"You fall in love with a person for everything they are. Their flaws, their beauty; all the small parts that together build the entirety of the person. You can not choose to love fragments, because we're a whole. That's what makes us, us. If you take away a flaw, you're maybe taking away the part of beauty someone else sees in you." I catch his eyes. "The beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Have you never heard of that?" I smile. The gravity pulls me down and I lean more towards the water. A strong hand suddenly pulls the back of my dress, holding me steadily on the railing. "So I mean, even if the person changes, memories of how things used to be is still there, not even close to be gone.. cause that's yet another part of us." He laughs from behind me. "You're crazy, you know that right?" A smile forms my lips. "Do you find that a flaw or beauty?" © All rights reserved. No copying or translations allowed. Contains sexual content.

When Annabelle, a young eighteen year old is sent to her grandmothers attic to fetch something she discovers some old photographs and newspaper clippings from 1919. The dates go back to when her grandmother was a child and lived out her own teenage years among the blinders fears. After speaking with her grandmother about the men in the picture her curiosity gets the better of her and and decided to do some further investigations. However nothing would ever prepare her for the journey she was about to begin.

She wants to escape it all. She runs from it. She gets a chance to leave it all behind. And she does, without thinking twice. Gabrielle leaves France, her home country, when she finds an offer to babysit in London. She doesn't have a lot of experience with kids, but she's willing to do whatever it takes to just disappear from the world she somehow got sucked into. She comes to a rich family, who has a daughter and a son. She gets a big surprise when she arrives there. The little girl might be little indeed, but the son is nothing like she expected. He's all tall and broad with tattoos marking almost every inch of his skin. And he screams bad news. Alexander shows he doesn't like Gabrielle from the first time he sees her. However, they somehow just can't ignore each other as much as they'd like to, even though Alexander told Gabrielle to never involve in his business. But her being stubborn and fearless, she quickly finds out why people call him 'Sin.' *WARNING! This story contains a strong language and violence.* *The Literary Awards 2017 winner Cover by @ForeverIsland

"She was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close." ~ Terry Prachett -------- Noelle is kind but if you mess with her, she'll make you regret it. There's something unforgettable about her. So few know the truth of her past, even less care to ask how it has affected her. She's that good at affection, masking and redirection. Then she bumps into Stephen, remarkably rare who just brings out the most, of everything. Do they bring out the worst or the best in each other? Or is it something completely bizarre that no one ever thought of? -------- All rights reserved to unsmokeharry, 2016 ©