the road trip of a lifetime. [ cover by blissom / trailer by blissom ] [ started march 30th, 2013 - ended february 18, 2015 © paulina r. all rights reserved ]

"Strange," I remarked as the waitress left us at a table in the corner. "You seem like a person who has lots of confidence. Why'd you send me the anonymous note then?" He shrugged and replied, "Thought that would impress you." "Really?" I inquired and he nodded. "Well, it didn't." His lips quirked up in amusement and he shut the menu he had just opened up to look at me. "Then why are you here?" * Ava Nelson is someone who truly loathes Valentine's Day with all her heart. What she doesn't expect is to receive an anonymous card and a rose, landing her in a position to become this certain someone's Valentine's date. Of course, that's just plain creepy to her but upon being forced by best friend, Kyla, she decides to go on the date. Unfortunately, her date turns out to be Seth Riley. The same Seth who saw her stripping and half naked in the boy's bathroom on her first day of school. With his charming and flirtatious personality, will Ava be able to resist him and the trouble he brings along? Read to find out! [Cover by @@heartsandcrosses_]

For as long as she can remember, Juniper Calvin has always been an outcast. Diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of fifteen was hard enough living with it by herself, but when her secret gets out, she is alone an outcasted in a world of darkness. Until Jett Olson comes along. Determined to keep his friendship and fighting a hopeless crush, she swears she will do all she can to keep him from finding out, but you can only keep a secret for so long... All rights belong to @alliexwrites. Any similarities between characters/settings and things in your personal life are purely coincidental. This story is completely fiction and is not based off any real person, setting, or event.

(TH#5)"And maybe in the end, in spite of all we said, all we did, all we met, we are only thoughts that evaporate into the effervescent whirlwind of time." Cole Winters is a perfect example of high school done right; star quarterback, good-looking, popular, he has the whole package. Things couldn't possibly go wrong. He lives for the present with no certainty on the future or anything it holds. Grace Loving is terminally ill. She's been cancer-free, but it can't be gone forever. She knows it. Everybody knows it. And it's only a matter of time before she bites it. But to maximize her living expectancy, her parents bring her to a well-known doctor operating a hospital just outside of Heart, North Carolina, where she finds her new home and, ultimately, Cole Winters. It's not love at first sight. It's not even love at fourth sight. But as they're thrown together in odd and unsavory circumstances, it becomes a battle between love and the desire not to hurt or be hurt, and the realization that in life you cannot have one without the other.

Hannah Taylors finally gives in to her desperation and does one of the stupidest things a girl can do to grab her unapproachable long-time crush Jonah Gibbs' attention: spill soda on his white shirt and leave a motherfrigging red blotch on it. Accidentally... on purpose.

What would you do if you couldn't have the person you're in love with? * * * Charlie Landon had her future worked out until her mother died in a freak shark attack. Her father uproots their lives in favour of returning to his small hometown in America. Charlie meets Percy and Noah who unknowingly turn her life upside down. Both men are charming and quirky in their own ways, except Noah is Percy's uncle and he's their woodwork teacher. Things become messy when they both crush on Charlie and they have no idea.

Christmas Break spent in the Netherlands sounds like the perfect way for Charlotte Wright to relax with her best friend - until she sees the family that they'll be spending Christmas with! Wolfram van der Waals makes no secret of the fact he isn't Charlotte's biggest fan, even though he's never met her before. A quitter may have given up on getting Wolf to like her, but Charlotte is determined to make it a very merry Christmas - and that includes getting Scrooge to crack a smile! Her efforts blow up in her face and with Christmas soured, she has no reason to think of Wolf in the ensuing five years that she's spent establishing her matchmaking business in New York City. Until one day he makes her an offer too good to refuse...

❝Don't worry. I'm not running away.❞ I tried to reassure him that he had nothing to worry about. He didn't need to worry about me leaving him for something that he couldn't control, his past. ......... Rose Lee is a 21-year-old Engineering student. She is a hardworking student that prefers to keep away from trouble. Rose lacks experience in the dating department, never having a boyfriend before. The recent loss of her father and stepmother has made her scared to open up to new people, in the fear that they will vanish, leaving her vulnerable. Nathaniel is a 26-year-old Coffee Shop owner and coffee enthusiasts. He likes to keep to himself and avoid unwanted attention. His past might be catching up with him which makes it difficult to live his new built life in the United States. Due to his past, Nathaniel also struggles with allowing people to get close to him. Things will never be the same when the two meet and come into each other's lives. They realise they fulfil parts in their lives that they close both ignored and closed off. Trouble follows them wherever they go, literally. Rose, who has never been in a relationship before, and Nathaniel, who has been badly hurt before, will the trouble they encounter along the way be worth it? Is the bittersweet relationship worth it?

Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

Fight For Her is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. Scarlet has it all-status, money & a loving quarterback boyfriend. Why then can she not keep her eyes off Elijah, the school's outcast hiding a dangerous secret? ***** Scarlet Tucker attends Royal Eastwood High: a high school where money determines social status. She is top of the ranks as her family owns the biggest chain of auto shops in the Midwest. Her boyfriend, Jack, stands on the pedestal right beside her as a three-time state champion quarterback. But more and more, Scarlet feels disenchanted with her life and her friends. She wants more than the superficial conversations they have--she wants to be heard. When Scarlet runs into Elijah Black, the school's most bullied outcast, not only is she mesmerized by his kindness, good looks, and his ability to listen, but sparks fly, ones that neither of them can control. Scarlet can sense, however, that Elijah is hiding a dark secret. What she unearths is even wilder than she could have imagined. And soon, their lives are dangerously intertwined in a race against time. Can they both survive and make it out alive? Content warning: This story contains scenes depicting violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [PUBLISHED w Wattpad Books: March 9th, 2021] [TRAILER: @aflyingwhale]