Alessandra Maia Carswell is the newest competitor for the selection. Having been raised an only child by her father, Alessandra had a tough time growing up. She's a strong willed girl with a beautiful heart but will her pretty face be able to win her a crown? The truth is Alessandra does not want love,but when the opportunity came she could not turn down the chance of a lifetime. Especially when she had the chance to put her old crush on the Prince to rest. Alessandra told herself she wouldn't be there long. Just long enough for her father to earn enough money to pay off the loan he had on their house. But how long is long enough? As time passes Alessandra realizes that maybe, just maybe, she could be the next Queen of Illea. The Prince has an aching love for her, deep within his heart but is 'true' love enough for Alessandra to leave her life behind and take on the responsibilities of a job she truly doesn't want? Is it worth risking her already fragile heart? Or will she realize that with this new found power she can finally make the changes in her country she's always dreamed of? Alessandra was taught her whole life to think with her head but maybe its time to start letting her heart make the decisions. In this breathtakingly romantic fanfiction we'll learn that the heart is a living thing with an agenda of its own and people can be just as extraordinary as they dream.

Brynly Bennett lives the life of a six. Always serving those above her. She has lived her life with just her mother and the tragedy of her fathers death and the disappearance of her twin brother when she was just a child. It's all about to change... ~The Six: Selection Stories

Maxon made a mistake. He picked Kriss, whom he doesn't love. When rebels attack and almost kill America, he is faced with the facts. He still loves America and she still loves him. They have to learn to deal with their feelings. Will they fall in love again?

All credit/ Copyright to: Kiera Cass, author of The Selection series© Plot: Deirdre lives in the reign of King Maxon and Queen America, and slowly, the castes are being abolished. She lived in a family of fives, her dreams of royalty and fairy tale daydreams woven in her mind. As a newborn musician, she is struggling to pull in income for her family. Where her dreams of royalty are enchanting, the actual idea of the selection is something she dreads, and honestly; despises. She dreams of true love, but is afraid of the consequences, and frankly, she believes the selection is the wrong way to go about it. Her "widowed" mother encourages her and her sister to enter; and she concedes. What does she have to lose, anyways? Everything.

They started with 35. Now there's 10. Who will be the last girl standing? After several tumultuous months going through the Selection process Alessandra Carswell feels that while she may not be fit for the title of 'Princess' maybe she's fit for the title of 'Wife' All of her life Alessandra has been selfless, and has always put everyone else's happiness above her own, but is it time that she stops making everyone else happy and finally make herself happy? Would it be so bad to open her heart up to the possibility of love and all the things it has to offer? But of course obstacles arise when Alessandra suspects there's something secret going on between Ora and Will, and Cecilia has declared her undying love for the Prince and that she will fight for him. Alessandra is torn between the struggle of keeping the friends she holds dear to her heart and the boy that's stolen hers, whom she also has not settled her feelings for. Can Alessandra decide whether or not she wants to stay or is there still a part of her that might pick up at any moment and jump on a plane home to Carolina? She's just trying to avoid a broken heart after all. Find out in the second instalment of the breathtakingly romantic Lady Illea fanfiction that has over 17k reads and stolen the hearts of readers in over 20 different countries. Will love set her free or will it be the bondage that keeps her tied together?