Don't postpone what you want. Don't leave anything misunderstood. Make sure the people you care about know; make sure they know how you really feel. Because just like that, it could end. He's reckless and indignant. She harbors an all-consuming secret. Sometimes, God gives us what we never knew we needed.

He's a would-be college student stacking books in the local library. She's a high school senior nearing graduation. He leads a life of organized chaos and she's living by the book. He's free but all she can see are consequences. You can't control who you fall in love with. [To be published end of summer 2025. Stay tuned for details.]

[WATTYS 2016 WINNER!] [COSMOPOLITAN Featured!] Trapped in her white trash hell, Layla Danner is failing at life. Her friend Peyton? Everybody thinks he's perfect, a staggeringly rich, handsome, and well-mannered story book prince. But they don't know what Layla knows. And she'll never tell. Jake? Jake's trouble. A down and dirty charmer, this one's got a devil-may-care attitude and a mouth to match. Everything goes to hell in a handbasket when he shows up to town one summer. Layla never meant to fall in love. All she wanted to do was finish her senior year, get the hell out of this town and never, ever look back. But when mysterious secrets from the boys' past refuse to stay buried, Layla must decide how far she'll go for a chance at a once in a lifetime love. Follow three unforgettable characters in this captivatingly melodramatic, soap-operatic, and larger-than-life tale of first loves, loyalty, intrigue and the magic of growing up. ♦️WARNING: This writer is a hopeless romantic with a filthy mouth and a dirty mind who loves to re-work cliches. The style of the story reflects this. Also, some dark themes. ♦️

Sequel to 'Forget-Me-Not: Bound by Secrets' http://www.wattpad.com/myworks/4626654-forget-me-not-bound-by-secrets How can a person-- taken away from you forever, their existence a mere mark on the sand-- turn your whole life upside down by not being? Ananya Nanda is dead, but the echoes of her words still ring in the lives of her friends. Even in death, she has triumphed. Her presence had twisted lives... but her absence bubbles with the makings of a potent disaster. In a last effort to save everything they ever had, everything they lost, she must find a way to reach out to the people she battered and pushed away eleven years ago-- without being there to witness the transformation. It is true that the present does not wait for past woes to be resolved, and an echo from the past cannot mould the future. It might just be too late to piece together broken friendships, broken trust and broken relationships-- but nothing ever stopped Ananya from trying, and this time, she has all the more reason to succeed. Nothing can stop her from doing what she did not do eleven years ago: overcoming the demons that stood between her and freedom. Overcoming herself. The spark that she left behind is not just a remnant of her victoriuos struggle-- it is her gift to the three most beautiful people in her life who never strayed far from her heart, no matter how far they might be from her. They might hate her for what she did, but they would never forget what she was leaving behind... a part of herself, for each to behold, and a path to their freedom.