❝Maybe there's a whole bunch of impossible people waiting for me out there. Waiting to make me feel that same uncertainty again and again.❞ Allison Romero has never had any luck when it comes to finding love, or maintaining friends...or just about anything. But that all changes when she gets offered a scholarship at a prestigious school named Pinewood Academy; and along the way agrees to fake date the definition of teenage angst, Ethan Marshall. USED TO BE CALLED PINEWOOD ACADEMY cover by @devoursheabooks

❝ I don't know how it happened but -- everything around us fell crashing to the ground. We found ourselves in a world where we didn't belong; we shouted and screamed until our lungs were dry and our tears were black and blue, but no one heard us. No one saved us. No one dared to fix us. Now we only have each other and I'm worried -- I'm worried that may not be enough. ❞ in which he speaks in broken syllables and she speaks in flawless poetry. (lowercase intended.)

Moving and starting a new school three months into the school year isn't how Nova McCoy pictured her senior year. But then again hitting the most popular boy in school with her car on her first day probably wasn't a good idea either.

✔ #1 Exchange - April 22, 2020 ✔ #1 Overseas - April 30, 2020 It was officially break-up season. What else could seven ex-boyfriends mean? Especially when they all dumped the same girl ― Melissa Connery. If that didn't put her off boys, we don't know what can. So when Mel goes on an Exchange program unexpectedly to Scotland because of a stupid dare, why does she find herself stuck rooming with a smoldering, world class model? Not to mention he was also a world class jerk! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © Copyright 2020 by South East. All Rights Reserved.

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." In which Ariel Agresti returns from boarding school and finds out that her ex-boyfriend of a player is her brand new neighbour (and that she has better abs than he does).

❝A love letter a day, keeps a smile on your face.❞ -Anonymous ⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫ Nerdy, seventeen-year-old, Cassie Rockdale has been receiving anonymous love letters in her locker, everyday, ever since she entered her junior year of high school. Without knowing who they are written from she keeps them safely hidden away in her side drawer as comfort after a rough day. Now entering her senior year, Cassie is determined to figure out who the anonymous writer is and why the love letters are given to her daily. With the help of a certain bad boy, an overly bubbly best friend and an over-protective older brother, Cassie is ready to receive answers to all of her questions. © Eden Reed 2019. All rights reserved.

Rule 1: Trust no one Rule 2: NEVER hesitate, especially when it comes to killing Rotters Rule 3: Trust no one Rule 4: Your survival backpack stays on you at all times Rule 5: Trust no one Rule 6: Always carry more than one gun Rule 7: Make sure your guns are loaded at all times Rule 8: TRUST NO ONE 18 year old Camille Fiero is a survivor. She's been on her own since she was 14 and does what she needs to do in order for her and her adopted 4 year old daughter to survive. Five years ago, there was a cataclysmic event called the Explosion, that left almost everyone on earth dead. A majority of those that didn't die turned into Rotters: zombie like, deaf, dumb, and slightly blind rotting blood-thirsters who use their advanced sense of smell and speed to hunt their prey: us. It's simple, see a Rotter, don't get bitten, shove a bullet in its brain, decapitate it, you live. Camille has been living a strict lifestyle, being forced to toughen up and harden herself to others. When fate forces her to cross paths with arrogant, tough, alluring Caiden Pierce, she finds herself trying harder than usual to keep up her tough façade. She's stuck grasping onto everything she knows about surviving when Caiden bulldozes his way into her life, and possibly even into her heart.

"I'll be your girlfriend when pigs fly." The next day, she finds pigs attached to strings to the school's ceilings. © 2018 elysiance 08.01.16 - #178 in Humor