During her sophomore year of high school, Aria got held back so she's a year older than the other kids. Being eighteen and a senior in high school, she can't seem to like anyone. She's always said she wouldn't date someone younger than her but how much older will she go? Her mom brings home a new man and announces they got married. Aria absolutely hates him. He'll never replace her father. But as she gets to know him better, she begins liking him. She finds herself acting differently around him, and she doesn't know why. They grow closer and things happen... What happens behind closed doors, stays behind closed doors, right? {The first 5 chapters are published on Wattpad as a preview. The story is 100% complete & published on another platform (more info in my bio). HOWEVER, I fully publish them on Wattpad at random times throughout the year to give you all a chance to read my stories here. If you follow me & add the story to your library, you will get a notification when I republish them here. Thank you all for your support!} All Rights Reserved. ©2020 by G.M. Garcia This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

*A Little Red Riding Hood retelling* --- Rose LaRoux is not your delicate flower. At least not after witnessing her Grandmother's murder by a monster she thought only lived in grim fairy tales. It's been ten years since then and Rose is not only a hunter, but one of the best. A life dedicated to revenge, she won't stop until she's killed every last werewolf. But what will she do when a series of events leaves her abandoned and in the hands of a beast she swore to kill? Can she let go of the past or will she be stuck seeing only red forever? This is the story of Little Red Riding Hood, except Little Red isn't so little anymore and it's the big bad wolves that run away from her. ------------------ | WATTYS 2016 WINNER | | WATTPAD FEATURED BOOK | Highest Ranking: #3 in Paranormal Gorgeous cover created by Abyss-of-Crazy Started: 5/22/16 Completed: Copyright © 2016 C. S. Belle

[EXCERPT!] [BEING PUBLISHED!] [Highest Rank: #4 in Mystery/Thriller] [Featured Story - Fall 2017] Student reporter Penelope needs to prove herself. She chases a story tip on a secret organization of teenage urban explorers called The Broken. With the assistance of a young paranormal investigator, she begins to uncover the group's darkest secrets. However, the members have other plans for Penelope and her new "freak" friend. The reporter becomes part of her story, and she will have to fight for her own life and the lives of her friends as she learns what it means to be one of the broken. Book I of The Broken Trilogy. Featured Story: August 2017 Top Rank: #4 for mystery/thriller Royalty Awards 2017, first place for mystery/thriller Blooming Awards 2017, first place for mystery/thriller Wing Awards 2017, first place for mystery/thriller Dream Awards, first runner-up for mystery/thriller Dreamcatcher Awards 2017, second place for mystery/thriller Rose Gold Awards finalist for best first kiss #nbr Spotlight Chapter, Round 85

AVAILABLE NOW IN PAPERBACK AND EBOOK WITH EXCLUSIVE COLE POV CHAPTERS:http://badboysgirl.pagedemo.co/ "Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything. They make you feel so alive that you'd follow them straight into hell, just to keep getting your fix." Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever Tessa O'Connell is a girl as ordinary as they come-or so she thinks. Her aim for senior year is to keep her head down yet somehow manage to convince her childhood love Jay Stone to love her back. What she isn't prepared for is for Jay's brother, Cole to return to town and change the life she's always been seemingly content to live. Tall, gorgeous as all hell and a bad boy with ocean blue eyes and the perfect edge of adorability, he was her greatest tormentor, her number one enemy.But the guy that's come back is like no one Tessa's ever come across. He challenges her, he tests her limits, he forces her to bring out the girl she's long ago buried under a veil of mediocrity and most of all he compels her to consider that perhaps the boy that infuriates her to the point of no return might just her guardian angel. Warning: The story comes with a bad boy notorious for making you swoon, inducing hysterical laughter and making you question whether you could purchase a clone on eBay.

Bronte Davis is Worthington High's sweetheart. With a charismatic and loveable personality and a drive to help anyone and everyone, it's easy to understand just why everyone loves her. That is, everyone except Blake Parker; the school's rude and arrogant bad boy. But even that's not hard to understand why. While Blake is mean, cruel and egotistical, Bronte is kind, helpful and humble. So what happens when Bronte is forced to stay at Blake's house since her parents are off on a work trip around Africa? Well, with Bronte's sudden determination to befriend the arrogant Bad Boy, you can only imagine all the different possibilities. Yes, all the possibilities that involve the two ripping each other's throats out, that is. With late night conversations, ruthless pranks, constant bickering and secrets that are yet to unfold, its a miracle the two haven't killed each other... yet. Then again, opposites do attract. ▲ ▲ ▲ Cover made by @jeoneunkiko

Allison McKay a regular student, perfect grades, nerd, geek, I guess you can say that she takes after her mother. Cameron McKay a popular student, alright grades, not a nerd nor geek, gets the girls, he's just like his father. Braxton Cole a bad boy, perfect grades, not a nerd not geek, everyone is scared of him and gets the girls and he's the cliche badboy, but one thing he doesn't take after his father nor mother. When Allison makes a bet with Braxton, everything changes, her life and his. Can she change him for the good or the bad? Will they fall in love or will hate each other? Follow them on their journey and see what mistakes, heartbreaks and love can cause.

WARNING: This book contains mature content for mature readers only. (Desire- A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.) He was almost certain she was gifted of being demanding. She was sure that he was cursed into the forever burning embers of arrogance and stupidity and that unforgettable devil-may care attitude. A dangerous stranger to her, which excites and scares her. One thing is for certain, neither of them intended to lose in this dangerous game called desire so they manipulate each other to win. The question is, who will be the first one to break?

Daniella has a boyfriend, Jake. One day she meets his family and falls in love with his brother...

COMPLETED// Clarence Wilson is a 19 year old girl, who has just graduated high school and is now onto college, which is basically the real world. She thinks she'll go through college without no twisty situations, but that all changes when she meets a guy, in a bar, who surprisingly turns out to be her English professor.

-This book has a sequel!- Ficah Rissa Casio is a senior in high school. Though her dad, George, made her move to Manhattan, leaving most of her high school friends in North Carolina, she still looks forward to having a great, fun-filled year. She did end up enjoying herself, especially when she met Ashton. Everything came crashing when her father became desperate to make some extra cash. He introduced Ficah to his boss at a Christmas party. George left his boss alone in the house with her, where he committed vicious acts of rape against her. It turns out that it was planned. The boss paid George in return for Ficah. What more do you need to know?