Incipience (\in-ˈsi-pē-ən(t)s), noun: the act or process of bringing or being brought into existence. The meteors came without warning. Hundreds of thousands of them came raining down to the Earth, but they did little damage to the planet itself. It's the people that they brought ruin to. Upon impact, the meteors combusted into this fine powder that saturated the planet in its entirety. Within a few weeks, billions grew weak, millions were sick, and hundreds of thousands were dead. That's when they came. These beings from across the stars, the Inovarians, landed on the UN's front lawn with technology capable of fixing the planet within a few weeks. People around the world celebrated until we realized what their help would cost: us. Follow Charlotte-Amalie, a teenager from the USVI, as she feigns assimilation into Inovarian society and races against the clock. She has a year of experimentation to survive through before having to face an ultimatum: be drafted into the military to fight the Inovarians' war or forced into their breeding program. With the help of a covert rebel sec of the military, Charlotte-Amalie may just be able to beat the clock in time to get her and a few of her fellow Earthlings out before the battle begins. Book 1: Chapters 1-12 (Complete, publishing with New Degree Press Winter 2021) Book 2: Ongoing (Update Hiatus to meet publication deadlines for book 1)

Her 18th birthday marks the start of everything. Her powers are awakening, the pieces of the puzzle of the mysterious disappearance of her parents are becoming clearer and not to mention the new electricity that vibes between her and Lucas... Lucas has been a long-term guest of the Stellanova household for 3 generations, the same town - Blairs Hollow - for 100+ years. He had long given up asking why he had been cursed in this way, thanks to the strong women of the Stellanova family line he always knew he had a family and a home, with Frankie and Grandma Claire. Now living with Grandma Claire and Lucas, Frankie begins to learn her history discovering more about herself and uncovering more about her family than she bargained for. Beginning with a search for her parents and finding answers to Lucas's presence, Frankie and Lucas battle between good and evil, crossing several generations to finally fulfil their destiny. Can Frankie solve the mystery of Lucas? Can she find and be reunited with her parents?

What could be more innocent than a good girl's first crush? Jackie Brown was a sheltered teen who only knew sports and school, but when the new boy piques her interest she makes up her mind to take a chance at the game of love. But when her not so secret admirer decides to up the ante, the deck is shuffled and something goes terribly wrong. As secrets pile up a mistake she made in high school may cost her real love in the future. Will she reveal her hand in time or will her secret destroy her chance for true love forever? #celebrateblackwriters