Loving yourself is hard. Trying to find love in a family who objectified you? Seems like work. But try finding love in someone as a hopeless romantic too. • • • Smart, nerdy, pretty, and kind are all the words she's gotten used to. Being a Junior in college, Evangeline Collins has learned that the kindest of words are said by the evilest of beings. Not only that but living in a family where expectations are through the roof helped her grow a thick skin. However, just when she began succumbing to her hopeless life, she meets a worse type of being. Matteo Cadwell. A senior, living like the devil as she kindly called him. It was inevitable that they didn't get along. Until they gave it a shot. When Matteo saw the kind of life Evie was living, his eyes opened wide for him to see everything. In an attempt to just see the good in her he saw something so much more - he saw the good in him. Helping raise each other, love each other, these two fight to the end. They fight until they freed themselves from the cruel chains of their lives. Previously known as "The Mind Of A Hopeless Romantic" [ FEATURED WATTPADROMANCE NOVEL ] ©AsteriaLauder2020 Started: July 24, 2020

Grace Waverly Parker meets a devilish boy who catalyses the revelation of a life she didn't know she had. Grace Waverly Parker is an 18-year-old top tier student with an ambitious dream of being a well-known musician. Growing up without much money or a father, she fights for what's right and lives independently. When she moved to LA with her father, hoping that he had finally changed, she finds out that her life hasn't been all that truthful. Chase Michaels is a typical, not so typical rich boy, bad boy. Having a family of the richest, he grew up with arrogance, ego and narcissism, but, his family are totally the opposite. His tattoos and morals differ from the usual person and people look at him as the devil, but couldn't he just have another story to tell? When these two forces meet, they didn't know the kind of trip they were signing up for. They cause a ripple in each other's lives that will forever change them. But what happens when they both crash and burn? * Contains Mature scenes and Abuse. [ FEATURED ON THE ROMANCE READING LIST "HEAD OVER HEELS" ] *DISCONTINUED SERIES* • Started: April 25, 2020, • (First Draft) • Ended: June 10, 2020

He waited, perhaps how the moon waited for the sun. And I chose to ask more of it-of the ceaseless hope we held in our palms. "Give me tonight, please." "You've got tonight." It was an effortless sentence. A string of words spelling assurance, settling at the far-bottom of my chest. But only when I looked up did I realize that his eyes held the words: you've got my tomorrows, too. *** No matter how much she runs, Laura is stuck in an endless loop of her past. With a transfer of school and a curly-haired boy who seems to be wherever she goes, it's a matter of time she realizes that her universe ceases at the sight of him-and running away might have never been an option. ⤫ ⤫ ⤫ [ extended blurb inside ] [ completed - 31.05.23 ] Copyright © Abrial 2020.

❝"I need you to sleep with me." "Well, hey," Jesse said, a slow grin spreading across his face, "I usually try and get to know the girl first, but this agreement is on your terms." My cheeks warmed. "I didn't mean it like that," I said. "I suffer from insomnia. And I need you to help me fall asleep."❞ Copyright © 2014 by Emily Slough. All Rights Reserved. TEENFIC | 4 [UNEDITED STORY; READ AT YOUR OWN RISK]

Love is fragile. [A Wattpad Featured Story] Copyright © 2015 by Emily Slough. All Rights Reserved. ROM | 29

BEING PUBLISHED BY W BY WATTPAD FREE STORY. PAID BONUS CHAPTERS. Two complete opposites. One assignment. After making it through her freshman year at the University of Southern California. Avalon Miller planned to get through sophomore year and every year after that by doing the same thing. Fitting in. What more could she possibly want? Apparently, a confident and sexy football player who has every girl falling at his feet. Everyone except Avalon, anyway. Her plan for staying under the radar vanishes into oblivion when she must spend the entire semester with the football players, including the senior heartthrob and star quarterback Noah Jackson. When Avalon crashes into his life and doesn't fall to his feet like every other girl, it's a breath of fresh air. One he can't get enough of. He introduces her to the life of a football player, but never expected to take an interest in her along the way. Something no one, not even him, expected as he doesn't date. Both of them are holding back from loving again due to their past relationships but love is something he didn't even know he was looking for until she walked into his life and something, she didn't know she was missing until she falls in love with him along the way. A journalism major and a football player...what could possibly go wrong? [The Jackson Family Series Book 1]

Workaholic wedding planner Sophia gets the surprise of her life when her new clients' best man turns out to be her ex-boyfriend. ***** When taking on new clients, Sophia Coleman expects the same old routine - wake up, go to work, go home, binge The Bachelor, go to sleep, repeat. What she doesn't expect is her ex-boyfriend, Carter Stone, to be the groom's best man. His sudden appearance throws her off, and she refuses to let anyone - let alone a guy - get in the way of her success. Especially not after the last time. Planning a wedding in three months is hard enough, but between cake tastings and dress shopping, there's Carter's cheeky smile and relentless charm. As the big day gets closer, so do Sophia and Carter, until all that's standing between them is their history. Can Sophia say yes to a second chance, or will this rekindled romance get left at the altar?

Sometimes we're all too drenched in our own problems to realize others are drowning, too.

In which a girl and a boy reconnect through a bunch of fake dates and car rides together. Copyright © 2015 by Emily Slough. All Rights Reserved. TEENFIC | 34 [UNEDITED STORY; READ AT YOUR OWN RISK]

When college student Emmy joins an online support group at the encouragement of her therapist, the last thing she expects is to connect with the lead singer of the most famous rock group in the world. ***** Emmy has had a rough couple of years, to say the least. So when her psychologist recommends that she joins an online support group, she thinks she knows what to expect. But the back and forth e-mails between her and famous rock singer Johnny Decker are the last thing she ever counted on. Despite the world of differences between them, Emmy can't help but feel like she knows Johnny better than she knows herself. Supportive emails turn into a growing friendship, and Emmy is grateful to finally have someone who understands. Soon, life without Johnny seems unthinkable, but is there hope for them in the offline world? [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy Spin-off to Holding onto You Trigger warning: This story contains swearing, mature themes, sexual content and references to substance abuse.