❝Only three things are infinite: the universe, human stupidity, and my hate for Damon Salvatore; and I'm not even sure about the universe.❞ In 1864, Clara Forbes, daughter of Sheriff William Forbes, was engaged to the eccentric Damon Salvatore. They were deeply and recklessly in love, regardless of the consequences and not caring that their fathers were ashamed of them. In 1864, Katherine Pierce arrived at Mystic Falls. Mysteriously, Clara died. More than one hundred years later, Clara Forbes returns to Mystic Falls, and she's not ready for what the town she once called home will throw at her. One of those things is finding out that Damon Salvatore is still alive. OC x THE VAMPIRE DIARIES S2 - S3 BOOK ONE OF THE CLARA FORBES TRILOGY THIS STORY IS NOT EDITED.

Author: Margaret Peterson | Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows-does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

What happens when you fall? You break. Finally an author, Ava Brooks, is excited to write the perfect love story she has been searching for... but what happens when one day the love interest suddenly vanishes? After a six-month sabbatical, Ava hopes this new chapter will be filled with happy memories and thrilling adventures. In an unexpected plot twist, she meets Jason Finnegan-Hart, a cynical man with an air of alluring playfulness and distaste for love. With a promise of heartbreak if she dares to fall in love with him, the two set off on an unlikely friendship; riddled with unspoken truths and harsh realities that lead Ava to face the ghosts from her past. Follow along as we start at the end, with a heartbroken Ava as she tells the story of how she fell for heartbreak.