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Can't Let You Go

More to Us

Still Love You

Holding On

One Night

The Geek and The Goddess (young adult)

Road Trouble (suspense)

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THE JADE SERIES is a story of forbidden romance, deadly secrets, hidden agendas, and rules that must never be broken. It starts with Choosing You!

CHOOSING YOU (Jade Series, book one)

When Jade is given a scholarship to an elite private college in Connecticut, she sees it as a chance to finally escape her painful past and get a fresh start. She's determined to succeed and that means keeping her focus on school and not guys. But that plan falls apart her first day on campus when Garret, a wealthy prep school boy with swimmer abs and a perfect smile, offers to help her move in.

Jade tries to push him away but she can't deny her attraction to him and Garret won't let her. Things quickly heat up between them, but then come to a sudden halt when reality hits and Jade realizes that a relationship with Garret may never be possible. He comes from a world of wealth where there are rules, including rules about who he can date. And not following those rules has consequences.

As the two of them try to overcome the obstacles working to keep them apart, Jade is confronted with another challenge. On her 19th birthday, she receives a letter that her now deceased mother wrote years ago. In it are revelations that explain her traumatic childhood but also make her question the past she's been running from.

Here's Chapter 1...

October 30

The lines on the track are like a map telling me where to go. I follow their orderly path, my arms and legs moving in a rhythmic pattern. My body repeats the motion effortlessly, leaving my mind to replay what just happened.

I see a girl at a party. She's drinking. She never drinks. Ever. But there were no other options. It was history repeating itself. Like the script had already been written and she just had to let the scene play out. For 18 years, she promised herself this would never happen. And then it did. She lost all control within a matter of seconds.

That girl was someone else. I will never be her. And I will never be her mother. I refuse.

My legs take longer, quicker strides as I become aware of my body again. I pump my arms because I'm not going fast enough. I still feel all of it. The confusion. The rage. The pain. And I just want it to go away.

The cold night air clings to my skin, cooling the sweat and sending an icy chill through me. My arms and legs ache and my lungs burn from inhaling the frigid air. But I keep going. Because I like feeling this pain. I understand it. And it keeps my mind off the pain that I can't understand.

A drop of rain hits my face. Then two, then three. Soon rain pours from the sky, stinging my skin.

"Jade, what the hell are you doing out here? I've been looking everywhere for you! Jade!"

It's Garret, the boy who made the girl live out that scene at the party. The scene that was never supposed to happen.

My eyes remain on the lines in front of me and I run past him like he's not even there.

"Jade, stop! Wait!"

I make another loop around the track as he continues to call out my name. As I approach him again, he moves into my lane and I veer to avoid him.

There's a sharp tug on the back of my shirt and I stumble forward to a stop. I'm gasping for breath as Garret turns me around and holds me against him so tightly I can't move despite my efforts to break free.

"Stop." He says it quietly now as he presses my head against his chest. "Just stop running."

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