I write stories about me, about people I meet, about those I wish I met and about the few I dream of. These are the secrets of my silence, in the form of lyricism and in the shape of verses.
The first poems you read might make you laugh (although I have revised them, I've kept their essence, sometimes childish, sometimes passionate, and occasionally moving), but I wanted my work to be as authentic as possible to my teenage years - I haven't revisited them in a long time... I wish to share with the world my ode to youth, to the discovery of literature, and to the power of words.
*TW: Some poems state or relate to potentially triggering themes, such as SH, su!c!d3, family v1ol3nc3... Feel free to skip if it makes you uncomfortable.
**Most of the poems are originally in English, but there will be a French translation soon. There are also poems originally written in French, translated in English in this poetry book.*
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Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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