Wren Martin is socially awkward. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie. All she wants to do is keep a low profile, and graduate well enough to qualify for a college scholarship. But then a babysitting job leads her to cross paths with Asher Reed, Eastview Highʼs notorious athlete. When a field injury kickstarts his senior year, heʼs turning his free time and attention to Wren. And maybe she might not want to be invisible after all. ***** [Watty's Collector's Edition Winner] [TFA Runaway Prize Winner] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

❝𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐈 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔❞ 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲. 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐥' 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧. ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 - 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝐤+ 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: #1 𝘪𝘯 #𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺 #𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 *𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴*

Raine Kaliskaus' dreams of being a dancer were shattered by her parents. They sent her to a prestigious college for her first year, and all her hopes vanish. To top that, she's forced to sit next to Arrow Costales, an attractive, rude, know-it-all for the whole year. Assignments and forced study dates impells them both to grow closer, and have them falling more quickly than they wanted to.