After an incident three months ago and her parent's divorce, Reina Caverly finds a way to cope: cutting herself. Her mother's a workaholic, her sister is an out of control teenage girl, and her dad disappeared from the face of the planet. She can't even tell her two best friends, Joshua and Megan, about her problems. Then she meets young and mysterious Calvin Young about to commit suicide by jumping from her school's rooftop which surprised Reina. He's rich; he's handsome for his age, and does well at school, so why? Why would someone who has everything want to kill himself? Everyone has a dark secret, even Calvin who seems to have the world. Can Reina and Calvin learn to speak up about their issues? Can they find their reasons to live? ______ "One day you'll leave me. You don't want a girl with a rape story," I said as I desperately tried to stop my sobs and hiccups. "You deserve someone who is prettier and more stable then me." "Mon ange ," he whispered to me lightly as he held my tear-stained face. I looked at him and my breath shortened as I met his intense look. "I don't want anyone else," he said, "because I just want you." ______ WARNING: Story contains rape, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.

Rule number two is no dating hockey players, so when Lorelei Martin finds herself entangled with one to get her ex to stay away from her she starts questioning everything. She isn't in a position to fall in love anyway, not after what happened to her last summer. Charles Harrison is smitten. He's never been this in love. This means when he and Lorelei finally become a little more than friends, he does anything he can to keep her... if only he'd known what that meant for him. Breaking rule number two isn't going to be the worse thing they have to deal with, not when one of them has a secret and the other is in way over their head. Duel POV | Coming Of Age | Fake Dating | Golden Retriever Boyfriend Imagine: The Best Of Me by Nicholas Sparks meets The Deal by Elle Kennedy. This is only the first 7 chapters of the book, as the entire thing will be released on Amazon November 12th. ***This book has not been professionally edited yet, so please excuse any spelling or grammatical errors***

Heath and Teagan only agree on one thing: they don't want to be in a relationship. Teagan, who is busy finishing her law degree, needs a break from the stress of living up to her parents' expectations. Heath is following his passion and starting his career as a physical therapist, but his family's drama is tearing his life apart behind the scenes. As members of the same friend group, Heath and Teagan will be around each other plenty during wedding season, whether they like it or not. With no time or desire to date, the two come to an agreement: pre-scheduled hookups through the summer or until something real comes along. A situational relationship, otherwise known as a situationship. Their arrangement seems perfect. If their past doesn't come back to bite them.