The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

"I know you want me." he whispered in my ears making me shiver. "No, I don't and won't ever want you." I replied trying to sound confident. "You're lying, every girl wants me." and with that he pressed his lips against mine, he ran his tongue against my lips asking for entrance, I sealed my lips tightly, all of a sudden he grabbed my hip slamming it into the hard wall behind me, I groaned and he took advantage of it by slipping his tongue into my mouth thrusting his tongue against mine. he slowly pulled away making me miss his lips on mine, I knew it was wrong and I couldn't fall in love with him because he's a gang leader and at the same time so was I and that was wrong, I quickly got out of his reach, ran to my room and locked my door. What happens when the school bad boy Matthew Gilinsky crosses path with good girl Chanel Santiago and finds out her secret that she's been keeping for three years? When Matthew and Chanel are put into the same apartment? They hate each other, playing pranks on each other and fighting for the bathroom. They soon discover what they were both hiding from everyone else. Chanel's a sweet girl that can be a bitch when people get on her bad side but other than that she does good in school, she loves her family and friends. Matthew on the other hand is a bad boy that everyone knows is in a gang and plays with girls hearts and gets into fights all the time.

"He is all you ever think of and all that you ever will" these words kept on strangling my tender mind. I try so hard to forget him but it doesn't budge. I wake up to the thoughts of him. I see him even when he's not there, it's like I've gone mad or something! I need him to go away for good, but he comes one way or the other. My life is practically miserable. I need him, but at the same time I don't. He betrayed me, gave away my trust, threw it out like it didn't matter to him if I were hurt. But I look back and think about how pure his heart is, how patient and caring he is, how he wouldn't hurt a fly or how he treated me like the queen i was. "Hey," he says as he approaches me. "What are you doing here?" I ask. "I came here to-" Find out whats next in this tale. #wattys2019

Bethany Silverberg a normal woman living a normal life. a normal life which seems like hell. when people she thinks will stay by her side in times of fear turn against her out of greed, jealousy and wickedness. she loses her memory and forgets everything about her past. all she remembers is waking up in a hospital bed and being told that she was involved in a fatal accident. what does it really take to remember your past love, happiness, like the one you never had before, or just surrounding your self with people who remind you of everything, pain, love, joy and bitterness. or maybe running away from it could bring it all back,everything which taunts you just because you run away from the memories of the person you used to be.

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

Gold is an extremely popular boyband consisting of three gorgeous young men; Rian, Luke, and Noah. When they choose to attend the private academy Oakwood, most of the students are besides themselves with excitement. Then there's Iris. She likes the band, sure. But she's not as starstruck as some of the others. Having a famous brother will do that to you. Which is why Gold takes notice of her and why she's suddenly entangled in their shenanigans... and in some cases, their love lives.

" You know when the Angels would ask me what I loved most about life? I'll say you. " I love you, were her last words. She showed him Love and made him believe in soulmates. She became his kryptonite. " I've never loved anyone like you baby, your my life, my morning sun and the light that brightens my nights. " Roseni's death came as a shock and questions still remains. What really happened on the night of her death? #8 in Romance