**Highest Ranking : #1 in Chicklit** [ A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY ] Mabel Carter traveled half way across the country to attend college and get away from her dark past. After so many years she finally feels as though she's the one in control of her own life and she's on the way to mending her fragile heart. Until she meets Alexander Woods that is. A friendship sparks between the two of them, and he begins to make her feel things she never thought were possible. But what happens when the past comes knocking? Alex Woods doesn't do girlfriends. He's convinced that the girls he attends school with only want him based off looks, and would prefer him to be "arm candy." When he meets Mabel he's caught between wanting to be her friend and craving so much more than that. He's convinced himself that friendship is all that will ever come of their relationship, but as she shows the vulnerability beneath the sassy temper of hers, his feelings for her begin to grow in an unexpected way. ✖️✖️✖️ WATTPAD FEATURED STORY (3/1/18) Ranking | Chicklit: HR: #1 (4/21/18, 6/25/18)

"He should never have hit you, but winding him up like that..." "Like what? Talking about being your partner, working with you, spending time with you. That's no fabrication, H. We are going to be spending a whole lot of time together this semester." His eyes fluttered as he spoke, while I laid the second plaster down across his skin. "Are we now? I thought a shared doc would suffice." "Please, and miss the chance to chew me out. Never." "You think I like arguing with you? I love arguing, full stop. It has nothing to do with you." ++++++ University isn't all partying and cutting class, at least not for Harper Marckes. A+ student, former trophy girlfriend and all-round excellent friend, Harper knows exactly what she wants. Well except for the romance stuff, she's not so great at that. Verbal spars, bookside kisses, late night shots, secret campus hideaways and a whole new understanding of love? Yup, you're in the right place. College Romance Sports Romance New Adult Home of longer than average sentences