Seventeen-year-old Scarlett Hayes is living her life by her own rules. Losing her parents at a young age has made her strong and fiercely independent. She knows exactly who she is and nothing is going to change that. Everything starts to change for her when she moves to a new town. She meets Cade Presley. He is domineering and arrogant which makes her detest him at first sight. She learns a secret that will unravel her perfect life and lead her into a world she never knew existed. Embracing her new life is difficult when it pulls her closer to Cade. Finding out you are destined to be with someone forever is hard to handle especially when you want to throttle them every time you see them. The attraction she feels for him is undeniable and there is no fighting destiny. *Please note this is only a five chapter sample of the published book.

On Star's 21st birthday she had found out that she is the unum praeditos, that her purpose for being on the earth is to fight the evil that will be unleashed into our world and that only she can stop. For over 500 years she had lived lonely life until the day she met Niklaus Mikaelson, she fell deeply in love with him. They married and life seemed perfect for a while. Until Star discovered what Niklaus and his family were...... Star had been in hiding centuries not letting anyone getting close to her until the year 1863 when she moved to Mystic Falls where Giuseppe Salvatore gave her a home. Star relationship with the brothers grew over time, Damon and Star became the best of friends, whereas Stefan and Star a something began bloom. Then a familiar lady turned up in town that Star thought she would never meet again, Katherine Pierce and ruined everything for Star and drove her out of town. After 147 years she knew her time was approaching to defeat the evil that she had been told about over the years. Star began to embrace her power and true potential of her gift. She had heard that Stefan and Damon were turned into vampires by the one and only Katherine and are currently residing in Mystic Falls. Star choosing to go back to Mystic Falls to finally face the brothers after all of these years. Lives will be turned upside down.... How will Stefan react in seeing the woman who he loved that walked away from him with no explanation? How will Klaus react when he see his dead wife after 500 years? Will Elena finally meet her match with Star? How will Damon feel about his best friends walks back into their lives? Is Star going to really shake things up in Mystic Falls......

She's worried about her seemingly irrational feelings. He's unnerved by their mutual attraction. Neither understands the new feelings they're experiencing. For after all, love is unpredictable and can be the most dangerous magic of all. ~~~~~ Complete opposites. Sworn enemies. Two.. Lovers? Draco and Hermione have been enemies ever since they enrolled in Hogwarts. This we all know. But what if beneath the hate, there was also love? After the war, Draco and Hermione are changed drastically. Coming back to Hogwarts for their final year, something sparks between them - despite their past animosity. As Hermione and Draco battle their way through Hogwarts, they struggle with their relationship. After all, Hermione's the friend of Harry Potter, enemy of Draco Malfoy. It could never be. But who knows? Love always finds a way. ..Or can it? Dragons, Death Eaters, they all pale in comparison as Hermione struggles to survive this school year. Follow Hermione and Draco as they try to endure the most terrifying thing of all - love. ----- "You could have died." My breathing quickens as I stare into his silver grey, stormy eyes. "But I didn't." I shrug nonchalantly. He shakes his head, angry and frustrated. "You don't understand. What you put me through..." My heart beats faster as he leans forwards, eyebrows drawn and face intense. "It was the worst I've ever felt - when someone you care about is hurting so, so much." ---- NOTE: I started this over a year ago and am in the process of editing this story. Please excuse any grammar errors or a bad plotline for the first few chapters :3