothers, that she never even knew about? Will they breakdown her walls and gain her trust? Or will Alice escape that life of luxury and leave her twin, father and brothers? - Am I really that unwanted? ... Am I really the villain of this Story? --------- This story will contain grammar and spelling mistakes and will discuss serious or mature topics too. If you are uncomfortable with any of this please do not read!

She's high spirited, fearlessly reckless, and queen of being spontaneous. He's maleficent, selfish, callous, and a sinister gang leader. Put the two together? Hell on earth. No one has dared tested his authority. Until she came along. He's the epitome of danger. And danger is appealing. Especially to those with nothing to lose. ...................................................................... At a young age, he had to do something that completely stripped him of a normal childhood and changed him for life. He'd given up any personal contact, meaning his family and friends and scoffed at the idea of a girlfriend. He'd grown cold to the core and grew to be the strongest man he could be, and led the worlds strongest gang. Her entire existence was built in the shadows, never being able to play and act like a normal girl just like her classmates. Instead while they caught a football and danced, she fought relentlessly and tried to escape the grasps of her foster father. While the others showed off their bodies, she had to learn to cope with the scars that covered her from head to toe. When they returned to their mothers care, her sisters regained normality, she was left with trust issues, PTSD, and a desire to be normal. But she'd never be normal. She was the leader of New York's second strongest gangs' daughter. Just a week after moving to New York to be closer to her father, her life had been completely turned upside down when she laid eyes on Asher Storms. New York's youngest, and most vile gang leader to walk the streets. And her life did not change for the better. Everyone wants a piece of the gang leaders new girl. Even if that means going to extreme lengths to get what they want. This is the story of retribution against the gang leaders new girl; Noah Carson. • • • I am not the rightful owner of every word in here! A lot of songs, poem references etc. were made in this book! Credit goes to rightful owners !

{EDITING PROCESS} *BOOK ONE OF TWO* When a high school student named Davina Smith faces her senior year after a tragedy in her family, suddenly finds herself appealed to the new kids in town. She never had an interest in befriending anyone besides her childhood friends Emma and Jackson, But these kids had something about them that just made them stick out. Maybe it wasint such a bad idea to expand her social life. What could go wrong? Right..? ~~~~~~~~~~~ Davina Smith, a 17 year old with trauma of losing those close to her from past experiences and losses, is soon appealed to the new kids in town. Or more like appealed to the attractive black haired, green eyed boy. She's never been the one to want to have a relationship. Is now the time? Xavier Witts, a 18 year old boy hiding a nothing more than a couple lies... or so he says. Xavier never wanted to get attached to someone he could lose. He never to wanted to go through that again. But what happens when suddenly that person fights against his measures of protection? What happens when that person is willing to risk their life just to be with him? Luckily he would do the same ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I don't know what to do Xavier..." I cry uncontrollably into his chest as he holds onto me for dear life. "I know love. I know." "I'm such a bother to yall." I choke out. "I'm so fucking weak. I can't even defend myself." Xavier's arms unwrap from my body, and his hands hold my teary face. "I'm a worthless h-human." Xavier furrows his eyebrows in pain. A tear of his own falling down his face. "No," he says shaking his head. "No. You've never been a bother to me. You aren't weak. And you most certainly aren't worthless." I gasp to breathe, and he continues talking. "What you are is an amazing person who hasn't let all of this crazy bullshit affect her. You handled it like a champ. What you are is a strong, brave being that has stood by my side." I breathe as he leans closer. "What you are, is the love of my life...."

I hate it when the women are weak in the stories so I made my main character a hot head and I gave her that name in the story because it means: 'Free woman'...she doesn't take shit from anybody not even her own Father. -Read to find out more. This story is filled with craziness,humor and a lot of drama you'll love it. LEFTED IS A WORD. I SAID WHAT I SAID😊. ~~~~♥~~~~~ Please be warned ⚠ if you can't handle explicit languages and contents please don't read this book because it's filled with that too. --HIGHEST RANKS-- º # 1 in Bitch º # 1 in Sarcasm º # 1 in Undiscoveredwriters º # 1 in Savage º # 1 in Temptation º # 1 in Fiesty º # 1 in Jealousy º # 1 in Funny º # 3 in love hate º # 4 in Heat º # 5 in Naughty º # 6 in Cocky º # 7 in Fiance º # 10 in Naughty º # 11 in Possessive º # 11 in Humor º # 14 in Romance º # 15 in Arrogant º # 17 in Chicklit

Bailey Willow's been through things that no seventeen year old should go through. But she doesn't care as long as when she turns eighteen, she gets to escape her toxic life. When things finally start looking up, everything goes wrong and she lands herself in the mansion of the notorious mafia leader, Adrian Black. ----- *THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE SCENES (aka smut for y'all thirsty people like me) BUT THE MATURE CONTENT CAN BE SKIPPED IF DESIRED, THERE WILL BE A WARNING* TRIGGER WARNINGS: depictions of panic attacks, violence, and strong language. (will also be mentioned at the top of each chapter if there is something potentially triggering) ---- RANKINGS: #1 in sadstory | 22.3K stories | March 30, 2021 #1 in knives | 2K stories | Feb 1, 2021 #1 in sad | 265K stories | March 6, 2022 #8 in broken | 57.2K stories | Feb 14, 2021 #1 in story | 242K stories | March 9, 2021 #1 in scars | 1.9K stories | March 14, 2021 #2 in badboy | 100K stories | April 11, 2021 #28 in romance | 1.3M stories | April 12, 2021 #6 in teenfiction | 201K stories | April 12, 2021 #6 in anger | 21.6K stories | June 1, 2021 #2 in drugs | 64.8K stories | May 21, 2024 First Published: December 23rd, 2020 Date Finished: March 9th, 2021 Date Tattoos and Scars was Originally Published: May 10th, 2020

Life is defined by moments. Abby Harrison didn't know that one moment would influence the rest of her life and that moment was when she met Kade the 'Reaper'. Reaper never wanted for anything in his life and when he did, he would claim it. He didn't know what love was but he knew what want was, and he wanted Abby Harrison; and that is how this twisted romance started.

The desert lands of Samrah are not kind, nor are the creatures that have stalked the dunes since the dawn of time. Beasts made from the blood djinn, lacking any emotion but rage, feeling nothing but hunger for human flesh and blood. But to Sabra they are nothing. Not in comparison to the family that owns her, to the people in the capitol city of Bazanar. She is a slave, marked by the golden collar she wears. Sold by her mother to a wealthy merchant when she was young, it is all she has ever known. But Sabra loves her desert home and the sand dunes she sees rolling upon the horizon from the windows of her owners home, she loves the sun upon her skin and the few moments she has to herself. the nights she manages to sneak from her shared chambers to explore the capital and the underground games it holds. With each win another coin slips into her pockets, each coin a step to buying her freedom. Any slave could be free after all in the country of Samrah. So long as they had enough coin to pay their owners. While Sabra strives for freedom so she may explore the desert she loves so, the sands around her are changing every day. Samrah is being thrown into unrest outside the capitol as foreigners flood the borders and towns fight against their own. A problem so few in the capitol acknowledge, until it is forced before them. Tradesmen are dying, buildings going up in flames, and a man with blue eyes is rumored to have been spotted in the forbidden temples of Sundar, god of all lands. ~~