"She gazed up at the work of art and I gazed at the one standing beside me." *** The four years we spend in high school are the best four years we'll experience, or so we're told. Every person is different, though, and every experience we face will be seen with different eyes than others. 36 students strive to finish their final year of high school so that they may finally expand their wings and open a new chapter in their life. Follow them throughout their year of love, pain, bullying, family troubles and more as one encounter in each of their lives changes them completely in this first installment of the interwoven collection, Our Year Together. CONTESTS * Honorable Mentions for Best Kiss -- Shadow City Awards

Betrothed to the King. Cursed since birth. All her life, Carissa's been betrothed to a man she's never met and inflicted with a curse she's never seen. Tired of waiting for her betrothed at 18, she flees to forge her own destiny and discover love, but she soon discovers the curse is indeed real and its effects dangerous. She suddenly finds herself in need of the savior she never wanted. But will he be able to see past her curse to love the girl within? Gorgeous cover by @solidarity_ Updated Wednesday and Friday at 4pm CST.