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.

When a murder shakes her tiny village, Alera will discover a horrifying link between the scars on her arms and the werewolves and vampires that stalk her home. ***** Nineteen-year-old Alera has grown up in the village of Adaymos, listening to stories about the monsters that live in the forest that surround her home. Labelled an outcast because of the scars on her arm, she's an easy scapegoat after one of the villagers is found murdered, but when newcomer Will is framed instead she's forced to question everything she knows about the mysterious outsider. Could he really be the killer? Or is he hiding more about the werewolves and vampires that live in the forest -- and the truth behind Alera's scars -- than he lets on? [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"Love knows no money and status." G4S Book 1 © All Rights Reserved. Nagpasya si Angel Cassidy Villamayor na talikuran ang marangyang buhay na kinagisnan noong binalak siyang ipakasal ng kanyang mga magulang sa taong hindi niya mahal, or worse, kilala man lang. Upang tustusan ang kanyang pag-aaral ay kumuha siya ng trabaho. At ito ay ang magpanggap bilang girlfriend ng mayayamang lalaki.  Isang normal na araw lamang para kay Cassidy noong pumunta niya sa all-boy model school, ang Oliver Nate High School, para maghanap ng panibagong kliyente. Pero hindi niya inaasahan ang pagdating ng limang naggagwapuhang lalaki na siyang magiging hudyat sa pagbabago ng buhay niya. Sila ang pinakasikat na top models sa eskwelahang iyon--ang PENTAGON. At ang kakaiba pa dito, parang may kung anong bagay na nagtutulak sa kanya palapit sa mayabang at masungit nitong leader na si Den La Costa. Pagmamahal. Pagdurusa. Mga lihim at paghihiganti. Magawa kaya ni Cassidy na bumalik sa dati niyang buhay gayong unti-unti na siyang hinihigop ng mundo ng limang misteryosong lalaki?

In a perfect world for a wolf shifter, pack is the one aspect of life you are meant to be able to rely upon. Sylvia Thompson doesn't live in a perfect world and after being kept on the outside for years her one chance at turning her luck around arrives in the form of her eighteenth birthday. For the shifting community, this is the coming of age when their wolf will recognize their mate. Holding onto the hope he will come for her, she discovers he has been in front of her the whole time and his surprise outweighs her own. So now they have officially found each other, will he accept or reject the weakest link in their pack? Either way Sylvia has had enough, so when her chance to escape presents itself - will she take it? - [ this is a first draft and requires editing ] © 2014 ellarose12