At 00:00, Cinderella ran away from her prince, leaving a glass slipper on the marbled steps of the grand staircase. At 00:00, I ran away from him. Unlike Cinderella, I didn't leave a single thing behind. © sonderingly

Stacey Williams had always loved Axel Teller. But he had paid her no mind. She wanted more than the meaningless flings they had. She wanted her love to be returned. She wanted to be loved back. She did everything to get his attention. She had one-night stands with countless boys - throwing away her innocence - and tearing apart her reputation. All for him. But Axel didn't notice Stacey as anything more than a girl to have a fling with on the side. And Stacey watched as the boy she loved fell for another girl, and they were happy and complete. And Stacey was alone and hated. Tarnished and scarred. She was the girl he left behind. [The first book won the 2015 Wattys for the Cover-to-Cover award and 2016 Fiction Awards. Book two won the 2018 Fiction Awards. #1 in Teen Fiction and Short Story.] book two is currently unavailable, it will be released late 2023.

Her name is Zoe. She is the fiery girl from beyond the maze in a place called The Zone. She happens to come across The Glade by chance but thanks to her mistakes she must now pay the price. She has to now face bonds that are new to her, someone who acts like a brother and someone who can make her heart feel like it's being ripped from her body. Yet at the same time the pressure of The Zone is seeping through her and she knows she has to go back but how can she when things are changing and her life comes crashing down? Or when The Gladers and The Zoners begin to collide?