Parker is self destructive and withdrawn. Aspyn is bright-eyed and bubbly. Parker and Aspyn are complete opposites. Even though they are undeniably different; something is pulling them together. *** "Smoking kills, you know." "Exactly." He said as he took another drag of his cigarette.

Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love? If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks, you'll love Awakening to Life.

In New Hampshire’s White Mountains at the end of World War I, Irene takes her shell-shocked fiancé to a place of enchantment she recalls from childhood in a desperate attempt to save his life. Stand alone short story, part of my Twin Birch House series.

Aspen is receding further into the depths of her own mind. She seems hopelessly confused. Until she meets Cassie, the seemingly perfect girl that wants to be friends. Plagued by relentless hatred, Cassie seems like her only hope. But Cassie is hiding a few secrets of her own. Seemingly relentless, Aspen isn't quite sure whether Cassie will be the savior of her drowning soul, or the anchor that will drag her farther down. There is one thing that's for certain, though. She's lost either way.

It started on Wattpad but now is EVERYWHERE! With a bestselling book by WWBG, a captivating Webcomic on Webtoon, and a film adaptation by Wattpad WEBTOON studios, you can read, scroll, or watch - there's an experience for everyone to dive into Waverly and Blake's journey. ***** In order to fit in during her summer visit to a beachside town, Waverly must take swimming lessons from Blake, the moody (but gorgeous) lifeguard next door. ***** Seventeen-year-old Waverly Lyons is from Alaska. She doesn't do sun. But after her divorced parents can't agree on who gets to have her for the summer, Waverly gets shipped off to Holden, Florida, to spend a couple months with her aunt, Rachel. There's one minor hiccup: Blake Hamilton, Rachel's seventeen-year-old neighbor. He's athletic, outgoing, arrogant, tan, and pretty much Waverly's exact opposite. She's eager to avoid him at all costs, hoping to fit in with the other kids in Holden without drawing too much attention to herself. But when Blake discovers that Waverly has been hiding the rather embarrassing secret that she can't swim, he does the unthinkable: He offers to teach her. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys" -- Alphonse de Lamartine Lucy's past is blackened with dark memories and mistakes she'd rather forget; some that have split up her already dysfunctional family, some that she has not yet fully comes to terms with and some that she is continuing to make, even now. She turns to guys to fuel her need for love, but only ever for the night. You can't get hurt that way. After her beloved Gram's death, she is wrecked with sadness, pushing her straight into the arms of Ben. He is seemingly perfect and she feels herself falling fast and hard but - she doesn't do love and Ben might not be as perfect as he would first seem....

One bridge. Two guys. Three secrets. Four therapists. Five attempts. Six months. Seven bad habits. Eight family meetings. Nine visits. Ten cuts. One death. Spiritual #4

“Love’s like a bullet. It’s fast. It’s furious. Sometimes you can’t see it coming. You can run from it. But you can’t dodge it. Unless someone stands in your way…” Growing up, Callie Tollson had always admired her older brother, Clay, for being exactly who he wanted to be…despite the consequences he faced doing so. With their roles reversed, Callie had always been the one to stand up for Clay when he was in harm’s way. She always thought this was enough. She thought she was able to protect him. That is until he turned the tables and unleashed harm back on those who had done it to him. She couldn’t understand why, being the one who stood up for him the most, she was the one he picked as the receiver for the final bullet in his gun. Now she’s the most feared girl in school with a haunting family tie to keep her stuck in the halls of Riverton High. As she tries to survive the rest of her junior year as the sister of the boy who brought a gun to school, she soon realizes she owes nothing to the boy who turned on her and everything to the boy who saved her life.

Chosen as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2016 ** In 1959 Cuba, Natalia San Martín was nothing short of a princess: sheltered, pampered, and courted by her very own prince, a childhood friend turned lifelong love. All that changed on the fateful New Year's Eve when Fidel Castro and his followers seized control of the country, with tragic consequences for not only the island, but Natalia herself. Five years later, in 1960s New York, she's known as Natalie Martin-living a life that's bleak, but thankfully anonymous. However, when the enigmatic Jack Roemer offers her a job writing the memoir of a starlet on the brink of self-destruction, she sees not only opportunity, but unexpected echoes of a fairytale long forgotten. As she knows all too well, however, the prettiest façade can hide the ugliest of truths- and peeling back the layers of someone else's past forces Natalie to confront her own.

All I ever wanted was one thing. Just one. And life was kind enough to hand it to me. For a time. But as the saying goes "All good things must come to an end." And come to an end they did.. He took it. He took my heart. He took it, used it, then shot a burning hole through it. And all that was left for me to do was watch it burn to ashes. Because ultimately, i loved a boy, gave him my heart, and he threw it away. And it was these events that led to me being who I am today. Broken, used, dirty, lifeless.. It was these events that led to my demise.. My collapse.