Winner of the Watty's 2017 Awards ✿ Destruction is a form of creation; buildings crumbled as he walked past. Khari Spence, trapped in a city steeped in hatred, longs to embrace his true self even if it means risking everything. He finds a fragile refuge in an old apartment with peeling wallpaper and blank journal pages -- and hopefully in a girl. Milo Locke, disillusioned with the hollow lure of materialism, seeks to rid the ideologies her parents forced onto her. When their worlds collide, will they help each other heal from past wounds, or will their secrets tear them apart?

Summer's over and Sam faces a dilemma: how to manage a long distance relationship with his first real boyfriend. Joining the volleyball team seems like the perfect answer to get out of town to see Leo. Laura's perfect season is rudely interrupted by Wren, new girl and lesbian hellbent on distracting her from her goals. The best way to avoid Wren seems to be pretending to be Sam's girlfriend, for his benefit and for hers. How long can the lies hold up? [fab covers by @RosyKun!]

An ex-couples rivalry for the spot as student body president becomes even more convoluted when two new, unexpected candidates enter the race. Chloe and Preston team up, each vowing to get one member kicked from the competition-- but when they both end up helping their victims to spite each other, the campaign gets a lot more complicated. * * * * * Chloe Peters is determined to solidify her most-popular-girl-in-school status with the label of student body president, so she's furious when three other candidates enter the race. Now, she's competing against her ex-boyfriend Preston McMillan, some nobody named Emily, and the school's notorious troublemaker, Finn Harrel. If it means saving her pride and not letting Preston get the best of her, she'd do just about anything-- even help out Finn, who despite his good looks, gets on her last nerve with his lackadaisical attitude and class-clown antics. Preston McMillan just wants a distraction from the fact that his wrestling team is about to be disbanded. When he signs up for the presidential race, he doesn't expect Chloe to go berserk, nor does he expect to meet Emily, a quiet, stony girl he can't believe he's never noticed before. After deciding to help with her campaign, he's got plenty of distractions-- enough to make him wonder what really matters, and enough to make his friends question where his loyalties lie. One thing's for sure: suddenly, this race is about a lot more than student government. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝) - 𝟑/𝟖/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬) - 𝟏𝟎/𝟏𝟓/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬)- 𝟖/𝟐𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎

Sixteen-year-old Faith Everett, reeling from her parents' divorce, is angry at being uprooted to the quiet town of Meadow. Guarded and defiant, Faith resists connection, seeking solace in solitude and substances. Her pain is fiercely private-she refuses to let anyone, least of all her well-meaning mother, in. Hope Chamberlain, the minister's daughter, is known as Mother Theresa in Meadow. She's devoted to her faith and her community, and is always looking to make a difference. Hope's world revolves around service and tradition, and she leads the church's summer camp with unwavering optimism. When Faith is forced to attend church camp, her path crosses with Hope's, and the two could not be more opposite. Hope sees Faith as her newest mission; Faith wants nothing to do with Hope. But beneath their differences, an unexpected bond begins to form-one that pushes both girls to confront painful secrets, question their beliefs, and redefine what family and friendship truly mean. In this moving coming-of-age story, Hope and Faith learn that loving and losing, defiance and healing, are all part of growing up-and sometimes, the path to redemption begins where you least expect it.

Nick doesn't believe that a marriage needs love to survive, and he's out to prove it by marrying a stranger. But after proposing to headstrong waitress Annabelle, his theory begins to fall apart... ***** Nick Brady has only ever seen marriage as an agreement for mutual economic and financial gain. Wanting to prove his point once and for all, he sets out to marry a total stranger. In walks Annabelle Skye, a down-on-her-luck waitress. All she's ever wanted was stability and comfort. So when Nick explains his theory and proposes, she accepts and moves in with him. After all, she's never believed in fairytale romance. Facing disapproval from their family and friends, Nick and Annabelle become determined to make his marriage without love theory work. But when Annabelle starts to break down Nick's walls, he realizes his theory might not be as foolproof as he thought... Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains mentions of an eating disorder, physical and sexual abuse, and other mature content that may be triggering to the reader. [[word count: 90,000 - 100,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Marie Bandy This is the first book in The Marrying You series. [Highest rank: #1 in new adult romance, #1 in womens fiction, #86 in romance and #4 in fiction]

BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite. Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.

::::::::::::::: "You will remove your hand from her arm, or I will remove your hand from you. Now." "I think you did. Last chance to tell me the truth little one, did you just roll your eyes at me?" "I will give you everything you could ever wish for and take you anywhere you long to go, all I want in return is your love." ::::::::::::: Alessandro Calabrese has managed to keep the world from finding out about his daughter, and his daughter from finding out about the world- for her own protection. But at twenty years old Idalia is pushing for more and more freedom. Surrounded by dangerous men dealing in even more dangerous affairs, the Calabrese Mafia's very own little queen is about to be thrown into the lion's den, and this lion is dead set on making Idalia his own. ::::::::::::: #Kissawards2019 Danger winner 1/9/20 #1 Don 12/6/19 #1 sheltered 12/1/2019 #1 violent 4/25/2020 #3 jealous 3/5/2020 #3 Boss 3/24/2020 #6 mob 3/27/2020 #4 violent 04/18/2021 #10 quiet 1/12/2020