"--Very well." He exhaled sharply, loosening his shirt and tie with a prompt tug. "Since you don't believe me." He slid his uniform's necktie and slipped off his suit jacket. Her eyes went wide. "What are you doing?!" "Undressing. Is that not apparent?" He started unbuttoning his undershirt. ******* A 21st century Jane Austen-inspired and Taming of the Shrew hybrid historical fiction love affair with snowballing romance, thrilling mystery and intrigue, dashed with a spice of the supernatural. **under major editing**

Sixteen year old Kait Lenox has a reputation as the weird girl in her high school, mostly because of her ex-best friend turned mean popular girl, Ariel, but maybe it has a little to do with the fact that Kait has a hobby crashing funerals. At one of these, Kait is outted by the most popular guy in school, Ethan Ripley. Yet, instead of humiliating her for all the world to see, he asks for her help, and Kait finds herself entangled in a murder mystery. Not only is the thrill of the mystery exciting, but more importantly Ethan knows her name! A little sleuthing is well worth that!

"I am only my own- half blooming creation, half blazing hellfire." Some romances are legendary. <<A retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone>>

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

"I don't give a fuck if you can't change rooms. I want you out of here 𝘯𝘰𝘸." He points to the door expecting me to go, but I don't, and he grows angrier. "Make me." I say the line that gets every guy fired up. I expect something like "I'm gonna take your phone and chuck it out the window if you don't get out." But the next thing that happens gets 𝘮𝘦 fired up. He walks over to me and slams me against the wall. His left hand is on the right side of my head and I let out a gasp but his right hand is gripping my throat. He's so close to me I can smell his cologne. His lips are inches away from mine. One more closer lean and we'll be kissing. His lips look so soft. Shut up. His dark grey eyes bore into my soul, and I swear I saw a hint of softness in them. I tilt my head and before I can say anything, his grip on my throat gets tighter. I squirm in his hold, but his grip doesn't get any loose. "Your pretty little mouth needs to know it's boundaries, hm?" As he speaks, his fresh minty breath fans out on my face. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓. A sweet lovely angel who'll do anything for you if she knows you're loyal. But don't take her for the innocent one. The comforting girlfriend who'll come to your house to watch movies when you're sick kinda vibe. Angel at day, slut at night type. 𝑨𝒙𝒆𝒍 𝑯𝒂𝒛𝒆. A devil. Rude to everyone. Has no filter. Carefree. Stays loyal. Knows he's hot. "I'll kill him." The I hate everyone but you type. Disliking each other in high school and a dirty relationship which causes 2 completely different individuals to absolutely hate each other, are forced to share a dorm. But with circumstances that force them to discover who each other are, will they let down their guards? After all, opposites attract, right? An enemies to lovers. (somewhat) *WARNING* matur

Isabella's father passed away only when she was 7, but he had remarried before he passed. He had married Elizabeth Salvatore who happened to have a daughter named Rebecca. Gabriel, Isabella's father, was a well known fashion designer and Isabella had always wanted to take over her father's boutique, but Elizabeth wouldn't let her. Instead, Elizabeth has her as the maid of the house. All Isabella wants is to be free and find someone who understands her. Prince Nathaniel is the prince of London and soon to be crowned as king. His parents have an arranged marriage planned for him in order to become King. Every male wants to be him and every female wants to be with him. You would think he's the happiest person ever, only he isn't. He wants to find someone who will love him for him, he wants to find his true love. He wants to find someone who understands him. Will they find that person in each other and become more than strangers or will they just stay strangers?

COMPLETED - Book 1 (Previously The Untouchable) *1st Place Teen Fiction Dream Awards *1st Place Teen Fiction Midnight Coffee Awards *1st Place Teen Fiction Insidious Awards *2nd Place Imperial Awards *3rd Place Blue Rose Awards Kit never touches anyone outside of her family. Zach does nothing but touch people outside of his. Twenty Years after a pathogen wipes out most of the world, Kit is living in one of the few remaining settlements, one of the two to be exact, and she's bored out of her mind. But that doesn't mean she wants anything to do with the arrogant, crude talking boy from the neighbouring settlement. Kit may be bored, but she's not stupid, and she's not looking for the type of excitement she imagines he has to offer. However, when Kit's weekly escape from her dull life is threatened, her only option is to spend time with a boy she would normally avoid at all costs. What happens when a sixteen-year-old girl from a settlement that prohibits physical contact spends time with a boy from a settlement who has not grown up with the same restrictions? Nothing good.

A war is brewing in The Faerie Realm; it's up to a knight, a prince, and an outcast to stop it. When a sinister and mysterious master takes control of a group of cursed faeries known as the sprites, they want revenge against the fae...and they will stop at nothing to obliterate the kingdoms known as the Faerie Courts in a slaughtering attack on Midsummer's night. When Marissa, a Winter Knight with a dark past, joins forces with the arrogant prince Glen and the runaway sprite Diandre, she knows that they are the fae's only chance of defeating The Master. The first step? Become fugitives. These three will have to race against time to recover the Objects of Power: a wand and a scepter that have been lost for centuries. But to prevent a dark war, Marissa, Glen, and Diandre will be tested like they've never imagined. And it might just cost them their lives. [Completed] Highest Ranking: #724 in Fantasy ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

*WATTYS 2018 LONGLIST* Second book in the Pirates series

Tris is a sixteen year old and is a admiral in the military. She is Admiral Six. Six because she finished training in just six days. She has been in the army since she was twelve. She is coming back from Afghanistan to have a year of education so she can be moved up in the ranks(Idk if ranks is right) and then be deployed again. You see, she put this emotionless face to hide all her sorrow. Tris had been captured once and tortured in Afghanistan. She keeps it all bottled up. But under all that armor, she is a Angel With A Shotgun. (You should listen to the song before you read this)