Some people hold in everything. There's only so much that those kind of people can take. Allison Anders was one of those people. They're like a time bomb, waiting for just the tiniest, incorrect movement to set them off. And when they blow, you can try to duck for cover, but chances are, you'll get caught in the explosion once you've come too close. Time bombs always result in fires. And sometimes they burn more than was anticipated. This is not a joyful tale. ~*~ All Rights Reserved © 2011 - do not steal, copy, or plagiarize. Story belongs to Danielle Richardson Any pictures found in this story--which includes the multimedia and my cover--do not belong to me. I located them on the internet, and they were edited to suit my wants.

BOOK #1 [A Watty Finalist & Newly Edited!] The Swarm - thought to have originated from biological warfare, arrived, it killed and left millions dead in its wake and still has not been eradicated as it makes its way around the world. A cure is not possible. Irissa Maclin, a reclusive and hostile girl from a desert region that borders the capitol Arid, is on the verge of turning seventeen. Girls of this age from the surrounding regions are selected at random for surrogacy. They will be taken to PURE, a lab to help harbor Seraphim - genetically perfect embryos. If she is to be sent away, can the turmoil deep within her be mended by a young man from a neighboring region - a forbidden attraction that can change everything? Secrets, betrayals, and love pave the path for Irissa. Will she choose her own fate, or succumb to the science that promises a brighter future?

Guitar Roward is broken. Her family has died in a gassing. Now she is on her way down the desolate road to find shelter from the crumbling world. When she finds solace in a kind and trusting family: the Kinswoods, she thinks that maybe, she has found rest from the storm and begins to settle down. She even starts to have feelings for Kale Kinswood, the handsome and timid son and family armor. But when Mr. and Mrs. Kinswood mysteriously disappear, the rest must move on into the city where a great and life changing danger occurs. Things happen that the remaining four would never have expected. Read as you follow Guitar Roward discover feelings for someone like she's never felt before in the crumbling world where nothing but tragedy happens and embark on the journey that changes her life forever, in Lightning in The Twilight Sky. (book one of three)

Callie Picket,the-fat-girl-next-door has a big fat secret. Well, a secret she's been successfully hiding from her oh so sexy apartment neighbor Chris Walker. In their first meeting, he mistakes her for a fat guy and she does nothing to correct him. "That awkward moment when the man you love doesn't know you're a woman" Very over-weight 22 year old girl Callie has a mega crush on her hunkie new apartment next door neighbor Chris ...(age 24). The thing is, since Callie is so overweight, Chris mistakes her for a guy but she doesn't tell him the truth because they've become buddies and she doesn't want to lose that bond with him. Then Chris makes her start going to the gym to lose weight and as the pounds comes off, Chris begins to see these changes...like Callie starts to look more girly, and since he's a total playboy and lady lover, he starts getting attracted to her while thinking that she's still a "he". Basically, he thinks he's going gay. Will Callie ever tell him the truth as her lie begins to take its toll on both of them as she and very confused Chris becomes closer? Or will he be the first to finally see her for what she truly is? A Big Fat Liar.

Lilah Winters is on the run after her father loses her in a poker game to the most powerful - and dangerous - man in town, Ted Roscoe. The eighteen year old is lost with nowhere to go when by complete accident she finds the house in the woods, a dwelling shrouded in mystery and magic and a world she never thought could exist. But could she really find her sanctuary in the woods with the alluring and mysterious Apollo Ambrosia? Or will Ted Roscoe find her and shatter her dreams of a perfect life?