Ari Callahan has no idea how to talk to boys -- or how to talk to anyone for that matter. Enter Zac, the cute new guy in town who won't stop texting her. But is his interest real, or does he have a hidden agenda? ***** Found as a young child washed up on the beach, 17-year-old Ari Callahan has never uttered a word out loud to anyone -- not even her adoptive family. Psychologists have diagnosed her with a condition called selective mutism, but Ari can't help identifying with her namesake character, Ariel, the little mermaid in the fairytale whose voice was stolen by a sea witch. Mermaid-obsession aside, Ari's silence makes socializing tough. She's never had a boyfriend or been asked out on a date. Not until Zac, the confident new arrival in town, asks for her number. But Zac has his own reasons for texting with Ari. He's part of a movement to sabotage the artificial music app called SirenSong, threatening to render human singing obsolete. Zac's collaborators have scoured the globe in search of a singing voice perfect enough to break the SirenSong spell, and their search has led them straight to Ari's beachside town. Will her relationship with Zac help Ari find her voice and unlock the secrets of her origins? Or will he use her and leave her high and dry? Title: Ari and Zac (formerly The Mermaid Hypothesis) Content Warning: This story contains references to selective mutism, suicidal thoughts, and early childhood trauma.

"47 minutes before being taken, Miriam Cross glared up at the house." Miriam doesn't believe in magic. She knows what she wants, and is willing to work hard to get it. She studies hard. She has a job. She saves her money. She does everything she's supposed to so she doesn't mess up her life. Then someone else decides to mess it up for her. Thrown into a strange land, full of strange dangers, Miriam has to get back to the one place she wanted to escape- home.

[My NaNoWriMo 2015 and Camp NaNoWriMo 2016 Project!] Everyone is playing a game. Heartless, foreign Ada is building up a store of memories by breaking the hearts of the Sakoku boys. Of course, she's staying within the rules. Why get sent back to Kaiguo before her exchange is over? Perfect Sakoku girl Amiko is hiding a secret - she's heartless too. But as long as the annoying exchange student Ada doesn't find out, she'll be a cinch to manipulate. Watching over everyone is the head wizard Pendragon. He's got plans, big plans, and it's not about hearts, it's about nations. COMPLETE. All feedback is welcome. Cover image by Bart LaRue on Unsplash

Dana finds a cozy place to escape her problems when she moves to the lighthouse by the sea, but the quiet doesn't last long when a selkie washes up near her doorstep. Dana is quickly infatuated with her, but getting to know the magical creature proves to be more of a struggle than Dana bargains for. Written for Wattpad's June #JustWriteIt challenge, this is a short story.

Rebecca Serle has kindly let me post some inside scoop into what's happening on the LOCKED set. Read the first five chapters of FAMOUS IN LOVE on Wattpad... When seventeen-year-old Paige Townsen gets plucked from obscurity to star in the movie adaptation of a blockbuster book series, her life changes practically overnight. Within a month, Paige has traded the quiet streets of her hometown for a bustling movie set on the shores of Maui, and she is spending quality time with her costar Rainer Devon, one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive. But when troubled star Jordan Wilder lands the role of the other point in the movie’s famous love triangle, Paige’s crazy new life begins to resemble her character’s. In this coming-of-age romance inspired by the kind of celeb hookups that get clever nicknames and a million page views, Paige must figure out who she is — and who she wants — while the whole world watches.

"The sun, after it sets, at first cannot see the beauty of what it has created. But a new day always starts, and as the days pass and nights fall, it becomes easier to see why the sun set in the first place." A short reflection on love, heartbreak, healing, and change.

**The Season Series Prequel (#0.5)** Isabelle de Haviland is hopelessly in love with Prince Leopold of Germania. Fortunately for her, the dashing foreign prince is her betrothed, thanks to a decade-old marriage treaty signed by her father, the Duke of Kentshire. But Kentshire is a rich and bountiful duchy, with Isabelle as its sole heiress. Whomever she marries will inherit her father's lands, which sit on the hotly contested border between Germania and Pretania. Refusing to be outwitted by his own duke, the King of Pretania summons Isabelle to Highcastle Palace as a debutante for his son, Graham, the temperamental crown prince. Determined to remain loyal to her husband-to-be, Isabelle is forced to navigate the tricky waters of the royal court all while keeping the meddlesome prince at an arm's length. But all is fair in love and war and Prince Graham is not one to lose at either...

❝A story of longing for something long gone. . . like the time when you were there.❞

Pierce and Scarlett are two unique fragments who cross pathways in a low-end motel. He is running away from his haunted past, while she is trying to build a future from broken pieces. As the pair collides in a series of trying events, they must figure out if their differences are worth compromising. Is he worth the pain? Is she worth the risk? This is the story of how two fragments became one. How they overcome their fears and found hope in the least possible place. • Previously Featured on Wattpad •

Paige Hill is a badass. Well, she likes to think she is. After burning her flat down after a drunken party, Paige has to go and live with four grown (and incredibly hot) men. They're hiding something, but what? Guns, explosions, car chases and love, Paige is thrown into a whirlwind of gangs and crime, fighting for her life. There's a fine line between life and death, and Paige is balancing right in the middle. And if she makes one mistake, her life could change forever. Or it could end it. A Watty Award Winner 2014 Undiscovered Gem ChickLit: #57 Action: #19