[Previously known as Always.] Gracie Hyde is eighteen and hasn't been in a single relationship. She wants a taste of the drug called love and wants to belong to someone without losing herself. Alastair Kerr is tired of being with new girls every other day and wants to find the one special girl who'll be his forever, without snatching his self away from him. As all stories go, they fall in love. But as reality goes, love isn't all that easy. And there's this possibility, that stolen hearts can be broken too. ••• Written between May 2015 and August 2015. All rights reserved® Copyright with the author Highest Ranking: #1 in Teen Fiction

Ava Darlington, Queen of Clearmont High, had boys tripping over their own feet in an attempt to woo her. Her friends didn't understand why she never even considered a date. She was single, and for some reason, they wanted that to change. They couldn't see that Ava kept her heart locked away because she didn't want to get hurt. They couldn't see that she chose herself over any boy because there was no chance of heartbreak. Ava didn't realise that sometimes the greatest act of self-love was to let someone else love you. Tristan Dolloway, King of Clearmont High, had just broken up with his girlfriend. Heartbroken and swimming in a pool of self-hate, he struggled with the prospect of moving on. Tristan wore his heart on his sleeve, hoping it would help to show his ex he was sorry for everything he had done. He didn't understand that he wasn't the only one to blame, that moving on required more than just time. It required letting go of the past, especially his secrets, and forgiving himself in order to be forgiven. They were two popular teens breaking the stereotypes as they struggled with love, death and heartbreak. They were Ava and Tristan.