"𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑦. 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑒? 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢ℎ, 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠."

First day of college. Darcy Winters is a new student, she's quiet, quirky, lovable but not what people expect when they really get to know her, she puts on an act to mask what goes on in her head, to fight the battle of mental illness that controls her life, she doesn't tell most people because most people simply don't care or call her an attention seeker so she doesn't bother to let anyone in, but there is someone who lies in her future that she just might let in. Issac Flynn, the lovable rouge of the college, he's been a student for longer then he should by having failed most his subjects, he's very cheeky and wins over the hearts of teachers to get what he wants but will he also win the heart of someone else when all the new students arrive?

Ashley Martin has been through more grief than a person experiences in their entire life and carries baggage that no kid should ever entail. Tyler Miller is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse, blinded rage and will single-handedly destroy anybody who stands in his way. Then all of a sudden, they're thrown together and despite their destructive past, they're forced to overcome their differences. It's time for Ashley to stop running away from his death glares, blank stares and that spine-chilling scowl that reminds her just how little he cares. Driven by a whirlwind of secrets, a class assignment and midnight walks into the past, things should start working out. But then fate kicks in; hard-hitting and soul-crushing. It's a fight-or-flight situation, a reincarnation of her past, a chance for him to right the wrongs he did by her. A second chance is like giving someone an extra bullet for their gun after they missed you the first time round. So here's Tyler's gun. Here's Ashley's heart. And here's to their second chance, however hopeless it may seem.

When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]