Carina Saunders is a down-to-earth, socially awkward girl whose only friends are her twin sister and next door neighbor. When the two closest people to Carina cut her out of their lives she has trouble coping and moves to Florida with her grandparents. Three years later, and her senior year of high school her grandparents decide they want to travel the world. Which means Carina has to go back home and face the problems she tried to ignore years ago. When returning home she meets some people who bring her out of the shell she has made for herself and help her face her problems. One person in particular takes a strong liking to Carina even though at first sight they seem as though they would never get a long in a million years. Although he is possessive and jealous over her from the moment they meet, the attraction the two have towards each other is like magnets. She's shy and soft-spoken. He's outgoing and speaks his mind. The two of them together could either bring out the best or worst in each other. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Tobias and Talia are complete opposites, yet thrown together in an arranged marriage. Can they navigate married life in the wake of a terrible tragedy? ***** After being pressured into an arranged marriage to merge their families' companies, Talia and Tobias are stuck living together as husband and wife. Although they are both unhappy, neither tries to make the best of it. Tobias is too busy, and Talia is too distraught by the tragic death of her former fianceé, Jason. But as time goes by and they spend more time together, an undeniable attraction develops between the two. Despite this, Tobias can't seem to see past his jealousy of Jason and accept Talia - and Talia, plagued by guilt, is unwilling to let Jason go. Are the two heading for better - or are they headed for far worse? [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]