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BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite. Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.

(Rewritten Version) Scarlett is hunting. Hunting a threat she doesn't understand. A threat she only knows from a voice in her distant memory. She's searching for the voice and the man along with it. Why? She doesn't know. Who? She doesn't care. She just remembers three words - a short promise. "I'll find you." A fierce bloodlust is driving her, egging her on to the extremes. No one is to stand in her way - no authority can make her bow down. No man, Wolf or other can make her submit. No words can sting and no weapon will wound her. Insane with the lust but proven sane with her flawless logic, she is a force to be reckoned with. The Voice may try to find her. But she'll find him first, and when she does, he'll have wished that those three words had never left his lips. It's a race for the kill. Let the hunt begin.

After the war, London is in chaos. Packs are battling it out for dominance in the streets, lycans are killing each other in illegal fight dens. The Royals are being murdered. All Juliet wants to do is forget - forget Sebastien, forget the war, forget everything she's learned about her parentage - but fate has other plans. At 21, she's the sole guardian of her royal, half-brother Theo: a boy she almost killed but is now sworn to protect at all costs. But Theo's blood has painted a shiny target on his back and Juliet knows it'll take a miracle to keep him safe, which means dragging herself back to the old motley crew, once led by Sebastien, for help. But the war has changed a lot more than pack territories in London and protecting Theo might come at a higher cost than she's willing to pay... Like her life.

Sherwood Institute for the Magically Afflicted. A refuge for those seeking remedy from curses, hexes and other fantastical ailments. In one night, Ariel Winters went from socialite wannabe to cursed freak. Her heart is turned to glass by a vengeful witch and she is shipped off to Sherwood Institute to find a cure. While receiving treatment, she meets a demonic mobster with anger issues, a timid girl who grows a fish tail when water touches her skin, a beast boy who is kinder than his brutish appearance... As time passes, these damaged people slowly wind their way around her fragile heart. Can Ariel learn to trust them enough to let them into her heart? Or will her new found friendships shatter it before a cure can be found? This will be book 1 in what is tentatively titled The Sherwood Chronicles. Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author. The images in the cover do not belong to me and all rights go to their respective owners.

In a world full of contradiction and anger, one girl is the key to salvation. Half witch and half goddess, Jasmine is the only one who can help stop the Gods and Supernaturals from killing each other. Armed with her protectors, friends and the devastatingly handsome Ryan, Jasmine must reason with both sides before innocents get hurt and the world destroyed.

In a land where magic and myth are the norm, humanity and harmony cease to exist. Acariana, ruled over by the ruthless and warmongering Koniglich, hasn't seen a hybrid since the Great War which threw the world into turmoil and despair. Broken into several territories and forced into strict order by the Koniglich, Acariana seems like it will forever be a place of dystopia. That is until the Oracle speaks of a danger to the Koniglich's rule and order, a hybrid still lives and is the key to completely destroying the world in which they live forever. Meanwhile, Everliana keeps hidden. She knows what she is and that if she doesn't stay quiet and invisible she'll be destroyed for it. Half sorceress and half switcher, she is the only one left of her people. Found and recognized, Everliana must move throughout the land uniting the kingdom once more like her ancestors did. She must either succeed or, sooner or later, she'll be caught and executed for her very existence.