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Life has beaten me up so many times, I don't think it was recent the last time I laughed. I'm by myself, going crazy, and getting consumed by my own demons. Reality is so unclear sometimes, so untrue. I feel like it's all a nightmare, a nightmare we share, because he's in it. Destiny put us together, but made sure we didn't stay like that for long. I thought I fell in love before, but it doesn't compare to this passion I feel for him. Will this love remain eternally? Would it kill me? Or will it save me from my own living hell? Hey! I hope you readers like this story. It starts with the childhood of a girl who had everything, but suddenly got her life and family broken. Follow the life of this girl and see how her world slowly gets ripped apart, how society and life make everything difficult. How she slowly develops mental illness, and how she has to fight it back. Follow her love story, one that might be the last piece for her to become crazy. Ps. Based on a true story.

"Aminah, I will explain everything.. it's not what yo..." she didn't let me finish. "Don't you dare!" I put my hand on her shoulder but she flinched away! "How could you? You ruined my life! When I asked you if you wanted to marry me why didn't you say no? Tell me! Tell me! That's why I never wanted to get married! Once you trust someone and fall for them, They break your trust! I'm done with you! Go away!" she said, anger and tears in her eyes! She was heart broken! I broke her heart! I should have told her about Aliyah! I know I should have! ••• Sequel is up! -UNBREAKABLE- Highest Ranking Spiritual #1 Teen Fiction #18 Cover Credits: @Itsfirstmalaika

*ON HOLD Mercy Painter wants nothing more than to have the freedom she has long been denied by both her parents and society-- to speak her mind and have the same opportunities as men. So when General George Washington winters at her aunt's house, Mercy impresses both him and the dashing French Marquis de Lafayette (whom she just might have a slight crush on). She is quickly invited to join the General's military family, a position where Mercy is more than welcome to speak her mind. But even with a position so high, Mercy's passion for freedom for both herself and her country are continually threatened by everyone around her- including the people she trusts most. October 22, 2016: #363 in Historical Fiction October 10, 2016: #423 in Historical Fiction

Tanvi Sharma was the perfect Indian girl a parent could have ever imagined. She was sweet, obeyed her parents as a pet, respectful, always got straight As, never touched alcohol, never got in any relationship. Practically all an Indian parent would ever want. But life was not a fairy tale and definitely not one for Tanvi who always dreamed of marrying a handsome rich guy who could melt her heart away and kiss her like there was no tomorrow. But as soon as she turned 18 her parents decided to engage her in an ARRANGE MARRIAGE. Until Tanvi decided to RUNAWAY from her own WEDDING all alone, betraying her parents, to AMERICA! What will happen when a little innocent girl like Tanvi is all alone in a big strange country with no clue? Little did she know she would end up having a room beside Satan with the walls so thin that even her virgin ears could not survive.

Rawiya Baba, an Arabic child with Panic Disorder, and her family are new immigrants in New York's Harlem, who are seeking piece of mind during a war outbreak in the Middle East. She is trying to have a good time and not to be called a terrorist by the entire school. Suddenly, Rawiya came across a extremely rare edition of a book titled The Arabian Nights, and she was very eager to read a piece of fiction for the first time. From there on out, she became a very creative and avid storyteller and author. Now, she must learn to stay strong when lies about her started spreading. Achievements: Recconized by the DiverseLit Campaign

Kezia Tisdor, a huntress from a small village, does her best to fit in the world prestigious Ryhar Academy with the scholarships she gets. But when a serial killer targets her in the academy, she is forced to accept the help of the Royals, something she swore she would never do. Adrian Chiaro, the crown prince of Yalea, tries his best to graduate faster to help his father. Things get complicated when the new semester begins and a killer is set loose in the academy he is in. Not just as a prince, but also as a friend, he has to find the murderer before it is too late. The Past cannot stay hidden. Friendships will be made. And a Phoenix might just rise from the ashes. Amazing cover made by @LlynWildr

Julia Kristy Anderson, a 24-year-old woman who is independent, successful, has a nice home, a nice job and loving friends & family but some insecurities of her not so perfect body, pains and horrors of the past and not being able to accept herself fully from her outer shell to her inner core is not giving her the freedom she has always wanted. The feeling of not being able to love herself is also stopping her to let someone else to love her too. So walk with Julia in her journey of loving and accepting herself, finally closing the door of her past and accepting the love the world and the fate is willing to give her. ****All Rights Are Reserved****

