Life's never been easy for Alice Springs. Best friends with the golden trio, when Alice finds herself falling for Draco Malfoy, the one person she should hate most, she finds her life tumbling apart. Alice finds herself faced with a decision she thought she'd never have to make. Her friends, or her love? With Voldemort on the rise, Alice soon finds herself struggling not only in her social life, but in a battle between her conscience and her heart. Life will never be the same again.

As the only daughter to one of the most powerful Mafia families, Shay has sought to figure out her own path despite the overbearing pressures from her Family. After a family dispute leads to Shay and her mother to go into hiding, Shay attends Elite academy--her own perfect Hell. With an incredibly awful (or ingenious) disguise, Shay's new identity is going well until Jacob Smith shows out of nowhere. Not only does he seem to know every right button to push, but he also seems to know everything about her. Shay's seemingly normal school life explodes with a new set of problems. Old and new enemies are coming for her and she needs to choose whether she will carry the Ricca name. Goodbye Nerd Disguise, hello old identity, old life, old friends, and new enemies. It's the Family business, where plotting someone's assassination is just part of the daily duty. (Unedited first draft) FYI title may be misleading at first.