They're anything but normal.... Alessandra Faye is her name, she's a strong fighter but can let her emotions in the way. When their past puts her family in danger she's forced to face what she vowed to forget all those years ago. Will her emotions get the best of her or can she force them away to save her family from the people who once were their caregivers?

Ethan and Alex used to be inseparable, no matter what life threw at them they told each other they would get through it. After Ethan did the unimaginable, the inseparable couple turned into just another story in a book. Now as Ethan and Alex start navigating life without each other and trying to forget their pasts, there's an invisible force drawing them slowly back to each other. Will their future become one again or will their story stay closed?

*revised and edited* His shocking blue eyes locked on mine, his breath warm against my ear as he whispered, "Kiss me." I froze. Five minutes ago he'd slammed my books to the floor like I didn't matter, and now he stood close enough for my heartbeat to betray me. I couldn't tell if he wanted me to love him or hate him-or both. But wanting him was the problem. Because somewhere between the confusion and the chaos, I'd fallen for Ethan Walker. And the moment he stepped into my life, everything I thought I knew-about myself, about loneliness, about safety-shifted beneath my feet. Nothing was simple anymore. Not with him this close.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.