Maxcine Greene was thrown for a loop when the world decided to go to shit. Trying to live a some what normal life with her family, she knows she needs to keep the farm and her family safe. One day she can see a man running near the house with a child loosing blood in his arms. Her father decides to help out the kid and open the farm up to the rest of their group for the time being. What happens when she lays eyes on a certain redneck and falls for him and he falls for her too. Can they make it through the challenges together or will they crumble under pressure? Read to find out. (This story is being edited. It might sound a bit off and there might be some grammar issues until I can get through all of the chapters. Thank you for understanding. Enjoy the story.)

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

At 9:46 she stood on the beach in the Florida Shore that was a secret world to the two of them where they both met by chance. She had been out here like this for as long as she could remember she never felt she left. At 10:40 behind her walked a man. Her mind would never move from where she felt she belonged and at this moment in time she felt she belonged here where Caleb first met her where their lips first touched where she experienced love for the first time.

They met while he was a civilian, they fell in love while he was training, and they promised each other forever when he returned.Together they have the whole world and apart they meet in the dreamworld. Nothing can tear these two apart, will they have the future together they always dreamed about?

Emily was a normal girl from a small town in Texas. She had finished college, she became a nurse and began living her adult life. Her brother was away serving overseas as a marine. Tyler was a guy living in the city, and then was moved to a training base in Texas. Two different people. One love story. Linked by the men and woman who protect the freedom of the United States every single day. One promise. One life.