I suddenly felt the need to explain. "I did not say that I hated you! I said that I didn't like you! It's totally different! Besides I didn't even mean it, I had been embarrassed. It was so obvious that I was in love with you, even a stranger would have realized it!" He stared at me and I stared back. "You were in love with me?" I blushed. I just ratted myself out. I looked down at my hands and started to bit my bottom lip. This was getting out of hand. -------------------------------------------- Danielle Williams once had a crush on mr. Smooth a.k.a Damion Thompson when she was in high school but due to unfriendly circumstances she decided to give up on her feelings. But now she's twenty two and an aspiring business woman whose never had the touch of a man, that is, until he suddenly pops up into her life again. Now she has to read between the lines and navigate through old feelings. Highest Ranking in Chic lit #310

Trevor Hamilton is a mentally disturbed teenager who suffers from pyromania. At eighteen years old Trevor finds himself at a stand still in life. With no actually dreams or visions for his future, he doesn't know or care what his next step will be. Meanwhile, his fellow peer India Jackson couldn't be more opposite. She has every step planned out for her future goals and dreams. On two different paths, the two appear to be a match made cold. But when an odd twist of fate brings their paths together, India and Trevor find out they aren't so different after all. Now, with a standing chance with India and a new outlook on life, Trevor decides to make a change. But that's easier said than done. Trevor's family and friends are still on the fast track to destruction, and appear to be bringing him with them. The soul ties Trevor has with his relatives and best friend runs deep, and their problems are often his. Not to mention the strife of his own with an enemy who poses a threat to not just him, but everyone he cares for. Creating a future for one self comes with a price, and for Trevor, that price is his old lifestyle. Lost in an emotional and spiritual battle, Trevor doesn't know what to do. If he should pick love over loyalty, right over wrong, and life over death.