Highest Ranking#173 Current Ranking#445 *** It was the worst of years. One minute you have a family, money to spare, and a place to call home. Then within a night your family is afraid, not a penny to your name, and no where to turn. People search for work to provide for their family but yet no avail. It wasn't uncommon to send a young child or teen out in the world to grow up and try to scrape up some extra cash. At least in Janes life it wasn't. Being a teen and a woman, she couldn't even make enough money to find a place to sleep much less send money back to her folks. Still nonetheless she grows and finds new ways to make some money. While people are starving others are cheering. To them it was the best of years. Gambling on horse races and throwing away their money on boose. The races seemed to be a way to get everyone's mind off the great depression. It took them to a place where anything could happen.The jockeys risked their lives for a couple minutes of fame, or in many of the jockeys cases poverty. They sung and danced and in Mexico at the Tijuana track you could do and be whoever you wanted to be. Jane found this out at a young age, at Tijuana she could be whoever she wanted to be. And that's what she's did, she became someone who could finally send money back home, even if it caused her a couple broken ribs and scratches. However nothing can last forever, in 1935 gambling is banned in Mexico. The thrilling years of excitement is over for the races. Jane packs up and leaves for the United States where the races are on a take off. For Jane it's just a matter of time before her wall comes falling down, for Adam it's just a matter of time before he can't keep that secret anymore. In fact they are both more alike then anyone knows. They are the same person. *** All names of places are real and not made up, however most people are. Check out puberty2 And Wallflower_r for some awesome covers! Placed 1st in Butterfly Fly Away Awards

Preview: ,,Look I dont want this marriage either" I stare in his goldbrown eyes filled with so much hate. ,,You had the fucking Chance to say No so why" he grabbed the chair beside us and throw it to the wall ,I winced. He continue talking ,,The fuck you said yes ,if you had said No this would not happen I wouldnt have to see your disgusting face ever again and especially i wouldnt have to marry you " he laughed bitterly ,,oh no its fine I understand its because of the Money ,isn't it ?!" he screamd again in my face,,I will give you a check what about that?" he asked ,I looked up in his face again ,,no i dont need your money" I said and stood taller now while looking strate in his eyes .,,so what the fuck do you want from me" I can feel his anger floating through his body. ,,as you wish " he said after a silence ,,let me introduce myself" he stepped alittle closer to me so he could speak in my ear.,,my name is Malik,welcome to hell little Layla" let the game begin... If you choose to read this book I love you<3 and I appreciate every single one!

ON HOLD! "Being one of the only airbenders in the world is amazing, yet extremely lonely" ~~~~~ Being the grandchild of a previous Avatar is a feat to hold. Being one of the only airbenders in existence is a totally other feat. Follow along as Tenzin's eldest daughter, Rei fights alongside Team Avatar.

Riley Campbell has always had to fight in her life. Rather it be for her half-sister Nova, her mother or even her father that fled before she was even born. Now she enters a new fight; moving to the infamous town of New Orleans, most known for easily being destroyed during hurricanes.

Conner Wilder is my everything and with our parents against us we decided to runaway, only to run into a shit load of drama. Dua's (my best friend) baby daddy comes back, who I may add is the leader of a gang with one heck of sidekick whose trying to get into Conner's pants and then there's Dua's brother who came looking for her and whose goal besides trying to bring Dua home is to get into my pants. Gang fights? Cheating? Baby's? This book is for all the people who asked, "What's the worst that could happen?" Oh and I can tell you, the worse happened even with a runaway plan.

The people worth keeping are the ones who stay, but what if no one does? The thoughts of a girl who pushes everyone that comes close to her away, and doesn't stay long enough to see how they retaliate, Will there be anyone left to fight ? Jaiden King isn't the type of person who walks into a room full of people and wonders if they like her. Shes the type of girl who'd rather be colour blind then see the rainbow, because then at least she'd be able to tell if the pictures been tampered with. She has a personality that lets her fall from mountain tops with an ease that it would seem she was only sleeping peacefully in her bed. A mind set that would allow her to laugh at the corrupt world as she burnt it to the grown and blew away the ashes. This would be her reality, if only she hadn't forgotten how to laugh. She lived by her own motto. One for when your arms grew longer. Her motto; hold everyone at arms length, that way they cant scratch a mark onto your heart...and when they leave , well, there won't be pain to cure anyway.

Haunted, Yorushi is fighting a war on all fronts. Unsure and petrified the 16 yr old lives a life in the dark and alone without a purpose until the day she wakes up.

"Are you scared of your fate?" A voice sounded from the darkness. With only the clothes on her back and the horse on which she rides, Laureline is on the run from the Duchess, who rules from behind the throne. After her home is burned to the ground and her adoptive mother murdered, she is forced to fight back, and join the rebellion.