Audra Jones left Miami after her longtime boyfriend Antonio cheated on her. Refusing to pity her life, she decides to move on by relocating to Italy. Once there. she crosses paths with the handsome, but blind, Danté Lombardi. Sometimes aggressive, he has his own story of heartbreak and woes. As time progresses, they will both soon see that there is more to life than what meets the eye.

He's ruthless. He's powerful. He's demanding. He's in pain. Twenty-six year old African-American journalist Victoria Browning wants to get away from it all. Her bossy mother, her jealous older sister, and her demanding job to have some type of relief. One problem. Victoria is incredibly shy and quiet and keeps to herself. While on a dream vacation to Rome she accidentally witnesses a murder and is...well kidnapped by the mafia boss himself. She's shy. She's passive. She's smart. She's beautiful. Twenty-nine year old Italian Mob boss Lorenzo Catalona lives up to his reputation. Being one of the most wealthiest men in Europe he doesn't trust people so easily. On the outside he seems like the most intimidating hard nut shell who shows no mercy but little does every know that he's broken. From past loves who left him to become such a ruthless beast that no one can tame. On a rainy night while handling 'business' something extraordinary changes his life....that is Victoria.

(Previously known as: The Life of the Bullied) ~How can you say you love someone, when you can't even love yourself?~ "I love you, Sarah Emilia Hall." "I-I think you should leave." I could literally see the life drain out of his eyes when I said that, his arms falling limply to his sides as he backed up, stepping down a couple steps from me. I don't know what possessed me to say that when he was so vulnerable and obviously telling the truth, but I couldn't tune out the voice inside my head screaming he couldn't love a fat cow like me. He couldn't love someone so useless, someone so ugly. "I-yeah. I think you might be right. I-I'll talk to you later." James practically ran down the stairs, not turning around once as he left the house, the only sound left of him was the slamming of the front door. **** Sarah Hall is the fat girl. Having people, let alone her ex-friends tease, ridicule, and insult her every day she's bound to have trust issues. Although she tries to blend into the crowd, pretend she's as invisible as she seems, her life is quickly interrupted when James Black waltzes in like he wasn't there every day when she was bullied. And it doesn't help that she has sporadic bursts of the confident girl she once was coming in every now and then. James Black is a popular boy. Tattoos, star soccer player, the center of the popular crowd. He doesn't care what anyone has to say or think about him, but when his attention is captured by one particular beauty he's bound to have some selective words for those who bully her. Yeah, he has a thing for the fat girl, the only thing is now getting her to have one for him. Find out what happens when they meet, and what exactly happens when the fat girl and the popular boy get together. Highest Ranking: #44 in Teen Fiction, October 4rth, 2016

The book Secrets in the Shadows is a good,interesting & exciting book that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I tried to but couldn't put this book down. Secrets in the Shadows is about a boy named Roylin Bailey that goes to school at Bluford high. Then, arrives a new girl Korie Archer, she comes to the school & Roylin can't keep his eyes off her, because she was so pretty. For her birthday Roylin buys her a diamond necklace that costs him more than anything that he has ever paid for. I would really recommend this book if you like interesting & mysterious books. This one kept me on the edge of my seat.