҉֍҉֍҉♥҉֍҉֍ Love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances. The passion is the same. The pain is the same. That weird feeling that growls in your chest? Same. I didn't believe that until I met Alaric Aldrois and he became my nightmare. I thought I'd escaped him. I was even stupid enough to think he'd forgotten I'd ever existed. But when I came back, he hit harder than I ever thought possible. ҉֍҉֍҉♥҉֍҉֍ In which a high school girl is used as an experiment by a boy who wants answers for his own heart. Valerie arrived for her first day in grade 6, crying. She left at the end of the year in tears. And in between, she managed to capture the attention of Alaric Aldrois. They say he has the looks of a demon. Sexy, silent, alluring. Now she's back to complete her senior year, staying at her aunts house. She's not the weak girl she used to be. She won't let Alaric's taunts get to her. She won't give him the satisfaction of watching her break and crumple before him. Like she used to do 5 years ago. No. Because to her, he's just a sadistic asshole. And to him, she's always just been an experiment. HIS experiment. And this year, he's going to stake his claim. ҉҉ ҉֍҉֍҉♥҉֍҉֍

❝ The question is, are you worth your weight in gold? ❞ Reputation is a sacred sheet of parchment at Forteux Academy. Handled carefully, it can become a bill of gold leading one to a life of riches. Yet a mere foot in the wrong direction can tear its dainty form until the misstepped individual goes tumbling down the very social hierarchy they were once so eager to ascend. When a mistake left behind from the crowned Queen's darkest night rocks up in the form of a handsome newcomer, Louisa Darling is more desperate than ever to keep everything under covers in her elite circle. The taste of jealousy, bitterness, hate and love is beyond dangerous in a world where everyone is used to getting what they want. And with one desperate to hide a secret that the other is determined to seek, things are bound to get damn complicated. [ e x t e n d e d s y n o p s i s i n s i d e ] | #1 in richkids | 260620 | | #1 in drunk | 260820 | | #1 in privateschool | 241020 | | #2 in whatshot | 260620 | | #2 in prestigious | 301120 | | #2 in trending | 010920 | | #2 in popular | 190920 | | #4 in elites | 260620 | | #4 in gold | 240120 | | #15 in money | 201120 | | #49 in romance | 260820 | •--- ♛ ♕ ♛ ---• The Price of Gold, Book One of Fortune's Fool Trilogy, KiwiAndKoalas, All rights reserved ©

[ FINISHED - unedited ] ❝How do I... How do I stop them?" "You want to stop them?" Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Yes," I nodded. She immediately broke out into a high-pitched laugh. "Oh Laura, you can't.❞ Every prestigious high school has this. A group of people that are somehow, in some way "ranked" higher and superior to the other students. But at Redwood Academy, the system is a little different. Considering there is a wider range of students, the poor to the rich, you're ranked on how feared you are, despite the fame, money, family, or talent you have. Tao Kingsbury and Isaia Woods are quite high on this ranking system. And that's where they intend on staying. So tell me how some new bitch named Laura shows up out of the complete blue, not a background or dollar to her name, and is quickly climbing the social rank? And tell me why the only people who truly fear her are the ones that are feared themselves? [Books 1 and 2 in The Materialists series] Series In order; [ The Materialists, The Dynasty, The Avacarious ] ©kujiis 2019 #1 in prestigious • 06/17/20 #12 in richkids • 07/25/20 #1 in popularity • 10/09/20

A genius analyst has to leave her desk behind and team up with the sour Agency hothead to track down her missing partner. ----- Quinn O'Reilly doesn't belong in the field. She's better off as the brilliant intelligence analyst behind some of the Agency's biggest arrests, and more than comfortable surrounded by her screens. Special Agent Cameron Kent, Agent Quinn's primary partner, is the pro carrying out the plans formulated with Quinn's brainpower. She's the closest thing to family Quinn's ever had. She's also missing, having dropped off the map in the middle of an undercover operation. There is no one better suited to find Cam than Quinn. There is no one better suited than Gavin Locke, agency hothead, to protect her in the meantime. With clues left all around the world, this unlikely pair will have to pick up the pace to find Cam in time - and avoid killing each other in the process. It's time for Special Agent O'Reilly to step forward - and into the field. ----- standalone, 150k words completed