THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLE Going to be PUBLISHED A Wattpad Featured Story Completed A relationship is a nest, you take your time building it and layering each stick in its proper place for a future that you are creating. Along comes the predator, the fake, the fraud, the pretender disguised as your friend, your family. She infiltrates into your world, pulling at the sticks that you so delicately laid. The grooming is so subtle at first that you don't understand it until you take a step back and connect all the dots. Little by little the nest, you have built up starts to be taken away so her nest can take shape. How do you move forward? How do you learn to trust again? How do you believe in yourself? After the death of her best friends, Blue's life takes a series of down twisting turns that leave her on a painful journey of self-discovery about how hard life can hit. Follow Blue through the struggles of re-claiming back her life again and doing the hardest thing possible, to forgive the girl who stole her world

Smells of the country wafted threw the air, filling her lung with its pungent sweet smell. She licked her lips, making them moist once more. The bare toes of her feet cracked against the black tar, ripped jeans soaked in spots of blood clung to long legs that if weren’t covered would show a light summer tan. Her hair was once tied in a tight ponytail, now blew in the oncoming wind she made as she pushed faster. A white tank top stain in his blood started to smell of decay, it twisted her stomach into a knot. Sounds of sirens filled the night sky, her heart leapt back into her throat once more. Breath lightly fogged reminding her winter was soon approaching. Their singing screams grew closer, even with her pace she wasn’t going to make it. Tears started to form at the thought of being brought back to that house, the house of pain, torment and her cursed life. All brought down by one man. One man with enough power to kill her and get away without a scratch, he had so many powerful men in the palm of his hand it was sickening.

*EDITED* The last thing Serenity expected when she moved to California was to be placed in the middle of a sex trafficking plan within the city. Forcing herself to learn what she can do to stop it from taking place she's thrown into a world she doesn't know anything about. One thing she expected even less was to be finding herself getting close to motorcycle rider Hunter of the Riders of Silence MC. No matter her efforts to stay away she can't seem to control how drawn she is to be with him. Being a part of the Riders of Silence has been all that Hunter has focused on since he was brought to the club. He never expected that a little Bird would come crashing into him, threatening the very control he has made for himself. The only thing he knows for sure is that he won't let her out of his sight until he knows why she takes his control with just one look from her, particularly since that little Bird seems to draw trouble anywhere she goes.

Rose: My new con. Find and possibly kill Briac Bledig. The man who is said to have killed my brother. I hide everything, it's my job. The life of a grifter is dangerous, if someone finds out who you are, you're dead faster than you can say 'thief'. You can't give any sign of who you are and must be able to change in the drop of a pin. But there he is, trying to see me, trying to make me break. There are two rules in my life. One: to write my own story and two to never fall for my own con. It was supposed to be the job of my life, to take revenge on the man who let my brother die, to make my brother at peace. But he is there, making me question everything, question the truth, question reality and more deadly... question myself falling for him. Spotter: I see everything. I look into someone and read what their life is, the threat level, what they need or want. But with her there is nothing. Just nothing. I have seen enough darkness in my life and I don't want any more but every time I see nothing in her dark eyes I want more, damning my soul all the more.

From the author of The Boundaries Series comes a new tale about love, forgiveness, bloodshed, and choice. Join Ayla, a Southern girl with something dark in her blood, and Torr, a Northern clan leader with secrets of his own, as they realize the only way to survive is with each other. Druid women, black magic, wars between clans, and a mark that will either mean victory or devastation. There is something dark in the Northern mountains, and it isn't the black-haired beauty Torr is infatuated with. One for a journey Two for a war Three for the girl you knew before Four for a Viking Five for a Celt Six for the dagger in the back of your belt Seven for a sinner Eight for a thrall Nine for the answer to the Northerner's Call. Will you answer the Northerner's call?

