Forced into a bond that forever ties her life to the last black dragon known to man in order to save her brother, Artemis must discover how to deal with a world that will do anything to see them fall, while trying not to fall for the dragon herself. "Your brother killed the last of my kin," the dark dragon rumbled, "So you will be my bride, and pay for his mistake."

She was everything he wasn't, nothing he ever needed, someone he didn't deserve. But it didn't matter. Watching her serenade him, eyes bright with humour and something so tender it made his heart ache – he decided he wanted her anyway.

She ran to Ireland to escape from it all- the old flame, family drama, the social pressure of being single again. Under no circumstances whatsoever was she even thinking about romance. She just wanted peace. And then Rhys Gallagher staggered into her life

I wanted my sophomore year of college to go as smoothly as possible. Too bad Asher Ives showed up and ruined it. Maybe it's my fault for drinking with the marching band, but blaming Asher is much easier. My reason for hating him is simple: I made the mistake of kissing him.

"What's wrong, Vi, is that you've got the hots for your boss. Your admittedly delectable, but emotionally unavailable, supermodel-dating, completely inappropriate-to-fall-for boss."

Prince Damian rejects the girl chosen by his mother without meeting her and without knowing the girl can hear every word of his rejection. Years later he finally meets her again and falls for her without knowing she is the same person. Sequel posted.

It's hard enough being a socially deficient, awkward-as-hell peer mediator, but add to that a stupidly gorgeous and equally terrifying delinquent whose mission in life is to make me miserable, and you start to get a picture of how incredibly screwed I am.

The only thing standing between Cassidy Phillips and the President's seat at Crestview High was one stupid, obnoxious boy. Philip O'Brien may have stolen her first kiss, but she wasn't going to let him steal this too.

It's funny the things you learn about a person after they die. I loved him once. Could I love him again? -Young Sofia has just come back to Pakistan, lured by her father's death. Can she overcome her grief? Moreover, can she trust herself not to fall in love with the one person she can never have? Love has never been so tempting. The tale of a girl and her once-upon-a-time servant.

SEQUEL TO OUAN. The sale and production of the BlissMaxx pill has spread worldwide. The famine in Chimera, city of Nightmares, has escalated to desperation. The newly crowned king will do whatever it takes to save the Nightmares, and that includes finding a way into the mortal world—a breach never before attempted and potentially disastrous.

Destiny is a funny thing. Some people are born to mediocrity. Some people are destined for greatness before they can take their first breaths. Gwen has spent the majority of her life running from the twisted hands of fate, cursed to a life devoid of normality by her family's name. She should of ran faster. Destiny is a bitch.

Jess knows first hand that it is easier to be a coward that runs from grief than to be an honest body in pain. However, nowhere in her plans to escape from her loss does she account for the unfortunate complication of a hit-and-run involving the forbidden and unpredictable Charlie Lewis.

She's a stubborn, independent college dropout who's wrapped up in her brother's gang. He's a ruthless, rival gang leader. Love isn't on either of their minds. Then Grace Carvelli's brother makes a decision that he believes is in her best interest. Her world flips upside down. James Moretti has no room in his life for anything besides his gang, until what he has is threatened.

You can go home again, but it won't always be the same and neither will you. That's the lesson Allison's learning. Too bad she can't learn to forget first love, and first heartbreak, Ian Fowler while she's at it. Not that Ian's in any hurry to be shoved out of Allison's heart. Life, love, and murder in a small town.

There are three steps to maintaining a healthy, happy lifestyle. Step 1 - Don't agree to date the county's most eligible police officer. Step 2 - Don't fall for the rugged yet sexy-as-hell vet come landlord whose main role is fixing your electrics at two in the morning and is more than just a little kinky behind closed doors. Step 3 - DEFINITELY never agree to eat pomegranate jam.

