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Ever thought you'd fall in love with your best friend? Ever locked yourself in a room for a month because your ex dumped you? What about make an enemy on your first day back at school? And guess what? It's all because of your ex. What if I told you that's just one side of the story, and the latter side is completely different? Picture this; you're in your new school and immediately find your childhood best friend there. But she's heartbroken because her asshole boyfriend, so you pick a fight with him but little do either of you know, you started the biggest domino effect in the history of the school. Read the book to find out more

A witch cut from her Academy A warlock on the run Best friends taking on the world together --This is my first story and I will be deciding where its headed as it writes itself--critiques welcome!

Broken Trilogy #1 I was a phoenix who everyone looks up to. The Queen. The Untouchable. I am on the top of my every game, business, and goals.I had everything. The life. The man. The STATUS. But then one day, my crown was stolen, I was bruised, scarred, and shattered. Until nothing was left. Even I, lost myself. The fire of the great queen was Iced.

Lexie Anderson has always lived a life under the shadow of being Liam's sister. Thanks to her shyness, and her great problem with making friends in the past, she has always been surrounded by boys, but one, in particular, drives her completely crazy, Sam. However, she suffers an accident that leaves her bedridden in a hospital ward, after a year in a coma, she wakes up and finds that nothing is the same anymore. Her friends are gone and she is surprised that Sam is no longer the same sweet boy she used to walk along the beach with. Everything has changed. Her biggest challenge is fighting against the unexpected desire awakened by Logan who has just arrived in the city to put down roots. Distrustful, calculating, and extremely sexy, with a gift for photography, Lexie becomes an attractive mystery to him, however, she will have to stay with her arms crossed in the desire to possess her. Can they resist the desire for the forbidden? What will happen when Lexie finds out the reason why he left her hometown? What secrets is Logan keeping from him?

Explicitly, this is a collection of plays, essays, descriptions, poems, letters, biographies, blogs (stuff) I've written for school assessments over the recent years. Some of these may eventually become a standalone novel, but that is yet to be decided. And hence, the title "Precedence" is given to this novel.

Caleb Novak: Lead singer and bassist of the Australian band 3 New Efforts. Liam Walker: Famous actor and model. Because of a mistake, these two are forced to pretend that they're dating each other. Once you take into account things like past heartbreaks and the hardships that come with living life under a spotlight, you might just find that yes, it does get worse. But will these two celebrities find the happy ending they've been dreaming of?

There is girl who has always been forced to what people want her to do instead of what she wanted. well I she ever wanted was to be famous and rich. she believes in fate, she believes that the universe has more for her so.......... Do you believe In fate too see for yourself what's happens

Senshin Academy, an exclusive private school, where the powerful Elite Seven resides, hosting only exclusively to the top elites. Keisetsu High, a last resort for all the delinquents and societal rejects, an Animal Kingdom with direct ties to the underground world of deadly mafias. Separated by a thin wired fence, head of Senshin's Elite Seven had caught the attention of Keisetsu High's most feared leader of the syndicates. What could go wrong?

Fern Blossom is a 19 year college student living at home with her manipulating mother. She loves writing and reading novels but can't because she has three high demanding jobs that can barely feed two people and pay her mothers bills at the same time but something happens at one of her jobs and her displeased mother gave her one week to find another job but at the same time has a camping trip to Casper's wood's with her friend group. She decides it would be an exciting experience to go to Casper's Wood and perhaps get a break from everything. But a few days before she left for Casper's woods she had got several warnings from strangers in dreams to not go but like any other person she ignored them and thought of them as her self conscious worried about her mother's well-being. The day we go is the night of a beautiful full moon when we are just getting started in our week-long journey in Casper's woods. Once everyone fell asleep Fern had an idea of laying by a waterfall looking up to the opening of the tree watching where the gorgeous moon livened up the sky. Little did she know many beats from untold stories watched her that night and didn't stop watching her...

"Sign the divorce paper," "You... want a divorce?" "Sandra’s back. You know the drill," "Johann, I..." "You don't love me. I don't love you. Our marriage is nothing but a filial duty," "Would it make any difference if... I say I'm pregnant?" "That's bullshit, and you know it, Kendra. I always take precautions." A request from a dying mother and a filial duty of a sole heir brought two innocent hearts together. Johann Petersen had no choice but to break up with the love of his life, Sandra Fell. One cold winter night turned his life around when his grandfather demanded he married someone else, in the name of courtesy, friendship, and paying a life debt. Kendra Summers knew from the start that Johann married her not for love, but she was hopeful that he would fall in love with her one day. Yet, on the night of their second wedding anniversary, before she could announce her pregnancy, he handed her the divorce paper. Will their marriage end shortly and leave them broken? Or will their child salvage the slightest chance of hope to blossom a love that is hidden?