At only nineteen years old, Joseph and Anna Lasker are forced to confront the impending death of their son. Note: The Life and Death of Arthur Lasker is the first chapter of the FULL version of The Day I Wore Purple and is not included in the abridged Wattpad version, so I decided to post it as a short story. If you want to read more about Joseph and Anna, check it out here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/58547635-the-day-i-wore-purple

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The Corporation has created powerful weapons. Genetically-enhanced children, in fact. But when a group of children escapes from their prison, they find that their involvement in the world may be bigger then they realized. In a world of hovercrafts, acid rain and orange skies, will they even live as normal children--or was their destiny really to be assassins?

A full-figured girl with a red-velvet cupcake takes on the world. Victory is delicious.

“Time continues on no matter what happens. It is alright to feel a little emotion, but too much might make you want to stop the passing of time altogether, and that is something that must never come to pass." Brynnia Ceas’s life is ruled by clocks. Her Great Line, the Ceas Line, is expected to be exactly like the enchanted clocks that never stop ticking – moving forward at all times, obedient and emotionless. Yet Bryn is unsatisfied with these rules and traditions and seeks something more from life – freedom, choice and the feeling of being alive. On the day of her coming of age, the princess learns of a plot against her Line that puts her whole family in danger. Surrounded by people she does not know if she can trust, she can only rely on two very different entities – her commoner friend, Gale, and the clock she keeps with her at all times, Elian. Time is running out and the race against the clocks to save everything she has ever known might bring Bryn to a truth she may not want to realize: that she is indeed a clock, even after everything she has done to fight against it.

An older, insecure woman is tempted by a younger, charismatic man. Will she ultimately reject him, or will he "tame the cougar"?

The world has been reborn. Enter Veritas, a world of magic and myth. Emmaline Longshadow has lived her life in hiding. She and her adoptive father were chased for much of her early years, before seeking sanctuary in an ancient monastery known only as the Temple of Stone. Years later, her pursuers finally catch up to her, and she must make a choice: run and hide once more, or stand and fight. The world ended with the old Gods, murdered by the Nine, Champions of the Realms. And when the world began again, these Nine became the new gods. But in the night, a storm is brewing... and as the stories go, darkness never dies.

Mara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. Set on the beaches of Michigan in 1994, the book depicts the joys and consequences of young love as Mara and James meet, shoot a movie, fend off bullies, and explore the potential of infinite beauty. "The Accidental Siren" is a dark, contemporary fairytale available on paperback and ebook at the end of June! To learn more, check out my website at www.JakeVanderArk.com!