Yacontemporary Stories

Some scars don't fade. Some lies feel like home. Aria Blake knows how to disappear-behind silence, bruises, and a sketchbook filled with monsters. In a house where love comes with fists and blame, she's learned that survival means staying small. But when two boys-one charming, one kind-start to see her in ways no one else does, Aria is forced to confront everything she's buried. As secrets unravel and betrayal cuts deep, Aria must decide: will she keep surviving in silence... or finally fight for the life-and love-she deserves? A powerful YA contemporary about trauma, healing, first love, and the strength to rewrite your story. Content Warning: This story includes themes of domestic violence, trauma, emotional struggles, and healing. While there is no explicit sexual content, there are mild kissing scenes appropriate for a YA audience. Reader discretion is advised. Copyright ©[ I&Awtites] 2025 All rights reserved. Please do not copy, repost, or reproduce any part of this story without permission. Thank you!

✨ New boys. Old secrets. And one year at Messina Academy, where "nothing" is ever what it seems. ✨ For decades, Messina Academy for Young Ladies has upheld its legacy of tradition and prestige. But this year, everything is about to change. After a fire forces the boys from St. Joseph's to relocate, Messina's once-serene halls will welcome male students for the first time in fifty years. Among them are siblings Beatrice and Anthony Davis, who have just moved to Scotland following the loss of their parents. Surrounded by family and old friends, they hope to find solace-but grief isn't the only challenge ahead. As the school year unfolds, teenage drama takes center stage. Beatrice's sweet cousin Hana quickly falls for Cole Singer, pulling Beatrice into the orbit of his friends-including her longtime rival, the infuriating yet charming Benny Quinn, and the kind-hearted Peter Balthazar MacDonald. Meanwhile, The Watch, the school's beloved gossip podcast, is busy uncovering secrets. When its clueless yet determined hosts stumble upon a hidden conspiracy with Peter at its heart, they become entangled in a mystery far bigger than they ever anticipated. Despite its title, Nothing Happened promises a year brimming with masquerades, mischief, romance, rivalry, and a cunning villain who threatens to upend it all. A fresh, modern retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, this novel is a whirlwind of honor, desire, wit, and unexpected love at Messina Academy for Young Ladies.

Moonflowers that bloom for only one day. Venus flytraps that consume on command. And two teenagers who were never supposed to meet. Now when Hae-won literally crashes into the secretive botanical world of Jun-ho, she is not only introduced to the mystical world of plant colors who change color when he touches them, she discovers the boy who whispers to plants may be concealing the most fascinating change of all. Some attractions defy science. Some secrets bloom not more than once. Not all experiments have control as such the chemistry between these two opposites may just be the most volatile reaction of all. And can two students of different worlds meet halfway beneath the petals of possibility?

On our sixteenth birthdays, our kind is gifted with awesome powers. Except no, not really because this isn't Narnia, or Hogwarts, or whatever other mythical realm where witches supposedly live. This is Elizabethtown, Illinois, and much to the chagrin of the local chapter of Susie-Homemakers, we live here. All witches understand that the universe is a scary sort of powerful on a good day. On a bad day? Well, that's when The Tower card shows its face during a reading. As summer draws to a close before the beginning of junior year, Rowyn Black is tired of seeing that card stare up at her from the table. Rowyn, Reed, and Rosalyn have made it through just about every dramatic storm their sarcasm could weather during their seventeen year friendship, and it would be nice to have a quiet semester. Rowyn hopes that the only thing The Tower foretells is the frightening sight of the school parking lot come the first day- full of more jacked-up trucks and cut off shorts than a Luke Bryan video. True to its nature, however, the universe doesn't care much for hopes and wishes, and when the promise of The Tower comes crashing down, they might fall right along with it. *** This novel is up for pre-order for 99 cents on all platforms as of May 1st. Check out more on my website: nicolecampbellbooks.com ***

Stella had her three best friends; Libby, Addison, and Caroline. Then, she met the new guy in school. Her life will change forever once the new guy enters her life.

