Madeline Winters. When people hear that name whispered in the halls of McGregor high school, they think one of two things: a quiet and somewhat awkward girl to pick on, or nothing at all. What no one realizes is that they're tearing her down with each hurtful remark. Cue Asher King moving into the school, acting as his surname immediately upon entering. With his tattoos, cigarettes and rough attitude, he's anyone but someone you would want to befriend. However, he also takes an interest in her that no one else ever has from the first glimpse into her empty eyes. What he doesn't realize is just how much of a shell she's become. *deals with eating disorders #1 on mental illness - 1/26/20, 7/8/20, 12/21/21 #1 on boy - 2/12/20, 1/4/23 #2 on bully - 4/1/20 #1 on high school - 7/6/20 #1 on sad - 8/16/20 #2 on sad - 11/5/21 #1 on funny - 8/18/20, 1/25/23 #1 on ed - 11/30/20, 12/19/20, 3/25/21 #2 on girl - 12/22/20, 11/30/22 #2 on acceptance - 1/7/21 #1 on abuse - 4/11/21 #2 on teen - 5/21/22 Completed November 1, 2021

𝙵𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜-𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛-𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚜 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆ ╰┈➤ "You're just mad because you have to deal with me," I whispered, the words slipping out before I could stop them. "You have to be responsible for me. I'm just a burden." Cole's voice was quiet but firm coming from next to me. "Flo, that's not true. You're not a burden. We're just... worried about you. This isn't who you are." I could feel his eyes on me, searching for a connection, something to make me see reason, but all I felt was anger bubbling up inside me. "Yeah, well... I'm sorry for that," I said, my voice wavering. "Maybe you'd all be better off without me." Book 1: The Edge of Family ✔️ Book 2: Back from the Edge

Alice, a 17 year old girl, is the youngest daughter in the Millers family; along side her twin brother Nolan. Growing up Aly's mom Fiona had a beautiful best friend named Laura. Laura and Fiona both had children close in age which brought both families together. Ivan, the youngest son in the Murphy family, was the closest friend Aly had growing up. They would have sleepovers, ride bikes down to the nearest pond, go shopping with their moms, and hang out almost every weekend. That's not until Alys mom passed away from a stroke causing everyone in both families to spiral. Aly was only 10 when her brothers Grayson, Owen, Gabriel, Miles, and Nolan were the only family members she had left. Her dad Daniel spiralling into an unhealthy addiction becoming dangerous and careless to his children. She still has the Murphy family right? After Fiona passed, the Millers and the Murphys slowly lost contact. It's been 7 years since they've last spoken. Will that ever change? Will Alice ever see Ivan again? ❗️TW: emotional and physical abuse/issues, language, panic attacks, alcohol, etc... #1 teenromance #1 twins #1 friendstostrangerstolovers #12 familyfriends #9 teengirl #27 teendrama #4 siblings

Livia Beverly Quinn The seventeen year old Livia Beverly Quinn is a little shy girl who always lets herself get put down. She has a traumatic past behind her and a little sister who she has to look after on her own because their mother always lets her down. She only opens up to a few people and hides from the world, afraid of everything. Suddenly she gets the unique offer to transfer to a new high school and leave her past behind, which she accepts. Let's see if she can manage to escape her past... Elijah James Featherstone The 18-year-old popular boy who gets everything he wants. He is the hockey captain of his high school and everyone is obsessed with him. His family is rich and he has a great future ahead of him. His life is perfect... or does it just seem that way? ...And what happens, when Elijah meets her and is willing to do everything for her?...

Ivy Morris looks perfect from the outside. A straight-A student. A dedicated ballet and competition dancer. Quiet, composed, untouchable. But perfection is just a performance. After her mother's death, Ivy's home becomes something she survives instead of returns to. With a controlling, abusive and alcoholic father she hides behind practiced smiles, Ivy learns how to stay silent. The only person who truly sees her is her older brother, Lucas. Then there's Bennett. Soccer player. Sharp tongue. Constant irritation. They're enemies by circumstance, by misunderstanding - until they aren't. At sixteen, both carrying more than they let on, Ivy and Bennett are forced closer than either of them wants. And somewhere between late nights, broken walls, and quiet confessions, enemies begin to soften. Because sometimes the people who seem the strongest are the most fragile - and sometimes love starts where you least expect it.

