"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see." - Shakespeare People make mistakes. People break rules. People even break the law. Sure, we aren’t perfect creatures but the thing about people is that we usually have pretty good reasons behind those bad decisions. And another thing about people is that they tend not to care about reasons as much as actions. Hallie Rhodes has found this out the hard way. No, she’s not proud of the decisions that she’s made that may have put her at odds with the law, but she had her reasons. Not that anybody cares about reasons. The way Hallie saw it, she had no choice except to forge the documents to get herself and her two younger brothers out of an abusive foster home. She has had a lot of tough breaks in her life. She’s only eighteen but she already has custody of her two younger brothers and to make ends meet, she’s taken on a full-time job along with balancing her senior year of high school. Strong, determined, and mature- Hallie is ready for whatever life throws at her. Except for Tate Conner, who is the exact opposite of Hallie. Lazy, entitled, immature, and cocky. Fresh out of reform school and on parole, he is the epitome of a bad influence, which is why Hallie is outraged when she notices that her younger brother is starting to befriend Tate. As they continuously but heads, Hallie starts to wonder just how put-together she really is.

We've all watched about a million Romantic Comedies where the boy breaks up with his girlfriend because he realizes he's in love with someone else, the "right" girl. And when this finally happens, we're all really happy about it. They immediately set off together, paying no mind to the fact that the boy was in a different relationship, I don't know, about five seconds ago. The person we never think about is the ex-girlfriend, the "wrong" girl. And why not? It hardly seems fair, once you think about it. She's the one always being dumped, or left at the alter, or publicly humiliated. But no one even spares her a second thought, because she was just in the way the whole time. She kept the right girl away from the boy for so long. And of course, we were all rooting for the right girl, who wouldn't be? Serena Briggs was just as guilty of this as everyone else is, until her boyfriend Brayden dumped her for his best friend in front of half the school. Then she became the real life wrong girl.

Nothing much is going right for shy, bubbly nineteen-year-old Ashleigh Apple. The first guy she ever felt she loved has a brand new girlfriend. Her family never take her seriously. Her best friends are moving away... and sometimes they don't feel much like friends to begin with. Everyone around her is moving on with their lives while she stays exactly the same. Until one night, a chance encounter with an exciting boy shakes her up and makes her realise there is more to life than being the safe, predictable Ash that everyone knows and loves. But sometimes people don't change for the better. And sometimes it's easy to miss the people who are best for us. --- FIRST LOVE, WORST LOVE is the third story in the "Love Story Series" (First two titles are "Reasons To Love A Nerd" Like Me and "Could You Love An Apple?") - but can also be read as a standalone for those new to the series. Thank you so much @Avylinn for the cover :)

Cassandra Ellis: A young African American woman working in the fast paced life surrounding Chicago. Just graduating from university, she receives her dream job but sooner or later she gets fired from that same exact job. Thinking the world is going to end, Cassandra suddenly finds a newspaper offering a job that suits her needs. But later, when she sets her eyes upon the infamous Alexander Caldwell..all hell breaks loose in her life. Alexander Caldwell II: A privileged white playboy living as if the city of Chicago surrounds himself. With the help of being the bad boy of the business world, he's also the heir to wildly successful Caldwell Industries. With lots of responsibility in his near future, as a stress reliever he has a different girl leaving his house every other day. But when Alexander sets his eyes upon Cassandra, his whole demeanor on life takes an.... upright but positive turn. -Who do you think fell in love FIRST? Trust me, it's not who you think. Copyright © 2014 Bridget Ackon.

Growing up Audrey had good life. She had two sides, At home, she was a amazing confident woman but at school she was the shy insecure curvy girl... Aaydan is the school famous basketball player... he has it all girls,money and popularity. But he don't want all that, he just want a girl who won't just use him to gain popularity. What happens when they finally meet each other will they have love at first sight or will somebody else take a plunge at Audrey's heart?

Nora Prince, a girl far from ordinary. But in a world like this, who wants to be ordinary anyway? Unlike the desired toned legs, shaped abdomen and blonde bleached hair of most girls in her life, she has quite the opposite. Stretch marks. Cellulite. Curves. But, growing as a person she realizes, being thin and outwardly perfect in the end, was not the recipe for love. Especially with Jason Ryder, the one guy every girl desired.

Ashley is a popular girl at her high school, a cheerleader, yet still sweet and down to earth. Brandon is the new kid at school, consuming everyone's attention as a loner and blind kid. Seeing him alone, Ashley is determined to befriend him. But how will it end? Will she manage to become friends with the mysterious boy, will it cost her her popularity, or will they end up as something more?

WILL BE TAKEN DOWN Harmony Adler has finally entered grade 12 but in a new school, in a new area. She moved all the way from West Virginia to Pennsylvania with her dad after her parent’s divorce. Harmony was an outcast; a shy and typical girl was what everyone thought of her. She didn’t have interests in making new friends or raising her status. But when she laid her eyes on one boy, she’s determined to befriend him. Kris Matthews was the well – known deaf boy and loner. However, Harmony sees something much more in him. Soon enough she befriends him and ends up falling in love with him. Her relationship with him is on the edge due to being in a fake relationship with her close friend Hunter. Kris has a hard time accepting things the way they are, and it nearly causes both of them having a heart break. Will Kris accept Harmony after knowing she’s in a fake relationship with her close friend who is also his ex – best friend? Or will he want to end things with her? --- COPYRIGHT © RAY 2013

(Previously known as The Cinderella's Bad Boy) ------- "Be your own kind of Cinderella" ............ (Extended Summary inside) All Rights Reserved. (Cover by : -infinities) (IMPORTANT: This is NOT a re-telling of Cinderella. It is a pure work of TEEN FICTION AND HUMOUR.)