She stood at the top of the staircase, her intricately designed red and gold mask still in place. She wore a strapless, deep red, sparkly floor length dress with a slit on the side showing off one of her long tanned legs. Her alluring green eyes narrowed ever so slightly as she took in the scenery around her looking for any familiar faces but alas there was no such luck. She heaved a sigh and descended down the staircase with the grace of a ballerina, the hem of her dress swaying between her legs. She was well aware of all the piercing eyes following her every move trying to figure out who this mysterious beauty was. Her blood red lips pulled up into a smirk when a guy with a black mask approached her, he held out his hand asking for a dance. She obliged, smiling oh so innocently..however, she wasn't anything but sickly sweet.

(Formerly SSMS) A little down on love since her ex-boyfriend, Karlin, ditched her, 22 years old Melissa Alexander is determined to find something better. With the help of her friends and perhaps a touch of fate, she meets 5 extremely good-looking guys: Christian, the hottest new supermodel; Rylan, who happened to have a girlfriend; Hayden, the one who wouldn’t make a move on her; Daniel, the one who made a pact with the devil, and Wes… good old Wes. Where should she even begin?

Ali Cooley is usually described as responsible, smart, and easy going. It's her twin sister, Emily, that enjoys breaking the rules and living on the edge. Ever since their father passed away, Ali feels the need to act as another parental figure and look out for her rebellious twin sister. When a hunky new foreign exchange student comes to their school for a year, will Ali let loose and fall head over heels for the guy that can't resist female attention, or will she deny her feelings for him and avoid him at all costs? Afterall, he is only here for a year before he has to go back to Germany. Will Ali follow her brain or her heart? Will the foreign exchange student from hell leave Ali unscathed, or will he take the poor girl's heart with him?

***** THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE STORY. IT IS BEING PUBLISHED ON 5TH NOVEMBER 2013 SO I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE MOST OF IT FROM WATTPAD. Please don't ask me to put the story back up here on Wattpad, I am not allowed due to the terms and conditions of publishing!!***** Annabelle Spencer’s life is every girl’s dream. She has wonderful parents, great friends, and of course the perfect boyfriend, Jack Roberts. That all changes on her sixteenth birthday when her life comes crashing down around her. Her dream night turns into a nightmare when Jack is murdered right in front of her, and she’s kidnapped by his murderer, Carter Thomas, a big time drug and arms dealer. After ten months of being with Carter, she’s found, but the experience has totally changed her. She’s no longer the happy-go-lucky girl that everyone used to know and love; she’s now cold, hard and suffers from night terrors. It appears that Carter broke not only her body, but her spirit too. A shadow of her former self, her slogan for life is now: ‘If you don’t care about anything, then you have nothing to lose’. Carter is currently serving time for the murder of Jack, a conviction that Anna helped secure. But his retrial is coming up because some key evidence appears to have been tampered with. Unbeknown to Anna, death threats are being received by her father, the Senator. It appears that Carter is still interested in Anna and will stop at nothing to get her back. Ashton Taylor is brought in to protect her. He’s a newly qualified SWAT agent, a bright spark, the agency’s new golden boy. He is assigned undercover, posing as her boyfriend. His job is to help her through college and keep her safe until the end of the trial in eight months’ time.