| HIGHEST - #1 in Cruise | "You could have anyone." I avert my gaze to the floor. His emerald green eyes sparkle as they catch a hint of the flashing casino lights. "Yeah...but I want you." ________________________________________________ Jade's an outcast who doesn't let herself depend on anyone or lets anyone depend on her. Her rough reality is flipped upside down when she loses her dad and her new foster parents bring her on a month-long cruise. Abruptly, she finds herself stuck on a ship where no one understands her - except for the one guy who you wouldn't expect to get her, but does. Noah Grey is known as the popular, star basketball player in his hometown - but he has dark secrets he can't tell anyone. When he runs into the skater girl that has no interest in making friends, what begins as a feud becomes an intense attraction when they come to realize that they're not so different after all... ** - This story is written from both Jade and Noah's perspective. It shifts perspective each chapter. - Don't skip the first two chapters! The first two chapters may seem a bit slow for people who want to get straight to the romance, but it contains important details about who the characters are and also sets up how the two main characters meet. - This is also a coming of age story. It's just as much about pain, self-discovery, and healing as it is about the highs and lows of falling in love. - The characters and their situations are much more complex than just "bad-girl/good-boy" - There is some raunchy and explicit dialogue ;) - I update regularly! - Please feel free to share ideas and tips on where I can improve! **

Amara (Ari) is the least outgoing person that she knows, but she's onto her first great adventure and that is starting to study at the University of London. She's trying to escape from that one night, that one memory that continues to haunt her. However, she's excited to see what this year brings her, but what happens when she meets the smirking, rude and absolutely gorgeous Jace Noland standing in her flat corridor as she moves into her new flat? Jace Noland, the guy with a secret, the guy who ultimately may be dangerous, but he's also the guy who captures Amara's complete and undivided attention.

After a rather anti-climatic breakup, Katie did not know how to move forward in her life. She drunkenly called and asked for help, a word of encouragement and received more than just what she just asked. Single and alone, Harry worked his night off in a radio answering his listeners' call about their love lives. Drained and tired, Harry wished for his own love life too. Or at least someone to talk to. Little did he know, Harry got more than just someone to talk to. Their fates intertwined and the next day they found each other's voices in their heads. "We must never succumb to despair and find an antidote for the emptiness of existence." - Gertrude Stein