"I'm fine, I swear." "Everything's good." "I'm okay." The words just slide out anytime people ask her. But in truth, quiet teen Patience Phillips is finally tired of lying....to herself, at least. Tired of the constant abuse, sick of the fear, disgusted with living as a shadow of the vibrant girl she once was. So for once, hitting her breaking point leads her down a new path: Toughen up, and serve PAYBACK. As fate would have it, opportunity comes kicking and snarling in the form of Dean Sawyer, a notorious classmate whose caustic reputation at school doesn't hold a candle to what he REALLY gets up to in the dead of night. The perplexing girl comes bulldozing into his life at the very worst time, with demands that tell him she's in way over her head. Teach her how to fight? She must be insane. He's got bigger things to worry about than this alluring little brunette, whose clearly keeping secrets. But then again, no one ever said he was known for good decisions..

Emily has never had a real home or a family of her own. When she answers a newspaper advertisement for a wife, she's taking her chance to have both. As it turns out, loving the children of her husband is the easy part. Earning his trust and his love, that might be impossible.

Every half century in a small little town hidden in the woods, a beast comes out from the forest to claim his bride on the night of an eclipse. The people of call this phenomenon "the taking". This beast is said to be very dangerous. It roams door to door searching for the woman whose being calls to his animal instincts. He will kill, mutilate and destroy everything in his path until he finds his bride. In the past, the townsmen have tried to hunt the creature and kill him before they can steal one of their marriageable daughters, but the beast does not hunt alone. He has followers among the shadows to make sure his goal is accomplished. Once he finds his bride, he carries her back to the forest where she is never seen or heard from again. Celeste believes this so-called "legend" is just some scary fairytale her grandmother made up to scare her. But was she ever wrong when a pair of moonlit eyes stared straight at her through her bedroom window and entered her room. Next thing she knew, she was being carried out the house and into the woods by a half-naked man who called her his. Who would have thought? Grandma wasn't crazy after all. Young Adult novel. Paranormal/Comedy-Romance @2014

Containment has been breached. "It's all in my head...i can't distinguish reality from this fantasy. maybe because in the end i'm the only monster here." A.C.O.R.N. Alien containment and origin research network. ACORN is a operation dedicated to the containment of objects and creatures that do not belong on earth. They have many facilities that house everything I'm from the simplest and harmless organisms to the most feral and bloodthirsty ones. Each facility is designed to keep the creatures and artifacts contained to keep the public safe, while also researching their mysteries and unlocking any secrets that the anomalies may hold. (STORY IS UNEDITED IM AWARE OF GRAMMER AND SPELLING MISTAKES) 😅 Ava is a young researcher living within bunker 34. A yellow class facility with a mildly dangerous organism known as Subject-59. When strange occurrences keep happening all around her and Ava is plagued by strange dreams, voices in her head and even hallucinations, she comes to the conclusion that subject-59 may not be as 'contained' as they think.

Torn from the life she always known, traveling across the country to start a life she knew nothing about, Molly Connolly had no reason to anticipate love. She was barely processing the death of her father, the loss of her home, and now must face up to the harshness of the vast wild west. * * He had to be wondering at what sort of fragile creature I must be to be constantly crying. Swallowing the boulder sized lump in my throat I nodded, wiping away my tears. "Yes." "Really?" Clearly startled, he stared skeptically at me. "Please do not make me say it again." * * He stepped into my life when I had no one else to turn to. Desperate, scared, and alone, I married a complete stranger. Could we hope for more?

(Complete) Lilac Green has a secret. A big one. But, that's nothing new. She's used to keeping secrets, and she's used to telling lies. Lilac can lie to anyone, until she meets a handsome boxer who sets her body on fire. Suddenly, she finds herself wanting to tell the truth. "Literally the best books I've ever read on this app!" - @seraphilc "This book really made me feel things. This is one of those books I'll never forget" - @dudeidevenk "This book was amazing. Intriguing plot line mixed with captivating writing style. I 100% think everyone should read it!"- @EatingMegannnnn ***** "You're telling me you don't feel this?" He surprised me by asking. He was looking at me in a way that me feel like I was already naked. "Feel what?" I asked him, even though I knew exactly what he was talking about. The air between us was so thick, it was almost suffocating. Like we were made of two completely different ingredients that were begging to be mixed together. "This attraction between us, Lilac," he whispered out, placing his hands on either side of my head against the wall, trapping me from escaping him. Not that I wanted to.

When Emily applies for a position as a caregiver for Daniel, a boy with a permanent spinal cord injury, she never thought she'd also be dealing with his brash fighter of a brother, Lucas. Emily soon becomes involved in the world of fighting that seems to constantly surround Lucas as he attempts to find retribution for his brother. Can Emily help heal the relationship between the two brothers while also caring for the seemingly brute professional fighter? Will Lucas lower his barriers enough for Emily to do so?

''You know how they came up with the word Lunatic?'' he asked. I shook my head, feeling like I probably didn't want to know the answer. His lips pulled up on one side in a mischievous, lopsided grin. He stepped closer. ''Because all of the worst monsters come out during a full moon.'' ------ Lou DeVue has known from a young age that she was different and not in the 'I-think-I-was-left-on-my-parents-doorstep-by-a-wizard' kind of way. She can see things. Dark things, usually. The darkest, of which, happens to be about her new neighbors. The five boys hold an energy that Lou's gift can't ignore. An abyss surrounds them and Lou finds herself gazing into it, but what happens when the abyss gazes back? **********************

[SEQUEL TO 'THE SURVIVOR'] With the betrayal of Michael fresh in Olive's mind, she must find a way to move forward while trying to come to terms with the horror that was Kansa. Returning to the Chambers, Olive has to try to contain her anger while working with the establishment that she fought against. Michael finds himself in the heart of the Capital once again and there is one thing on his mind; escaping and getting back to Olive, regardless of how much she might hate him. [RANKED 5TH IN SURVIVING - 2nd September 2019]