It's them against the world- even if they don't know it yet. Danny’s mute. He’s anorexic, he’s rich, he wears all black, he loves his music. He's a closet gay. He’s extremely self-conscious and hides from reality. Olivier’s deaf. He’s dirt-poor, he’s constantly hungry, he wears his clothes from the Salvation Army. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him, and he might as well wear a shirt that states that he likes guys. But they have three things in common: their love of poetry, peppermint mochas, and most importantly, their love for each other. No one ever said that loving your polar opposite would be easy.

Marissa Miller survived the tragic accident that killed her family and dog. Since that fateful day, things have been so different. She has lost contact with her friends and has moved to a boarding school, sent to by her aunt, her new guardian. Marissa is all alone. Getting through the days isn't too hard but the nights are full of horrifying nightmares of the day the accident occurred. It's been a month since then and no one notices the pain she's going through. The growing depression is killing her and the insomnia caused by it isn't helping either. Her life is uneventful, that is, until she catches someone's attention. Ethan Reed is just another popular and egoistic guy, but one single encounter with Marissa leaves him stunned. He did something to her that she didn't deserve, and now he's going to make up for it. But will it be too late? Will he be able to save her before she drowns into the waves of emptiness?

Pictures... one of the few things that brought her happiness. Oh, how she loves taking pictures, mostly of the skies and the birds who fly. Meet Hayley. Lonely girl in her Junior year of high school. She has a dad, one friend, a cat and a favourite teacher who somewhat replaces her lost mother who left when Hayley was young. Meet Ryan. New kid, with a love for Basketball. He catches the eyes of many girls, though he could care less. When Lonely Hayley Williams and Pretty Boy Ryan Smith are assigned partners in Photography class, they both get more out of it than they expected, they become close friends. And when the project is all said and done... what will happen then? "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words," that's what they all say. Being the photographer she is, Hayley knows this is true, but really, Ryan makes them something... more. General Fiction ~ #121 (best) Teen Fiction ~ #449 (best)

Tainted by her past, Amelia Roberts has struggled through a life of beatings and being raped by her step father Decan Adams. She and her two little sisters, Mya and Mia have been living with their aunt ever since their mom gave them up. Now, she struggles through her senior year , dealing with her popular sister and her narcissistic friends and high school boys who are full of themselves. She soon catches the eye of Ethan Dekard, a handsome and cocky typical senior guy. She's not obvious to his charms like all the other girls are and that's what catches his eye. Unknowingly she has him wrapped around her fingers. And to top it all off, a horrifying part of her past comes back to haunt her. One she never expected to show up. In this romance novel, Amelia Roberts comes face to face with her issues from the past and to her surprise, LOVE.

Willow Maverick has a secret. A secret that she wishes she didn’t have to keep. But he’s changed her forever, leaving her with the constant reminders of everything she’s ever done wrong. Even if she tried, no one could begin to understand what’s happened. But the new boy who sits behind her in class is too persistent to let her go down without a fight, no matter what it takes. Even if she’s permanently torn apart.

Can two wounded hearts come together to mend the pain? Bailey Keys never expected to lose her older sister, Lanie. The doctors said that she had time, that the odds were in her favor. And now she’s alone. With parents too wrapped up in their careers to notice, and friends that she unwillingly pushed away, she has no one left. That is, until her father throws a benefit concert for the Ladder 24 firemen and their families, and she meets someone with a similar wounded heart. All Evan Warren remembers are dusty grey particles and waves of oranges flying across the television screen. His last goodbye to his father was ended with a fight over not wanting to clean his bedroom and he forever regrets not ending things with a more sincere goodbye. Evan’s dad was a hero; a man who fought for the many innocent lives lost on 9-11, and he’ll always remember him as a hero. But Evan still wants his father back. Knowing that he died being a hero isn’t enough to mend Evan’s pain…until he meets a girl who might begin to understand the pain behind a broken heart.

Dana Websters world comes crashing down around her after a tragic accident. Left with a disability and a feeling of hollowness, she retreats into herself, unable to find happiness in life again. She stops talking unless she absolutely has to, and refuses to go down to see the horses that once brought her such comfort. When she goes back to school, she meets a mysterious new boy named Chase. Seeing the same pain in his eyes that she feels, Dana is drawn to him. As they start to heal together and Chase's story unfolds, Dana realizes that even though her life will never be the same again, there may be hope that she can live her life once more.

"Some people thinking about their lives. All the hard times. All the good times. The things sketched forever into their memories. Reminders of the bad times carved into their skin. Just waiting for the reminder of acceptance. " Aaron Damon is the schools mystery bad boy. He surely turns all girls heads with his good looks. But nobody really knows about him. Then he meets the mute,Madison Ruth. She tries to keep from getting attention, yet she turns heads too. She's never talked to anyone in over 6 years since her parents death. But will that change when she bumps into Aaron running home.... ***UNDER CONSTRUCTION** I AM CURRENTLY EDITING MY FINISHED WORK, PLEASE EXCUSE THE FEW ERRORS