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[COMPLETE] After running away from her problems for four years - her inability to run a mile ironically being one of them - Whitney Carmichael knows a fitness camp will kick start some change in her life. Little does she expect her high school archenemy will be there desperately trying to make amends. Or that she'll ditch her wallflower status and find herself at the center of a web of toxic friendships and petty lies.And working out? Yeah, it's not so bad when her new personal trainer, Axel, is pretty easy on the eyes...and she has everything to lose.[Wattys 2015 Talk of the Town winner]…

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[COMPLETE]Talia Awwad trades a familial nightmare overseas for a relaxing winter break with her grandparents across the country. Too bad the fate she ran away from comes back to haunt her in the form of a surprise housemate named Zaid. Stuck in the same house for three weeks, Talia and Zaid find themselves tempted to keep bickering over their many apparent differences. But when they learn avoiding reality brought them together in the first place, they discover the best escape of all might actually be each other. And the best place to escape? A shared bed at night.…

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[COMPLETE]When Hanna Haddad embarks on what's supposed to be another uneventful summer as a lifeguard on Cape Cod, a trip to the past comes as an unnerving surprise. The discovery of her estranged mother's journal opens up the world of tragedy and deception underlying her parents' failed marriage, putting her in the path of not-so-accidental romance along the way. Between uncovering ghosts from the past and realizing the control she holds over her future, Hanna finds herself questioning who she loves - and maybe more importantly - who she no longer does.…

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[ON HOLD]To appease her perpetually meddling mother, Samar Karam strikes a fake dating deal with Benjamin Butler, a long-time family friend and her sworn enemy since birth. Keeping up the charade on a family vacation is going to take some work, but maybe not as much as avoiding Ben's advances, who isn't quite as committed to the idea of playing pretend.Only a hotel room apart from him for two weeks, Samar soon discovers the line between friend and foe is a lot blurrier than she once thought.And the one between love and hate?Almost non-existent.…

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[COMPLETE]Back home for the summer, Yasmine Kassis slowly starts to revert to her high school self as she prepares for the biggest exam of her life. With the unwelcome company of her former academic rival and the subtle pressures of her physician father, she's desperate for freedom and adventure.Although a French tutoring gig doesn't quite fit the bill, the already simple job comes with a few added perks, like a sprawling coastal residence and a precocious eight-year-old who can talk her way out of anything. Too bad her new boss, a jaded writer and semi-overbearing father, seems as much of a mystery as the novels he writes. With vague rules, inflated paychecks, and sparing praise, Beau soon leaves Yasmine wondering why he hired her in the first place.Just that it wasn't to make her fall for him.…