"Seven minutes in heaven. You and Charlotte," he said glaring. "Oh come on, don't be such a child," Olivia complained. "Whatever, cmon." She grabbed me by the hand into the tiny spaced closet and shut the door. "We don't actually have to do this, do we?" I asked nervously. I could feel the tension and sweat droplets rolling down my cheeks. "I mean, they won't know." "We don't have to, but it's for the high school experience!" Olivia said as she gripped my cheeks in the palm of her hands and went in for the kiss. Not only were her hands soft and warm, her kiss was just as great. I could feel her tongue exploring it's way through my mouth. I'd never been kissed like this, especially by a girl. It lasted for what seemed so short and her grip around my waist began to loosen. Our bodies were no longer touching and she pulled her lips away from mine. "That wasn't so bad, huh?" she joked. "Okay lets go." She grabbed my hand once more and led me out the door to the group of immature high schoolers. ❋ It all started with a dumb game of truth or dare. Charlotte Russo had no conflicted feelings towards her best friend Olivia until the game, which had changed her feelings forever. She couldn't be in love with her best friend, could she? They started as casual best friends until Charlotte began to realize she wasn't as straight as she thought. No matter how hard she tries, she can't keep her feelings for Olivia in line, and their friends with benefits relationship doesn't make it any better. Olivia has the perfect boyfriend and perfect life and of course she only sees Charlotte as a fun playmate when she's bored. But what happens when Charlotte gets caught up in a numerous amount of lies trying to avoid her undeniable feelings for her best friend? What happens when she gets too hooked on Olivia's occasional game? What happens when she falls in love with her straight best friend? Cover by Me.

What started as something so simple as meeting a possible human bear in the middle of the woods, turned out to be the greatest life Winter McCaslin could have ever had. After being ripped apart from her best friend, she had no one. And now, she had the one.

maybe he was just lost and he just needed to be found by the one he saved. {a sequel to Saving Grace}

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