For years, Ally Kner has always faced her life with two things - the hope that she can get out of this hell soon, and Tom, her best friend since childhood. He's been her shoulder to cry on since he found out her deepest, darkest secret, and they know each other like they know themselves. She never thought that anything could come between them because of how tight they are - she's never had to think of who she is with him, and everything's easy, because everyone knows (even Tom himself) that Ally doesn't think of him in that way. But, somehow, along the way, Ally's smooth road turns into an bumpy path. Little decisions add up and make her question herself - who does she really love? What's she got to lose? What's really at stake here?

Alexandra Musgrave-Barrington. Her name alone inspires awe and intense jealousy. She is tall, blonde and thin. She belongs to the wealthiest family in Boston. She has the perfect life, perfect friends, perfect boyfriend. Or does she? Often mistakenly perceived to easily get whatever she wants because of her good looks and her family’s influence and wealth. Unknown fact: despite her incandescent beauty she is exceptionally kind to others and she had a disregard for high society. She is charming, talented, funny, carefree and laid back. She may seem to have it all, but she suffers from intense insecurity brought on by her mother’s constant scrutiny and is unwittingly embroiled in dark secrets and betrayals. Mark Wahlberg. His name alone inspires terror and fear. When he walks into a room, all eyes turn in his direction. His bold stare holds a challenge, daring all he encounters. When trouble comes calling, he never backs down, no matter the risk. He makes his own rules as he goes. His survival skills are honed by years of hard knocks and his intuition is seldom wrong. His cocky stance and bad attitude are nothing more than camouflage, cloaking the real man and his well-guarded secrets. He DOESN’T have a perfect life. He does have and relies on his brother Donnie and their gang to survive the mean streets of crime-ridden Dorchester. He’s seen too much, been betrayed too often and has finally abandoned all the ideals he once held dear. The wounds of his past have ravaged and shaped him, and made him into the man he’s become. Although he works hard to preserve his “I don’t give a damn” image, deep inside, he needs to love and be loved. He fights hard and makes love even harder. So, beware for he feels he has nothing to lose. From opposite sides of town. Thrown together by a surprise twist of fate. Can these two stop fighting long enough to fake-date their way into each other’s hearts?

Violet White has lived in care for as long as she can remember, knowing very little of her family, except for the letters she receives from her father every year. On her seventeenth birthday she discovers that her father is in prison for the murder of her mother. She must delve into the secrets of what happened on that fateful winters night to prove her father's innocence. But what if there is more to what Darius is telling her? What if the darkness spreads from deeper in his history? What really happened in Brightwick Manor all those years ago?

*Mostly NOT a SATIRE or PARODY* Ever read about best friends falling in love? Arranged marriages? Vampires? Werewolves? You have?! Have you ever read about all of that in one story??? Didn't think so.