"i was put here to protect you. i never meant to fall in love with you." when adelaide's little sister, violet, went missing a year ago and was never found again, everything around her crumbled. she doesn't know if it was her parents' inability to be happy, or the crippling hole violet's sudden absence left in addy's heart, but somewhere along the way, adelaide felt the urge to get away from the only town she's ever lived in and known. now miles away in the cold, gloomy beachtown of whiteside, she finds a new home that's different from the sunny, suburban one she grew up in. but it's a fresh start, and it's all she's wanted. but whiteside isn't perfect. her new home is full of secrets and a tragedy that haunts the quiet little town, and adelaide is soon swept up in the mysterious suicide of a teenage boy that shook whiteside three months ago. and then she meets a boy with striking green eyes and a smile like gold and, well, it doesn't really make things any easier in the grand scheme of things. suddenly she's entranced by him, and the way he tries his best to protect her. and when she finds out that he's the boy who committed suicide three months ago and is now put on earth to be her guardian angel and stop her from doing what he did, everything she knows changes.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

"You're nothing but a con man." "I prefer con artist, sweetheart." ➳ Winner of Season 3 1D Watty Awards for Best Smut