Experiencing culture shock and change as a child leaves a big impact.

A re-telling of "Little Red Riding Hood". When its hard to tell what is real and what is an illusion, the lines between innocence and guilt are blurred.

***The wrong girl is sometimes The Right One.*** Charlotte Samuels thought she'd be stuck waiting tables at Marlow's until all her debts are paid off-in about ten thousand years or so. She definitely didn't expect a marriage proposal from the arrogant Brandon Maxfield who was blackmailed by his father to make her his wife if he didn't want his least favorite cousin to run Maxfield Industries. Charlotte's instinct was to say HELL NO! but she's stumped by a few obstacles: 1.) His old man Martin Maxfield is dear to her heart and has been recently deteriorating in health. 2.) She gets a million dollars if she stays married to Brandon for a year. 3.) She would rather like the opportunity to teach the attractive but awfully rude man a few lessons he didn't think he needed from a 'teenage gold-digger' which was his term of endearment for her on their first date-er, business meeting. So what's a girl got to do, right? Sure, she's young and a little rough around the edges but there's something her would-be husband didn't know about her yet-she's nothing like he ever expected. Thrust into the glitzy world a standard-issue Mrs. Maxfield would fit perfectly and rule with impeccable social grace, Charlotte will either have to force herself into the mold or break free of it, risking what little she has left for everything that she can gain. *** Copyright © 2014 by Nina Tippett. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Nina Tippett. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Images, music and videos used in the cover art and any of the multimedia content posted in this story are the sole property of their respective owners.

"Lucy! Get your useless ass out here NOW!" I jumped at the sound of his voice. He pounded on the door, my body trembled. "Not again, I can't take anymore" The door burst open. "there you are you little bitch" I pushed myself in the corner waiting for the pain that will never leave. Lucy Gonzales never belonged anywhere. Her own parents didn't love her. They viewed her as a useless being they made the mistake of keeping. With no friends and nothing holding her Lucy makes the decision to run away as far as possible with all the money she has save up her whole life. "No one will miss me, no one cares" Lucy is free from her parents but her past still haunts her. But what happens when she bumps into new people, will she finally let them in, or keep pushing people away like she did her whole life. Follow Lucy as her life changes 180 degrees, will she make it? Will someone care?

What happens when you can't trust anyone or feel safe around a single person even at home? Werewolves are only in fairy tales right? Wrong! Alexandria or Alex for short is abused by her own father but what happens when she meets the handsome Seth and she's attracted to him but doesn't know Why? What happens when he tells her she's his mate? read and find out.

I was drowning. I knew that. I also knew that the hands around my throat, pushing me deeper into the river water was the cause. What I didn't know was who was drowning me and why. It hurt thinking. It hurt to do anything right now. But I still screamed under the cold water and pushed the hands away as hard as I could. It didn't have much effect. I fought and fought, but I was getting weaker, and colder. The pain was overbearing. I couldn't breathe. It was the worst pain imaginable; and as the hands that were around my neck were forcibly ripped off by some unknown force, I slipped deeper into the depths of the river. My hair was straight above me along with my arms. My eyes were open and the water burned. A darkness started to pull me under, taking the pain away. I felt a small pressure around my waist, before the darkness completely consumed me. The last thing I remember is thinking, save me.

Sometimes your plans don't work out because Fate has better ones. Crystelle Jackson has it all figured out to each detail on how her life should be and should end up. But when a sexy stranger and not so sexy werewolves decide to barge into her life, she had no choice but to throw her plans out the window. Crystelle's whole world starts crashing down when she is kidnapped into a world she hardly recognizes anymore. With a hot romance at her fingertips, powers she never knew existed and enemies out for blood, little did she know what she was getting herself into. What lies ahead on Crystelle's twisted journey?

SAMPLE ONLY! CHAPTER TAKEN DOWN ON JUNE 29, 2020. BOOK RELEASE ON JULY 19, 2020. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND KINDLE. ~ "I've never been ignored in my life. You're seriously testing my temper," he said with his jaw clenched. I sat there immobile, keeping my face as impassive as I could. "You were the one who started asking unnecessary questions." Unlike all the other girls in the city, Andy Peterson is not one to drool over guys like that popular bachelor, William Maxwell aka Mr. Mogul, no matter how filthy rich, devilishly handsome, and irresistibly sexy he may be. She knows their ilk, and she's not going to fall for their tricks. She doesn't have time for it period. But it seems that fate would have her make time for it, as Andy discovers she's actually working for the last person she'd ever want to work for-Mr. Mogul himself a Wattys2014 Talk of the Town winner! Copyright © 2015 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.