On a night in late December, in the winter of 1942, Marion Parker responds to an ad in the paper for an all boy jazz band. After she cuts her hair short and fills a suitcase with her brother's clothing, she boards a train to Chicago and hopefully, success; unaware if she will ever return to her hometown of Cincinnati. Marion's secret goes unnoticed by the rest of the band and the city of Chicago. That is until the leader of the band, Thomas Sangster, beings to suspect the truth..

•bones as frail as lavender stems, skin as pale as daisies• ••• "Here." I said, then his eyes met mine and he turned as red as the roses, "Thirteen-forty-three." "What?" "For the roses." "Oh." He handed me a twenty and I gave him his change, not really speaking as we were both unsure of what to say and in a second he looked back up at me, holding a gaze for longer than most people did, opening his mouth to speak. "You have, um." he said, pointing to his eyes and I knew what he was going to say. The deep purple bags that hung under my eyes were no secret and many people would make comments on the amount of sleep I got. "Yeah, it's the CF, it causes-" but he cut me off. "You have pretty eyes."

I'm Jessica I'm 13 and I live on the southside of Chicago next to the Gallaghers., I've lived next to the Gallaghers for 10 years. My best friend is the one and only Carl Francis Gallagher

Those who rob together, stay together. Based on shameless US

i thought you were better than that.

"but people change, I've changed"

Read chapter one!!!

"you don't strike me as the bad guy, gallagher." "it seems like you've got lots of experience." "i'm tougher than i look." "i never doubted that, from what i've found out about you, i would think you were unstoppable."

Siena Jordan lived a normal life with her two best friends Ethan and Hannah until she started having these weird feelings. "Hannah?" "yea" "I think.. I'm in love" "with who?" "my best friend. Oh shit"

When Evelyn was seven years old her best friend Ethan moved away. She's now 15 and he's 16. What will happen when he comes home and everything El has ever wanted happens?