[PREVIOUSLY THE GIRL BEHIND HER SMILE] Book 1 of the lost series _ _ _ He swallows, taking a small step forwards towards me, "I know it's really hard to believe my words right now. But I would never intentionaly hurt you like I did. I keep my promises, and I uphold them as much as I can. And I meant every word of my apology Eliza, back then at the rink, and now at your door." "Your apology can't change the past, it can't heal the wounds you made." I reply quietly. "No, but time can. And I am going to do every fucking thing I can to prove to you how much I meant what I said." "It's a waste of time." "Not mine," He lets a singular heartbeat pass before continuing, "I think you're worth every second of it." _ _ _ Eliza Hayashi - A 16 year old girl who is dealing with the recent loss of her father, and the tribulations that come with grief. Her heart is always heavy but she never falters to hide the weight it carries, smiling and pretending has become the new normal for her. Jasper Hastings - A transfer student, who seems to have the entire school wrapped around his fingers, with money, power and influence, this 17 year old can get away with everything. Harbouring secrets, and an entirely different persona under his aloof smile, he chooses Eliza to becomes new muse. Angered by her distaste towards him, her pain becomes his goal - until it doesn't With secrets impending in every hallway, and rivalry between the people she loves, follow Eliza as she unveils the truth about herself and her family - and discover how she deals with her conflicting feelings towards the one boy her twin despises. _ _ _ - the first few chapters are a teeny bit cringe, but my writing does develop as the story progresses :) - I will come back once I've finished the story to re-edit and improve earlier chapters! _ _ _ creds to canva for the cover :) _ _ _ RANKS: #1 - DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY - 31/03/2023 #8 - DYSFUNCTIONAL - 11/11/2023 #3 - DYSFUNCTIONAL - 22/07/2023

Sixteen-year-old Summer Willows is used to being invisible. Sheltered, homeschooled, and struggling with her own body image, she keeps to herself-until Alexey Mikhailov, her brother's reckless best friend, starts showing up more often. Alexey is everything Summer isn't: popular, bold, and unafraid to fight back. Summer knows she should keep her distance, but Alexey sees through her guarded walls, pulling her into a world of danger, desire, and heartbreak. As their worlds collide, Summer discovers that sometimes, the people who seem the most put together are the ones hiding the deepest scars. tw - bulimia, body dysmorphia, harmful comments

Tropes: Arranged Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, Forced Proximity, He falls first and Harder, Tragic Past, Mafia Romance, Dark Fairytale 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 https://pin.it/56uSExE 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 Gilded Lily - Cults Love Story - Indila Family Line - Conan Gray The other side - Ruelle Love in the Dark - Adele Diamonds - Rhianna My Blood - Ellie Goulding Lovely - Billie Eilish and Khalid Dynasty - Miia Somewhere Only We Know - Keane Cardigan - Taylor Swift Another Love - Tom Odell 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑫𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒂 Though she was infamous for being the most ruthless assassin in the underworld, she was seen as replaceable, insignificant and an eyesore from her parents. She thought she was unloveable, and undeserving of love. Until she met him 𝑳𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 He was the next leader of the American Mafia. He had power, authority and tremendous amount of wealth. Being brought up by a loving family, he found great importance in protecting and loving his family but when he is thrown into an arranged marriage for convenience, he imagined it to be loveless. But he was so very wrong.

