In first grade, Sydney Tate was all Carter could think about. As the years came and went, popularity claimed Carter and Sydney became invisible. Senior year presented itself with a trip to the hospital, which just might be the thing to get the dominoes falling... Romance, humor, sadness, excitement, frustration, stress, happiness, bliss... Persistence.

WOULD YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE TO BE NORMAL? Diagnosed with a rare and untreatable heart condition, Scarlet has come to terms with the fact that she's going to die. Literally of a broken heart. It could be tomorrow, or it could be next year. But the clock is ticking... All Scarlet asks is for a chance to attend high school—even if just for a week-a chance to be just like everyone else. But Scarlet can feel her heart beating out of control with each slammed locker and vicious taunt. Is this normal? Really? Yet there's more going on than she knows. And finding out the truth might just kill Scarlet before her heart does... "Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak meets Kathy Reichs' Virals." —bookseller Jill Moore, Square Books Jr. “[A] suspenseful thriller laced with medical intrigue and coming-of-age triumph.” –Booklist “A chilling medical suspense story—Lyons’ specialty—expertly entwines with teen-oriented family drama and the eye-rolling social hierarchy that is high school...Not just for teens.” – RT Book Reviews, Top Pick! * I will be posting new chapters of Broken every TUESDAY as a run-up to its hardcover release in November. Enjoy! About CJ: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-one novels, former pediatric ER doctor CJ Lyons has lived the life she writes about in her cutting edge Thrillers with Heart. Winner of the International Thriller Writers’ coveted Thriller Award, CJ has been called a "master within the genre" (Pittsburgh Magazine) and her work has been praised as "breathtakingly fast-paced" and "riveting" (Publishers Weekly) with "characters with beating hearts and three dimensions" (Newsday). Learn more about CJ's Thrillers with Heart at www.CJLyons.net

Forgetting changed her... Remembering might destroy her. When Chloe fell asleep in study hall, it was the middle of May. When she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life. Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her. What happened to her? Remembering the truth could be more dangerous than she knows...

"always chasing something, even in our sleep" unfinished challenge credit to halcyon

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION After a devastating accident, trapeze artist Corey Ryder gets stuck living a normal teenage life and attempts to reconnect with the mother she barely knows. ***** As a trapeze artist, Corey Ryder is used to flying high above the rest of the world, but when a tragic accident destroys the only home she's ever known, everything comes crumbling down around her. Forced to stay in the small town of Sherwood, California, she must face the realities of being a normal teenage girl. Attending high school, making friends, and falling in love for the first time are just the beginning, because being back in California means facing a large part of her past she's been trying hard to forget-her mom. Content and/or Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of child/domestic abuse

While in the E.R. at Mercy Hospital, Noah meets a strange boy by the name of Tyson, who seems to be a walking contradiction. On the outside he seems cold and distant, yet when he sees Noah in the waiting room with her hand bleeding, he comes over to help her and stays by her side the whole time. When they part that night, both think they'll never see each other again. But, when Noah goes back to school after summer break she finds out that Tyson is the new student. And more surprising still, he acts like he's never seen her before and treats her coldy. Confused, Noah tries to figure out what his deal is, and it does't help that they've been paired together for a class assignment that will take the whole year to complete. ((INITIAL DRAFT))

With summer just around the corner, Coraline's prepared for another busy tourist season at her family's hotel. What she's not expecting, however, is England's hottest up-and-coming music sensation, Leon McCarthy, showing up at the check-in desk.

i needed to write down almost everything he had said, to reassure myself that he had been real, that we were something that lasted; at least for a little while. - nina [ © jude rigor two-thousand-&-thirteen ]

So you've just been informed that you have died. How does it feel? "I don't feel any different." Danielle Bean lived fifteen years in a nice house, attending a nice school. Obviously it was a serious culture shock when her quick trip to the hospital ripped her away from all of that. Along with over a fourth of the teenagers attending Lincoln High, Dannie finds herself dead. The only thing that makes them different from any other deceased citizens, is that they get to read their obituaries. They get to watch the world turn on without them, while they are fulfilling... other duties. You see, according to the world, none of these students exist anymore. Their funerals are over and done with, and they only exist through their families' memories. After the accident that supposedly killed all of them was over and the investigation cases determined it was a mere accident, nobody paused to inquire: 'Hey, what if everybody in the building survived? What if the patients of the hospital that accidentally caught fire were taken out and were now used for the special purpose of an underground service?' Why would they stop to think that, though, nothing like that would ever happen... Now Danielle works for 'Project: Heaven'. A service that offers free, young, strong labour. Most of the labour is pleasant, like regular work that regular people with active social security numbers and real lives have. The severity of the job, though, depends on your attitude. If you have a good attitude, you may enjoy the education provided by the 'Project', the food, the living arrangements, the social gatherings, and the good jobs like modeling and banking and stuff. A negative attitude, though, could have you killed, for real. ((Previously known as Drained)

Life is made up of different types of people, or so Leanna thought until she attended Perf Rock Academy. It's the place where everyone is perfect, and everything is divine. But what if what makes up Perf Rock Academy isn't so perfect after all? What if there is something beyond everyone's perfection? What happens when Leanna tries to figure it out? She may reach her expiration date.