{For those who HATE student/teacher stories, TRY THIS ONE ANYWAYS. I dare you to read it and say it was a waste of time} Alice 'Ace' Spade had fled her horrible foster family by the time she was sixteen and found a way to survive by dancing in a sleazy strip club. One night a man named Malcolm is brought in by his friends and Ace and Mal hit it off. Until the cops crash the club and discover that Ace is only seventeen and a runaway. They force her back to school and back to the foster family that abused her. Her only solace is that Malcolm is now her teacher and sometimes protector. But what happens when they still have powerful chemistry and a growing affection towards each other?

When Lisa Dumont travels down to New Orleans to stay with her mother for the summer, she finds herself entangled in a web of century-long territorial disputes between undead and supernatural forces. Lisa soon realizes that she has become torn between the blood-loyalty to her mother, Voodoo Priestess Madam Dumont, and the intrigue she has grown towards Elder Vampire, Hezekiah Mercier - the enemy. And consequently, the heavy discord between the two factions leaves Lisa with life-changing decisions to make that could possibly alter the fate of both groups and everyone else in between. ** **DISCLAIMER** This story is UNEDITED and UNREVISED. I haven't made any adjustments to this story since I first wrote it, which was when I was about 18 years old. I'm 23 now, for reference. I adore this story with all I have, but most of the chapters I haven't even revisited since I first uploaded them. Any mistakes, I'm usually notified of them by readers who point them out in comments. Please tread lightly, for there are undoubtedly historical inconsistencies, incorrect language translations, grammar and punctuation mistakes, and information that hasn't been properly fact checked. This is a work of FICTION. Have fun with it, please! But also beware that this is an amateur piece (that I had a great time writing). Follow me on instagram! @ceaselessmindwrites

*Written in 2014* Book One in the Darien Grace Chronicles He was my siren song and all other melodies just seemed to pale in comparison.

*Updates most Mondays* Book Two in the Darien Grace Chronicles "I couldn't hear the music. I knew that it was pulsing all around me, I could feel it vibrate through the air, but I couldn't hear it. I hadn't been able to hear it for a while now. I just couldn't. I hadn't set foot near a piano in nearly three weeks. The music didn't matter. What was the point of it anyway? Music was a distraction. Music was a curse."

For Lauren, her life is utterly perfect. Well, not entirely flawless, but she's still grateful. She has a job that she loves with all her heart, friends who never fail to keep her sane, and her own apartment which is just a piece of heaven on earth for her. On top of that, she has her watercolors, brushes, and a new cat! Until the universe decided to shake her world a little bit. Enter Zayn Malik, a loud and overconfident aspiring rock star. The first time she met him, it was already clear to her that he's the walking definition of an asshole slash player. Everything just went downhill for her when he came into the picture. Her patience, her sanity, absolutely everything. She has to stay away from him or she will lose her mind very soon. But fate wouldn't make it easy for her.

Nobody comes out of the vicious world of Upper East Side Manhattan unscathed. Cleopatra Renaux couldn't care less about how people reacted when she wore clothing from a collection that hasn't been released yet or when people stopped and stared in the halls, and she thought she didn't care when Nolan Belmont hit on her. Cleopatra Renaux knew a few things. She knew that she was set to inherit a billion-dollar fashion empire with her twin brother, that the false rumors spread about her came from the mouth of a snake, and she thought she would be the only one not affected by the copious amounts of money, booze, and vile people in the Upper East Side. Cleopatra Renaux was horribly wrong. book one in the complex series.

Zayn Malik is used in getting what he wants. It doesn't matter to him if he has to play dirty as long as he brings his ambitions to life. Incredibly rich and powerful, he's hailed as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. Determined to make his name bigger, he decided to bring Royal Resorts and Casinos to Southeast Asia, in a hidden yet heavenly island in the Philippines called Isla Rosas. But to his surprise, another company is also interested in the island that he's dying to have. Enter Lauren Jauregui-Walton, the newly appointed CEO of Paradiso Hotels and the wife of the late businessman, Lucas Walton. Unlike the tycoon Zayn Malik, Lauren is an underdog and absolutely new in the world of business, but she believes that her sleepy conscience and honest intentions will bring her victory. Two different people. Two different intentions. One goal. Who's going to win? Who's going to lose? Whose heart is going to break?

***The wrong girl is sometimes The Right One.*** Charlotte Samuels thought she'd be stuck waiting tables at Marlow's until all her debts are paid off-in about ten thousand years or so. She definitely didn't expect a marriage proposal from the arrogant Brandon Maxfield who was blackmailed by his father to make her his wife if he didn't want his least favorite cousin to run Maxfield Industries. Charlotte's instinct was to say HELL NO! but she's stumped by a few obstacles: 1.) His old man Martin Maxfield is dear to her heart and has been recently deteriorating in health. 2.) She gets a million dollars if she stays married to Brandon for a year. 3.) She would rather like the opportunity to teach the attractive but awfully rude man a few lessons he didn't think he needed from a 'teenage gold-digger' which was his term of endearment for her on their first date-er, business meeting. So what's a girl got to do, right? Sure, she's young and a little rough around the edges but there's something her would-be husband didn't know about her yet-she's nothing like he ever expected. Thrust into the glitzy world a standard-issue Mrs. Maxfield would fit perfectly and rule with impeccable social grace, Charlotte will either have to force herself into the mold or break free of it, risking what little she has left for everything that she can gain. *** Copyright © 2014 by Nina Tippett. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Nina Tippett. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Images, music and videos used in the cover art and any of the multimedia content posted in this story are the sole property of their respective owners.

An ancient feud between two rival packs is the reason why Amber lives the majority of her life among the strongest pack in the Northern Hemisphere as the hated Omega, not knowing that she is destined for greatness, for the blood of an Alpha courses through her veins. When she finally finds her Mate, who turns out to be none other than her own Alpha, the infamous, cold-hearted Lucas Blackthorne, she is immediately rejected for being an Omega, but not before Lucas marks her in a moment of heat, dooming them both to a life of insatiable need. Banished from the only home she ever knew, Amber is forced to become a rogue when she meets her greatest ally, who helps her realize her full potential. Six years later, Amber is content with her life as Alpha of a pack that rivals her former one, and is owner of a flourishing-albeit illegal-business. Just when she thinks she has got a chance at true happiness, someone from her former pack is found murdered on her territory. Now, she must answer to her furious Mate who comes barging back into her life just when Mating Season, the time when her need peeks, is around the corner, all while an evil lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike. Published by TAPAS MEDIA 2020 Mating Season is copyrighted © 2020 by FeastOfNoise. All rights reserved.

The future is shifting, and humans are willing to do whatever it takes for the power to remain on their side. A village of Shifters is discovered, and they do as they have done in the past. They slaughter and torture every one of them, except for two. They leave the two huddled in one another's arms to watch the mass killing of the only thing they'd ever known. The humans have decided to repent for their past by giving the two Shifters a chance, something that hasn't happened in all of history. And what better way to show their ability to change what they've become known for than to send them to one of the Gordon boys who's next in line for Human Chair in the counsel? Will the Shifters show that not all of their kind lie in a blood of betrayal or will they provide evidence that that's the only thing they know? (Second installment of the Gordon series. Cayne Gordon's story.) Cover designer: maejestic