Axe's nightmare has become reality. Not only has he been bought by one of the cruellest plantation owners in the state, he befriends his master's son Henry. Axe has dreams. He wants to get his family back and live on a farm with lots of chickens. Henry wants to end slavery and see his parents happy again. It's not long before both boys find themselves trapped deeper in a world of facades, and lies where prejudice rules the hearts of the people, and skeletons hidden far from sight, make their way to haunt the living, giving Axe no choice but to run away. However, running away brings grim realities that not only test their friendship, but could change both Axe's and Henry's lives forever...

'Whoever falls in love first loses.' When daring Emily Rosser meets the arrogant player, Aaron Nichols, the two of them clash immediately. However, upon coming across a picture online, the invention of their very game is inspired, where the critical rule is 'whoever falls in love first loses.' WATTY AWARDS 2012

High school is hard for most people and for Chloe Miller, this is no exception. She is forced to learn the perils of her choices the hard way and the result leads her to building a steel wall around herself that is impossible to crack. Eventually, her mother loses her job and Chloe is then forced to move in with her cousin and their family. This means a new school and on the first day she arrives with a dynamite mission in mind. A mission to reclaim everything that she had once lost at the hands of others. She quickly finds herself fighting a past that she struggles to forget and creating a future that she can live with. It becomes a constant battle for her, centered around peer pressure, character stereo types, cliques and consequences. Couple that with the plight of falling in love and she finds herself playing a starring role in the game of life where everyone is playing for keeps. Will she win... or will she lose? Excerpt: Sauntering forwards, she slid onto his lap with all the grace of a prima ballerina and wrapped her long arms around his neck. Leaning in to his ear, she blew out a little puff of hot air so that it fanned lightly over all the right places. She felt a sense of utter satisfaction when he shuddered. Now that Chloe was certain that she had his attention, she whispered in his ear. “You may have been the best bucko, but guess what…..I’m going to be better.” She lifted up so that she could look him in the face and smiled confidently back at him. His previous cocky demeanor had seemed to have lost some of its earlier steam, “Who are you?” he asked so low that only Chloe could hear him. His forehead was creased as he searched her face, watching her as if she was some type of strange puzzle that needed to be solved. Chloe lifted her hand patted his cheek. The boy didn’t have a clue. “I, my friend, am your biggest adversary. So what do you say Mr. Player, won’t you play with me?”

What if you had no idea what happened to you? What if you are having nightmares every time you go to bed? And what if your soul mate's father is the one that murdered you sister? Here is the life story of Erik Chase, struggling to find the truth, the killer of his sister & his true feeling for his soul mate.

When his boss shows anger torwards him, Derek becomes agitated by him, wishing he would just stop... But when his life seems to be going down, an Ex girlfriend from many years ago calls, things begin to get interesting. He decides to take his "clingy" ex back, because she convinces him that she has changed. But did he make the right choice? Has she really changed? Or did he make a fatal mistake...

Sky Williams is an ordinary teenager or so she thinks..... she goes to her normal high school in England, but she's always wanted to have an exciting life full of adventures/action. When she meets Noah and Nico, her life starts to get more interesting little does she know that Noah and Nico aren't really who they appear to be. As good friendship develops, her life turns for the worst. Her entire world flipped upside down she starts to question her identity : Am I really who I think I am? Delve into her life to find out......

Following his uncle's new job, Seth moves overseas to a quietly dull town. Starting over is all he's ever known for the past fifteen years, so it's not a complete surprise to have to finish off his senior year in England. There, he meets a stranger who turns his life into one of fantasy, as he's lead to fulfill what he was born to achieve.