I’ve been broken. Physically, mentally, spiritually… broken. And I’m okay staying that way as long as no one breaks me ever again. Or so I thought. But then Brent, the guy who rescued me and saw me at my worst, walks back into my life. He sees me, the real me and he doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. But the last thing I want […]
His smile widens. “Emily.” Did I notice tears prick his eyes before he blinked? “You’re here.” “I’m here,” I sing in Genevieve’s gravely alto tone. He pulls over and turns to look at me. When he doesn’t respond I ask, “How did you know?” His sly smile makes its appearance. “You did not flash your pout face and complain about your designer hat or designer […]
A mother hanged for murder. A daughter left to pick up the pieces of their crumbling estate. Can she clear her family’s name if it means facing her own dark past? Valentine has spent years trying to outrun her mother’s legacy. But small towns have long memories, and when a new string of murders occurs, all signs point to the daughter of a murderer. Only […]
There are two types of people in high school: the ones that you can date and the ones you can’t. Unfortunately for me, I’m the latter. Even though I’m around hot football players every afternoon, they are not allowed to date me. If they even come close to flirting, my dad, Coach “The Boss” Davis, makes them run laps around the field until they puke. […]
Marina Berghman is a classical piano prodigy, with parents who’ve had her life mapped out since she was in diapers. But their plan leaves no room for her secret love of alternative rock, or Sean, the edgy guitarist who recently moved to town. When Marina buys a lottery ticket on her eighteenth birthday via the new Windfall app, she expects it to be nothing more […]
What if the right guy has always been right there? There are only two things I love enough that I’d want them as a part of my life forever – music and my bandmates. While my classmates focus on grades and sports, I focus on my band. And we’re decent. Actually more than decent. And if we could get the right ears to hear our […]
He’s the one every girl wants, but he only wants me. Too bad I can’t have him. Life as the best friend of the most popular girl in school was everything I’d hoped it would be. Granted, people called me Other Jamie behind my back and I have to sometimes be a brat in order to keep my place as said best friend…but it’s worth […]
What’s the first rule when pretending to date your brother’s best friend? Don’t let feelings get involved. Sixteen-year-old Lexi Stevens has never been kissed–never even been asked on a date. So when she humiliates herself in front of her crush and her brother’s best friend offers to be her fake boyfriend for the week to make him jealous, she doesn’t know if it’s the stupidest […]
Seventeen-year-old Mariana Rodriguez is devastated when her best friend and long-time crush, Dennis, chooses to date her tormentor over her. She plunges into work at her uncle’s dive shop, determined to sink her feelings for Dennis. When the new employee, Sam, shows interest in her, Mariana feels like she’s found the perfect springboard to moving on. After both the shop and her abuela’s house are […]
The plan is simple. Be an ideal student in every way and become a heart surgeon at John Hopkins. So far, the plan is going perfectly. I’m a 4.0 student, captain of my school’s prestigious trivia team, and we are on our way to winning Nationals. The problem? Rhys Blackburn. I knew liking him was stupid. He was the opposite of everything I was. After […]