Paisley Cooper has been hiding an embarrassing secret: she has a son. Paisley will do anything to keep her son and raise him up to become a good man...but the thing is, she needs to graduate high school first. Most people already know about her little secret, but when a hot new guy named Blake suddenly becomes her new coworker at an ice cream shop, Paisley tries to hide the fact that she has a son. She doesn't know what to do...Her mother had kicked her out of the house when she heard that Paisley was gonna keep the baby. Her loving and understanding father was dead. And she didn't have any more friends after her pregnancy. How can she raise her son while trying to get back into a serious relationship? Paisley will have to decide which one she will have to put first: her son or Blake.

"In order to get into this school, you weren't supposed to be scared of work. The three-steps application took almost a whole year for Keely to prepare. Gaulthier had prepared it too, well, at least, he had started as early as his 15th birthday to talk about it. The essay that would change his life, he used to say with a cocky smile. Sitting besides him at the kitchen table, Keely remembed the slight frown on her face at that moment. She didn't think an essay could change life. She think people could. Little did she know how deeply both the essay, and him, could ruin hers. "

"One fell in love too soon. The other, too late." In the quiet corners of a sterile hospital, 17-year-old Elena folds a paper crane for every moment she refuses to let go. Then Alex arrives-silent, bruised by his past, and uninterested in attachments. But when two broken souls find comfort in shared silences and stolen rooftop stars, the cranes begin to carry something stronger than hope: love. They make a pact-one hundred cranes for one miracle. But life doesn't wait for love to catch up. As illness lingers and time unravels, their story unfolds in delicate moments and paper-thin promises. And when the last crane is folded, one of them will be gone. A bittersweet slow-burn where love blooms in the shadow of goodbye. If you're ready to cry over quiet conversations, soft touches, and the ache of almost, always-this story is for you.

Ava Carter has spent her entire high school career proving she's the best-top grades, student council, and a future at her dream college. The only thing standing in her way? Jace Montgomery. Jace is the school's golden boy-star soccer player, effortlessly charming, and Ava's biggest rival. For years, they've been at war, battling over test scores, class rankings, and who can get under the other's skin first. But when they're forced to work together on a senior-year project that could make or break their futures, everything starts to change. As the late-night study sessions and reluctant conversations pile up, Ava begins to see Jace in a way she never expected. And Jace? He's realizing there's a fine line between rivalry and something more. Tension turns to sparks, and suddenly, Ava isn't sure if she still hates Jace Montgomery... or if she's been falling for him this entire time. Enemies. Rivals. Maybe something else entirely. Because love and hate? They're not so different after all.

Synopsis: She's never had the courage to talk to him. He never shuts up. But somehow, in the quiet between them, something begins to bloom. Fifteen-year-old Elara has mastered the art of invisibility-head down, sleeves long, and always sitting at the back of the class. She's painfully shy, barely able to speak to anyone, let alone the boy she secretly watches from behind her locker door. Caleb isn't the school's golden boy, but he's known, liked, and effortlessly cool. And lately, he's started noticing the quiet girl with wide eyes and a habit of disappearing before he gets close. They don't talk. They barely touch. But every stolen glance feels like a spark waiting to ignite. A story of first love, soft hearts, and the courage to look up.

Surviving high school is full of emotional twists and turns, isn't it? After his parents divorced, Eric Hudson vowed that he'd never let himself fall in love. Love will only lead to a broken heart. So it's fortunate that Eric is just as good at protecting his heart as he is the goal on the soccer field. Julie Williams faces her problems with the same force that makes her the star forward on the soccer team. But with such a sharp focus on the goal, she is sometimes oblivious to what's right in front of her. Junior year brings on the greatest challenge of high school so far, and it has nothing to do with the state championship. As one begins to fall for their teammate and the other becomes smitten with the new student, Eric and Julie soon find themselves trapped on an emotional roller-coaster that neither of them wanted to be on. And it might require more than their soccer skills to survive the ride. They might need each other.

