Copyright © 2012 Liv Wilde witnessed the murder of her parents when she was only eight years old. Now nine years later, sixteen turning seventeen, deadly as a weapon, has vowed to take an eye for an eye against the man who ruined her life. Apart from her training, she does what she can to send her genius of a younger brother to the top school in New York and provide to his every needs, even if that means getting involved with the mafia. Not only is she struggling with the burden of having watched her parents murdered, watching the man walk away free, but is also struggling with trust and insecurity issues. But to live, she puts her feelings aside and at the end of every day there is only one question she asks herself: "Am i ready?" Will she finally get her revenge on the man who destroyed her child hood? Will she finally let herself fall in love? Will she make it out alive?

Allison Warner was head over heels in love with her ambitious sport journalist boyfriend, Eric Denton and couldn't picture life without him. But what happens when she is suddenly faced with the reality that she might have to do just that? All Eric ever wanted was to be a sports anchor for Sport Inc. But to get closer to his dream meant moving to New York on the other side of the country, away from the woman he loves. Torn between love and his dream, Eric chooses the latter, leaving a shattered Allison behind. 8 years later Eric returns to his home town only to find that Allison is a single mother to a seven year old that looks exactly like him. This time Eric is faced with the same dilemma, choosing between the woman he always loved and the daughter who quickly stole his heart, or the career he's always wanted. Will he choose his career or realise that there are something more important before it's too late?

A Watty Award winner. Hazel is determined to leave the orphanage, but why would anyone want to adopt a seventeen year old? Her only hope is to go through with the plan that only she can do. But what if that plan included betraying the most influential people in their country? Hazel has to choose between what she knows is right and her selfish wants. When Astra puts the plan into full swing, who will Hazel choose? On the sunny beach of Wake Summer Island, Hazel stands in between the De Zilva family and the paradise she has always wanted. Hazel has to figure out what she wants more, freedom or the caring family that she has grown to love. Who will she choose? Read on to find out!

Victoria and Alexis lost their parents from a horrible murder when they were only twelve years old, leaving them with no one, until a man named Tom took them in a year later. But he's not just any ordinary person. He works for an agency of assassins and taking the twins in with him, he trains them to kill. What can be better than them killing convicts? Avenging their parents. While on this path they find humor, adventure, love, and a new meaning of life.

Fast, Furious, and... On the Run?

As a child there's just you, your parents and your friends. Unfortunately, it wasn't the case for the little orphan Astrid. After years of dreaming for the perfect parents for her and her twin brother, she spent a short time in paradise with her adopted parents until she was taken to Russia to be trained as the best assassin in the world. Much to her captor's disappointment, even the best assassin has to go home sometimes.

Faith is happy living her life, her and her best friend decided awhile back to start an all girl gang because they were tired of guys thinking they can do whatever they want to girl's. What happens when someone shows up and changes how she looks at love and life?

| SAMPLE ONLY; READ IT NOW ON GALATEA | ❝He's the boy she left behind. She's the girl he let go.❞ ➵ Before she became one of music's biggest up-and-coming artists, Evelyn "Evie" Chase was a nobody at the bottom of the Roosevelt High School food chain with only a handful of friends. Her best friend (and longtime crush)--popular jock, Adam Fields--was her polar opposite, but despite their differences, their bond was as strong as they come. That is, until one day-- one mistake--changed the course of their friendship forever, and the once inseparable duo never spoke again. Fast forward three years, and everything's changed. Evie has the world at her feet, now out in L.A. living her dream as a seventeen-year-old popstar-- leaving the town, the boy who broke her heart, and those who'd made high school unbearable behind. Meanwhile, Adam--at Roosevelt finishing off senior year and still the school (and town's) beloved "golden boy"--is trying his hardest to let go of the past and the girl he let get away. And it's going well, the two of them living their separate lives. Until Evie's back. Suddenly, seventeen and senior year just got a lot more interesting.

Chris and Holly's relationship is finally perfect. With no gangs to harass them, the only thing they have to worry about it keeping their relationship a secret from the student body and faculty at school. Simple enough. Except when have things ever been that simple for these two? Cue in the appearance of two new students and new troubles. The new girl isn't who she seems and the new boy seems to have a thing for Holly. And Chris. Meanwhile Chris is finding it harder and harder to stay away from Holly in school. Keeping their relationship a secret suddenly becomes ten times harder. And to top it all off, Jeremy has a big surprise for every one.

Kierra Johnson has been a tomboy all her life. She has been buddies with Carl, Jack, Ben and Jason since high school and secretly had a crush on Carl. Carl has asked her to change her image to help him to get to a girl of his dream by pretending to be his girlfriend for the whole summer. What will happen when Kierra change her image and become a complete woman, will Carl continue to chase his dream girl or does he start having second thoughts?