My dad shot himself on the first of March. The funeral was only a few months ago and I'm honestly not doing so hot. People walk on eggshells around me, thinking one word will make me do the same to myself. But the truth is, I can't do that to myself. Not until I write a book. From the time when I could read, I couldn't stop. I had to have wall to wall bookshelves in my room for all my books. Comics, novels, series, I didn't care. Hard or paper back I didn't care. Love novels, action packed stories, thrillers, murder mysterious classics, I'd read them all by the time I was 14. But my mom disapproved of my reading instead of 'getting out there' and bringing home a girl or a scholarship for Laccrose. I knew when dad died, she wouldn't put up with me for very long. There was only one safe place left. My estranged Aunt Sara. She was like him, hardworking, independent, socially awkward. I was to spend the summer with her. My summer with Her is approaching. And I am not ready at all.

[Edited] "To her, whose soul was a perfect imperfection, destroyed by those who envied... May you rest in peace." A letter written by a college boy to his first love, Camilla. * If anyone ever feels low, please read this. Hopefully it will boost your self worth, I mean that. Feel free to share this to show your support for #NoMoreBullying, and most importantly: show it to those who need it. A #NoMoreBullying entry. For the #Wattys2015 CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT.

"Marry the girl, son and you can remain in the business empire your father strove hard to build." Brendan stared flabbergasted at his mother like she had grown two huge scarlet wings. Orphaned and penniless, Phina has been sent away to a convent school in Johannesburg. Years later the eccentric Dame Hyacinth Kincaid sweeps Phina out of the dreary convent on one condition; that she marries her cold and hardened son. Saddled with two young siblings and a void bank account, Phina is left with no choice. Brendan is a man broken and embittered by the death of his father and girlfriend. Jewel studded and eye-catching women do not catch his eye at all. He's subsequently thrown into a dungeon of confusion and despair when young Phina is flung at him to wed. Unbeknownst to him, the killers of his beloveds are still on the loose.When they target Phina, will he let his aloofness for the girl consume him to abandon her, or will he step up and save the woman he claims to loathe? Who will be tamed? Find out the answer in this story.