When Sloane McKenna built her career as one of New York's most sought-after celebrity stylists, she did it the hard way-no shortcuts, no handouts, and no one to catch her if she fell. Control has always been her safety net. It's how she survives. So when she lands her first feature film as Costume Designer on a production in South Grove, North Carolina, it should be everything she's worked for. It would be-if the man running the film wasn't the one she never forgot. Three years ago, Gavin Buxburry was just a stranger at a wedding. One night. No expectations. Now he's the acting head of a billion-dollar studio... and pretending like they've never met. Gavin has no room for mistakes. With the weight of his family's company on his shoulders, everything-and everyone-must remain exactly where it belongs. Including Sloane. But long days on set and even longer nights make distance impossible, and the tension between them begins to shift into something far more dangerous than either of them planned. Because Sloane didn't build her life by depending on anyone. And Gavin doesn't let people get close enough to matter. Not until staying away becomes harder than giving in.

+++ This is a PREQUEL. It is not necessary that you read the original story "Jodee" first, but highly recommended+++ 5-year-old Jodee Chambers does not have a perfect life. Her parents aren't together, she doesn't live in a while picket fence neighborhood, and she never knows what the next day will bring. But Jodee is young and naive and always sees the glass half full. When that all changes, what is she going to do? Will these changes be for the better or worse? 16-year-old Ace Chambers has had it rough from the day he was born. His father is an abusive alcoholic and his mother only cares about when and how she will her next fix. He never got to have a true childhood; taking care of both of his parents and his little sister at a young age. Ace's only way of coping is making sure Jodee has a good role model and unfortunately, partying with his best friend also seems to help. But Ace is determined to turn his life around, for his sister and for himself. Will he be able to do it amongst all of the chaos? Caleb Warner has been an outsider from the very beginning. His mother wants him out of the house as soon as possible as he always seems to holds her accountable for everything that goes wrong in his life. His father abandoned him and his mother to start a new family with another women a leave his son behind. Through all of this Caleb has always put on a façade to show people he is just some funny, goofy, loving guy. But in reality, a little part of him breaks every day. Can Caleb finally find the family he's longed for, through his best friend, Ace? Will that be enough for him? Can they all get what they want and create a little family of their own? Read LOST to find out how Jodee's story started...

After finally finding safety in the quiet, Elara knows one thing for certain: change is loud. At fourteen, the world is shifting all at once. A new baby is coming. Bedrooms are moving. School no longer feels safe. Red and white creep into places that used to be purple, and the noise of fear won't quiet. As Elara struggles to hold onto what feels safe, her family is learning too - how love can stretch, how exhaustion and worry live beside devotion, and how healing doesn't mean the past disappears. (Sequel to The Colour of Quiet)

Elara has spent her entire life hiding in the quiet spaces between shadows. When she and her brother Caleb are sent to live with half-siblings they barely know, they must relearn what family truly means. Together, they find strength in silence, healing in unspoken bonds, and hope in the softest colours of quiet.

In the aftermath of a devastating event, a once-close family is torn apart by the burden of an ancient feud between their ancestors. The father, along with his sons, seeks refuge in the depths of South America, while the mother takes to the road across the United States, hiding with their only daughter. Five years later, a single phone call summons the brothers back to the U.S., urgently needed to help their sister. But when they arrive, they discover she isn't the only one in need of their assistance. There's someone else-someone they knew existed but had never met: their youngest sister, Estella. She was the child their mother was pregnant with when she fled their family home in Connecticut so many years ago. Now, Estella's world has been turned upside down, and the family is thrust into a heart-wrenching reunion. Told through the innocent eyes of a five-year-old girl, this is a story of a broken family struggling to protect one another from the cruel forces that have torn them apart. Will the innocence of a child be enough to heal the wounds of the past, or has time already sealed their fate forever?

I do not, in any way own Bondi Rescue. I do own Hadlee and my story line. A Bondi Rescue fanfiction. I am aware that some of the epilepsy facts aren't entirely accurate, and am trying my best to make them as accurate as possible. Sequel to Epi(lepti)c Summer. After leaving Australia two months ago, Hadlee has been thrown into a whirlwind that she doesn't know how to get out of. Her mental health has taken a turn for the worst. Her physical health is bordering dangerous, and she simply has not will left. The monsters in her own head seemed to have been gaining ground and she doesn't seem to have the strength to fight back. Jethro is little better. Though maintaining a steely façade, his friends and coworkers have noticed the depressing shift in his behavior and attitude. Harrison and the other lifeguards take it upon themselves to get both Jethro and Hadlee back to their usual smiling selves, and they intend to help begin to mend the tear in the young couple's relationship in the process. Will they be able to succeed? And if they do, will there still be monsters that Jethro and Hadlee will have to face? Or will it all prove to be too much to handle? Second book in the Epi(lepti)c Series.

I do not own Bondi Rescue and do not claim anything as my own aside from Hadlee and the storyline. This is a FANFICTION. I do my best with facts and speech. Although I am not from Australia, I try to look up common and popular slang terms and phrases. I know that some epilepsy facts aren't entirely accurate, and I am trying my best to make them as precise as possible. Hadlee Reid, 20-year-old sister of Bondi lifeguard Harrison Reid, has recently moved from New Zealand to live with her brother after her parents had decided that her condition was too much for them to handle. Hadlee is an epileptic; she relies on medication and the occasional lucky streak to keep her from going into sudden convulsions. Harrison, one of the only members in their family who accepted Hadlee's circumstances, was beyond happy to have his sister come and live with him in Australia, but now he faces another problem. He has kept most of his home life a secret from his fellow lifeguards. Now, he must adapt to having the responsibility of his sister in his care and keep his duties at work unaffected. But when the lifeguards find out about Hadlee and her condition in an unplanned manner, how will they take it? And how will Harrison take it when Hadlee and one of his fellow lifeguards take a liking to each other? First book in the Epi(lepti)c Series.

(Sequel to Upside Down) Two years. One signal. A truth buried beneath the waves. Luca should have let it go. The ocean took her, the monitors confirmed it, the world mourned. But some losses refuse to stay buried. In the dead of night, amidst the hum of servers and fractured data, a faint signal pulses through the void, a signature only he would recognize. Coordinates in the middle of the ocean. Impossible. Unreal. Yet real. Haunted by the memory of her last moments, Luca sets out into the unknown, following a trail that twists between obsession and madness. Every clue leads deeper into Viktor's shadowed empire, and into secrets that were never meant to surface. The closer he gets, the more the line between life and death, truth and lie, begins to blur. Someone is waiting. Someone who should not exist. And when the water finally parts, Luca will discover that some things, once lost, can never truly die...

Sylvie Walker, unaware of the things hidden from her about her family. She's been living with her mother and step father for the past 13 years, but one day, everything changes. Her step father and her get into an accident, leaving her with partially usable legs and wheelchair. After her mom starts abusing her, her 5 brothers swoop in and take her back. Join her on her journey, as she learns about her family, and the mafia world...