Claire was never the girl that got the happily ever after. Instead, she was the one standing in the sidelines, whose only scenes consisted of her being a major bitch. And when you're stuck in a plot line that doesn't allow you to be anything but the bad guy, the only way to get a happy ending is to STEAL one. [Highest Ranking: #43 Humor] ©2014 by BubblegumAndInsomnia, All rights reserved.

(Cover by: lverlaine) (Warning: Sexual Content) Samara Lane has lusted after her neighbor since the day he moved in directly next door. He's quiet, gorgeous, and dangerously close to worming his way into her heart with just the few smiles he'd given her. And he seems to be the only one that isn't aware of the incident that ended with her father's death two years ago. After just one date with Colton Frost, though, Samara becomes suddenly aware that he may just be more man than she could ever hope to handle. But when secrets are revealed and the lies surrounding her start to unravel, Samara could lose not only her heart but her life, as well.

Rachel Ann Walker is broken. After her mother died in a tragic car crash on her 7th birthday, nothing was the same. Her father becomes a monster and she becomes numb- an empty shell. But when her English teacher assigns them pen pals from Afghanistan, will she learn how to love again? Or will her already broken heart become crushed at the hands of another?

Bonnie Anne West just came back to Riverside High and nothing's easy after what happened to her parents almost a year ago. She's more scared than before, now that she feels alone and doesn't know who's being honest to her. But the worse is just coming. Bon finds out something really bad, and she wants revenge. But she needs help from her friends, the problem is... who should she trust in? Should she even trust anyone?

When the divorce rate in the United States reached over 70%, resulting in broken homes, and a nation-wide increase of depression, suicides, crime rates, and high school or college dropouts, dramatic steps needed to be taken. With most romantic relationships already beginning online due to loneliness, low self-esteem and social insecurities, the government chose to take it one step further by setting up the Department of Matchmaking (DoM) and outlawing divorce. It started with only a percentage of the population. However, after a little more than a decade, it quickly became clear that though the workers at the DoM didn't always get things perfectly right, the overall happiness and stability of society increased due to their efforts. The DoM was quickly given nation-wide jurisdiction, resulting in all marriages needing to be initiated by the DoM. On November 14, 2148 Chloe Marie Elles wakes up on her 26th birthday momentarily forgetting that it isn't a day like any other. That is, until she looks at her calendar. November 14, 2148 was the day that Chloe would be introduced to workers at Heart from the Start, the local DoM office. At 26 years old, Chloe isn't sure if she's ready to begin the journey of settling down. She isn't sure if she's ready to fully share her life someone. She isn't sure if she's ready to reveal all of her insecurities, passions, fears, and secrets. But, that doesn't matter because she doesn't really have a choice and she won't get to meet her husband until she makes it to the end of the aisle and her veil is raised. *I've decided to wait on continuing to post this story. I have a general sense of where I want it to go, but I haven't planned, drafted, revised, edited, etc. Because of this, I will not continue posting until I have the entire story complete. Sorry if this bugs any of the few people that have read the two chapters I've written so far.*

Elizabeth has everything; the music career, fame, loyal fans, friends, sanity. Then he appears, a figment of her imagination, no one can see him but he insists that he is real. Like any normal person plummeted into this situation, Elizabeth thinks she's going crazy, she swiftly checks herself into a mental rehabilitation so she can get her life back. Yet still, her life begins to crumble around her, everything tearing at the seams and Lizzie still adamantly clutches desperately at the things that matter to her the most. Like that isn't enough for him he still continues to haunt her, everywhere she goes, whoever she is with, he is there lurking in some dark corner. Elizabeth can not bring herself to believe him, leaving her reeling in confusion and frustrated not only at him but most of all, at herself. The only way to get rid of this apparition, is if Elizabeth does what he wants but he only wants one thing from her. Will she do it? Can she do it? But Scarlett Evans, her best friend is not as oblivious as everyone else who shuns Elizabeth, thinking she has the severe case of the crazies. She's not blind. She can see.

When her father dies in a sudden bombing, Opal Hunt devotes herself to the task he left behind: finding the lost Library of Alexandria. Her quest takes her to the ruins in Alexandria, to the dens of pirates and spies, into the corrupt glittering streets of the Imperial City and beyond. As the journey unfolds, so do the secrets her father kept in his life: an affair with the Imperial Princess, a son exiled, and a throng of connections to an underworld with a tenuous circle of trust. This young adult novel blends dystopian fiction with ancient Roman influences in a fast-paced read that questions who should be the keepers of knowledge and asks how well we can ever know the people we love.

A devastating blast destroys civilization as Beatrice knows it, forcing her to face an entirely new kind of life. But life after the blast has more wonder and hope in it than she imagined. ***** After a series of atomic blasts force Beatrice Hicks and her family into their prepper bunker, they emerge to discover they are among the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse. Soon they find themselves clashing with rogue groups and contending with death in their quest to survive and build a new life in this daunting world. Amidst it all, Beatrice must fight to maintain her humanity, so that she can learn to see the beauty in her life after the blast and even find love where she least expects it. 2014 Watty Award Winner! Content Warning: death, gun violence, and assault

Arden moves to Louisiana after her mom claims "she wants to be closer to family" She meets a really cute guy named David and she starts to think that moving wasn't so bad until she finds out the real reason they moved and what her family and even the people she has grown close to have been hiding. {this book contains mature content.}