WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST PAPERBACK PUBLISHED ON AMAZON $17.99 A body is uncovered in an empty classroom at Lincoln Lane Prep, West Jackson Boulevard, it's ruled an accident. A heroin overdose. The case is closed within a month. Holly Steinfeld already has enough on her plate with her parent's re-engagement, school, and settling into a town she once considered a distant memory. But who can resist a good mystery? Enthralled by the Leighton case-a teenage girl found drugged and dead on the night of her prom-Holly enlists the help of four unlikely kids and together, they find themselves digging into a world of lies, secrets, and manipulation to uncover what really happened to Scarlett on the night of her prom. Can she reopen a cold case and make it back in time for her parent's wedding?

"There's a war going on, Katarina," he hissed into my ear. "Remember which side you're on. And know that neither is the right one." This world was built on power, lies and corruption. Our hands were always stained with blood. Our eyes were windows to the soul - but as we had no souls - they were completely empty. We're fated to just be pawns in a war: soldier, healer, leader... destroyer. Pray you're not the last one. You're dead if you're the last one. Katarina Arrowglass is seventeen, can see the futures of most people around her and has the damning legacy of being the next leader of the Light: a position that will pass from her father to her. But knowing every dirty secret and possible future of all those around her makes her wonder: what kind of place would she really be leading? The training tasks mould you into the weapon you'll become for the Light against the Shadow. Find your way through the maze and hope you remember the skills that will get you out of there alive. Fight with your friends - and hope that when your back's turned to them, you won't be stabbed. Survive. Just survive. Her partner in training is Ryder Stellaire and the same as her: leaders for parents, bright future ahead and enough suspicion to last a lifetime. The same - and yet not completely. Just as she's hiding growing fears, he's got his own secrets and soon enough, she'll uncover them all. She just doesn't know if she wants to. Anyone can look good. But don't pay attention to appearance. Because inside, you know what you'll find. Because in this book, everybody's bad. Readers... don't get too attached.

Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson and her mother live in Chicago where life is difficult and unpredictable. Kendra is battling between her physical appearance and choosing the right people to hang around with in school. Any decision she makes can either land her in a lot of trouble or make her successful so she can get her mother and her out of poverty. What will she make of her life? PART 2 Seventeen-year-old Kendra Watson made a decision that will change her life forever. Will she get enough help and support? Who will she turn to when things get even more rough? Seventeen-year-old Shaun Miller has no parents since they died when he was younger. He basically now raises himself and is struggling to keep on the right track in life. Will he make the right decisions, or will his ego cause him to land himself in drama? Seventeen-year-old Janelle Bennett was betrayed by her best friend Kendra Watson, and now goes around Chicago doing violent things. Will she be able to get help and turn her life back around, or will she learn the hard way?

SAMPLE ONLY! CH'S 1-2 Copyright © 2013 By: JPeach Young, smart and independent twenty-four-year old Peaches Johnson is trying to enjoy life to its fullest. But her overprotective and controlling brother, King, always stand in the way of everything that she wants, freedom. That is until she meets Blaze. Blaze, a friend of King's, had been warned that Peaches is off limits. However, Blaze can't help the attraction he feels for her. So he pursues Peaches with no regards to her brother. Will Peaches continue to do as her brother says? Or will she give into the undeniable attraction she feels for Blaze? Find out in A Dangerous Love! Read less Read the drama, lies, heartbreak, hate maybe even 'Love' Peaches faces once she met Him...

"A Hustler's Bonnie" previously changed from "A Hustler's Mistress"

Nothing is fair in love and war which is true for the best friends Trey and Taylor and couple Shemari and Tia. Love brings them together but distractions around them pulls at their commitment to each other. How will they manage to avoid the drama and stay together?