--- "They were enemies in the hallway... until detention changed everything." Emma Parker is the definition of perfect: punctual, polished, and always in control. Jace Morgan? Not so much. He's chaos with a smirk, a walking late slip with zero regard for rules. When an explosive argument lands them in a week-long after-school detention-together-they expect five days of misery. But between sarcastic jabs, secret confessions, and unexpected laughter, something starts to shift. What begins as rivalry turns into reluctant friendship... and maybe something more. In this witty, heartwarming enemies-to-lovers high school romance, love doesn't start with butterflies-it starts in detention. ---

Gemma Richards is smart and beautiful. She has everything going for her. A best friend who will do anything for her, a loving family, and the world at her fingertips. But she worries she won't have much time left. At fifteen, she is diagnosed with cancer. But no one knows. Not even her lifelong best friend, Nathan Foster. When Gemma learns she has to tutor football quarterback Ryan Davis in chemistry, she is the opposite of happy. She is livid. But she can't say no. The success of the team depends on her. If Ryan fails, he can't lead them to play-offs. She reluctantly agrees. During their tutoring sessions, she learns there's more to Ryan than meets the eye. Along the way, she realizes she has feelings for him...and Nathan. Then everything changes when the news of her cancer comes to light, drastically changing her relationship with everyone.

Emily is a normal seventeen-year-old American teenage girl. She just wants to have a normal life. She wants to hang out her two best friends and her boyfriend, Richard. But the things that she faces with her family, won't allow her to. Her parents count on her to take care of her younger siblings almost everyday. One day, Emily decides to ignore her family completely, but she didn't know that it would actually destroy her in a life-changing way. Her parents got into an accident, and she has to choose between the person she loves or the family she has. Will she leave her entire family for just one good-looking boy?

Charlotte Jane McGee is officially a senior in high school. With great friends, an amazing family, and what's looking to be an exciting future ahead of her, C.J. is content with the way things are. Her heart is still mending from a past relationship, but time is healing those wounds. Everything is going to be okay. That is, until a new boy shows up in her Statistics class. He's cute, but nobody knows where he came from. They haven't had a new student in the class in years, and the one time there is someone new, he keeps his past to himself. He's immediately popular with the other girls, but C.J. knows she's the one who's meant to be with him. The only question is, will he be around long enough for her to get him to open up and love her the way she hopes to be loved?

Some scars are invisible. Some are buried so deep, even you forget they're there... until someone dares to see you. Ayla Amaris Ifeoluwa Banjoko didn't come to Veloria for a fresh start. She was sent there. Exiled like a family secret no one wants to talk about. Cold, guarded, and emotionally locked down, Ayla has mastered the art of disappearing in plain sight. She's ice - sharp, distant, and untouchable. Then there's Zayn Carter. Her next-door neighbor. The boy with green eyes, a fading smile, and a kitchen that smells like cinnamon and survival. He's fire - passionate, warm, messy, and too kind for a world that keeps burning him. Their first encounter? Brutal. Their second? Even worse. But sometimes the things we fight the hardest are the ones we need the most. He's trying to keep his family afloat. She's trying not to drown in her past. They were never supposed to collide. But when ice meets fire, someone's bound to melt... or burn. "Tell Me You See Me" is a deeply emotional coming-of-age story about pain, healing, and the terrifying, beautiful thing called love.

[COMPLETED] Adrian's headed for a collision. He doesn't know when; he just knows that he is. With his father ill and his mother devout at his hospital bedside, Adrian is left navigating the world of grief, microwave meals, and first love alone. The sole person who makes him forget is Heather, his childhood crush who is eternally drifting away. When Adrian initiates a dare-to-be-great-moment, although criminal, he holds hope it may just keep her in his life a little longer. LOGLINE: An introverted teen must confront his emotions in order to salvage relationships before his coping mechanisms threaten to destroy them. ⚠️ Contains themes of depression Copyright 2021 S James Ambys 2021 Teen Fiction winner