Hockey player extraordinaire Cameron Beckett not only has to deal with the pressures of making it into the NHL and graduating high school, but also figuring out his feelings for the boy next door. ***** Cameron Beckett is the ace and co-captain of his hockey team, but he's failing his math class so badly that his coach threatens to bench him if he doesn't improve his grades. He turns to Sam, his neighbor, only to start developing feelings for him that he's not ready to confront. Cameron pulls away, afraid that his sexuality will cost him any chance of being drafted into the NHL. But when Sam needs him the most, Cameron can't be there for him, making him question whether his fear of coming out is actually holding him back.

"If you could see your demons for what they are, you'd never let them anywhere near you. " Avery Payne is completely disgusted with her body. She'll do anything to be skinny like all the other girls at school - no matter the cost. What happens when exercising becomes dieting, and dieting turns into the deadly Anorexia? Avery is about to find that Anorexia, Bulimia, Depression, Suicide, and Anxiety are demons, quite literally. What if you could see these illnesses for what they were? What would they say to you? More importantly, what would you say back? Can Avery defeat Ana, or will it claim her life? [The Fighter's Series: Book 3] Highest Rank: #4 in Short Story (A/N: It is not necessary to read the other books in order to understand this one)

Chris has had more relationships than she can count on both hands, and both feet, and frankly, she doesn't believe in the widely worshipped concept of "love." A summer getaway with her brother was supposed to be the solution to her love problem, but in the end, it just made things worse.

His name is Jason Adams. Her name is Jennifer Devin. If you put them in the same room — you’ll have a world of hell. Life hasn’t been the greatest to 16 year old Jason Adams. He has a lot of issues in his life, and even though he isn’t quite an adult yet, those issues left him on the streets. In other words, he’s homeless. But one night while driving home, 15 year old Jennifer Devin, and her mother spot the young man on the side of the road, holding a sign that no one wants to see a person at such a young age holding. Jennifer’s mother is outraged at the sight and takes the extreme risk of welcoming him into their home. Or more like, only Jennifer's mother welcomes him. Jennifer finds Jason annoying and somewhat obnoxious while she silently questions his past and predicts his not-so-good future. But what happens when she gets a little time to know him? Drama, love, tears, violence, regrets, fights, and so much more plus the world's weight are all on Jennifer Devin's shoulders when Jason comes into her life. Can she keep up with her very hectic and high demanding life or will she fall through the cracks and lose everything she has worked so hard for? Will she have to give up her dream of being a professional dancer or can Jason somehow help her? And even though Jason has practically started over his life, will his past come back to haunt him? And when it does, will Jennifer get involved? His name is Jason Adams. His Secret — you don’t want to know.

the road trip of a lifetime. [ cover by blissom / trailer by blissom ] [ started march 30th, 2013 - ended february 18, 2015 © paulina r. all rights reserved ]

"I'm distracted from the boy I've bumped into when the world around me begins to change. The grey and white I've seen ever since I was born into this world slowly begin to bleed away, like rain drops sliding down a car window, being replaced with bright, bright pigments. They cover everything, bring to life the world around me. The gravel underneath my feet is no longer a dull grey, the sky is no longer white, the bricks of the buildings no longer black. They're different, beautiful, bright, extraordinary, breathtaking. Colors, I realize. These are colors." x Natalie Grayson has lived her whole life in black and white. She's been waiting to meet her other half- her soulmate- who will make both of their worlds burst in color. It's what she's been dreaming of ever since she was little. She wants to know what color is, how it feels, what it looks like, if it's really as amazing as everyone claims it to be. On her seventeenth birthday, while walking back home through a sketchy part of town, she bumps into a stranger. Before she can even apologize, the last thing she expected happens: the black and white of her world begins to bleed away and is replaced with something else. Colors. When she looks up, Natalie isn't expecting to lock eyes with a rebel. But she does. She also doesn't expect him to run away. But he does.

When Corinna Evans' mother is sent to prison, Corinna has nowhere else to go so she moves back in with her father and his family. Determined to make it through these last few months of school, she only wants to keep a low profile and get by but someone keeps getting in her way. Tyler Flynn has been best friends with Corinna's brother forever and she's never liked him. What happens when her feelings start to change? And will her family ever forgive her for her past?

Normal is... Jade has no clue. When her mother dies and she moves in with her father, she feels like she's entered a different world. Used the threatening situations and secret identities, Jade is surprised to find that normal life might be the biggest challenge she's ever faced.

They Said It Was An Accident... Sawyer Dodd is a star athlete, a straight-A student, and the envy of every other girl who wants to date Kevin Anderson. When Kevin dies in a tragic car crash, Sawyer is stunned. Then she opens her locker to find a note: You're welcome. Someone saw what he did to her. Someone knows that Sawyer and Kevin weren't the perfect couple they seemed to be. And that someone—a killer—is now shadowing Sawyer's every move... "What a ride! Full of twists and turns—including an ending you won't see coming!"—April Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die I will be posting new chapters of Truly Madly Deadly every WEDNESDAY as a run-up to the release of my brand new thriller See Jane Run (JAN 2014). Enjoy!

Nathan's life is ruined with school, working his bum off, hiding TONS of secrets, and simply surviving. Ryder's life is amazing with soccer, friends, being awesome, avoiding his mom's annoying plots at setting him up. Nathan doesn't need any more trouble. Too bad when he meets Ryder, trouble is all he gets. I suck at descriptions and…well…writing overall. BUT TRY IT OUT! the HOT scenes will be later-ish in the books, hehe :P (WARNING: BOYXBOY. NO LIKEY MY NATEY? GET DA FLUCK OFF MY STORY!) (OH, PSSSS!!! DON'T JUDGE BOOKS BY IT'S COVER >:O IT'S RUDE!!!!) (DOUBLE PSSSSSSSSSS!!!! IF CLICKED ON THIS, JOIN THE "CITY" FAMILY!!!!!) (ask me about that later…)