because the mythology nerd in me wouldn't shut up

They were different people who wished for different things. All Benji wanted was to survive high school without failing his six AP classes. Josephine wanted to win every debate competition she stepped into, and quite frankly, everything else she ever did in life. Snyder just wanted people to never call him by his first name, or even better, never talk to him at all. They were different people with different wishes, but in the end they all got the same thing: weekly book discussions.

They're worlds apart, and this isn't high school, so how the hell did a homeless female writer end up renting a billionaire's mansion? And - hold your breath - becoming his fake girlfriend? ➳ full blurb inside ➳ first reached #1 in humor on july 6, 2015 ➳ first reached #1 in business on august 29, 2023 ➳ winner of best humor book in the fiction awards 2016 ➳ featured by cadbury (marvellous creations) and secret lives of the americans (pivot) P.S. This is a SATIRICAL BILDUNGSROMAN. Proceed with caution. (cover by @glueeater)

Katrina's best friend Marco dies in a mall shooting when they're fourteen years old. Three years later, she's starting her senior year of high school and beginning to forget, at last. Her life had become as bearable as it could possibly be, until Ian - Marco's older brother - comes back to town. He comes back changed, dangerous, and enigmatic. Katrina can't stay away, despite the overflow of memories his presence brings to her. A catastrophic relationship is born, one the world never wanted and most definitely won't permit. (cover art by hagenmarley)

Two teens unable to participate in gym watch their fellow students from a park bench. One of them eats what seems like a pound of almonds each day. The other wants to know why. [ © 2014 - Samantha Grace. All Rights Reserved. ] Cover made by the amazingly talented Julietta, or, -therapy

"It was a shame, really. What a fabulous sweatshirt, and it was already ruined." Marla Cooper is forgetful. She fails to recall everything from birthdays to the Pythagorean theorem-- and that includes checking her sweatshirt's pockets before she throws it in the washer. After the washers on her dorm floor explode, Marla finds herself relocating to the hole-in-the-wall laundromat, Sheets, for all her laundry needs. Turns out, so does a certain black-haired boy named Haruki Ozawa, the one person Marla couldn’t forget if she tried.

**WINNER of The People's Choice Watty Award** Finn Harlow met his soulmate in kindergarten, but fate wasn't kind and she ended up marring his best friend. After years of watching in silent agony, he's certain he's met a girl who can finally mend his broken heart--until he finds her in the arms of her lover. In walks Holden Drake; dark, mysterious, and dripping in confidence. All the things Finn wishes he was. He promises to turn Finn into a modern-day Casanova and offers a guarantee that no woman will leave Finn again. But something about Holden doesn't seem right and the deeper Finn pries, the more he stumbles into a world of sex and scandal, leaving him forced to decide if he will risk it all to chase his first love, or succumb to the invitation and join Holden's club.

❝ Don't be afraid of the shadow at the end of the tunnel. It only means that there is a light nearby ❞ Juniper Stauff was an outgoing, enthusiastic, forever smiling girl. She also considered herself to be a superhero for she was the one who restored what was destroyed within the walls of Phantom High. All that ended when this little superhero decided to rebel and pursue her hearts most true desires. Was Juniper going to achieve what her heart wanted so badly or was her heart going to end up wounded in the process? She already had a deteriorating heart so what else did she have to lose? { Copyright © republicans. All Rights Reserved }

Fifteen years ago, a couple moved in at Apartment 403 and 420 bringing high spirits and wishes that this merged love between them would not be a hassle like the ‘across’ moments of walking five steps to knock and greet good morning and start a branch of new life: love. The Russet Building staff is finding two new tenants who can live the freeway morality of spending his/her time glancing every morning and evening at their own balcony’s looking at different views from New York City’s building infrastructure to the modern love we all wish and here comes Avery Gwyneth who is foxy enough to buy an apartment where she is alone hoping that nobody would disturb her piece, not until she learns that Noah Brandon occupies the other pair of the matchmaking apartments of the Russet Building. With every day greetings, erratic conflicts of swapped newspapers and mails can they share the same bond the old couple who lived at the fourth floor of Russet Building? Occupy Apartment 403 and 420. ◄►copyright reserved // romina c. ◄► entry for @beautyatwork's 'a study in femininity' challenge.

A love story that isn't a love story, a self discovery story that isn't like what you think, and a tale that really doesn't need an ending. Because they just ruin things.