admire someone else's beauty without questioning your own. {lowercase intended}

Reg is ready to leave behind the workhouse and start working on making a living for himself. His sets out for Greying Tower, the city of trade, harbor and gold. However, illness begins in the city and the people are growing desperate for a cure. The people are noticing that the king is absent, and fear that a war for the throne among the wealthy will be arising. Where will Reg stand among the citizens and what will he be willing to do to settle down?

Because of a horrific past back in Tennessee, Sam, her mom, and her brother, Drew, had to move all the way to California. Sam isn't one to try and make friends, so she keeps to herself. Her brother on the other hand, is a a huge chick magnet. He easily makes friends. One of those friends happens to be the other hottest boy in school. What'll happen when he starts to fall for Sam? Will her harmful past come back to haunt her?