1920s the era of change, the era of seduction, obsession and every kind of dangerous Beautiful days often end in dangerous nights Four teens Wealthy and charming As they charm their way through the dangerous nights of Chicago Can they leave in one piece or will they will only end in beautiful nightmares?

Desperate to escape their tiny Arkansas hometown and the dark scars and secrets of their past, four seventeen-year-old best friends make the decision to run away from Russellville and immerse themselves in the glamour and glitz of Prohibition-era New Orleans. Farrah Thornton was the eldest, the golden daughter of a preacher. Raised to be perfectly prim, she always felt caged in Arkansas. But the good-girl act won’t last long in New Orleans, especially once the whiskey hits her bloodstream. Jackelyn Steele was the rebel. All she wants to do is escape her abusive and drunkard father, as well as her life of poverty and equally miserable future. Her sneaky, ambitious nature will serve her well in “the City that Care Forgot”, but the people she meets might be just as horrible as the ones she ran away from. Eve Bartlett was the friendly one. The warmest and nicest of the girls, she holds them together through thick and thin, but has her own personal goals to experience the world as much as she can. Her desire to see everything the city has to offer and to support her fellow women in their struggle for rights, however, may very well drag her into hot water And then there was Lilith Clyde, the youngest and shyest of the group. Redheaded, freckled, and terribly insecure, Lilith let herself be walked over in Russellville. But with the salty air of the city comes a new feeling of power, and Lilith will do anything to get what she’s wanted her entire life – to see her name in lights. It was the age of Prohibition. The age of rumrunners, bootleggers, and moonshiners. The age of smoky speakeasies and the rise of jazz. It was the age of flappers and scandalously high hemlines. The age of red lipstick and sequins. The age of elegant cocktails and charming gangsters with their hats pulled down low. It was the age of love, whiskey, and cigarettes. And New Orleans was about to get wild.

#1 Teen Fiction | #1 Young Adult | #1 Romance "We all need someone to drive us mad." - The Wombats. He stared arrogantly down at me, a smirk plastered across his face. I sneered up at him with distaste, wanting to wrap my fingers around his neck and strangle that smirk off of him. He brushed my golden hair from my face, his long, slender fingers sparking electricity in my skin, making my knees wobble together. "Will you ever, forgive me?" he whispered huskily, his eyes intently staring into mine. His face was only mere inches from me. I just needed to reach out a little further to kiss him... "Yeah. Over my dead body." I snapped, before throwing my arms out forcefully, shoving my hands into his chest, pushing him from me. -*-*-*- He, is Carter Williams. I, am Lacey Adams. We were once, inseparable. The 'Golden Couple'. The unbreakable best friends, that everybody envied. Nothing could get between us. A part from being tighter than white on rice, we updated our status from friends to being in a relationship, frequently. We were neighbours, which meant our families were all close and even co-owned houses around our town. This, all is, until the day of my sixteenth birthday. Everything changed. The loving relationship we shared, was severed and torn apart. I couldn't hardly stand to look at him any more, without spitting fire that is. Every day is torture being around him. He was in all my classes at school and the window in my room was even directly aligned with his. So, what happens? My mother's mum gets sick, so dad and her fly out. Just them. Leaving me to stay with Carter and his parents, who are never home. We would be alone. In one house. Under the same roof. If I was insane before, I have no idea what I am now. © 2016 by LaurenJ22. All rights reserved.

Ariana Winters, just recently turned 16, lives with her wealthy father in New York. The problem? She's tried to commit suicide three times in the last year. Her Father at a loss for what to do, sends her to live with her mother in rural Oregon. Struggling to change who she is, Ari will meet a boy, someone who will do everything in his power to help her, will she let him, or will she continue down her own destructive path.