Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

*R-RATED *This will be a mature romance with adult themes including language, sex and general themes* When Steph goes on her best friend's hen night she meet's the groom's best man, Jon and while she finds him attractive she also finds him offensive, rude and judgemental. When he offers to escort her home at the end of the night she is only expecting a lift home or a shared cab, no more. The following morning she wakes in a strange bed unable to remember how she got there or what she might of done. She is further startled to find it's Jon's bed and unfortunately he is just as judgemental as she remembered. After exchanging angry words Steph refocuses on work and her friend's wedding assuming after their marriage she won't ever have to see Jon again. With revelations about his marital status revealed Steph becomes even more determined to avoid him, but Jon has different plans for them both after they each begin to see each other in a different light at the wedding and serendipity, well that has its own plan. With the offer of a relationship, an affair on the table what will Steph do? Her head is telling her to run and never look back, but her heart, well that might want something quite different.

"I can't believe you did this to me" Anna said with tears rolling down her face. I looked into her eyes and I was reminded of the little girl that she was when she walked into that library, I had to turn into the monster who broke her heart. Life is real Sometimes we forget that after a good movie or a good novel but the truth is life is hurtful yet all so so beautiful. We don't always get what we want but it is such an amazing journey.

Family - the most important thing in the world, right? If it's your own, maybe. But if it's the family of the incredibly powerful, incredibly alluring businessman with whom you've been conducting a secret office affair, and they don't yet know about the affair, things are a little bit different. Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose, travel north to his parents' palatial estate, she is about to discover whether she has the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever. Volume four of the award-winning "Storm and Silence" series.