Star is an 8 year old girl who lives a life of turbulence and uncertainty. In her short life, she has been bounced between foster parents, each new family attaching a label onto her. "Aggressive" "Crazy" "Slow" are the most common. That is how she has fallen through the cracks of the system and lives in the worst of the worst. The people who foster for profit and a free punching bag. Because of this, she only assumes the worst in humanity and has lost all hope. However, that all changes one day when she meets a couple who change her life forever and show her the true meaning of a family. Rough Draft. Will be Edited once complete Start date: August 2021 End date:

The sound of silence is deafening. Avery Spencer; the seventeen year old girl raped and left on the beach the summer after her Junior year. Now a Senior and still recovering from the assault, the last thing Avery wants is to have her athletic brother drag one of his friends to live in their house while their parents disappear to another country for work for the next couple months. And with the constant reality of seeing her abuser every day at school, Avery must cope with the changes on her own. What she doesn't expect is to actually find a safety net in her brother's best friend, one that involves finally being able to open up about what happen. But with more than one person in fear of what might happen if it does, Avery is thrown into a chaotic mess of wrong and right, flashbacks, wayward support groups, and finding her safe haven in the place she least expects it.

#13 - teen fiction [26/09/19] Amara Hart is a teenage girl living with her abusive uncle. Her life was tragic, the only highlight being her friends and her librarian. When Justin Hazard came into the picture, her life changed drastically. He saves her from drowning in the pools of her own grief-but can he save himself too? ________ This story highlights different themes such as grief, trust and friendship. It gives an insight and awareness on abuse and how it can have it's effect on someone. #1 - grief #1 - opposite #1 - good #1 - tragiclovestory #1 - onlyyou

flicker (noun): a situation in which a light is sometimes bright and sometimes weak: the soft flicker of candlelight in which a girl with a harsh present becomes intrigued by a boy with a difficult past ~~~ Contains themes that are considered mature, read at your own risk. (For 15+) Trigger warning for anyone suffering with abuse, please read with caution and take care of yourself ❤️

After the tragic death of her mother, Skylar is forced to move in with her 5 older brother, who she has never met before. With the new wealth, loss of her mother, and separation from her best friend, Skylar is lost and doesn't understand her place in the world. With her dark past how will she ever recover and truly belong into this new family?

Hell's Reaper's MC book #1 Angel Smith, a trauma surgeon with a past to scare any grown man into hiding. Throughout her childhood she fights demons within herself, and day to day demons that didn't much care for hiding. The older she grows the more she settles into a mindless state of being. All that changes on one night working . After treating a man - that she doesn't know, a startling realization shocked more than just her, tearing her world apart once more. The demons she once thought to have been banished back into her imagination, come nipping at her heels like hell hounds. Is it so bad that all Angel wants to do is heal? After living in constant pain, she wants peace, is that so wrong? COPYRIGHT: © 2018-2019 Lillianne Young All Rights Reserved

She lay on her bed, blood seeping through her skin, a fractured rib. She knew there would be no doctor, no way for anyone to find out. She knew she would not be saved. From the outside, Isabelle Thompson had the perfect family. A protective brother, a hard-working father and a nurturing mother. Everyone knew who they were, and everyone knew they wouldn't kill a fly. But they had a secret, and big fat juicy one too. Isabelle was always quiet. She never spoke, she always wore dark clothing, and she had no friends. It was easier that way. No one would find out, no one knew her. Until a bright sparkle of Adam Black came fluttering into her life. Always remember: 'Stay hidden, and remain unseen.' - (Trigger Warning) All rights reserved to Elyse-ri © 2017 Completed Happy reading :)

Katherine Reynolds and Erik Jones couldn't be any more different. White/black, Upper class/lower class, sweet and innocent/dangerous and corrupt. Their lives should never cross paths. Their lives should be completely separate. They had no business knowing each other, other than the fact that they went to the same school. Even then, they had no correlations. They had no classes that were the same, they had no mutual friends, they had no reason to know each other. Somehow, their lives kept intertwining with one another and they found themselves slipping deeper and deeper into each other's life. Erik always thought that Katherine was nothing but a spoiled brat with a perfect life, but soon he found himself realizing that her life isn't as perfect as it seems. Katherine always thought that Erik was nothing more that the rumors that were spread about him: a dangerous guy with bad friends. Soon she realizes that he would do anything for his family, no matter what the cost. Can Katherine and Erik find a way to navigate their unlikely friendship or will they prove to be too different from each other. Will hate and intolerance win out or can love, acceptance, and understanding conquer all?

Dakota is just like every other 17 year old high school senior. Or that's what everyone thinks. Everyone sees Dakota as this funny, sarcastic, and caring girl. What people don't see is how much she is truly suffering inside. People don't know that the smile she always wears is completely fake. They don't know what's really going on at home. They don't see the bruises she has to cover up every morning. They don't see her having to step up to take care of her two younger siblings. She puts on a fake smile as soon as she walks through the school doors and slowly builds her walls up higher as each day goes on. She thinks no one will ever see past her facade...that is, until three new bad boys come strolling into town taking an automatic interest in Dakota. And one certain bad boy can read her like an open book. Will Dakota eventually let these three bad boys in? Or will she keep everything in until she finally reaches her breaking point? Warning: explicit language, violence, sexual assault, abuse, and sexual content ---------------------------- Highest Rankings: #1 Past #1 Underground #1 Abuse #1 Broken #1 Fighter #2 Boxer #1 hurt #2 sad

After her mother's and step fathers death, Evelyn must move in with her 7 older brothers who she had no idea existed. Will she be welcomed back with warm hugs? Or will she be pushed away and hurt? Will she ever open up? Or will she continue to be a hollow skeleton with a fake smile plastered on her face? "She doesn't belong here!" I heard yelling as I walked through the big wooden doors. "I don't give a rats ass! You will do well to stay in your place or I promise you I will end your shit. Right here."