On the brim of eighteen, young adults around the globe aim to start the next chapter of their lives. Floods of applications to colleges and universities alike are sent in, all laced and dripping with the desperation of the future. They are made to make a decision that will leave a massive impact on both their lives and wallets when just a month ago they had to ask to use the washroom. In the eyes of Victoria Florence, it’s a decision she can’t make. She has no career she’s been dreaming about, no passion she needs to pursue. So how do you make a decision when none of the choices are standing out? To her they all seem the same. Well, it’s simple. You don’t make it. At least, she didn’t. She waved goodbye to her departing high school graduates and stayed behind. Now she in the race, she’s got her eye on the prize, whatever the prize may be. This year she’s determined to figure out her life plan, and along the way she runs into a tattoo covered hurdle on the track who just might help. Time to run this Victory Lap.

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021

“In life, there are turning points. Moments where the plan you had set for yourself is thrown into a blazing fire, leaving nothing but a scrappy piece of parchment with the edges singed and the words illegible. You can’t anticipate these things, so there’s no preparing. There was a time when I had it all figured out. It was my senior year of high school, and my grades were high and expectations rising with them. No one in my family had gone to University, and I would the first with a full ride scholarship to Queens. But I fucked it all up, in just one night. Hannah, one of my friends at the time, had thrown a big graduation party where the entire senior class was invited. We all wanted to end our four years together with a bang. Laughing, alcohol, lust, and mistakes. Here I am now, twenty years old with a fatherless two year old girl. Charlotte Isis Peirce, born September 13th 2011. My parents abandoned me, my friends isolated me, and University slipped through my fingers. But I will never regret her.” Riley Peirce is a twenty year old single mother, putting all her effort and time into making sure her daughter is happy and loved, while providing for both roles of mother and father. The only times she left Charlotte was when her neighbor, Red, would babysit while Riley went off to work at the little book store down the street. In a snap decision for a night out, she meets Emerson. A spoiled momma’s boy who has the world in the palm of his hand. He wants pizza? The private jet would depart in the next ten minutes for Chicago’s finest deep dish. In the mood for some new clothing? Italy’s top designers are only a speed dial call away. Responsibility isn’t in his dictionary, and it’s the only one in Riley’s. But after that one night, Emerson wants her. And he gets what he wants. So now he’s in for a Chocolate Chase.

There’s a little bit of a rebel in all of us, but some have just a tiny bit more. Twenty one year old Red is one of those rare gems, who knows when to take a risk and when to stay grounded. She knows that life isn’t always fair, but it builds us up to be the person we are meant to become. In an aggravated moment she stumbles upon Dylan Pine, a clean cut mystery, set on the idea that girls only live to keep secret agendas and has close himself off. He’s rude and bitter, but Red makes it her mission to break through and mend his views on woman and bring out the rebel in him. Along the road she discovers he might not be the only broken one.

Completed! This isn't the first time love had a roommate. It's been five years since the death of her parents and 19-year-old Lillian Camel still mourns their loss while battling with mental illness. Cooped up in her aunt's house, she embarks on a one-girl mission to survive university and get her bachelor's degree as a fashion designer. But she is not going alone. She will need the willpower to face the demons that are coming along with her. But a breakdown in the dormitory system sets Lillian off to a decade-old abandoned dorm to room with the mysterious Noah Sky. Friendly, observant, and extremely attractive, he shares an unlikely trait of secrets with Lillian - secrets that haunt his past. However, they're not the only ones. The dorm has a few of its own. [[Word count: 90,000 - 95,000]] Content/trigger warning: Contains semi-mature themes, language and sexual content ©All Rights Reserved

"Not just a flavour, but a way of life." When seventeen-year-old Flo Kennedy is forced to up sticks and trade her life in London for a sleepy seaside town on the south coast, she's anything but excited. Walden-on-Sea could win awards for being Britain's dullest town, and with a population consisting almost entirely of over sixties, teenagers are an endangered species. Silently struggling with her parents' death and separation from her sister, Flo's convinced she's in for the worst summer of her life. But when she meets the guy in the ice cream shop, things start to change. It's not long before she lands herself a job, a new set of friends and maybe even the beginnings of first romance. For the first time in several years, she's happy. But Flo knows all too well that things can't stay perfect forever, and after all, being on top of the world only gives you further to fall.

Every night, there's one thing that April needs to sleep: Connor. His voice, his breath, his smell, his touch. It's everything April every needed. However, at school, it's a completely different story. Connor, the popular hot guy has never acknowledged April, the shy genius. So why did he come over every night? Truth is, even April didn't know the answer to that, and she barely cared. If Connor was in her room every night, then it was fine with her. But when Connor tries to close that gap between them in public, how's that going affect his friendship with April?

Born with a damaged heart, Leanna Weston has lived a sheltered life with little chance at adventure. When she hears that Finvarra's Circus is coming to her small town, she sneaks off to witness the magic first hand, sure that this is her only chance at experiencing true magic-even if the frightening rumors about the heartless Ringmaster, Finvarra, are true. Caught by Finvarra, Leanna is given one chance at survival: she must join the circus. As slowly she becomes part of the strange family, Leanna learns that there is more than magic to this circus, but an ancient curse that has tied Finvarra's life to its rings. If the circus fails, he dies. Leanna vows to save the circus, but when a ruthless enemy emerges, set on destroying it and Finvarra, will Leanna be able to save them both, or will her broken heart fail her just when she needs it most? Cover Artist: Lisa Rhodes

An infamous music school. Cute teachers. A delinquent. And rich bitches. What exactly has Allie Heywood gotten herself into? Allie Heywood loves to play piano. Ever since she was a child, she's dreamed of being a pianist. In order to go the best music school in her state, she moves in with a family friend-- a young man who also happens to teach at the school.

Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.