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The Art of Letting Go by Veronique
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How can you retain someone that doesn't belong to you? But how could you let someone go when you know you're meant for each other? Sometimes the right person appears at the wrong time. And sometimes it is too late to get back the right person back. Learning to cope with that is learning the Art of Letting Go.
Proving Webster Wrong by TracyMichelle
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Chloe and Drew grew up together in the same small town as the two inseperable kids. As with all childhood friendships sometimes do they also grew apart, each taking their own seperate ways. It is the summer before their senior year of high school and Drew stops Chloe one Sunday after church with the news that he finally broke up with Crystal, the girlfriend that everyone always thought may have been a little to controling -- even abusive. After reconnecting both realize that they've each let their lives become defined by what they believed everyone saw them as: Chloe, the OCD drama geek; Drew, the pastor's son and Crystal's boyfriend. Then comes the plan, one they believed would be simple. They will challenge each other over the summer to shake off these definitions. What seems easy at first proves to one of the hardest things these two friends could ever take on. **This novel is complete but I have taken down the last half and will not be re-posting.**
December by youXfoundXme
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Aria Hansen and Carter Williams were in love. But after a pregnancy scare, Aria ended it, too immature and ambitious to handle a baby in her life. Leaving Carter broken hearted and confused, Aria moves to Boston to pursue a college career studying law. The years pass by and one day, Aria and Carter meet again. While Aria feels the sparks from their long-ago relationship, Carter feels nothing but animosity. Will Aria try and ignite a relationship with her previous lover? Or will she be too late?
Drown by farawayfromnowhere
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Caroline King's dad is gone. She's depressed. She's consumed in grief and guilt. She's drowning underneath it all. And then suddenly, she is very literally drowning in the ocean, and then she finds herself encouraging the water to keep abusing her, encouraging it to keep her down in the water. She's drowning and she's okay with it. Until her plan of drowning is foiled when a boy jumps into the sea and saves her. And he's got some secrets of his own, and he's not going to share those anytime soon. It's up to Caroline to figure those out all on her own.
Living with Noah Parker. by nish97_
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'The truth is, everybody in your life is going to hurt you at some point, you've just got to find those worth suffering for.' Meghan's life is far from normal. Her parents are dead, she has no family, her boyfriend's abusive and a series of unfortunate events have lead her to living with her number one enemy; Noah Parker. Noah, the sweetheart, with a winning smile and Meghan the wallflower once attached at the hip can't stand each other's presence anymore. Meghan's changed, she's built up walls and she hides behind a mask to numb herself of any feelings, when Noah realises she needs his help more than ever. But Meghan's a strong willed girl, she doesn't need help, she doesn't want help, she won't take help, she's so scarred from loosing the ones she loves she pushes away everybody because she thinks she'll get attached and they'll leave her too. Noah begins to realise, that naive, innocent girl he grew up with is still his best friend but as much as he tries he can't break down her walls, she keeps pushing him away but that doesn't stop him. He wants to make things right, he wants to help her, he wants to be a part of his best friends life again but when he begins unrevealing her secrets maybe it's time he took a step back.
Chronicles of the Anorexic, the Heroin User and the Sex Addict by JulieaChristine
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"Maybe if you focused on more than starving yourself, your boyfriend wouldn't be cheating on you with me." Three people living together become addicted to different drugs. While Maddi starves herself to the point of collapsing, her boyfriend Adam, shoots up heroin while sleeping with her best friend, a sex addict. As their own dramas escalate, each one is haunted by the demons of their past. The people around them know they need to get healthy, otherwise something horrible will happen to them. However, Adam, Maddi and Emma have no desire to leave their lifestyles, and each one becomes so intertwined, they are as addicted to each other as they are their own drug.
Lessons On Love by AubreyEatsHearts
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“I’m going to get straight to the point. I want you to make me fall in love with you.” Camila Jones is fearless. She’s also uncontrollably fierce and overly ambitious which tends to be a bad combination. When she unexpectedly fails an audition due to her inability to express love, she’s forced to reconsider something she swore she would never do when she was a kid – fall in love. But where is a seventeen year old supposed to find a guy to fall in love with? Turns out, it might be a lot simpler than she thought.
Late Summer Rain by AubreyEatsHearts
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It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.
The Guy Who Gave Up His Jersey by GladysVanessa
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For three years, Juliana has seen how her brother and his friends play the game. A game that every girl at Roosevelt High knows about. She has seen how her brother changes rankings and the color of his Letterman jacket. Each number represents every girl the members have ever slept with, and each color represents how close they are to that legendary black-and-grey Letterman. Juliana and her friends are the coaches, but Juliana holds the legendary Playbook. She has learned each and every move the players of the school use. She's become the master of the secrets these guys play. Juliana and her friends are the only girls that don't fall for their games. But what happens when Alejandro, one of the school legends, wants to have Juliana? Will her knowledge and skills of his games help her from falling for him? Or will Mr. Player have to give up his dignity to be with her?
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Finding Love in a Coffee Shop by JordanLynde
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Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.