Ever since she was little, Harley Everett heard the screams of her parents. Harley got used to it and she adapted to it. From three years old to eighteen years old, that's mainly what her life revolved around. It's what made her Harley Everett, the girl who was sharp and fiery, the girl who could verbally ruin you in one sentence. She was the girl who was poison.
Harley Everett didn't mind the rumors flying around behind her back, she found the source and crushed them into ashes. That was why all the friends she made, left her. At first she showed her first ego, the cheery and outgoing one. As time progressed with her friends, she got annoyed with them and showed her second ego, the heartless and monstrous one.
So she destroyed them in one blow, leaving them to fend for themselves. Harley never cared who she hurt, she would soon move again and make new friends, the cycle always repeated. Once college rolled around, Harley decided to keep doing the one thing she was good at, being a low backstabbing bitch.
That was, until she met Emerson Becker, the most popular guy on campus. He peaked Harley's interest and they became best friends for all their college years. It was the longest relationship she had ever had, but even Harley knew that it couldn't last. So once again, she crushed another heart and moved on with her life.
Two years later, he's back in her life and ready to fight. If Harley isn't careful enough with her words, she might just regain all those old feelings as they bubble to the surface. And if Harley doesn't watch her back, she might just fall in love with her old flame, Emerson Becker.
"Bridget Jones with a lot more wine! This story is hilarious, feel-good and relatable in all the best ways!" - Grace K @ HQ.
She's just quit her high-flying job and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Can Alice find a sense of purpose in all the madness?
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Alice's life isn't going to plan. She's tied to her phone, pointlessly managing PR for a sinking corporate megalith. She's become a bit player in her kids' lives and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Forcing herself into action with a rash resignation, Alice sets out to make a positive impact on the world around her. But how? Meditation leads to napping and her attempts to get closer to her teenage daughter result in the discovery of a secret that left her at loss of what to do! As the months tick by and a sense of purpose continues to elude her, Alice finds herself forming bonds with the most unlikely characters: the young woman who panhandles outside her old office; the homeless boy who sits cross-legged outside the liquor store with his ginger cat; her own dog walker who, it turns out, knows a thing or two about developing a good crema. Testing the limits of marriage, motherhood and the Toronto subway system--can Alice find her way into a purpose-driven life? Or will it all be one giant hangover?
[*Wattpad Editor's Pick 2018*]
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Readers say:
"This had me laughing so loud that my sister came to check up on me to see if I'm OK!!!"
"...the new Bridget Jones, a working woman's take on the digital age."
About the Author:
Working mother, annoying vegetarian and red wine enthusiast, Renee lives in Toronto with her flawed but wonderful family (seriously, who left socks on the kitchen counter?) in a flawed but wonderful house (what *is* that smell in the basement?).