Since she was 10 years old Kendall's mother had abused her and her father had never noticed it. After eight years of abuse, one day her father walked in on her mother violently beating her. He called the cops and had her mother immediately put in jail and Kendall's father moved them away from her hometown. He never wanted Kendall's mother to get out of jail and find them but he knew that one day she would be out. In her new hometown Kendall meets an array of new people and her guard is up. Since the abuse she has never let her guard down but when she meets a particular guy she lets her guard down and she's afraid. What will happen and how will she survive?

Seventeen-year-old Scarlett Hayes is living her life by her own rules. Losing her parents at a young age has made her strong and fiercely independent. She knows exactly who she is and nothing is going to change that. Everything starts to change for her when she moves to a new town. She meets Cade Presley. He is domineering and arrogant which makes her detest him at first sight. She learns a secret that will unravel her perfect life and lead her into a world she never knew existed. Embracing her new life is difficult when it pulls her closer to Cade. Finding out you are destined to be with someone forever is hard to handle especially when you want to throttle them every time you see them. The attraction she feels for him is undeniable and there is no fighting destiny. *Please note this is only a five chapter sample of the published book.

Sophie Campbell is a seventeen year old senior at Jackson High that also holds down a part-time job at the local coffee shop. The way Sophie sees it, there's no need for her to have a boyfriend in high school. All the boys are immature and she's lasted without love for 17 years so far... why not wait one more? However, when the mysterious loner at her school comes into her work on New Year's Eve, something between them clicks. Between crazy friends, a motorcycle and an English assignment, will they be content with just a friendship or will they realize that they might be perfect for each other as more?

If you mentioned Ally Scythe to someone, they'd say one of three things. 1) That girl can skate. 2) Doesn't she work at the bookshop? or 3) Poor thing, her mother's death was a tragedy. Nobody would even consider the fact that she is battling something nobody should ever half to deal with. When she meets Cooper, she finally begins to believe there is good in people. With the help of her new boyfriend and the kindly old lady she works for, Ally makes a decision that changes her path of life forever.

I'm not an expert on writing stories so please don't judge.. I just wanted to share my story with others, and let people know what self harming really is like. For those who are battling the evil addiction too, you're not and never will be alone. Remember that.

"They thought I was worthless, but I didn't mind. I didn't think much different."

You wouldn't know how it feels to be me, how it feels to be worthless, how it feels to be hated, hated by the boys I used to call my best friends, my idols, that now turned their backs on me when they became popular...I'm never good enough...I'll never be...they call it self harm...I call them death scars

Autumn was an average teenage girl, getting into trouble in school and having fun. What she didn’t know, was that her parents had had enough, wanting to try and teach her a lesson, her uncle owns a well-known boarding school and has gotten her a place. They send her off to a boarding school… for boys. Being the only girl is tough when you have to face a school where everyone is male. How will Autumn cope? How will she survive in a school where she's the only girl? will she find love? will she rise above it? or will she just walk out?

Molly has always been in fights, and always been kicked out of schools for them. But things are differnt when she joins a boarding school. The thing is it isnt a normal boarding school. Its a boarding school for vampires!

Drew Finch has been accused of a crime she didn't commit - murder. As punishment, or as long as investigators wish, she will be attending the Harrison Boarding School for Juvenile Delinquents. There's one catch: it's a reformatory school for BOYS. Now, along with her new friends, Drew will have to deal with boys who are really good at getting girls in the bed and can hurt anyone they want.