After the suicide of her best friend, Temi struggles with mourning and effectively healing. All the while, she's juggling a college career and an emotionally unavailable, politician-mom. As if things couldn't get worse, Temi's mom hires a bodyguard to watch over Temi while she grieves to prevent her from doing anything "stupid". Isa's presence at every moment of Temi's day is the last thing both of them want. But what happens when this initially outrageous situation blooms to be something unexpected? A story of grief, healing, and hope.

When May Alana's wish on a star brings a stranger to her remote island home, the pair must survive a deadly magical conflict in order to be together. ***** When May Alana, a scorned and anxiety-ridden young woman, finds a stranger on the beach of her remote island home, she wonders if this is the adventurous, accepting, and loving answer to her otherwise cloistered life. But as the pair grow closer, the stranger entrusts May with her brilliant secret: that she is half-Star in possession of otherworldly powers, and that a violent group of Star worshippers are out to destroy her. So if they want any chance of being together, they'll have to survive a deadly conflict between humans and mythological creatures first. THE STAR AND THE OCEAN is Book 1 in the Starborn Series Book 2: THE WIND AND THE HORIZON Book 3: THE FIRE AND THE SKY Cover illustration by Brittany Willows (@BrittanyMWillows) [[Watty Winner]] [[Wattpad LGBT Book of the Month]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]