When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart. ***** Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence. [#1 in teen fiction, romance and action]

Wealth, power, riches. These were all just things that Trent Smith had dreamed about while growing up poor. But as he matured in the terrible conditions Eastbell cast upon their impoverished people, he knew it was his destiny to change things. And to do that, he needed to become king. But power corrupts people. His uncle once told him once you gain a little bit of power, it's impossible to stop. If only he'd listened.