"You couldn't play soccer for your life," he says, his smirk starting to annoy the hell out of me. "Oh yeah? Watch me," I hiss between gritted teeth before spinning around and walking away, making sure to sway my hips. He thinks I can't play? I'll show him. Game. On. ____________________________ Jackie Parkers. The legacy of the highly overrated high school soccer coach. And in the hugely corrupted world, she's got an easy chance on the team. Except that she can't play for her life. Dylan Harrison. Soccer legend. The field is his and he knows it. He's got an easy chance in any university. Only problem? He can't afford it. Jackie has something Dylan wants- money. Dylan has something Jackie wants- soccer. When Jackie inevitably fails soccer tryouts, she's offered something any sane girl would do continuous cartwheel flips for. Dylan Harrison is her new private coach. And only fate can decide whether or not she'll faint.

November Florence has Three big problems in her life. (1) She is probably the only sixteen-year-old in this universe that hasn't had her first kiss. (2) Her twin sister (Autumn) is driving her whole family off the edge with her bad girl ways. (3)When summer finally comes, November finds herself being shipped off to a delinquent camp in place of her sister-Who coincidentally has gone to Australia as November to visit relatives. Camp Bittersweet seems like the perfect place for someone like Autumn. But November is completely terrified of the delinquents and camp staff. And there is that boy who finds a way to bring out everything about her, good and bad. November is going to have to survive the summer without getting caught, despite the many trials and tribulations that come her way. How easy is it to be something you're not?

Logan Chambers and Mae Holland have been best friends since they could utter their first words- they've been through everything together. As cliché as that sounds, it's true. Their first steps to their first crushes, they stuck through it all. Even when Logan moved across the country when they were thirteen, they were still best friends although they were forced apart. They kept in touch but by the time summer rolls around before senior year, they aren't nearly as close as they used to be. However, when Logan's parents start the process of a nasty divorce, she decides to move back to her old neighborhood to live with Mae and her family instead of enduring her parents' constant fighting. Has their friendship really stood the test of time or have they changed?

Lindsay Wilson was born different from everybody else. No, she's not a vampire, werewolf, or some super hero. But she can use her whole brain to function. Lindsay knows everything about everything. She has a perfect, photographic memory, and she has mastered every single sport under the sun. She graduated high school when she was seven. Yeah, seven. But now, Lindsay's mom is forcing her back into high school so she can live a normal teenage life. Too bad the only thing that Lindsay can't do is fit in.

Kennedy (Kenna) isn't known for her beauty. She's never been complimented on her appearance unless being called beautiful by your family counts, and to Kenna- it doesn't. Sick of being ignored because of her looks, Kennedy gives herself a makeover but it isn't very successful. After encountering a crying Marissa Rivers on the behalf of her obnoxious brother, Noah, she becomes acquaintances with the girl. After a chat about Kenna's failed efforts at makeup and how she's a nondrinker, she offers Kenna the help of her and her friends. Kenna graciously agrees but there's a catch. Kenna will have to be the girls' designated driver to the next few parties that they want to attend until she can do her own makeup which may take a while but what happens when Kenna accidentally gets drunk at one of the parties and Noah has to bring her and the other girls back to their home? She gets involved in a lot more than she planned. And it seems as if all she wanted was to become beautiful.

Luke Archer and Summer Merrick have always been the It-Couple at Roseville High. When Luke breaks up with Summer at the beginning of senior year, Summer reveals that she has been cheating on Luke with Paul Walden, Luke’s best friend. Angry and betrayed, Luke decides to get revenge, and he enlists the help of Jamie Vandeviere, a girl who has always been invisible to the popular crowd. Their goal is to transform Jamie into the most popular girl at school and take down Summer’s position as Queen Bee. However, being popular turns out to be a lot more difficult than what Jamie had in mind. What exactly has she gotten herself into? ***READ AT YOUR OWN RISK***

When Rosalie moves to the Outer Banks for the summer, sparks fly with the local lifeguard. *** British socialite Rosalie Harrington enjoys the power and respect that her position as Queen Bee brings, so she's horrified to hear that she'll be spending the summer in a remote American coastal town. With opportunistic friends and a rocky relationship, it's the worst time to leave London, and she drags her heels all the way to the Outer Banks. One day into her so-called holiday, a careless mistake has Rosalie fighting against a rip current. Fortunately, the local lifeguard is on hand to help. Brent might be an expert at saving troubled swimmers, but he is drowning in problems of his own and is far from impressed by this tourist's recklessness. The two of them couldn't be more different, but their attachment to the beach forces them together and sparks fly as they try to ignore the sizzling chemistry that soon develops. Rosalie and Brent are both about to learn that it's not just the ocean where there is more beneath the surface than meets the eye. Achievements: 2015 Wattys Winner #1 in Romance 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿: ❌ I do not use generative AI to write my books. ❌ I do not consent to my books being used to train AI models. ❌ I do not consent to my books being used to create AI-generated content.

Ebony & Ivory. Darkness and light. Two ends of the spectrum and somehow Harry Styles finds himself right in the midst of them both. How will he decide? Ebony Saville once considered as being strong willed and independent, though somewhere along the way she has lost a sense of herself. She is stuck in a tired relationship not lacking in routines and resentment, along with an unwavering obligation to stay. Emotionally invested, her attempts at holding on seem more and more futile, and she is faced with the harsh reality of whether she needs to make the life-altering decision to stay and fight for what they had, or to move on. Ivory Oakes is unknowingly unsure of herself, and thrust into a city that takes advantage of girls who are young, naïve and too pretty. She falls adamantly and unapologetically in love with a boy who gives himself to her, but there is only so much of himself that he can give. Will she open her eyes to the truth, or continue to blindly fall further in love? Written in the perspective of two very different girls both unknowingly dating the same boy that the world adores. [Ranked 5th in Fanfics] All Rights Reserved © WordsWithGem 2014