Elle Grayson's guilty pleasure is reading cheesy romance novels. Always has been, always will be. Maybe that's why she's never had a boyfriend - no guy can live up to her expectations of the guys in romance novels. She doesn't think there is one guy that can prove to be even half as decent as guys in books. But when there's somebody set on doing exactly that, things just might start to change. Romance #110 Short Story #23 - May 28, 2014

"Every fairytale begins in the rain." When you run into an old bookshop in the middle of Paris to escape a storm, who knows who you might meet there. {Written 2014.}

True beauty is being kind to yourself, and ultimately, to others as well; especially those who have hurt you deeply.

Marina Jacobsen and Elliot Martin have been friends since the start of secondary school, the moment they met they knew that they would become the greatest of friends. From their meticulously planned devious pranks to their hilarious banter and inside jokes, they knew that their friendship would be everlasting. When Elliot confides in Marina about his developing romantic feelings for the new girl, Erin Ford, she compiles a check list and set of rules to help her best friend get the girl who cannot seem to evade his every thought. Little did she know that whilst Elliot was completing each and every requirement that she had written down for him to follow, she would be falling for him with every box he ticked off. | cover credit: the lovely @decadently|

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021

|| Available in book stores!! || watty award 2017 winner! || Becca's life takes a thrilling turn when she pretends to date Brett Wells, the most popular boy in school. Becca Hart is determined to coast her way through her senior year at Eastwood High School. Counting down the days until graduation had become her crutch. Her plans come to a screeching halt one afternoon when she ends up sharing a spontaneous kiss with Brett Wells, who's known for being captain of the football team and an all-around good guy. Their "love" spreads like fire and their fake relationship begins. But the two quickly learn that just because it started off fake, doesn't mean it won't become very real. ___________________________________________ Highest Rank in Teen Fiction: #1 - June 24, 2017. Featured in Teen Fiction: August 1, 2017. Watty Award 2017 Winner for Riveting Reads: September 29, 2017 Completed on: September 18, 2017. ___________________________________________ This story was originally published by myself on the Episode Interactive App as RIVALS. However, the story and the sequel have now been taken down. Alex Light © All Rights Reserved 2017 Cover: Designed by Corina Lupp and drawn by Jordi Labanda.