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When Julia O'Connell's ex-best friend and current enemy, Colton West, returns from juvie for their final year of high school, accidents start happening around her-accidents that begin to put her life at risk. *** Thick as thieves, Julia O'Connell and Colton West once strode through their childhood with laughter and devotion to one another. But when Julia leaves the summer before they start high school, that all changes, and she finds her best friend a shell of who he used to be. Cold and heartless, Colton fills the role of the bad boy in their high school, up until he gets himself arrested and put into juvie. That is the last Julia hears of her ex-friend, until senior year rolls by, presenting Colton: who is just as rude but much more dangerous. Everyone is terrified of him, but Julia can't help but feel heartache and anger every time she looks his way. That is, until a series of events start threatening her life, and she finds herself at the mercy of the man she once called a friend. With a new lens and a keener eye, Julia starts to look at everyone around her in a different perspective, questioning if the threat is closer to her than she realized, all while thinking what really happened that summer. Content warning: This story contains sexual content, strong language, and themes of bullying, sexual assault and violence.

"Close your eyes." he croaked, I did as I was told without any disobedience. "Have you any idea how badly I want to kiss you right now?" I shook my head in reply. "Badly, so fucking badly." he whispered as his harsh breath fanned across my cheek. Dark haired and tattooed, Xavier looked like the ultimate bad boy...but weren't bad boys meant to have that boyish charm? The thing is, Xavier was extremely guarded, hot headed and quite frankly, scary. In fact, Xavier was many things but romantic and loving wasn't two of them. He was a building half built, a puzzle with half of the pieces missing... Until he met me. Warning: Bad language (lots of). A possessive delinquent that is guaranteed to make you smile (or cry.)

{#1 in teenagers} {#2 in fiction} {#2 in popular} "You better not tell anyone about this." "Aw why not? I'm sure your fandom of desperate girls would love to know that their precious prince charming needs a babysitter." I smile innocently back at his death glare. "I'm serious, nerd. I could make your life hell." ------------------------------------------------------------ Marnie Jones is an ordinary 11th grader. Her only intentions are to get good grades and save money for college with her babysitting job. Everything is going to plan. Until she gets a job babysitting the high school bad boy, Zeke Blakely. The two come from complete different social groups, and Marnie automatically hates Zeke and his big ego and cocky attitude. He's a player. He's dangerous. He's reckless. She's safe with an overthinking problem. As the two are seen hanging around school together, attention gets drawn to Marnie. Which she hates. But she also catches the eye of a handsome jock, too. And why, you ask, does a 17 year old boy need a babysitter? You'll have to read to find out. WARNING: contains vulgar language and mature scenes.

SOON TO BE PUBLISHED BY W BY WATTPAD BOOKS! Danny's life gets turned upside down when she receives a mysterious sext from the school's notorious bad boy. ***** Danny Ashmore never imagined starting her senior year off with a broken heart and a pregnant sixteen-year-old sister. As her sister's stomach grows and the possibility of Danny going to college shrinks, she struggles to stay positive. That is, until she accidentally receives a dirty text message from an unknown number and is thrown head first into bad boy Sawyer Armstrong's life. Arrogant and drop-dead gorgeous, Sawyer is the last thing Danny expected, but as an unlikely friendship forms, she realizes he may be the best thing that's happened to her all year. [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Cil Ojumo Content warning: this story contains themes of teen pregnancy

"And who are you?" I looked up to see his well structured face. "I'm Itoro, Itoro Samuels." "And what are you doing here?" "Trying to clean up Sir, you came home drunk last night and your elder brother thought it was wise to let me clean up your mess." He looked at the mess in his room, "Good, I've got the worst head ache. Clean up and get out." ************************************************************************************** Itoro Samuels, was in need of money. Her mum was sick in the village and her father's brothers wasn't an option. Itoro needed money or she'll have to drop out of school. Itoro and her best friend Chidinma, came across a house help website and Itoro was adamant to fill the form at first. But when she saw the huge salary, she let go of her dignity and eventually filled the form. While working as a house help, Itoro met Genesis who happened to be her boss's second son. She couldn't help but fall in love with him, but Genesis was oblivious of her being. But what will happen when Genesis, eventually noticed her? Will it turn into something more or will it just be a C.R.U.S.H ************************************************************************************** Started : 24/06/2019 Finished : 11/09/2019 ************************************************************************************** Highest Rankings 25/08/2019 #1 - african #1 - nigeria #3- bestie #1-nigerian 23/08/2019 #3 - nigerian #4 - bestie #1 - proudlynigerian 07/07/2019 #2 - nigerianstory #6 - proudlynigerian Cover by Eddy622

