For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

Camryn Davis doesn't have the perfect life. In fact, it's far from perfect. She has a past that haunts her and insecurities that won't ever change. Her family and friends think she's cured from her depression, and that's exactly what Camryn wants them to think. The truth is, she isn't okay. She's the same girl as she was a year ago when she hit rock bottom. The good part is that nobody has a clue... right? Soon enough, and unfortunately for Camryn, history repeats itself, and she slowly transforms into the girl she never, ever wanted to become again: vulnerable. Not even her best friend, Jonathan Case, can save her from turning into her old self. Apparently, he's got his own problems to fix before he focuses on anyone else. Nobody wants to save Camryn, or at least that's what she thinks... until she realizes who exactly to call her real friends.

story #2 in the 'for the flawed' series. tw | abuse every night you held me. making me feel disgusting, because you were the s e c o n d to touch me. © 2014 flawed- (lowercase intended for stylistic purposes.) [Jan 16, 2015:: #2 in short story.]

"What happens when your worst demon and fear is your father, but your saviour is the arrogant rich boy you work for?"

Marie wanted to be as good as her mother wanted. Since her older brother was diagnosed with autism, she is considered the family's "normal" child. She thus feels she must be perfect in every way, which soon turns out to be a haunting task. Desperate for love and to make sense of her mother's contradictory behaviors and spiritual changes (from her mother's infidelities and alcoholism to a strict religious cult, and back again), Marie starts a friendship with a make belief friend, Ana. Ana is beautiful, loving, all-knowing and lives in an older version of Marie's house. Ana is the best friend one could hope for...that is until she encourages you to pursue a life threatening path. A book loosely based on my life: my relationship with my mother, my father, my autistic brother and my sister; my life in a cult; and my battle with anorexia. Nevertheless, this book is a work of fiction (imaginary friend, haunted house, mystical creatures, paranormal, etc).