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?

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?”

Alexia Martinez was a cop for 10 years and it was no secret that she’s burnt out. She’d seen and been in every situation imaginable…and it was all starting to get to her. That was until she was attacked by a werewolf. Then her life is flipped over on itself. She’s always been a fighter, but there’s only so much you can do against a werewolf. She changes and doesn’t know how to control herself. Seeking out help, she realizes that she can never go back to the life she had. She has to start over.

Cairo Blanchard could only be summed up in one word- Doormat. Docile and kind to the point of ridiculousness, Cairo is often over looked and cast aside. Not anymore. It took one summer for it all to change. Starting with a mysterious diary arriving on her birthday, she was spurred to change. Taking one Best Friend with a secret and her dim but beautiful brother, Cairo makes a clean break and ends up in the middle of something she never could have imagined. Beautiful scenery, humorous adventures and wayward anti Heroes are waiting for her, along with a story that waited for her to unveil it all.

Isabel Marant is childhood best friends with Aaron Fox. He just happens to be the hottest movie star since Brad Pitt and Hollywood's new Golden Boy. Now after eight months filming abroad he's back and Isabel's life is about to get a whole lot more complicated....

Abandoned and left to die out in the bitter night of winter in the woods as an infant, Aurora was rescued by two unlikely companions, two men whom she has come to love deeply. But as she grows older, Aurora start to notice that her "brothers" were not what they seemed. They don't age as she does amongst other things. What secrets are they hiding from her? And when she finds out, how will she react? And whats to become of the peaceful harmony that they created when Aurora realizes that she may love her adobted brothers far more than she should... Love, lies and lust makes a dangerous combination. When it's time for her to choose, who will Aurora give her heart to? Or will she risk everything to keep both as ancient enemies appear?

Laura Santos has always lived a sheltered life. Her father, Carlos Santos, is the typical overprotective Italian dad.....or is he? Growing up with nannies and bodyguards, Laura never really questioned their existence in her life, and always ignored the rumors of her father being into some illegal businesses. But when Laura finds herself being bossed around by her father and his new head of security, she'll have to find the balance between being smothered to death by her father, and dodging his enemies.

You can sell drugs, you can sell secrets, you can even sell your soul. If they are willing to buy it, are you willing to sell it? The answer is usually yes, at least for Jesse. He's bad. He'll take pieces of her to complete himself. She's horrible, for different reasons. They are a storm together that no one can stop. Their relationship can only end badly. Jesse is nightmare wrapped up in a pretty package. He is no good but she already knows it. He's bad for her but she's even worse for him. He uses any excuse to break each and any law at any given moment. Dealing with his own tragedies, he finds the perfect partner to create chaos with and heal himself. Even if she pays for it in the end.

Nerdy Dakota Evans makes the biggest mistake of her life by falling in love with her best friend, Aaron Ford. Despite coming from entirely different cliques in school, will their relationship have a chance? *** In a high school where everyone belongs to cliques, nerdy and boyish Dakota Evans' friendship with basketball jock, Aaron Ford, becomes a big issue. Aaron's highly protective of Dakota and doesn't realize that she's in love with him. With their friendship eventually going on the rocks, will Aaron finally realize his true feelings for Dakota before it's too late? [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]