Being locked up in a juvenile mental health facility was the last place Harlow thought she'd be spending the summer before her senior year of high school. Battling with massive depressive disorder and a past suicide attempt, one wouldn't think things could get much worse. That is, until Hopewell's newest patient arrives-Sebastian. Popular, arrogant, and the one person Harlow despises the most at school; it couldn't possibly get any worse, could it?

With nowhere to hide, Harlow is forced to come face to face with her deepest insecurities-insecurities that will pave the way for her to forge an unforeseen friendship with Sebastian. Together, they learn to lean on each other in order to find the strength to drop their walls and see each other's truths.

But it's when they leave Hopewell and return home that life becomes even more complicated and lines begin to blur. Stripped of all their safeguards that Hopewell provided and thrusted back into their lives, the two of them must rely on each other as they navigate through their senior year.

Fine arts major, Candace Parker, grew up with a mother who thinks image is everything, and her daughter's perfection will never be good enough. About to graduate college and pursue her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, Candace decides it's time to let go and have a little fun. But fun is short-lived when a brutal attack leaves her completely shattered. The memories that consume and torment Candace are starting to destroy her when she meets Ryan Campbell, a successful bar owner. He feels instantly connected and tries to show her that hope is worth fighting for. But is Ryan harboring his own demons? As walls slowly begin to chip away, the secrets that are held within start to become painful burdens. At what point do secrets become lies?

Knowing who you are and accepting who you are come at different prices. Jase Kinrick grew up in your typical, all-American household. But after the death of his sister, his parents shut down, forcing him to deal with everything life throws his way alone. Terrified of the person he's discovering himself to be, Jase has his way with every willing girl to try and rid himself of what he fears he is-gay. Escaping California and moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, Jase frees himself to the reality that he likes men. Never staying with any guy long enough to get to know them, he doesn't realize that he's still hiding from who he is until he meets Mark. Scared of having real feelings for another guy stirs up the questions and fears he's fought hard to bury. To strip away the barriers to the heart of what is real, and to be okay with what lies underneath, will be Jase's moment of truth. But he'll need Mark to lead him there. **This is a companion novel to the USA Today Bestseller, FADING.**

She's an author.

She's a mother.

She's a wife.

She's a liar, a woman marked and bound by her own lies.

This is an astounding tale of how one choice knocked her world off axis, forcing her to battle through a year of scandal and betrayal, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy.

This a stand-alone story tangled in lust, heartbreak, and contrition.

After Kate's world had shattered into pieces, she pushed everyone away, including Trent, and hid. But she knew she couldn't hide forever. So, in an effort to move forward, she built castle-strong walls to hide behind, walls that Trent had every intention of tearing down.

Embarrassed and ashamed that her secrets were now out in the open, she was reluctant to let Trent back into her life. It was his refusal to allow her to continue to push him away that had her heart shifting in a way she wasn't prepared for. Trent wasn't prepared to feel the same shift in his heart either. No matter how hard they tried to resist each other, they eventually gave in to what they knew they could no longer deny.

But neither of them could have predicted what happened next.

Desperation had a flavor.It was all Emma could taste as her life in Washington DC started to crumble before her. In a city filled with prestige and American dreams also lay political fallacy and corruption-corruption she would soon find herself indulging in.Emma would have done anything to save herself from the downfall, gone to any length, sacrificed her soul if needed.What she didn't realize was that someone else was more desperate to save their own life and that the worst was yet to come.

Sometimes it takes someone else to show us what we are truly capable of becoming. Suffering from years of violent abuse, Ryan Campbell has learned how to keep people from getting too close. But when you shut yourself off, people get hurt along the way. Never caring much about others, Ryan creates a world in which he doesn't have to feel. When Ryan meets Candace Parker, all of his walls slowly begin to crumble. Not sure of the truth of who she is, he feels his mind is playing tricks on him. Unable to force out the thoughts that consume him, Ryan is haunted by visions that torment him every time he looks at her. He finds himself swallowed by guilt and blame, but he's unwilling to turn his back on the one person that could possibly save him. You've heard Candace's story in Fading, now hear Ryan's.

