*Written in 2014* Book One in the Darien Grace Chronicles He was my siren song and all other melodies just seemed to pale in comparison.

"Before you can see the light you have to deal with the darkness"

Leah and Liam are an ordinary brother and sister going through a hard life between their mother passing away and their abusive father. Liam leaves to follow his dreams then comes back to help his sister get away from their father. Then Leah is being chased by four boys who are trying to steal her heart. Who will she fall inlove with?

Continuation of "Who Will Win My Heart?" -The sequel. Leah will face many obstacles to be with the one she loves, but she will realize she will need her brother Liam to be there for her more than she thought. And will the one she chooses at the docks be her love forever or will he be just another boy, another heartbreaker?? And what will happen when she finally becomes happy, or will she be as she fights the toughest battle of her life?

DISCLAIMER: This story was written in late 2012. I wrote Strings Attached as an adolescent with no idea how a healthy, adult relationship should function. This story is dark and twisted in a way that my teen mind couldn't comprehend at the time. There are more than a few scenes in this book with sensitive content. I--in no way--support rape culture and I do not condone my character's actions. However, as I said, this story was written in an ignorant state of mind. I will not remove this story from Wattpad. It is part of my past and though I am disappointed with the content, it shows how far I've come not just as an author but as a free-thinking adult. Thank you for reading. **Excerpt** "Say... it," She gasped, throwing her head back, cupping my face in her hands so that I was forced to meet her gaze. "You're mine." She held my gaze for a second more, before crushing her lips against my own, arms wrapping tight around my neck, pulling me down to her level. Arms sliding easily around her, she wrapped her legs around me as I lifted her up, lips traveling over her chest and collarbone. She moaned as my hands dug into her tender flesh, pulling on it, their violence a stark contrast to the gentle kisses teasing their way up her neck. Bright lines marked the paths that my nails had etched into her skin, marking her, beautiful red tattoos, spreading out over her entire body. Her small hands knotted in my hair, pulling harder and harder as she fought the urge to cry out...

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.

After trashing her scholarship and throwing her grades down the toilet, headstrong, stubborn Ally Kingsley is off to her new life as a college student in Wilmington, North Carolina. With a once alcoholic mother and a deadbeat father, Ally has learned to take care of herself almost her entire life growing up in small town Jacksonville, NC; she earned outstanding grades, received a music scholarship in her junior year of high school, and even made the audition cuts into the NYC Dance Company. She had everything. Who would have ever thought, that one surprise party would change her life forever? After that night, she built her walls high and thick and shut out everyone she knew and everything she had before that night, including dance, grades, and her music. Then she meets Harry, dark and twisted Harry; someone she'd never think to be capable of loving someone, let alone the type of person she would fall for. But against all odds that try to keep them apart they fall hopelessly in love, but little do they know that a deadly secret linking the two together could destroy everything they are, everything they ever had, and everything they ever will have. "We are all damaged, but because of her, I am beautifully sewn." Tragically Beautiful © nicolemarinne. 2013. All Rights Reserved.

17 year old Jessamine Taylor has just recently moved to California after her parents both get job promotions. She's very excited to be moving to a new state. The only thing that catches her off guard is one of Hamminton High School's bad boys, Harry Styles. Something is different about this boy, and she wants to find out.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.