* 2017 WATTY WINNER!* Blurb: Humans are at the top of the food chain and always have been. But what if they weren't? What if another took our place and decided to raise and exploit us as we have every other animal on earth? Welcome to a world after humanity... No one is exactly certain where the sibla came from. Some say they evolved from humans long ago, slowly taking power as their numbers increased. Taller, stronger, and longer-lived, than homo sapiens it isn't too hard to imagine. Now humans must face a reality in which they are no more than animals, domesticated beasts bred for their master's various needs and hungers. Rachel Turner is only eight years old. Born in Demin, one of the last remaining free human settlements on earth, she has never been forced to face the reality of life under a sibla Master, living a carefree existence in her hidden village. Magnus Kendrick is a sibla farmer with a sizable estate on which he raises all manner of livestock, from chickens, to sheep, to...humans. He is also the man destined to purchase Rachel's life. *Warning: This book contains a certain degree of gore and disturbing themes Beautiful cover by @my_fairytale 2016 Fright Fest Gold Winner Cryptic's Choice 2017 WATTY Winner ( Story Smiths category) *All Rights Reserved

Her mother is an alcoholic, her job sucks, her world is complicated, but that doesn't deter Rosalie Jean from her dreams of living a normal life. Unfortunately, she's about to discover that normal isn't who she is. With a stubborn attitude and a strong personality her ideals of a simple world are thrown into chaos when she is faced with the creatures she had only ever read about in books - vampires.

Kidnapped by a psychotic vampire, 22-year-old Jessica Smith doesn't really think things could get any worse until she becomes a pawn in a vampire plot to take over the world. As war breaks out between the vampires and humans resisting them and the world begins to quickly fall to the undead, Jessica finds herself warring with herself and questioning the true intentions of the vampire who took her in the first place. With everyone she can't trust telling her things about him that make no sense and unable to trust his words either; she really has no idea who to believe in this dark world that she is now very much a part of. As time goes on, Jessica finds it harder to decide who to trust and who not to trust. But more important than that, she finds herself questioning her feelings towards the one person that she knows she shouldn't trust or love. Excerpt "It'll be a cold day in hell before I willingly become your slave." I spat. "Well, you better get your coat on, Jessica... because you're already in hell, and it's definitely a bit nippy, don't you think?" he smirked. *Note: this takes place in the same world as "Everything I Never Wanted". It's a prequel of sorts, but it can also standalone*

Meet Fay Valentine, a spunky rough necked troublemaker who has watched over her childhood friend since she saved him from a couple of bullies in 3rd grade. Nerdy and bully-magnet Austen McKennzie had never been too far away from her for too long, everyone thought it was impossible! Than all of a sudden her geeky childhood friend decided to fly off to Europe in god knows where, leaving her behind over summer vacation. Than suddenly a hunk-of-burning love shows up, claiming to be geeky Austen..wait what!?

"Rose, I'm sorry, but your eyesight will be gone by the end of this year." Who knew one simple sentence could change a life so drastically? Rose is a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life, normal friends, and what she thought to be normal vision. When she receives the news her vision is slowly deteriorating, she doesn't know what to think. Her life is over. What's a life without being able to see? Enter Chace, a young man who tackled Rose to the ground, mistakingly thinking she was about to commit suicide. He's handsome, suave, and has no idea why Rose is so upset. And even though she is a complete stranger, he decides he wants to help her feel better. With four months until her vision is gone forever, Rose slowly falls in love with this happy-go-lucky young man, but never reveals her problem to him. She's scared. Will he stay with her when he finds out she's going blind? Or will he ditch her when he finds out the truth?

Warning: This is a sequel to Toys of a Dangerous Mind and must be read after the first one. Unless you have read the first one, I advise you not to read this one; you would miss out on the utter brilliance of my story. Okay? Good :D "The Games were over for me, but another kind had began. And for the rest of eternity, I would stay in his demonic grasp, always playing his games." Danielle has made her choice; to become Raxis's wife, and to become a demon. Locking away her emotions from everyone, and herself, she aims to stop caring, so she can survive. But this isn't so easy with her former boyfriend being the best man at her wedding. Through dreams and nightmares, a tortured honeymoon and the impending prospect of becoming a demon, Danielle soldiers on, always striving to keep herself away from her worst fear which lurks below in the hellish reality of the Games of Pain. When a shocking revelation occurs, Danielle's life is thrown out of balance-even more so. Now everything has got a whole lot more deadly and dangerous. Love is revived, and now she is fighting for another. However, Raxis always knows, and everything is drawn into his plans. Who will win this time? Read and find out in Games of a Different Kind.

"You will never escape, Danielle. Never." The world is tainted. The world is shadowed. The world is cursed. A demon presides over everyone, ruling with power and fear. Every few months, the Games of Hell are held, twenty people culled from the masses to compete. Nineteen will die. The twentieth will want death. Join Danielle in her mission to escape the Games: leading the Competitors to hope. She is tested time and time again, tortured with memories and pain, but still preservers in her desperate attempt to escape. What happens when she finds love and friendship in the darkest of places? Will she find the escape she needs, or is she fated to fail? Under all the pressure, of the terrible things she must do to further her plans, will she break? Read to find out in Toys of a Dangerous Mind: winner of Undiscovered Thriller 2011

Rosalie Harness is a typical seventeen year old teenager, she goes to school, dates, parties and all other typical teenage things. But there is one thing which is not so typical, she got kicked out of her own house, by her own parents! Not because she is a rebel, far from that, simply because she existed. So when she finds a perfect place to stay, there is one problem. She has a roommate, a male roommate, who happens to be the hottest boy in her school; Vincent Clarke. Secrets are told. Deep Secrets. And you realize, not everything is what it seems...

Normal is... Jade has no clue. When her mother dies and she moves in with her father, she feels like she's entered a different world. Used the threatening situations and secret identities, Jade is surprised to find that normal life might be the biggest challenge she's ever faced.

Victoria Zarkozi is a lonely girl whose been stripped of her memories before foster care 6 years ago. Adopted four years ago by a man whose abused her continuously, she is struggling with the choice of suicide or life of pain. Her choice was made when only two years back she began to have reacurring dreams of a faceless, nameless man whose become the love of her life. He keeps her sane when she feels as if she can't take the world any longer. His arms are her sanctuary. But everything becomes worse when, a strange man is hunting her down. Who is he? How does he know her name? Could he hold secrets of her past?