[PREVIOUSLY TITLED ESCAPING BACK ALLEYS] ❝A King is never on his knees, Soren.❞ ❝He is for his Queen.❞

[PREVIOUSLY TITLED CHASING BACK ALLEYS] ❝Once a King, always a King.❞

{For those who HATE student/teacher stories, TRY THIS ONE ANYWAYS. I dare you to read it and say it was a waste of time} Alice 'Ace' Spade had fled her horrible foster family by the time she was sixteen and found a way to survive by dancing in a sleazy strip club. One night a man named Malcolm is brought in by his friends and Ace and Mal hit it off. Until the cops crash the club and discover that Ace is only seventeen and a runaway. They force her back to school and back to the foster family that abused her. Her only solace is that Malcolm is now her teacher and sometimes protector. But what happens when they still have powerful chemistry and a growing affection towards each other?

Kara Hawthorne refuses to fall in love until the brooding Cameron crashes into her life. He burns for her like no other. But the past doesn't forget and the biggest sacrifice of his life awaits. ***** Spitfire Kara Hawthorne is a hardworking twenty-one-year-old college student with a smart mouth who wants nothing more than to save her family's auto shop. But her life is thrown into a whirlwind as her intense attraction for the dangerous Cameron Saint Laurent becomes all too consuming. Cameron has revealed his painful memories to Kara, but she knows there is more he refuses to tell her. Cameron's past is clouded in mystery and is darker than even he knows. Will Cameron conquer his demons and claim Kara's heart, or will he let the darkness of his past destroy him and lose his chance at love forever? Book 2 in the In Love Series [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana

Ali Benning is a poor, ambitious girl who lives in the slums of Dock Garren, the backdoor of the affluent city of Ballard where she'd been attending the prestigious schools along with the rich kids through a string of scholarships year after year. Seth Wallace is the poster boy for happy-go-lucky rich boys who were too cute and too rich for their own good and he's determined to distract Ali to insanity. Will their two worlds crash and burn with them caught in between or will they prove to everyone that love is crazy, sweet? **Note by the Author** Hello readers! Just wanted to let you know that this is an earlier work I've finished several years ago. It's not very polished and I'm going in every now and then to edit it but I thought you'd all want to read the story all the way to the end so here it is. Vote and comment if you like it or just drop by and say hi... =) *** Copyright © 2012 by Nina Tippett. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Nina Tippett. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. The image used in the cover art is the property of its respectful owner.

Adrian, one of the leading men in the were-world. Ruling as one of the strongest council members, no one ever imagined he can be brought down to his knees until his life is evaded by a Red haired woman. Adrian gave up on love and devoted his life for others after he lost his mate century ago, but when he is somehow tied down to a girl in marriage, someone he never met or saw he can't help but want to run. But when he finally meets her he has no clue what to do with her. As she is as innocent as a born baby, as clueless as a puppy. With her high heels, little dresses and wild red hair she has managed to do something no one ever succeeded on before, gaining the affection Adrian never want to give. She not just has wrapped all the men in his pack in her tiny little fingers, she has also managed to survive being his wife until he asks for a divorce. Guess sometimes the chapters of your life you think you closed were never locked properly as they are unlocked and walks in front of you. Affection Series:- 1. Mate's Affection 2. Warrior's Affection 3. Restrained Affection 4. Sweet Affection 5. Devil's Affection

Erika is just another teenage girl who doesn't care much about her appearance, she is best friend with the Antonio's twins who drag her in, to help them so they can be close to their mates. Trying to help them find their happy endings will she get her too? Being a pure human as she likes to call herself isn't easy when your life is surrounded by the Antonio's brothers. The drama is always on the corner if it isn't her, then it's someone else that creates it for her. Affection Series:- 1. Mate's Affection 2. Warrior's Affection 3. Restrained Affection 4. Sweet Affection 5. Devil's Affection

Both of them were known as sworn enemies from the moment they stepped in the same school. While she was feisty he was stubborn. Growing up in the same environment was not easy as well and then the fate goes and put them in the same work place. Even if he hates it, he knows he needs her even if she does not like it, she knows she has an occupational hazard and that is to make sure the casinos Gabriel Price hand over them with trust will not shut down because of their differences. None of them knows when their witty comebacks turned into sweet talking and their late night work turned out to be their secret. Gage Price never even in his wildest dream thought the girl who has made his school days hell would someday become his heaven when His Gaze lands on her. His Series :- #1 His Heartbeat #2 His Precious #3 His Gaze

This beautiful cover is by @Anoniem024 That was all he could describe when asked to him what was she to him... For him it was as simple as that, his heartbeat one without whom he could not survive for whom he would go against the world... She has the power to bring him to his knees not just one but both. Unfortunately, for him no happy ending is ever happy ending without unhappiness surrounding it, as for his unhappiness he did not have to go find it anywhere, it was all her doing, as she had both the power to raise his heartbeat as well as stop it beating for her. His Series:- #1 His Heartbeat #2 His Precious #3 His Gaze

Gabriella Mary Price is her father's daughter, if it's not her name then it is her mouth that makes people realize whose daughter she is. She has a mind of her own, a tongue that can slash and a best friend who can give up his sanity to be with her. No one ever understood the meaning behind the friendship between Ricardo Russo and Gabriella Price and they did not even want to be understood. With an upcoming wedding of Ricardo with his high school sweetheart and Gabriella's determination to find her future husband, will they fall apart or find the true meaning of their given nicknames to each other, as their friendship was beyond the bond anyone has ever had, beyond the understand of fate itself. While Ricardo Russo was a Rare gem in Gabriella's life. she has always been His Precious. His Series: #1) His Heartbeat #2) His Precious #3) His Gaze