The Killjoy and Her Boy

The Killjoy and Her Boy

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[BEING REVISED: SLOW UPDATES]Violet Mayre is about as far from normal as you can get and still be a human, seventeen-year-old girl. She hates romance, she hates sappiness, she hates horses and chocolate and glitter, and almost everything else. Actually, she hates almost everyone else, too.For the most part during the summer, she sits and does nothing but listen to obscure folk bands and read books written by people no one knows about. After all--she hates sunburns and swimsuits. She hates going to the mall. Those things are for normal people.So when her older sister enlists a boy to befriend Violet in a last-ditch attempt to get her out of the house, all hell breaks loose. Suddenly, there is a normal boy trying to get her to leave her room and do normal things, and it's all due to a traitorous decision made by her older sister!Will Violet succeed in chasing this boy away? Or will he succeed in getting her out of her shell?• | EXCERPT | •"I didn't know you could be civil. Here's a reward for your good behavior."And I kid you not, he pulled out his wallet and gave me a gold star."Congrats," he said, grinning teasingly."You cheeky bast--""--there are children present."I could have died of spontaneous combustion, so great was the pressure that built up behind my lips. I wanted to say several things, but he wouldn't let me get away with it."Here's your tea, miss. And yours." The waitress was back, putting our drinks down. I noticed immediately that Jasper had tea just as I did."Thanks," I said."Do you two know what you want?""I'll take the harvest time meat platter. Wren?"I pretended to study the menu. "Something sweet," I said at last. "To contrast all of the salt in this goat's system."[Disclaimer: Not a bad boy story AT ALL.]Gorgeous cover by @candeliers :D…

January Clarke and All the Things That Didn't Work

January Clarke and All the Things That Didn't Work

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❝Mom?❞❝I am not your mother, and why are you in my house?❞❝Aw, crud.❞• • •January Clarke hasn't had many successes in her seventeen years.She has broken lots of things, embarrassed lots of people, gotten lost in places like Disneyworld, and microwaved things that she shouldn't have. (Oops) She has to catch a break in her luck eventually.So maybe, maybe she'll get this right.• a chat-style short story •©2017 anne fox…

everything but the kitchen sink

everything but the kitchen sink

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in which i rant, pep talk, give advice, hacks, and other such things that no one really cares about. note:the opinions and expressions used in this book are my own personal opinions, so if other people's opinions offend you, you should probably leave. here's a donut for the road and don't let the door hit you on the way out.note 2:i talk. a lot.note 3:lowercase is intended. this is my party, i do what i want.…

Sincerely, Aurora [completed]

Sincerely, Aurora [completed]

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Back in 2015 there was an accident that rocked Aurora Brahm's world. No, it wasn't a skydiving accident like she always joked she would die from. It wasn't from swimming with stingrays or sharks. It wasn't from jumping off a cliff with her husband, Jude. It was a lapse in concentration and incoming traffic. It took her world. Jude has been in a coma ever since, and the doctors have very little hope that he will recover from his vegetative state. But Aurora won't give up. This is the fight for Jude Brahm. ~ ~ ~ "The most bizarre mix of emotions twisting my stomach. Seriously, this book is amazing. I have never, and I read A LOT so I mean NEVER, read something that made me so happy and excited yet sad and completely devastated at the same time. . ." - Michelle from @KaraMichelleBooks , coauthor of Breeder Nation "This is so emotional and, at the same time, very cute! I'm in love with your story." - @amethystnebula "I am seriously in love with your story. It's probably one of the sweetest I've read in a long time. And the idea is ingenious!" - @QuixoticHearts"I love this story! The time jumps work because of the letter/journal format, and the memories/scenes you've picked to show are perfect, like the highlights of what made their relationship what it was. I absolutely love their relationship and you have created these characters so vividly." - @CCrawfordWritinggorgeous cover by @pasteldevil- ^-^…