Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

I stood naked, clutching my dress to my torso to cover as much as I could. "You should leave," I whispered. Instead of listening to me, he stepped forward, setting his hands on the bathroom sink behind me. "Noah, please go." "Not till you tell me what's wrong." I shook my head. I couldn't tell bring myself to tell him the problem. His hand traveled up my arm till it reached the bare skin of my neck. He leaned in, brushing the tip of his nose against my neck. I felt every muscle in my body fall weak. My breaths came out in heavy puffs. I turned my face away just as he pushed my jaw up, planting a soft kiss a little under my ear. His touch was dangerous to my body. I couldn't allow this proximity to happen under any circumstance. Not only was I faking my relationship with him but also risking losing my morale. - - - - - - - - - - When her mother commits suicide, the responsibility of her brothers fall on her. Seher Lulu Mirza has no choice but to find someone to marry so she can get citizenship. Getting help from a childhood friend turned into a hot, rich bachelor, she embarks on a fraud marriage they must prove true. Noah Miller is ecstatic to use Seher as a pawn to persuade his mother to let him marry the girl he actually loves. Life, of course, doesn't proceed the way they wish to. For Seher to get a Green Card, they must go through every single relationship test to prove their marriage isn't a duplicity. Things go strange when Zain Gul enters the picture.