WATTYS 2016 WINNER Untouchable. Stone. Jewel - these are some of the names used for people who are born with a gemstone at the centre of their forehead. This unfortunate phenomenon cannot be detected before birth, it cannot be prevented, if a family has a Jewelled child, there is only one outcome: Before they're sixteen, they will have to leave human society forever and serve "the Zephyr". Among the Jewels there are those who have it worse. Those who sport clear diamonds on their foreheads, the Undefined. The downtrodden, the unlucky - the doomed. Cello Riles and Syianne Locke are both Undefined. On their sixteenth birthday, they each leave their homes and travel across the country to the Zephyr, attempting to go into service. Though aside from the place, or thing, that will take them from human society forever - what IS the Zephyr? There are only questions promised, only shadowy riddles guaranteed. Yet faced with no other choice they must venture forth and plunge into the unknown - the Zephyr. [A big thanks to @stpolishook for being a wonderful friend and helping me figure out how to write a better synopsis] COVER BY Abyss-of-Crazy

The Giant war is over and Percy Jackson is spent. Finally there's a chance he can be with Annabeth for a while and he eagerly awaits the summer they have planned together. But when Hecate shows up and sends Percy on a new quest, it could be the by far stupidest thing he has ever done. He must be the new teacher at Hogwarts. Harry Potter has been attacked by the Ministry and Dementors. If that wasn't enough he now has a new teacher. But he is like, a 17 year-old kid. Who looks a lot like him. It's Harry's 5th year and he is now a nutter to the wizarding world. So when he sees the kid show up at Number 12 Grimmauld Place, he starts thinking he might actually be mental. The new kid turns out to be a teacher. The teacher of DADA. But Umbridge is still there- as the High Inquisitor. It seems she watches the new teacher-Professor Jackson- a lot more than the others. Something is off about him. And the Golden Trio always tries to find out what.

At twenty-five Karter Jarreau finds himself as the Alpha of the Cynwulf Wood Pack. He is one of the most feared Alpha wolves in the South and his pack is full of warriors with a fierce loyalty to their Alpha. Karter's life is flipped upside down in one night, filled with bullets and blood. In desperate need of help he stumbles onto the porch of a woman with eyes like honeysuckle and the face of an Angel. When twenty-three year old Dylan Trevino answers her door and sees the man in need she relies on her profession as a nurse to get him back to health not knowing the man she's nursing is her mate. Things only get more difficult for the pair when Karter realizes that Dylan has no idea who or what she truly is. Can they hold the balance between love, lies, and loyalty? Or will it all come crashing down?

Sherwood Institute for the Magically Afflicted. A refuge for those seeking remedy from curses, hexes and other fantastical ailments. In one night, Ariel Winters went from socialite wannabe to cursed freak. Her heart is turned to glass by a vengeful witch and she is shipped off to Sherwood Institute to find a cure. While receiving treatment, she meets a demonic mobster with anger issues, a timid girl who grows a fish tail when water touches her skin, a beast boy who is kinder than his brutish appearance... As time passes, these damaged people slowly wind their way around her fragile heart. Can Ariel learn to trust them enough to let them into her heart? Or will her new found friendships shatter it before a cure can be found? This will be book 1 in what is tentatively titled The Sherwood Chronicles. Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author. The images in the cover do not belong to me and all rights go to their respective owners.