Leighton Katmere chose to jump off the roof of the tallest building on campus at 3:04 a.m., but she didn't choose to be saved. Ronan Fitch was everything Leighton didn't trust, rich, reckless, gorgeous, and infamous for never taking anything seriously, but the night he pulled her back from the edge, he didn't leave. He kept showing up, he kept choosing her, and somehow, in a house full of chaotic frat boys, a very grumpy cat, and late night pancakes, Leighton started to feel something she hadn't felt in a long time: Safe. And when he found the list, scribbled like to her future self, full of small, impossible things she never thought she'd live long enough to do, Ronan decided they were going to start crossing it off. One by one. But surviving the night doesn't erase what came before. It doesn't fix the scars Leighton hides under sleeves, or the rumors that cling to Ronan. It doesn't stop the people who still think they get to touch her life, and when the campus finally shows its teeth, Leighton realizes safety can be taken as easily as it's given. Ronan wants her anyway, patiently, like he's not afraid of the messy parts, quiet promises and a hand held tight enough to keep her here. Leighton doesn't know how to trust a boy like him. She doesn't know how to be someone's choice, but with every item they cross off, she gets closer to the scariest one of all: Being happy. Even if it's just for a little while.

Book #1 TW: mentions of abuse and suicide Avery Quin, not your average 18 year old. She hates every living, breathing thing. Maybe Luca can be an exception? Luca Romano, your typical bad boy, dating the typical barbie, with the typical daddy issues. Yet he seems to temporarily forget about his girlfriend, and his daddy issues after hearing Avery Quin say just two words to him. Cover by: @qivine

(In editing) She's depressed. She's anorexic. She's suicidal. She's insecure. Abigail has grown up with her three brothers and James, never meeting her parents, who abandoned her at birth. Her brothers were left to take care of her and keep a roof over their heads. Everyday they struggle to take care of Abigail, while working to keep them in their home. Life for them is hard. Life for Abigail is even harder. She has a dark mind and not by choice. Somewhere along the way she's developed these feelings of loneliness and hopelessness. Everyday is a struggle for her and just getting out of bed is a success. She meets Zach, a bad boy with a bad reputation. He starts off as a tutor, just to help her out, out of pity. But eventually feelings get involved and Abigail finds herself liking a boy for the first time in her life. Things get serious and she somehow learns about his drug dealing business. Everything gets hectic and Abigail doesn't know what to do with her life anymore. Or if she even wants to live.

Nova is unraveling quietly. Archer is self-destructing loudly. On the surface, their vices look nothing alike-hers measured in calories and empty plates, his in nameless bodies and unmade beds. But beneath the rituals, the secrecy, the shame, they are driven by the same relentless hunger. Control. Nova's eating disorder is not about food. It is about silence. About shrinking herself small enough that nothing can touch her, hurt her, or leave her. Each skipped meal is a promise that she is stronger than her cravings, stronger than her chaos. If she can master her body, she believes she can master the world. Archer's addiction is not about pleasure. It is about power. About proving he is wanted before anyone has the chance to walk away. Every encounter is a distraction, every conquest a temporary anesthetic. If he stays in motion-if he never lets himself feel too much-then nothing can own him. In the spiral of her disorder and his addiction, they mirror one another: two people mistaking self-destruction for discipline. Two people confusing control with safety. But control is a fragile illusion. The tighter Nova grips, the more her body begins to rebel. The harder Archer chases control, the more it slips through his fingers. How far will they go to maintain the identities they've built around their pain? How much are they willing to lose in the name of feeling powerful? Because sometimes the only way to break the cycle is to break entirely. And before either of them can rise, one of them will have to fall.

He went to Texas just for something new and exciting. He never expected to meet a boy who would completely change his life. Sorry English is not my first language, but hope u enjoy 😛