*An intoxicatingly risqué stand-alone book.She's an author.She's a mother.She's a wife.She's a fraud, a woman marked and bound by her own deceit.Experience the astounding tale of how Anonymous battled through a year of scandals and betrayals, how her world fell from its axis with a single choice, and how she lost herself between reality and fantasy.This is a story tangled in lust, heartbreak, and contrition.*Previously titled Author Anonymous

This wasn't supposed to happen.
But it did.
This wasn't supposed to be my life.
But it was.

I was just a typical girl, living a typical life. Nothing was out of the ordinary until tragedy threw me into a turnstile I couldn't see my way out of. That was, until him.

I never could've imagined my heart falling the way it did. Hard, fast, and with unbounding beauty.

The only problem?
He was off limits.
Forbidden.

But he became my everything, and I became his, so we risked it all. It was only a matter of time until I realized that our risk came with unimaginable consequences.

My name is Camellia Hale and his is David Andrews, and this is our love story.

Born and raised in West Palm Beach, it's time for Kate to move to Miami, spread her wings, and have the time of her life.

Wings are easily broken.

Deception masks itself as love while it slowly consumes every inch of her world. Lies spin into a web, trapping her in a nightmare she believes to be a fairy tale.

Fairy tales only live in fables.

Soon, her body will be painted in a truth she can't deny but is too scared to face, so she runs.

A person can only run so far.

Between college, surfing, and girls, Trent was living his best free-spirited life in Miami. He was careful not to let anything complicate that. So, when he met Kate, and they quickly became friends, he made sure to keep it that way.

Better to play it safe than to risk losing her to a casual hookup.

Kate was an independent girl who loved surfing, shopping, and partying with her friends. Her only hang-up in life was the hopeless crush she had on Trent.

She couldn't believe she had allowed herself to fall for the most unavailable guy she knew.

But everything shifted when Caleb entered into her life. Kate embraced the distraction from Trent, and before she knew it, Caleb had swept her off of her feet. He was all she could think about, so much so, that she became blinded by his love.

Trent knew something wasn't right though, but when he expressed his concerns, he wound up pushing her away. The further she drifted, the more he could feel the lines between them blurring. And then one catastrophic night changed everything.

When Kate finds her world crumbling around her, she does everything possible not to crumble with it by building castle-strong walls to hide behind.

A person can only hide for so long.

Thrust back into the life she's been running from, she's forced to confront the damage she left in her wake. Working to repair fractured relationships, she discovers one that just might save her from all the wreckage.

The only one who can save her is herself.

Realizing she might be on a broken path to healing, Kate must make a choice--a choice that could be her defining moment.

Kason and Adaline.

From the moment they met, they started to fall. Neither of them predicted just how far the drop would be, though.

Loving Adaline was all Kason had ever wanted to do. But layer by layer, he started to unravel, forcing Adaline to face an addiction she never could've imagined.

This is what happens when one person loves beyond the craving and the other craves beyond the loving.

Desperation had a flavor.

It was all Emma could taste as her life in Washington DC started to crumble before her.

In a city filled with prestige and American dreams also lay political fallacy and corruption-corruption she would soon find herself indulging in.

Emma would have done anything to save herself from the downfall, gone to any length, sacrificed her soul if needed.

What she didn't realize was that someone else was more desperate to save their own life and that the worst was yet to come.

Weeks became months, and months became years. Each day, nudged Kason deeper into his addiction. Each memory of the girl destroyed fed the craving for what he could never have again.

Leaving a life-altering first love behind, Adaline tried moving forward to find love and trust and happiness. Pain eventually faded, wounds slowly healed, yet scars were forever left behind.

But some scars feel like kisses.

When the shattered pieces of their hearts are forced to meet again, the two of them must decide how much pain their love is worth enduring.

This is what happens when one person loves beyond the craving and the other craves beyond the loving.