After the death of both of her parents, Bella is left to the care of supposed friends of the family. But the longer she stays in their home, the more sinister events become. Family secrets leave her locked behind closed doors, both literally and metaphorically. And her one long-time ally has suddenly turned against her, no longer willing to stand between Bella and her abusive foster father.Plagued by the memories of her mother's death and remembrances of the kind young doctor who, while caring for her mother in her last days, gently removed eight-year-old Bella from her dead mother's arms on the worst morning of Bella's life, she misses the love of her parents, especially after being blamed for the death of her foster mother and the crippling injuries of her foster father. Now all of the people she has loved are now dead...except one. But he now callously joins in her abuse, seeming to take pleasure from her pain. Pinned within the four walls of her small bedroom, Bella yearns to flutter freely, to live a real life once again. Will she ever be rescued from her abusers?

Girl with a fear of relationships. And the weirdest family ever. Libby Collins, 18, is a carefree gal from the streets of North London with a very embarrasing family. She's having a laugh with her life, caring no rules and changing shags like socks. Then she meets this certain blue-eyed lad from One Direction who is a perfect boyfriend-material - not exactly Libby's type... But when two people find each other's attractive in a very different ways, everything's worth a shot and both of them can learn from each other?

Warm blood slid down her cheek as she stumbled towards Garrett. Her whole body was numb, and she curled up next to him, desperately trying to keep him warm. She wrapped her arm around him and felt blood seeping through his shirt. She began sobbing, warm tears falling down her face. She couldn't breathe or speak. She barely felt Garrett bring his freezing hand up to her face, wiping away the tears. "Shhhh..." he said. "If we're going to die here, we'll die together." She tried to quiet her sobs and laid her head on is chest, ready to give in to the overwhelming pain, when she heard a loud crack behind her. -Excerpt from "Love Me Not"

I had thought this living arrangement would be simple: one girl, two boys, living together but leading separate lives. I'd vastly underestimated how easily and rapidly those lives could fuse together. I felt nauseous and torn apart, my body standing on a fuzzy carpet floor, my heart reaching for the kind of love I knew I'd never had, my mind screaming somewhere in between. Maybe I didn't know what I was getting into.

Marley Fletcher is half of a person: stuck in a mindless, indefinite cycle of pleasant friends, obeyed rules, and whispered words of forced contentment, she’s trapped by what’s missing. Senior year of high school brings no more than another smattering of new teachers and Friday nights with old friends at the local movie theater. But Marley longs for something to complete her, to fill her dreamy innocence with passion and fervor. She wants someone to live for. She finds someone who makes her want to die. Selfish, cruel, and impatient, Jude Sinclair has not only cut off his ties to compassion and sympathy, he has torched the ropes with flames and laughed as they burned to ashes. Jude is an integral member of the underground, modern scope of organized crime—the infamous “Mob.” Despite his lack of Italian heritage, he has risen to the peak of his bloody career at only 24 years old: the deaths of hundreds linger at his fingertips, and it seems not one has left an ounce of regret on his indecent conscience. Jude doesn’t know what it is about Marley: a naïve, childish little high school girl with self-esteem depleting faster than the ozone layer. For the sake of a bet and a game he doesn’t quite understand, Jude grows determined to “break” her, to destroy her stubborn resistance until she surrenders to him, and then to abandon her. After all, Jude Sinclair can do anything to anyone. He can leave her shattered.

Harmony Brown is deaf. She wasn't always deaf, but four years ago she was overcame by an illness that took her hearing. Harmony didn't only lose her ability to hear, but her passion for music, especially the violin. However, with a demanding best friend, before she realizes it she's off to New York and with a stroke of unfortunate luck she meets the band members of a boy band called One Direction. Not only does she start to change her view on being deaf entirely, but a certain band member makes her open her life to something new, love and hope. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Filled with heartache, frustration and joy, you'll yearn for Harmony to just listen.

It's been a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and a year after the death of George Weasley's best friend and twin brother, Fred. The death of Fred has changed George, he puts on a smile for his family, but they all know that he is no longer the George they once knew and joked around with. George may never ever be the same prankster he once was with the lost of his brother, not to mention he swears he can hears Fred's voice every so often. But maybe with the help of a certain sharp-tongued, flat-chested, stubborn as a mule Muggle-who swears she can see dead people and can talk to her small black furry companion. Just maybe George can return back to the normal, fun, prankster pulling red-headed charmer he once was. Even if Fred is gone.

Sixth-year Slytherin, Alice Rhowen, is, along with her boyfriend Draco Malfoy, the most powerful Slytherin student. She's the outcast of a family full of Gryffindors. When Draco and his family invite her to their house for Christmas break, her life is never the same.

Isabelle Fairheart, James Potter, Fred Weasley and Dominique Weasley are in their sixth year at Hogwarts and, as usual, are wreaking havoc. This year, in the form of a Bucket List.

its hard being the secret best friend of the next king, for Tess and James their friendship spanning twelve years changes when Tess comes back from the boarding school she attended for three years, to see James as no longer a boy but a man. Causing her to ask herself is it possible to be best friends with a future king, and an even more impossible question is it possible to love him too.