"Choose. Her or the club." Briac demanded thrusting the gun in my hand as I looked back at her. The Riders are my family but she is the love of my life. How can I kill the one who owns my heart but how can I betray my club? Amara's father was an undercover cop five years ago when he got caught and executed; something she witnessed. Now living in witness protection Amara lives as a ghost, never using her real name and never getting close to anyone as she hides in another city under another MC. Despite her efforts a determined Rider of Silence member wants to find out the reason why she is so skittish no matter her silence to him. Amara wants to stay hidden to protect herself from further death and but she can't hide from him. Ryker lives proudly in the world of the Riders of Silence MC despite the hell he grew up in. In his words, 'life is like a knife. It's all about how you hold it where one slip the blade will cut you". As the Sergeant of Arms he is in charge of the guns but when new guns are run through their territory questions from neighboring MC and Mafia leaves the club in the middle of a brewing arms war. With that threat the club needs a wildcard but Ryker's only concern is for that little baker hiding in the dark of night.

How do you fight the Moon? The King has fallen to a God. The world is gathering, surrounding the Northern hemisphere on all side, crushing, strangling the land in a tight noose. All they demand is Charlie's head. The female Alpha born from two alphas. The first of her kind. Charlie's mother Victoria was the first female Alpha, who has created the way, has walked the path first for her daughter to follow with ease behind her. Through teeth and claw the Northern Hemisphere was a sanctuary for Charlie to be raised on. Now, it's become the center for the Moon's army to face the sharpened weapons of Charlie's army. The great spread of old has returned to the meeting place where the final battle will occur. Trades will be made, sides picked, and the blood-red path will be walked until only the One remains. There can only be One. The Moon intends to keep her position while Charlie fights the fight for the Wilds, who have been severed from their souls at death. Punished to wander the world as ghosts without their halves. She fights the true fight for the Wilds, who can't fight for themselves. Charlie needs to understand who she has come from and who she can become. Charlie needs to understand how to bleed and how to bleed well. She needs to become a God-eater. Welcome to the second half of Odin's Prize.

Allison Montgomery wasn't your average teenage girl. She liked punk rock bands and dressed in all black almost all the time. She already had a hard time fitting in at her school in Cleveland, Ohio, so she figured she would have an even harder time fitting in at her new school in Sydney, Australia. When she meets Luke Hemmings, the typical bad boy who could get any girl he wanted, her life will take a huge turn. But for better or worse?

***Breathe for Me is the first in the 'For Me' series of stand alone contemporary romances by USA Today Bestselling author Natalie Anderson. This book and the next five in the series are available from all major e-tailers including Amazon, B&N, iTunes and Smashwords. They feature hot, passionate alpha heroes and playful heroines who like to give as good as they get... so be prepared for a steamy contemporary romance read... PLUS there is a bonus epilogue to this book!!! Sign up to Natalie's Newsletter to get access to it...*** The last thing Chelsea Greene wants is to be rescued, but that's exactly what happens when she's caught wearing nothing but her swimsuit during a midnight emergency evacuation drill. Turns out her 'hero' is a former lifeguard who has no hesitation in offering the kiss of life. So not happening, right? But for emotionally chastened Chelsea, one touch changes everything. She discovers a desire to satisfy this arrogant, demanding tease. Unable to express her own fantasies, she finds unspeakable pleasure in serving his. Xander Lawson exudes easy charm. He likes a woman unafraid to match his appetite for unfettered fun. He doesn't do complicated or emotional. But the raw need emanating from fragile Chelsea compels him closer. He can't resist spinning a sensual fantasy world around them. As passion spills outside their carefully selected boundaries, Xander learns Chelsea's stronger than he first thought. But is she strong enough to handle the intensity he's always kept hidden?

Oliver Monroe leads a perfect life. Good job, great friends, and his pick of women. The only problem is the only girl that has ever stood out to him can't stand him. One stupid mistake messed up the only relationship that ever meant anything to him and he's regretted it ever since. But he'll never admit that. Charlotte Reed left town right after high school and never looked back. Now, almost five years later she finds herself in the very place that sent her running in the first place right along with the guy who destroyed her. Not everyone gets a second chance to make things right. Sometimes you need to lose something to realize how much you can't live without it.