Have you ever wondered who's the girl with the broken smile? How can you tell? She's always smiling, laughing & cracking jokes, but little do they know she laughs to keep herself from crying. Living with a abusive step-dad, a mom who never showed love to her & a twin sister who once made her life at school a living hell that she moved to a different school. Well that girl is Katy, but no one seems to notice that she's in depression until this boy she meets on Facebook that goes to her school. One day him & his friends see her getting beat up. Will he help her? can he fix her? or will she find someone else?... ( I suck at this cx anyways hope it's good enough) P.S. There might be alot misspell things soo sorry if there is xc

Maxine Moss arrived in Pacific City to start a brand new life complete with her first real job as a marketing assistant at Hedenby Holdings. Life was supposed to be simple until the unexpected happens. After a disastrous first meeting with her infuriatingly sexy boss, an unlikely friendship starts with the man she just can't quite figure out. The waters become turbulent and unpredictable as old flames and new sparks add fuel to an already slow-burning fire that Maxine fears might burn her if she lets herself get too close. As Maxine's world expands into unchartered territories for a small-town, big-dreams kind of girl, she finds herself caught in the spotlight and worse, in a love story with a man who was never looking for one. Will she run in the opposite direction or will she free-fall? *** Copyright © 2013 by Nina Tippett. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Nina Tippett. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

Cindy has been to hell and back at a young age. But by the time she turns seventeen she's done. She's tired of the hardship, the rape and the abuse. She's tired of living that way so she leaves. Come along with Cindy as she gets her life back together through happiness, sadness and hardship.