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Saving Hope by SarahLWhite
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Twenty-one-year-old waitress, Hope, can only dream of living a better life. Keeping her little brother safe is her top priority no matter the cost to her own happiness. So when she meets Caleb, who seems too good to be true, her instinct is to resist - but what if he's the only one who can save her? ***** Hope is struggling to make up for her mother's absence and provide for her six-year-old brother. Enter: Caleb, who comes from money and lives a good life, but can't help feeling like there is something missing. Tired from a long day's work, he stumbles into the small café where Hope works. When fate gives him the opportunity to help his enigmatic waitress, he finds himself in a world where all that matters is saving Hope. But knowing that danger is on the horizon, would Hope let Caleb into her world? Content/trigger warning: This story mentions drug use and addiction. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren T.
Princess In My Eyes by quequecnk123
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Nicole Sullivan is the new, fresh, meat at Granbury High School. Ky Mcullen is the one that likes to mess with fresh meat, only thing he didn't expect is for Nicole to try out for his basketball team. An all male basketball team. Ky chews up Nicole and spits her out, but she is much harder than he expects. She does just fine with a boy's basketball so the coach accepts her on the team. The two rivals must learn to accept that one other are not leaving anytime soon and to drop the defensive walls and become friends. Although, of course feelings get in the way, but along with other obstacles that will make Ky and Nicole challenge each other. Nicole is not the prancing girly girl that Ky can put up with. Ky is not a balloon-headed teenager that Nicole can normally predict. Prepare for the High School war.
Bound by WritingGals
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Two very different people who shares one common thing: They're afraid of falling in love. Eleanor Edeson, a mother of two, is an independent woman who has to work hard for the things she has in life. Parker Jenkins, the most-sought out bachelor in the country of England, has things served for him on a silver platter all his life. Although what happens when Eleanor and her two toddler sons become homeless, and the pressure on Parker finding a wife troubles him and the company he's suppose to inherit? These two rather complicated situation forces them to a marriage filled with anything but love. Will they be able to fight the attraction brewing between them, or will they go against their wishes of not falling in love? [Highest Rankings: #27 in Non-Teen Fiction; #32 in Romance]
How To Love (Tyler Seguin) by KneelBeforeSaad
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I don't do love, I do guys. Love just doesn't make sense to me. How can you devote your whole life and who you are to one person? How can there be only one person in the world that is made for you? Love is just crazy. Love is not for me, and it never will be.
Polar Opposites by Drops_of_Jessica
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Kristy is the kind of girl who plays it safe. She's borderline anti-social and she would rather spend her Friday night's cooped up in her room. Instead of going out to all the partys her best friend is always attending. Kristy's best friend is Finn. He's confident, charming and accomplished. He's social and funny and Kristy's completely in love with him. Finn is the exact opposite of his twin Austin, who's cocky, a bit of a loner, and was never bothered by what people thought of him. Austin and Kristy are a lot like enemies. He returns from military school to finish off his senior year at home. Now that Austin's back everything seems to be changing, Kristy might actually have a chance with Finn, Austin and Finn are attached at the hip again, and Austin seems to know all about Kristy's secret crush on Finn. Kristy finally seems to have everything she's ever wanted and now she has to decide if Finn is really who she thought he was or if maybe there was someone else who had always been
Double Dating by paper-sailing
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Kelsey Elliot didn't want for this to happen, hell she didn't even ask to be here. What was supposed to be a free dinner that her friend promised her turned into a double date, a food fight, large piles of dirty dishes, and a sarcastic jerk by the name of Caden Evans. It was also safe to say that he wasn't bad looking. ***** Copyright © 2016 by paper-sailing All Rights Reserved
The Bad Boy Thinks I'm Cute by Center_of_Fiction
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"They always say that a bad boy is like a fire and he needs snow to tame him and calm him down. Some may call me the snow to his fire. But that's not the case. If only they knew the truth...I'm the gasoline to his fire. I haven't tamed anything. I let his flames spread. I've just allowed him to spread his flames to me. And I love the burn. " ~ Aubrey Summers is peeved when her friend decides to date her rival's friend, Jacob. Now she is forced to spend time with the only guy in school she could do without, Parker Adams. But as circumstances continue on, Aubrey finds herself slowly falling for the guy. She is scared she'll get hurt, but who can stop it? Once you've fallen in love, you can't just fall out of it... Maybe it's a good thing Avril made Aubrey with her and her boyfriend on dates with Parker, or it's the cause of her destruction. Parker is a bad boy after all. Warning:Kissing&cuss words Not my cover picture. No copyright intended; all credits to who took the picture.
Yeah, I Hate You Too, Sweetheart. by HonorInTheRain
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After not seeing each other for nearly eight years, Justin and Laila are suddenly forced to spend the entire summer together. Now if that's not bad enough, Justin and Laila couldn't be more opposite from each other. At first it's plainly clear to everyone that they're just not going to get along at all. But the more Justin and Laila actually get to know each other - and when they aren't fighting over something stupid - the two slowly realize that maybe there are things in life they'll need each other to figure out. If Justin is arrogant, snarky, and just a bit too handsome for his own good, then Laila may just end up going insane. And if Laila's clever, quick-witted, and beyond pretty, then God help Justin. So the same thought on both of their minds? Is this going to be the summer of a life time or what?
Just Another Summer... Or is it? by Monica4242
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Like every other teenager, Angelina had plans for the summer that include camps, parties, and beach days with her friends. The final day of school arrives and Angelina thinks that she is now free from all the boy drama for three months. But that was before she got home and found three hot brothers there: Andrew the player, Riley the cutie, and William the childish one. Angelina soon discovers that they are staying with her and her father for the summer. Will her summer turn out the way she wanted it to be, better, or even worse? Join Angelina as she tries to survive the summer with the Turner brothers.
The Hoodie Girl by yuenwrites
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Wren Martin is socially awkward. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie. All she wants to do is keep a low profile, and graduate well enough to qualify for a college scholarship. But then a babysitting job leads her to cross paths with Asher Reed, Eastview Highʼs notorious athlete. When a field injury kickstarts his senior year, heʼs turning his free time and attention to Wren. And maybe she might not want to be invisible after all. ***** [Watty's Collector's Edition Winner] [TFA Runaway Prize Winner] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro