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Isn't it funny how life changes? Our child curiosities and interests turn into our fears as adults. Guns are fun for kids but when you're a soldier standing in the face of real danger, it all changes. *A VERY SHORT STORY*

How do you control your future when your future is controlled by the past? That's a question Dylan Foster has been struggling to answer for years. His parents are dead. But the family feud with a violent gang is still very much alive, and they're after him. That's why he's constantly on the run, searching for a home he can finally be safe in. What will happen when he finds home not in a house but in a thrill-seeking girl? Henley McAdams is one stubborn girl and when she wants something, she gets it. Little does she know, the thing she wants could possibly get her killed. With a hunger for danger and plans to leave the rough town of Reymont, she gets way more than she asks for. How will she feel when her plans to escape are ruined by a hot-tempered homeless boy?

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Mary Gilders profile hung low. No one really knew she existed, she never had done anything special in her group- who called themselves the Thirteen. It was her, and 12 other guys. She happened to be the only girl. The last one was her sister, Janette, whom Mary had originally joined with. Until Jan was sent to the hospital, which was the last thing Jan had seen. Now Mary was left alone. Alone to face becoming an important One. 3 weeks after Jan's death, Mary meets a man about 5 years older than her. He seems super nice, at first, but she knows he's rich. The whole gang and her had planned to hustle him into giving her access to his life savings. She couldn't give a damn if he lived or died, not after she found out his true self. He was apparently one of the leading criminals in all of Chicago. She wanted to be higher than he was, she wanted to be important. And she knew just how to pull it off. ---------------------------------------------------------- 'Not Really Yours', by Magic Rabbit ©All Rights Reserved

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

Isla King grew up wealthy, but not as wealthy as Billionaire playboy Arturo Calendri. The family company was being taken over by Arturo's greedy father, but he's in prison now, and she's in Arturo's high rise office to beg for some mercy now that he's the one in charge and running Calendri Corp. When face to face with him, however, he reminds her of one tiny little detail that she might've forgotten. That time she told him to fuck off when he hit on her in her family's boutique. She'd forgotten all about that, and hadn't recognized him back then! How was she to know? But Arturo is holding all the cards and very happy about it, and if Isla wants the family business back, she's going to have to agree to a little arrangement. Spend four weeks with him in his lonely mansion, and yes, sex is involved, or go home with nothing. Edited Ebook is now available on Amazon and in Print! ***Sign up for my email list at http://mandyrosko.com/contact.html and I'll send you my Starter Library for Free. The Vampire's Curse, Burns Like Fire, and Sold To the Enemy! (Copy and paste the link into your browser)*** #Wattys2015

After a car accident leaves Kaden Bretton temporarily blind, Isla Moore struggles to break up with him while disguised as his girlfriend, who died in the crash. ***** Isla Moore has been in love with Kaden Bretton since he taught her how to slow dance on her sixteenth birthday. Now, four years later, she jumps at the chance to help him after a terrible car accident leaves him temporarily blind -- by agreeing to break up with him while disguised as his girlfriend, Evangeline, so he never has to find out she died in the crash. But will she be able to stick to the plan even after he starts falling for her? Or will the truth about her identity and the reason she lied to him destroy their chance at forever? ***** Cover by @lydiahephzibah.

An old Victorian house in the middle of nowhere, but it's the best place to escape to when you have a problem. Meet the Housemates.