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Some Place Better Than Here by LandenWakil
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It's early summer, and in a small community on the central Jersey Shore, a black car screeches to a halt outside the Wright Bros grocery. Danny looks up from where he's working at the carwash to see the driver rifle out of the car and chase a girl rushing into the store. For some reason-fate perhaps or intuition-he decides to cross the lot and investigate. When he meets Mary, there is a great deal Danny doesn't know, but he certainly knows that he's been struck. For it's like the keys to an old car had been dropped into his hands and is about to start the engine that will forever alter the outcome of their lives. Some Place Better Than Here is a gritty, unflinching look at how we define family and come to grips with loss. It's about growing up in a small town, following your dreams, and mapping out the uneven ground that often lays between love, friendship, and sexual awakening.
Dear Jaime by ella_enchanted
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Jenna Lakes has always been the smart, collected, and cynical older sister...and the complete opposite of her little sister - the bubbly, sweet and caring advice-columnist, Leanne Lakes. When Leanne leaves for a three-month honeymoon with the love of both sisters' lives, Jenna finds herself struggling with her private heartbreak as she fills in as "Jaime," the gender-neutral name her sister uses for her wildly popular advice column. There's just one problem - readers of the "Dear Jaime" column have come to expect compassion, sweetness, and, in Jenna's opinion, "puke-inducing froofiness." And Jenna has no intention of continuing that for three months. As her unusual Dear Jaime responses begin to gain public attention, Jenna must decide what she wants: she can either choose to stay safe by pushing away chances of friendship in the workplace and chances of love in the form of the easy-to-look-at Kenneth Owens... or, possibly, choose to follow her own advice and live fearlessly and fully.
Splinters: Part One by ThatAmericanGirl
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Brayden's life is a beautiful disaster. After finally being adopted by a wealthy woman and her family, his entire life is turned upside down. The New Yorker boy who's only lived in small one-bedroom apartments and tiny houses is now living in a Barrington, Rhode Island mansion. The boy who has never walked inside an actual school is now attending a private charter academy. The boy who has always been a nobody is now a somebody, but the heart wrenching experiences of his childhood follow him day by day as he lives his new life. On the other hand, Collie's life is perfect. Being beautiful, rich, and popular was an easy job to say the least. She never dealt with scarce food supply, financial issues, or abandonment, which is everything Brayden has struggled with throughout his life. To anyone, Collie had it all. When Brayden suddenly turns up at Constance PCA, it was almost crush at first sight for Collie. A budding romance ignites, something that is forbidden due to the hatred of Brayden's new sister, Ursanne, but as the two grow as a couple, Collie forces her way into the secrets of Brayden Palmer's life, the secrets he calls his Splinters.
Moon Child ~ on hold by Tsugumi_
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Diana is a normal teenage girl, living in an elven society. But everything changes on her 16th birthday. She becomes something no one expected her to be... making her an outcast. She believes she is the only one, but there are others. She soon discovers the true meaning of her life, and faces challenges greater than she ever imagined. She also has to make a choice that will affect her whole life. But what will it be? Destiny? True love? Friendship? What will Diana choose? And how will it affect her? Is she really who everyone thinks, or is there more?
Ever After by kelly_1231
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Having a famous rockstar as your childhood best friend isn't all that great. Carson should know since hers just so happens to be the handsome yet arrogant lead singer of the band, Ever After, named Vincent Gray and if anything, they can't stand each other. When Vincent Gray is forced to go back to his old life in Toronto after his parents has had enough with his diva-like attitude, they are hoping that he gets a reality check. Though, Vincent could care less about his attitude-- all he cares about is starting that world tour of his. Carson, on the other hand , a once aspiring musician, has her goals set on University. When she gets accepted but fails to gain a scholarship, she fears that she'll live the rest of her life working at the local diner. However, Vincent makes an offer Carson knows she cannot refuse: if Carson, the girl everybody seems to love, pretends to be Vincent's girlfriend for two months, enough for everybody to believe that he has changed, Vincent will then pay for Carson's tuition for University. Simple, right? They'll both get what they want: Vincent gets his world tour and Carson gets to go to University. Well, sometimes our plans don't go according to plan, and sometimes love can happen to two unlikely people during the unlikeliest time. A story about falling in love... Music.... And going after your dreams. Copyright © 2012 ~ Cover by VidishaJain
The Orsini Bride by sweetblunch
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Italian playboy billionaire Marco Orsini has a dilemma. With the ultimatum to either marry or get disinherited, he must now find himself a wife before his grandfather's birthday--and he entrusts his fate on one woman to find him the perfect bride. ********** Twenty-nine-year-old Francesa Marcolini never expected that the day will come when the handsome yet hateful playboy billionaire Marco Orisini would barge into her office and announce that he needs a wife. Despite being a teacher of etiquette and personality development, Francesa had no intention of becoming the matchmaker for this arrogant Italian no matter how determined he is for her help. But to Francesca's horror, she finds herself on that very job! Cover design by Holly Thurston
Sealed With a Kiss by To_Kill_A_Bookworm
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Poppy White is nothing more than a simple Brooklyn girl...until the day she inherited 1.15 billion dollars. Too bad the family of the diceased old woman that left Poppy as her heir want their money back! Suddenly fame, insults, and even a law suit is thrown Poppy's way, leaving her life spinning wildly out of control. Cole Richmond, the (former)heir to the Richmond chain of hotels and restaurants has only one thought in mind: Get his fortune back. He’s determined to stop at nothing to run Poppy out of Manhattan, but his plan to snatch his fortune back looks like a recipe for disaster. Will Cole be able to charm Poppy into giving back his inheritance, or will he fall in love with the stunning redhead in the process? Follow this pair as lines blur, feelings get involved, and Cole's schemes are Sealed With a Kiss. *The Wedding Party Series Book II*
Hearts and Heels by affection
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There's only one thing Jennifer Sparks wants after finding out that her four-year boyfriend has been cheating on her with her childhood best friend: She wants him back. But that's not exactly what her other best friends want. All they want for her to do is: Revenge. With the Operation Get-Ex-Back-Slash-Revenge, she goes from using a stranger as her fake boyfriend to pretending in front of a mother that she's married to her son. Merge the two goals up and Jennifer's going to go through a lot of discovering behind the secret of being a confident woman and appreciating it despite her insecurities and flaws. After going through a series of lessons given by her friends, it seems like her goal slowly changes from learning how to walk in heels to listening to her heart.
The Heartbroken Heartbreaker by SamMadison
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A painful breakup pushes Kyla Evans to get into a fake relationship with the person her ex-boyfriend hates the most: Seth Everett. But what will she do when the game starts to feel too real? ***** Seventeen-year-old Kyla has sworn off love. After getting dumped all too suddenly by her longtime boyfriend Cedric, she becomes convinced that people are never really who you think they are. So when notorious playboy Seth Everett suggests that Kyla fake date him to get back at Cedric, it seems like the perfect plan... as long as she doesn't end up falling for him. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions cancer, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Loving Bad - Loving Bad Series (Sample of Published Book) by ReganUre
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The good girl falls for the bad boy. But what if there is more to Sin Carter than a bad attitude, tattoos and piercings? And what if there is more to Taylor Price than the fact she has always followed the rules and done what she was told? Their pasts haunt them. Sin is trying to break free from his dark past while Taylor lives each day trying to forget about the horrors that marred her childhood. When they meet, their physical attraction is undeniable. One night is not enough for either of them. *Please note this is only a five chapter sample of the published book.