"Like I said Zach. I'm strong." I answer, giving him a smirk. I had almost forgotten about last night...almost. Zach gives me a faint smile. "The strongest person I know." I smile back at him. He looks from my eyes to my lips. He's gonna kiss me. I can't believe it. He's gonna kiss me. Why hasn't he kissed me yet. I'm waiting. Waiting. Still waiting. DAMN IT ZACH KISS ME. "I can't Mia." Zach says, practically answering my mind. Can't? Why not? He gets up off of me. I am so confused. Zach glides his hand through his hair. A sign to show he's frustrated. I bite my lip. "I just...can't Mia." Then he's out the door. I run after him, but I guess he knew I was. He was out of the front door before I got to the bottom of the stairs. Imagine that you are in love. You're in love with someone who is funny, who enjoys your company, who is sexy, who is as mad as you, who is also your best friend. Now this is my life. Average old Mia Eden. Forever getting friend zoned. Forever being the one picking up the pieces when your best friend breaks down. Never being the one he chooses.

They Said It Was An Accident... Sawyer Dodd is a star athlete, a straight-A student, and the envy of every other girl who wants to date Kevin Anderson. When Kevin dies in a tragic car crash, Sawyer is stunned. Then she opens her locker to find a note: You're welcome. Someone saw what he did to her. Someone knows that Sawyer and Kevin weren't the perfect couple they seemed to be. And that someone—a killer—is now shadowing Sawyer's every move... "What a ride! Full of twists and turns—including an ending you won't see coming!"—April Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die I will be posting new chapters of Truly Madly Deadly every WEDNESDAY as a run-up to the release of my brand new thriller See Jane Run (JAN 2014). Enjoy!

Alex Valentine. 22. Model. She had a life of glitz and glam, unlimited riches, gourmet food and hot toy boys whenever and wherever. She was loved, hated, envied and admired. She lived the ideal life. Rose English. 21. Photographer. She came from an honest, working class family which was crumbling around her. And fast. Loved by all who knew her, pitied by those that didn't, Rose lived a pretty tough life, not that she'd ever admit it. When Rose was hired as a photographer for "Valentine," a hot-shot fashion magazine owned by one of the most successful men in New York, she was surprised to find out that she would be snapping pics of his daughter Alex, one of the most well known models worldwide. This is the story of how two people born into such contrasting worlds grew closer under unlikely circumstances, and how this blooming relationship changed both their lives forever. But with dark secrets, shady characters and naive families, how will the story end? Will Cinderella get her happily ever after? Fingers crossed.

This is my personal diary. It may be helpful to you.

"I love you, Ashton" I whispered to his sleeping face, being careful so he doesn't hear. Quickly kissing him on the cheek, I run away knowing that he can't know, and he will never know. I'm in love with my bestfriend. "Diana?" Ashton's voice stops me. Tears threaten to fall down, but I push them away. "Yes?" "Could you please call Mel?" He replies. I nod and walk away.

Mia Hastings was never one to follow the rules. Her brother knew it, her best friend knew it. Everyone knew it. She lives for the moment, doing whatever she feels and thinking of the consequences later. Her main goal in life is to live it. Mia’s brother’s best friend Drake O’Connell was never big on rules. The judge who sentences him to 2 years in prison knew it. He is known for being the badboy, partying and womanising. His charm, good looks and obnoxious behaviour made his life pretty easy and his main goal in it was to have fun. He had lost 2 years of his life locked up, so he was determined to make up for lost time. So when these two people are thrown together, both without a care in the world, issues of their own and more secrets than an episode of Pretty Little Liars, you can expect a story full of laughs, tears, arguments and felonies. They might be breaking the law, but both Mia and Drake are about to find out that when it feels wrong, it is ALWAYS more fun. ©makeandoffer

One big mistake. My mistake was answering the door. My mistake was letting him step inside. My mistake was allowing him to catch me. My mistake was not screaming. My mistake was leaving. My mistake was falling in love with him. But maybe my mistake all along was…living.

Eating is hard, living is hardest. A short story about a girl who deals with the implications and struggles of an eating disorder. Everyone notices as anorexia begins to take her life, and Roselyn tries to fight the all-consuming voice in her head that tells her that she is not thin enough.

"I gag some more and shove my finger down even further until I feel the hot, halfway digested meal spill out of me like a faucet turned all the way up. It hurts. Oh, GOD does it hurt, but I don't stop. I continue shoving my finger down my throat until I can puke no longer." Welcome to the mind of Collin Summers, the eighteen year old boy who has been struggling with anorexia and bulimia for about three years. His only support system being his boyfriend, Nicholas, who has remained by his side for years, but as the origin of Collin's eating disorder becomes more & more clear from his subconscious & he spirals out of control he needs to make a choice to either save his relationship, or let his fear of weight gain eat him alive.

| SAMPLE ONLY; READ IT NOW ON GALATEA | ❝He's the boy she left behind. She's the girl he let go.❞ ➵ Before she became one of music's biggest up-and-coming artists, Evelyn "Evie" Chase was a nobody at the bottom of the Roosevelt High School food chain with only a handful of friends. Her best friend (and longtime crush)--popular jock, Adam Fields--was her polar opposite, but despite their differences, their bond was as strong as they come. That is, until one day-- one mistake--changed the course of their friendship forever, and the once inseparable duo never spoke again. Fast forward three years, and everything's changed. Evie has the world at her feet, now out in L.A. living her dream as a seventeen-year-old popstar-- leaving the town, the boy who broke her heart, and those who'd made high school unbearable behind. Meanwhile, Adam--at Roosevelt finishing off senior year and still the school (and town's) beloved "golden boy"--is trying his hardest to let go of the past and the girl he let get away. And it's going well, the two of them living their separate lives. Until Evie's back. Suddenly, seventeen and senior year just got a lot more interesting.