There are a lot of things teens hide from adults, giving the illusion of being a kid is burden-free. How about I tell you, well show you, how that's all a bunch of crap. High school drama can be forgotten but there are some things you can remember. Marielle, a curvy mixed-race girl, daughter to affluent parents has been fat-shamed for years since her twin best friends moved away. Hiding it all from her parents, senior year is here and things are going crazy. The twins are back and they don't plan to have a quiet last year of high school. Bringing along with them, they gain new friends with their own kind of drama, catapulting each decision to bring change to the town they all live in. **** A little bit of a fluffy romance for my readers. Ranked #2 in Bullying Awareness #2 in Interracial Love Updated: 24/01/2019

mar·riage 1. the legal or formal union of two people as partners in a personal relationship. Marriage is an ancient ritual performed by two inseparable lovers who wish to be bound legally and spiritually for the rest of their lives. For most, marriage is the beginning of a blissful life full of love and happiness. For me, marriage is the end of my existence. For me, marriage is the end of my cherished innocence. My name is Valentina D'Angelo. I'm 18 years old. And I'm being forced to a man I neither know or love. A man that is championed in our world for being a ruthless, cold-hearted monster. A man who is the son of one of my family's greatest rivals. Alexander "The Butcher" Cavanaugh. Our union is purely for the notion of strengthening both our families in order to protect ourselves against a greater evil. My parents say this marriage is my duty as a mafia princess. But I'm almost certain this marriage will be my destruction. [18+ Mature Audiences Only]

Perfect Illusion is the FIRST book in the Perfect series, followed by the soon-to-be released film PERFECT ADDICTION. Published as an ebook/ on kindle ***** When college student Alex Woods agrees to a fake engagement plot to save her parents' company from bankruptcy, the last thing she expects is to fall for the illusion herself. ***** Alex Woods thinks college will be a fresh start, but when her parents announce their business has gone bankrupt, all of her plans come crashing down. The company has been saved by a wealthy business owner, but it comes with a condition: Alex has to pretend to be engaged to his son, Daniel, for the next 3 years. Daniel Kerrington is 100% swoonworthy, but Alex knows that beneath those killer good looks is a poisonous personality, and Daniel has made it clear the hatred is mutual. Though they've been thrown together with the person they each loathe the most, Alex and Daniel have to make their engagement believable. And as it turns out, the line between love and hate really is very, very thin. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Ren T Book 1 of the Perfect series