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"Never, under any circumstances, tell anyone the truth."That was the number one rule.After changing their identities and starting new lives, Lydia and Jaxon hope to find safety from their dark past that is looking to come back to haunt them.However, things get complicated once Lydia meets a mysterious bad boy with secrets of his own.Will Lydia let herself fall for a boy she knows nothing about when she knows she needs to keep a low profile?Will Jaxon get too comfortable and spill all their secrets, putting them all in danger before Lydia can stop him?***"Why do you always look away when you catch him staring at you?""Because it takes courage to look in his eyes and not fall in love with them."~COMPLETED~#1 in TEENLOVE 4/25/19#1 in RISING 1/28/19#2 in TEEN FICTION 12/3/20#2 in BADBOY 12/3/19#49 in SECRETS 3/1/19#509 in DRAMA 2/7/19…

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*COMPLETED*Why did the bad boy always have to change for the good girl? What if she changed for him?The King of Hollow Hills wouldn't show kindness to anyone. Not even the good girl. He isn't that cliché.Ella Janson is pretty good at giving people the benefit of the doubt, in fact, it's usually her downfall, but even she can't stand him.What happens when he is falsely accused of stealing 70 grand? She helps him...just not in the way she should have.Illegal decisions, an anger-driven ex-boyfriend, a single getaway car, and a bounty end up being the hot topics of her senior year.All she wanted to do was graduate as senior class President, but now, she starts to wonder if she will even live long enough to accomplish it.TW: drugs, alcohol*This is a FIRST DRAFT* Once it is finished, I will be going back and rewriting/editing.…

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ON HIATUS**Sequel to "The Divided"**Melody is now living with the Extricates, so she should be safe right? But she isn't.There are Extricates who don't trust her and who are determined to discover her "true intentions" with them.Vincent has a bounty on her head with a reward of so much money, anybody would be stupid to not try to kill her.Among all this chaos, the Extricate leaders are still trying to save as many Ameliorates from their new killer leader as they can, and Melody is determined to find her mom.Will Mel be able to survive the bounty long enough to save the innocent Ameliorates?Will she be able to survive the Extricates who don't trust her long enough to prove she came in peace?Will the Ameliorate leadership win after all?…

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**Sequel to "Conspicuous Secrets"**It isn't her own death that Delilah fears. It's everyone else's that she has nightmares about.Charles is after Delilah and Gavin once again but this time with a little help. With more enemies and bigger risks, this isn't just between the two of them and their father anymore.Dangerous events lead Delilah to wonder if they are making the right choices, but it seems that no one agrees with her.What's the point in running and hiding when it isn't a permanent solution?What if they can find Charles before he finds them?What if one life can save everyone else's?***"Why are you turning right back into the closed-off person that you were when I first met you?" "Because I've realized that loving me is a death sentence."#3 in GETAWAYS 4/18/19#50 in RISING 4/18/19…

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#9 in UTOPIA 3/3/19I couldn't take my eyes off of Dean as he stared at the glimmering stars in the night sky. "I believe the story of our lives is already written in the stars. Our destiny is already given to us. The end of our lives will always end the same, no matter what we try to do to change it."I watched a strand of his blond hair fall over his ear. "What does that mean?" "It means that if you are the person who is destined to take the two parts of this country and bring them together, then it will happen one way or another." His heterochromia eyes found mine and I found myself entranced by them. "And Mel, by the looks of things right now, I'd say your story has started and you are already working towards your destiny."**One country. Two nations.After the country split in two, the nations renamed themselves the Ameliorates and the Extricates. The Ameliorates live in a community full of stability and order. Melody Sharpe is the daughter of the Ameliorates' leaders.All her life she was told that the Extricates lived in a place full of chaos and destruction. What happens when she finds herself questioning everything she had once been taught? What does she do when she meets Dean Martin--the son of the Extricate leaders--who tells her that everything she knows is a lie?Why did the Extricates really split away from the Ameliorates?Why do the Extricates fear the Ameliorates more than anything else? Are the Extricates really the "bad" side?Melody starts asking questions--something she isn't supposed to do--and it might just lead her into the middle of a war.…

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**NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON**#1 in POWERS 5/30/19#51 in ACTION 2/8/19#1 in DEMIGODS 3/28/19#2 in GODS 3/13/19When Riley is told she is a demigod, her whole life changes.Her mother had been clueless.Her aunt kept secrets.Her father had a false identity.After learning who her father truly is, she is thrown in the middle of a war, left to figure out who is leading a rebellion against the gods on Mount Olympus.Along the way, she struggles to figure out who she can trust and who she can't, all the while dealing with the haunting memories of her past.What will she do when she learns what she is truly capable of and how she is needed on both sides of the war?…

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(Sequel to The Blood of Three) When an unexpected person walks into Riley's life, she is left frustrated and confused. On top of a confusing truth, weird things are happening around Safe Haven. Mysterious threats and attempted murders leave the Demigods wondering whether Safe Haven still qualifies as safe. Only, the attacks aren't focused on everyone... Can they survive long enough to discover the enemy? Or will they die before they understand the reason behind the threats?…