After one feverish night with Tyler Evans, Rory is never supposed to see the man draped in enigmas and devilish charms again. Six months later, she's deep into a summer fling with Chace. As their fling becomes a committed relationship, she's adamant on keeping his heart just like he has hers. Rory is certain that he is the one for her, and when he invites her over to meet his family, she believes they're finally sealing the deal. Until he introduces her to Tyler Evans, his troublesome stepbrother. .・。.・゜ rewriting : updates every Friday Registered with the United States Copyright Office Frisson © 2020 - 2022 | All Rights Reserved This book or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever, without the express written permission of the publisher, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Nora is the girl who never says no. To a drink, a dare, a hand on her thigh. She laughs when she should flinch, stays quiet when she should scream, and calls it strength. But behind the bravado is a trail of wreckage: nights she can't quite remember and some she'll never forget. What begins in the hallways and backyards of small-town New England spirals into something darker- obsession, control, violence. She keeps insisting she's fine, but the truth lingers in every bruise, every secret, every phone call she doesn't answer. Pretty When You Cry is a raw and unflinching portrait of girlhood at its most reckless- the way desire can taste like danger, how survival sometimes looks like surrender, and what it costs to finally walk away.

Neither of them were looking for a connection-they just wanted to stay sober. But somewhere between folding chairs and late-night confessions, Adam and Elise find each other. Slowly. Quietly. A closeness grows between them, soft as a bruise, real enough to be terrifying. Adam isn't used to this kind of quiet. Elise isn't used to being seen without being picked apart. But as their sobriety holds, so does the bond between them-something deeper than addiction, stronger than fear. They don't fall fast. They fall true. And that might be the scariest thing either of them has ever trusted.

PUBLISHING PAPERBACK (after writing the final draft, I wrote this 2 years ago.) "I see through those silent lies of yours, Liv." 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, the girl who's known to be mute in school. No one knows why though, and she doesn't want anyone to know either. Only her best friend and this certain boy want to know why. She's so scared, and shattered, but maybe she can be saved before it's too late. 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 who's well known and seems to be an asshole, but really he's a sweetheart. He's taken notice of Olivia many times before, not in a stalker way, but only recently gets the courage to try and make his way into her life. They both have secrets they hide, things they both relate to and have gone through. That may be how Adrian catches onto Olivia fairly quickly. But, she tries her hardest to keep him away, even though they both know they're drawn to each other. Will she ever let him in or not? Of course she will, that's how these stories go.

Autumn Olivia Martin had everything, she was the captain of the cheerleading squad, people parted the halls like the red sea when they saw her, boys worshiped the ground she walked on. Her outsides beautiful, her insides rotten. After tragedy strikes, she has fallen from grace. Now she is 'forced' to hang out with a group of misfits who couldn't give a fuck about who she is.

Everyone's going through something-but not everyone wears it like Hali does. She's 17, stuck in a body she's always trying to shrink, surrounded by people who are just as lost as she is. Her days are filled with pills she doesn't remember taking, mirrors she can't stand to look at, and a friend group that survives off drugs, trauma, and sarcasm. Drew's been around since forever and sees too much. Rico jokes through the pain. Alex barely speaks but somehow understands. And Hali? She's trying to pretend she's fine while quietly falling apart. This story isn't about healing. Not yet. It's about what it feels like to break in silence- and what happens when someone finally notices.

[WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2021 & 2022] "I love every part of you. Not because of who you were before, but because of who you are now, in spite of all the bullshit this universe has sent your way." Jasmine Ali is broken. After watching her best friend die, she walks through life with a strained smile and heavy heart, trying her best to seem like everything is okay. All that matters is getting through her daily routine. But when Jace Wilson appears with a limp and a frown, her mask begins to slip. And Jasmine begins to learn that nothing is ever truly broken.

Emily Bennett thinks Charles Morrison is the love of her life, but what do you do when the love of your life suddenly breaks up with you? Fake date the guy he despises the most? That's exactly what she does. But who said fake dating a badboy was easy? Adrian Mackey is the true definition of trouble. He skips class, starts fights, talks back to everyone and definitely doesn't give two fucks about what people say about him. He and Charles have hated each other throughout highschool, so yeah, he agrees to fake date Charlie's ex just to piss him off but why is he starting to enjoy all of it? Warning: this story contains strong language, drug abuse, bullying, violence and sexual content.

She looks up at me, taking a step forward and smiling slightly, "How can I ever get hurt when I have you here to protect me?" "But you could have gotten hurt," I murmur softly, hanging my head and feeling my shoulders drop, the tension seeping from my body. "No. Stop," She cuts me off sternly but tenderly, "Don't talk like that, Reece. I'm okay, you're okay, we're okay," She speaks softly, reaching her hand up to gently brush her thumb over my cheek, just under the cut that's there. "We're okay," I repeat, taking a small step closer to her. She nods with a small smile, moving her hand down from my cheek and instead placing the palm of her hand on my chest, right over my heart. I know she can feel how fast my heart is beating. I just don't know why it's doing that. ~ Reece Carter is the bad boy of Northwood High. He smokes and he fights. He has countless tattoos covering his body. And he doesn't care about anything or anyone else. Layla Stevens is your average seventeen year-old girl, just trying to get through high school, with the friends she loves and doing the things she loves. When these two cross paths accidentally in an unusual way, they leave and never expect to speak to each other again. But fate has other plans. Layla finds her way into Reece's life and Reece doesn't know what to do about it. This ray of Sunshine suddenly meant something to him. She understood him when it seemed like no one else did. And he protected her from everyone who tried to hurt His Sunshine. Get ready for a story filled with bad pick-up lines, twin telepathy and a lot of fighting. Like, a LOT. Thanks for that one, Reece.

#1 ADDICTIVE ❤️ #1 SEXUAL ASSAULT ❤️ #1 RECOVERY ❤️ #1 DEPRESSION ❤️ #1 MUSIC ❤️ #3 TRAUMA ❤️ #2 ADDICTION ❤️ #9 MENTAL HEALTH ❤️ If you were to ask Ivy what she thought of her neighbour, her response would be simple. Isaac West is a reckless, dangerous, criminal. And if you were to ask him the same thing, his response would be the exact opposite. Ivory Ferrari is a spoilt, boring, prude. On the surface, you wouldn't believe these two have anything in common. They've lived completely different lives on opposite sides of the social spectrum, with Ivy in a secluded private estate, and Isaac drifting between drug-filled homes and the empty walls of a jail cell. But not everything is at it seems. Through a series of class debates, anxiety attacks, and bar fights, the two realise that there's more to the other than meets the eye, and they may just be more alike than either of them expected. They've both been through hell and back. They've both suffered at the hands of another, they both struggle to get through a single day, and most importantly, they both share the same wish-to avoid their darkness and live in the light.