Celeste's childhood wasn't something she loved talking about. It was filled with nothing but painful memories. Whether they were the ones from when her father, along with her brothers, left, or the ones from her mother's death and her stepfather's abuse. Hell was the word she used to describe her past. And she was sure that it'd be her future too. That was until her stepfather got a new job and moved out along with her and her stepbrother, Lorenzo. Life decided to take a complete different turn and forced Celeste to meet the people who hurt her the most. Her past caught up with her present and she started to discover the bitter truths to the lies her life was built on.

This is not a ‘boy saves the girl’ type of story. This is anything but that. No boy can save a girl like Ana Shaw. She is saveless. Ana Shaw has had a rough three years. After a traumatic experience when she was fifteen, she has been in and out of mental hospitals in hopes of trying to make her whole again. Now, after multiple suicide attempts and then a full year of recovery, Ana finds herself back in a patient facility, surrounded by other mentally unstable people. But really, what's wrong with wanting to die? After everything that she's been through, it's totally understandable that she wants to end her life. However, everybody around her is determined to keep her alive no matter what she wants. Will they succeed or will Ana slip through their fingers once and for all? With the help of a few people at the mental rehabilitation center that she is staying in, Ana fights to find reasons to live before it's too late.

{Highest Ranking} #28 in romance Wild Jones is a tired foster kid. Jumping from home to home, she's seen the best and the worst. Once she finds a place to settle down till the end of her senior year, that means a new school. Starting over for the 100th time in her hectic life. Her plan is to keep her head down through senior year and slip through unnoticed, that doesn't help when the schools bad boy takes notice of you. Evan Shepards is the definition of a bad boy, getting high and skinny dipping with his friends including the countless vandalism projects and dangerous acts is his life. He's used to blocking out all of his feelings and keeping a stone cold face through anything. He never knew a simple plain teenage girl would make him crack a grin. Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it a meaning. - All Rights Reserved © Highest Ranking [#44 in teen fiction] She's Wild on amazon.com Highest ranking #44 in teen fic 7-10-17 Highest ranking #62 in teen fic 7-11-17 Highest ranking #67 in teen fic 7-20-17 2017 ©

(previously known as "Sincerely, Anonymous") "I loved her. Not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way her name could silence my demons." - After fifteen years of living in an unbearable household, Hayley Davis takes it upon herself to run away from home and start a new life, something better. By age sixteen, she is desperate for something, anything that could give her some money to make a stable living. When she is offered a spot in a low-class nightclub as a stripper, she jumps at the chance. However, after a triggering assault, she finally realizes that it's time to get out of there and make another run. This time - England. Damien Blake is seemingly nothing but a jock, a bad boy, and a downright player. Every time he's seen it's with a new girl. The control he has over everyone is startling - everyone but the new girl. After his father passes, he's faced with the difficult task of taking his place in the crime world. With everything at risk, who knows what could go wrong... Hayley soon starts receiving anonymous letters bringing up her dark past with the potential to destroy everything she's managed to build for herself with the only solution being to find out who Anonymous is. Two tragic stories with paths leading to unknown destinations. When the two cross, the last thing they expected was for their lives to be ignited with something beautifully catastrophic. - ✯ Ongoing ✯ Book 1 in The Tangled Trilogy

Heartbroken after the betrayal of those who once meant everything to her, Isabella begins to pave her own path to freedom as she realizes that shared blood doesn't always mean family. And family doesn't always mean love. [This is the sequel to Caged. It cannot be read as a stand-alone] • • • Contains sensitive material (no cliches). Copyright © 2021 by luxedreams. All rights reserved.

Atreus Castro, son of a lawyer and an ex- mafia boss. He steers away from the blood and gore and decided to become a lawyer in his father's footsteps, even though he deep down loves the dangerous life he was born into. Woman fawn over him for his good looks and rumored personality of being a true gentleman. Dariya Verlice, world's best female Formula 1 racer. Known for her numerous and spontaneous wins in the latest season of the championships. Tabloids are eager to get an inside on her private life that is more complex than you could imagine. When the opportunity is open for the taking, you take it. *This book is more of a romance than mafia.* DISCLAIMER: Mature language, Mature content, violence.

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘂𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀." Her whole life Aurora was alone, those who were once considered her family left. She always belived in love, but never belived to be worth being loved, and that's what happens when everyone tells you the same thing over and over again, it's hard to belive otherwise. The Marino's have been searching for their principessa for 14 years, they never gave up and always belived that one day they would see her again. To everyone they were cold and heartless, but that's what happen when the only light of their lives is taken way. What happens when Aurora is forced to live with her father, step mom, six brothers and a step sister? Will they find out each other secrets? Will the past catches up with them and bring unintended consequences? --------------------------------------------------------------------- This book contain topics that might be triggering, please read the disclaimer at the first chapter. This was my first book ever hence it is the way it is. But I hope you enjoy it :)

When Cory's father suddenly dies his entire perfect world is torn apart. Gone is the loving mother, doting sister, lovely house, and the huge allowance. In stead Cory needs to deal with the bank auctioning off the home he gave his first steps in, a illness that befalls his little sister, and the depression that's eating his mother alive. Just as it can't get any worse, Patrick with the golden-brown eyes, the infectious laugh, and the rich life finally shows interest in Cory. The thing that Cory believed would have made his once almost-perfect world completely perfect now becomes his biggest fear as he tries to keep his new life a secret. With juggling his depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm; Cory just doesn't know if the boy with the infectious laugh has a place in his life anymore. "Out in the Wind" is not just the story of a teen who is forced to grow up sooner than any kid should. It is also a real story that happens to lots of people around the world on the daily. This is a story full of tears, sadness, hope, loss, faith, and love. Note: This story contains affection between two male characters. If that in any way offends you, please refrain from reading. This story may also have triggers for depression, self-harm, and suicide.

A story about twins, love, hate, family, friends, loyalty, betrayal and how that all fits into the mafia. Two twin, Emiliano and Evelina Marino, were both born in to the Italian Mafia boss Enzo Marino and his wife Enimia. But what happens when Enimia takes off with the twins when they were two years old, leaving her husband and 6 other sons in despair and grief over their littlest siblings and children? what happens when Enimia died a mysterious death and after 13 years the Twins are sent to live with their dad and brothers? What happens when the twins aren't the same happy two year olds and haven't had the best life? What happens when Emiliano doesn't get the same love and sympathy his sister gets, how will he cope with that, and who will he meet along the way?

[NOT COMPLETED, AM WORKING ON IT] When you're a raging homosexual stuck in a predominately white Christian community, finding acceptance can be a tedious task. Justin Hobbs is living a lie, and hiding the truth from the people around him is becoming harder and harder each day. He's regarded as the school's typical loner, and in some ways he is. Used to having a quiet life, he's lost when his hushed lifestyle suddenly disappears. But, Justin finds he doesn't miss the quiet as much as he thought. Erik Carron is a leader of the school's biggest committee, but he isn't all that he appears. He keeps up the perfect façade, and is relieved to know that no one has seen past it. Little does he know, Justin is seeing the cracks in his mask, and soon, he'll see what truly lies beneath. The struggle of finding acceptance is as hard they thought, but learning to love themselves is harder than anything. This is a journey of self-acceptance, secrets, hiding, and finally revealing ones true self.