**FULL STORY AVAILABLE HERE** Desperate to save an innocent life, Yana offers a kiss to the cruel Prince Raoul for assistance and, through that simple exchange, is drawn into his dark world. ***** In Axus, the monstrous and immortal Cursed royals wage war in their drakon forms, laying waste to the very territories and people that they fight to rule. In their human forms, their torment of mere mortals only becomes more personal. A child of the war-torn land, Yana has long since fallen to cynicism; common folk like herself are doomed to know only suffering and loss. Then, a chance encounter with a Cursed prince presents an opportunity she cannot ignore. Yana offers Prince Raoul a kiss to intervene on behalf of a child in need, but he wants more. If she agrees to serve as his companion for one week, he will return her brother and father from the frontlines. More than that, if Yana can take advantage of the strange pull the tortured and beautiful Raoul feels towards her, she might even be able to discover something that can kill the Cursed and free everyone from their tyranny. But hope for a better future isn't the only thing Raoul ignites in Yana, and the passion between them could make her lose sight of all else.

Twenty-two year old Grace McCaffrey is humiliated when she can't find a job after graduating college and has to move back in with her parents. She always assumed she'd do something big with her life-create change or do something that matters-not work at the Banner Market as a cashier. Soon, Grace gets roped into being a chaperone for a high school backpacking trip with her ex-boyfriend, Miles Dalby. However, she quickly learns these students are part of a mentorship program for troubled youth. As she tries to get them to open up, Grace starts to doubt herself. How can she make a difference in the world if she can't even help these students? Or is her mom right and sometimes it's the little things that can make all the difference?

|| Highest Rank - #1 in Teen Fiction and #5 in Romance || Melody Carson has been in the same class as Tyson McCannon since primary school. She's watched him play with girls, set the school on fire, skip classes, prank teachers, smoke behind the school, break the law, get into fights with other guys for fun and even watched him get suspended for three weeks. He always ruins everything and never does what he is told. Melody has hated him since the day he set foot in her school and luckily he has never noticed her. That is, until now. Tyson has set his eyes on Melody and won't stop until he gets what he wants. And he wants her. *-*-* Note: It is cliché at first but it gets better. [COMPLETED] Copyright © by Laylaa Khan

A stream of consciousness to a lyrical content. {highest rank ever reached: #105 in poetry}