"When I tell you that he hates me, you'll probably assume it's because he's a jerk...but you'd be wrong. He's not a jerk. I am." --- Several years ago tragedy struck Emma's home, leaving her broken... like a cup with cracks spiraling and slithering around the edges. Slowly, bitterness crept in like tar, hardening between each fracture to resemble a deceitful wholeness. She became a monster, and targeted her venom on the sweetest person she could find: Trinity Nixon. Too bad the boy Emma longed for was Trinity's brother. Now, as Emma fights to win the heart of the boy who despises her, she's forced to hide her demons. She paints her fragile cup in pinks, yellows, and oranges - all the colors of the sun. She paints on a smile, and an unusual sense of humor, so that the world will view her as bright and cheerful, when in reality she's breaking. But she's completely unprepared for the acidic truth that melts away the tar, demolishing her shell, and awakening the Emma White buried deep inside. --- Book 1 in The Dismantled Pride series *Story was previously titled "Faking It"

Lily has no memory of life before today. Pendra is the Prince of the Realm. She is paired with him for the Finding an Annual tournament where all of the children in the realm are set out in pairs to find a treasure. Simeon, Pendra's father has never recovered from his Finding experience with Rose. Rose is Lily and Pendra's teacher of dragon care and battle strategy. This is set against a backdrop of war in the realm and magical beasts.

She drinks to blur her world, while he drinks to find his. © 2017 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED a.u.

I dare you to read this. Enter into this dark world. Not just any world, but this world, the one we live in. I dare you to dig deep, to attach to these traumatized people. To understand and care for these angry and hurt teens. I want you to try, to hurt, to hate, to love. To cry, to fall down, to rejoice and stand back up. But mostly... I just want you to feel. So join Vincent, Briana, Amelia, Gregor, Scarlett, Jasper, Dante, and Isabella as they traverse the insanity of teenage life in Bristol, England and deal with drugs, sex, crime, and drama unlike any other. Be ready to learn just how low you can be when you're high, and how much pain can be inflicted by those who once made you happy. (Not official Skins writing. All characters and rights to said characters belong to me, as I created them all. The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this writing are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.)

"Would it all be worth it if she 'saves the world?'" What would you do if you woke-up one day in an unfamiliar world? What if you kept stumbling - Would you pick yourself back up? Having already lived a childhood bouncing from home to home in Brooklyn, our reluctant heroine - Amelia La Graine - has her life turned upside down and inside-out when she travels back in time to the era of the American Industrial Revolution (circa 1820). There, she must discover why she was sent back and what she must do to go home. Will one woman, stuck in the past, change the future of a young and budding country? The first book in the "Combustion" trilogy weaves a tangled tale of heroism, deceit, danger, and manipulation - all while Amelia tries finding herself in an epoch that was never meant to be hers. Combustion: The Spark

Have you ever wanted to get back at someone for being so cruel to you? Whether it be an ex-best friend, or a teacher, or your mom. Or maybe even the guy you thought was perfect for you. Well here's your chance. Killian had everything she wanted. A spot on the principals list, an acceptance letter to Sara Lawrence college in New York, and the best boyfriend to go with her after senior year. She had her whole life planned out. Platter. Life. Everything falls to crumbles when she catches her boyfriend in HER bed with her best friend. Her sister. She's heartbroken for about 8 hours and then she gets her shit together. She has prepared this long thought out plan to get revenge on Sean, her ex. And she's gonna do it with old fashioned jealousy. Insert Declan. Classic bad boy. Leather jacket and all. Sean's literal arch nemesis. They've had so many problems during their short high school life. That's why Killian seeks him out for revenge. But will it just be revenge? Or will it turn into more? Read to find out. i will be updating every weekend so be patient!!❤️this is gon be good folks

[#110 in Historical Fiction! 03/03/2017] Beautiful girls in exquisite dresses. Handsome men with dishonorable intentions. Add in jazz and booze and you have the high society of Chicago 1922. With white lies and dark secrets Chicago's wealthiest families don't only bounce back and forth between the city and their country estates, they also alternate with ease between the extended pinkie tea parties during the day and scandalous speakeasies at night. Clara and Olivia Vandercroft are at the top of the social scene... or so it seems. When they find out that their position may not be so secure , suddenly everyone is against them to threaten their future - including Clara's social-climbing best friend, Virginia, who is tired of living in her shadow. When Virginia's envy boils over from being thwarted once again by the Vandercroft sisters, no one is safe. It's the roaring twenties, when morality is questioned, dark secrets prevail, and anything goes. Cover credited to: @nighttimemonsters #EWA2017