Everyone sees Carmen as a strong girl with a bold personality, but sometimes it's those that laugh the hardest who have the biggest secrets and choose to suffer in silence. Carmen unexpectedly finds herself a babysitting job for a little girl named Grace Miller, she's mute and shy unlike her brother Carter who just so happens to be high schools man whore. What happens when he comes across Carmen and is the first to discover what shes been hiding. Started: 11 March 2022 Finished: 2 May 2022 Book 1/2

Book 1 of The Fly Series . . . Ten years ago, Elena Summer's life crashed on a rain-slick road. Her mother didn't make it out, nor did her memories. Now, she's coming back to Cadford, the town her family fled overnight, the one that feels too familiar for a place she can't remember. Everyone here seems to know her story. Everyone but her. Then there's Justin Castor, Cadford's most notorious enigma. Beautiful. Brilliant. Brutal. He doesn't believe in redemption, and she doesn't believe in coincidences. Yet somehow, their paths keep colliding like fate has unfinished business. As fragments of Elena's past start resurfacing, she begins to realize the truth isn't lost, it's just been buried. And Justin might be the only one who knows why. In Cadford, every story bleeds into a secret. Every mystery untangles the past. But the past is never meant to be revisited. A dark, slow-burning story about love, loss, rage, and the monsters that grief can create. Welcome to the world of Firefly! 𓆤 Trigger Warnings: PTSD | Trauma | Abusive Language | Violence This story contains Mature Sex Scenes

* IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EDITED/UPDATED * Madison has dealt with abuse and heart ache her whole life thinking that it was what she deserved. First her parents then her boyfriend. When her older brother left for college on bad terms with their parents things started to get worse. Her older brother never knew of the way their parents treated her, not even after the car accident that ended their parents' lives and left Madison scarred. Three years later and two years into an abusive relationship with her boyfriend an acceptance letter that will change Madison's entire life arrives in the mail. Madison gives her brother a call for the first time since their parent's funeral. When her brother tells her to come stay with him she never thought this one phone call would change her life forever and new friends would be waiting as well as her brother's asshole best friend.

Gianna Rostova, an aspiring nurse finds herself in a forced marriage with the heir of the strongest mafia in Italy. Matteo Moretti. A cold man with only one goal of taking control of his fathers mafia once it was his time, previously informed that there is a mole amongst them, a mole that may have been linked to Giannas father, Anton, he would be damned if he let someone ruin what he took years to build. ~~~ "You were using me." I continued. "Is that why you didn't say I love you back that night? You knew you didn't mean it!" I say, the pieces starting to come together. His hands gripped the doorframe, his knuckles were turning white. "No, that's not true-" Tears began to roll down my cheeks. "Is it?" my tears turn into sobbing. ~~~

Student paediatric nurse Olivia Martin radiates warmth and positivity, her heart loves until it can't take anymore. Student paediatric doctor Archer Spring exudes sarcasm and coldness, he makes people shiver in the halls when he passes them. When an innocent lie gets out of control out, they have to pretend to be engaged for a few weeks.

𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ‼️Be aware that this is my very first book. Probably has a lot of mistakes and it's very short‼️ The one who was supposed to kill her, was the one who had to keep her safe. Azail. Trained assassin. Born to kill. Mila. Sweet. Kind. Kept away from the outside world. Azail's world is turned upside down, when he's assigned to kill Mila. The girl he madly falls in love with. Highest rankings: #1 in assignment #1 in sweet girl #9 in age gap #9 in goodgirl #24 in badboy #3 in bodyguard #7 in short story #5 in sadending

𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬/𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ••••••••••••••••••••• 𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐞 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝. A 24 years old hard working secretary that always likes to keep things to herself and avoid trouble. She has been working for the same company for three years and in all that time, she has been ignored by her boss. And that's how she liked it to be. 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐞. A 36 years old successful and powerful CEO that would rather be at work than anywhere else. Aimee never expected that things between her and her grumpy boss would soon start to change. And this time she will have to figure out her feelings for Mr. Hyde. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You still haven't asked me to be your girlfriend." "I don't want you to be just my girlfriend. I want you to be my EVERYTHING." Highest rankings: #1 in officeromance #1 in sunshine #1 in sweet girl #2 in billionaire #1 in boss #2 in rich #1 in grumpy #2 in ceo #3 in workplace #8 in employee #1 in foryou #1 in assistant #3 in romance #1 in sweet romance #2 in agegap #1 in cute love #3 in sweet #2 in business #1 in cute