Amelia Barnett is a sensible girl who has always lived an inconsequential life. She burns all her bridges, folds her cards right and is convinced that the world is full of beautiful, bright lives with very little significance. Adam McAllister thinks that's crazy.

He stared down at me, eyes dark and unrelenting. "Do you want Malcolm?" Stupid question. But I nodded anyway. "Then kiss me." Talk about getting caught between a rock and a hard place. *SKoW Winner*

The seemingly unrequited crush on your best friend, the perfect romantic cliche, and you know those always work out. However, when an evil older brother, mind games, and dirty little secrets are thrown into the mix, maybe this cliche isn't that perfect...

. "Hatred comes from the heart, contempt from the head, and neither feeling is quite within our control." Bullshit, she thinks. Then she meets Matthew Valentine.

Tess McAndrews stopped believing in confrontation a long time ago. Somewhere along the line she became a person who knows to stick with tiny battles, where your heart is never on the line and getting hurt is unlikely. However, some fights can't be avoided forever. Some fights are brought right to your door-step. ONE-SHOT

Phone calls from the Harris County District Attorney are rarely a good thing. The probability that I'm going to like what Matt Anders has to say diminishes exponentially on Friday nights. When the conversation starts with the words favor and friend, I know my night is destined for hell - What starts as a bodyguard gig turns into a fight for Rick's pack and his future.

One-shot. Who do you choose, when you find yourself caught up in a love triangle despite your best intentions? The boy your heart beats for – or the friend you've stood by for so long? Sometimes the choices you face aren't so clear-cut.

Rosaline thought she knew him and what she knew, she hated. But Javier isn't the kind of guy you get to know easily nor is he the kind of guy who is what he seems. He needs her more than she or even he understands. If only she would realize...

Kelsey likes her neat, orderly life. She's had her big, dramatic love affair - complete with heartbreak and scars. She has her job, her family, and graduate school. There's no room in her five-year plan for handsome, funny, brilliant software moguls. Too bad no one let Micah Ashbury in on that fact.

COMPLETE *Despite his lack of interest in me, my lustful thoughts had only gotten stronger over time. I longed to grab those glasses off his face and bury my hands in his messy hair. I wanted him to look at me instead of through me. I wanted him to look at me with desire in his eyes.* This is a spin-off to It Had To Be You, focusing on Melanie.

For some reason, the instant Ben and Olivia meet, they hate one another. Every time they're in the same room, all they seem to do is fight and trade insults. But according to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, hot hate is twin brother to hot love.

No. He wasn't going to watch her walk away from him—not for the second time.

Julie the straight A student may know what she's doing in college, but when it comes to her love life she can't seem to get it right. Why would she move in with her ex? When she accidentally lands a nanny job, it seems things are looking up- but are they?

"She was probably too something for him. Too good, too sweet, too lovely. But he didn't much care. If she had been a meteor or a lucky shooting star, he'd happily have let her burn straight through him." This guy and his pretty language was going to drag me into adoring him no matter my opinions about it. Not that I wouldn't let him. With a gesture like that, who had a choice?

In some parts of the world arranged marriages are a way of life, but he was her best friend's cousin and she called him an asshole the first time they met. It all went downhill from there.

Complete. Friends make the best lovers, or so they say. I wouldn't know, because you don't feel the same way. Wish I'd seen this coming… but I'm three years too late.

Nightmares and Dreams are actual creatures who invade human minds as embodied fears and joys. Violet doesn't use the new BlissMax pill designed to give good dreams (or any modern niceties, thanks Dad), and one night, a Nightmare—the fear of hell—enters her enticingly un-medicated mind and gets trapped.

Complete. After being dumped, I was told by my best friend that the best way to move on is to have a rebound. So I kissed a stranger just to get it out of my system. The next thing I know, I'm seeing this guy practically everywhere I go.

It's like we're more than just friends but still less than lovers, you're oh so tough, but I want to be your first weakness. Here we go again with the mixed signals and second thoughts.

