"dear world, can you hear me?" [a collection of poems, thoughts, and quotes that tend to occupy my brain] Hopefully this collection makes you feel happy, or more okay, or even makes you realize that existing is not so bad after all.

Anna Parker is not so outspoken. In her mind, being reserved is easiest; no embarrassment, no humiliation. When Aiden Wilder comes crashing into her life - literally - and makes it difficult for her to do anything but talk, she slowly finds that even a boy who comes across as complicated, contradicting, and confusing can be so different than what meets the eye. She soon realizes just how true the phrase 'Don't judge a book by its cover,' is, or even by the first few chapters, for that matter. Anna learns, slowly and gradually, about new people and old friends and how to leave things be when every internal instinct is telling you it needs to be fixed. She discovers that there is so much more to the world than routine, and how simply it can happen if you just allow yourself to take the risk. Anna finds that sometimes, falling is better than just standing still. {#566 Teen Fiction ~ 4/14/15} ®All Rights Reserved - Be like Aretha Franklin and R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Cover Credit goes to @lasveagas

Charlie Camden decided, after the passing of her mother, that she was going to be someone else. Smoking, drinking, and partying is what her new persona does for fun. But after a night where things go too far, and two of her 'best friends' leave her stranded to spend the night in the county jail all alone, Charlie faces repercussions at home. Her aunt and uncle decide that they've had enough of her antics and refusals to follow the rules. When Charlie is sent back home to the little town of Hickory Falls - the beloved childhood dwelling before her parents' blood-bath of a divorce - to live with her absentee-father, she finds that there are so many memories here she wishes desperately that she can let go of. Sometimes, though, letting go can be very difficult. Quite near impossible, actually. #512 ~ Teen Fiction [5/10/15] ©All Rights Reserved Cover credit goes to @doubtful {THIS STORY IS TEMPORARILY, AND IRONICALLY, ON HOLD.}

❝She was a sunflower, and even though she never faced the sun, she was still beautiful.❞ When Finnegan Annson reunites with his anything-but-boring, garden-scented childhood friend Orenda May Castellano on a cold winter day, it's no secret that his uneventful life slowly alters into a marathon of new beginnings. And so begins a story about a girl that saw the world in its utmost colours and gradients, and a boy that could not see what the world really had to offer him. Literally. But when Orenda flings Finn into her world of colours and hands him a paintbrush, and their footsteps turn into dapples of colour, perhaps he can see the beauty. And maybe he can see the wonders that no one else can really see at all. After all, anybody can create a masterpiece. Even if it's just with a sucky paintbrush. © 2015 Jennifer Chen (wonder1238) All Rights Reserved

Can a troubled investigator rescue humanity from its mistakes? Bill Taggart lost his wife and his last spark of happiness on humanity's new home. Now as part of the team sent to monitor the indigenous aliens on Exilon 5, the investigator hopes to find a clue to explain her disappearance. But when official reports on the mysterious race clash with Bill's findings, he wonders just how many secrets the terraformed planet holds... This book was previously published as Becoming Human.

The #1 Bestseller! From #1 Bestselling author Morgan Rice comes a sweeping new epic fantasy series: RISE OF THE DRAGONS (KINGS AND SORCERERS—Book 1). Kyra, 15, dreams of becoming a famed warrior, like her father, even though she is the only girl in a fort of boys. As she struggles to understand her special skills, her mysterious inner power, she realizes she is different than the others. But a secret is being kept from her about her birth and the prophecy surrounding her, leaving her to wonder who she really is. When Kyra comes of age and the local lord comes to take her away, her father wants to wed her off to save her. Kyra, though, refuses, and she journeys out on her own, into a dangerous wood, where she encounters a wounded dragon—and ignites a series of events that will change the kingdom forever. 15 year old Alec, meanwhile, sacrifices for his brother, taking his place in the draft, and is carted off to The Flames, a wall of flames a hundred feet high that wards off the army of Trolls to the east. On the far side of the kingdom, Merk, a mercenary striving to leave behind his dark past, quests through the wood to become a Watcher of the Towers and help guard the Sword of Fire, the magical source of the kingdom’s power. But the Trolls want the Sword, too—and they prepare for a massive invasion that could destroy the kingdoms forever. With its strong atmosphere and complex characters, RISE OF THE DRAGONS is a sweeping saga of knights and warriors, of kings and lords, of honor and valor, of magic, destiny, monsters and dragons. It is a story of love and broken hearts, of deception, of ambition and betrayal. It is fantasy at its finest, inviting us into a world that will live with us forever, one that will appeal to all ages and genders. Book #2 in KINGS AND SORCERERS is now available!