Pay Once, Pay Twice



Diamonds are a player's best friend. You use them to purchase premium outfits, premium scenes, and collectibles. Depending on the books, characters, and items, some purchases fall under a "one time and done" deal while other purchases fall under a "pay twice or more" every time you replay. This is a list of series and books and their respective scenes and items that fall under one of these two groups.

If you discover a "Pay Twice" or more choice, feel free to use the thumb tack template: to mark the walkthrough where it occurs.

The general rules for premium purchases are:
 * Premium Outfits and Hairstyles: Once purchased, the player may continue to use and reuse premium outfits and hairstyles. However,
 * Male vs Female Outfits: In gender of choice books and series, purchases made for one gender usually do not transfer over if the player replays with the other gender. Also, in books and series where love interests are gender customizable, purchasing an outfit for one gender will not transfer over to the same love interest if you change his/her gender on a replay.
 * Premium Scenes: Once purchased, the player may play and replay premium scenes without needing to purchase again. However,
 * Premium Scenes are "Pay per Love Interest": If your character is not in a committed (engaged to be married) relationship with a Love Interest (which generally happens at the end of Book 2 or the beginning of Book 3), the player pays per love interest.

Exceptions to these rules are listed with the series/books below. If there is nothing listed, the series/book has not been "tested". Editors are welcome to add their observations to the list.

The Freshman Series

 * The Freshman, Book 1 through Book 4; The Sophomore, Book 1 and Book 2; The Junior, Book 1; The Senior
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * For example, The Sophomore Book 1, Chapter 1: Spending time with your loved one or Zack to raise their confidence must be purchased again if you play with a different loved one or Zack.
 * In The Senior, purchasing scenes with one Love Interest (e.g. Chris) must be repurchased with another Love Interest (e.g. Zig)

The Crown and the Flame Series

 * The Crown and The Flame, Book 1
 * The Crown and the Flame, Book 2
 * The Crown and the Flame, Book 3
 * Chapter 16: Celebrating your victory with your future spouse must be bought again if played with a different future spouse.

Rules of Engagment Series

 * Rules of Engagement, Book 1
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Rules of Engagement, Book 2
 * Rules of Engagement, Book 3
 * Chapter 8: if you change Main Character's fiance, the premium scene to join his bachelor party is pay once.

Endless Summer Series

 * Endless Summer, Book 1
 * Chapter 11: Buying the adventurers outfit only has to be done once regardless of gender.
 * Files/dossiers may need to be purchased more than once if you purchase one that is also later in a group of files.
 * Endless Summer, Book 2
 * Endless Summer, Book 3

LoveHacks Series

 * LoveHacks, Book 1 and Book 2
 * Pay per Love Interest

The Haunting of Braidwood Manor

 * not applicable

The Royal Romance / The Royal Heir Series

 * The Royal Romance, Book 1 and Book 2
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * The Royal Romance, Book 3
 * Premium scenes with one fiancé/fiancée transfer to an alternate fiancé/fiancée, except for Chapter 1, Chapter 8, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, and for engagement photos. If Liam 's engagement photos were purchased in Book 2, you would have to pay for Drake/Maxwell/Hana in Book 3; if you "carried over" the choices from Book 2 (with Liam as your fiance) and then changed fiance/e in the set-up for Book 3, the achievement/dialogue with Ana de Luca unlocks as if you have the engagement photos (even if you do not purchase them with a new fiance/e).
 * Chapter 16: last "fling" with past love interest is pay per love interest. For example, if Liam is your fiance and you purchased a fling with Drake, reversing it and having Drake as your fiance does not unlock a fling with Liam for free.
 * Chapter 18: premium wedding outfit for your fiance/e is "pay once". That is, if you purchase the outfit for Liam, the outfit is unlocked for Drake, Hana, and Maxwell in subsequent plays.
 * The Royal Holiday
 * Everything paid for one spouse is unlocked for different spouses.
 * The Royal Heir, Book 1
 * Premium scenes with one spouse transfer to an alternate spouse, except for Chapter 1.
 * Chapter 12: you will have to pay for each spouse's bridesmaid/groomsman/bestman outfit.
 * The Royal Heir, Book 2
 * requires testing
 * The Royal Heir, Book 3
 * waiting for release

Hero, Book 1

 * Chapter 4: Superhero outfits must be bought again when you play as a different gender.

High School Story / Class Act Series

 * High School Story, Book 1
 * High School Story, Book 2
 * High School Story, Book 3
 * Prom photobooth: purchase once
 * Bonfire: purchase more than once if new activity
 * Regardless of love interest, scenes not tied to a specific character require multiple purchases. For example, Chapter 8: pay each time to go to the traveling carnival with Michael, Emma, and Aiden. However, in Chapter 6, take a ride on Michael's motorcycle was "pay once".
 * High School Story: Class Act, Book 1
 * High School Story: Class Act, Book 2
 * Purchasing male Rory's premium outfit does not unlock it for female Rory; purchasing male Twin's premium outfit does not unlock it for female Twin upon replay.
 * High School Story: Class Act, Book 3

It Lives Series

 * It Lives in the Woods
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * It Lives Beneath
 * Pay per Love Interest

Home for the Holidays

 * Pay per Love Interest

Red Carpet Diaries Series

 * Red Carpet Diaries, Book 1 and Book 2
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Red Carpet Diaries, Book 3

Perfect Match Series

 * Perfect Match, Book 1 and Book 2
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * However, any premium scenes purchased with Hayden Young that involve a new premium outfit are pay per gender. The exception is Book 1, Chapter 10 if you purchase the minor royalty outfit for yourself and get Hayden's outfit as a bonus.
 * If you purchase one gender Hayden's First Date outfit in Book 1 and then change Hayden's gender in Book 2, the outfit carries over.

