Heart series book 1

"My name is Adelina, and I'm a pathological liar. I make up scenarios just to get people in trouble, and I'm good at persuading others that I'm a helpless, vulnerable girl. I'm not to be trusted." "Did your brother tell you to say that, Adelina? Are you afraid of him?" I maintained silence, slowly raising my eyes to the large mirror again and quietly whispered under my breath. "Nothing happened. It was all in my head." Twenty-one year old Adelina is an illusionist who is locked up in a world of her own. A world where she's battling with her inner demons, threatening to be released. When Jonathan insists on bringing her back to L.A. with him, she meets his group of friends. Whom, at first sight, may seem like the typical young party animals that love to indulge in booze and spontaneous sex. They are anything but innocent and may be involved in something far more sinister than what meets the eye. As she is drawn into her stepbrother's inordinate and problematic lifestyle, Adelina begins to lose control of her mental stability as her deepest and darkest fears are brought to life.

Harry Mel is a recently divorced psychiatrist, who has been working for twelve years at Scranton Mental Asylum. In his years, he'd never before had a patient who had intense homicidal tendencies, nor had he treated a patient who had intense an impulsion to commit violence against other; but even if he had it would've never prepared him for his new patient. A patient who was transferred from Palmerton Mental Hospital, who has the body reminisce of someone who survived a Nazi concentration camp. A patient with no past, and no identity; a patient that is only identified by four numbers: 1543. A patient with unnatural icy blue eyes, and supernatural powers; a patient who is more than he seems. * * * In Patient 1543, Michael Hall sets the profile for his writing and his stylistic tendencies. Using potent horror and incredibly detailed descriptions, Michael paints his picture of terror and horror. In Michael's opinion this is one of the best stories he's written to date.