Sawyer West has known nothing but hardships her whole life. ******* After losing her mother to an overdose and then having to stay with her sick grandparents. They soon die thanks to Cancer and leave her a will that includes a scholarship for Ravenwood Academy, the posh and prestigious private school in Los Angeles. She's seventeen now and is trying her best to learn how to survive on her own. Her rival enemy, Asher Carson, makes life worse with his infuriating sexy smirk and irritating attitude. She finds herself in a tough situation when she's diagnosed with Cancer. Her time on this Earth is dwindling down. Can she make her last months, worthwhile?

What if upon unraveling the mysteries of someone's death, you get to unravel the mysteries of your past? When fifteen-year-old Charissa runs late for an event she is not ready to attend, she accidentally bumps into sixteen-year-old Lancelot, thanks to her clumsiness. Little did they know, the bump means connection. Because who cares about strangers, right? Unless you aren't like them. Soon, Charissa gets a new life: new house, new school, and new friends. Exciting, isn't it? Not until someone she cares, dies. And what a coincidence it is that the same person means so much to Lancelot than anyone could ever tell. Eager to know why and how it all happened, Lancelot secretly seeks for answers. Concerned and curious, Charissa does her own way to help find justice. And along with that, feelings start to blossom. Will everything stay the same once one of them learns the truth?

When Everly Reed collides with the cynical and devilishly handsome Mason Valdez, she knows trouble is ahead, but she never could have guessed how much she would be drawn to the storm. ***** Nineteen-year-old Ever Reed likes when things make sense. Which is probably why she excels at math, enough to secure her a spot at an Ivy League school out of state. Sheltered by her mother and older brother Asher for most of her life, Ever hasn't experienced much of the world, but she knows New York will be an adventure. Enter Mason Valdez: cynical, arrogant, and undeniably attractive-exactly what Ever doesn't need. But as their paths keep crossing, Ever finds herself intrigued by Mason, and eager to know the boy behind the bitter mask. As secrets, scars, and painful pasts rise to the surface, Ever knows one thing for sure: they can only make it through if they face their storms together. [[word count: 150,000 - 200,000]] Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos Spinoff to The Hoodie Girl Book One of the A Thousand Storms series [[The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Overall Story and Best Romance Winner]] Content/trigger warning: This story mentions sexual assault and childhood abuse

When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]

"Today, however can change things for better or worse. The outcome depends on you." When a marriage fails, the residue trickles down to everyone in the family. Sixteen-year-old Daya Nicole Johnston must fight to understand what is happening in her life. The revelations about her father surprise her, her brother is becoming distant, her mother is a shell of her former self, and her best friend will not talk to her. To complicate things further, she finds herself caught in a love triangle that pulls at her heart. These events turn her life on its head. How will she cope? And what will she do to combat this? *Completed October 25, 2019* *Revised July 2024* Cover by comicstvr