Maya has spent five dreadful months in the psychiatric hospital recovering. One she finally is released she is forced back into her boring life. But will things really be so boring still when she meets 'bad-boy' Noah Dalton? He is annoying, rude and always around Maya for reasons she can't understand. Maya is brave, yet also afraid that her choices could lead her spiralling back into a bad place again. Will Noah be able to save her from herself? Or will he be the cause of her destruction? ---------------------------- ~Noah's pov~ 'These,' I slowly run my finger across one of her scars, 'are fucking beautiful.' Before she can object, I carry on. 'Maya you are beautiful beyond perfection. You are strong. You are brave. You are funny. You are sweet. You are incredible. Look at yourself,' I nod down towards the scars on her arm and she slowly glances down at them before meeting my gaze again, 'those scars are beautiful. Do you know why?' I ask her. She wipes a tear from her already tear-stricken face before she shakes her head. 'Because every time you decided to do that to yourself, you didn't go further, you didn't end your life. You decided to carry on living even when you thought you couldn't manage it. Those scars right there,' I gesture to them again, 'show the battles you won against yourself. They are your battle-scars and you shouldn't be ashamed of them. And you know what? I am so proud of you for making it to where you are today because you are a fighter and If I can see that, anyone can.'

I have a secret, one I cannot tell. If I do my mother dies but if I don't I might. ---------- Maya was a sweet girl she loved wearing dresses, she kept up her grades in school. She adores her single mother. One thing that Maya has stuck by is always telling the truth. Maya had a horrible encounter, ending with her being raped. As a result, she has to keep this one secret but everyone knows you can't keep a secret if you don't lie. Follow Maya's journey on how she deals with being raped and threatened. Will she ever feel safe again?

Maya finds herself battling between two lovers and the streets. Maya has always been that chick who rode out for her friends. She always made a way out of no way when it came to making money. She ran into one particular individual that made her change some of her ways. But then she ran into another one who made her realize that it's more to life than just the street's. Maya finds herself battling between two individuals that want to love her and take her off the streets. But is Maya ready to give up the streets? Or will she settle with one of the individuals? And is it worth it or not. Will maya find love in one of the two or will she fall victim to the streets. Is love everlasting or is it just unreal to have. Will Maya ever get out of the hustle? Will Maya still be Maya through the changes? All I know is Maya is that boss that will have you on your knees begging please when it comes to her. Maya is that bitch and will always be that bitch period.

For the hopeless romantics like myself🤭(start might be a little slow but trust me it's worth it) Scared to feel, scared to love, scared to live. She lost everyone she loved and all drive to have the life she wanted. She's done things that would haunt any person for the rest of there life then she meets her... She's nice, sweet and caring. Her future is clear she knows exactly what she wants until She falls for her. Can she handle all her baggage and heal a heart that she didn't break? When given a chance at love will they take it or leave it... • • • • Story will contain : Lesbians Love Drama Heartbreak Mature content Gang stuff/violence(just a little)

This is a story about how Lia and Sam who are madly in love fight against their problems obstacles, trust issues, insecurities, ego and so on. Life gave them all the reasons to give up. But will they fail each other? Will they fight against all odds? Will they live happily ever after? Sam is a person with concealed feelings, he fights with his emotions and mistakes. Will Sam realize his mistakes? Will he be forgiven? Will he heal Lia's wounds? Get to know them and their crazy romantic side. How their thirst for love made them love each other even more. Enjoy the cuteness of Lia. This is my first try. I hope I meet ur expectation. I need your immense support. Kindly drop ur comments and let me know my mistakes. Show some love. Thank You all.

When a experiment gone wrong originates a plague that destroys the entire United States of America, everyone tries to survive at any cost. Maya, one lucky survivor, is lost and alone, fighting for survival against mutant creatures created by the corporation she used to work for. She felt guilty, enraged and disgusted for the experimentations that were done there but the damage was already done and she had no choice but to run like everyone else. So, when the last man she expected to see shows up, what will she do? Will she continue her journey alone or will beg to the man, that had every reason to hate her, to help her? And more important, what will he decide?

Have you ever met someone who alters the course of your life? For good or for bad, they've come in, given and taken, and then- BOOM! Your life was never the same. There's always a change, an altering of reality. When you meet those people, the reality that you've known your whole life is suddenly gone and a new one has taken its place. When those moments happen, there's no going back. You can try to return to the way things were but nothing, and I mean nothing, can take you back to exactly how it was. That's what happened to us. I think that's why we're still trying so desperately to get back to some sort of normalcy. Four years later and we're still on the ground, crawling, in search of the happiness that was lost that June. Summers will never be the same. Midnight walks through my neighborhood will never be the same. Field parties with bonfires and loud music will never be the same. I still don't know why you left and what lead you to the decision you made. What I do know is that we're here. We're alive and we're pushing forward to the future. A future that you're not a part of. But in some ways, I'm glad you're not a part of it. I just wish it wasn't like this. *** TRIGGER WARNING*** SA, abuse, suicide, substance abuse, and mental illness. This is a complete story that is much like life; fast, full of surprises, and not always how we want it to be. This has been a project of mine for over three years. It was self-published on Amazon, but after some issues in publication, I decided to just upload it on here. I hope you fall in love with these characters like I have. The friends in this story are trying to make names for themselves, figure out who they are, who they can trust, how to love, and how to separate themselves from a restrictive community. As in any coming of age story, they will experience growing pains... but will they survive them before its too late? PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS.

Two people from a group of childhood friends when meet after 2 years, how will they fight the attraction between them. When the girl is already in love with the boy, but he broke her self esteem. Will she be able to forgive him? Let's dive into the story to know more about them.

Isabella Shields was supposed to be many things. To graduate college and become a CSI to take after the steps of her grandfather. To one day find a good man and marry him, have kids, and keep passing on the legacy that the Shield family had passed on from generation to generation. If only Isabella had the courage to have told her Momma and Daddy that she never wanted to go to college. She was a hard worker but without a truly firm hand like she had when she was little girl. She failed out of college in the first two years, and instead lived in a group house for a while. Tellling lies of how good school was going until one day she had to tell the truth. Her momma, furious, her papa, dissapointed, leaving her with one option. She moved away, to the warm city of New Orleans. A way to escape and hide away from all of her sins of the past, quickly took a new direction. One of the jobs she had applied for, the most popular nightclub and bar in the city called The Crimson Hide invited her to an interview. An interview that had left her stunned as the way they punished employees was not with write ups or firing, but rather a punishment that had been on her mind since she stopped getting them when she was 13 years old. She could and would be spanked for her actions, and it was more exciting than she could have ever imagined. There she meets the owner Jakobe Bradley, a former NBA rising star that had sadly blow out his knee and as her time at the nightclub grows, so does her feelings for the handsome owner who might even share them. Even taking her under her wing with a firm hand she so desperately needed in her life. Isabella always told herself if she had someone to hold her accountable and even punish her for her many actions of the past she would have been far better off. It seems that she would get wish and far more than she could have ever expected.

Maya has had a rough past. From her parents dying, to being abused by her step dad, to jumping from foster home to foster home can be a lot for a teenager. But when she goes to live with one of her old friends things change. Maya is gonna learn to be herself again and to love again. She hasn't been herself in a long time and hasn't loved anyone in a while. After her parents died who else is there to love? This story is called the broken can love again. Maya is emotionally broken because of her past, but when she moves to the place she lived before, things change.