He winked and turned around to return to his desk, giving me a glimpse of The Complete Collection of Poems by Edgar Allan Poe sticking out of his back pocket like a sign with big red words saying, "I am attractive and intelligent. Do me now." The universe did not play fair.

She fell in love with him the minute she saw him. No. That wasn't true. She hated him the instant he opened his mouth. That, at least, might have been a little more accurate. For the most part, anyway...*Judge's Pick Best Drama, SKoW Round 12

Owen makes up for a missing arm with a healthy serving of spite and sarcasm. And as irreverent and uncompromising as he may be, he might be Quinn's best alternative to her rash of dead end jobs, psychiatric medications, and unhealthy relationships.

While in Ireland tracking down distant relatives, Molly stumbles onto an ancestry that is tightly woven into the land's folklore. But there is more to the lineage than sixty-three generations of lovers, heroes and survivors. There is a legacy that may thrust Molly into battle against an evil that dates back to the days of Celtic gods, faeries and druids.

Ever heard the story of Cinderella? Well, so has my sister, Cindy. And she'll stop at nothing to make it a reality. Who am I? Why, I'm the ugly stepsister, of course!

When Gracie finds out she's pregnant, perpetually single Sarah's up for a wild ride in the land of domesticity with a panicking sister, a ridiculously excited brother-in-law and a rather infuriating Dr. Dietrich Schäfer. 3rd in the Sun Series.

When the love of her life marries someone else, Gracie has to accept reality and move on. With devastatingly attractive lawyers and cute cellists who won't go away, love shows that if it's one thing, it's unpredictable. Winner of Best Het for SKoW Round 12!

Sophia Parker's world was colorless and dull until an accidental meeting with an art thief offers her a chance at a new life.

Seb was mortal, married in the human world. My boyfriend ran away with a pink eyed loon. And then he came into town, Lucian Boom. He fell from the sky, cursing my name and calling me a red haired midget spy. I hated him and was positive he hated me too.

ONESHOT. What's the cut-off gap where a girl is allowed to like someone younger than herself without losing her mind over it? Never mind. Amelia was pretty much doomed from the moment he said hello.

One Shot. Elizabeth was a pre-med student and secret history nerd who didn't believe in fate, but she's starting to rethink that when she keeps running into the same guy at all these airports.

Shay is a little different from her family, but that might be a good thing.

Enlightenment is such an encouraging word. It leads one to think that they gained something from knowledge. I'd rather be left in the dark, but I cannot return to that time when I was blissfully ignorant. Final book in KoT series.

She was trapped and he happened to be the one Fate chose to set her free. Of course, no one said it was that simple.

He wasn't her best friend. He wasn't the big man on campus. They didn't know one another and had never seen each other before. He was just a boy and she was a girl, meeting by chance over a bowl of fruit salad and a disagreement about Sylvia Plath.

When I found out that Tully, my estranged childhood best friend, was rooming with my ex, the overly opinionated, rich tool, I knew that things were bound to get weird. I can't stand awkward situations, and my freshman year of college just became one. Joy.

Maybe my eyes were directed at him too intently. But I wasn't stalking. Really. He didn't seem to agree with me.

Danielle was married and divorced by age 22. With a cynical new view on romance, she strikes up an unusual friendship with a blue haired poet who has a few scars of his own, and who is everything she isn't supposed to like. Sequel to To Feel the Sun.

She didn't know him, and he didn't know her. A coincidence of cosmic proportions had brought them together, over the phone. Nothing personal that was the rule. “So our siblings are getting married.” He said thoughtfully.“Obviously not to each other.”

It didn’t matter to my Hindu Mum that he was an Italian badass covered in tattoos; the Indian fortune-teller had predicted that I would marry him so according to Mum, marry him I would. **Lucan’s Story**

I wanted a dog, I got a stalker. I wanted hot chocolate, I got a kiss. Really, things are just not working out very well since Golden The Fish declared war on me.

