Her simple life was being abandoned by her parents and tossed away by the one she loves for a single person whom she thought was like her sister, but was falsely betrayed. She lay all alone in the darkroom with no one to love her until she took her last breath... However, she was given another chance to start over, should she seek revenge or let it go? Will the rage in her heart slowly dissipate?

All Julianna knew growing up was fighting and killing. Being a contract killer was the only thing she knew how to do. However being too good at one thing will make you a target to even those you love. The one person she thought she could trust turns out to be the one person that would betray her, her lover, James. With vengeance and hatred as her last thoughts and feelings, Julianna's spirit is transported to another body, in another time, on another planet. Waking up she finds herself in a 17 year old body of the youngest miss of a powerful family known to the world as "wasteful trash". Julianna finds herself living with her wheelchair bound "uncle" and her senile "grandfather" in a section of the mansion known as "Landfill". In this new world, power is everything. Not knowing how to cultivate energy or knowing how to fight is a sin. With a second chance at life Julianna decided that this "wasteful trash" will now become the most powerful person in the world.

Nick doesn't believe that a marriage needs love to survive, and he's out to prove it by marrying a stranger. But after proposing to headstrong waitress Annabelle, his theory begins to fall apart... ***** Nick Brady has only ever seen marriage as an agreement for mutual economic and financial gain. Wanting to prove his point once and for all, he sets out to marry a total stranger. In walks Annabelle Skye, a down-on-her-luck waitress. All she's ever wanted was stability and comfort. So when Nick explains his theory and proposes, she accepts and moves in with him. After all, she's never believed in fairytale romance. Facing disapproval from their family and friends, Nick and Annabelle become determined to make his marriage without love theory work. But when Annabelle starts to break down Nick's walls, he realizes his theory might not be as foolproof as he thought... Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of an eating disorder, physical and sexual abuse, and other mature content that may be triggering to the reader. [[word count: 90,000 - 100,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Marie Bandy This is the first book in The Marrying You series. [Highest rank: #1 in new adult romance, #1 in womens fiction, #86 in romance and #4 in fiction]