Wattys Longlist 2018! Gabi Perez is a newly graduated marketing professional at Cole Industries. She's levelheaded and career driven, refusing to let anyone stand in the way of her achieving her goals. After heartbreak left her devastated, she's sworn off men and focused solely on her career. Ryan Cole is the son of Jack Cole, owner of Cole Industries. Ryan just wants to step out of his older brother's shadow to prove to his father that he is capable. He's tired of blindly following his father's wishes and wants to take control of his own life. What happens when these two stubborn people with strong personalities are forced to work together? Will they get along or will it just be a series of miscommunications?

Amara Chapman, an extraordinarily beautiful yet shy, unassuming girl, is torn from her home and all she'd ever known when her grandmother suddenly passes away. Reluctantly sent to live with her estranged father in Chicago, he wants nothing to do with her other than to collect the government benefits from becoming her guardian. He locks her away in his filthy basement for the next two years, holding her captive, abusing her - barely keeping her alive. She finally escapes one night, nearly broken beyond repair after a brutal beating and miraculously winds up at Northwestern Hospital. There, she meets Dr. Aristide Sinclair, a 23 year old prodigy who saves lives by day...and kills by night. After killing his own neglectful parents, he inherited his family's vast fortune. When he's not saving lives or taking them, he likes to collect things...beautiful things...the very best of things. Will it be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for Amara, or will they find salvation in each other? 🏆Winner of The Best Overall Story at The Moonshine Awards 🥇1st Place ChickLit Winner of The Star Blazer Awards 🥇1st Place ChickLit Winner of The RYID Awards 🥇1st Place ChickLit Winner of The Chaos 4 Awards 🥇1st Place ChickLit Winner of The Chillin Awards 🥇1st Place ChickLit Winner of The Rose Awards 2018 🥈2nd Place ChickLit Winner of The Runaway Awards 🥈2nd Place Teen Fiction Winner of The Monthly Queen Awards 🥈2nd Place ChickLit Winner of The Rough Diamond Awards 🥈2nd Place ChickLit Winner of The Rise Awards 🥈2nd Place ChickLit Winner of The Solstice Awards 🥉3rd Place ChickLit Winner of The Plum Awards ⭐️ Rated #1 in Serial Killer by Wattpad

[18+] What happens when you fall in love with the one person you're not supposed to? ❝You and me, and never us; a complicated series of almost-interactions❞ * It was the summer before college, and Kara was forced to spend the holidays with her new family. Little did she know, a lot could happen in one hot summer. * The moment Kara laid her eyes on Ryder, she knew she was a goner. She had never met anyone as sexy, fun, and liberating. But she'd made a promise that she won't give herself away before marriage. The moment Ryder laid his eyes on Kara, he knew his life wouldn't be the same again. He had never met a girl so pure and genuine. He made it his life mission to be with her, for better or for worse. Except, they could never be together; the universe had played a cruel joke on them. Their love for one another was the kind of love that only comes once in a blue moon, yet they could never be anything more than a brother and sister. All that love, yet it was barely anything at all. *Warning: This story contains mature content. Enter at your own risk. (insert wink)* HIGHEST RANKING: #1 TeenFiction #1 YoungAdult #1 ChickLit Featured in Wattpad's: @ChickLit (Hot Mess) @dangerouslove (Bad Boys) [STORY COMPLETED!] * TRAILER INSIDE *