FREE STORY WITH PAID BONUS CONTENT FROM HARTLEY's POV! It's a summer of firsts for 15-year-old Gwen, including a life-or-death secret that could change her forever. * * * * * Fifteen-year-old Gwen Lincoln has three goals before sophomore year begins: 1.) experience her first kiss 2.) find a way to get rid of her childish "chipmunk cheeks" for good 3.) escape the separation of her parents ... a dilemma she's keeping from her free-spirited, yet slightly unstable best friend Hartley MacKenna, who she's visiting in New Orleans during summer break. With Hartley taking charge of her ambitious to-do list, Gwen's "Summer of Change" begins, but nothing prepares her for meeting Sullivan Reed, the adorable soccer player next door, who to her utter disbelief, asks her on a date. Now, all she needs is a crash course in Kissing 101 - and her BFF has a surefire-ish plan to show her the ropes! Caught between living her life and trying to run away from it, Gwen's longing to embrace the sun-kissed wetlands of Louisiana and broaden her previously limited horizons is coming true. But when she discovers the secret her friends have been hiding - a secret that could mean the difference between life and death - she must learn to face her own demons (with a little help from the lovable Creole drag queen down the street), or surrender herself to a tragic reality. Copyright © 2021 (post revisions) Darly Jamison - All rights reserved Formerly titled: My First Kiss (and Other Summer Disasters) Cover artist @surviving_dreams (you can find her on Fiverr!) Notice: This document is not authorized for upload or use with artificial intelligence systems or platforms. Any attempt to upload, analyze, or process this content using AI technology is strictly prohibited.

"Is this always how it's going to be?" There it was the question we each longed to ask but refused to voice. In a moment's notice, we had gone from being carefree teenagers to being on high alert. Survival skills kicking in as we braced ourselves. I could feel the rise and fall of Nile's chest as he held me in place. His hand mindlessly stroking up and down my back. His intoxicating smell is doing nothing for my racing nerves. I thought this part of our story was over. I thought the past no longer had a say in who we are but here it was, continuing to shape us... . With the pressure and trauma of sophomore year behind them, Manny and Nile are ready to embark on the new school year. Excited to simply be teenagers and figuring out this thing called love they are ready for a chance to just be. However, catty girls and teenage boys may be the least of their worries. Life is a story with twists and turns. You just have to live, learn and enjoy the ride. Sometimes it is the things we least expect that shape us the most.This is book #2 in the "Changed Me" Series

He needs a wife. She needs the money. The playboy prince needs a respectable girl to play his doting fiance for the weekend. If he doesn't convince his parents he's a changed man, he can say goodbye to his crown and inheritance. Enter Jenny, an actress who has just been hired to play the role of her life. Especially since she doesn't like him. But soon the two find out that they will need each other in ways they never thought possible.

Twenty-six-year-old Kasiemobi Ejindu knows something sinister has been moving on with her for as long as she could recall even though she's oblivious of its true threats but a shocking revelation regarding her ancestral background and her sudden encounter with a young Hispanic-American pastor might just be her first true direction to finding salvation and love. * * * It's Christmas holiday, a time of joy, relaxation, thanksgiving and being with family but not for Kasiemobi, well, at least not this year. Twenty-six-year-old Kasiemobi Ejindu is conscious of the fact that something sinister has entwined with her life for as long as she could recall, and even though she is oblivious of the true threat it poses, she has learned to live with it. That is until a week before Christmas when her fiancée abruptly breaks off their engagement and she eventually travels to her hometown alone on major account of her young cousin's wedding. There, she meets Cergio Suarez, a young Hispanic-American pastor whose company she eventually grows fond of but their relationship-and ultimately her life is threatened by forces beyond her control and if she doesn't give into its demand, she stands a chance of losing her entire family and what they stand for. 2021 ©️

Wren Martin is socially awkward. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie. All she wants to do is keep a low profile, and graduate well enough to qualify for a college scholarship. But then a babysitting job leads her to cross paths with Asher Reed, Eastview Highʼs notorious athlete. When a field injury kickstarts his senior year, heʼs turning his free time and attention to Wren. And maybe she might not want to be invisible after all. ***** [Watty's Collector's Edition Winner] [TFA Runaway Prize Winner] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Santoro

Amina Bakare, the first daughter of a wealthy politician and an outspoken, talented teenager who is often bodyshamed constantly for her skinny frame, is a very famous vlogger with the name "being skinny in Nigeria," which she secretly handles. Afraid of people finding out her true identity, she disguises herself by wearing a mask for her videos. Watch how she balances between her secret identity and her lame life, where she is constantly insecure about how she looks and often feels like her whole life is centred around her being skinny. Join her on her road to self-love as she finds love and learns to love. Will she be able to keep up, or will the world know the face behind the vlog "being skinny in Nigeria"? Published: 23rd June 2020

Skye wants Melvin. He belongs to her sister. This doesn't matter...... She wants him and she will get him. All consequences be damned.

『Highest Ranking: #6 in Humour』 Ugh, skinny girl problems are basically 'too pretty' problems, right? #ThePeopleofSociety #StopBodyShaming #FreeYourBody Ranked #1 in #thepeopleofsociety (22.07.18) Ranked #12 in #satire (23.05.18) FEATURED in the @ThePeopleofSociety *** TRIGGER WARNING: Discussions of shaming/bullying and anorexia. Bullshit Skinny Girls Get copyright © 2015 - Ellafair Blase, hellocheeky

London socialte Zara is in the gossip pages again, but this time she's gone too far! To her horror, her father ships her off to Africa. But what Zara thinks will be a relaxing Safari full of mud wraps and days at the Spa, soon turns into her worse nightmare when she's put to work. Not only does she have to contend with scrubbing toilets, but Riaan the game ranger is also rubbing her up the wrong way. (And not in the way she'd like... not yet!) But her nightmare is just beginning, and her whole life is about to change.

Sadie's secretly in love with her best friend Connor. When the lights go off at a party, she kisses him in the dark. The next day, Connor enlists her help to find his mystery kisser. Sadie is stuck in the middle, will she ever be able to tell him how she feels?