Every half century in a small little town hidden in the woods, a beast comes out from the forest to claim his bride on the night of an eclipse. The people of call this phenomenon "the taking". This beast is said to be very dangerous. It roams door to door searching for the woman whose being calls to his animal instincts. He will kill, mutilate and destroy everything in his path until he finds his bride. In the past, the townsmen have tried to hunt the creature and kill him before they can steal one of their marriageable daughters, but the beast does not hunt alone. He has followers among the shadows to make sure his goal is accomplished. Once he finds his bride, he carries her back to the forest where she is never seen or heard from again. Celeste believes this so-called "legend" is just some scary fairytale her grandmother made up to scare her. But was she ever wrong when a pair of moonlit eyes stared straight at her through her bedroom window and entered her room. Next thing she knew, she was being carried out the house and into the woods by a half-naked man who called her his. Who would have thought? Grandma wasn't crazy after all. Young Adult novel. Paranormal/Comedy-Romance @2014

Alex Jonas, son of teen heartthrob, Joe Jonas, has to fight 2 things in life, society and himself.

Joe Jonas has made a lot of poor decisions lately. His family and his fans have had enough of his bad attitude. Then he meets Charlie Ryan who thinks he's an egotistical jerk. But Charlie needs money to make her own dreams come true. Could she be the solution to all of Joe's problems?

Four months later it's May, time for Alex's birthday again, and she's out on tour with her brothers, and they have surprises for her... but sadly she has a surprise and secret she hides from her brothers, until they find out on stage that night, and all hell breaks lose, until she tells them why. Derek even surprises Alex, and she's ready for it, but she asks her brothers again to be apart of the biggest day of her life, that this time they promise to be there and help her out. Then something takes a drastic turn for the worst to Alex, the family and Derek are so upset, you won't believe what happens, and who did it? Follow Alex's ups and downs and getting ready for the biggest moment ever of when she says, 'I Do', and becomes... Mrs. Derek Hough.