″You just cost me what could've been my first kiss.″ Ryder went still. ″You would've settled for that being your first kiss?″ ″Settled?″ I stared up at him. ″I don't know if you've been paying attention, but there's not exactly a lineup for the position." He looked at my mouth. Then he kissed me. His hand caught my jaw and the edge of my desk dug into my back as his mouth came down on mine. Ryder Callahan was kissing me. This seemed like information I should have been doing considerably more with. Then he kissed me again, slower. My fingers curled into his shirt. I kissed him back. Properly. And just when I pulled him closer, Ryder stopped. His hand was still against my jaw. He stayed close for a second, breathing harder than he had been before. "There," he said. "Done." ── ◦⋅❀⋅◦ ── 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: Natalie Whitmore is eighteen, starting college, academically brilliant, and entirely capable of admitting when she has a problem. Her problem is men. More specifically, she wants a boyfriend and has very little idea how people seem to acquire one without formal instruction. Ryder Callahan has his own problem. He needs to pass chemistry. Natalie happens to be very good at chemistry. So when Ryder suggests a trade, she agrees. Natalie tutors him in chemistry. He helps her figure out everything she apparently missed about flirting, dating, kissing, and getting a guy to actually notice her. There are, however, several flaws in the arrangement. Ryder is her older brother's best friend. He lives in the pool house behind her parents' home. Nathan absolutely cannot find out. And Ryder Callahan is not supposed to be one of the men Natalie is practicing for. Brother's Best Friend • Tutoring Deal • Good Girl x Bad Boy • Forced Proximity • Secret Romance

Evelyn Eaton is a disabled girl who desperately wants to be cured by the dystopian government that has taught her to hate being different. In the Commonwealth, perfection isn't an ideal. It's a requirement. In two weeks, Evelyn will receive the Cure-a procedure that promises to fix the one thing that makes her different. But when her brother receives a mysterious career assignment, Evelyn begins questioning everything she's been taught. Bram Anderson has epilepsy and is considered Unnatural. In the Commonwealth, being Unnatural means being something you were never supposed to be. Something the system can't categorize, correct, or control. Bram has learned to hide who he is, and is in fact thriving as one of the most important people in the Commonwealth. But Evelyn has spent her entire life trying to become exactly what the Commonwealth wants. Read their adventures as they uncover secrets, challenge the world they've been raised to trust, and discover what it truly means to be different. Maybe some things aren't meant to be Cured.

UNDER REWRITING!! • • • 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝. On paper, she's untouchable. But perfection is just a cover for a ruined family, a dark past, bloody hands and a poisoned heart. Everyone buys the act. Not him. The one boy she's ever wanted-and cannot have. Luc carries a guilt that drives him into sex, illegal racing and fights, acting like nothing left to lose. He thinks he knows what destroyed his life. He has no idea his guilt is the same as Riah's tainted soul. Being forced together? It's vicious. Two killers in a bed, where lying is keeping the other alive. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. • • • 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 & 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞

In her country, health isn't a lifestyle. It's the law. Unhealthy food is banned, weight is monitored, and compliance is expected. But when 47 people disappear without a trace, young journalist Cheryl Cooper starts asking questions that someone desperately wants left unanswered. Her investigation is shut down. The evidence begins to disappear. Then she discovers something she was never supposed to find. One brownie. One order. One mistake. Some cravings are dangerous.