prior to falling. °°° this was written in 2013 for a contest, but I've kept it up for everyone to read :-) I actually won the contest, which even now (over three years later) I am still stoked about,!!

“The fear and humiliation crawl back up again and I’m too tired this time to suppress it. I’m tired, so tired, and I want to fall asleep to the rushing lullaby of traffic and not wake up for a century, or at least until the soreness leaves my heart.”

At eighteen, Jade Sampson thought she had found the one man she would spend the rest of her life with, Austin Giles. He had been a long time childhood friend and later became her high school sweetheart. He was perfect in every way... or that's what she once thought. It was your typical hot southern, summer afternoon when she made the dreadful mistake of walking in on him with another woman in a rather compromising position. In a matter of minutes, her easy-going, perfect world came crashing down like a ton of bricks. Utterly heart broken and destroyed, Jade made the decision to leave her small home town and make her own way. It wasn't until five years later she received a call that would turn her new life upside down again. Her father, the same father that turned his back on her all those years ago had passed away. Now that she is forced to go back home and settle his affairs, how will she handle seeing Austin once again? Can she protect her heart any better this go round or will she relive the same mistakes and lose it all again.

Caramel is a poor university student in England, her ambitions is to become a successful doctor one day. She was living in an orphanage looking after the orphans there while it was a shelter for her. On her first day of her work experience in the hospital she nurses a very sexy rich boy, who she can't hit on as she had a finance waiting for her back at the orphanage.

Casey Luongo meets Emelyne Sherwood unexpectedly, and the two don't take long to fall head over heels in love. But how long can they keep an age old family feud and a psycho stalker from ruining what they've found. It doesn't help much that Casey was arranged to marry Emelyne from the very beginning, even though some people may not want that...

Be careful what you wish for, because sometimes wishes come true... especially if you wish for something NOT to happen! Andy Carter ends up in the bed with Austin Blake, a rich arrogant guy, just before she gets to know she's going to have to marry him. Some family traditions and business deals made these two, totally opposite people, bind in an intangible force of.... LOVE... Hate transforming into unconditional Love......... Lust-filled intentions turning into unending Love......... But somethings won't just let them be together! Will Andy Carter ever going to get married to Austin Blake?? A twisty, jealous, juicy, cranky, lustful, Arranged Love Story.......

**Watch the Webisode of each chapter! On Mobile, Go to Info or click the thumbnail if you're reading on the web!** I'm Aisling and I moved to Dublin, Ireland from Boston Massachusets which is kind of weird because I thought I was coming home but actually nothing was how I thought it was going to be. To start with no one warned me I was going to have to wear a uniform. That was kinda a shock. And the dancing was a little different here too. But then I met Ali and Siobhan and suddenly things didn't seem so bad. Oh, and did I mention Murphy, the boy next door...

Charlotte's life is pretty simple. Great friends. Amazing boyfriend. Freedom from over-bearing parents. When her best friend finally seals the deal with her crush of a lifetime, Charlotte thinks nothing can go wrong. If only she knew just how stupid a thought that was. With Alex, she isn't sure where she stands. She's even less sure of her feelings for him. And his feelings for her. Can she throw her perfect life away, all for the sake of her best friends boyfriend?

[PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION, AN IMPRINT OF SUMMIT MEDIA] One competition, one man, twenty-five women, and a bet. Zachary Astor wanted to be the Bachelor for one purpose alone: to prove to his friends that he can ditch twenty-five women without ever looking back at any of them. But will he stand on to his words when he meets Julianne Grey, the only woman who seems to regret being in the competition? Despite what he thinks, Zachary will find his thoughts preoccupied by the weird, silent, and mysterious girl he keeps on giving a rose much to his own amazement and her disappointment.

Isabel Marant is childhood best friends with Aaron Fox. He just happens to be the hottest movie star since Brad Pitt and Hollywood's new Golden Boy. Now after eight months filming abroad he's back and Isabel's life is about to get a whole lot more complicated....