| a true story about a boy who hides his pain behind his smile and a girl determined to see it | - FREE story with paid Exclusive Chapters and Writer Reveals - Twice Featured - Taylor Ming is trying to cope with the aftermath of her twin brother's suicide, and her depressed mother and avoidant father aren't really helping. With one of her friends' self-harming while another deals with a chronically ill boyfriend, being diagnosed with Diabetes and forced to use insulin thrice a day is Taylor's worst nightmare. When she catches the school's golden boy Shane Gray popping pills in a bathroom, then, Taylor is sure she's in a living hell. Is he depressed? Is he using drugs? She's afraid of losing more people and strikes a deal with Shane. He'll tell her if he ever has the urge to hurt himself and she'll keep his secret. What neither of them knows, however, is that he's already hurting himself without knowing it. And Shane's life is falling apart quicker than Taylor's. Because life isn't black and white and, sometimes, seeing gray can make all the difference. Warning: The story talks about suicide, self-harm, drug use, and mental health problems which may be triggering for some readers.

❝I would burn for all eternity to feel your touch once more.❞ Former mafia member now turned barista, Lorenzo Castello, is running away from his family to grieve a sudden loss when he meets a paramedic with no impulse control that turns his world upside down. ─────────── Lorenzo Castello, son of one of the most known mafia leaders in Italy, tried everything in his power to make sure no blood was shed unless absolutely necessary. But after witnessing his younger brother murder five men in cold blood just because his father told him to do so, he realised just how messed up his family was. After a fatal fire that destroyed everything he ever cared about, he decided to leave Italy and everything that had to do with the mafia behind and booked the first airplane ticket he could find. A new identity meant a new beginning for him and so he was no longer Lorenzo Castello but Adam Harrison who worked at a cafe in the morning and at a bar at night to make ends meet. Everything was going on smoothly, just like he had predicted. Until she came along. ─────────── A 'SINS OF OUR FATHERS' NOVEL ─────────── COMPLETED / REWRITING OFFLINE COPYRIGHT © 2024 NATALIA TAYLOR