•Book one of the Suit Series. Can be read as a stand-alone• They were always rivals. There wasn't a person who didn't know all about Sam and Sawyer's animosity. It may seem like such a cliché love story between the loyal football player who loved to be the center of attention, and the sarcastic, reserved boy with little to no friends. Could it be more perfect? Well it all changed on a fateful Friday night. Sawyer just wanted to cheer up his best friend at the local diner. But when Sam and his friends entered the parking lot, everything fell apart. The world as they knew it changed forever, and the two rivals were forced to confront one horrifying truth: They were both being stalked by the same men. •O•O• Started: 12 . 27 . 19 Finished: 5 . 2 . 20 Rewrite: 3 . 24 . 23 #2 in teen fiction-5/8/20 #1 in lgbt-4/24/22 #1 in teen romance-4/10/20 #1 in rival-6/16/23 #1 in bisexual-5/24/22

There is no pain quite like wanting something you can't have, other than wanting something you can have but doesn't want you. Fortunately, Bailey has a high pain tolerance. -- This book is a parallel novel to Blaze from Whiskey's POV --

When he summons a demon in a desperate bid to save his Mother from his abusive Father, the last thing Carter Willows expects is Ryu, the infuriating pyromaniac demon with a penchant for pushing Carter to his limit. Yet to call in his side of the bargain, Ryu seems content to simply linger, terrorizing Carter's life with his constant teasing and endless string of destructive suggestions. Nope, Ryu doesn't seem in any hurry to leave. And just when Carter thinks his life can't possibly get any weirder, the new girl in his homeroom reveals she can see Ryu, too. Whether he likes it or not, Carter's in for one hell of a ride...

"Ethan!" The guy yelled. It was Eugene. Why did it have to be him? Why was he the one who followed me? I spun on my heels "What!?" I snapped. I didn't mean to but I did. Eugene held his hands up as if to surrender. "What happened back there?" His voice was soft, like he expected me to lash out if he spoke too loud. "You know what happened" I seriously needed to get control of my anger "you pressured me into that stupid game. And now everyone in there thinks I was reckless. Now everyone is going to look at me like some freak!" I hissed, raising my voice. Eugene frowned "Is that what this is about? You're worried about what everyone will think? I understand that you're upset-" I cut him off "No you don't! You couldn't possibly understand. Eugene, I only care about what they were saying because it was true! The accident was my fault" I raked my hands through my black hair, messing it up more. Eugene stood there, like a gapping fish and I continued to ramble. "Its my fault the car crashed and now Brian is dead-" *** Broken, numb and damaged. Ethan is a boy who could slip through the cracks of society. A drug addict with a bad past. Even the teachers at school have given up on him. Eugene, a boy who had it all. A girlfriend, a large friend group not to mention a set life with his decently wealthy family. But that didn't necessarily mean he was happy. Boys from different worlds meet by chance. In science. With a science teacher who really likes experimenting with fire. Things might get a bit heated.

Dawson is- most people who don't know him would say- as straight as they come. And senior year away from home promises to be a big year for him: no parents in sight, a whole new set of friends, he just seems to have it all. Not to mention that all the pretty girls of the very private Wharton High are dying to get a taste of the new talk of the school. If only he could get Adam Hamilton's eyes out of his head. * "He dislikes him so much he is annoyed by the mere sound of his breathing. He dislikes him so much that he can't bring himself to ignore him; that even the way his stupid glasses perfectly sit on his symmetrical nose exasperates him; and his ridiculously blue eyes that take different shades of blue based on his mood and now Dawson knows that apathy is the ocean whereas rage is a starless night sky. And his jawline looks like it was sculpted by the hands of Michelangelo, but he dislikes him so much he can't look at his face without feeling his cheeks flush in anger. Truth is, Dawson dislikes him because Hamilton did something that no other person- despite their best efforts- ever managed to do. He made him feel weak."