"What a brilliant idea, Bonnie. Now his friends saw us with it." I shook my head. "Hey, don't try to pin this whole thing off on me. I was only trying to help...you should have never stolen it!" She rubbed the temples of her forehead. "I didn't steal. I borrowed." I stated. Jonah went towards the window and pulled one of the blinds down a little. "Uh, guys? You may want to stop the cat fight. Skylor's outside. And he looks pretty pissed off." Suddenly there were a series of loud thuds on my front door. "I know you're in there, Ivy! Either you open up the damn door or I'm breaking it down, I swear!" Skylor yelled. •*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*• [ trailer is in chapter one : ]

Without hesitation I crashed my lips to his. He was too surprised to kiss back at first, but he quickly recovered and snaked his arms around me. Now I was the one not responding due to shock. He didn't push me away? Just as the kiss was about to deepen, I pulled away from him and sprinted down the thankfully empty hallway. • • • • • Emma Burns and her two best friends have a tradition. Each year one girl takes a turn - the first person you bump into on the first day of school, you have to complete the three kisses with. Kiss #1 - No matter what, you kiss them then and there. Kiss #2 - Get them to kiss you. Kiss #3 - Tongue. COVER MADE BY @angelicapascoe check out her work she's amazing!!

They say that the silent ones have the loudest minds. After pleading guilty to assault and grand theft auto chargers, Evangeline Sanders is sentenced to two and a half years in a Juvenile prison. Upon her release, Eva is put in the custody of her grandparents in San Francisco. She starts her new school with a dangerous reputation and the intention to keep her head down, to survive the last six months of her senior year. What happens when she is immediately discovered by one of the most popular cliques in school, who treat her like family? Will they discover the secrets that lay in the silent new girl's dark past? | Book one of 'The One' series | HIGHEST RANKING: #1 Action 5/8/18 #6 Teen fiction 17/1/19 #1 Teens 28/6/20

[ Complete. Highest Ranking #3 in Chick-lit!] "Do I have permission to grab your ass, sexy?" Hayden teased. My face wrinkled in disgust. "Gross," I muttered. His body was pressed tightly up against my own when he began to sway us back and forth. "Ease up, Blaine," Hayden whispered. "You always look so tense. Mystery man might think we're faking this." "Oh what a shame that would be," I sighed dramatically. Hayden rolled his eyes, "you want him, don't you? You want him to notice you and get jealous that you're with another guy?" "Yeah, I guess." "Then loosen the fuck up, Blaine. I want a dance partner, not a mannequin." - In Scarlett Blaine's twenty-one years, all she had wanted was to find love; and evidently, her mother had been looking for the same thing. Though Scarlett is still searching, her mother manages to capture the heart of one Beverly Hills lawyer who is utterly crazy about her. What Scarlett didn't expect was for the small Blaine family to move into said lawyer's lavish mansion. What shocked her further, was finding out that Elias Pennington's two sons would be bunking with them, too. Still getting to know one another, Hayden Pennington notices that Scarlett is in need of a romantic adviser, and see's himself perfect for the job. With Hayden on the search for a real relationship for Scarlett, the two find that there may be something between the two of them that they just can't stop. Though these feelings, are one real thing Scarlett never planned on finding. - ◦Books 2 and 3 are now on Wattpad. ◦Spin-off, Gentlemen's Guide, was featured in the Winter Wattpad Block Party February 2018! GG to be released 2019! © Shay Spencer. All rights reserved.