FORMERLY TITLED "FATUM" Chosen as a Wattpad Featured Story in May 2017 There's a reason high school senior Athena Thorpe spends every available moment reading books: fiction is always so much better than the real world. Even the unexpected scandal she suffered thanks to Jackson Montgomery was just a blip in her typically mundane existence in Sparrow, North Carolina. But no story could ever compare to the life-altering events that occur when Gabriel Valente moves into town. Being the son of a notorious crime lord and having grown up on the streets of Manhattan, Gabriel defies all the expectations the students of Sparrow High have for him, including Athena's. She never expected he would match her interest in the written word, or his unlikely grand gestures and definitely not the immediate but intense feelings which cause them to spiral into a secret relationship. A relationship that hinders on Gabriel's uncertain future, which could find him being the heir to the mob throne. Whether or not she wants to admit it, Athena knows the world Gabriel comes from is a dark and violent one. It's just really easy to pretend it doesn't exist within the bubble that is Sparrow. Yet, no matter how much we pretend, reality is never far away, with Gabriel and Athena learning a tragic lesson about choice and consequence a little too late. When you finally decide what you want most in life, the next question becomes: will fate agree?

Savanah Smith is walking with her two best friends in the city of New York on vacation. When she stumbles into this guy. She says sorry and goes on her way laughing with her friends. Nick King, the CEO of Kings corporation, was walking through the streets of New York city when a girl knocks into him. She apologizes and keeps walking. She's captivated him, and he wants to know everything about her but the thing is he doesn't even know her name. #38 in teen fiction 8/17/16 *In the middle of editing, I am not perfect so even if the chapters say edited and you see something that needs to be fixed please let me know so I can fix it! Thank you!*

A few days before the 25th, Farah Dailey decided to take a risk and anonymously deliever a Christmas gift to her long-time crush, Jamie Bright. Things don't go quite as planned when a sudden snow blizzard strikes and Farah blunders her way into a sweet shop - coincidentally owned by Jamie's family. Hm, but perhaps being trapped with your crush inside a sweet shop isn't all bad? [ N a N o W r i M o - 2 O 1 2 ]

When an 18 year-old Marine replies to an email meant for an advice columnist, the girl on the other end can't help but be hooked on his every word. Wes Lee, a US Marine on leave, is the accidental recipient of an email intended for an advice columnist. Even though he knows he shouldn't, Wes can't stop himself from answering the sender's cry for help. Morgan Mayfield, the high school senior who sent the email, is more than startled to received Wes's reply. But what he says to her resonates, and his advice might be just the thing she needs to break free from the life she hates.

They married for the wrong reasons. He married her for the money and status, while she married him to start over again. It doesn’t really matter why exactly they married, but what happens when he starts to feel something towards his own wife. And what happens when the trouble she left behind catches up with her?

Zack: heartthrob of Miami with an amazing body and an impressive bank account; but he can't flirt. Ella: Beautiful, wanted, incredibly flirty... And just lost her boyfriend. Zack and Ella agreed on helping each other; Zack would make Ella's ex. jealous and Ella would teach him how to flirt in return. Living their pretense and experiencing the best, most intense summer ever with all their games and teasers to annoy Ella's ex., they start to realise that they forgot one very important rule... " In the middle of all the flirting, love always finds a way" * This is a "true love conquers all" type of story.

Meet Fay Valentine, a spunky rough necked troublemaker who has watched over her childhood friend since she saved him from a couple of bullies in 3rd grade. Nerdy and bully-magnet Austen McKennzie had never been too far away from her for too long, everyone thought it was impossible! Than all of a sudden her geeky childhood friend decided to fly off to Europe in god knows where, leaving her behind over summer vacation. Than suddenly a hunk-of-burning love shows up, claiming to be geeky Austen..wait what!?

Jillian's senior year was supposed to be easy, but when her father's job causes the two of them to uproot their life and move to Byrendale, it doesn't take long to realize that the small town is still mourning a tragedy. Meeting Parker was something she didn't expect. He's an outcast, but more importantly, he's been accused of murdering his sister. The more time the two of them spend together, the closer they grow, and Jillian is able to see what everyone else refuses to - he's innocent.

[COMPLETED] "Why do you always stare at me?" "B-Because You're B-Beau-tiful." Violet was the shy girl Harry loved to draw. Harry was the stuttering boy Violet fell in love with. © londonstars

(Book 1 of Paper Hearts Series | Completed October 2015) EMERALD WREN, a nineteen year old art major who breathes and lives for creating art is in dire need of new art concept. When her emotion-packed, post-break up painting called The Betrayal is sold to an unknown buyer, she decides to fly to Toronto to see her deceased father's mural with her own two eyes, hopeful that she will find inspiration. But when bad timing and unlucky stars decide to squeeze into the picture, priorities start to drift to a different direction. MARCUS DON VALENTINE, a ravishing CEO at the age of twenty-seven finds himself in a pinch. But lady luck smiles back when he finds just the right girl for the right job and he will leave her without any option. The only way out is to accept the deal. The deal was simple enough for Emerald: to be Marcus's fake girlfriend in less than three weeks. Easy peasy. But a few deep conversations, unanticipated passionate kiss, and too many breathtaking moments later, she finds herself falling for the man with a crumpled paper heart. Will she be able to paint the colours that once was lost? Copyright © 2014 | J. Curtis No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. edited: 3-16-2015