Bloodbound Series

 * Bloodbound, Book 1 and Book 2 and Dark Solstice
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * If the player changes the model for Adrian Raines and therefore his skin tone, his portrait fragment must be purchased again.
 * Bloodbound, Book 3
 * Chapter 14: because the portrait fragment is determined by Your Character (Bloodbound)'s character model, each fragment must be paid again if you change models.
 * Chapter 14: besides paying per Adrian Raines' model, if you purchase both Adrian & Jax and Kamilah & Lily scenes, the order in which you purchase the scenes is relevant for subsequent plays. For example, if you purchased Adrian & Jax's scene first and Kamilah & Lily's scene second, you cannot play Kamilah & Lily's scene first and Adrian & Jax's scene second in subsequent playthroughs without paying again.
 * ongoing

Veil of Secrets

 * Pay per Love Interest

America's Most Eligible Series

 * America's Most Eligible: Season 10
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Chapter 20: Pay for Allies require additional purchase(s) if they are different allies.
 * America's Most Eligible: All Stars
 * Pay per Love Interest: if you switch girlfriends/boyfriends upon replays, most premium scenes will need to be repurchased except for...
 * Chapter 2: Pay to remember trip with one Love Interest unlocks it for all Love Interests.
 * America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition
 * Pay per Love Interest: if you switch fiance/es upon replays, all premium scenes will need to be repurchased.

Desire & Decorum Series

 * Desire & Decorum, Book 1
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Desire & Decorum, Book 2
 * Desire & Decorum, Book 3
 * Chapter 14: Pay per spouse for his/her wedding outfit. However, if you bought one fiance/e's outfit, that outfit will remain paid-for even when he/she is not your fiance/e in a subsequent playthrough. Also, if you pay for all your friends' outfits, "all" remain paid even if one of them was your fiance/e in the past.
 * Desire & Decorum: First Winter
 * Chapter 1: Snowball fight - Pay once.

Across the Void

 * Pay per Love Interest
 * For example, if you choose one LI in Chapter 21 and pay for the premium scene and on a replay, switch to a different LI, you will need to pay again for the premium scene.

Big Sky Country Series

 * Pay per Love Interest

The Elementalists Series

 * The Elementalists, Book 1
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Pay per Familiars / upgrades
 * The Elementalists, Book 2
 * Pay per Familiars / upgrades
 * The Elementalists: Winters Past

A Courtesan of Rome

 * Pay per Love Interest

The Heist: Monaco

 * All muscle, hacker, thief, grifter, and driver scenes/items are pay once, except for Chapter 16 driver scene, which is pay per love interest.

Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance, Book 1

 * Pay per Love Interest

Open Heart Series

 * Open Heart, Book 1
 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Open Heart: Second Year
 * Pay per Love Interest

Passport to Romance

 * Pay per Love Interest

Wishful Thinking

 * Pay per Love Interest

Nightbound

 * Pay per Love Interest
 * If the player changes Nik Ryder's model and thus his skin tone, his monster tear must be purchased again in Chapter 15.

Platinum

 * Pay per Love Interest

Sunkissed

 * Pay per Love Interest

Bachelorette Party

 * Pay per Love Interest

Mother of the Year

 * Pay per Love Interest
 * Changing from "exclusive" to "open" relationship or vice versa may require additional purchase to play previously purchased scene again.

Save the Date

 * Pay per Love Interest

The Royal Masquerade

 * Chapter 2, Chapter 8, Chapter 15: House dress is pay per House.
 * Chapter 3: Cub is pay once even if you change Houses.
 * Pay per Love Interest: if Kayden-only scenes are purchased, Hunter-only scenes must be purchased upon changing love interests. The exception is Chapter 12's "Chambers of Ultimate Desires"; if you purchased to see "all" non-love interests' chambers, you can see the one who is not your love interest (if Kayden is your love interest, you can visit Hunter; if Hunter is your love interest, you can visit Kayden.)

Baby Bump

 * Book 1
 * Pay per Love Interest

Hot Couture

 * Pay Per Love Interest
 * In Chapter 11, you have the option of going to the Statue of Liberty with one of your three Love Interests. If you change Love Interests in subsequent plays, you will need to purchase the scene again.

With Every Heartbeat

 * Because this is a one-Love Interest series, the test is between paying between both genders. If you pay for one, the other is unlocked.

Blades of Light and Shadow

 * Book 1
 * Pay Per Love Interest
 * Outfits unlocked for one gender are not unlocked for the other gender. However, they are unlocked for different species of the same gender.

A Very Scandalous Proposal

 * Because this is a one-Love Interest series, the test is between paying between both genders. If you pay for one, the other is unlocked. For example, paying for one gender's makeover and/or intimate scene unlocks it for the other gender.

Witness: A Bodyguard Romance

 * ongoing Because this is a one-Love Interest series, the test is between paying between both genders.

The Nanny Affair

 * ongoing Because this is a one-Love Interest series, the test is between paying between both genders.

Distant Shores

 * Pay Per Love interest
 * Outfits bought for one gender do not unlock for the other gender. You will have to buy the outfits again if you switch genders