For Lia, solitude equals safety and the past is best forgotten. A chance entreaty pulls her into a tangled web where nothing is what it appears to be and she can no longer hide from the one thing she fears the most.*Contains M/M *Winner FPSSA Best Written

Misery makes you older. If I was as old felt, I was ancient. My life has been a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs. Finally, it’s leveling off and I can’t help but hope it’s the end.

Whatever God told him to do, he did. Giving away his shoes, taking punches, befriending outcasts. Even turning his back on love...and on me.

This is my Common Application essay for college admissions. I was accepted to Stanford University on December 11, 2010. Prompt: Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. Let me know what you think :

Six different students, six different perspectives. One weekend.

Angels fall, darling. They fall straight into hell. COMPLETE.

It's not every day a gorgeous, enigmatic stranger gives you a cup of tea just to cheer you up. Actually, in my case it is. Why is he doing this, and more importantly, who is he?

After her boyfriend of three years dumps her, Emily has to try -gulp- dating in college. Frat boys, dorm rooms, and roommate drama ensues.

With the time of my impending doom fast approaching, there is little left to do but become the most beloved in the lands. But nobody ever said it would be easy. And it's still unclear whether I really will be awakened...or sleep for an eternity.

This is not just an ordinary day, because this is the day that Fern Whitelaw dies. And this is the day that Quinn Sutherland starts running. This is the day where their story begins.

She wanted the fairy tale. She wanted the chick flick. She wanted the soaring music, the dozen roses, the Princess Bride kiss-to-end-all-kisses. She wanted the cliché. It’s a pity she was so busy up in the clouds that she didn’t recognize it when it came.

This is about growing up and breaking down. This is about falling for the wrong person at the right time. This is about giving up and holding on. This is about a boy, a girl, and why it isn't that simple.

SkoW nominated! Ria and Michel are best friends. But when an invitation to her sisters' wedding arrives in the mail, Ria is forced to reevaluate their friendship. Can they come out the other side with their friendship in tact? Or something more?

A series of short vignettes of all the insignificant things in life that mean everything, from the perspective of an introverted thoughtful girl.

COMPLETE! First impressions are rarely right. But one of them is slightly prejudiced and the other’s got way too much pride. It was definitely hate at first sight until love got in the way. Losely based on P&P

Because of my mother, I've been cursed with a deformity. The only way to break it is to be afflicted with a different curse: one that involves sleeping for all eternity until awakened by love's first kiss, which will never happen with my prince charming..

A reposting. She writes to a stranger via poetry in library books and learns what it means to speak, to love, and to be alive.

.FIN. I was starting to think he was my bad luck charm. After all, it was no coincidence that I embarrassed myself every time I saw him. Just throw in bookstores, sisters, best friends, blind dates, and dentists, and you’ve got my newly complicated life.

You know those hopeless romantics who sit around watching Disney movies and writing love poetry to no one in particular? Yeah, that's me, but I'm still looking for my prince charming. But have I yet to meet him, or have I known him all along? COMPLETE!

Complete. It's not that I was a bad person. Actually, I was quite a good person. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not my fault. And then he walked in. Oh, sweet irony.

The extremely hot prince and marriage looming in the distance. Happily Ever After? Since when did that exist in Rhian's vocabulary. Now she has to become queen of Reise. Sequel to Princes are Evil. For a better summary, look at my profile!

A poem about being trapped in the confining cage of society, one that you yourself have unconsciously made.

Miranda meets Finn in writing class, at first not liking him but soon realizing that they both enjoy the pleasures of banter. Will family and life ambitions get in the way of their relationship? -Now Finished-

Meet Rhian, a self-proclaimed comedian whose thoughts are completely erratic. She lives in a kingdom where the prince has no emotions, and she is supposed to break the curse placed on him. Of course, she doesn't want to do this. Told in her POV.