The last place Kendall Hanks thinks she will end up is in a foster home. Let alone with the filthy-rich Mason's as her foster family. As an orphan, life has always been tough, and once she is forced to pack up her bags and move to the perfect town of Curmouth, California, things only seem to get tougher. "New lives" don't come easily, and with Kendall's bad luck, they don't come at all. With a gorgeous foster brother, ruthless foster sister, and a new school, a whole lot of drama can happen. Especially once you add in a handful of attractive guys that just happen to be sworn enemies. Experiencing the most mortifying moments in history, and some life changing secrets, Kendall realizes that nothing is as it seems. Finding where you belong has never been so difficult. Life can be a crazy thing, after all, things can happen. --- 1st place winner in Teen Fiction for the Q&K Awards -- #350 in Love --- ©Corabellina 2015

"Hey." It all started with that three lettered word in a mysterious text from an unknown Californian number―hey. Alex Turner is your average seventeen―almost eighteen―year old girl. She's been through the normal teenage girl drama, like every other girl her age. She never thought she would be the same after her ex shattered her heart, but she finds herself being stronger than she imagined, and pulled through what the world had to throw at her. Though she thought fate hated her, Alex was surprised when she received that three lettered text one day, along with the drama that came with it. What she didn't know, is that that simple greeting would open so many new doors. Jake Carter was the guy for her, and fate decided that when he first sent her that text message. * * * This used to say "Based On A True Story," but I took it down because I'm sick of explaining that only the idea how Jake and Alex meet is true. Some other stuff might be true, but that's mainly it. :) And it didn't happen to me, but my friend :P © 2013, all rights reserved. (which means steal or I will come to your house and gouge your eyes out with a rusty spoon)

Peyton and Parker have known each other from the very moment that her brother, Asher, brought him over after school in second grade. All of this time, they thought they knew each other until their relationship takes a turn after Parker's party. Although Parker Fitzgerald is seemingly effortlessly confident and secure, he is the exact opposite. And the only one who can see through this is his best friend's little sister. "I knew falling for my brother's best friend would be a bad thing, but I couldn't help myself."

A girl and guy with their own set of complications fall in love when she kisses him in Times Square. Cover: @flieur Trailer: @metropolis- Copyright © 2012 C.

Ariel Lewis was always the shy and quiet type, especially around guys. All she wants is to keep her head down and finish up her senior year without a problem, which becomes seemingly impossible when Luke Mason, Oceanside High School's heartthrob, and all-around jackass, comes into her life. When the two get paired up for a final project worth half their grade, neither one thinks anything good will come of it. Nothing will happen between a sweet nerd and a stuck up jerk. But in this case, nothing always turns into something. Rated: PG-13 Category: Teen Romance

|| a featured story || Aurora never planned on spending her final month alive falling in love. When she meets Gus, a curious boy who is all too eager to waste away the days with her, she finds herself trading in her month of solitude for a month with him instead. Under the summer sun, they promise each other a forever they don't have. All they have is August, and they try to make it enough. [Features a commissioned bonus chapter for the JCPenny #DreamPromposal contest] __________________________ Alex Light © All rights reserved 2018

Danielle and Nate haven't gotten along in years, but when Nate discovers Danielle was sexually assaulted the year before, he's determined to fight for her and for love. ***** A week-long power outage can do a lot of things, but mending a decade long broken friendship didn't seem like one of them. However, when Danielle's childhood ex-best friend and current neighbor, Nate, comes knocking on her door every two seconds, she's quickly proven wrong. As Nate uncovers the secret that his best friend sexually assaulted Danielle at a party the year before, he realizes the bitterness of reality and blames himself. While Danielle fights the nightmares that come both night and day, Nate does everything in his power to better things for her, whether she agrees with them or not. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains sexual content and deals explicitly with sexual assault and violence. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

After years away, Marley and Josh return to their hometown high school and fall in love. Can their relationship survive sex, lies and secrets from their past? ***** Forced out of boarding school after her mother's death, high school student Marley Thompson made a promise to never conform to the standards of others. Headed back home after a scandal in Australia, bad boy boxer Josh Baker returns to the same school. Sharing dark pasts and keeping their own secrets, Marley and Josh meet and find a connection they never thought they'd have. Still, Josh's friends and family try to end the relationship before it begins, and Josh has to move back to Australia after he graduates. Having been hurt before, will Marley and Josh let their relationship die? Or will they risk it all and fight for each other? Content and/or Trigger Warning: Sexual Content and Mature Language. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

He wasn't noticed by girls. She wasn't noticed by guys. But because of the courage and determination used to step out of the crowd they were so used to emerging themselves in, they found each other. Even though they knew that they other was easily overlooked in the eyes of others, both discovered that from ordinary, even the plainest of Janes had the ability to become extraordinary.

Jessie Adkins dreamt about running away ever since moving to the nothing-ever-happens town of Newton Berry as a precocious primary-schooler. Ellis Adams dreamt of road trippin' across America ever since his next door neighbour Jessie invited him in to watch Ghostbusters after school, kick starting a love affair with movies. Now that college is over and with University looming in September's shadow, the pinky swear promise made years ago to travel together across the grand old U S of A before adulthood rains down responsibility finally becomes a reality. Diners, drive-ins and dives are all part of the plan. As are Ellis' long list of movie locations, decidedly dicey motels and America's fattiest, fast foods. But all the rest? Not so much. ♥ ♥ ♥ A short(ish) story by Miss Warren Writes