Start the Assumption Series with book 1 – Broken A girl’s senior year in high school should be a special time. Ayma’s expectations are not very high. She is the daughter of a control-freak mother and a father who has been absent for the past three years. She is ridiculed by the popular kids in school because of her unfortunate name and the way she dresses. Although she’s nearly eighteen, her mother controls every aspect of her life, including what she wears, who her friends are and even what foods she is allowed to eat. The only bright spot in her life is her friend Tabby. Until she meets Colton. Colton is unexpected. He’s gorgeous, popular – the guy all the girls want and the one all of the other guys want to be like. When he begins to pay attention to Ayma, she doesn’t know what to think. Things like this just don’t happen to girls like her. One obstacle after another is thrown into their path, but they can’t deny what they feel for one another. Their new-found love will be threatened by secrets from their past, challenges in their present and a future they can only dream about. Ayma struggles to find an identity apart from her mother’s controlling nature while Colton faces the results of an arrest that took place the summer before his tenth grade year. Can they find love and happiness? Or will they be destroyed by events beyond their control?

The fear of drowning in one’s own life, never seeing the light to bring you back out, the suffocation one feels when life’s problems become too much is something each of us feels at least once in our lives. Is it possible to jump and overcome every hurdle placed in your way? What happens when life’s problems make you feel as if you’re caught in a riptide and there’s no escape but to go under and give into the pull which is dragging you down? Welcome back to Bayshore High School. We join Ayma, Colton, Tabby, Reagan and the rest of the crew where Broken: Book One of the Assumption Series left off. When it seems Ayma’s world can’t get any more complicated, more life changing events are thrown her way. She will face turmoil in love and friendship, never knowing whether she will survive the storm or become a victim of its path of destruction. Ayma and Colton have never had it easy in their relationship. Now the threat of a new love interest, the emergence of an old flame, and a possible addition means more controversy in their love affair. What are the secrets that some of Bayshore students are keeping? What will happen to friendships and love relationships when these secrets are revealed? Finally, light is shed on the secrets of several characters we have grown to love from Broken. Each has their story to tell, and a past which can affect all of their futures. There is more drama and heated romance than a soap opera and as the storyline begins to unfold, you will be drawn in as you begin to either love or hate the students of Bayshore High.

Bentley Shaw is moving on. At last, he’s finishing up his doctorate and hoping to begin his residency program to one day become a surgeon. His past with Ayma and Colton is complicated. Bentley was married to Ayma for a year, long enough to recognize that Colton is her destiny. So, Bentley let her go to be with the one she truly loved. Now, he’s been invited to their wedding. What will happen is anyone’s guess. But the bigger question is if Bentley will ever allow himself to fall in love again. Lilith Greyson is tired of simply being known as Colton’s younger sister. Yes, she’s beautiful, sexy and all grown up now. If only her family would accept the fact that she’s an adult. Graduation is over and Lilith is ready to start her life and find that certain special someone. Unfortunately, no one has turned her head - until she meets her brother’s soon-to-be-wife’s ex-husband again. Bentley Shaw. At first, the attention she gives the handsome hunk is just a game to make Colton angry. But soon Lilith realizes she wants to be more than friends with Bentley. As Bentley and Lilith grow closer, it becomes apparent there are many obstacles to overcome before they can focus on a true relationship. Their age difference, her brother’s disliking him, a stalker, and the fact that he lives three thousand miles away are just a few things that stand in their way. The journey to find true love is a rollercoaster of emotion as they face the physical, mental, and emotional obstacles thrown in their path. Can time heal their wounds or will Bentley and Lil be forever damaged?

Brady Walters is recovering from the loss of the love of his life. He married Tabby their senior year in high school, then lost her to leukemia. Five long years later, Brady is trying to move forward. His attention is focused on coping and obtaining his teaching degree…until he meets Monique. Monique has been used and abused her whole life. From an early age, her mother let boyfriends molest her. When Monique finally grew old enough to run away, she finds the outside world is as dark and terrifying as the life she left behind. Finally Monique has a second chance when she’s accepted at university and she plans to make the most of it. She isn’t looking for love…until she meets Brady. As Brady and Monique grow closer, they must contend with demons from their past. Can he move on or be forever blinded by the memory of Tabby? Will Brady want Monique when he discovers what she’s trying to hide? Will they let themselves be loved or will love always hurt?