"Anna dislikes being stuck three-quarters of the way down a chimney. She really does. Not to mention, she's still going round North America, and there's, like, three continents still to get through in about as many hours."

{star-crossed romance/forced proximity/18+} Normally, intergalactic drama doesn't reach into any place as backwater as the Milky Way Galaxy, let alone a planet as primitive as Earth. But an exception is made in Amelia's case. She is thrown into a deadly crossfire of a millennia-old feud between a fallen empire and a revenge-starved tyrant. With few options and even less time, she turns to an unlikely ally to save her best friend from the clutches of a monster and help unravel a conspiracy involving an assassin betrayed by the empress he served. Sacrifices will be made. Flames will attract. Prey will turn predator. Fate will be wholly defied.

Allison Baggins. Also known as Alice. She is an orphan. Her mother and father died long ago when she was age seven. They all died from a serial killer. Alice was the only one who survived the attack. Or so they think. Alice lived in many foster homes sense then. She's in her seventh foster home when she suddenly had to see a doctor everyday to keep her sane. Along with some medication, she should be fine for the days coming onwards. But what if Alice stopped taking her medication in order to save her Wonderland?

A devastating blast destroys civilization as Beatrice knows it, forcing her to face an entirely new kind of life. But life after the blast has more wonder and hope in it than she imagined. ***** After a series of atomic blasts force Beatrice Hicks and her family into their prepper bunker, they emerge to discover they are among the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse. Soon they find themselves clashing with rogue groups and contending with death in their quest to survive and build a new life in this daunting world. Amidst it all, Beatrice must fight to maintain her humanity, so that she can learn to see the beauty in her life after the blast and even find love where she least expects it. 2014 Watty Award Winner! Content Warning: death, gun violence, and assault

The world as we know it ended 209 years ago. From a desert wasteland springs a single kingdom, ruled by a tyrannical King and trapped in an endless war against the shadowy desert warriors. As a desperate bid to save what remains of humanity, society has been split into two distinct classes, nicknamed the Court and the Commons. For an oppressed population on the brink of revolution, a common thief could be the last hope. Up until now, Kay has survived by her wits alone. Reckless and impulsive, wanted by the King's guard, Kay has become known as the Runner. Using the city's rooftops as her personal domain, she manages to keep one step ahead of the King with one hand buried in the purses of the courtiers. Driven by the plight of the commoners and the unjust death of her family, Kay seizes the chance to graduate from small-time thievery to full-scale rebellion. Her opportunity comes in the form of Will, a wealthy ex-soldier with a dark past. Plucked from the streets and thrown into the shimmering palace court, Kay must use her every strength to blend into a world where she doesn't belong, closer to the enemy than she ever thought she would be.

"We are outnumbered, but still find the will to fight. We are small, but with a will to change the world. We live and fight as one, although we are thousands. We are the empire's enemy, but we are the good guys. Lives are lost, but for those lost, we fight harder. We embrace death before we are turned. The empire will fall, and it will be under my lead." ~Shatter (Rebel Leader) Shatter is the little sister of the greatest threat to the rebels and humans themselves; The Genesis Silvir. The Genesis is the first and most powerful of the Kiloni. An genetic alteration project that succeeded with flying colors. Shatter was forced into the job as the leader because she was Silvir's little sister. It's been a few years since then. She is now called the greatest leader of the rebellion. She loves it. She loves the thrill of a fight, but like everyone, there is a weakness. She meets the prince's of the empire, Kemp and Kriss, who turn to the side of the rebellion. But there is another enemy, asides from the empire. Most people wouldn't see it as an enemy , but to Shatter it's a truly dangerous one. Love triangle. Can Shatter battle both the empire and her heart or will both come to destroy her in the end?

His name was Will. William Henry Brooks, III. Her name was Lilah. Lilah Tov. He was finally back at his summer home, after an entire year of waiting. She was stuck at her aunt and uncle's vacation home for the summer. Will came from money and high expectations. Lilah was a tornado of unpredictability. Will had never met anybody like Lilah Tov. Lilah had never met anybody like William Henry Brooks, III.

Jade Matherson didn't really do reality. For one thing, she spent every day on the train imagining lives for the passengers she travelled with. Yeah maybe it made her a little creepy, but it sure passed the time well. Then one afternoon, as Jade was quietly minding her own business and semi-stalking people, one of her 'characters' received The Phone Call. You know the one. It sucks all the air out of your body and leaves you drowning in a sea of your own panic, your own colossal helplessness. You can't see, you can't hear, you can't breathe. All you can think is, No, this isn't happening. Suddenly Jade's faced with a very real dilemma. Help him or run? Seems like a no brainer right? Thing is, Jade's been swimming in De Nile, and she's been swimming there a long time. Like we said, Jade didn't really do reality, and with Nick Evans, things were about as real as it got.

❝run-on sentence - in which two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation and conjunctions.❞ Ellie had always been an introvert. She would rather stay home to watch her favorite TV shows, cleaning out a jar of peanut butter and occasionally rereading Pride and Prejudice for the nth time while the rest of the world continued to socialize. Wes had always been good at making friends. He could buy some Gatorade at a convenience store and end up befriending the middle-aged cashier behind the counter or ride the bus and end up having fifty inside jokes with his seatmate before he gets to his stop. Together, they were like a run-on sentence: Two entirely separate thoughts colliding with each other to form a string of words, woven together together to form a chaotic kind of beauty. --- Cover by Kodie (@deadlier)