When Kahled starts year eleven at a posh private school, all he wants to do is blend in. Not easy when you're the resident scholarship kid in a pool of well-off trust fund students. But when he meets cool, reserved Hannah, Kahled begins to realise a fancy school uniform can hide a multitude of secrets. 'Sweet Bombe' Alaska is published in 'Peridot', the Romance Writers of Australia 'Little Gems' 2015 short story anthology (http://www.romanceaustralia.com/p/186/Little-Gems-Anthology). PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A *SHORT STORY*, NOT A FULL LENGTH NOVEL. Cover art by VaMedia via Flickr CC (BY 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/hJfsFc

[Now on WEBTOON!] [SLOWLY EDITING] A social klutz and certified bookworm, Autumn Lyne is content with having just books as companions--that is, until her extrovert of a sister drags her out to meet her band. But nobody has expected that this would mark the plot twist her heart has never signed up for. Her first love. *** Autumn Lyne has terrible social skills, and when her older sister Clover has had enough of her being alone all the time, she's forced to interact with people outside of her tiny world. Meeting and befriending her sister's bandmates is only the beginning. Her growing bond with the charming Michael Summer seems unstoppable. But what if there is more to him than meets the eye? How can a girl who has barely opened up her heart handle her first love--and first heartbreak? Illustration by raindrops_

[TEASERS] Doomed from the start... Nikos Demakis and Cassia Andrade were married under a billion-dollar company merger contract. Nikos isn't ready to give up his playboy lifestyle, and Cassia is far from the glittering socialite that their elite circle expects. Events force them to live separate lives. Ten years later, Nikos is ready to give it all up and settle down with the wife he only sees once a year. Cassia is also ready to settle down...just not with Nikos. Will Cassia once again surrender herself to the man who scarred her forever? Or will she give up her inherited fortune to leave and never look back? Will they still be able to fulfill the terms of their billion-dollar marriage contract, when death and danger stalk them at every turn? Read the full version on Tapas