"Mason... My heart is like a balloon. If you do the slightest thing, it pops." Skye Ashton. 10th grade. 2 honors classes. Teachers pet. hottie. Mason Wolfe. 11th grade. 1 honors class. Newbie. Basketball player. hottie. Two high school kids set out for amazing careers. Absorbed in their studies as they are, wanting no interferences with their schoolwork, they become friends. A little bit more than friends. Will their forbidden love be allowed? OH! Did I mention the mob of people mooning over both of them each day? Yeah, they have a lot to handle with their smarts and good looks already.

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A devastating blast destroys civilization as Beatrice knows it, forcing her to face an entirely new kind of life. But life after the blast has more wonder and hope in it than she imagined. ***** After a series of atomic blasts force Beatrice Hicks and her family into their prepper bunker, they emerge to discover they are among the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse. Soon they find themselves clashing with rogue groups and contending with death in their quest to survive and build a new life in this daunting world. Amidst it all, Beatrice must fight to maintain her humanity, so that she can learn to see the beauty in her life after the blast and even find love where she least expects it. 2014 Watty Award Winner! Content Warning: death, gun violence, and assault