"When I tell you that he hates me, you'll probably assume it's because he's a jerk...but you'd be wrong. He's not a jerk. I am." --- Several years ago tragedy struck Emma's home, leaving her broken... like a cup with cracks spiraling and slithering around the edges. Slowly, bitterness crept in like tar, hardening between each fracture to resemble a deceitful wholeness. She became a monster, and targeted her venom on the sweetest person she could find: Trinity Nixon. Too bad the boy Emma longed for was Trinity's brother. Now, as Emma fights to win the heart of the boy who despises her, she's forced to hide her demons. She paints her fragile cup in pinks, yellows, and oranges - all the colors of the sun. She paints on a smile, and an unusual sense of humor, so that the world will view her as bright and cheerful, when in reality she's breaking. But she's completely unprepared for the acidic truth that melts away the tar, demolishing her shell, and awakening the Emma White buried deep inside. --- Book 1 in The Dismantled Pride series *Story was previously titled "Faking It"

My eyes focused on the staff behind the bar, searching for someone to take my order. That's when I felt the air around me change, it was like someone had turned down the volume and I felt a wave of energy roll towards me. "I know what you are," he whispered into my ear as I felt his power crash towards me and absorb in through my skin. ----------- Present day London is the backdrop for a medieval style power play for the magical throne, where five families of influence fight for power and control, all with their own motives. In the middle of this struggle, stumbles in an art university graduate and photographer Cara, who believes in the power of music and certainly not the power of magic. She quickly learns that she is something that has been raised up to mythical proportions - an ordinary human who has the power to suck the magic out of any warlock.

**REBOOT OF VALTERRA IS NOW LIVE -- LOOK FOR "PRIMORDIALS" ON MY PROFILE ** The Shattering, a cataclysmic battle between the Light and Dark, left most of Valterra's civilization obliterated. Almost five hundred years later, the Dark disrupts the elemental balance of nature once again. Avos, a sheltered farm boy who is oblivious to any of the world's unearthly dangers, is thrown into the world unseen; witches, elves, fairies, demons, even the undead. He struggles to accept his new fate, while discovering new relationships and preparing for the precipice of the campaign against the Dark.

Earth has gone back into the dark ages and she has a new name. Asylum. A place for the insane, the ugly and the rejected. A place that puts the 'survival of the fittest' into test. In a world where cats as big as an adult male roam at night and birds which have evolved into something different, one must learn to survive quickly. Twelve year old Indira thought she was accidentally left behind on Planet Asylum but leaving her behind was no mistake. A few years past and Indira is surprisingly still alive. When a star-ship crashes on Planet Asylum, her life is about to change. In that starships, she meets a boy. A boy shrouded in darkness and hate. She discovers secrets about herself and dark secrets the Government were trying to sweep under the carpet. She soon realises everything happens for a reason.

I have been abandoned in a stark landscape. I have no idea who I am or why I've been cast out. My only protection is a Ruger double-action revolver. I discover if I can make it through the no-man's-land alive, I might have a chance at amnesty. All I have to do is trek the two-hundred-and-fifty miles north through desolate wasteland to the Gate. Alone. I could say this is the worst day of my life, but I honestly have no idea. Into the Wasteland follows one young woman's journey through treacherous landscapes, backstabbing strangers, and lethal challenges. If she survives, her path will lead her to a final destination beyond anything she could have imagined. All author's proceeds from sales of this dystopian novella series benefits battered women's shelters. Lisa's novellas are written without explicit intimacy or violence. As such they are suitable for teens and up.

Sappy + Ridiculous = Sapriculous. This is sapriculous, adorkable, sometimes sad, nerdy, poetry.

Let's face it- we ALL judge books on their covers, so wouldn't you want a cover that beautiful speaks to your story? I bring you: *DRUM ROLL PLEASE* Part 2 of my successful, free, and beautiful book covers! ♥♥♥♥ PS. And they're for you...!