Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option. ***** Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her... Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault. [[word count: 50,000-100,000 words]]

2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - HQ LOVE THE TERM SHEET is a fast-paced technothriller about entrepreneurship, startups, encryption, and the delicate balance between national security and individual privacy. Its complex characters explore thought-provoking questions about the role of technology in an ever-changing society. Step into the high-stakes game played by today's technology innovators, who push the envelope and risk it all. Get ready, this thrilling book gives you a taste of what startups are really like. _____________________________________________________ David Alexander, a young programmer in Portland, Oregon, loathed his job. Computer programming had always come naturally, but being an employee never suited him. So he tried entrepreneurship instead. After making a series of embarrassing blunders, David finally hit on a startup idea that stuck: encrypted chat. Sure there were alternatives, but as Edward Snowden has shown us, most of them (willingly or unwillingly) have backdoors for spies and bad guys. A new approach made David's app one of the most secure options out there, which caught the attention of many people, including Shawn Douglas from the Secret Service. Shawn Douglas worked with eight different presidents, preventing twenty assassination attempts, forty-three terrorist plots and two bullets. When he was promoted to a desk job overseeing and organizing travel, he picked up on a cryptic email thread that hinted at a threat to the President's life. In a race to unravel the conspiracy, Shawn and David both have to make some difficult decisions. Will Shawn stop the terrorists in time? Will David be able to navigate his startup out of a crisis and keep his entrepreneurial dream alive? Or will fate deal them both a crushing hand? Read the book to find out.

***Wattpad Picks: Up And Coming*** The magical story of Connor DeGray and his experience with Cirque Periculum. Connor the Con has found it progressively harder to survive in the small town of Greenview, Kansas. There was no way he was going to go back to that Orphanage for Deprived Boys, and that's where the entire town wants him. When he discovers a traveling circus due to arrive in town that week, he hatches an escape plan that involved hijacking the circus and hopefully finding his parents. He discovers there is much more to this circus, and himself, than he had first expected. Join Connor as he travels with a circus that is more than meets the eye, and ultimately finds himself as the central performer to a mystery he must unravel before it's too late. Fear the Alchemist. #1 in Magician #1 in WIP #2 in Circus #148 in Adventure

Madison returns home to witness her brothers wedding and to seek closure. Specifically closure against Adam, her mate who brutally bullied her for years. When she returns she finds out that everything has changed and that the process to closure may be harder than anything she has ever done before. Especially when it is her turn to save someone.

Nemesis always wanted to be a Knight where she would be a hero one day. Yet, because she's a girl she got stuck being a guard for one of the seven princesses of the seven kingdoms, Julis from the third Kingdom. When something comes up where the all seven princess from the seven kingdoms are sent away to the forbidden kingdom to meet the prince. Julis is already head over in heels in love with another guy who she met in the village. Stuck on the idea of not going she asks Nemesis for help. To switch bodies with a black potion a witch gave her on her birthday. The potion lasts for exactly a year. Nemesis at first is doubtful, but soon Julis convinces her and they do it. As Nemesis goes to the forbidden kingdom she first is nervous, but soon regrets it when she realizes she's not going back the next day. Actually, never. The forbidden king wants to play a game... A game much more dangerous than she ever thought it would be. As Nemesis struggles to keep the secret of her being a guard and not an actual princess. Things get interesting with the other princesses and a spiteful prince... Who she realizes all have major flaws that play a key role in the near future...

One sexy CIA agent + one feisty redhead + one disturbed preschooler + one mentally disturbed stalker + one wealthy millionaire + far too many secrets. Ainsley has a stalker. CIA agent Nate Peters goes undercover as a geek to find said stalker. After a run in with some trouble, she offers him a deal as her fake boyfriend. He takes it. All's settled and smooth going... Oh, wait, except someone is out to get Ainsley and Nate has his own demons to deal with. Can he uncover the truth behind Ainsley's stalker before the threats turn fatal? Or will he be unable to resist prioritizing the demon that has plagued him for years?

Really, it’s just your typical chick-flick-romance. Love sickness, innocence and the ever elusive bad boy—like a page straight from a teenage girl’s diary, Nick figures the only way to escape his black and white prison is to add a little color. “If there’s one thing I’ve found, it’s that there’s a whole lot more than illness that’s contagious in this world. Love is one of them. Deceit is another. But the most contagious of them all: sin.” Remember, its not a sin unless you’re grinning while you commit it.

Cassidy moved into a new town when she turned 16 because her parents feared that living in the city would uncover her secret. In no time, she gets involved in the rivalry between Layton and Zeverus. The Problem: Layton and Zeverus hate each other and are from rival werewolf packs. Cassidy doesn’t know what they are. She notices that Layton, Zeverus and their friends are secretive and probably hiding something. While trying to uncover what is happening with the two guys, keeping her friendship with Zeverus, and holding a strange relationship with Layton- Cassidy gets stuck in between two Alphas.

"Six simple words caused my heart to break. Adeline Ford. The Emo Freak, Accomplished." All Addie wanted to do this year was to finish off her senior year of high school without a problem. She just wants to stay hidden. But life doesn't work out as planned. All of a sudden the schools "it" boy starts to notice her. Is it love or something else? Follow her as she's tries to figure it all out as she goes through her last year of high school.

As a child Venus had an Imaginary friend like any other kid. When she wakes up one morning to find him claiming he's not really imaginary, but her Kupid. Things take a drastic turn as he reveals he's accidentally gambled away her life for a game.