Mara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. Set on the beaches of Michigan in 1994, the book depicts the joys and consequences of young love as Mara and James meet, shoot a movie, fend off bullies, and explore the potential of infinite beauty. "The Accidental Siren" is a dark, contemporary fairytale available on paperback and ebook at the end of June! To learn more, check out my website at www.JakeVanderArk.com!

In the fall of 2010, sixteen teenagers suddenly vanished without a trace from a small suburban town in the Midwest. Each one was sixteen years old. There were no witnesses, no ransom notes, no clues whatsoever as to what happened to them. The community was devastated and the police were baffled until they all suddenly reappeared, sixteen weeks later with extraordinary new powers and no memory of where they had been or what was coming next. ** PLEASE NOTE - this is a rough draft of a future full length novel - it is ON HOLD right now

Alex Pennington is not your average girl. Taken in by the intelligence agency at birth, they train her to become their finest covert agent. Master of Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo, she can kick any grown man's ass on a daily basis. However, she enjoys playing with her 25 caliber hand gun in her spare time. In the midst of her training and test operations, she has never encountered the real world, let alone normal teenage social situations. So, when Alex suddenly is thrust into high school to protect the "package," will she survive?

For every loss, there must be a gain. Sophie Jacobs is a romance bookworm and a writing prodigy. Her writing skills stretch back to her early days, when she was just learning to hold a crayon. She would sit side-by-side with her mother, with a computer set in front of her with a keyboard sturdy enough to keep up with her vivacious speed. But everything turns upside-down. A tragic event occurs, and she must make a difficult decision. When she begins her new life in Orange City, Iowa, Sophie gets reeled in by two boys who seem to have been pitted against each other as rivals since the day they were born. Her problems get more serious as her life come on the line in the boys' battle to win her heart. In the end, only one will succeed, and the other shall be left behind. Cover by PaulinaTheViolinist

Benjamin Crawford is dead. Or, rather, he is undead. Born from an ancient dark witchcraft that turns humans into immortal beings known as dead walkers, he lives in hiding in the small town of Sancova, Oregon, trying to fight the darkest element of being a dead walker -- the desire for human flesh. Lainey Sullivan is an average seventeen-year-old girl living with her borderline abusive mother in the small town of Sancova, Oregon, where gruesome and mysterious murders -- including one of her best friends -- has been happening lately. Her whole life changes when she meets Benjamin Crawford as she discovers mysticism, adventure and maybe even romance.

THIS IS A SAMPLE ONLY!!! THE STORY HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED SO I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE MOST OF IT FROM WATTPAD. Chloe Henderson has never been one to break the rules or push the boundaries… but during her summer break, she and her friends use fake IDs to sneak into a club. It’s there that she meets handsome and alluring bartender, Will Morris. The pair hit it off immediately, growing closer with every passing day. But as with every summer, it has to end sometime. Chloe’s senior year approaches and there’s a shock in store when she returns to do her final year at school. Will is there too, but he’s not one of her fellow students… A tale of forbidden love, broken hearts, friendship, and rivalry.

Aria has always laid low in school with her tight-knit group of friends. When she meets Nash at a party, he's rude, he's blunt, and he's got more baggage than he can carry. Aria immediately dislikes him. But the line between hate and love is very thin, and a continuous game of Never Have I Ever may change everything.

Nocte Defunctorum...also known as Night of the Dead. One night of every twenty years vampires can come into the human world and take Potential Mates. Audrina Knight has every intention of staying human, and not getting invovled with vampires...unlike her best friend and classmates. She wears a simple mask, invisible to all but herself, and keeps the bullshit away. But just when she thinks she's safe, she is brutally taken from everything she knows and loves and thrust into a world of dark fantasy she could have never imagined. Forced to compete for the love of the vampire prince himself, Nicholai Romano, Audrina must find a way to escape this world before she irreversibly becomes apart of it. But what happens when Audrina actually starts to have feelings for this cruel prince? Enjoy the heavy metal shackled to her wrist and the rough kisses that could literally kill her? Even worse...will she go against Girl Code 101 and compete with her best friend for the love one wants and one detests? Full of twists and turns, Forever Dead is filled with love, hate, murder, sex and everything else in between, if there is anything. But the real question is, do all stories have a happy ending, because in this world, being dead doesn't necessarily mean forever...