*Editor's Picks January 2021 and Watty's Shortlist 2021* "And one more thing," I added. "We have a safeword." His eyebrows raised and I hit his shoulder gently. "Not that kind of safeword, you pervert!" I let out a deep breath. "Like, a word we can say when we're done," I explained. "We say it and there's no questions asked. We pretend to break up and walk away. Pretend this all never happened." *** Rory Kane had perfectly planned out her senior year. Great grades? Check. First high school party attended? Check. Getting asking out by her best friend's crush? Not exactly on her list. When Rory runs away from the high school quarterback, Will Porter's, attempts to ask her out, her idea of a quiet and tame year before going to university topples to the ground. Rory is known as the always-bubbly girl with a well of secrets behind her pretty face, but no one could ever imagine the lengths she would go to keep those secrets - AKA make a deal with the school's notorious man-whore and Will's best friend, Carter Grey, to fake date in order to get Will off of her back. As a romantic who's sworn off love, the idea seems simple enough to Rory. Hold hands, maybe a few public dates, and then a dramatic, messy breakup that gets her as far away from Carter Grey as possible and back into her comfort zone. Rory's used to telling what she calls "innocent little lies". So, really, what could possibly go wrong? STARTED APRIL 28TH, 2020 - FINISHED SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2020 Cover by @diwatera

New school. New friends. New boyfr- No! Strictly no boys allowed. After her breakup with her still-in-love-with-her ex, Alexandria is determined to try and start her life over and focus on school, without the stress of relationships. But, how will she cope when she suddenly realises that her feelings for the ex are harder to shake than she had imagined and new feelings for two other intruders of her heart are forming?

MATURE DO NOT READ IF YOUR UNDER 18 Dalia comes from a broken home, soft spoken and an academic, she's never been in the spot light. As a mystery student finally shows up to her high school 2 months into the school year, her whole world is shaken and she is dealt with her first love. Ashton is hiding a secret, his absence of two months has caused him to have mood swings, and hurt pretty much everyone around him. Letting Dalia in his life would be his biggest mistake, but temptation is proven to be hard to resist. Suspense and mystery combined with delinquent teen heartbreak, Dalia and Ashton's love story is only the beginning to an unexpected turn of events. Enjoy the first book in the series.

Set in the early 1960s. A white boy breaks rules to be with the girl he loves. No matter what the color of her skin

Jennifer Hills, is your typical high school student: pretty good grades, pretty cool friends; an all around okay life. Only one problem: Her locker is right next to Danny Sommers' , Gracefield High's newest trouble maker. And when a class project draws them closer, their lives begin clashing leaving the rest up in the air. "Danny Sommers.: Type D student. -D as in Douchebag -D as in Dipshit. -D as in DISAPPROVED." I mumbled, scribbling angrily into my journal as the ink smeared across the paper.