Hi,my name is Paula I'm an 18 year old and I just started publishing here on stary. I only have two books out for now but stary has improved my writing abilities and increased my interest in writing. I really hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoyed writing them.
Moving into a wealthy family’s mansion should have been a fresh start for Madeline.
Instead, it came with a new stepbrother who wanted nothing to do with her.
Nicholas Young is everything Madeline isn't supposed to want—rich, powerful, untouchable, and the most feared boy at Essence Academy. At school, he has a reputation everyone respects, and Madeline is just the mysterious new girl nobody knows.
But there's one problem.
They live under the same roof.
Nick makes one thing clear from the beginning: at school, they are strangers. No conversations. No arriving together. No sitting together. No one can know they're family.
Madeline agrees.
Keeping their secret should be easy.
Until it isn't.
As Madeline finds her place at Essence Academy, she catches the attention of people she never expected—including Nick's closest friend. New friendships pull her deeper into the school's glamorous and ruthless social world, while parties, jealousy, rumors, and hidden rivalries begin to expose cracks in the perfect lives around her.
And somewhere between stolen glances and moments they shouldn't have, the rules Nick created begin to mean less and less.
But their secret isn't the only thing waiting to be exposed.
Madeline's mother has a past she knows nothing about.
Nick has reasons for being afraid of getting close to her.
And when someone finally discovers what the Young family has been hiding, Madeline will have to decide how much she's willing to lose to protect the people she loves.
Because some secrets can destroy a family.
And some feelings were never supposed to exist.
For as long as Briana Williams can remember, she has been the girl people overlook.She's smart, kind, and fiercely loyal, but none of that seems to matter when the world keeps reminding her that she's not the pretty girl—the girl boys notice or the girl everyone wants to be friends with. Her insecurities only grow worse as she gets older, especially when the attention she does receive comes in the form of cruel comments and unwanted judgment.Then there's Logan Parker.Popular, handsome, and completely out of her league, Logan becomes Briana's biggest humiliation after she agrees to tutor him. What begins as an innocent arrangement slowly becomes a painful lesson in just how cruel people can be. And when Logan publicly breaks her heart, Briana is pushed deeper into the darkness she's been hiding for years.But everything changes when Briana undergoes a transformation that makes the world see her differently.Suddenly, the girl nobody noticed is impossible to ignore.The attention she once dreamed about comes from everywhere—including Logan, who suddenly regrets the way he treated her. But there's one person whose attention means something completely different: Cameron Hayes, Logan's friend, who sees beyond Briana's new appearance and begins to notice the girl underneath it all.For the first time, Briana has people fighting to be close to her.But Cameron soon discovers that the beautiful, confident girl everyone sees is still carrying the wounds of the insecure girl she used to be.Because changing the way the world sees you doesn't automatically change the way you see yourself.And before Briana can truly accept Cameron's love, she'll have to learn how to stop punishing herself for the girl she once was—and finally understand that she never needed to become beautiful to be worthy of being loved.
Layla Ross thought she knew Dr. Voss.She was wrong.After discovering something she was never supposed to see beneath his laboratory, Layla becomes the subject of a forbidden experiment—one that leaves her with abilities no human should possess.Now something inside her is changing.As Layla struggles to understand what Voss has turned her into, she crosses paths with Luke Vale, a mysterious man who seems to know far more about her than he should. Their attraction is undeniable, but trusting him could be the most dangerous mistake she makes.With a powerful witch, Seraph Justice, and the enigmatic Nick Cross drawn into the chaos, Layla finds herself caught in a world where vampires, werewolves, and ancient secrets collide.Everyone wants to know what Layla has become.Some want to control her.Some want to destroy her.And Voss?He wants his experiment back.Because Layla Ross isn't just a survivor.She's something the supernatural world was never prepared for.
Isis Cooper has spent years trying to build a life far away from her father's shadow.Broke, drowning in debt, and working every job she can find just to survive, the last thing she expects is to cross paths with Richard Davis—the cold, ruthless billionaire CEO of Imperial Group.Their first meeting is disastrous.After Isis embarrasses Richard at a lavish company gala, she assumes she'll never see him again.She's wrong.The next morning, Isis receives an unexpected invitation to interview at Imperial. The interviewer? Richard Davis himself.What she doesn't know is that Richard has already discovered who she really is.She's Tyron Cooper's daughter.Tyron is the man Richard has blamed for destroying his family—the man who betrayed his father, shattered his parents' marriage, and left Richard growing up without his mother.Richard has spent years waiting for the perfect opportunity to make Tyron pay.And now, that opportunity has walked straight into his hands.Richard offers Isis a deal she desperately needs: a fake marriage that will clear her debts and give her the money to start over.For Isis, it's a lifeline.For Richard, it's revenge.But living under the same roof changes everything.The woman Richard intended to use becomes the one person who sees through his cold exterior. Her stubbornness infuriates him. Her kindness unsettles him. And the more time he spends with her, the harder it becomes to remember that she was never supposed to matter.Richard is falling for his revenge bride.But Isis doesn't know the real reason he married her.And when she finally discovers the truth, she'll have to face the most painful question of all:Was she ever Richard's wife—or was she only his weapon?
Priya Sharma has everything she's ever worked for—a promising career as ao laboratory technician, the unwavering pride of her traditional Indian family, and a future she can finally call her own. But one terrifying night beneath a full moon changes everything.
After surviving a mysterious attack, Priya begins experiencing terrifying changes she can't explain. When the next full moon forces her first transformation, she is discovered by a secret organization of supernatural hunters. Their verdict shatters her world: she's become the very creature they've sworn to hunt.
Desperate to reclaim her humanity, Priya joins the hunters while using her scientific expertise to search for a cure. Keeping her terrifying secret hidden from her family becomes a daily battle, especially as danger follows her wherever she goes. Among the hunters is Felix, a loyal and compassionate teammate whose quiet love for Priya never wavers, even though she can never return his feelings.
Everything changes when an investigation brings the hunters face-to-face with Xander—a dangerously handsome, infuriatingly arrogant werewolf who refuses to be ashamed of what he is. Where Priya sees a curse, Xander sees freedom. Their hatred is instant, their arguments relentless, yet the one man she should fear becomes the only person who truly understands the monster she's becoming.
Caught between the hunters who gave her a place to belong, the family she's desperate to protect, and the werewolf who is slowly stealing her heart, she must decide whether to destroy the wolf within her... or embrace the destiny she never chose.
Because sometimes the greatest curse isn't becoming a monster—it's discovering you were always meant to be one.