A coffee is just a coffee, right? Wrong. 17 year old Sebastian, singer-songwriter, has been working at a coffee shop for the last year, and needs the job more desperately than the owner, Peggy, realizes. 17 year old Eve, wander-lusting literature enthusiast, has been visiting the café with a pile of books for the last few weeks since her father was diagnosed with skin cancer. However, as mortgage repayments and a dwindling supply of customers begin to hit the café hard, it faces an imminent closure, and Sebastian and Eve learn that a coffee is more than just a coffee; it's a lifeline. On a turbulent journey through friend-zones, hospitals, blogs and skinny lattes with whipped cream, they must fight to find hope in their dead-end futures, and perhaps find something worth fighting for in each other, too. (contains some swearing)

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Charlie Camden decided, after the passing of her mother, that she was going to be someone else. Smoking, drinking, and partying is what her new persona does for fun. But after a night where things go too far, and two of her 'best friends' leave her stranded to spend the night in the county jail all alone, Charlie faces repercussions at home. Her aunt and uncle decide that they've had enough of her antics and refusals to follow the rules. When Charlie is sent back home to the little town of Hickory Falls - the beloved childhood dwelling before her parents' blood-bath of a divorce - to live with her absentee-father, she finds that there are so many memories here she wishes desperately that she can let go of. Sometimes, though, letting go can be very difficult. Quite near impossible, actually. #512 ~ Teen Fiction [5/10/15] ©All Rights Reserved Cover credit goes to @doubtful {THIS STORY IS TEMPORARILY, AND IRONICALLY, ON HOLD.}