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When Sam was ten years old, his parents admitted him to a mental institution. Six years later, he's still sitting in a nut house from twelve to twelve, waiting for the day that they can't bring him back. His goal since he was thirteen years old has been to die, but then Mason comes along. Mason freaking Harpern, the boy who tried to kill himself and isn't afraid to get better, and isn't afraid of Sam and his walls. Sam never wanted to admit it, but when the time came, it never crossed his mind that Mason would be the one thing he left behind; his one regret.

Elle Roberts loves playing with other peoples' feelings until her games caught up with her, breaking her heart in the process. She welcomed the change when she moved to California and leave her old self behind. Caleb Richardson hates the very type of girl that Elle personifies - the heartless, mean girl. On a night filled with stars in the sky, he swore he will never fall in love. But the stars have other plans for them... Book Two of the Forever Summer Series

[This book has officially been published and only a sample remains. See inside for details.] Nora Montgomery's primary goal was to remain seemingly unnoticed until graduation, and that meant staying away from Ryder Collins. But when both she and Ryder are selected to participate in the local police department's handcuff demonstration, they find themselves inescapably chained together. The tension between them is thick; filled with unresolved issues from their past friendship. But things get a whole lot worse when the officer loses the key and the pair are forced to accommodate each other until a replacement is available. Being handcuffed to the opposite gender was sure to introduce some extremely uncomfortable situations. Things are about to get awkward, right? 2013 Watty Awards Winner Most Popular, Mystery//Thriller

***A WATTPAD FEATURED NOVEL Dec 1st, 2015*** EVA TURNER's a single-mom in witness protection hoping to start over and establish lifelong roots on Haven Island. But things get complicated when her small-scale photography business goes viral. MARSHALL DAVIES is a world-weary investigative journalist (suffering PTSD) with his eye on a coveted promotion that will get him out of the field (and line of fire). He's exposed terrorists and slippery politicians; a single-mother should be child's play. While passion blooms, and her past closes in, Eva has to somehow elude the spotlight (and charismatic Marshall) or risk losing not only her new life/identity, but custody of her girls. OUT OF FOCUS was a Top 10 finalist in Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest for 2015 . In January 2016, RT Book Reviews deemed OOF as one of the Top 3 books on Wattpad and an excerpt was also recently featured in Cosmopolitan's online magazine.(February 2016). *** Dedicated to anyone who is or has walked in Eva's shoes. I hope you've found your Haven. (And Marshall!!) :) All rights belong to the author and no reproductions are allowed without express permission from @FallonDeMornay. Please respect the author's copyright, otherwise she will hunt you down with a samurai sword.

*Name used to be Weirdos in Love* Humans are strange,we are fragile and have been raised to hate ourselves. But what if you just don't? What if you not only want to be loved by others,but be loved by yourself? Cecelia Kathy Jackson,is someone who is scared of letting her walls down,a girl who thinks that all she is..is a freak. Her mind is always in a constant battle with itself and though her hate for herself grows,she still wants to love herself. She accepts that she is a weirdo and owns up to it but she has her full belief that she is nothing but a freak. Everyone has that hate for themselves and all she wants to do,is to feel loved. Though maybe at first,she doesn't get that the person she wants to feel loved by is herself. Along the way,however,she meets another weirdo,a rather hot weirdo who soon becomes her friend. Evan is his name,his cuteness is over a billion and his smile makes anyone smile back but he himself has his own battles. So along with her journey of life and acceptance of her weirdness,she feels something quite strange for Evan and both of them help each other to finally be loved by themselves and feel the love others give them. (edited version of description)

Zac Carter had spent one week out of every year at Emily Dawson's house since he was fifteen. It was the week his parents had their 'alone' time as they liked to call it. He was thinking of bailing on it this year, telling them he was old enough to be on his own for a week. Then he remembered sad, strange Emily who he's had a crush on for the longest time. That made him want to stay there just so he could try and figure her out. Follow the story of Emily and Zach as they discover that sometimes things arent quite what they seem.

This place is my own personal hell, and I'd give almost anything to leave it. Well, except my trust and my pride; a girl's got to have standards. Being the hotel maid is a crap job, but I certainly see and hear things that I never would've if I'd worked elsewhere. Calum Hood's naked ass is one of those things-and I'm not sure that I dislike it. The only problem is, now he thinks he can save me. He wants to help me, to free me. And he tells me that he's falling for me. As much as I try to keep myself distant from him, I think I might be falling for him too.

From the moment Fred meets Aja, he knows she's different. She's pretty, soft-spoken, shy—yet she seems to radiate an unusual peace. Fred quickly finds himself falling in love with her. Then strange things begin to happen around Aja. A riot breaks out that Aja is able to stop by merely speaking a few words. A friend of Fred's suffers a serious head injury and has a miraculous recovery. Yet Aja swears she has done nothing. Unfortunately, Fred is not the only one who notices Aja's unique gifts. As more and more people begin to question who Aja is and what she can do, she's soon in grave danger. Because none of them truly understands the source of Aja's precious abilities—or their devastating cost. Love Aja or hate her—you will never forget her. STRANGE GIRL is available now wherever books are sold.

Emma Miller didn't know that one run in with the school's bad boy, Aiden Black, would make her life go in all different directions. She didn't know that one little accidental bump into him would throw her into a world of drugs, violence and bad guys. Even with all that, she didn't know that one little accidental bump would cause her to fall for this certain bad boy. Join Emma in this exciting twist with love and danger.© All Rights Reserved 2013 (Lisa S.)