A typical hike to a mountain cabin turns to much more for best friends Nate Westfall and Kyle Haney. Nate's secret love for his 'straight' friend has been simmering for eight years, held down for fear of destroying their lifelong friendship. But when Kyle starts to drink, he begins to 'play' with Nate in a way that Nate finds frustrating and difficult to resist. As Kyle pushes him over the edge and he can no longer hide his desire for the man, he begins to realize there is more to Kyle's unusual behavior than meets the eye. Unexpected emotions boil over in the young man and for a brief moment it seems all of Nate's dreams of being with Kyle are coming true - until he is dealt a blow to his heart that shatters their friendship. In despair after his falling out with Kyle, Nate is certain that his life couldn't get any worse, that the pain in his heart couldn't possibly be any more excruciating and unbearable, convinced that 'anything' would be better than this. Until he reads the letter that Kyle left behind, and Nate finds himself thrust into a depth of hell and anguish that he is convinced no human being is equipped to survive.

Michael's only love is swimming and he wants to keep it that way. He doesn't want to date, just to have fun. A certain day at the beach, he lays eyes on someone who causes him a deep impression, embarking in a journey to find out that love is not as simple as he thinks. Danny's mind and family haunt him with the ghost of his past. Michael's refreshing appearance promises to turn his life upside down, but will he make it better, or just more complicated? Cover by @TrishaHarrington

Writers have to get their characters from somewhere. Sometimes it's just not as simple as making them up.

In the British Library in London, a young woman begins to send a young man flirtatious messages - by ordering books in his name. It's delightful, harmless fun, she thinks... until someone starts sending flirtatious book-messages to her.

I am a predator. Humans are the prey. I feed off their fear as they drown in my arms. But life didn't used to be this way. I wasn't always half-human and half-fish. I used to be one of them. A human. This is my story.

The First rebelled against his father's rule and is now an exile from paradise. He finds himself on a primitive world with no trace of sentience. Bereft and battling growing insanity, he explores his new environment, searching for some trace of mind that he can mould, perhaps to execute his revenge. What he finds surprises even him. 'Fallen' is a low fantasy short story retelling the oldest creation myths in human culture. From the Garden of Eden to the story of Prometheus and Pandora, the tale is the same: the celestial being who opens mankind's eyes to the truth of their mortal world and in doing so damns them for eternity. Mythology and anthropology meet in an intimate story with epic consequences. Cover art by John Blake, used with permission: http://www.johnblakeillustration.com/

[SAMPLE ONLY. PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2016] - LINK TO PURCHASE E-BOOK ON MY MESSAGE BOARD! "Why are you being nice to me? I'm a freak, I'm blind," Riley had once asked her, but Ellie could never answer that question, and she would never be able to. Ellie Burke is just this simple town girl, who will never look at the wrong way about anyone. Moving to Florida means everything to her - she could turn over a new leaf, start a new life, and get the chance to actually be someone -and not just this useless nerdy girl. Everything's going well for her until she meets this boy in her English class - and he's the most interesting, unique person Ellie has ever met. The boy who lost his sight. She's going to fight for what her heart wants every step of the way. This is Ellie's story, and it's going to be one bumpy, complicated romance that's nothing like the fairy tales say. A story of hope, trust and what true love really means.

❝You and me,❞ he whispered, ❝until the end of time.❞ // A chronicle of Junie Bennett's birthdays from the ages of ten to twenty one.

It begins with a plant. It begins with Baz. In the old days of the Empire, only talented Casters could eat the Baz grains and tap the power that lay in the seed. Bazza'Casters were powerful, legendary figures with abilities that were limited only by their talent, skill and imagination. These days, Casting is for everyone. Bazza'Jo brought the power of Baz to every corner of the Empire, using it to bring all the lands of the world together. Because of Bazza'Jo, everybody can Cast. Everybody does. Living in the furthest reaches of the Empire, Raina Ratherham doesn't care about Casting. She's more concerned about the conflict that is brewing between the people of her home town and the people who live in the woods that surround them. Raina is just as fiercely loyal to her friends in the woods as she is to her family in the town. Caught between field and forest, Casters and warriors, farmers and hunters, Raina is determined not to choose a side. She is going to fight to protect them all against the distant powers who are trying to break them apart... Bazza'Jo is a Young Adult Fantasy inspired by the wonderful books of Philip Pullman, Kenneth Oppel, Frances Hardinge, Diana Wynne Jones and others! I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

It all changed when I met a tall dark stranger. One who liked his pleasure with a side of dominance, which worked only because I like my pleasure with a side of pain. And when it turned out this tall dark stranger was the brother of my Dom, everything seemed to fall apart before it fell back together. But I found that I loved being around them, the two guys made me feel strong, strong enough to handle the feelings they made me feel. And I can only hope they are sensitive enough to my feelings to realize I would do anything for them. *Finished, but Editing* Check out the sequel 'It Runs In The Family'