[This book will be published by Random House in September 2013 in paperback and ebook format. This is a sample of the first fifteen unedited chapters.] They say that the higher you climb, the harder you fall - and Madison Clarke will do anything to keep her new life from crumbling to pieces. Moving from a small town in Maine to Florida, Madison Clarke grasps the opportunity to reinvent herself. Because that's what people do, right? Madison just wants to forget about those days of being a lonely, loser outcast, and jumps at the chance when the popular kids decide to take her under their wing. A hot boyfriend, parties, friends... If only there wasn't the slight problem by the name of Dwight, a cute, funny and totally nerdy guy in Madison's physics class who she can't help but enjoy spending time with. Running from her past and stumbling through the present, who knows what lies ahead in this new life in Florida?

Racquel Wright is a stubborn, hard head, sweet heart. She's the only overweight girl in her school but that doesn't faze her. She's confident in her skin and doesn't care what anyone thinks. Except Cameron Richardson her long time crush. Until one night changed everything and him and her start to have a secret relationship. She's his dirty little secret.

*WARNING: Written in 2008, some content may be offensive* Stasee is your typical shy, quiet teenage girl until the night her brother's best friend Damen Hurtz decides to finally acknowledge her existence. In a desperate attempt to gain his acceptance she allows him to take the one thing every girl values most...her virginity. After that night, Damen constantly begins accepting her while they're alone and then rejecting her in front of his peers. Stasee's frustration and confusion continues to grow, as do her feeling toward the man who continues to break her heart. He claims that he cares for her, but will his need for his peer's acceptance prevent him from ever treating Stasee the way he should? And if he finally realizes the stupidity of popularity over love, will Stasee still be waiting for him?

Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love? If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks, you'll love Awakening to Life.

It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.

Teen mom? Check. On the run? Check. Daughter of the Dark Lord? Check. Not entirely human? Check. Slowly falling in love with a Weasley? Yup, got that too. Journey with Marley Riddle as she is tracked down by her estranged and not very loving father, Voldemort. Forcing her and her daughter to flee and come upon a safe haven that she only dreamed of going to. She takes refuge at the burrow where she meets some very interesting people and soon enough starts to feel herself grow attach to the people in the burrow. Maybe a little too attached to one of the red headed Weasley boys? Watch as Marley turns flaming red from a boy with flaming red hair and works hard to protect the people she loves from the one man that could ruin everything. This book is the first book in the Marley series, read the A/N at the end of the book to know which book is next in the series. This book was formerly known as "Can We Seriously Be A Family?".

Jared Shay and Angela Nicolson were the best of friends when they were younger. Their parents were best friends and paired them up together the moment Angela was born. Even thought the two of them were polar opposites~ Jared is a handsome popular strapping young man while Angie is a frizzy haired crooked teeth visitor~ they are each other's best friend. There is only one problem and neither of them are willing to talk about it. One earth shattering disaster prevents Angie from coming back to visit that Shay family. That is until 9 years later when Angie is forced to go back. She realizes quickly that things may never be the same again. Jared is a completely different person. When will things start getting back to normal between the two of them? Why is Jared acting so strange? And most important, what happened that fateful day that neither of them like to talk about? Find out in my new story XD VOTE VOTE VOTE! Thank you<333

Michelle doesn't want to think about her parents divorce. No more, then she already has. Michelle swears she will never let herself forget what her father did to both her and her mother. He left them, for someone else. So, Michelle starts to believe, that love can never last. It's also Michelle's senior year of high school. Michelle plans to focus on hanging out with her three best friends, staying out of trouble (if that's possible), not thinking about her father or his new wife, and actually trying to keep up in her classes. What happens when sometimes her temper gets the better of her? Or, what about her new Physics teacher? Is he really that nice, and all... or is there another side to him? Will Michelle ever start believing in love again? Or will her heart ache just at the end? Looks like Michelle's crystal clear plansbfor senior year aren't so, crystal clear after all. It's about to get pretty complicated.

Hayley Davidson was taken away from her father by her mother when she was five years old. He promised she would see him again, but she never did. Five years after that, she witnessed a horrible act committed by someone she trusted. Someone who promised to take care of her. At seventeen, she finds it hard to trust anyone anymore, which makes it hard for her to have a relationship. That is, until Damon Smith shows up. Damon is the average good looking, arrogant jerk who knows he can have any girl he wants and finds it annoying. But when Hayley doesn't budge, he finds himself falling for her. As he grows closer, Hayley finds herself falling for him too. But will she be able to push aside her past and trust him? And she realizes that he's keeping a secret himself. Can she figure out what it is?

Teen mom? Check. The Dark Lord's daughter? Check. Amnesia? Check. Was there anything else? Harry Potter has won the Wizarding War against the Dark Lord, the Dark Lord is dead and Fred Weasley is alive. All is right with the world, except that Marley no longer has her memories. The world has twisted upside down when Marley has no recollection of Fred. Join Marley and Fred (and Clary!) as they now have to face one of the hardest trials yet. However, will she be able to remember everything in time? Or will Fred lose hope and start to move on....? This is the final installment of the Marley series!