Highest Ranking: #10 in Baltimore :) ____ Jenine is a 23 year old woman who has been to hell and back all before the age of 18. Moving out of the rough streets of Baltimore to California Starting a new life for herself but she's missing something... is it love?

When Lauren's mother died, her abusive father looks to her to play the role of house wife and bedmate. Lauren finds a way to escape it all when she meets local barbershop owner and Kingpin Rio.

"I can't be with you." I whispered, tracing my hands down his arm. The blank stare he gave me was clear that he was trying to stay strong. He hated showing his feelings and I knew that he did. "Why?" His deep voice cracked. The French accent I grew to love seemed as if it had faded along with his emotions. "We don't come from the same community," Tears trickled at the corner of my eyes. "You're from the richest family in LA and I'm just a transfer from Colorado. I'm in the middle class and for crying sakes, I'm black. You're white and we just don't mix." I lied and with every word my heart broke a bit more. "Does that really matter?" He stepped dangerously close to me. His hot breath fanning down my face now as we locked eyes. His beautiful green eyes staring down at me. I nodded. "Can I tell you something?" Once again I nodded, feeling slightly dumb for repeating the same actions. "I'm in love with you Milan Foster."

Pretty young African Julia comes to foreign France to do a Receptionist job as stated in the job description but that's not what her boss had in mind, out of the five girls that had come with her to France, she managed to escape and was looking for a shelter when she landed on a pretty forsaken house to take refuge, or was it not as abandoned as she thought...? Leon Durand , French owner of Le Durand Construction and Le Compagnie de Logiciel. He comes to take refuge in his house so he can hide from his past, but his wish to be alone is interrupted when an unknown stranger comes acalling, will he throw the little lady out or allow her into his life... Find out in the story.

There is a stage between childhood and adulthood that makes us all want to bang our heads into a concrete wall as if that will somehow make us forget the things we did in that cringe-worthy stage of adolescence. That golden era of bad haircuts, first and last dates, and that undeniable feeling of wanting to fit in. Teenagehood. Surviving it is a feat in itself, and the memories you make may haunt you forever. So this is my guide to the good, the bad, and the ugly of surviving teenagehood. Yes this will include anecdotes. [Highest Rank: #1 in Non-Fiction 16.10.17]