In this version of the City of Ashes Clary left in the end of the last book for three months as a model to get away from her feelings for Jace. Now she's back and all the feelings are rushing back. But she's also discovered that her mother Jocelyn isn't actually her mother but her aunt and that Clary herself is a totally different person. She is now an immortal Downworlder/ Fae and belongs to the second most powerful of the twelve Moroi (living vampire) Royal families. She's back and done playing the victim role find out what happens in this Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy, and Mortal Instruments mash-up.

***The Loneliest Girl in the Universe is a published Young Adult novel. This sample contains only the first chapter.*** Can you fall in love with someone you've never met, never even spoken to - someone who is light years away? Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew-member of a spaceship travelling to a new planet, on a mission to establish a second home for humanity. Alone in space, she is the loneliest girl in the universe until she hears about a new ship which has launched from Earth with a single passenger on board. A boy called J. Their only communication is via email and due to the distance between them, their messages take months to transmit. And yet Romy finds herself falling in love. But what does Romy really know about J? And what do the mysterious messages which have started arriving from Earth really mean? Sometimes, there's something worse than being alone... "Gripping psychological thriller with a very relatable heroine" ~ The Bookseller Find out more at laurenejames.co.uk ***FIRST CHAPTER ONLY***